Weather and notices mix with local life in Decatur
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with scattered thundershowers in the south Friday afternoon. Max 87, min 68, rainfall 1.03 inches. Cotton prices: strict middling 21.95, middling 21.00, strict low 19.15, low 17.15. Movies: Heaven Can Wait at the Princess, The Return Of The Vampire at the Roxy, Two Yanks a Trinidad at the Capitol. Local visits and military notes from Pearl Wilbur, Charles A Wilbur, Herman Leeman, and others. Baptism service planned at Gum Spring with three churches. Aviation mechanic Alex Williams and navy indoctrination student Frank Chenault highlighted. Youth Fellowship meets at Ninth Street Methodist. Decatur Chamber meeting postponed. city council also delayed. Recent hospital and funeral updates plus local politics and bond sales noted. Quickie column by Ken Reynolds.
Allied troops push across Italy capture Orvieto Aquila and Narni
Allied forces break German resistance and advance along the Italian front. Orvieto, Aquila and Narni fall as Fifth Army pushes westward beyond Rome toward Magliano and Orbetello. French troops advance near Lake Bolsena while Adriatic forces cross the Saline river. Bomber attacks target oil refineries and rail lines. fifteen German planes are destroyed and eighteen Allied aircraft go missing.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
Italy
Orvieto
Aquila
Narni
Warni
Aqua
Fifth Army
Eighth
Lake Bolsena
Terni
Magliano
Orbetello
Pitigliano
Adriatic
Budapest
Yugoslavia
Florence
Henry T. Smith Taken by Death
Henry T. Smith, a well known Falkville resident, died last night at the Veterans Hospital in Montgomery. Funeral arrangements are announced later by Drinkard.
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Henry T. Smith
Falkville
Veterans Hospital
Montgomery
Drinkard
Elks Bond Sale Proves Highly Successful
The local Elks lodge held a bond sale last night for Flag Day. Bonds totaling 30,300 dollars were sold, with John Peach delivering the principal address and Buck Rogers and A. T. Hanson handling sales, assisted by Mrs. King and Miss Kuliman from the war bond office.
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Elks Lodge
John Peach
Buck Rogers
A. T. Hanson
Mrs. King
Miss Kuliman
War Bond Office
Bond Totals Climb as County Pushes for Funding
Bond totals reported show 104943.25 in sales through yesterday and 77280 in other bonds. Campaign chair Ewell Gregg expressed confidence quotas will be met and thanked supporters after Ellis county bond sale topped 30000 last night.
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Ewell Gregg
Ellis
War loan drive hits eight percent of goal on day two
Washington reports the fifth war loan drive reached eight per cent of its $6 billion individual sales goal after day two. Purchases through Tuesday night totaled $484 million, according to the Treasury announcement.
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Washington
Treasury
Eight Stills and Mash Destroyed in County Seizures
ATU officers seized and destroyed eight stills 2700 gallons of beer mash and 32 gallons of non tax paid whiskey in Limestone and Lawrence counties during the past week. Arrests followed for Guy Moore Wesley Love and Elliot Carter all listed as residents of Hillsboro Madison and Madison counties respectively. Officers note mash had been made with sugar rather than molasses despite sugar rationing rules.
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Alcohol Tax Unit
Limestone
Lawrence County
Guy Moore
Hillsboro
Elliot Carter
Madison
Wesley Love
ATU
Pyle Reports On Seasickness Pills And LST Convoy
Ernie Pyle describes aboard an LST in the Normandy invasion convoy. He notes pontoons rhinos and gear malfunctions while detailing cold water danger and rumors of an ax-wielding sailor as crews await potential torpedo attack.
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Ernie Pyle
Normandy
Foes of TVA Lose Battle in Congress Fight
The TVA retains control over its power and fertilizer receipts but must furnish a quarterly accounting to the House and Senate appropriations committees. McKellar's attempts to shift funds to the Treasury and require annual Senate approvals were dropped for a four month reporting compromise.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Congress
McKellar
Tenn
Senate
House
Treasury
Appropriations
Woodrum
Rep. Starnes
Ala
Power Authority
David Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Plans Shaped for Big Show in Decatur
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee outlines plans for the Tennessee Valley livestock and dairy show to be held in Decatur on August 4. Committees for beef division daily division promotion prizes and publicity list John Pannell Chas Hardwick D D Marshall Minor Russell Casto Jarvis Erin Rowe C E Winton Earl Glenn B G Hall Maynard Layman Chas Scales J T Robinson Dr Ray Ashwander J N Sheppard.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
John Pannell
Chas. G. Hardwick
D. D. Marshall
Minor Russell
Casto Jarvis
Erin Rowe
Earl Glenn
B. G. Hall
C.L. Carter
Maynard Layman
Chas. Scales
J. T. Robinson
Ray Ashwander
J. N. Sheppard
Population rise in Mobile and Mobile County
The Census Bureau reports Mobile Alabama's population at 106001 in late March, up 27281 or 34.7 percent from 78720 on April 1. Mobile County totals reach 733291, up 91917 or 64.7 percent from prior counts, reflecting significant growth across the area.
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Washington
Mobile
Ala
Census Bureau
Mobile County
Battle Fury Mounting as Climax Nears Front Lines
Allied and German reports describe fierce fighting as American spearheads push toward Cherbourg and La Haye Du Puits. British losses at Troarn and Villers-Bocage accompany heavy Allied gains around Montebourg Pont L Abbe and Quineville as the battle intensifies.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Allied
Berlin
France
Carentan
Troarn
Caen
Villers-Bocage
Vitlers-Bocage
Caumont
Les Sablons-Baupte
Ste. Mere Eglise
la Haye du Puits
Ludwig Sertorius
Pretot
Pont L’abbe
Quineville
France Swept by Allied Fliers in Massive Bombardment
A force of 1000 to 2000 American bombers and escort fighters attacked France this morning, striking airfields, plants, and rail facilities in multiple cities including Nantes Angouleme and Bordeaux. RAF fighters and Lancasters also hit Le Havre as part of a large operation.
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Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Berlin
Hannover
Germany
Normandy
Britain
le Havre
RAF
Nantes
la Poisonniere
Angouleme
Beauvais
la Frilliere
Bordeaux
Pegs Twa
Degaulle Instructs French Authorities on Functions
Hans Wilhelm Rohl, German-born contractor with U S defense contracts in Hawaii, is named in a Washington House committee report on delayed Pearl Harbor defense preparations. The report cites Rohl as a close friend of Col. Theodore Wyman Jr, an officer formerly in charge of construction accused by the committee of mis management.
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Hans Wilhelm Rohl
U. S. War Department
Hawaii
Washington
House
Pearl Harbor
Rohl
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Soviets make deep advance as Finns suffer heavy losses
June 15 report from Moscow says Soviet tank artillery and air support push toward Viipuri, with Helsinki endangered 150 miles away. Communiques note Finnish reinforcements, penetrations at Kuterselka, Jarvi, and Viipuri attacked by 1500 Soviet planes. Moscow cites 3,000 enemy killed in three days, plus guns, mortars and dumps destroyed amid ongoing battles.
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London
Viipuri
Moscow
Helsinki
Red Army
Kuterselka
Jarvi
Stanislawow
De Gaulle Plans Africa Visit After Normandy Return
The French Committee of National Liberation says Charles de Gaulle, touring the Normandy beachhead, ordered civil administration and relief efforts and was greeted with great fervor in Isigny. He aims to brief British and American leaders, report to Algerian authorities, then travel to meet President Roosevelt in America. Meanwhile reports say liaison officers were withdrawn as Allied forces moved onto the beaches.
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London
French Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Normandy
de Gaulle
Isigny
Britain
France
Africa
Algiers
French Consultative Assembly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Roosevelt
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Washington
Supreme Command
French Committee of National Libération
Churchill
House of Commons
Suit on Bond Filed by City of Decatur
Peach and Caddell city attorneys filed suit for 5000 against John Ellis Wilks former city clerk and his bondsmen the National Surety Company for funds handling related to charges against Wilks and H O Troup The case was moved to federal court in Huntsville by Standard Accident Insurance Company as non resident corporation.
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Peach and
Caddell
Decatur
John Ellis Wilks
National Surety Company
Wilks
H. O. Troup
Standard Accident Insurance Company
Circuit Court
Federal Court
Huntsville
Battle on Cherbourg front signals major Allied push in France
The article reports on the Hitlerite counter attack on the Cherbourg peninsula as Allied forces hold the beaches and press the enemy with air and sea power. General Charles De Gaulle appears with Allied troops signaling renewed French aspiration for national liberty amid Allied efforts to avoid delaying debate in Parliament.
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Cherbourg
France
Serpentine
Bombers Strike Japan as New B-29 Fortress Debuts
AP reports the U S Army Air Forces launched a bomber raid on Japan with B 29 super Fortresses the first use of this new long range bomber General Marshall says the operation introduces a flexible centralized command model aimed at maximizing impact across theaters This is the second raid on the homeland following the 1942 Tokyo attack and notes earlier use of B 25 Mitchells from the Hornet with mixed outcomes
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Washington
Army
Army Air Forces
Japan
United States Army Air Forces
20Th Bomber Command
George C. Marshall
War Department
Mar
Chief of Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
General Arnold
Marc
Tokyo
James
H.doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Britain
Siberia
China
Japs Report Yank Landing Attempts in Marianas
Allied naval task force tries to land ground troops on Saipan and Tinian amid heavy Japanese fire. Tokyo radio cites shelters near the coast and strong resistance as Nimitz reports four days of bombardment while forces remain at sea.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas Islands
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Marianas
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