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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
1
Cloudy with scattered thundershowers possible Saturday and tonight. North portion cooler. south winds on the coast. Decatur reported 90 high and 68 low. Community news covers church services, Bible school events, veterans news, zoning ordinance publication, and local fires.
London reports Maj. Clement R. Attlee disclosed that the Big Three summit will be held in Berlin. Attlee, former deputy prime minister and labor opposition leader, wrote to Churchill accepting the invitation to attend the prospective conference in Berlin.
German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop was seized in Hamburg while sleeping. British soldiers arrested him and his sister identified him in a tearful scene. He faces war crimes charges sought by at least ten nations. The capture ends his status as one of the last top Nazis at large. Britain prepares for a general election after July 25. Ireland's president is elected amid a low campaign. Gandhi hands leadership to eighty freed Nationalists.
German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was captured in a Hamburg boarding house while sleeping nude. He carried a poison can strapped to his body but surrendered it. He had eluded capture since April 30 and sought refuge until a trial could be arranged.
Morgan county maintains its record of topping war bond quotas with E bond sales of 9 802 50 reported by Ewell K Gregg chair of the county war finance committee. Total county sales reach 549 992 or 67 percent of 821 000 quota. 271 000 remains with 13 days left. statewide E bond sales total 34 600 000.
Seventeen naval personnel including two Waves were killed and a Navy lieutenant seriously injured when a large transport plane exploded and crashed in a wooded area 16 miles northeast of Vicksburg Mississippi yesterday.
General Eisenhower told a press conference that the Allied invasion succeeded due to unified air sea and ground arms. He noted German doubts and the Ardennes counteroffensive as turning points, stressing Allied cohesion as vital to victory and war aims.
Alabama and politics dominate as Senator Bruce Henderson proposes a constitutional amendment banning profit from intoxicating liquor sales and state taxes including existing levies in Alabama. The Senate votes 17 to 11 against reporting the House bill abolishing the absentee ballot in primary elections, while other measures advance or stall amid wage hour debates and public finance questions.
Washington June 15 top military leaders backed compulsory peacetime training. Gen Eisenhower urged universal training to ensure survival in war, while Sec of War Stimson pressed for immediate enactment. Truman accepted resignations of Currie and Ferguson and awarded Medals of Honor on the White House lawn. Sugar allotments for July September cut 37.5 percent. ice cream and beverages to 50 percent of 1941 base, bakers 60 percent. Knoxson to question Brig Gen Roosevelt and Hartford over a reported loan, with Doughton scheduling a Tuesday committee vote on investigation.
Senate leaders planned a vote on new tariff cutting authority for President Truman while the House Veterans Committee under Rankin prepared to hear War Department witnesses on alleged misconduct in veterans hospitals. Chelf and Rains proposed a veterans specialist for each congressman, with Chelf introducing VA employee assignments.
Frank W. Hulse, president of Southern Airways, told the Civil Aeronautics Board the airline seeks to operate feeder lines to six states without competing with major carriers. Proposed routes include Atlanta to Wilmington and Memphis to Charleston, among others, linking MemphisJackson, and AtlantaJackson, and Nashville to Atlanta.
A Thursday afternoon wind and hail storm damaged trees across Decatur, cutting power and causing over twenty five repair calls. TVA crews aided City Electric Department workers as poles were toppled on Bank Street and Beeline Highway, with the Delano Park skating rink also destroyed for the third time this year.
Local Alabama Highway Patrol officers joined the probe into the death of Ada Mears found in a cow pasture near Moulton Heights. Circuit solicitor W. H. Long said investigators are reconstructing the crime to retrace clues. Deputies Bibb Humphrey and Wemon reported no new information.
Final rites for W. M. Whalen aged 72 who died Thursday evening at his Town Creek home will be conducted Saturday at 2 p m at Strain cemetery. Interment will follow with Mutual Service directing. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. W. M. Whalen of Town Creek.
United Nations conference votes loom as small nations push to revise the world security charter within five to ten years. The debate centers on veto power by the Big Five and a possible exit right, with Egypt opposing a key phrase and delaying a commission session.
J Edgar Hoover extended an invitation accepted by Mayor H R Summer Decatur for Chief J B Whitmire to attend the FBI National Police Academy session beginning July 23 1945 in Washington D C. The 14 week course trains state municipal and county officers as instructors and executives in law enforcement.
This column quotes Premier Suzuki praising national fate and vowing victory with bomb raids and a morale contest. It warns against underestimating Japanese resolve and cautions that overconfidence could harm Allies in the ongoing conflict.
Allied reports say General Arnold says B 29 bomb tonnage will rise to 2 000 000 tons per year as Superforts raid Osaka Kobe Nagoya and Tokyo reaffirming a stepped up war campaign. In Okinawa Japanese forces retreat amid heavy fighting in the Philippines and on the China coast.
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