Valentine of Ancient Days from Civil War Letters
A faded Civil War era valentine written February 14 1865 by Henry S Morrow to Sallie Barcliff later Mrs Henry Morrow is presented by Mrs Callie Morrow Shoemaker The poem praised for charm and recited in a Southern Belle voice details the authorship Randolph Valhermosa Springs Alabama 1863 and mentions the Morrow and Barclift family lines and a November 16 1865 marriage in Morgan County Alabama
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Callie Morrow Shoemaker
Sherman Street
Valentine
Randolph
Valhermosa Springs
Morgan County
Alabama
Hugh D
Mary Lynn Morrow
Somerville
Poe
John
Matida Wray Barclift
Davidson County
Tennessee
John Barclift
Apple Grove
H. M. Welch
J. J. Shoemaker
Willis B. Morrow
Brilliant Offensive Drives Through Normandy Peninsula
The account describes rapid Allied advances from St. Sauveur toward Besneville and the Douve river, with 82nd Division troops breaking through and tanks crossing the river. Germans retreating from entrenched hedge lines, Allied air attacks targeting retreating columns, and the pursuit toward St. Le D Ourville as daylight combat intensifies.
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Praire
St. Sauveur
Besneville
Barnesville
la Hahy du Puits
82Nd Division
Douve River
St. Le-D’ourville
Environment Test for Love Waves in Alaska Image
Dorothy Dix argues that marrying across backgrounds often fails once couples relocate home. She urges couples and soldiers to test compatibility by visiting each other’s hometowns and meeting families before marriage, noting misfit marriages harm happiness.
Market boom lifts stock averages to record highs in six day rise
The Associated Press 60 stock average closed at 55.2 up 0.3 for the day and 2.2 for the week, marking the widest six day rise since January 1942. Bond gains supported rails while cotton and wheat futures edged higher as traders awaited price control legislation.
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Wall Street
Bernard S.&. O'Hara
New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Grain futures rise in Chicago at close
Chicago grain futures closed higher across most contracts as traders paid more for grains with July and September wheat the exception. The session saw broad buying momentum and varied price moves among different grain classes.
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Chicago
Allied advances threaten Cherbourg as evacuees stream out
American forces push toward Cherbourg with rapid gains along the coast and high ground. Civilians flee by road toward rural areas and Lès Pieux Bricaube in search of sanctuary as German defenses retreat and field hospitals fall to the Ninth Division. Many German troops are reportedly confused by the American advance.
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Jans
Cherbourg
Les Pieux
Bricauebec
Valognes
Montebourg
St. Colombe
St. Sauveur
Douve River
Orglandes
Large $62,500 injury judgment in Jefferson County
Jessie Dallas of Dallas Texas won a $62,500 judgment in circuit court before Judge Whit Windham. The case against Dixie Greyhound Bus Lines and the Atlanta Birmingham & Coast Railroad arose from a September 8 1943 collision in which Dallas, a bus passenger, was injured.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Whit Windham
Jessie
Highway Miracle Winnfield
A truck loaded with 204 cases of dynamite left Highway 84 near Winnfield Louisiana yesterday morning, plowed through a cemetery and clipped fences and a large pine before stopping 180 yards away in a field with its explosives intact. John Whitt 45 of Birmingham Alabama an employee of Baggett Transfer Co Birmingham was treated in Winnfield but suffered no serious injuries.
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Winnfield
Here
Mangre
John Whitt
Birmingham
Ala
Baggett Transfer Co
Replacement cap for baby bottle uses airtight cellophane seal
A new disposable cap made of cellophane provides an airtight and leakproof seal for baby bottles, offering a hygienic alternative to traditional rubber caps.
Cotton dominates global textile consumption
WPB reports the world typically uses six times more cotton than wool or rayon and about 25 times more cotton than silk, highlighting cotton as the primary fiber in global trade.
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WPB
Reconversion Steps Taken By WPB Chief Nelson
Washington June 17. Chairman Donald Nelson of the War Production Board loosened controls to aid reconversion and allow war plants to order tools for peacetime production even while the war continues. He authorized building one model of any planned postwar product and signaled further steps to protect the economy by dropping nonessential wartime controls.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Donald Nelson
Nelson
WPB
Allied hold at Cherbourg and French front in Normandy report
General Bradley said no signs of German evacuation of Cherbourg despite Luftwaffe activity and German trucks sighted nearby. American casualties total 15,883 by Friday midnight, while British and U.S. forces delayed German reinforcements by destroying bridges and rail lines.
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Seulles
Cherbourg
Normandy
Bradley
Sevastopol
Caen-Troain
U. S. 82Nd Airborne Division
St. Sauveur
Cher
Aviation Cadet Killed in Crash During Training
Aviation Cadet William G. Bainbridge of Mancus Colorado was killed Friday when his plane crashed near Leighton. Col Walter W Gross, commanding officer at Courtland Army Air Forces Pilot School, announced the death. Surviving are parents Mr and Mrs W A Bainbridge of Mancus and sister Mrs W G Collins of Dallas Texas.
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William G. Bainbridge
Mancus
Col
Leighton
Walter W. Gross
Army Air Forces Pilot School
Courtland
Bainbridge
W. A. Bainbridge
W. G. Collins
Dallas
Texas
Revival in Tent to Begin Monday
A revival will begin Monday night at eight in a tent on Fourth Avenue S in the 15% block. The meetings will run each evening for two weeks. Rev. B. B. Burks and Rev. W. W. Coffey will conduct the revival and the public is invited to attend all services.
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Fourth Avenue S
B. B. Burks
W. W. Coffey
Archbishop Usher’s 4004 B C Creation Date Chronology
The chronology attributed to Archbishop James Ussher places the Creation at 4004 B C according to Biblical records. This dating, widely cited in historical and religious contexts, aligns biblical genealogies with a traditional timeline for the world’s origins.
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Archbishop Usher
B. C
Local notes on residents and military families in Decatur area
Continue from Page One with updates on Mrs. A B Love returning home from Decatur General Hospital to Colonial Apartments. Members of YW A meet in Ridgecrest NC with 35 other YW A members from the state. Soldiers and relatives, including Pvt Quinton Blevins and Curtis Hopper, are visiting friends. Verbon McRae arrives in California after two years in the South Pacific. Several residents nurse illness, travel, or furloughs, with mentions of mumps, tonsillectomy, and government service transfers. First cotton bloom of 1944 reported in Trinity area. Rotary international service committee set to present program Monday.
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Verbon McRae
Navy Seabees
California
South Pacific
Roxie Campbell
Billy McRae
Gwyn Campbell
Patriotism Boosts Crop Improvement in Alabama
Auburn Ala agricultural leaders credit war effort and hard farm labor for better crop and livestock prospects. Older farmers compensate for reduced weight as women and youths operate tractors and combines. Kiwanis luncheon features Alabama Alamay products. war bonds drive continues with five point program to reduce debts, maximize food and fiber, avoid speculation, build reserves, and invest wisely.
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L. O. Brackeen
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Frank Crouch
Athens
Rt. 3
Margaret Crouch
Annie May Crouch
Chinee
Tor
Elmyra
L. M. Ware
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
International Kiwanis Club
Chicago
Frank Boyd
Kiwanis
Montgomery
Opélika
Alabama Agricultural War Bond Committee
Sisko
Normandy Beachhead D Day Scene Describes Wreckage and Corpses
A wartime narrator walks the Normandy coast two days after D Day. He describes dead sailors in the water, jellyfish with four leaf emblems, vast beach debris, sunken tanks and jeeps, damaged trucks, barges, and half submerged landing craft. The invasion’s scale and wreckage are stark and haunting.
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Normandy
D Day
France
Prisoners Watch Allied Power From Beachhead Bluff
Allied forces display a vast wartime harbor and wreckage on a shore, with boats piled high and weapons abandoned, while English reinforcements arrive. German prisoners stand guard nearby as Doughboys overlook the sea and the immense armada beyond, a scene of doom and awe.
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Germany
Rotary meeting at Cornelian Court Hotel features O S Hageman talk
O S Hageman will speak on the international situation at the weekly Rotary gathering at Cornelian Court Hotel. James Rankin Emmett McClary and James H Johnson serve on the committee presenting the program. The piece notes the annual memorial singing at Friendship church near Danville on Sunday June 25 at ten. Public invited. Bond set at 1500 for Rex Maxwell on assault with intent to murder. Maxwell shot Lovick Fowler June 7 near Hartselle. Local court hearing with Judge James Crow and W H Long and S A Lynne.
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Cornelian Court Hotel
Rotary
O. S. Hagerman
James Rankin
Emmett McClary
James H. Johnson
Friendship Church
Danville
Winston County Speer
Rex Maxwell
W. H. Long
S. A. Lynne
James Crow
Maxwell
Lovick Fowler
Hartselle
Anti aircraft girds Britain as robot planes threaten civilians
Night defense forces fire guns of all calibers and rocket anti air devices in the Channel Straits. Home guards man heavy weapons to halt robot planes while rescuers search wreckage from nurses home and street strikes.
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Channel Straits
Britain
Harold H. Balfour
England
Frederick Pile
F. G. Miles
RAF
Pas-De-Calais
Perha
German Rocket Bombs Reach English Coasts in War Effort
Reports describe a cheaply produced German rocket bomb likened to a small jet aircraft. It has about 100 mile range, limited accuracy, and relies on wind drift. speed around 259 mph, with iron construction and fuel explosive inside. London under intermittent attack since Thursday night with uncertain damage estimates.
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High Command
London
England
Allied air power targets Cherbourg peninsula and enemy convoys
Ninth air force Mustangs and Thunderbolts bombed an air field on the Cherbourg peninsula and attacked motor convoys tanks and machine-gun nests in direct aid to ground forces. Aerial activity increased as weather improved while German planes remained scarce. Allied HQ said the ongoing battle of the bridges prior to D Day has achieved highly successful results.
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Misaldon
Ninth Airforce
Thunderbolts
Cherbourg
Limestone County presses forward in fifth war loan drive
Limestone County drives toward a 644000 quota with a June 11 rally at Athens school. Mayor Richardson and County Agent Phil Lips will auction services as prizes while locals bid. The beat by beat table shows county and town allocations with unallocated funds to be allocated at drive end.
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Limestone County
Athens
Ees
Richardson
Someody
Phillips
Somebod
Limestone
Recei Limestone Co
City of Athens
Shoalford
Sandsprings
Pettusville
Gilbertsboro
Wickham
Pleasant Grove
Big Creek
Georgia
Slough Ik Snne Tee
Mooresville
Belle Mina
Greenbriar
Elkmont
Allies Drive Deep into Saipan as Jap Resistance Intensifies
American echelons at Saipan push toward the island's east shore after capturing Himashisu and Charan Kanoa areas. Carrier air support pounded Japanese positions while a converted World War I destroyer sank five coastal cargo ships, with 29 enemy crew captured. Total Japanese ships sunk reaches twenty one as the battle continues.
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Aslito
Saipan
Himashisu
Ashto
Magicienne Bay
Chaeran-Kanoa
Charan- Kanoa
Fire Probe At Detroit State Fairgrounds Race Track
Arson squad detectives detained a dismissed stable hand for questioning after a blaze at the Detroit state fairgrounds race track killed a groom and destroyed at least 32 race horses.
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Detroit
State Fairgrounds
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Tay
Pettey’s Cleaners
Dorothy Dix
Alaska
Dorothy Olx
Mary
Lucy
Tom
Prigs E Cowboy
Irvin Cobb
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Peninsula
Carentan
Vire-Taute Rivers
Pennsylvania
New England
Union
District of Columbia
Algiers
North Africa
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Troina
Eee
Deshaus
A. B. Love
Decature General Hospital
Colonial Apartments
Paul Gene Hargrove
E. E. Hargrove
Sam Pruett
Hot Springs
Ark
Mae Sims
Helen Sherman
Ridgecrest
N. C
Y. WA
Pvt
Quinton Blevins
Curtis Hopper
Eva
Lacon
W. S. Moore
Vinemont 2
Martin S. Chenault
Chanute Field Technical Training School
Chanute Field
Ill
Ora Chenault
9Th Ave. West
Jack Lyle
J. A. Hopkins
Jerry Livingston
Luther Livingston
R. L. Howell
D. M. Hawkins
Decatur 2
Herman Safley
Ainsley Wyle
Courtland Air Base
Iane McCall
Sarah Lee Hill
Philadelphia
Mrs
J. W. Hill
H. Harrison Hill
U. S
Decatur Iron & Steel ‘Company
Civil Service Board
Washington, D. C
R. T. Norwood
New York City
Raybourn Neville
Trinity
J. A. Done
C. C. Jennings
Atlanta
John A. Gamble
Mrs. Gamble
Bonnie Hawkins
Fourth Avenue
International Service Committee of
Decatur Rotary Club
Pyle
Dillehay’s “ii
L‘ons
Decatur, Ala
Gertrude Wilburn
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