Wyatt sees Nazi cities in Germany visit
Pvt. Roy O. Wyatt Jr. writes from Germany June 4 1945 describing travels from Worms to Augsburg via Mannheim and Munich. He notes high speed highways bridges towns and German architectural scenes while detailing living conditions and salvage work with fellow soldiers. He mentions Alps views and local landscapes and observes German culture and engineering.
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Roy O. Wyatt Jr
Roy O. Wyatt Sr
Decatur
Marante
Nations seek charter withdrawal rights in small state push
A centennial page notes a drafted charter clause allowing any nation to withdraw. Small states pressed for explicit withdrawal rights, while a committee suggested that withdrawal could occur even without a formal provision if future charter changes made membership unacceptable.
Bridges Wins Court Fight In Deportation Case
The Supreme Court reversed a deportation order against Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader, in a 5-3 decision. Justice Douglas wrote for the majority. Justice Jackson took no part. The ruling ends a seven-year legal battle over government efforts to oust Bridges, who had denied Communist Party ties.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
Douglas
Jackson
Stone
Frankfurter
Roberts
Bridges
Australia
Biddle
Longshoremen's Union
Communist Party
United States
Justice Department
Congress
Dozen Men Leave for Service Today
Twelve men from Morgan county draft board 1 depart for induction at Fort McClellan Alabama this morning. Among the group are Dennis Melson Willie Morris Minor Charles Albert Seay Millard Eugene Cham e Robert Alvin Powers Noah Entire John David Stephenson Edward Lavour Adams James Kyle Roberts Earl Clarence Worley Jr William Paul Speegle and Charles Ocie Kirkpatrick.
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Morgan County
Draft Board 1
Fort McClellan
Ala
Dennis Melson
Willie Morris Minor
Charles Albert Seay
Millard Eugene Chame
Robert Alvin Powers
NoahEntire
John David Stephenson
Edward Lavour Adams
James Kyle Roberts
Earl Clarence Worley, Jr
William Paul Speegle
Charles Ocie Kirkpatrick
Cotton Futures Steady After War Food Purchase News
In New York the cotton market opened modestly lower on war food purchase news for 1945 crop but recovered with mill buying and short covering. Late in trading July at 23.01, October 22.77, December 22.73 cents a pound.
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New York
War Food Administration
Commission House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Supreme Court denies rehearing on miners portal pay decision
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its ruling granting bituminous coal miners portal to portal pay. Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, operating mines in Western Virginia, challenged Justice Black qualifications citing prior Birmingham firm ties. Crampton Harris represented the United Mine Workers in the case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Virginia
Justice Black
Black
Crampton Harris
Birmingham
Harris
United Mine Workers
Markets to Close in New York for Eisenhower Visit
All major financial and commodity exchanges in New York City will close tomorrow from 11 A M to 1 P M in honor of General Dwight W. Eisenhower's visit. The New York Stock Exchange copper exchange and produce exchange will shut. banks stay open. Major department stores and other businesses will close part of the day.
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New York
New York City
Dwight W. Eisenhower
New York Stock Exchange
Cuprb Exchange
Produce Exchange
Hearing Set For Birmingham Electric Stock Redemption
The Securities and Exchange Commission schedules a June 26 hearing on Birmingham Electric's plan to redeem by lot 12,516 shares of cumulative preferred stock at 110 dollars per share. Redemption will be financed with 1,381,041 dollars of excess treasury cash. Canada’s forests cover 1,220,400 square miles or more than a third of the Dominion’s land area.
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Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
Birmingham
Ala
Electric Company
Treasury
Canada
Dominion
Casper Lehmann’s Bohemian Glass Engraving Start 1609
Casper Lehmann began glass engraving in Bohemia in 1609 using cut jewels and crystals to decorate artifacts and vessels, marking an early craft in the region.
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Casper Lehmann
Bohemia
Patented collapsible bicycle for compact storage
A collapsible bicycle with pivoting support bars and folding pedals has been patented to enable compact storage and easier shipment. The invention centers on pivoting frame components and folding pedal mechanics for space efficiency.
City court fines total 545 dollars in morning session
Twenty three cases paid fines or forfeited cash bonds totaling 545 dollars in city court. Fines included multiple 10 and 15 dollar penalties for offenses such as gaming speeding and assault. Plus local notes on military family news and community notices follow.
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H.summer
PTA backs city school building plan in Decatur meeting
The consolidated PTA supports a $1,500,000 plan to build a new junior senior high school, remodel Riverside and Joe Wheeler facilities, and add to a Negro high school. Principal and PTA presidents from city schools will attend the Morgan county courthouse meeting to discuss financing and the plan’s impact.
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Breck Reeves
Consolidated Parent-Teachers Association of
United P.-T.a
Morgan County
P.T.A
Decatur
City Board of Education
Riverside
Joe Wheeler
Negro High
LaFayette Street
Gordon- Bibb
Ration Stamp Schedules and Update Dates
The Associated Press notes ration dates for meats and processed foods with stamps from Book Four through late summer and early fall. Sugar stamps 36 run five pounds through August with next stamp valid September 1. Shoes and gasoline coupons show new validity dates and expirations, with OPA stating no cancellations planned.
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Associated Press
OPA
Mrs Lula Hagood Laid to Rest in Lawrence County
Final rites were held Monday at Sanderson cemetery for Mrs. Lula Hagood 67 who died Sunday of a heart attack at 1122 Fourth Avenue South. The funeral cortege left at 12 30 P M Interment was by Brown. Survivors include two daughters Mrs J H Black Nashville Tenn and Mrs Gurna Jeffreys Town Creek1 a son Claude Hagood Decatur one brother J C Sanderson Florence five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Long sticks of cinnamon make flavorful swizzle sticks for tall drinks.
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Sanderson Cemetery
Lawrence County
Lula Hagood
Fourth Avenue South
Brown
J. H. Black
Nashville
Tenn
Gurna Jeffreys
Town Creek
Claude €. Hagood
Decatur
J. C. Sanderson
Florence
Troop 11 boys head to Camp Westmoreland for two weeks
Eugene Hamilton Harry Brewer and Grady Portwood Jr of Troop 11 depart Deca tur Sunday with Mrs E G Hamilton for Camp Westmoreland for a two week stay. Mrs Rawls VA representative visits Morgan county Red Cross chapter. Portwood transfers and Navy assignments involve several local families. David Portwood heads to Charleston Navy Yard for new position.
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Hamilton
Eugene Town
Harry Brewer
Decatur
Camp Westmoreland
E. G. Hamilton
Indicted Polish Underground Leaders Face Soviet Case
Moscow broadcasts report 16 Poles including Bronislaw Ockulicki Jan Jankowski and Stanislaw Jasiukowicz charged with organizing leading the Polish underground in the Red army rear across Western White Russia Ukraine Lithuania and Poland They allegedly followed London calls to disrupt Red Army through terrorist acts and raids while spying and handling radio transmitters and arms for use in crimes.
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Okulicki
Red Army
Rankowski
Jan Jankowski
London
Opatyachiev
Bronislaw Ockulicki
Stanislaw Jasiukowicz
Parliament National Party
Moscow
White Russia
Ukraine
Lithuania
Poland
Monitor
Ockulicki
Jradio
Allied Air Raids Hit Japanese Industrial Hubs and Okinawa Engagements
Returning airmen report successful strikes on Kagoshima Omuta Hamats u Yokkachi plants across chemical aviation steel and oil sectors. On Okinawa the 6th Marine Division mops up Oroku and Karakiri areas while infantry divisions push through Yuza hill and eastern hills as US losses reach around 80 thousand Japanese killed and 1.68 thousand prisoners.
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Omuta
Kyushu
Hamatsu
Yokkachi
Honshu
Japan
Okinawa
U. S
Sixth Marine Division
Oroku Peninsula
Tenth Army
Karakiri
96Th Infantry
Yuza
7Th Army
Adm
Minoru Ota
Philipp
Eisenhower Returns Home for First Time Since War Victory
General Eisenhower arrives in Washington with his wife and son First Lt. John Sheldon Eisenhower for a victory homecoming. Marshall and other leaders greet him as plans unfold for a presidential briefing and postwar policy discussions. Eisenhower then visits Walter Reed and Pershing.
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John Sheldon Eisenhower
Marshall
Marshal
Europe
Truman
Germany
Western Allied
United States Control Group
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
National
Potomac
Pentagon
War Stimson
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John J. Pershing
Hope General Eisenhower on wartime sacrifices and unity
Eisenhower cites Churchill and Roosevelt as God given leaders and notes Britain and America set aside differences for a common cause. He lauds the Red Army’s role in defeating Germany and sternly reflects on the cost of war, the sorrow of losing soldiers, and the duty to prevent such sacrifice from repeating.
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Eisenhower
Churchill
Roosevelt
Red Army
Germany
Soldiers Freed From German POW Camps
War Department announces additional soldiers freed from German prisoner of war camps. Included are Staff Sgt. William H. Abbott Cullman 2, Sgt. William C. Cole 206 Fourth Avenue NE Cullman, Pfe. Max E. Livingston Cullman 8, Pvt. James T. McCles key Moulton 2.
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War Department
William H. Abbott
Cullman
William C. Cole
Fourth Avenue NE
Max E. Livingston
James T. McCleskey
Moulton
Phillips with Roving Unit in Pacific Navy Group
J. W. Phillips aviation radioman Isc of Town Creek serves with Navy Utility Squadron Seven in the Pacific. VJ-7 roves the fleet performing targets towing training AA fire aid, subs to jet aircraft tech support, fighter drive bomber torpedo gunnery, and operates the fleet air photographic laboratory for reconnaissance missions.
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J. W. Phillips
Isc
Town Creek
Navy
Utility Squadron Seven
Pacific
Sehich
Pacific Fleet
VJ-7
Fleet Air Photographic Laboratory
Pacific Air Command
War insights from conference notes on Russia and realism
A conference observer notes Russians are not hostile but frustrated by methods and aims. Language and interpretation affect negotiations with Stalin. The piece weighs Russia's international outlook, growing awareness of criticism, and compares U S posture to past eras while emphasizing balance in understanding Russia today.
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Stalin
Russia
America
United States
Bradley Gail Jones Honored At Birthday Party
Bradley Gail Jones was celebrated at a Saturday party marking her first birth anniversary. Attending were Paul Woodall Mike Woodall Linda Charlotte Linderman Brenda Waden Mathyline McDonald Dina Locke Nelda Nelson Betty Hampton Tommy Segars Alwayne Jones Thuron Manley and Barbara Ann Nance.
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Bradley Gail Jones
Bradley Gail
Paul
Mike Woodall
Linda
Charlotte Linderman
Brenda Waden
Mathyline McDonald
Dina Locke
Nelda Nelson
Betty Hampton
Tommy Segars
Alwayne Jones
Thuron Manley
Barbara Ann Nance
Belgium Faces Threat of General Strike as King Returns
The threat of a general strike loomed in Belgium as King Leopold prepared to return. Brussels streetcar workers announced they would strike as soon as Leopold set foot on Belgian soil amid calls for abdication.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Former resident Elijah Brown dies in Birmingham
John Brown and Mrs. Jim Gillespie returned from Birmingham where they attended the funeral and interment of Elijah Brown, former Decatur resident and longtime Birmingham resident. Brown had been with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company before retirement.
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John Brown
Jim Gillespie
Birmingham
Elijah Brown
Decatur
Bingham
Brown
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
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