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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
1
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with scattered thunder showers in southern areas Tuesday afternoon. Not as warm in the extreme north tonight. State records show a 24 hour maximum of 96 and minimum of 76 at seven this morning.
The Decatur Daily reports that German forces attempted to break the Cherbourg trap but were repulsed as the latest war dispatches describe the ongoing World War I front. The page also covers local cotton prices, cinema listings, and several community notices and setups from Decatur, Alabama.
Soviet field dispatches report the Red Army near Viipuri as Finnish defense collapses after breaching the Mannerheim line and capturing Koivisto fortress. Inland progress extends two and a half miles beyond the line on the Murila sector with gains along Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland.
Albert L. Johnson, longtime manager of the Grand Island Nebraska plant for Nebraska Consolidated Mills, will move to manage the Alabama Flour Mills branch in Decatur. Henry A. Glade will stay about 90 days before moving to Omaha to assist the president.
Allied forces push their Saipan advance to three miles from Magicienne Bay and the Aslito airfield as two Japanese counterthrusts are broken. Guam is shelled. Kurile bombings confirmed. MacArthur’s airmen strike Sorong and Truk while Biak fights on. 1,655 Japanese casualties reported since May 27.
A group of war correspondents near the Normandy beach report fatigue and relief after the initial assault. They recount scarce sleep, wet clothes, and the mental strain of battle while seeking news of fellow reporters presumed lost or dead.
Allied dispatches say French colonial battalions captured Portoferraio and held the greater part of Elba with several hundred prisoners. On the Italian front, Allied forces gained on both flanks and centered, taking Assisi and pressing toward Perugia.
Lt. C. Carroll announced that R V Smith, petty officer in charge of the Huntsville Navy recruiting station for sixteen months, is promoted from specialist first class to chief petty officer. The station covers Morgan Madison Limestone and Jackson counties and ranks fourth among Alabama stations. it has been consistently receiving Waves enlistment applications. The office is in Morgan County Courthouse and opens Mondays from 9 am to 3 pm.
Prime Minister Churchill said in a speech at the Mexican embassy that the summer may bring success to the Allied cause. He noted the Normandy invasion as a surprise to the Germans and cited Teheran decisions as being unrolled, with victory possible this season. He urged permanent cooperation among nations and vowed to press the war to the end with the Allies.
Senator Eastland denounces Sidney Hillman as a Communist and accuses the Fair Employment Practices Committee of steering toward dictatorship. He opposes a 500000 dollar FEPC appropriation, claiming it would strip management of business control and threaten constitutional government. Continued on page two.
In Morgan county the Fifth War Loan progress is slow though finance offices report sales of 149,924.50 in E bonds and 601,780 in other bonds. The county quota stands at 1,379,000 with 531,000 required in Series E bonds.
Telegraphic word indicates many Decatur men return home after 26 months in Alaska. Reported that Huntsville and Hartselle company members also enroute home, with Decatur troops arriving in Seattle per telegrams.
Senator Murray proposes widening GI bill unemployment insurance for veterans. The bill would add 5 dollars per week per dependent up to 35 dollars, and remove the 10 month service requirement for full 52 weeks.
Mrs Harry Graves nee Callie Lou Steed of Evansville Ind died Friday and was buried Sunday in Tullahoma Tenn interment at her old home. She leaves her husband one son serving in the South Pacific two daughters one sister Mrs Weeks of Tullahoma and one brother Wm E Steed of Trinity.
London reports continued German rocket bomb assaults on Southern England for the fifth day. Fire-spotting planes and jet-propelled craft caused casualties and damage, while Britain strengthens anti-aircraft defenses and targets launching grounds in Pas de Calais as Allied air attacks rise.
The Elks club across from the DeKalb police department and near city hall was robbed last night. House manager Roy Walker said a $1,000 war bond and $500 in cash were stolen after thieves jimmyed a door and smashed the safe combination.
The war update notes Allied forces engage roughly a quarter of German strength in France as weather hampers reinforcements and supply. American troops reportedly crossed to the western shore near Cherbourg while German forces inland face pressure, with Naples illustrating rapid Allied repairs enabling a broader drive into Hitler’s domains.
Allied dispatches report US forces eight miles from Cherbourg with artillery bombing the port. The US Ninth Division halted a German breakout from a trap and repelled a night attack near St Jacques de Nehou as British troops push toward Tilly Sur Seulles on the Normandy front.
American troops widening their Cherbourg peninsula corridor, doubling its size since yesterday, push north and south to widen the breach. Unofficial estimates place German forces cut off in the peninsula at up to 50,000.
In the Cherbourg peninsula the U S Seventh Army under Lt Gen Omar Bradley builds forces for the next step after driving a seven mile corridor across the peninsula American troops shell Cherbourg area with heavy bombardment and tighten control on Carentan and Montebourg regions as Berlin radio reports slight advances.
Supreme Headquarters reports heavy Allied air action against Pas de Calais rocket sites and German air bases in Southwestern France as part of invasion support. Day and night raids targeted Cherbourg peninsula routes, Paris area reinforcements, and Bordeaux region airfields amid unsettled weather.
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