Weather and community notes from Decatur area
The region reports fair tonight and Wednesday with partly cloudy skies. Local prices for cotton show strict mid dling 21.15 middling 21.00 strict low 19.15 and low 17.15. The week features films at the Princess the Roxy and the Capitol while service members receive promotions and returns from duty. Pfc Dwain Lindsey son of Mr and Mrs T Lindsey of Trinity is promoted to sergeant with the 34th infantry division Fifth Army. Seaman Fred M Jones returns to San Diego after furlough with his wife and baby. Various residents travel to Camp Westmoreland Toledo and other duty stations as community life continues amid war. Public notices include church services school and War Price and Rationing Board schedules and canning sugar stamp instructions. Births, medical patients and military homecomings are noted along with local business and civic updates.
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Pfc
Dwain’ Lindsey
T. Lindsey
Trinity
Italy
Serant Lindsey
34Th Infantry
Fifth Army
Fall of Viipuri Reported as Soviet Offensive Accelerates
A Stockholm dispatch claimed Viipuri, a key Finnish port, fell to the Soviet army after heavy shelling from under nine miles away. Moscow sources were not yet confirmed. Red troops reportedly widened a 30 mile gap in the Mannerheim line and pushed toward Helsinki as talks of peace surfaced.
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London
Stockholm
Viipuri
Moscow
Red
Mannerheim Line
Mannerheim
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Baltic Republic
Red Star
Gulf of Viipuri
Helsinki
Red Army presses toward Viipuri as Finnish defenses crumble
Soviet forces advanced within nine miles of Viipuri as heavy artillery pounded the outskirts. Izvestia reported the city is within reach while coastal Finns retreat, and the Baltic fleet moved up the Gulf of Finland aiding the assault. Transport ships were sunk in Gulf of Viipuri and Gulf of Finland amid heavy naval actions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Viipuri
Izvestia
Ivan Ossipov
Nikolai Shvankov
Red Star
Gulf of Viipuri
Red
Red Fleet
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Fin
Court Denies Defense Plea in Mass Sedition Trial
Judge Edward C. Eicher refused a defense motion for a directed verdict for 29 defendants in a mass sedition conspiracy case now in week ten. He distinguished the Hartzel ruling, noting it involves independent publications, not foreign-sponsored activity aimed at undermining the armed forces' morale.
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Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Eicher
Supreme Court
Hartzel
Elmer Hartzel
Germany
Eichers
Perfect Attendance Saved By Club In Athens Rotary
W A Caughran fell ill and risked breaking seven year record of never missing an Athens Rotary meeting. Fellow club members held the weekly session in his bedroom to keep the streak intact.
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Athens
Ala
W. A. Caughran
Athens Rotary Club
Caughran
Allied forces enter Perugia in Italian campaign progress
Allied reporters describe the Eighth and Fifth Armies advancing toward Perugia with spotty resistance inside the town. Elba falls to French troops after resistance ends at Porto Longone. 1,800 prisoners taken. British reach Lake Trasimeno as German defenses bend under sustained assault.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Perugia
Florence
Elba
Porto Longone
Eighth Army
Key Ints
Fifth Army
Grosetto
Orbetello
Ripa
Civitella D'Arno
Navy admits loss of submarine Grayback
The Navy announced the loss of submarine Grayback presumed lost in the Far Pacific. Commanded by Commander John Anderson Moore missing in action, the 1 475 ton sub carried about 65 crew. The tally of missing American submarines reaches 24 since December 7, 1941, with subs credited for sinking or damaging 758 Japanese ships. The Grayback was built by Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut and commissioned in 1941.
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Washington
Far Pacific
Navy
John Anderson Moore
Moore
Virginia S. Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Japan
King
U. S
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Great Battle in Saipan Air Is Continuing
Changsha fell, Chinese high command said the situation in Hunan capital was obscure after suburban defense works were destroyed by more than 50,000 Japanese troops. Radio contact with Changsha was broken.
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Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
Saipan air battle claims mount for Japan
Japanese Tokyo broadcast asserts major U S fleet off the Marianas isles is attacked daily and claims 300 American aircraft destroyed. Imperial headquarters says most of the U S fleet is assembled there and inflates losses including a battleship two cruisers and a destroyer sunk.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Saipan
Japan
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
U. S
Marianas Islands
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Fearful Japanese see Saipan as launch point for Tokyo air raids
A Berlin telegraph quotes Tokyo dispatches noting Japanese officials fear Saipan will become a base for B 29 bombers to reach Tokyo. The report says American heavy bombers operating from Saipan could conduct systematic raids on Tokyo about 1 550 miles away.
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Associated Press
Saipan Island
Tokyo
China
Berlin
Saipan
MacArthur Drives New Airbase Wins in Pacific Campaign
The report notes major Allied moves in the Pacific. Ground forces seized airstrips at Asliton and the western Magicienne Bay area on Saipan's east coast, while Seabees prepared the Saipan airstrip for operations. MacArthur established an airbase on OWI island near Biak, and ground forces targeted Mokmer air drome with success. MacArthur's airmen also hit Truk, claiming 12 of 25 shot down.
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Midway
Saipan
Tokyo
Nimitz
Asliton
Magicienne Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Owi
Biak
Schouten
Mokmer
MacArthur
Truk
Morgan County Bond Drive Fails to Meet Series E Target
Morgan County raises $159 362 in Series E bonds toward a $551 000 goal as of today with July 8 deadline looming. Total county bond sales reach $602 780 against a $1 379 000 county quota, signaling uneven progress in the war loan campaign.
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Morgan County
New Type of Ace Emerges in Allied Air Fight
The American Ninth Air Force reports a new fighter ace among its pilots in a sky patrol against German rockets. Mustang Lt. Lewis Powers of Albuquerque shot down two and shared another with an RAF fighter, after earlier credit, and a maintenance crew reportedly helped down a pilotless plane over Southern England. Capt. Albert E. Renning of Jackson, Mississippi, observed a projectile near the field and scored a direct hit on the second round.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied. Expeditionary Force
Ninth Airforce
Mustang
Lewis Powers
Albuquerque
N. M
Powers
Normandy
U. S. Army
England
Albert E. Renning
Jackson
War optimism and German war capacity debated
The piece weighs cautious optimism about Germany’s ability to sustain the war against the Western front. It questions German logistics and air power, cites horse drawn transport in France, and contrasts German manpower with supply and air force limits. It notes Churchill’s hopeful rhetoric and suggests several factors could bring success to the Allied cause this summer.
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Germany
Mr. Churchill
Western Front
France
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
der Fuehrer
Luftwaffe
RAF
Churchill
Lions Employees in Bond Purchase
Decatur workers at Lion Oil Refining Co and other Lion Oil branches join the fifth war loan drive. Purchases totaling $2,000 are credited to each employee’s local Decatur location, with funds routed through Federal Savings Banks.
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Lion Oil Refining Company
Decatur
Lion Oil
Federal Savings Banks
Court Term Postponed to September Due to Light Docket
Judge A A Griffith orders Morgan County circuit court delayed from June to September 1944. Regular session moves to the third Monday in September with all trial docket cases continued to that session.
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Circuit Court
A. A. Griffith
John Green
Morgan County
Griffith
Wallace Arrives in Chungking for China Visit
Vice President Wallace reaches Chungking after Liberia trip and is greeted by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. He plans tea with officials and embassy visit, praising Asia North Pacific cultural and commercial potential. Continues on page two.
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George Taylor
John D. Taylor
Seattle
Alaska
Chungking
Wallace
Liberia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
U. S
Clarence E. Gauss
United States
Tiuwa
Sinkiang
China
Szechwan
Siberia
Pacific
Central Asia
Hu Shih
Canada
Asia
North Pacific Basin
Rockets Shot Down Dozens Over England In Blitz
British anti aircraft crews and fighter pilots shot down many Nazi rocket planes overnight as the buzz bomb blitz continued. In one district four flying bombs were downed within minutes and three exploded in the air. Allied measures were said to curb cross channel attacks while U S heavy bombers struck rocket emplacements around Pas de Calais.
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Associated Press
London
England
British
Air Ministry
Cross Channel
U. S
Pas de Calais
Hitler
Tom Pinckney
Scotland
Britain
Germany
Death Takes Pete Neely
Funeral services for Phillip T. Pete Neely 69 who died Monday morning at a veterans hospital in Tuscaloosa will be held Wednesday at 3 PM at Ninth Street Methodist church with Rev Nolan and Rev B B Burks officiating. Interment will follow in the city cemetery Mutual Service directing. Survived by wife Effie Neely son Roy O Neely step daughter Mrs J R Garrett an uncle A A Norris and several nieces and nephews Spanish American War Veterans will serve as pallbearers Mothers class of the church will handle flowers.
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Phillip T
Pete) Neely
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Nolan
B. B. Burks
City Cemetery
Effie Neely
Roy O. Neely
J. R. Garrett
A. A.norris
Brotherhood
Americans Reach Near Cherbourg in Fierce Drive
American forces break toward Cherbourg, seizing Valognes and advancing from Montebourg as the ninth division leads a rapid assault south of the port. German troops retreat to inner defenses while a second push nears Quineville in a widening engagement.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Valognes
Great Harbor
U.S
St. Martin le Grand
transAtlantic
Doughs Boys
Montebourg
Associated Press
Roger Greene
U. S
Quineville
Valo
Allied forces reach Cherbourg fortifications in major assault
London radio reported Allied spearheads in contact with German defenders in Cherbourg and the fortified town under heavy bombardment. Rennes controlled broadcasts said four engined Allied bombers and naval guns pounded the fortress as fresh U S infantry and tanks joined the assault.
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London
Berlin
Cherbourg
Rennes
France
United States
Allied drive seals Cherbourg area as heavy fighting spreads
Allied forces push along the Normandy front with advances near Tilly-sur-Seulles and Hotot-le-Bas, while U S troops break through north of Barneville and seal off the Cherbourg peninsula. The Nazis acknowledge isolation of Cherbourg though report limited fighting on the southern front. More than 1500 American bombers strike targets in Germany and Pas-de-Calais rocket sites as Bradley’s troops surge northward.
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Gnes
Supreme Headquarters
Normandy
Tilly-Sur-Seules
Hottot-Le-Bagnes
U. S
Barneville
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Montebourg-Valognés
Germany
Pas-De-Calais
French
Iron Naais
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First Presbyterian Church
Uncle Sam
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Army Air Base
Guy Robers
Ruth
Nell McCulloch
Howard Keenum
Raphael Thompson
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Joseph W. Thompson, Jr
Camp Wolters
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Leslie Woodall
Cora Hallmark
Birmingham
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Alabama State Guard
R. ‘Harrison
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W. R. Riley
Mack Jacobs
Wayne
Clifton Crowley
Ivaline Ryan
Jerrol
Evansville
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Decature
Hamil Clinic
J. W. Clapton
Homer Lang
H. P. Still
Frank Hillis
Cake Clinic
Lee
Atlanta
Morgia
Bob Ruth Ratliff
Dewey Crowe
Ille 3
William H. Crowe
Virginia
Pfc. Crowe
G. F.covtley
Eddy Gilmore
5Th Army
Lake
Lake Trasimeno
Citta Della Pieve
Normen
Pont L’abbe
Harry Harris
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Signal Corps
By Dewitt MacKenzie
J. M. Roberts, JR
DeWitt MacKenzie
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V. P. Wallace
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