Heart Attack Proves Fatal to Tom Wood at 49
Tom Wood aged 49 died Sunday afternoon following a heart attack while riding in a car with Oakley Kennemer on the Elkmont road. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Spry's chapel with Rev. Betty Copeland officiating at Athens City Cemetery. He is survived by his sister Mrs Otis Gregg of Birmingham and three brothers John W Wood Cecil M Wood and R C Wood plus two nephews and one niece. Pallbearers named. He was a Baptist church member for 23 years and worked for Texaco Oil Co.
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Oakley Kennemer
Elkmont Road
R. C
Fat
Coleman Ave
Athens
Betty Copeland
Sprry's
Cha
Athens City
Spry
Otis Gregg
Birmingham
John W.wood
Army Air Forces
Cecil M. Wood
R. C. Wood
Joe Wood
Pat Cooper
John Tennison
Jahori Williams
Roy Thomas
Baptist Church of Athens
Texaco Oil Company
Finland Near Cabinet Shakeup Amid Frontline Breakthrough
Soviet reports say Finnish forces retreated from Muolaa to the coast after a major Soviet artillery barrage as Red Army units advanced toward Vyborg. Moscow claimed seven southern lakes areas and towns along the line fell to the Soviets including Rokala and Suma. Finland’s premier Edwin Linkomies and Finance Minister Vaino Tanner faced retirement rumors per Svenska Dagbladet.
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Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Edwin Linkomies
Vaino Tanner
Finland
Linkomies
Juho K. Panasikivi
Moscow
Muolaa
Finnish Gulf
Rokkala
Viipuri
Suma
Leipatoa
Red Army
Second Front Advances North of Grosseto
Center area operations by two days by eighth army bypass Panicale Citta Della Pieve Perugia Panicale Mangano Catio lione Panciano cleared of enemy. Citta Della Pieve population 9400 Panicale 5800. West resistance to fifth army sporadic. Late yesterday advance nine miles northeast of Grosseto. Prisoners taken since Rome offensive now 27000.
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Eighth Army
San Luzardo
Citta Della Pieve
Perugia
Panicale
Mangano
Catiolione
Panciano
Fifth Army
Grosseto
Rome
German war broadcast warns of new Rocket weapon tests
A German military commentator on Ima warns troops that Britain's extended weaponry will seek counter measures against the latest German rocket. He notes an ongoing dramatic contest between new German armament and British counter-weapons as pilots deploy diverse uncrewed planes along the channel coast.
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Ima
Britain
Limestone County War Bond Totals Reported
Up to date figures show Limestone county sold 18422850 in war bonds with 100 4250 in Series E bonds. No area yet reached its quota though most towns reported. Mooresville Belte Mina remain unreported.
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Limestone County
Mooresville
Presbyterian church plans postwar foreign missions return
Atlanta June 20 17 reports the foreign missions committee of the Presbyterian Church USA is preparing to resume all types of new missionary work after the war. Preparations are underway though the exact timing for Far East postings remains conjectural.
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Atlanta
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Foreign Missions Committee
Far East
Market Highlights Slow Slight Dip From Seven Year Highs
Stocks eased from seven year highs with strength in copper utilities amusements and farm equipment while steels motors rubbers and aircraft lagged. Cotton recovered much of early losses on mill buying and covering as Senate price control pace amendment worries faded. Nashville livestock reports show cattle hogs and sheep mostly steady with moderate activity and varying prices.
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New York
Senate House
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Chicago Butter and Egg Market Receipts Steady
Butter receipts at 958,292 show firm market. Eggs receipts 19,126 indicate steady to firm prices with U. S. standards around 33 to 34, U. S. specials 37 to 38, current receipts 32, and U. S. extras 34 12 to 36 based on US market notes.
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Chicago
U. S
U.S
New Cotton Plan Studied in Textile Price Fight
Washington reports a fresh administra tion proposal to loosen textile price ceilings if raw cotton fails to reach parity. Senate and House conferees delayed their session from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as Maloney predicted Bankhead and Cotton state senators would back the compromise. The plan would permit limited adjustments with broader admin leeway, replacing the Bankhead tie to raw cotton parity and guaranteed mill costs plus profit.
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Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Maloney
Dconn
Bankhead
Dala
Record Holder Killed In El Paso A26 Crash
Capt Forrest E O Brine 48 who set a world endurance flight record in 1930 with Dale Jackson was killed in a two engine A26 crash at El Paso municipal airport during a delivery flight. One engine failed causing the craft to crack and burn on takeoff.
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EL Paso
Tex
Forrest E. O'Brine
Dale Jackson
Fl Paso
O'Brine
Army
Poultrymen Win Preference for Anthracite Coal Purchases
Poultry operators receive preference in buying certain anthracite coal for heating brooders and hatcheries, ensuring prioritized access for poultrymen to fuel their incubation facilities.
Rutherford heirs share in Jerchi Brothers stock fortune
Probate records in Knoxville reveal Charles C. Rutherford's estate mostly goes to his widow Mrs Mee Dawn Rutherford. The Church Street Methodist church receives 1000 shares valued about 8 dollars each. Other beneficiaries include O. C. Bowden 5000 shares C S Larue 2000 shares Mitchell Long 2000 shares and C J Alexander 400 shares. Board names Mrs Rutherford president for the remainder of her husband’s term. Store managers get 200 shares each if with the company three years or until military service.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles C. Rutherford
Jerchi Brothers Stores, Inc
Mee Dawn Rutherford
Church Street Methodist Church
O. C. Bowden
A. M. Petty, Jr
Athens
W. M. Hicks
Allentown
W M. Bargainer
Dalton
A. K. Burns
Decatur
Ala
D. L. Humphrey
Florence
J Albright, Jr
Gadsden
W. L. Hunter
Huntsville
W. G. Ferguson
Macon
J.P. Law
Maryville
Rome
Georgia Democrat Seeks Reevaluation of Negro Participation Ban
Mrs. Dorothy Q. Rainey, a member of the Georgia state Democratic executive committee, petitioned Chairman Lon Duckworth for reconsideration of the party's July 4 primary ban on Negro participation. She called the subcommittee action contrary to the Supreme Court ruling and to sound policy.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee
Dorothy Q. Rainey
Lon Duckworth
Duckworth
PLAN CANCELLED FOR NORMANDIE REFIT IN NEW YORK
The Navy says plans to refit the former French luxury liner Normandie have been cancelled because of a shortage of manpower.
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New York
Navy
Normandie
Cattlemen to Attend Session at State Capitol
A large group of Valley cattle men will meet at 1 30 p m Thursday June 22 in the Alabama House chamber at the state capitol. They urge action to provide ample facilities for showing and selling livestock and ask the agriculture interim committee, via Governor Sparks, to study building such facilities. Representatives from Auburn and other areas may join to express club interest.]
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Montgomery
State Capitol
Earl Glenn
Alabama Jersey Club
Rd Eaton
Jersey Club
House of Representatives
Alabama Cattlemen's Association
Sparks
Auburn
Americans Press Across Cherbourg Peninsula In Broad Advance
Allied communiques report Germans pushed back near Rauville La Bigot as American columns swing east to flank Valognes, with routes toward Bricaube cut two miles from that town. British forces retake Tilly-Sur-Seulles as the Cherbourg wedge widens to sixteen miles at its broadest.
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Supreme Headquarters
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Cherbourg Peninsula
Rome Scenes Like Dream From The Fifth Army In Rome
In Rome with the Fifth Army the narrator recalls a brutal defensive stretch outside the city. Soldiers describe machine gun and sniper fire, the terror of staying buried in a ditch, and the stubborn leadership of Lt Col John N Green guiding artillery amid danger. Names of soldiers and moments of respite appear amid grueling combat memories.
Allied heavy bombers launch massive raid on Germany
More than 1,500 American heavy bombers and 2,000 planes struck rocket sites in Pas de Calais and targets across central Germany. They hit oil refineries around Hannover Hamburg Magdeburg and Politz, a Magdeburg bank depot, and an airplane wing repair plant near Brunswick.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Pas-De-Calais
Germany
Emmerich
Hannover
Hamburg
Magdeburg
Politz
Brunswick
Allied push toward Cherbourg under heavy German fire
Allied forces, led by General Bradley, drive toward Cherbourg with coordinated attacks along the North front. German defenses stiffen six miles south of the port while aid from air power and long range guns disrupts retreating Wehrmacht units. More than 1,000 prisoners captured as Montebourg and surrounding areas are neutralized.
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Channel Islands
Cherbourg
Supreme Command
Bricquebec
Carentan
Ueces
Montebourg
Land of Opportunity in China Vision of V P Wallace
V P Wallace calls Asia a land of opportunity and says he will enter through a new front door facing central Asia. He expresses wish to visit China, meet farmers and soldiers, and discuss mutual interests with Chiang Kai Shek as war with Japan continues.
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China
Central Asia
Japan
Chiang Kai- Shek
Statement on German resolve in wartime Cherbourg defense
The report says there is little doubt Germans have been ordered to fight to the last. It suggests they may attempt to make Cherbourg another Sevastopol, signaling a stubborn defense and potential major siege.
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Mhay
Cherbourg
Sevastopol
Germans in Cherbourg warned to surrender or face death
German troops cut off on the Cherbourg peninsula were told by a British officer via BBC to surrender, warning evacuation by sea would be deadly. The message cited Rommel’s failed counterattacks and noted 20,000 men trapped by the Ninth American Infantry Division in a widening wedge toward the sea.
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Cherbourg
BBC
Juergen von Arnim
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Normandy
Rommel
St. Lo-Caen
OWI
McNarney Won't Predict End Of War
Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney testified before the Senate appropriations committee that the war end date cannot be predicted. He stated the United States will have about 5,000,000 overseas by year end, with the army now deployed totaling 3,498,000 and approaching World War I strength.
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Washington
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
Senate Appropriations Committee
War Department
Europe
Pacific
United States
Local notices and updates from Decatur area events
Continued from Page One L L McCulloch speaks at Union Grove Methodist Church Sunday at three. Birmingham legislator Tram-Sessions will address the Hartselle Rotary on Thursday at noon. Mrs Billy Sitta son and family visiting relatives. Sgt Sittason to return to Monroe LA Wednesday. Birth of Barbara Anne Pence at Decatur General on June 19. Griffis in Athens visiting wife after 18 months overseas. Cpl Dean Allgood to Miami today. Deputies report no arrests Monday. burglar remark. Rex Rankin leaves for Camp Virginia after furlough in Decatur. James Edward Johnson returns to Camp Peary after 10 day home leave. Claude B Scott and family at Decatur General hospital Tuesday. Cpl Hoyt Holt arrives Seattle after Kodiak. City docket lists three cases: two drunkenness fined 10 each, one traffic fine 2. First cotton bloom from McDonald plantation brought in. Rain needed. Stations 1 and 2 calls at Thomason's cafe. Civitan program Wednesday led by public affairs committee Marvin Hester.
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McDonald Plantation
Decatur 3
Daily
L. H. Brady
Bombers Forced Down in Sweden
Twenty one American heavy bombers from raids on Germany landed in Sweden today the largest single neutral country touchdown. Sixteen touched down at Bulltofta airport in Malmo with one reported crash killing six crewmen. Three others crashed in southwestern Stockholm and two landed near Halstad.
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Tleets
Germany
Sweden
Bulltetta
Malmo
Loreden
Halstad
Station help being sought to curb gasoline black market
Filling station operators urged to stamp out the black market as the war effort relies on rationed gasoline. George C. Gibbons says both seller and buyer share guilt in evading rationing. Operators receive a poster pledging not to accept improper or counterfeit coupons and to verify license numbers.
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Petroleum Industry War Council
George C. Gibbons
Japanese seize Tiangzup in Burma amid wider China drive
Allied reports say Japanese forces captured Tiangzup, 40 miles north of Myitkyina, ending a six week siege and tightening pressure on Myitkyina and Magaung in northern Burma. The same period saw a major Japanese advance along the Hankow Canton line with Changsha reportedly occupied.
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Tiangzup
Myitkyina
Burma
Mogaung
Hankow-Canton
China
Changsha
Mary Edith Eubanks Birthday Supper at Decatur Home
The Decatur 2 residence of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Eubank hosted a birthday supper Saturday honoring Mary Edith Eubanks. Guests included Mary Edith and Evie Dean Eubanks, Herman Eubank, J. G. Luker, Welcome Collins, and many area relatives and friends.
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Donald Eubank
Decatur 2
Mary Edith_Eubanks
Bobby Kate
Wilma
Louise Eubank
Elmora Speegles
Eugene
Decatur
Poca
Junior Patterson
Wilma John Blankenship
Vivian
Henry Lott
J. G. Luker
Welcome Collins
Woodland Mills
Hubert Stringer
Earnest Smith
Eural Crow
Sam Bryant
Lucy
Mildred Sasser
Herman Eubank
Hazel Grady
Mary Edith
Evie Dean Eubanks
Charles Sims
Hartselle Woman Accused of Fire Setting
Warrant for the arrest of Irene Thomas was sworn out Tuesday morning by Emma Henderson before Judge James Crow. Police say Irene Thomas set fire to Hendersons home at midnight causing slight damage. she was found with an empty coal oil can and a flashlight and is held for transfer to Morgan County jail.
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Irene Thomas
Emma Henderson
James Crow
Hartselle
Irene Tomas
Morgan County
McGee Honored at Fathers Day Dinner Party
W. M. McGee was honored on Fathers Day with a dinner at his Hartselle home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Brown and children Jackie Buddy Betty and Carolyn, Mr. and Mrs. Howard and son Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lemmonds and children Eloise Carmen Wendell Joel Janice Wyane, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Speegle, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Speegle, Miss Stella Peppers, and Miss Vida Mae Ve.
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W. M. McGee
Hartselle
Woodrow Brown
Jackie
Buddy
Betty
Carolyn
Howard
Bobby
Everett Lemmonds
Eloise
Carmen
Wendell
Joel
Janice
Wyane
Willie Speegle
Jim Speegle
Stella Peppers
Vida Maeve
W. M
Drug Stores Benefit From New Refreshment Allotment Method
The OPA issued a new rule allowing institutional users with a refreshment base to request a revised multiplier based on the prior period's business. Drug stores gain by considering seasonal fountain sales, with the adjustment available any time via in person or mail application to the local War Price and Rationing Board. The amendment became effective June 19.
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OPA
Cadet's Home Freed as Italian Town Liberated
The British Eighth Army freed Eusanio Forconese in an Italian valley 50 miles northeast of Rome, sending hope to Frank Di Giovanni a US aviation cadet from Courtland Army Air Field. He left his hometown in 1938 to come to America and longed for Allied occupation and family letters.
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Courtland Army Air Field
Eighth Army
di Giovanni
E. Eusanio Forconese
Rome
S. Eusanio Forconese
America
Italy
T Air Corps
Pranse
Program of Club Sets Yearly Meetings and Leaders
Plans for the coming year and topic selections were made Monday night as officers and committee chairs of the Business and Professional Women's club gathered at Mrs. Meredith Wood's home. The list includes chairmen for bulletin entertainment finance health service international relations legislation membership Pratt Memorial program coordinator publication publicity radio transportation and assistants in committee activities.
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Business and Professional Women’s Club
Meredith Woodall
Bulletin
Clio Lovin
Clendora- Bawden
Jane Potters
Ruby Sandlin
Carrie Alexander
Lila May Jolly
Edna
Areas Designated for War Manpower Districts in Alabama
The Birmingham area is split into two WMC classifications to administer the stabilization program effective July 1. Area WMC Director James A. Downey Jr. announced Birmingham, Bessemer, Calera, Ensley, Fayette, Jasper and Tuscaloosa are in the first group. other parts of the area fall into the second. Regulations for each classification have been prepared and approved by the area labor management committee.
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Birmingham
War Manpower Commission
WMC
James A. Downey, Jr
Bessemer
Calera
Ensley
Fayette
Jasper
Tuscaloosa
Labor-Management Committee
Downey
General Pratt Killed In Action In France
Brig. Gen. Don F. Pratt 51 was killed in action June 6 the day Allied forces invaded France. His parents Judge and Mrs AL Pratt were notified. Pratt had served at Fort Benning as an instructor in military tactics for four years after his 1937 assignment to the infantry school.
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Linneus
France
AL. Pratt
Birmingham Heat Fatality Claims First Death of Season
Birmingham reports the first heat fatality of the season as Ben Bibb, a Black hotel employee, died after suffering heat exhaustion while at work yesterday. The incident occurred during a heatwave at the local hotel.
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Ben Bibb
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