Cotton Prices and Local Happenings Highlight Decatur News
Cotton prices were reported at 21.20 for strict mid dling and 21.05 middling with 19.20 for strict low and 17.20 for low. Film showings at Princess Roxy Capitol theater listings puff Cry Havoc There’s Something About a Soldier and Tish. Kiwanis weekly meeting at Hotel Lyons to be led by Vernon McGwier chairman absent due to travel. First Christian church delegates return from Christian Youth Fellowship Conference in Marion Alabama with 103 conferees and 15 faculty members.
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The
Princess
Roxy
Capitol
Hotel Lyons
Vernon McGwier
Christian Youth Fellowship Conference
Marion
Alabama
Ruth McCulloch
Margaret Moore
R. H. D. Weaver
Elmer Freer
Berlin Blasted by American Bombers
Berlin and surrounding areas faced a major air raid as American Flying Fortresses and Liberators led a force of about 2,000 planes with 1,000 escort fighters. Basdorf and other targets were hit while German broadcasts warned of retaliation.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Berlin
Britain
Russia
Basdorf
Mediterranean
England
Stettin
Hannover
Brunswick
Germany
Dover Strait
Meridon
Caen
Normandy
Chartres
Cherbourg
Pas de Calais
Houlgate
Paris
Chartres- Lemans
American Expeditionary Air Force
Giant fleets clash as U S and Japan face off near Saipan
U S Pacific Fleet and Japanese forces maneuver 1500 miles from Tokyo as Adm. Nimitz hints the entire Japanese fleet may be in the area. Tokyo reports acknowledge losses while Saipan fighting continues with air and naval support from US ships.
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Associated Press
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Japan
Philippines
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Nippon
Midway
U. S
Pacific
Tokyo
Berlin
Imperial Headquarters
Saipan
Fertilizer Plans Of TVA Cause Concern
At the National Fertilizer Association convention in Atlanta executives warning that TVA plans may push government control into private business. Charles J. Brand cited TVA expansion into nitrogen fixation and phosphate development in Mobile Alabama as evidence of broader government reach. William A. Albrecht warned of a global struggle over soil fertility amid wartime mobilization.
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Atlanta
Tennessee Valley Authority
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
National Fertilizer Association
Charles J. Brand
Washington
Brand
TVA
T&a
Mobile
Ala
Tennessee Valley
War Production Board
United States
Idaho
Grand Coulee
William A. Albrecht
Department of Soils
University of Missouri
Slow Sale In Bond Efforts In Morgan County
Morgan County war bond progress remain slow with only 3619 in Series E sales in the last day. Total E bond sales reach 162981, while other bonds add 51400 to 654198 50 total toward a 1379000 county quota and 551000 in Series E to reach the Fifth War Loan goal. Bonds available at county banks post offices Decatur Hartselle Falkville and at First Federal Savings and Loan in Decatur Princess Theatre and the main plant of Decatur Iron and Steel Co.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
First Federal Savings—&—Loan Association
Princess Theatre
Decatur Iron and Steel Co
Interviews Held On Navy Yard Jobs In Charleston
Men seeking work at the Charleston Navy yard are interviewed this week at the Decatur US Employment Service office. Robert C. Roper of the U S Civil Service explains job details and war manpower clearance. He notes good working conditions and available war housing as the yard builds LSM landing ships mechanized for armed forces.
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Charleston Navy Yard
United States Employment Service Office
Decatur
U.S. Civil Service
Robert C. Roper
Mr. Roper
Charleston
Navy Yard
Light War Anecdotes From France Observed by Army Colonel
A wireless dispatch recalls a Washington Army observer who slept under an apple tree on the first night in France. He described using a makeshift earth pillow before engineers moved the unit under a jeep for protection from flak. The colonel admired the simple improvisation and the humor amid danger.
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France
Army
Washington
Humor and Horror At Front Camp Echoes “Very Distasteful”
A light moment turns grim as Pvt. Carl Vonhorn wakes beside a dead German soldier and two hand grenades in an apple orchard. His line “It was very distasteful” becomes a camp byword as laughter mixes with tragedy.
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Pvt
Carl Vonhorn
RFD No. 2
Cooperstown
N. Y
Vonhorn
Yanks Beat Germans Out of Perugia Hub
Eighth army veterans drove Nazi defenders from Perugia 85 miles north of Rome and advanced about four miles. The Fifth Army pressed on through four villages with minor gains as seven German divisions tried to slow the advance. Prisoners were taken from the 9th Luftwaffe division, now moved from Belgium, with the 20th Luftwaffe division already in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Heinzerling
Rome
Eighth Army
Perugia
Fifth Army
Belgium
France
Western Front
Italy
Denmark
Carrier damaged in Genoa harbor raid and refitted Italian ship
Thunderbolts of the first tactical air force damaged a 20,000 ton enemy aircraft carrier in Genoa harbor. Returning pilots reported heavy damage to the vessel, with fighters strafing after the bombing amid intense anti aircraft fire. The previously damaged Italian carrier Regola was believed to be in the same harbor undergoing refit.
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Rome
Thunderbolts
First Tactical Air Force
Genoa
Regola
Allied Forces Advance in Italy Near Perugia
Allied troops advancing from the Balkans area toward Perugia cleared the university city and pushed toward Germans retreating in multiple directions. The 16th and 5th Lancers led a column to occupy high ground northwest of Perugia as motorized units faced rain hampering movement. French on the Fifth Army flank encountered resistance while villages including Monticello Seggiano Viva dOrcia Bagni San Felippo and Pantano fell to advancing forces.
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Balkans
Perugia
Eighth Army
16Th
5Th Lancers
Britih
Poggio Monte
Pantano
Campiglia D'Orcia
Adriatic
Menocthia
Page
Allied seize Biak airfields in New Guinea advance
Advanced Allied forces captured two more Japanese airstrips on Biak island boosting control to four airfields on the Schouten islands off Dutch New Guinea. Yank infantry with tanks and artillery pushed Japanese from surrounding ridges and moved onto Sorido and Boroke airstrips as plans to strike the Philippines evolved.
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New Guinea
Biak Island
Schouten Islands
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Sorido
Boroke
Japanese Hold Southern Saipan As Navy Strikes Tinian
A Nimitz communique reports bitter resistance from about 20 000 Japanese as U S troops claim control of the island’s southern portion from Garapan to Magicienne Bay. To Saipan’s south enemy airfields on Tinian were shelled by warships and bombed by planes in a potential opening naval clash.
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Nimitz
Garapan
Magicienne Bay
Saipan
Tinian
King Confident of American Naval Success in Pacific
Admiral Ernest J. King voiced confidence that a Western Pacific naval engagement will favor the United States as Japanese forces reportedly move into battle positions. Navy Secretary Forrestal cited limited information on whether an engagement has begun, with Admiral Nimitz noting the Japanese fleet sighted near the Marianas.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
Western
Pacific
King
Forrestal
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Philippine Islands
Saigon
Marianas
Philippines
London
Saipan
Rockets Threaten Invasion Rails Fight Yet Again
June 21 report from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force notes Germany expanding rocket launch sites. Brereton says two types of installations exist, one compact with barracks, the other dispersed to hinder bombing. Allied raids and air attacks continue over Pas de Calais as rocket sites evolve.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Pas- De-Calais
Aet
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Ninth Airforce
Brereton
Navy and Coast Guard personnel reach 3.4 million May 1
Senator Walsh reports in a Senate document that the combined strength of the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard stood at 3,400,646 on May 1. The total includes 8,727 women officers and 71,980 enlisted women.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Walsh
D.-Mass
Senate
Viipuri Falls as Reds Push Toward Helsinki
Russian troops seized Viipuri and advanced toward Helsinki amid German pressure to prevent a Finnish peace with Stalin. Reports said Finland faced defeat as Moscow claimed victory after an 11 day offensive while Germans threatened to seize Finnish ports and islands in the Baltic-Gulf region.
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London
Finland
Viipuri
Helsinki
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Stalin
Leonid’ Govorov
Leningrad
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Gulf of Bothnia
Tornio
Kemi
Oulu
Aland Islands
Sweden
Capture of Cherbourg Shapes Allied Invasion Prospects
The article argues that a Cherbourg capture would push Allied plans toward a continental base in Northwestern France from Brest to Saint Nazaire, with Le Havre controlling the Seine basin. It discusses potential northern and southern flanks, the Brittany target, and the strategic value of a 200 mile front from the Seine to Saint Nazaire.
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Cherbourg
Germany
France
Brittany
Brest
Loire
St. Nazaire
le Havre
Seine
Hitler
Avranches
Laval
Rennes
Bain
Nantes
Paris
Calais
Belgium
Eisenhower
Battle near Cherbourg drives toward French port
American troops smashed within 1,500 yards of Cherbourg waterfront, pushing through suburbs along the inland road between Fort Du Royle and Fort Octeville under air and artillery bombardment. The fall of the port seemed imminent as Nazi demolition squads tried to cripple it to slow Allied supplies into Normandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forces
Cherbourg
Fort du Royle
Fort Octeville
Normandy
Cherbourg Falls Hinted As US Forces Close In In Normandy
Allied troops press toward Cherbourg with Fort Du Roule and Fort Octeville under assault. Ground forces push through Acqueville and Tourbheville Hague as 80 Nazi tanks are reported destroyed. Progress also cited near St Lo and Valognes amid downfall of the strategic port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
U. S
Noremandy
Acqueville
Cape de la Hague
Singer
Valognes
Supreme Headquarters
Fort du Roule
Fort Octeville
France
Tourbheville-Hague
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
St. Lo
Normandy
St. Martin -Le-Greard
Les Pieux
Couville
Rauville la Bigot
Les Pineux
Port
Stry; Nort
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S. E. Alverson
University of Alabama
Cpl
Reuben Blackburn
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mary Berryhill
American Red Cross
Bellview Baptist Church
Moulton Road
P. Collier
Baptist Sunday School Association
First Baptist Church
Homer Boger
Lebanon ‘Baptist Church
J. H. Baker
Baugh's Infirmary
East Moulton Street
Brown's Ambulance
Irene Thomas
Donna Brasher
Courtland
Decatur Hospital
Edward V. Lamarr
Athens
Decatur General Hospital
Charles Farrow
E. White
LaFayette Street
Great Lakes
Claude B. Scott
Evansville
Indiana
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Lewisburg, Tenn
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Naane
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J. B. Raby
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Lions Club
Ewell Gregg
Rev
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Earl Owens
Birmingham
Jimmie Adcock
Westover Mass
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Pinky) Johnston
North Camp Hood
Texas
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Nimitz Hints
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