Lupe Velez Home Auction Draws Crowd in Beverly Hills
Lupe Velez’s 12 room Spanish house sold for 41 750 dollars at auction after a 30 minute bid. Jewelry and furnishings totaling over 100 000 dollars were disposed of as part of the sale. Mary Pickford and Charles Rogers attended briefly. Hedy Lamarr autographed picture was among items. The note from December named Harald Ramond as the child’s father.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lupe Velez
Pasadena
Virginia Kuppinger
Lupe
Kippinger
Ovie
Mary Pickford
Navy
Charles Rogers
Hedy Lamarr
Velez
Harald Ramond
Alabama House approves health centers and airport funding measures
The Alabama House advanced bills to create a state hospital and health center system with a constitutional amendment and enabling act designating the state board of health to operate the institution. A separate bill earmarks the gasoline tax for aviation use, with revenues shared for airport surveys and construction.
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House
Senate
State Board of Health
Chamber
Sanders
Pike
Ways and Means Committee
Market rally lifts rail and steel issues to multi year highs
Stocks advanced across sectors led by rails steel and utilities with many shares hitting eight year highs. Favorites included Canadian Pacific Atlantic Coast Line U S Steel Republic Steel Chrysler Packard Warner Bros RKO Goodyear and Goodrich while Sperry United Aircraft Southern Pacific GE GM Sears Ralston MKT lagged on light selling.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Chrysler, Packard
Warner Bros
R-K-O
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich
American Water Works
Kennecott
Schenley
Sperry
United Aircraft
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
General Electric
General Motors
Sears-Roebuck
M-K-T
Preferred
Market Report Shows Stable Butter and Egg Receipts
Chicago June 22 butter receipts total 857 175 with prices firm and market unchanged. Egg receipts reach 16 679 also reported as firm with no change in market conditions.
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Chicago
Local updates report military moves births and court actions
Miss Annie Britnell rests at Baugh Infirmary after surgery. Shank y Sharp trains at Great Lakes Naval Center. Officials Willoughby Lamon return from Hot Springs. Mrs Vera Austelle to Monteagle for summer. Mary Roberson heads Civilian Defense. Mrs Malcolm Austelle visits. George Little with family in Decatur weekend. Red Cross seeks Morgan county knitters for Navy garments. Mrs G L Rice recovering well after major operation. Inez Goree ill at home. Kathryn McRae on week vacation. City court fines total 347 dollars. bonds forfeited for prohibitions and driving and parking violations. Mrs John C Cowell Jr visiting Decatur. David Hayes visiting. Lt Bernard Needleman transferred to Smyrna field. Mrs Needleman returns to New York. Mrs Quince E Eddens returns to Decatur from Birmingham. Sgt Edison Johns on furlough after 25 months overseas. T L Britt improving after operation. Mrs Charles Hollingsworth a patient at Hamill clinic. Mr and Mrs Clyde Miller announce birth of a son at Hamill clinic. Mrs L C Livingston recovering after major operation at Hamill clinic. Mrs Dan Brown improving at Hamill clinic. Ed Baker Sedess
Decline in Cotton Futures Amid Hedge Selling
In New Orleans on June 22, cotton futures fell under hedge selling and liquidation. At noon the market showed declines of 10 to 20 cents per bale with several nearby contracts trading lower than the prior session.
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New Orleans
Cmnivaene
Cama Aa
Cash grain market notes from Chicago
On June 22 in Chicago the cash grain market shows no wheat sales and no corn sales. Oats are reported at No 1 mixed 74 1 2 and No 2 white 74 1 2.
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Cash Grain
Chicago
Brooks Back From Pacific War Area
Sgt Irby J Brooks son of Mrs Theo B Hill of Decatur is stationed at Redistribution Station Camp Butner North Carolina for two weeks before new assignment. He recently returned to the U S after twelve months in the South Pacific theater as an Assistant Squad leader. He holds the Combat Infantry Badge Asiatic Pacific ribbon with one campaign star and the American Defense and Good Conduct ribbons.
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Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Camp Butner
N. C
Irby J. Brooks
Theo B. Hill
Decatur
United States
South Pacific Theatre of Operations
Venereal Disease Rates Rise Among Allied Troops in Europe
Stars and Stripes cites a Paris dispatch showing U S Army ground forces in the European theater saw venereal disease cases jump over 300 percent from early April to May 25. Allied troops worldwide rose about 50 percent since V E Day, with Germany reporting cases climbing from 77 in the week ending April 30 to 957 in the week ending May 25.
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London
Stars and Stripes
Paris
Germany
Republicans Seek Shorter OPA Extension Defeated
In Washington the House rejected a Republican move to limit OPA’s lease to six months. The 177 to 126 vote followed Speaker Rayburn’s appeal for a full year extension to avoid inflation and shortages.
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Washington
House
OPA
Rayburn
D-Tex
Birmingham man leaps to death from hotel window
William Wright Kirby, 30, of Marion Junction Alabama, an assistant engineer for the State Highway Department, died after leaping from a fourth floor hotel window in Birmingham. Coroner Joe Hildebrand ruled death by his own action.
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Birmingham
William Wright Kirby
Marion Junction
Ala
Joe Hildebrand
Kirby
State Highway Department
Pool Opens at Northington General Hospital
In Tuscaloosa Alabama a new swimming pool at Northington General Hospital will be officially opened tomorrow. The 100 by 50 foot pool was built by Day and Richardson of Birmingham at a cost of 50 000 dollars.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Army
Northington General Hospital
Birmingham
Day & Richardson
First National Election Broadcasts Windowed by Radio Voice
Vague notes describe early national election broadcasts during a formative period, mentioning Harding and radio. The fragment hints at the emergence of broadcast coverage shaping political campaigns and public discourse.
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Fom Oa
VOD
Harding de
Pig crop far below government goals in 1945
Washington reports the 1945 spring pig crop at about 51,687,000 head, well under the 57,500,000 goal. Combined with forecasts for fall output at 35,300,000 head, total 1945 hog production may reach ~87,000,000, up from 86,753,000 in 1944 but well below 1943 levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
TVA coverage stirs Tennessee ownership concerns in Alabama debate
John Sparkman cautions TVA is becoming regionalized within Tennessee. He argues Alabama and other states gain little from TVA expansions and urges reform to prevent perceived Tennessee control. Sparkman copies his letter to Senator Pope and Mr. Morgan.
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TVA
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Knoxville
Fontana
Chattanooga
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
FVA
McKellar
Senator Pope
Mr. Morgan
John Sparkman
TVA Office Location in Tennessee Sparks Board Discussion
A TVA board member responds to letters from Dr. Morgan Senator Pope and others about the concentration of TVA offices in Tennessee. He notes the issue has been considered for years and references the 1933 decision to locate major offices in Knoxville and Norris Dam’s authorization.
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John
Dr. Morgan
Senator Pope
TVA
Tennessee
Knoxville
Norris Dam
Hospital Scene Ties Local Family to Sixth Street South
The report notes a Mutual Service ambulance taking a person from Sixth Street South on Thursday. Sgt. Jesse Kitchens returned Friday to LaGuardia General Hospital in New Orleans after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Kitchens, here.
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Sixth Street South
Jesse Kitchens
LaGuarde General Hospital
New Orleans
Mrs
H. C. Kitchens
Kiwanis Plans Bond Drive and August Meeting
Decatur Kiwanis accepted a 67000 cash bond quota proposed by county war finance chairman Ewell K. Gregg. Rev. W. W. Glass spoke on Kiwanis Weeks and wartime club affairs. New member John Demy, linked with Southeastern Metals, was introduced. The Sheffield Kiwanis invited members to Wheeler Dam on August 8, with Redus Collier arranging. Four new members received initiation, and guests included Captain Garrold H. Nungester and others.
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Decatur
Southeastern Metals
Sheffield Kiwanis Club
Wheeler Dam
Redus Collier
M. R. Rankin
John Wilson
Bob McWhorter
John Denny
James Ratliff
Garrold H. Nungester
Kenneth Alverson
Harlan Hunter, Jr
John D. Sherrill
Morgan Markham
A. B
Capt
John M. Chenault
TVA Office Locations and Muscle Shoals Plans Reconsidered
In a memoranda style note David E. Lilienthal discusses TVA office distribution across the Tennessee Valley, favoring Muscle Shoals for major facilities. He notes wartime budget cuts and Senate hearings over a 1.225 million request, with plans to relocate offices there once war needs ease and manpower limits allow.
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TVA
Muscle Shoals
Bureau of Budget
Tennessee
Budget Bureau
House
Senate
Bankhead
the Shoals
Bureau
Shoals
Ie Board
Mobile field interrogation units quote Goering and Bayerlein roles
A wartime article describes Allied mobile field interrogation units known as mafia that question German prisoners by specialty. It recounts Goering’s interrogation focus on Luftwaffe views and strategy, Flury’s chemical warfare expertise, and Bayerlein’s armored warfare experiences and tank doctrine.
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Germany
Goering
Luftwaffe
Hitler
Ferdinand Flury
Board of Chemical Warfare
Flury
Wartenburg University
German Chemical Warfare Board
Walkout at Aluminum Company of America in Alcoa
About 1,000 to 2,000 workers at Aluminum Company of America in Alcoa Tennessee walked out in an unauthorized action. Steel Workers of America official Horace Brock said 2,000 were idle, while a company spokesman estimated 1,000. Dispute centered on classification of roller polishers and union coverage.
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ALCOA
Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Horace Brock
Local Steel Workers of America
CIO
Brock
Benes Orders Confiscation of German and Allied Properties
Czechoslovak President Benes decreed confiscation of all farms and corporations in Czechoslovakia owned by Germans Hungarians and traitors and Nazi collaborationists of any nationality.
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Benes
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Goering Answer Says Bombing Not The War Turnaround
Senator Kilgore recalls a Europe trip in which Goering is questioned by Allied officers. General Patch and Lt. Gen. Spaatz discuss the famous $64 question about air bombing and the real turning point is the Allies pressing in just as Germany prepared new moves, delivering the $128 answer.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Europe
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Alexander Patch
Seventh Army
Patch
Goering
Carl. Spaatz
Spaatz
Mder Spaatz
Germany
Nein
BPW Enjoys a Delightsome Picnic Meeting in Delano Park
Thirty two members and guests of the Business and Professional Women's Club gathered for a picnic supper meeting in Delano Park. President Mrs. O B Smith announced committees for the coming year including Education Mildred Alexander and Public Affairs Mrs J T Nelson. The next meeting is planned for July with date to be announced.
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Business
Delano Park
O. B. Smith
Mildred Alexander
Clio
Levin
House
Carrie Alexander
W. A. Sullivan
Lou Allen Will Liams
Wanda Harris
Elizabeth Griffin
Edna Holland
Pratt
Jane Potter
Winnie Sentiff
Planes in Sumatra Theatre. Allies Press Okinawa Actions
Allied task forces operate in the Sakashima islands between Okinawa and the China coast as planes continue actions. The report claims two U S cruisers and two destroyers were sunk by their own aircraft in the Okinawa area this week.
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Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Sakashima Islands
Okinawa
China Coast
Notice of Sale Morgan County Alabama 1945
Default on mortgage by Noah V. Garrison and Donie S. Garrison to Realty Investment Company leads to sale of Lot Three in Block Twelve in Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Company Addition No 1. Sale set for July 2 1945 at Morgan County Courthouse Decatur Alabama to highest cash bidder. Mortgagee is Realty Investment Company Inc. Attorney J W Sherrill Jr announces dates June 15 22 29 1945.
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Alabama
Morgan County
Noah V. Garrison
Donie S. Garrison
Realty Investment Company
Decatur
Decatur’ Land Improvement and Furnace Company
Decatur ‘Land Company
Realty Investment’ Company, Inc
J. W. Sherrill, JR
Mortgagee to sell Decatur property July 2 1945
Morgan County Alabama mortgage notice for George G Wiley and Lillie Mae Wiley to Realty Investment Company seeks sale at public auction at the courthouse in Decatur to satisfy the indebtedness secured by Lot 5 Block 12 in the Decatur Land Company Addition No 1. Sale under mortgage Book 414 Page 344 recorded January 20 1945. Proceeds to the highest bidder for cash.
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Alabama
Morgan County
George Garth Wiley
Lillie Mae Wiley
Realty Investment Company
Decatur
Decatur Lawd Improvement and Furnace Company
Decatur Land Company
Realty Investment Company,_Inc
J. W. Sherrill, JR
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Fiery Lupe
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Senate Constitution Committee
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Gordon Madison
Constitution
Constitution Committee
Caddell
Green Agency
Gildersleeve
Marion Martin
Gildy
Harold Peary
Radio Fame
Wall Street
Annie, Britnell
Eighth Avenue West
Baugh’'s Infirmary
James
Shanky
Sharp
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
W. T. Willoughby
W. S. Lamon
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Vera Austelle
Monteagle
Mary Roberson
Civilian Defense Office
Malcolm Austelle
Town Creek
George Edwin Little
Ninth Street South
Red Cross Chapter
G. L. Rice
the Baugh Infirmary
Inez Goree
Bank Street
Kathryn McRae
John’c. Cowell Jr
Dallas
Texas
M. K. Vickrey
Jackson Street
David Hayes
Lawrence
Decatur Toay
Bernard Needleman
Courtland Army Air Field
Smyrna, Tenn
Needleman
New York City
Quince E. Eddens
Edison N. Johns
Eighth Air Force
A. L. Johns
Fourth Avenue South
T. L. Britt
Hamil
Charles Hollingsworth
Hamilinic
Clyde Miller
Hamil Clinic
Carl Francis
Hartselle
Dan Brown
Falkville
Medbaker Sedess
Brooks
Pacific War
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley
David E. Lilienthal
Lindsey
Bride Onents
Cape Cod
Lucedale
Miss
Beverly Hargreaves
Jake
Luucedale
Congress
Ames
Myrtle Ponder
Mars Hill
Myrtle
Betty
Arthur McPherson
George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Wiesbaden
United States Army
Fritz Bayerlein
Ruhr
Bayerlein
Yerlein
Rommel
Alamein
el Acheila
Mareth
Sidi Bou Zid
21St Panzer
United States First Armored
ODOM
Ie Motora
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Crurer
Fatty
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Pettey’ Cleaners
BPW
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James L. Rankin
State National Bank
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