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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
2
In the latest update Morgan County shows slight gains in Series E bond sales, rising $7,381.25 to $175,891 toward a county quota of $551,000. Total county goals reach $1,379,000, with the drive ending July 8. success hinges on small investors, as large firms have not yet filled the E bond target. Incremental progress remains disappointing for the campaign.
Allied forces press on Saipan with Task Force 58 dominating the Pacific clash. Japan admits losses including an aircraft carrier and multiple ships as American air power supports ground advance on Magicienne Bay Mount Tapotchau and Narutan. MacArthur reports sinking an enemy merchantman near Palau as operations expand.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York sent platform drafters a critique of the national administration calling for a high efficiency federal service and cooperation with Congress. The message was read to the platform committee as Sen. Vandenberg proposed a foreign plank backing peace forces to prevent future wars.
The Gum Springs Baptist church Sunday school will convene at ten o clock with Ira Dobbs as superintendent. Charlie Ed Howell the associational Sunday school superintendent will meet Gum Springs members Sunday evening at seven to discuss the Sunday school program.
In New York cotton prices fell late trading by 45 to 50 cents per bale after earlier gains. July to December contracts led declines. In Nashville cattle markets, steady slaughter values contrasted with lower canner and cutter cows, with week totals mixed and calves and hogs showing varied changes across weight classes. Sheep and lamb markets reflected lighter spring lambs and steady slaughter ewes amid overall softer demand.
Chicago reports June 23 market data with butter receipts 868,031 and unchanged market. Eggs receipts 19,297 with current receipts between 32 1 2 and 33. other markets unchanged.
Thousands of women queued in sun to buy 4800 pairs of nylon hose under a federal order. The sale, supervised by U S Marshal Edney Ridge, limited purchasers to three pairs each and lasted just over an hour. Many orders followed, with $10000 in mail requests awaiting processing.
President Roosevelt dodged confirming or refuting Governor Arnall of Georgia predicting a fourth term offer. At a news conference he called the query the same old question in a new form and said it won’t work, adding the reporter must write it off as a total failure.
Gov Chauncey Sparks pledged support for a better livestock program in Alabama speaking before cattle and horse breeders in the state house chamber. Also addressing the group were Bruce Henderson Alabama Cattlemen’s Association president W C Bowman of the state Chamber of Commerce Walter Randolph Alabama Farm Bureau president O J Healy Saddle Horsemen representative M J Funchass from the state experiment station D Trotter Jones Associated Industries and J L Lawson assistant extension service director.
The explorer Saavedra called New Guinea Isla del Oro in 1528, reflecting early Spanish mapping of the region.
Allied forces advance on the Cherbourg sector amid heavy fighting as French resistance blocks German columns and pours resources into a widening Normandy beachhead. Air operations target gun posts and rail hubs while bombers hit a Caen steel works and supply lines to impede reinforcements.
The food price panel met Wednesday night to discuss serious violations in the grocery field. Hearings on these cases are set for June 28 at 8 P M in the courthouse annex, led by Kingman C Shelburne from the Birmingham enforcement division.
The speaker explains the beachhead strategy in five phases, with Phase 4 focused on building a stable base in France before Phase 5, the large-scale war. He notes Allied air superiority, supply buildup, and patience as troops and materials accumulate to outpace German progress. The plan emphasizes foundation work before final victory.
The Office of Defense Transportation broadens railroad cancellation powers to aid military casualties. Railways may cancel reservations or space, require passengers to yield seats, divert facilities, or discontinue passenger service to accommodate disabled military naval and merchant marine personnel.
The column reports visits and services with Rev Thomas Stevenson at Central Methodist Church and community notices. Pfc Carl B Parker is reported as a German POW. officials visit Decatur for tuberculosis study. multiple birth announcements. court fines listed. fire incident on Fourth Avenue East. various local civic and hospital updates.
Allied forces struck at Cherbourg and the Pas de Calais with coordinated ground and air assaults. British Lancasters and Halifaxes joined fighter-bombers to press the campaign as Mosquitos attacked Hamburg and southern England endured heavy flying bombs. In Normandy ground troops received strong air support. 23 Allied planes were lost and six German planes shot down.
The Decatur Community Concert Association adopted a plan to bring international concert talent, with tickets sold Oct 30 to Nov 4 for five dollars adults and two fifty students. Three concerts minimum, free seats for armed forces, Riverside High potential venue, aim for 300 adult and 50 student memberships.
Funeral services for Mrs E W Lyle 81 who died at her Somerville home after a brief illness will be held Saturday at 11 at the residence with Rev Hugh Mitchell and Ed Garrison officiating. She is survived by five sons Floyd Tom Penn Lexie and Owen Lyle, two daughters Mrs William Hann and Mrs Seldon Chunn, a sister Mrs Hattie Maxwell, twenty four grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be grandsons and granddaughters will handle flowers. Interment in the family cemetery Drinkard directing.
The Agriculture Department estimates the 1944 spring and fall pig crop at 87,925,000 head, about 28 percent below 1943 and 16 percent below 1942, but still larger than any earlier year on record. The War Food Administration sought a 16 percent cut due to market gluts in 1943 and feed shortages, notably corn.
American and British air forces launched a major raid against Pas De Calais rocket bomb positions with 250 U S aircraft and hundreds of Lancasters and Halifaxes. A second wave of 750 bombers and 500 fighters attacked air fields bridges transformers and fuel depots across Lille Gent and surrounding areas. U S Ninth Air Force Marauders Havocs and Thunderbolts targeted Alderney Island and German field headquarters fuel dumps and rail lines behind the Normandy front.
Big Russian attack reported along a 95 mile front from Moailev to Vitebsk as fighting rages. German claims of possible aims toward Berlin Warsaw and Riga hint at coordinated moves with Finland and Axis forces. The article suggests the Finns may be near completion and Russia may strike anywhere along the front.
The Southside Baptist church vacation Bible school concludes today with a picnic at Delano Park and commencement exercises at the church tonight at eight. Parents and others may attend the program featuring exhibits of student work and a student program. The school had 216 pupils enrolled.
Washington reports that the United States and 17 other American republics recognized Bolivia ending six months of isolation. Uruguay may follow, while the La Paz note announced restoration of diplomatic relations. Recognition stems from six regime moves under Maj. Gualberto Villarroel signaling return to the United Nations council.
A large crowd is expected at the Macedonia sing on Sunday starting at ten o clock. Featured on the program are the Arab ladies quartet the Morgan brothers from Eva the Brown boys from Falkville and the Osborne quartet from Hartselle. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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