Local Weather and Community Notes From Decatur
Interior temperatures rise slightly while the coast shows little change. Tennessee river stands at 20.60 feet as cotton prices are posted: strict mid 18.90 middling 18.65 strict low 17.90 low 17.15. Movie listings include The Male Animal at the Princess Bahama Passage and Mercy Island. Community updates cover hospital stays, visits, travel plans, and church events amid a busy Decatur day.
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Alabama's Tennessee Valley Horse Show Planned At Benson Field
Plans perfected for the second annual Tennessee Valley Horse Show to be held at Benson Field under the De catur Kiwanis club. E K Gregg chairs with sixty Kiwanis members coordinating a 14 class event drawing entries from four states. Gates open 6 30 pm show starts 8 pm with 3 000 expected and sales reported strong for grandstand and admission. Military members admitted free by Kiwanis vote. Judges include Fulton Prazier of Columbia Tennessee.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Tennessee Valley
Central Junior High School
Second Avenue
Lee Street
Bank Street
Wilson Avenue
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Limestone
Tennessee
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Scrap metals search widens as shortages bite
Production Chief Donald M. Nelson told Congress that raw material scarcities may force scrapping of metal fences gates statuary and other decorative works. He urged stepping up salvage of dormant scrap and extending scrap beyond normal limits while noting Europe already taps metals in use. He urged public awareness of vast metal quantities available on streets and urged action to utilize these sources.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
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The
Nation Today
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Europe
Federal official urges $500 million war petroleum corporation
Secretary Ickes proposed creation of a wartime petroleum corporation to prevent shortages and rationing. The agency would deliver petroleum to shortage areas, expand transport, ensure essential product production, maintain strategic reserves, and manage dispositions to protect public interests.
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Washington
War Petroleum Corporation
Secretary of the Interior
Ickes
House Banking Committee
Locton
Chest Clinic Draws Large Morgan County Attendance
Between forty and fifty people attended the chest clinic at the Morgan County Health Department this morning. Mrs. M. J. Moon from the Morgan County TB sanitorium led the session with county nurses assisting. The routine clinic meets on the second and fourth Thursday mornings monthly from nine to twelve.
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Morgan County Health Department
M. J. Moon
Morgan County
T. B. Sanitorium
War leaders brief Congress on world situation
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill gave lawmakers a 40 minute review of the world situation noting the Libyan setback and a second European front. Eisenhower was formally placed in command of a European theater. King of Canada joined the war council as Hull and Welles attended a luncheon and a separate talks with Halifax.
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Pacific War Council
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Netherlands
Egypt
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Russia
Black Sea
Crimea
Representartin
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Suez
New Tax Bill Boosts Levies On Many Items
The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively recommends a tax bill expected to raise about 5.92 billion dollars from corporations and individuals, with higher levies on luxuries like cigarettes. The committee has handed the measure to drafting clerks and will review it again before a likely July 13 House debate.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Scans Big Army Bill
Senate committee opens scrutiny of a 42.82 billion Army appropriation with Senator Truman seeking justification for every dollar. The hearing includes Lieut. Gen H H Arnold, chief of the air forces, testimony as questions arise over whether funds will be used promptly for personnel or if excess build up will be trimmed.
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Jack Bell Washton
Senate
Truman
Appropriations
Army
Missouri
H. H. Arnold
Sub Sinks Two Patrol Boats Off Atlantic Coast
The Navy reports two small patrol vessels were sunk by enemy submarines off the Atlantic coast earlier this month with twenty lives lost.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Nazi Offensive Deepens in Kharkov Gate to Caucasus
Wide World War Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reports a renewed Nazi push in the Kharkov sector aimed at breaking the Red line toward the Caucasus. The onslaught, now in its fourth day, shows some Russian gains as German forces press, with Red Marshal Timoshenko’s troops resisting fiercely.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Kharkov
Hitler
Golden Caucasus
All Out Drive Is Begun By Hitler
Report discusses heavy casualties in the Donets basin with attacker losses far higher than defenders. It notes Hitler has exhausted fit manpower and reached production peak, while Bolshevists pressure to prevent breakthroughs and threaten access to Caucasus and Middle East resources.
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Donets
Caucasus
Middle East
AVG strikes Hankow sinking warship and transports
American Volunteer Group planes attacked Hankow in occupied China, sinking a Japanese warship and three transports on their debut over the Yangtze. Chinese airmen supported the operation with further blows as Japanese raiders challenged the Hankow advance.
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William McGaffin Ochungking
Hankow
Japan
China
Yangtze
AVG
Hupeh
Kweiki
Cheklang-Kiangsi
Manasuie Oat
Hunan
Kwellin
Kwangs Province
Border
Burma
State Guards Prepare for Black-Out Night in Decatur
Decatur Compan No 11 of the Alabama State Guard at the Decatur Armory urged all members to report by 6 30 PM Friday. The unit will take part in the test blackout, with motor transport to posts and guards of vital utilities. Capt. C C Horton warns saboteurs may exploit the test. The local guard heads to Dauphin Island soon for annual duty.
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Decatur Compan No. 11
Alabama State Guard
Decatur
C. C. Horton
State Guards
Dauphin Island
Largest number of selectees will go from Athens
Athens Alabama June 25 The largest single number of draftees ever sent in one call leaves Friday when local board number one will send almost a hundred men. Board two had its largest quota earlier in the month as calls continue rapidly with each quota larger. Boards prepare to send large numbers in July and work day and night to provide a sufficient number of class 1-A single men.
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Athens
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Board Two
Eisenhower Takes Command in European Theater
Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in London to assume command of American forces in the European theater with headquarters in London. The War Department announced the establishment of the European theater and noted the growing American presence in the British Isles as Allied nations coordinate military efforts. Eisenhower, 51, previously led the War Department operations division and commanded the Third Army’s staff in San Antonio.
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Europe
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British Isles
Russell P. Hartle
Northern Ireland
United States
England
Great Britain
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Britain
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Tex
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Third Army
San Antonio
Erwin Rommel
Egypt
Adolf Hitler
U. S
Cairo
Sidi Barrani
Salam
Mediterranean
Sidi Omar
British Rommel advances threaten Suez area in Egypt
Allied forces report a sharp Axis push into Egypt as Rommel mounts a major offensive near Sidi Barrani and Halfaya Pass. Washington confirms Eisenhower assumes European theater command while planning for a potential second front.
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London
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Nile
Suez Canal
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Annual Legion Post No 15 Officer Election
Tonight at 7 30 o clock the Morgan County Post No 15 American Legion will hold its annual election of officers at the armory. Post commander W A Daugherty urges every Legionnaire to attend this important meeting.
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American Legion
W. A. Daugherty
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