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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1944
Page
1
Partly cloudy outlook for Sunday and Monday with a high near 98 and a low around 70. Local prices listed for cotton and reports of military and civic notices including CAP cadets passing exams, church events, and births with several names and locations such as Decatur Cullman Athens Birmingham Danville and Winston County.
Allied forces press Cherbourg with American troops within 1 000 yards of the southern walls as Germans destroy installations inside. Reports cite observers seeing smoke over the port and field dispatches noting steady progress and signs of German demoralization.
Soviet forces push toward Vitebsk from north and south as 900+ towns liberated across fronts. German casualties exceed 7,500 with heavy losses near Orsha Mogilev and the rail junctions. Stalin issues three orders praising advances and announces about 275 miles from East Prussia.
Republican leaders swarm Chicago for a war time convention as talk grows of a Dewey Warren ticket. Delegates pour in, fueling speculation on first or second ballot support from California Pennsylvania and Illinois. Bricker and Warren seen as alternative options with Martin predicting Warren could be second if offered.
Rescue forces hunted for more victims as storms devastated parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The toll reached 144 with 101 dead in West Virginia and 40 in Pennsylvania, while Maryland reported three. Homes and farms were destroyed, hundreds injured or missing, and relief efforts mobilized by federal and state agencies.
Sheriff W. T. Willoughy investigates a haunted road tale near Caddo after a frightened resident claimed Germans sabotage the road. The daylight drive reveals only a gravel hill that first dips then climbs, surprising the giver of the tale and leaving the sheriff skeptical yet amused.
Allied forces push through the Ombrone area near Roccastrada as French Fifth Army advances south of Rome and coast columns skirt Fallonica. U S Libera tors attack Ploesti oil fields and rail lines, with heavy enemy fire and significant air operations across Romania and the Danube region.
London reports Adolf Hitler's headquarters declared German prisoners were murdered in Normandy and warned that ten American soldiers will be shot for every German if the claims prove true. The broadcast followed Allied reports of American and Canadian troops being shot by German forces who had been taken prisoner.
Morgan county war bond sales in the fifth war loan crossed the million dollar mark as Camp Sibert announces a chemical warfare display at Benson Field on Friday July 7. The event aims to sell 250 009 dollars in Series E bonds and will run about ninety minutes. Civic groups will join in a single drive with tickets issued with each bond purchase in 25 50 100 500 and 1000 dollar denominations.
Elkmont topped the Limestone county effort as the five campaign neared halfway. By Saturday close, bonds sold totalled 392,239.77 against 644,000 with E bonds at 163,743.75 and Elkmont’s share at 26,518.75 toward a 25,050 quota.
The show will feature flame throwers smoke generators decontamination units and colored smoke bombs with a demonstration of how these tools are used in combat including a simulated pillbox assault. Financial news notes Morgan county lags in Series E bond sales with $190 910 raised toward $551 000 quota and a closing date of July 8 requiring broad citizen participation.
Winston county becomes first in Alabama to report surpassing its E bond and total fifth war loan quotas, per state bond headquarters announcements issued Saturday night.
New bond sales totaled $102 222 in one day bringing cumulative sales to $1 046 920 25 with a remaining shortfall in Series E for small investors. County quotas for the fifth war loan were announced Saturday afternoon listing amounts for Decatur Rural Danville Massey Lawrence Cove Center Grove Valhermosa Springs Somerville Hartestle and several other communities.
British admiralty reports that three German U boats were sunk and several damaged during a clash with British ships and planes inside the Arctic circle. Six enemy aircraft assisting the U boats were shot down. One Allied plane was downed by a U boat, but the pilot was saved.
Admiral Nimitz reported new Pacific victories as American air and carrier forces destroyed 84 plus Japanese planes and five ships near Saipan and across the Marianas. Japan lost 44 ships sunk or likely sunk and 638 planes over two weeks. MacArthur said ground bombers hit Yap and nearby isles as Saipan operations continued amid mines. in China Allied forces neared Hengyang while advancing toward important rail lines and encircled Mogaung, with Nippon forces still strong in the Central Carolines and Kuriles.
RAF heavy bombers led a fifth large Allied aerial attack in 24 hours targeting German rocket ramps at Calais and Boulogne while U S and RAF forces struck rail hubs and airfields in France. Bombers, fighters and bombers operated under poor weather as operations continued along the coast.
American troops in France report capture of two German robot bomb sites near Cherbourg. One vast complex resembles foundation for another Boulder Dam with a 70 by 50 by 750 foot ramp and reinforced structures, a raised ramp and tunnel, plus hundreds of concrete mixers and steel. A smaller camouflaged ski platform site also fell to Allied forces.
Ernie Pyle reports from Barneville, Normandy, where an Army truck sits near a crowd of about 200 locals and soldiers. A bench of French police and a bilingual woman relay that Germans are nearby but none remain in town. A German spares the town from shelling as residents share cautious hospitality.
A Saturday plea from the Chamber of Commerce asks for room space to house cadets with classes changing at Southern Airways. Those offering space should call the Chamber by nine.
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