Weather and Local Notes From Decatur Alabama
Partly cloudy today and tonight with scattered afternoon thundershowers near the coast. Reports include visits from Mrs. Marvin McCormick and Mack of Lewisburg Tennessee to relatives on Seventh Avenue East. Army and War Department notices list casualties prisoners and recoveries in the Pacific and local hospital updates follow community events and service topics at Southside Baptist.
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Alabama
Marvin McCormick and Mack
Lewisburg, Tenn
J. E. Black
Seventh Ave
Lend Lease Supplies Going Into Siberia
Washington reports reveal that Siberian lend lease shipments go forward at U S military request after a Russian delivery review. Crowley says aid continues until policy advisers decide otherwise and may end after Japan is defeated. Italy receives some aid under co belligerent status with funds to fight hunger and disease.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Russian
Siberia
Leo T. Crowley
House Appropriations Committee
Siberian
U. S
Crowley
Asiatic
Belgium
Holland
France
Export
Resian
Far East
Japan
Italy
Loot Recovered From Parker Bank Heist in Alabama
FBI agent in charge R. J. Abbaticchio Jr. said $6386 of the Parker Bank & Trust Co. holdup loot was recovered buried in a creek bank near Snead Blount county. Gordon Bracken of Gadsden and Leroy Hayes of Altoona brothers in law are jailed on $25,000 bond each awaiting robbery charges.
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Birmingham
Ala
R. J. Abbaticchio Jr
FBI
Parker Bank & Trust Co
Cullman
Snead
Blount County
Gordon Bracken
Gadsden
Leroy Hayes
Altoona
TVA Appraisal Mixed From Missouri Survey
Nashville report says TVA is not as strong as boosters claim yet better than critics suppose. Hugh Denny, Missouri Resource Development Commission director, led a seven member delegation assessing TVA installations and plans for a Missouri Authority.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hugh Denny
Missouri Resource Development Commission
Denny
Missouri
Phil Donnelly
Missourians
TVA
Jay
Truman Busy Taking Bows
President Truman arrived in Portland at 12 40 p m for a 90 minute celebration. He was met by Gov Earl Snell Mayor Earl Riley and D N C member Lew Wallace and toured eleven miles through cheering crowds. He stopped at the veterans hospital to speak with patients.
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Portland
Ore
Harry S. Truman
Portland Army Air Base
Earl Snell
Earl Riley
Lew Wallace
Portland Veterans’ Hospital
Truman May Name Stettinius Successor At UN Talks
President Truman may announce plans for Edward R. Stettinius Jr as secretary of state amid UN conference wrap up. Speculation centers on replacing Stettinius with James Byrnes, while a final charter for a new world peace organization nears approval. A Big Three meeting looms and timing is tight.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Truman
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Mr. Truman
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Ttinius
Bond drive in Morgan County nears final week
Morgan County enters the last week of the Seventh war loan drive with $180,000 still needed to meet the E bond goal of $821,000. Local sales stand at $640,898.50, 78 percent of the quota, while total bond sales reach $2,015,905 or 52 percent oversubscription of the $1,326,000 county target. Nationally the drive is in its final week with over $5,000,000 oversubscribed. overall U.S. bonds total $19,467,000,000 with corporations contributing $12,992,000,000 and individuals $6,475,000,000.
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Morgan County
Ae A
Ewell K. Gregg
Ace
Decatur Yank Returns Home With Surprise Reunion
Pfc. John B. Hampton walked into The Decatur Daily office Monday morning after being liberated from a German prison camp. He bought roses at City Park Greenhouse and surprised his wife Marjorie, who works at the paper. Hampton, captured during the Ardennes breakthrough on December 16, 1944, earned the Silver Star, Purple Heart, good conduct medal, and ETO ribbon with 3 campaign stars. He will spend ten weeks in Decatur before reporting to Miami for reassignment.
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Pfc
John B. Hampton
Marjorie Hampton
Decatur Daily
Hampton
Decatur
N. Pan-American
City Park
U. S
Atampton Roads
Virginia
S. E. Hampton
Memphis
Tenn
Miami
Florida
Fuel Can Explodes Killing Baby In Alabama Fire
In Autaugaville at Aubrey Brooks home a tractor fuel can explosion started a fire. One year old Janis Brooks died in hospital while her mother suffers critical injuries and the father burns severely. Lonnie Brooks, Aubrey’s brother, said the fuel can was used to start a fire in the kitchen stove. Two older children escaped unharmed.
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Prattville
Ala
Autaugaville
Aubrey Brooks
Janis Brooks
Lonnie Brooks
Montgomery
Aubrey
Boys Try Penny Admission To Post Office Sale
Two Decatur boys attempted to sell admission to the Post Office on Bank Street for a penny, as they gathered money in a morning full of small earnings.
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Decatur
Bank Street
FEPC funds halted as liquidation eyed in June plan
The House Appropriations Committee approved 125 000 to liquidate the Fair Employment Practices Committee within three months if the agency is not made permanent. The move follows stalled legislation and signals a new battle over OPA funding and enforcement.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Congress
FEPC
Appropriations Committee
OPA
House
Senate
Navy
Treasury Department
Otf Opa
Chinese forces advance on Japanese positions along China's east coast
Chinese forces pushed Japanese troops along the coast reaching Hwangyen 175 miles south of Shanghai while Liuchow air base and the Chekiang rail depot near Hang Chow are contested. Guerrilla actions near Hang Chow killed Japanese soldiers and damaged a munitions train as fighting rages over rail hubs in central China.
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Chungking
China
Okinawa
Hwangyen
Shanghai
Liuchow
Ywangyen
Taichow Bay
Wendi
Hangchow
Chekiang-Kiangsi
I S
South
Okinawa Battle Forces A Grim Preview Of War
The piece argues Okinawa shows Japan can unleash fierce civilian and military resistance, with fanatical devotion to the Mikado. It cautions that invasion of the home islands could differ, as civilians may resist under prolonged remote bombardment and terrible strain.
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Okinawa
Japan
Tokyo
Ois
United Nations comes to life in San Francisco charter signing
Fifty nations will sign the UN charter in San Francisco, forming a world body to keep peace. The Big Five nations hold power within a Security Council with limited enforcement, while the General Assembly and other organs outline duties and limits for global governance.
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James Marlow Washington
San Francisco
United Nations
United
Senate
Roosevelt
Wilson
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Security Council
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
International Court of Justice
The
Franco Spain
London
League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Albert Collins Dies of Heart Trouble at 50
Dr. Albert H. Collins former Alabama state education superintendent and later Office of Price Administration director for South Alabama died at his farm home near Lowndesboro. He served as state education chief from 1937, was a two year state public welfare commissioner, and held a Navy commission in World War I. He is survived by his widow and three daughters.
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Montgomery
Ala
Albert H. Collins
Office of Price Administration
South Alabama
Lowndesboro
Collins
OPA
Fayette County
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Navy
Auburn
Textile view given by Bell
Wilmington Del June 25 P W Ray Bell president of the association of cotton textile merchants of New York said textiles face greater threats from non textile imports and low priced rivals than from intra industry competition after the war. He noted mills will have more fiber choices but imports of burlap woven cotton and paper and metal products could erode markets. Bell urged early release from war controls and a shift to market driven pricing based on fabric merits and fashion appeal.
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Wilmington
Del
W. Ray Bell
Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York
Industrial Purchasing Agents Group
Bell
India
Office of Price Administration
W Clark to Command US Occupation Forces in Austria
W Clark selected to command United States occupation forces in the American zone in Austria and may move Allied units into sections of Vienna within three weeks. This development was learned on good authority today.
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W. Clark
United States
Austria
Vienna
Ninth Air Force Breakup Sends Units to Pacific
The U S Ninth Air Force, the largest tactical air force, is being disbanded with some units deployed to the Pacific to fight Japan. Other Ninth units remain in Germany to support ground forces as long as American troops stay there.
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U. S. Ninth Air Force
Pacific
Japan
U. S
Germany
Luzon advance tightens grip on Japanese in Aparri region
American and Philippine guerrillas press the Luzon cleanup as 20 000 Japanese are bottled up near Aparri after landings by Major General Swing’s and Beightler’s forces. Gliders carried jeeps as fighters push toward Tuguegarao while Mindanao sees limited gains and no update from MacArthur.
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Manila
Eleventh Airborne
Luzon
Aparri
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan Valley
Joseph M. Swing
Camalaningan
Associated Press
Hamilton W. Varon
U. S. Sixth Infantry
Miiangan
Cagyan
Alud River
Baguio
Mindanao
Gunalang
Davao Gulf
MacArthur
Okinawa gains ground as raids target Kyushu and Western Pacific
Allied forces report heavy Japanese losses on Okinawa with 101,853 confirmed dead and 7,902 wounded. Adm. Nimitz notes advancing patrols and ongoing operations, while air strikes hit Itazuki airfield on Northern Kyushu as the battle spreads.
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Guam
Okinawa
Kyushu
Sakishimas
Pacific
Luzon
Itazuki
Japan
Okinawa and Philippines battle toll rises to record levels
Allied war communiques report Hirohito era losses surged last week with 30 632 Japanese killed on Okinawa and in the Philippines 7 705 surrendered and about 20 000 more sealed by a paratrooper near Aparri The 11th Airborne Division joined guerrillas near Aparri and began operations.
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Pacific
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Emperor Hirohito
Okinawa
Philippines
11Th Airborne Division
Guerrilas
Aparri
Japanese Women Soldiers Among 33 Killed on Okinawa Coast
On West Okinawa coast near the island’s southern tip the Sixth Marine Division killed 33, including two fully uniformed Japanese women soldiers carrying grenades. They were with men who tried to wade waist deep along the shore.
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Okinawa
Sixth Marine Division
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