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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1942
Page
1
Local cotton prices show strict mid at 18.85 middling 18.60 strict low 17.85 and low 17.10. Patrons can see The Male Animal at the Princess Bahama Passage at Roxy and Rolling Down The Great Divine at the Capitol.
The second annual Tennessee Valley Horse Show sponsored by the Kiwanis club drew 1500 to 2000 spectators in Decatur. Oakwood Acres led in awards with Strollin' Jim winning the grand walking stake and Miss Como placing second. Haynes-Haven entries also won ribbons. Officials from Tennessee kept the event moving through fourteen classes in three hours.
London reports a massive RAF raid on Bremen, Germany's second largest port, with over 1000 bombers targeting ships yards factories and submarine works. Fifty two planes were missing, the largest one night loss for the RAF, as fires burned through the city and defenses fought back.
The Courtland air base west of Courtland is entering construction with about 700 workers on temporary structures and grading. Morgan Construction of Tuscaloosa is building units, Wolfe Michael of Florida handles grading with hundreds employed. The War Department had earlier approved a basic school cost over $3,000,000.
The air force detachment at Southern Aviation Training School prepares for Class 42 J graduation festivities. A June 30 stag barbecue includes instructors and officers, followed by a July 1 formal dance at the mess hall with Fess Whaley's band. decorations feature patriotic colors and defense stamp corsages for attendees.
Athens Alabama June 26 Wednesday afternoon the Limestone County Farm Bureau announces the annual family barbecue to be held August 5 at the State Farm and Agricultural Sub Station south of Athens. M C Grisham president G B Phillips county farm agent and an appropriate committee will run the event. With about 1500 members families are invited and the gathering is expected to draw several thousand people.
Across the desert Rommel presses east toward Matruh while Churchill pledges Britain will hold Egypt and Suez. Ritchie’s weary troops may get reinforcements as Rommel seeks to trap the Eighth Army before it reorganizes in the brutal heat.
The Montgomery Advertiser suggests Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation may run against Senator Lister Hill for the U S Senate in Alabama. The piece notes farmer anger toward Hill over the Farm Security Administration bill and hints Uncle Ed could rally Alabama farmers to back a challenge.
In Kilby State Prison two Jefferson County men were executed by electric chair. William Nelms Snead, convicted of rape, proclaimed innocence, while William M. Patterson, convicted of wife murder, said he had once protected his life and could not now protect it. Both convictions stood after state court review and clemency pleas were denied by Governor Frank M. Dixon.
D. B. Blalock, Atlanta machinery dealer, was acquitted by a Fulton county superior court jury on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the state. Blalock called the verdict a political prosecution and said he was grateful for the outcome.
Public Roads Administration warns a national transport crisis could hit war production after forced auto retirements. Universal car pools and staggered hours are urged. OPA links gas rationing to pool membership. Mayors in hundreds of cities push group riding and scheduled commutes to preserve vehicle use.
In Montgomery Alabama on June 26 a Petersburg Virginia youth named Jer man Hunter, a U S Army Air Forces cadet at Maxwell Field, sought employment and found a position that matches his name.
The Alabama State Treasury holds a record cash balance of 25,187,437.84 dollars, about 11 million more than a year ago. Officials cautioned that gains come with demand for expanded services and proposed a stabilization plan to build reserves for lean years, while debt retirement progresses. Finance Director A R Forsyth and Revenue Commissioner John Curry advocate prudent budgeting to withstand future revenue shortfalls.
President Roosevelt announced May production totals: about 4 000 aircraft 1 500 tanks and over 50 000 machine guns plus nearly 2 000 artillery and anti-tank guns. He urged continued effort while noting ongoing Anglo American strategy talks with Russian participation disclosed.
In Montgomery Colbert county has collected 106000 pounds of scrap rubber and exceeded its salvage quota by 3721 pounds. Alabama Salvage Committee executive Leon Gilbert said collections continue. Birmingham chairman Tom Bragg urged pulling rubber mats from car rear compartments, noting 200000 mats could yield about 1200000 pounds toward state goals.
Plans are set for the Morgan County Sheep Show in Hartselle on Saturday June 27 at the Pat Kimbrough barn. County agent B G Hall says this will be the first dedicated sheep show in the county with about 100 head expected. Prizes will be awarded for top 4 H flocks best pen of three ewes and bucks best pen of lambs and best ram. Judging starts at 2:00 p.m. by R M Lawson of Cullman county. Public invited.
T M Wiley manager of Wiley Electric Station on Pirat Avenue told of a buried tire salvage find. An old excavation filled with cars and cinders near the station may preserve rubber well. War Production Board inspector Robert C Yeargan will return to inspect the site next week. Digging starts then he expects buried tires once deemed worthless may prove usable.
Soviet radio quoted survivors alleging two Japanese submarines surfaced after the Angarstrol sank off Japan’s coast on May 1. Moscow rejected Tokyo’s claim that a U S submarine torpedoed the Soviet merchant ship. The clash comes amid broader Japan Russia tensions over a new front in the global war and updates on Midway and Aleutian actions.
Hayse Tucker director of the State Defense Council charged that Alabama already furnished a disproportionately large share of physicians to the Army and that pressure recruiting tactics were used in Alabama but not generally across the country.
Lawson Little electrified followers of the $5,000 Mahoning open by acing the 215 yard par four No 4 hole. The ball stopped six feet from the pin and dropped, putting him four under par as the tournament began in Girard Ohio.
Cairo dispatches report German Italian forces under Rommel driving toward Matruh 30 miles from the port and 160 miles from Alexandria. British lines hold near Matruh as heavy Axis armor and motorized infantry combine with captured tanks and new German divisions in a likely decisive battle and broader risk to Allied control of the Middle East.
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