War Department appeals electrical workers for 90 day war projects
The Army urged skilled electrical workers to volunteer for at least 90 days on Hanford Engineer Works in Pasco Washington and Clinton Engineer Works in Knoxville Tennessee. Under Secretary Patterson and union officials said a certificate of service would be issued on completion, with pay at standard rates and housing or meals provided at Hanford and Clinton. Local unions will arrange transportation and other logistics through Employment Service offices.
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Washington
Army
Hanford Engineer Works
Pasco
Wash
Clinton Engineer Works
Knoxville
Patterson
Edward J . Brown
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
War Department
Laurence W. Davis
National Electrical Constructors Association
Uidersecretary
Hanford
Clinton Works
Clinton
U. S. Employment Service
Ghosty Hill Mystery Declared Optical Illusion
A long afternoon of searching the hill yielded no real clue as residents investigated the Ghosty legend. Officials concluded the hill is an optical illusion, preserving Ghosty’s notoriety while dismissing the mystery as science.
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Ed Place
Ghosty
Caddo
Allied Air Campaign Hits Rail Lines and Southern France Oil
Air force units with hundreds of Fortresses and Liberators attacked rail lines and bridges near Marseille and oil facilities at Sete Balaruc Avignon and Le Pontet. In the Aleutians US and Soviet forces lie only 3 1 2 miles apart. Some snakes possess heat receptors to detect warm blooded prey.
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Bretigny
Villacoublay
Italy
Marseille
France
Sete
Balaruc
Avignon
le Pontet
Markets Rally On Optimism As Stocks Hit Year Highs
In New York on June 26, investors bid stocks higher amid strong demand and rallying cotton and grain futures. News of government support potential and anticipated reconversion to civilian manufacturing aided sentiment. cotton futures rose to new seasonal highs as parity prospects drew buying.
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New York
Chicago
New
York
Trade and Commission
Nashville Livestock Market Report June cattle and hog prices
Nashville Tennessee June 26 report shows 900 cattle with moderate activity and steady to weak prices for steers and heifers. Calves 400 mostly 50 higher, hogs 900 steady with good and choice 180-270 lb at 13.50 and lighter weights down to 6.10, sheep 2,000 with higher wethers and lambs and lamb prices around 25 higher for large lots.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Record Army Air Losses and Gains in Marianas Campaign
Allied forces report an unprecedented destruction of enemy aircraft and ships west of Guam and across the Marianas from June 18 to June 23. Carrier strikes sank ships and downed planes, with totals revised to 747 enemy planes destroyed and 30 ships sunk. American losses totaled 151 aircraft and 26 enemy intercepts were repelled.
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Guam
Nimitz
Kazan
Saipan
Garapan
Mariana
Seventeen cases listed on city docket and local notices
Seventeen cases were listed on the city docket this morning. Various fines were issued for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, trespassing and jail bar saws, disturbing the peace, improper parking, gaming, unlawful automobile use, reckless driving, aiding jail breaks and fighting. Also noted are hospital admissions for Joyce Diane Thompson and Myrtie Lee Beaty, and visits by Sgt. Oris Tucker returning from Alaska. Community church prayer meetings and hospital condition reports accompany the civic calendar items.
Cherbourg Falls Hard Battle Ends With Massive Allied Push
Allied forces smashed into Cherbourg amid a five day fight as American troops and Montgomerys tanks closed on the port. Allied artillery and air power battered German defenses while infantry fought house to house and captured thousands of prisoners, with Cherbourg's fate reportedly unsettled by conflicting German broadcasts.
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Caen
Tilly- Sur-Seules
Bernard L. Montgomery
Supreme Headquarters
Cherbourg
France
Paris
Berlin
Occupied
Europe
DNB
Germany
High Command
German International Information Bureau
St. Vaast Hogue
Quettehou
Parfleur
Omar N. Bradley
Cap de le Hague
Vauville
Wes
Equer-Dreville
Uaester
Bourg
Brettville
Cap Barfleur
Montgomery
Accident Victim Leon Malone Dies After Car Wreck
Leon Malone a 29 year old carpenter died from injuries after a Sunday night automobile overturn near Mobile Alabama. The body will be sent to Russellville for interment with his family.
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Mobile
Ala
Leon Malone
Russellville
Island soldiers recall Ascension base life and return
The 898th engineer aviation company, after two years on Ascension Island, describes rebuilding air base facilities, rationed water and food, and harsh conditions. They note the loneliness, cricket-eaten crops, and a memorable July 10 1942 when ships arrived and letters flooded in.
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Mildred Seay
Richmond
898Th Engineer Aviation Company
898Th
Richmond Air Base
Ascension Island
South Atlantic
South America
Africa
Wideawake Field
Carroll J. Powers
Knoxville
698Th
Ascension
Lt. Tuscaloosa
Andrew G. Betz
Baltimore
Holliman
William A. Chapman
New Orleans
Allied air and ground actions push toward Burma and Pacific targets
Six enemy aircraft carriers were sunk or damaged as Pacific air forces hit Sorong, Manokwari, Palau, Woleai, Truk, and Rabaul. Biak reports 345 more Japanese dead, totaling 2,333 since May 27. In Burma, Mogaung and Myitkyina fights continue as Allies neared key Burma Road access. Japanese withdrawal persists in northeast India as the Assam-Bengal supply line tightens.
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Pacific
Sorong
New Guinea
Manokwari
Palau
Woleai
Truk
Rabaul
Biak
MacArthur
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
India
Assam-Bengal
Port St disclosed Gen Clark troops add 1000 prisoners
Army dispatches report Lt Gen Mark Clark’s forces captured 1000 more prisoners in recent days, totaling 24 000 since the present offensive began, with the Eighth Army continuing steady progress near Perugia and Lake Trasimeno. Monte Croce and Pianello fall near Perugia as Vallabrica area gains reported amid stubborn German resistance.
Rotary Is Ready For Year Of Service In Decatur
Decatur Rotary outlines its 1943 44 and 1944 45 yearofservice with President Wallace Meadows and President James L Rankin. Officers include Rankin Brown Napps Darrah. directors named Meadows Brown Harris Johnson Scales Rutledge Rankin. Committees cover Club Service Program Finance Public Information Membership Fellowship Music Inter Club Youth Civic Welfare Vocational Service International Service chaired by multiple members.
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Decatur Rotary Club
Rotary
Wallace Meadows
James L. Rankin
Sam W. Brown
Oscar Napps
Walker Darrah
Sam Brown
Julian Harris
James Johnson
Charles Scales Jr
Charles Scales Jr. Rutledge. Thomas, James L. Rankin
James H. Johnson
H.M. Layman
Emmett McClary
Raymond Pepper
A. C. Bailey
Ainslie Wyle
Stanley Wyatt
S. E. Patterson
James Crow
Norman Harris
Rotary & Public Information
H. M. Layman
H. O. Goidel
Ernest Barnett
Chm
Soviet Drive Near Bobruisk Encircles German Stronghold
Russian forces press from southwest of Bobruisk toward the Bobruisk Luni railway line and near Zhlobin 35 miles southeast of Bobruisk. Govorov’s Leningrad army pushes toward Helsinki through Viipuri, while Meretskov advances north between Lakes Ladoga and Onega. Petrozavodsk region may fall as troops cross the Svir. Northward, a segment of the Leningrad Murmansk railway is freed.
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Mogilev
Zhlobin
Bobruisk
Bobruisk-Luninets
Bobruiski
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Russia
Helsinki
Finland
Viipuri
K. A. Meretskov
Ladoga
Onezhskoe
Onega
Petrozavodsk
Karelian Republic
Meretskov
Svir
Leningrad- Murmansk
Dewey Gains Momentum At Wartime Republican Conclave
Gov Dwight Green of Illinois introduces the nominating process while Gov Earl Warren of California delivers the keynote. States pledge support for Dewey as balloting begins Wednesday, with Bricker standing firm and Stassen pursued by Sen Joseph Ball. Talks linger on Warren as a possible VP pick amid broader platform and leadership debates.
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Dwight Green
Illinois
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Bricker
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Massachusetts
Jtowa
Spangler
Joseph Ball
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Warren Dewey
Warren
James A. Farley
Big Jim
Roosevelt
William H. Wills
Vermont
Delegates Visted Chicago Show 1957 Presidential Column
Delegates in Chicago as of noon listed pledged and claimed strength toward nomination. Dewey Bricker Stassen Willis MacArthur MacArthur among leaders with 529 needed to nominate. many unpledged unclaimed totals indicate volatile support.
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Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Harold E. Stassen
Simeon S. Willis
Douglas MacArthur
Gov Green Accuses Roosevelt of War meddling at convention
Chicago June 26 Gov Dwight H Green of Illinois charged the Roosevelt administration with political meddling in Army and Navy affairs. He pledged Republicans will give fighting men a free hand and urged delegates to unite for victory while resisting the New Dealers win the war slogan. He warned the war effort needs removal of bureaucratic interference and praised delegates for pledging to uphold constitutional freedoms.
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Chicago
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Rooosevelt
Green
America
Tan
United States Army
Navy
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