Local News Briefs Highlight Weather, War Updates and Local Births
Fair tonight with a 97 degree high and 70 degree low. Cotton prices posted at Decatur with strict middling 21.30 middling 21.15 but low values at 17.30. Local film listings include Buffalo Bill at the Princess Seven Sweethearts at the Roxy and Journey For Margaret at the Capitol. Soldiers from Camp Rucker and Fort Leonard Wood receive updates on training furloughs and family notices. Community notices cover church plans, board meetings, birthday and health reports, and city docket details.
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Decatur
The
Princess
Roxy
Margaret
Capitol
Russia Drives Forward in White Russia Front
Soviet Red Army push toward Polotsk Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk after capturing Vitebsk and Zhlobin. Moscow reports about 10 000 German dead or missing in 24 hours and 1 000 captured with 1 709 towns left to mop up as Russians threaten two pockets west of Vitebsk.
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London
White Russia
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Fatherland
Polotsk
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Beshenkovichi
Rogachev
Berlin
Russia
Italy
Balkans
Obel
Chereya
Peatishchalovo
Orsha-Lepel
Mostok
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Ratmirovichi
Parichi
Lake Onega
Onezhskoe
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Leningrad-Murmansk
Minsk
Bresti-Litovsk
Kowel
Warsaw
Gomel
Mogilev- Vitebsk
Finland
Brest
Nazi White Russian Wall Is Tottering
Moscow reports a major German embankment of Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk bulges collapsing as Red air fleets from four fronts strike reserves and bridges. Four Soviet armies push toward Minsk gateway to Warsaw with urban fighting near Orsha and Mogilev while air power led by Vershinin Kruikin and Rudenko targets trenches and fortifications. The First Baltic Front under Bagramian and Cherniakhovsky coordinates the northern push along a 250 mile front.
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Berlin
Vitebsk
Bobruisk
Mogilev
Moscow
Germany
Orsha
Minsk
Hitler
Reich
Great Bulge
Red Army
Bulge
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Sevastopol
Timofey Kruikin
Sergei I. Rudenko
N. P. Papivin
Stormovik
Ivan Bagramian
Baltic Front
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
British Again Seize Chiusi as Allied Push Advances
Allied reports say Eighth Army retook Chiusi nine miles southwest of Lake Trasimeno and moved northwest after heavy fighting. South Africans freed, 200 prisoners taken near Castiglione Del Lago as progress continues toward Perugia. Fifth Army advances along Italy’s west coast toward Livorno and Pisa. Air force claims 55 enemy planes destroyed in Vienna area battles.
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Florence
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Vienna
William Worden
Garapan
Nimitz
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China
India
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
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Gem George C. Kennedy
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Netherlands Fast Indies
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Kennedy
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Palau
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Manipur
Imphal
Kohima
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Johnson and Stalin Meet in Kremlin Trade Talks
Eric Johnson president of the United States Chamber of Commerce met Premier Marshal Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin for two and a half hours. The interview covered future U S Soviet trade with Johnson asking questions and Stalin giving direct answers. The talks were described as very successful by Johnson.
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Moscow
Eric Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Johnston
United States
Soviet Union
Stalin
Veterans of Alaska to Arrive in Decatur on Tennessean
A telegram to The Daily says a unit of Decatur's Own veterans, three years in Alaska, will arrive on Wednesday night at 12 30 aboard the Tennessean. The Daily urges locals to meet the train and welcome the boys home, and will share further details if available.
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Decatur
Alaska
Tennessean
Mein Kampf not banned in Germany despite rumors
Madrid reports say Hitler’s Mein Kampf is not banned in Germany but few read it now except to scribble in margins. Neutrals note a joke that the Nazis banned the book and Berlin shops keep copies hidden. Bookstores report scarce party literature and rare purchases, even by Hitler Youth members.
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Hitler
Germany
H. R. Baukhage
Blue Network
Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Goebbels
Hitler Youth
Preliminary Trial Set in Rex Maxwell Murder Case
A preliminary hearing for the State of Alabama versus Rex Maxwell over the Lovick Fowler homicide is scheduled Friday at nine o'clock. Judge James Crow presides. defense is S. A. Lynne. state reps are W. H. Long and Ben Britnell. special prosecutor Melvin Hutson represents the Fowler family.
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State of Alabama
Rex Maxwell
Lovick Fowler
James Crow
S. A. Lynne
W. H. Long
Ben Britnell
Melvin Hutson
Fowler
Warren applauded as Warren keynote sparks GOP convention
In Chicago Warren is hailed as keynote at the Republican gathering as Mertin proclaims the day of reckoning for Democrats. DeWey hurries to accept nomination. platform upholds international peace forces plan amid Willkie criticism and talk of a possible bolt.
Dewey May Head to Chicago for Nomination Bid
Albany June 27 Gov Thomas E Dewey may entrain tonight for Chicago if nominated for president He would deliver his acceptance speech at the Republican national convention tomorrow night The governor's office did not confirm a train dash but said Dewey and four aides may fly to Chicago tomorrow if he is nominated by afternoon
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Dewey
Chicago
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Bricker Fights Dewey Camp Support for Presidential Nomination
Bricker presses for the Republican nomination amid “steamroller” tactics from the Dewey camp. Warren refuses a nomination and California vote, saying he favors long term development projects. Delegates eye a trend as Bricker Griswold Green potential candidates attract attention.
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Bricker
John W. Bricker
Dewey
Warren
California
Ohio
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Dwight Green
Ilinois
Cherbourg Capture Seen as Expected Move on Front
Wartime correspondent notes Cherbourg fall as Allied strength massed on the beach head. In Russia, rapid advances toward Minsk and a Baltic envelopment unfold as three Soviet drives move via Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk. A new front line favors a Brest Litovsk bulge while a southern push develops from Zhlobin toward Gomel.
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J. M. Roberts JR
Dewitt Mackenzie
Cherbourg
Russia
Baltics
Lithuania
Latvia
Polotsk
Minsk
Orsha
Mogilev
Bobruisk
Baltic
Gomel-Kowel
Resistance of Mips on Saipan Strengthened Along Prepared Lines
Japanese troops defending Saipan Island sharply increased their resistance along a prepared line bisecting the strategic stepping stone to Tokyo. American Marines hammered Garapan as Tokyo radio claimed a 170 plane Guam raid with 16 Allied planes downed, a claim not confirmed by Allied reports.
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Saipan
J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Saipan Island
Tokyo
Howard Handleman
Garapan
Mt. Tapotchau
Kagman Peinsula
Handleman
U. S
Tokyo Radio
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Marianas
White Way Milk Expands Plant and Distribution
C. E. Winton and Emmette L. Barron announce expansion of the White Way Pure Milk company. A half interest in the Pulaski cooling plant is sold to Barber Pure Milk Co. Birmingham to enable larger Tenn and North Alabama distribution. Capacity to 6000 gallons daily with new holding tanks and a 3300 gallon truck. Barron becomes sales manager in Pulaski. Winton remains plant manager.
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C. E.winton
Emmette L. Barron
White Way Pure Milk Company
White Way
Pulaski
Tenn
Barber, Pure Milk Co
Birmingham
Moulton Street
Decatur
North Alabama
Barber Pure Milk Co
Tennessee
Barron
Winton
Rescuers Aim to Save Army Fliers from Grand Canyon
A second rescue party prepared to descend toward the Tonto Plateau 500 feet above the Colorado to save three Army airmen who bailed out of a bomber last Wednesday. A four-man ranger party with twelve mules reached the gorge floor to establish a base as rescue efforts feared for Friday. The three airmen were Second Lt Charles Goldblum Flight Officer Maurice J Cruickshank Jr and Cpl Roy W Embanks.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Minteback
Tonto Plateau
Colorado River
Charles Goldblum
Pittsburgh
Maurice J. Cruickshank
Jr Lawrencé
Mass
Cpl
Roy W. Embanks
Kalispell
Mont
Decatur Soldier Killed in Action on Invasion Day
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Simrell of 415 Lafayette Street learned their son Staff Sgt. Paul L. Simrell of the 506 parachute infantry was killed in action on June 6, Invasion Day. He formerly resided in Decatur and was well known locally.
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R. F. Simrell
Lafayette Street
Paul L. Simrell
506 Parachute Infantry
Simrel
Decatur
Fifth War Loan Bond Sale Targets Morgan County
Morgan county reports total war bond sales of 1,487,960.25 against a 1,379,000 quota. Series E bonds for the county show only 211,749.75 toward a 551,000 goal, with a deadline of July 8. A July 7 Benson Field event features the Camp Libert chemical warfare unit with tickets issued with Series E purchases. The county war finance committee aims for 250,000 in Series E bonds for the show.
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Morgan County
Benson Field
Camp Libert Chemical Warfare Unit
County War Finance Committee
British Begin Heavy Attack Toward Caen
Allied dispatches report British forces within three miles of Caen as Montgomery’s troops push from Tilly-Sur-Seulles and capture La Gaulle Cheux and St Manvieu. Cherbourg falls, boosting Allied leverage for the invasion of France, with 70,000 Nazi casualties and 32,000 prisoners noted.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Normandy
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Paris
Joseph L. Collins
Cherbourg
Carl Wilhelm von Schlieben
Hennecke
Bradt Mer
Ican
Montgomery
Odon
Cherbourge
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
la Gaulle
Cheux
St. Manvieu
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By Eddy Gilmore
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Mein Kampf
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Wendell L. Wilkie
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