Weather and local notices mix with town happenings
Sunday weather shows little change with the Tennessee river at 20.45 feet and temperatures from 72 to 97. Cotton prices Saturday ranged from strict middling 18.95 to low 17.05. Attractions today include Moontide at the Princess Texas at the Roxy and Hong Kong Nights at the Capitol. Residents report visits, war effort drives, and local events from Decatur and nearby towns, with several notices about church activities and community meetings.
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Tennessee River
The
Princess
Texas
Roxy
Hong Kong
Capitol
Rubber drive intensified in final stages
With only three days left in the scrap rubber campaign, the Decatur and Morgan county Salvage Committee plans a final push. Local chairman J. R. Williams reported 186000 pounds collected by Saturday noon and urged individuals to search homes for remaining rubber. A telegram from Leon Gilbert warned that state officials may take drastic steps if citizens do not respond.
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Decatur
Morgan County
J. R. Williams
Proclamation Urges Decatur Citizens to Turn in Rubber
In 1942 city proclamation by Mayor Tom Harrison asks Decatur residents to conduct a final search for scrap rubber and asks car owners to surrender rubber mats from trunks to service stations as part of a city wide drive to support the war effort.
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Decatur
Tom Harrison
Scrap rubber drive urges turning in nonessential items
A local committee appeals for voluntary rubber collection to aid war needs. Citizens urged to surrender rubber articles not essential, especially rubber mats from car trunks, to prevent delaying civilian tire requisitioning. The movement began Saturday as part of the scrap drive.
Rubber Find Stirs Town in Massachusetts
In Nover Massachusetts a 3,000,000 pound scrap rubber find near the abandoned Clapp Rubber Co. turns the town into a boom town. The Massachusetts Salvage Committee says the stockpile could meet the state quota under Roosevelt’s salvage program and is highly valuable per David Lundquist’s survey. Local residents and children rushed to claim scraps before the committee intervened and secured options on portions of the rubber.
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Nover
Mass
Massachusetts Salvage Committee
Clapp Rubber Co
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
David Lundquist
Sub Chasers Are Sought in Navy Call for Volunteers
The Navy urged owners of seagoing craft to offer their boats for anti submarine patrols off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Target is 1,000 additional small boats joining 1,200 already in service. Relaxed requirements focus on immediate ability to serve per Coast Guard Reserve officers' guidance.
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Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Navy
R. R. Waesche
Coast Guard
Marines Land Forces in South Pacific Jumping Off Point
The Marine Corps says a large expeditionary force has landed at a South Pacific jumping off place. Major Meigs O Frost reports transports swarm with Marines as the first major overseas contingent sails toward a UN offensive theater. Brig Gen Robert L Denig relays the force details from Washington.
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Atlanta
South Pacific
United Nations
Meigs O. Frost
Marine Corps
Washington
Robert L. Denig
Marine Headquarters
Marine News
Two Mexican Tankers Sunk Off Tampico Coast
Two Mexican tankers were torpedoed about 50 miles off the Mexican coast. The attack prompted immediate war measures and a blackout at the oil post. A squadron of planes and ships sought the attacking submarine. The government tanker Tuxpan, formerly the Italian Americano, was sent down off Isla Lobos, south of Tampico.
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Tamico
Mexico
Tuxpan
Tampico
Italy
Isla Lobos
Tampice
Look-Alike Patton Twins Baffle Athens College Faculty
The Patton twins Alice and Cruse, daughters of Attorney R B Patton of Athens, intrigue faculty with identical looks. They share interests in red outfits, olives, fried chicken, history, and sports, while unique details include slight height and weight differences and a rumored mole.
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Patton
Athens College
R. B. Patton
Athens
Maeeee
Annesee
V . Alice
Alice
Cruse
Patton Twins
Athens High School
Donald Duck
Sugar boat sinks after naval gun battle off Cuba coast
June 27 4 The U S sugar boat crew recounts fending off a surfaced German submarine near Cuba just before dawn. Five Navy gunners engaged the sub as it opened fire and crash dived. The vessel sank after a hit at the waterline just ahead of the conning tower.
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Florida
United States
Cuba
L. B. Hansen
New Orleans
Aid Sought for Negroes Fire Victims in Morgan County
J Wmn chairman of Morgan County American Red Cross disaster committee requests help for a Negro family in Nebo who lost their home and furnishings in a Friday fire. The family includes parents and five children with another daughter visiting. A three year old visiting child suffered severe burns. Donations of household furnishings are requested, contact 106, Red Cross office at 358, or bring items to Red Cross on Vine Street.
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Nebo
J. W. Mn
Morgan County
Ned Cross
Clapton
Red Cross
Vine Street
Axis thrusts in Egypt and Ukraine raise stakes in war
War analyst Kirke L Stimson notes preliminary Axis moves in Egypt and the Ukraine signal a pincer push against British and Russian forces. British imperial forces regroup near Alexandria as Soviet lines near Kharkov feel Axis pressure. Washington remains confident amid Roosevelt Churchill statements.
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Kirke L. Stimson
Hitler
Egypt
Ukraine
Alexandria
Russia
Marshall Timoshenko
Kharkov
Washington
Twin Crisis Seen For Allied Cause
Allied strategy may divert German strength from the Soviet front as British air raids resume on Germany. Reports say United States air units are preparing to join mass raids, with an American zone of operations in Europe hinted as a near possibility.
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Russia
Germany
United States
Europe
Pacific
Middle East
Eight German Agents Taken, Hoover Says
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced eight German saboteurs had been landed in two groups on Long Island and near Jacksonville Florida with explosives and time fuzes. He said the men, skilled in sabotage, planned to disrupt war factories and plant bombs in stations and stores to sow panic. The agents spoke English, held hidden funds of about 150000 dollars, and included leaders George Dash and Edward Kerling among others.
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New York
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Long Island
New York City
Florida
Jacksonville
Pia
Amagansett Beach
Berlin
George’ John Dash
Ernest Peter Burger
Michigan National Guard
Heinrich Harm Heink
Robert Quirin
Edward John Kerling
Chicago
Biddle
Washington
United States
Local rally for scrap rubber mats closes drive
Mayor T R Harrison leads a Saturday turnout of Morgan County residents donating rubber mats for the Scrap Rubber campaign. With a June 30 deadline, the county salvage committee urges all to drop off rubber articles at filling stations to meet the quota.
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T. R. Harrison
Morgan County Salvage Committee
Uncle Sam
Mayor Harrison
H. R. Speake
R. F E. Rogers
Gaines Stewart
Gene Baley
Bob McMasters
R. B. Freeman
Gordon Sherard
John Wilks
Tom Edgil
F. T. Richardson
Homer Tankersley
E. A. Carter
Redus C. Collier
Irvin J. Quinn
Fred Robinson
Julian Bibb
Tom Adams
Sam Alexander
Bar Alverson
George Godwin
Belmer Loyd
Bob Daniels
Arthur Jones
Barrett Shelton
Jimmy Wil
Oeuepenee
Ieee
Aston
Roosevelt Churchill promise push at Germany to divert Russians
The two leaders pledged a major action against Germany to divert German forces from the Russian front. They noted heavy U boat toll but rising ship production and outlined new anti submarine measures by Britain and the United States. The statement did not name a second front but said upcoming operations would shift German strength away from Russia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Germany
London
United Nations
Atlantic
Russia
British Isles
Rostock
Cologne
Bremen
White House
Congress
Death takes Dr. Hocking in Alabama
Dr Samuel J Hocking 50 head of University of Alabama Center at Montgomery died at Druid City Hospital after a brief illness from acute nephritis Funeral services set for Sunday at five p m from the Church of Ascension Montgomery Interment to follow Surviving widow Evelyn McMillan Hocking three children Louise Sam Jr and Mary Evelyn His mother Mrs William Hollow of Detroit brothers Richard Arthur Garfield and sister Mrs Thomas Wiley His career included tenure at the University of Alabama extension department and work as a Far Eastern subject expert and former missionary in China
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Tuscaloogba
Ala
Samuel J. Hocking
University of Alabama Center
Montgomery
Druid City Hospital
Church of Ascension
Episcopal
Evelyn McMillan Hocking
Decatur
Louise
Dayton
Sam, Jr
Mary Evelyn
William Hollow
Detroit
Mich
Richard
Arthur
Garfield Hocking
Thomas Wiley
Edward, Pa
Hocking
University of Alabama
Extension Department
China
Harvard Uiversity
University of Chicago
Alabama
United States vows near term actions as war fronts heat up
The Associated Press reports a joint US statement by President and Prime Minister promising forthcoming operations to aid the Allied war effort. It notes US production of planes and tanks, ongoing Soviet and Egyptian battles, and intensified air campaigns against Axis targets as Rommel nears Matruh and Sevastopol sieges continue.
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Richard McMurray
Associated Press
United States
Russia
Sevastopol
Axis
Egypt
Velt
Hitler
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