Two OPA cases settled in Birmingham district meeting
Kingman C. Shelburne presided at a durable goods price panel meeting to settle two overcharge cases on used refrigerators. Dealers representing coal companies agreed to seek flat price postings for coal in the county as investigations begin in Birmingham and Atlanta offices. Consumers were urged to check ceiling prices before buying or selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingman C. Shelburne
Birmingham
Harrison
Atlanta
OPA
Price Office
Dewey Bricker Rivalry Shapes 1944 Conventions Highlights
A 1944 party gathering shows Dewey favored by Bricker supporters while Stassen pivoting out as delegates move toward a Dewey Bricker ticket. Talks of dark horses and vice presidential picks unfold amid heat and mass delegation shifts.
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Connecticut
Bricker
John Danagher
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oklahoma
Stevens
Markets at a Glance Stocks and Commodities Report
New York markets show profit taking in cotton and leaders while bonds are mixed. Chicago notes soft rye and steady hogs, with cattle firm on strong steer prices. June 23 cotton futures reacted to demand shifts and potential parity price adjustments under price control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Begins With Steady Slaughter Classes
Nashville Tenn June 28 report shows cattle market activity with about 300 head noted. Slaughter classes available at steady price levels amid moderate trading activity according to the Federal-State Market News Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Chicago Dairy Receipts Show Little Change in Markets
Chicago reports June 28 butter receipts 1,060,067 with firm market and eggs receipts 13,873. U S specials 39-391 2 and other market activity remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S
United States to Furnish Balance Between Britain and Russia
A passage notes the United States will provide the balance between Britain and Russia, outlining diplomacy and potential influence in the wartime chessboard. The statement frames the US role as neutral broker and strategic mediator amid alliance shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Russia
Platform Draft Is Adopted Quietly
Chicago news reports Governor Thomas E. Dewey holds the key to whether Wendell L. Willkie and party critics will accept a Republican platform calling for postwar peace forces to prevent further wars and opposing a world state. Willkie’s acceptance speech may extend a foreign policy plank praised by delegates but labeled ambiguous by the 1940 standard bearer and some governors. The outcome may determine if Willkie bolts or stays silent in the campaign.
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United States
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Bricker
Dewey
Tom Dewey
America
Bri
Ohio
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
Senator Ball
Minnesota
Ball
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
John W. Bricker
Dirksen
Leverett Saltonstall
Leonard W. Hall
Earl Warren
California
J. Russel Sprague
Dewey Plasaree
Alabama
Nebraska
Griswold
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
John P. Koehler
Milwaukee
Douglas MacArthur
Grant A. Ritter
Beloit
Wis
Albany
Wall Roads
Chicago Stadium
Warren
Herbert Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
Dark Horses
Dwight Griswold
Simeon
Willis
Kentucky
Eric Johnston
Spokane
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Luce
Roosevelt
Wae Ld
Hoover
Avid A. Martin
Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Bolt
Red Army Advances In Karelia Push And Mogilev Battle
Soviet forces report progress in Karelia and the Murmansk Lenin grad line as Red Army units push toward Petrozavodsk on Lake Onega. German defenses at Mogilev resist, while air power supports the fight on city streets led by Gen. Georg Fedorovich Zakharov’s White Russian troops.
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Bobruisk
Mogilev
Red Army
Georg Fedorovich Zakharov
Karelia
Murmansk-Leningrad
Petrozavdosk
Lake Onezhskoe
Onega
Leningrad
Meeting on reorganizing Morgan County TB Association
Tonight at 6 30 the Morgan county tuberculosis association plans a meeting at the Morgan county tuberculosis sanatorium to discuss re organization and expanded activities. Attendees include K W Grimley executive secretary and Attenstein chairman of Alabama District Civilian International several health officers and educators from Cullman Florence Madison Huntsville Decatur and Dallas Mills.
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K. W. Grimley
Alabama Tuberculosis “Association
Attenstein
Alabama District Civitan_International
Gadsden
Morgan County
TB Association
North Alabama
M. S. Whiteside
Cullman County
O. B
Blooper Pitch Shines As Goodyear Triumphs 14–3
Parrish in Goodyear wins 14 to 3 over Courtland Army air base at Delano park. Parrish allows four hits four homers by his team nine safe hits four of them homers. Southern Airways defeats Maintenance 13 to 7 in opening game.
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Parrish
Goodyear
Courtland Army Air Base
Delano Park
Millmen
Southern Airways
Maintenance
Lions Club Regular Meeting With Musical Program
Mrs John Slatton and Flip Timberlake provided musical selections at the Lions Club gathering in Hotel Lyons for their weekly meeting Guests Dr W H Anderson and Marvin Rankin will assist with the upcoming horse show The club will not meet next Tuesday July 4 and will reconvene July 11 for the installation of new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Slatton
Flip Timberlake
Lions Club
Lyons
W. H. Anderson
Marvin Rankin
Allied Air Blitz Over France Italy and Balkans
Overnight RAF raids targeted rail hubs at Vitry le Francois and Vaires near Paris and rocket sites along the Channel coast. Liberators and Fortresses bombed Couvren Athies and Juvincourt near Laon while Mustangs escorted raids from Russia into Poland. Heavy bombers patrolled from Britain to Italian bases and from the Mediterranean back to Britain. Casualties included four bombers missing and at least six enemy fighters downed. 23 German planes were destroyed overall in the operations.
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RAF
France
Channel
Europe
Russia
Britain
Mediterranean
Italy
Balkans
Poland
Couvren
Athies
Juvincourt
Laon
Paris
Saarbrucken
Vitry-Le-Francois
Vaires
Normandy
Brest
Cherbourg
England
Budapest
Brod
Yugoslavia
Local News Snippets From Decatur Area Notes
Citizens and visitors share health updates births and visits in Decatur Alabama area. Mrs Pauine May Tomlinson’s daughter Carolyn Diane born July 13 in Louisville Kentucky while local hospital cases include Fred Halbrooks admitted for treatment and several jail releases. A fire at Decatur Creamery caused no losses and Wilson sisters visit Hartselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey N. Tomlinson
Louisville
Carolyn Diane
Dairy Division Classes Announced for 1944 Valley Show
Casto Jarvis announces the prize listings for the Tennessee Valley Livestock Show dairy division to be held August 4, 1944 in Decatur Alabama. Governor Sparks and P. Davis will attend. 4-H and FFA divisions are highlighted with detailed Jersey and Guernsey classes and a grand champion from each group.
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Casto Jarvis
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Livestock Show
Tennessee Valley
Sparks
P. Davis
Alabama Extension Service
Jarvis
FFA
Tennessee Valley Livestock and Seed Show
Alabama
FFA Club
Allied forces push through Cherbourg peninsula and near Caen
Allied communique reports 3000 sorties yesterday as Americans mop up on the Cherbourg peninsula. Forces cap tured a German arsenal east of Cherbourg and attacked Maunterus airfield. Montgomery eyes a swift drive from Tourville toward Caen to trap Rommel’s divisions. raids including Typhoon rocket attacks target a German corps HQ at St Sauveur Endelin.
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Cherbourg
Maunertus
Cape la Hague
Montgomery
Tourville
Caen
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
St. Manvieu
Juvigny
Odon
Berlin
Tilly
Omar N. Bradley
RAF
St. Sauveur-Endelin
Air and ground actions across Pacific Burma fronts
Allied air units claimed eight Japanese planes shot down as Liberators were lost. MacArthur force bombed Palau and Woleai and damaged ships near Boeroe, Manokwari, Noemfoor, Wewak, and Rabual. West of New Guinea three more vessels were damaged. Biak island saw a ten ton Japanese raid with minor casualties. Myitkyina remained under heavy attack while Stilwell and Chinese forces halted along the Burma road below Lungling.
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MacArthur
Palau
Woleai
Boeroe Island
New Guinea
East Indies
Manokwari
Noemfoor
Wewak
Rabaul
Biak Island
Mokmer
Myitkyina
Lee Rites Set For Mrs Minnie Louise Lee
Funeral services for 72 year old Mrs Minnie Louise Lee will be held Thursday at 11 AM in Southside Baptist Church Decatur conducted by Rev B B Burks. She died Tuesday at her daughter's home in Blountsville. Survived by three daughters Mrs Fischer Louisville Ky Mrs Poole Decatur and Mrs Doyle Blountsville. three sons Carl Lee Jeffersonville Ind Harvey Lee Tuscaloosa and R A Lee Decatur. one sister Mrs Alma Teet Dayton Ohio. Pallbearers listed. Burial in city cemetery. Brown Funeral Home directing.
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Minnie Louise Lee
C. A Doyle
Blountsville
Southside Baptist Church
Decatur
B. B. Burks
H. Fischer
Louisville
Ralph Poole
C. A. Doyle
Carl L. Lee
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Harvey J. Lee
Tuscaloosa
R. A. Lee
Alma Teet
Dayton
Ohio
A. B. Dodd
C. E. Howell
Buford Spiegel
Jess Branun
T. H. Wells
J. T. Rogers
City
Brown
Sister of Local Resident Passes
News reached C. C. Jennings that his sister Mrs John A Gamble died in an Atlanta hospital at seven this morning. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Mutual Service. Foreigners were not admitted to the Chinese city of Changsha until the end of the 19th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Jennings
John A. Gamble
Atlanta
Mutual Service
Changsha
General and civilians in war zone scenes amid Barneville and Saint Sauveur
A dispatch describes generals visiting frontline areas and MPs concealing armored cars for safety. It recalls Saint Sauveur le Vicomte wreckage, then vivid scenes of Bert Brandt photographing a smiling mayor, dead horses and German rubble, and two French girls delivering flowers as the convoy passes.
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Saint~Sauveur le Vicomte
Barneville
Bert
Monserno
Sergeant Monsorno
Bricouebec
Bert Brandt
Bricauebec
Normandy Beachhead Found by Acknowledging Soldier
A veteran recalls entering France after D-day and an ack ack gunner humorously realizing Normandy’s beachhead was beneath him while reading The Stars and Stripes in London. He asks where the beachhead is and learns he is literally sitting on it.
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France
Lafayette
Ackack
London
Normandy
Cherbourg Peninsula War Photo Showcase and Welcoming Scene
A wireless report recounts photographer Bert Brandt of Acme News Pictures capturing staged crowds in Barnesville as they greet an American soldier. The chosen recipient is Sergeant Max Monsorno of the 9817 96th Street, Woodhaven, Long Island, one of the Ninth Division guards after the thefts.
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Cherbourg
Bert Brandt
Acme News Pictures
Bert
Barnesville
Sergt
Max Monsorno
Woodhaven
Long Island
Mannerheim’s Finland From Washington to War Ally
The piece traces Mannerheim from leading Finland after the civil war to governing a Baltic state with German help, notes his opposition to Soviet Russia, and suggests distrustful shifts as he aligns with Nazi Germany, portraying him as a key figure in Finland’s wartime fate.
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von der Goltz
Mannerheim
Soviet Russia
Germany
Gustav Mannerheim
George Washington
Finland
Finland and Germany Reach Perfect Understanding on Aid
The Finnish government announced that Von Ribbentrop answered Helsinki’s appeal for help and that a perfect understanding has been reached making future communiques part of the German line. President Ryti reportedly requested aid and Ribbentrop flew to Helsinki to confer with Ryti and Ramsay.
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Finland
von Ribbentrop
Helsinki
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Berlin
Sturdevant
Riso Ryti
Ryti
Henri Ramsay
United States
Russia
Stockholm
Finnish break with Germany deepens as war crisis grows
Washington reports say Finland and Nazi Germany reached a perfect understanding with armed aid to fight Russia. Officials fear no Russo-Finnish peace short of Finland’s total defeat. Meanwhile General Charles de Gaulle may visit President Roosevelt the first week in July.
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Washington
Finlan
Nazi Germany
Germany
Russia
State Department
Finland
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Eighth Army Advances In Italy Amid Fierce Resistance
The Eighth Army pressed forward near Lake Trasimeno with gains at Gioiella Porto and along the west shore. Gioiella fell after a six hour tank assault near Castiglione. Magione Rook held by the enemy on the east side. By Perugia the forces captured Monte Bagnola and Monte Pacciano as Pagliaccia fell east of the Tiber. Allied air forces claim over 100 enemy aircraft losses in two days.
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Travale
Eighth
Lake Trasimeno
Gioiella
Porto
Castiglione
Magione
Perugia
Eighth Army
Monte Bagnola
Monte Pacciano
Tiber River
Pagliaccia
France Kiss Scene Sparks Impulsive Welcome
A driver recalls a Paris arrival where French fans showered him with flowers and kisses. He paused and shouted "maintenant" to time the flowers, then faced a bee like swarm that swarmed him in affectionate greeting. He notes the moment felt spontaneous and not tied to war jubilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
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Howe
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Decatur 2
Decatur General Hospital
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Sixth Avenue South
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Maxine Fergueson
Simcoe
Lazell Moore
Mrs. J. P. Moore
Eva
Martha Rogers
Baugh’s Infirmary
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Vera Garrett
John Henry Bell
Decatur Creamery
Bank Street
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Wilson
Josephine Wilson
Hartselle
W. E. Flood of
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J. H. Calvin
Joe Woods
J. W. Cunningham
A. E. Jackson
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James ‘Harold Jr
Joe W. Hamilton
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East Moulton Street
Robert Yoder
Dorothy Wilson
Pennsylvania
Harvey Hostettler
Eighth Avenue East
Sammie Lou Evans
Columbus
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A-C
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E. J. St.John
Foster Field
Victoria
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J. W. Hasch
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P. R. Hutson
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Pyle
Marshall
Eisenhower
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King
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