Weather and local notices from Decatur Alabama
Partly cloudy this afternoon with fair tonight and more sun in Friday. Highs near 94 with a low around 71. Local items note Legion Auxiliary meeting Friday at eight, veterans and service members visiting or returning, Bible school closing Friday, and several hospital and church updates in Decatur and surrounding areas.
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Alabama
Decatur Weather Bureau
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Butler P. A. Hine
Decatur
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Texan Opens Drive To Ratify Charter
Senator Tom Connally, chairing the foreign relations committee, urged swift ratification of the United Nations charter. He emphasized world peace depends on U.S. membership and predicted broad Senate support with limited opposition. He explained veto power and unanimity among permanent Security Council members as essential to preserving peace.
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Associated Press
Washington
Tom Connally
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
United Nations Organization For Peace and Security
United States
Connally
Il-nation Security Council
Security Council
Lee
Southeast Metals Advances To Second Canteen Contract
Southeastern Metals Co Inc in Decatur completes the first contract for 575000 canteens two days early and starts a second contract for 900000 canteens. The plant, cleared after cotton storage, operates with 150 workers, 90 percent female, and aims to finish on schedule.
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Southeastern Metals Co., Inc
Decatur Aluminum Concern
Southeastern Metals
Robert T. Harris
I Bt
Heavy Losses Counted In World War II Campaign
The Ryu kyus campaign including Okinawa and strikes by the Navy cost the United States 46 319 casualties with 11 897 killed or missing. Navy casualties totaled 9 731 for March 18 through June 20 announced by Fleet Adm. Nimitz. Army and Marine losses were 6 990 killed or missing and 29 598 wounded. A Kuriles raid damaged ships west of Paramushiro. Light forces bombarded Paramushiro and Matsuwa in night raids as Okhotsk remains between Kamchatka and Siberia.
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Robbin Coons
Guam
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Navy
Eee
United States
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Kuriles
Harumukotan Island
Paramushiro
North Pacific
Matsuwa
Okhotsk Sea
Kamchatka
Siberian Mainand
Clark Named for Austria Occupation Authority
General Mark W. Clark is designated chief of United States occupation forces in Austria. He commanded the 15th army group in Italy and will head military government and political affairs in the U S zone. Austria will be divided into four occupation zones with Vienna also split into four sectors.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
Patterson
Clark
15Th Army Group
Germany
Vienna
Berlin
Planes Bring 50,000 Home Monthly From Overseas
Miami Army air field reports ongoing ATC Green project to return 50,000 servicemen monthly by air. Latest Alabama returnees listed include T/5 Herman E. Stedlamb from Anniston and Edward E. Thomas of Montgomery, both with six battle stars after months in Italy. Florence Sgt William A. Blair and Pfc Eugene Sears also noted with extensive overseas service.
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Miami
Fia
Air Transport Command
Miami Army Air Field
Army
ATC
Vision
Herman E. Stedlam
West 17Th St
Mulberry Ave
Ordnance
Italy
Florence
William A. Blair
R. 1
Medical Corps
Europe
Germany
Montgomery
Eugene Sears
Rigby
Ge Engineers Battalion
Truman names Byrnes as new secretary amid cabinet shakeup
Washington reports President Truman intends James F. Byrnes to head the State Department after Ed Stettinius Jr. resigns. Byrnes would trigger staffing reshuffles with potential changes for Undersecretary Joseph C. Grew and other assistant secretaries as the administration reorganizes the department. Stettinius will lead the American delegation to the proposed United Nations and join the Security Council.
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Washington
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Capitol Hill
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Stettinius
United Nations Organization
League
Security Council
State Department
William L. Clayton
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian of
Congress
James C. Dunn
Dean Acheson
Julius C. Holmes
Senate
Democratic Party
Mr. Truman
Willow Run completes last Liberator bomber ends European war
Detroit June 28. The Army air forces announce the completion of the four engined Liberator bomber marking the end of its European war role. With that, Liberators are sufficient. other bomber types will operate in the Pacific arena.
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Detroit
Army Air Forces
Pacific
Solons Worry Over Tax on Animal Hides
Alabama Senate moves to calendar House fox tax bill that would abolish the $1 tag tax on fox fur and hides, a measure urged by Sen. Gerald Bradford to aid trapping and combat rabies. The fate of the bill depends on committee reporting and an end to session. The session also advances and balks on gasoline tax rebates for farmers and a beer tax increase, while many bills are indefinitely postponed as adjournment looms. Preservation of strict tone and context.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Gerald Bradford
Clarke
Fish and Game Committee
Bradford
Farm Bureau Federation
House
W. C. Givhan
Dallas
C.D. Norman
Rules Committee
Givhan
Governor's Office
Vincent Kilborn
Mobile
Rural Electric Administration Cooperatives
U. S. Congress
Final push for Morgan county bond sale in Seventh War Loan
Morgan county makes a last stand to reach the 821 000 bond quota for the Seventh War Loan. Daily goal 50 000 sales but only 14 55625 by mid morning. Total reached 683 954 75 or 83 percent with 137 000 still to be purchased over two remaining days.
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Morgan County
Ewell K. Gregg
Gregg
Soldiers eligible for discharge to return home in September
General Joseph T. McNarney announced 89,408 U S soldiers in the Mediterranean area qualify for discharge and all are to be homeward bound in September. He said he is doing his best to release everyone as soon as possible, especially the high point men.
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Washington
Joseph T. McNarney
Mediterranean
McNarney
Chiang Kai-Shek outlines Allied plan for final defeat of Japan
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek told reporters that Allies are mobilizing to strike Japan’s home islands and, if Americans land there and prevail, Chinese forces on the Asiatic mainland will be ready to press the enemy. He praised Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer and Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley for their roles in Sino American cooperation and diplomacy.
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Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
Japan
Chiang
China
Farm Census Nears Completion in Alabama District
The Farm Census for Alabama's Eighth District nears finish with Colbert Lauderdale Limestone and Morgan counties completed. Madison Jackson and Lawrence counties will be finished by July 1. Rufus H Bethea is Alabama Area Director. The census, required every five years, tracks agricultural trends amid rising food needs.
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Eighth
Alabama
Colbert
Lauderdale
Limestone
Morgan
Magnary Layman
C. L. Kaufman
Athens
Madison
Jackson
Lawrence
Rufus H. Bethea
Birmingham
Stopage At Birmingham Aircraft Plant Over Firings
About 200 women workers at Rheem Manufacturing Co. aircraft division in Birmingham were idle after two employees were discharged for cause. AFL machinists protesters were told to pursue arbitration under the contract.
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Birmingham
Rheem Manufacturing Co
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Liberty ship Jonathan Elmer docks after storm at New York
A storm battered Liberty ship the Jonathan Elmer docked at New York today with 390 reassignment troops aboard after a voyage from France. The vessel rode a hurricane winds up to 70 miles per hour and rolled severely. veterans from the 65th 66th 71st and 106th infantry divisions along with units of the Eighth Air Force the 101st airborne and Fourth Armored Division were aboard.
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New York
Jonathan Elmer
France
Eighth Air Force
101St Airborne Division
Fourth Armored
Conquest of Luzon Ended Major Northern Campaign
General Douglas MacArthur announced the end of the Northern Luzon operation, declaring the entire island liberated after a 28 day advance from Lingayen Gulf to Manila and the capture of Cagayan valley. The push involved the 37th Ohio Infantry and the 11th Airborne Division, with heavy enemy losses and allied casualties.
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Manila
Luzon
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Cagayan
Lingayan Gulf
Bataan
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Cagayan Valley
U. S. 37Th Ohio Infantry Division
11Th Airborne Division
Aparri
MacArthur
North Luzon
Sixth Army
Far Eastern Air Force
Seventh Fleet
Leyte
Mindanao
Eighth Army
Borneo
Beaufort
Bruneo Bay
Kuala Belait
Turkey to Refuse Russian Demands Over Dardanelles
An Aksam editorial in Istanbul declares Turkey will firmly reject any Russian claims to regain the Kars and Ardahan districts or gains in the Dardanelles. The piece marks the first Turkish response to reports of Moscow pressing for territorial concessions during talks on a Turkish Russian friendship pact.
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Istanbul
Russia
Dardanelles
Kars
Ardahan
Turkey
Aksham
Ankara
Moscow
Alabama War Chest names leaders for fall campaign
Frank E. Spain of Birmingham and N. Floyd McGowin of Montgomery were named today to head the fall campaign of the Alabama War Chest. They will serve as chairman and co chairman, with Gov Chauncey Sparks acting as honorary president.
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Montgomery
Frank E. Spain
Birmingham
N. Floyd McGowin
Chapman
Ala
Alabama War Chest
Win
Chauncey Sparks
Invasion talk and Luzon battles grip Tokyo and Pacific theater
Invasion fears rise in Japan as Tokyo forms a defense army commanded by Maj Gen Minoru Kimurai. Allied gains in Luzon push the focus to Okinawa, with heavy Japanese casualties reported and American losses mounting. Navy figures show 4 907 killed or missing and 4 824 wounded, while ships like the carrier Franklin and Bunker Hill suffer severe damage.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Luzon Island
Philippines
Pacific
Ryukyu Island
Okinawa
Okhotsk Sea
China
Malaya Peninsula
Singapore
Balikpapan
Kume ‘Island
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin
Bunker Hill
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
Halsey Powell
Soputhern
Pan
Cew
Long Beach
Calif
Senator Byrd Calls Cut to Federal Work Week
Senator Harry F. Byrd urged President Truman to reduce federal employee hours from 48 to 44 per week to save 200 million dollars annually in overtime pay. He proposed July 1 for the change with the new pay bill and suggested further reductions to save another 200 million annually after war needs end.
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Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Truman
Joint Committee On
War and
Navy
United States
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