Local Weather And Community News Highlights
Partly cloudy in the north with showers in the south this afternoon and Friday. Max 97, min 72. Cotton prices: strict middling 21.15, middling 21.00, strict low 19.15, low 17.15. Movies at Princess Roxy Capitol: The Gang's All Here, Beautiful But Broke, Living Ghost. Community notes include military notices, church events, and local visits in Decatur and surrounding areas.
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Yanks Lose Hengyang Air Base in China Front
Japanese forces captured Hengyang as part of a broader push to split China along the Hankow Canton railway. Allied air units under Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault retaliated by bombing runways and surrounding key coastal routes as Saipan battles also intensify in the Pacific.
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Hengyang
U. S
China
Saipan
Pacific
Chungking
Claire Chennault
Hankow-Canton
Japan
Kuriles
Marianas
Carolines
Guam
Rota
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Tinian
Truk
Adm
Nimitz
Garapan
Nafutan Peninsula
Wewak
New Guinea
Aitape
Hansa Bay
MacArthur
Indies
Solomons
Timor
Selaroe
Babo
Manokwari
Sorong
Yap
Woleai
Rabaul
Bougainville
Mogaung Towar Yitkyina
Burma
Tengchung
Kohima- Imphal
India
Southeast Asia
Throng Cheers As Boys Come Home from Alaska Service
A large Decatur crowd welcomes about thirty members of Decatur's Own on the Tennessean after three years in Alaska. They earned a 21 day furlough and return to camp July 22. Families reunite as mothers and wives cry and soldiers hug, with Decatur High School band playing a military medley. List includes 1st Sgt. Meredith Woodall and numerous sergeants and corporals.
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Johnny
Decatur’s
Decatur
Alaska
Decatur High School
Alabama Engineers
Meredith Woodall
Jack M. Howell
Herman M. Lambert
Millard R. McEntire
John D. Taylor
Wiliam C. Phillips
Carmen A. Taylor
Herbert Neher
James W. McCullough
Moulton
John F. Webb
Robert Hugh Campbell
Richard L. McDonald
Paul H. Dement
John R. Gilbert
James H. Boyd
Athens
Joe Hinz
Alice H. Looney
Freddie B. Markham
Albert B. Puckett
Hugh Holt
Lonnie Downs
Bond sales rise in Morgan county amid Camp Libert event
Morgan county shows $21,593.75 gain in Series E bonds as Camp Libert chemical warfare demonstration tickets go on sale for July 7 at Benson Field. County total reaches $252,587.25 toward a $551,000 Series E quota, while overall bond sales reach $1,315,669.50 toward $1,379,000.
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Morgan County
Benson Field
Fifth Army Advances Near Livorno and Siena in Italy
Allied forces of the Fifth Army pushed five miles toward Castagneto on the west coast, gaining a key lateral road near Livorno and within about 12 miles of Siena. French units also seized Monticchiello Pienza and Montalcino southeast of Siena as German resistance showed signs of confusion.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Castagneto
Livorno
Leghorn
Siena
Pisa
Florence
Sassetta
Monticiano
Montalcinello
Monticchiello
Pienza
Montalcino
Chamber of Commerce Seeks Living Space in Decatur
The Chamber of Commerce issued a fresh appeal for housing as demands for homes, apartments, and rooms surged. On Wednesday alone 140 requests for living space were received, urging any available space to be listed to accommodate new families arriving in Decatur.
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Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Lamb and Cheese Will Cost Points
The Office of Price Administration announces ration point changes from Sunday to July 29. Lamb cuts and soft cheeses gain points, with beef steaks and roasts up 1 to 2 points per pound. Pork veal cheaper beef and lamb cuts stay point free. butter and margarine stay at 12 and 2 points per pound. soft cheeses rise to four points per pound.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Today Analyzes German Red Army Push Toward Minsk
The piece discusses the rapid Red advance through White Russia with Minsk near capture and German withdrawal to shorter lines in Poland. It weighs Berlin elastic defense claims, potential battles at Minsk Baranowicze Bialystok and Brest Litovsk, and the likelihood of a forced German contraction amid Allied air and sea power.
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White Russia
Minsk
Hitler
Old Poland
Bug River
Orsha
Mogilev
Berlin
Bug
Vistula
Casualty totals released for American forces in Normandy and France
Washington reports American war casualties by branch and period. Through June 13, Army casualties reach 179,923 with 32,022 killed, 73,668 wounded, 37,766 missing, and 36,467 prisoners, while the Navy lists 47,073 casualties including 20,102 dead and 13,202 wounded.
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Washington
Normandy
Coast Guard
Stimson
France
War Department
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Russians Close In On Minsk As German Army Yields
Soviet forces form a grasping advance toward Minsk with two major outflanking moves by Gen. Bagramian and Gen. Rokossovsky. Russians gain a direct rail link between Leningrad and Odessa with Mogilev freed, while German retreat halts rail damage opportunities.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Minsk
Napoleon
Red Army
Mogilev
Leningrad
Odessa
Vitebsk
Orsha
Zhlobin
Ivan Bagramian
Lepel Lake
Polotsk
Polotsk-Minsk
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Bobruisk- Brest-Litovsk
Staryi Dorogi
Minsk Marshes
Minsk- Warsaw
FBI Detains Man Over Bridge Area Film Taker
The FBI joined local police investigation after Mario Rossi, a 33 year old Italian looking man from Connecticut, appeared with a camera near the Tennessee River railroad bridge. He was detained, questioned, and transferred to Huntsville by federal officers. Chief J B Whitmire said Rossi had no registration and was observed returning the camera to a hotel before detainment. Investigator Rosser of Southern Railway assisted in the inquiry.
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FBI Today
Mario Rossi
Tennessee River
Rossi
Ief
J. B. Whitmire
Daily Today
Huntsville
Memerieve
Connecticut
Whitmire
FBI
Rosser
The
Southern Railway
Decatur
Gamble Rites Set For Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ridgsy Ethel Gamble 57 who died Wednesday at Fort McPherson hospital Atlanta will be held Friday at 3 PM at Memorial Drive Church of Christ with H H Kelley officiating. Survived by husband John Gamble two sons Frank Ross in the armed forces and Earl Gamble of Decatur two daughters Mrs Paul Timbs of Atlanta and Miss Merle Gamble of Decatur three brothers and one sister. Burial in a city cemetery Mutual Service directing.
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Ridgsy Ethel Gamble
Fort McPherson Hospital
Atlanta
Georgia
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
H. H. Kelley
John Gamble
Frank Ross
Armed Forces
Earl Gamble
Decatur
Paul Timbs
Merle Gamble
City
Mutual Service
Gerhardt Named 29th Infantry Division Leader
Maj. Gen. Charles Hunter Gerhardt, 48, son of a general and West Point graduate, is identified as commander of the American 29th Infantry Division. The unit is in action near Nor mandy with reports placing it near Isigny after forming in England in July 1943. He previously served in the 89th Division and fought in the St Mihiel and Meuse Argonne offensives. he is known for discipline and with his fighting men.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Charles Hunter Gerhardt
Normandy
Isigny
Gerhardt
England
West Point
St. Mihiel
Meuse Argonne
Courtland Plans War Bond Auction With Concert
Courtland, behind on the fifth war loan quota, announces a war bond auction for Friday July 7 led by Turner and Eyster of Scottsboro. A Courtland Army Air Forces band concert precedes the event. Donations of prizes may be left at Courtland city hall for the auction.
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Courtland
C. C. Horton
Messrs. Turner and Eyster
Scottsboro
Courtland Army Air Forces
Horton
Dewey Advances Plans After Big Press Conference
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey spoke to what he called the world's biggest press conference in Chicago and said he hopes to confer with all GOP leaders including Wendell L. Willkie on presidential campaign plans. He endorsed many platform planks on foreign policy trade and civil rights if elected.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
White House
Dewey Moves to Build Campaign Organization in Chicago
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey moved quickly to organize a party backed campaign after his nomination. He met Republican leaders at the Stevens Hotel, held a news conference, and planned a day with former President Herbert Hoover. Bricker agreed to be his running mate, signaling unity as convention crowds head homeward.
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Thomas FE
Dewey
New York
Eft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican National Committee
Stevens
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Albany
John E. Bricker
Normandy Is Very Lovely Says ERNIE PYLE
The correspondent reports from the Cherbourg peninsula that Normandy countryside is green and expansive with hedgerows and narrow winding roads. He notes the climate is damp and chilly, days alternating between sun and rain, with soldiers wearing multiple layers and enduring mud and one nice day per three bad days.
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Ernie Pyle
Cherbourg
Normandy
England
Allied drive around Caen intensifies frontal assault
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower and Winston Churchill oversee Western front actions as Montgomery reports nine counterattacks repelled in 24 hours. British infantry and armor push across the Odon toward Caen forming a widening bridgehead while fighting rages along three fronts southwest and northwest of the city in Eastern Normandy.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Odon
Aen
Allied forces announce heavy losses of German tanks and planes
The Supreme Allied Command reported 292 German tanks destroyed or disabled in Normandy since D-Day. At least 44 German aircraft were shot down over France and Germany. Enemy fighter bases were driven back 100 miles from the battle area as Allied air forces supported the advance. Heavy fighting continued near Caen with La Byude near Caen center. In the south over the Odon river British troops captured key high ground overlooking Caen at Esquay.
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Kovel
Brest Litovsk
Minsk
Baranowicze
Bialystok
Italy
Hitler
France
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Allied Command
Normandy
Germany
la Byude
Caen
Odon River
Esquay
German holdouts, prisoner total rise in Normandy drive
Allied forces mop up resistance along the Cherbourg peninsula as estimates say about 3,000 Germans remain. Prisoner total in France from D-Day to Tuesday night reaches 28,849, with 60 German tanks destroyed in the Caen fighting, and 27 enemy planes downed.
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Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
U.S
France
D-Day
Caen
Man Air Force
Rommel
Perate
Germany
Normandy
Metz
Great Force Of Bombers In Raids By GLADWIN HILL
Upwards of 1 000 Fortresses and Liberators attacked Germany hitting four aircraft production centers a synthetic oil refinery and other military targets in the Reich center. Escorted by equal fighters the heaviest attacks hit Leipzig Schersleben Aschersleben and Fallersieben and Bohlsen refinery.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Germany
Reich
Leipzig
Schersleben
Aschersleben
Fallersieben
Bohlsen
Finland Break Move Treads Water at Washington
Secretary Hull said the Finland break question is under full consideration in Washington. He declined to forecast any late day announcement. Edmund Gullien remains in Helsinki as the last U S representative in the area.
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Washington
Hull
Finland
Edmund Gullien
Helsinki
Land
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