Churchill Appeals for Victory in Guildhall Address
In a Guildhall speech Churchill predicts victory and survival despite pain, cites RAF bombing of Germany this year and rising Russian air activity. He notes U S and Canadian shipbuilding output, Italian resistance, and vows intensified air and naval pressure as crowds marshal to hear him.
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Churchill
Germany
Guildhall
RAF
Russia
United States
Canada
Mediterranean
Federal troops quell riot threat in Passaic city
Federal troops blocked a crowd of about two hundred in Passaic after local police withdrew fearing a race riot. Soldiers arrived by jeep from Paterson and, with fixed bayonets, dispersed the tense gathering amid reports of tensions between white and Negro youth.
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Passaic
Paterson
Markets Rally as War Front Supports Selective Buying
Encouraging war front news spurred selective buying in the New York market with air transport chemicals and specialties leading gains while steels motors aircrafts and rails fell short. Cotton rebounded with July at 20.50 cents per pound and near-term futures up. Grain broad buying in Chicago sent wheat and rye higher, oats up modestly, and hogs and cattle showing mixed gains. Nashville market to be closed July 5.
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New York
N.W York
Chicago
Nashville
Butter and Egg Prices in Chicago Quiet on June 30
Butter receipts 846,455 and steady prices as per Chicago Price Current. Eggs receipts 22,614 with firm market, fresh graded extra firsts locals 40 3-4, cars 41. firsts locals 40 1-2, cars 43-4. current receipts 38 1-2. dir ties 36 and checks 35 1-2. other items unchanged.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market News Summary
Nashville Tenn June 30 cattle market news reports salable receipts 100 cattle calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Eee Market News
Chinese forces recapture towns to protect key rice bowl regions
On the China front Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's armies reportedly stormed into Owchihkow on the upper Yangtze river and battled in suburbs of Hanjung, aiming to retake both cities and restore control of China's vital rice bowl lands from Japanese forces. Aleutian area discussions note potential for further offensives.
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Aleutian
Chiang Kai-Shek
Owchihkow
Yangtao
Hanjung
China
Taxes Take Effect as Detroit Riot Probe Discussed
The article notes ongoing inquiry into conditions in Japanese relocation camps and statements by Chairman Dies that the Detroit riot and other racial disturbances would be investigated. It also mentions the midnight start of the pay-as-you-go income tax collection with smaller pay envelopes not yet noticed for a week or two.
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Dies
Tex
Youth Arrested in Car Theft Near Cornelian Court
Police arrested a youth named Vernon Tunstill after a car burglary reported at the Cornelian Court hotel. The robbed vehicle belonged to Pp. S. Dinsmore on Grant Street. The youth was jailed and will be turned over to county authorities.
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Cornelian Court
Whitmire
W. C. Hunter
Vernon Tunstill
Pp. S. Dinsmore
Grant Street
Kentucky Drops Football for 1943 44 Term
University of Kentucky officials vote to drop football for the 1943-44 term joining Vanderbilt Florida Mississippi and Mississippi State as war manpower strains lead SEC schools to abandon the sport.
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Lexington
University of Kentucky
Kentucky
Vanderbilt
Florida
Mississippi
Mississippi State
University
Professor Walker Dies in Memphis After Illness
Lealie A. Walker fifty year old professor of aeronautics at the University of Alabama for twelve years died last night in a Memphis clinic after a ten month illness. He served with the air forces in World War I. Survivors include his widow Mrs Marian Walker of Tuscaloosa and others.
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Memphis
Lealie A. Walker
University of Alabama
Walker
Marian Walker
Tuscaloosa
J. J. Ww
Burmingham
Aerial accident injures liferaft and wires during mission
In a remarkable incident over the target area the liferaft on top of the plane broke free in a slipstream. It collided with the stabilizer and became wedged, dragging three aerial wires that tangled around the raft as it lodged into the tail fin.
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Snyder
Denlinger
Hyman Preston
Brooklyn
N. Y
Preston
James H. Wallace
Ridgewood
John ©. Huddleston
Third St
Decatur
Ala
Huddleston
1945 Alabama legislative actions and local war rescue tales
Alabama lawmakers advanced a constitutional amendment to extend sheriff terms to six years while approving lobbyist registration and funding for county education. In Birmingham local items included court cases, a house fire on Fifth Avenue South, and a tense air rescue story as two pilots and crew fought to land a crippled craft after a high speed dash over mountains.
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Senate
House
John J. Pruet
Clay
Lem J. Cobb
Cherokee
Vernon St. John
Lawrence
County Board of Education
Alabama
Gulf
George Taylor
Autauga
John Sherrer
Dallas
Rules Committee
Sparks
W. Smyer
Jefferson
Fighter aircraft of World War II and their performance
The article surveys U S Army fighters including the P-38 Lightning P-47 Thunderbolt P-40 Warhawk P-51 Mustang and P-39 Aircobra. It notes bomber defensive needs and fighter effectiveness in North Africa the Middle East Algeria the Pacific and Russia with high enemy kill ratios and praise from Allied pilots.
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Europe
Britain
England
North Africa
Middle East
Algeria
Pacific
South Pacific
Russia
John O Huddleston 25 Riverside High alumnus and Army enlistee
John O Huddleston 25 known as Eighth Avenue West in Catur graduated Riverside high school and worked at Alabama Hosiery Mill. He enlisted July 15 1942 and trained in Miami Florida and Denver Colorado before going overseas.
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John O. Huddleston
Catur
Eighth Avenue West
Riverside High School
Alabama Hosiery Mill
Army
Miami
Fla
Denver
Colo
Eden Cuts British Air Raid Defenses Amid German Threats
Eden announced a one third cut in civil defense over 12 months with a further 12 1 2 percent reduction planned to balance manpower for Allied offensives. Britain has 5,000,000 fire guards and 30,000 instructors as warnings and firefighting equipment are being updated.
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Home Office
Britain
Bomber Command
Ond
Death of Private William Gross Lands in Northwest England
The death of Private William Gross Lands, a Black soldier from Gibson, North Carolina, occurred after an incident between military police and a small group of Black soldiers on June 24 in a town in Northwest England, the War Department announced.
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London
William Grosslands
Gibson
N.C
Wee Wea
M.seee Bance
England
Morgan County News Notes and Visits in Brooksville
Rev and Mrs G C Morris of Ardmore Tennessee visited Mr and Mrs Edward Blankenship and Mrs J T Blankenship. E F Shippman was a business visitor in Hartselle. Margie Bentley and Carrie Bentley visited Mr and Mrs Lowry Roan. Many neighbors called on Mrs Annie Thompson for her birthday. Several families moved in from Decatur Huntsville and Phoenix Arizona. Talmage Ryan on thirty day leave from South Pacific. Billie Hudson and baby visiting relatives in Clinton Tennessee. Johnny C Floyd from Houston spent time with J Luther Bentley who returned to Baytown Texas.
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G. C. Morris
Ardmore
Tennessee
Edward Blankenship
J. T. Blankenship
E F. Shippman
Hartselle
Margie Bentley
Birmingham
Carrie Bentley
Decatur
Lowry Roan
J. A. Bennett
Leroy Bennett
George Hughes
Ohio
Talmage Ryan
South Pacific
Wilson Ryan
Mason Hawkins
Ad Halbrooks
Hartelle
Lee Compton
Helen Roan
Gunteravi
Texas
J. Luther Bentley
Baytown
Hie Senaily
Billie Widener
New den
Mrs C B Osborne of Decatur Dies in Tampa Fla
Mrs C B Osborne Sr a former Decatur resident died suddenly Tuesday in Tampa Florida. Her son C B Osborne Jr flew to Tampa while her brother Hartwell Davis traveled there. Funeral arrangements were pending awaiting relatives arrival.
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C. B. Osborne, Sr
Fromert Decatur
Fla
C. B. Osborne, Jr
Tampa
Hartwell Davis
Puneral
Port of Potty Express Run by Mail Carriers in 1400
Damaged text notes that roupted mail carriers gave Amato a port of potty express as early as 1400. The fragment hints at an unusual transit or delivery method and a named figure Amato, with no additional context or corroborating details.
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Amato
Withholding Tax Rules Expands to Broad Worker Base
The act subjects wages from salaries to withholding including bonuses pensions and stock options while exempting servicemen clergy and farm labor. Banks will accept deposits to a Treasury account and a declaration must be filed by September 15 for individuals earning 2700 yearly or 3500 if married. Quarterly payments may be required to cover any shortfall. A March 15 annual return follows each year.
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Treasury
Sington Enlists in Navy Report for Duty
Frederic W. Sington, All-American Alabama back in 1929 30, leaves Atlanta as lieutenant jg USNR to report for duty. Commission earned through the Atlanta naval procurement office.
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Sington
NAVY
Atlanta
Frederic W. Sington
University of Alabama
USNR
Atlanta Office of Naval Procurement
Coal Miners Vote to Return to Work in Pennsylvania Strike
In the Monongahela Valley the Midland mine of Burgh Coal Company voted to work next Tuesday for the July 4 holiday. Wilkes-Barre area mines also plan returns today. UMW leaders said units would vote as idle workers reach about 50,000 of 83,000 in the hard coal region.
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Pennsylvania
Monongahela Valley
Midland
Wilkes-Barre
Hardel Area
UMW
District 1
Bad Coal
Axis tensions rise as Rome signals cautious invasion stance
A Berlin Rome dispatch reports Italian papers say Italy is near invasion but Rome sources claim Axis moves in the East are unlikely. The broadcast cites Popolo Di Roma and suggests Axis aims to annihilate enemy forces without pursuing into the Steppe desert.
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Berlin
Rome
Ted Press
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union
Popolo di Roma
Rickenbacker Heads To Front Near Moscow
Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker arrives in Moscow on June 20 for a War Department mission and leaves for a brief visit to the Russian front before returning home.
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Eddie
Moscow
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Henry L. Stimson
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