Local News Briefs Highlight Weather, War News, and Camp Updates
A busy local page reports 95 maximum and 71 minimum in town with unsettled skies and scattered thundershowers in southern areas. Cotton prices range high with strict midling at 21.25 and low at 17.25 while several service members return home on leave or move through training camps. Ensign McLeod Jr. arrives from New York. Pvt Jerral Martin and Pvt Stonewall Graham are on furlough and training. Cadet Abbott becomes a flight officer after bombardier training. Rev Corley to preach, revival at Memorial Drive continues, and the Bible school at Flint Baptist draws hundreds. Donations of wounded Sgt Price Clanton noted. Pfc Curtis Chaney earns good conduct medal. Community activities include youth meetings, church revivals, and county Sunday school association events. transportation updates caution on the gasoline board schedule around July 4.
Soviet forces push toward Minsk amid perilous siege
Soviet field dispatches report heavy fighting as Red Army units cross the Berezina River near Minsk with pontoons for mass crossings. Air assaults claim 71 German planes downed in 24 hours while Rokossovsky’s and Rokossovski’s formations converge on Minsk, opening a gateway along the Gomel Minsk corridor.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Berezina
Minsk
London
Red Army
Stalin
Bobruisk
Vitebsk
Footer
Ivan Bagramian
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Gomel-Minsk
Sergei 1
Rudenko
Red Star
Petr Troyanovsky
Bobruisk-Minsk
White
Russia
Kazakov
Pravda
Lev Tolkunov
Z. F. Zakharov
Mogilev - Minsk
Drut
Ration point holiday ends for canned vegetables
Washington reports the ration point holiday ends at midnight tomorrow for canned tomatoes peas and asparagus. Next Sunday through July 29 processed food point values are set with peas and tomatoes at five points for standard cans and asparagus at ten. Other changes include vegetable juice combos up one point tomato sauce down three and spaghetti sauce down one.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Nazi General Killed in Normandy Action
Berlin radio announced that Col. Gen. Friedrich Dollmann commander of the German Seventh Army defending the Atlantic Wall was killed in action in France. He was the highest ranking general among eight officers killed or captured in the Normandy fighting.
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London
Friedrich Dollmann
Seventh Army
France
Berlin
Normandy
Nazi Reserves Fail To Halt The Allies
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force reports fresh German reserves in Normandy fail to stop Allied gains. Miles Dempsey's British Second Army advances near Caen within 11 miles, while Montgomery's forces push east toward Caen threatening key airfields. American operations along St Lo and Cherbourg peninsula continue, aided by naval gunfire from Rodney.
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Wes Gallagher
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Erwin Rommel
Normandy
Caen
Miles C. Dempsey
Second Army
France
Rommel
Odon
Orne
Dempsey
Geyer von Schweppenberg
London
Berlin
St. Lo
Cherhourg
Marcelet
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tekken
Maupertus
Cherbourg
Omar N. Bradley
Cap de la Hague
Supreme Command
William Sullivan
Pearl Harbor
Casablanca
Oran
Naples
Esquay
Troarn
Odon River
Rodney
Ger
Vienna Area Hit By Yank Bombers
Berlin reports American bombers from Italy striking the Vienna area for a second time in 12 hours as RAF heavy and medium bombers attack targets across Northern France and Belgium in support of the invasion. Night raids from Italian bases hit an airfield northwest of Vienna. other operations hit rail and road junctions across France.
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London
Italy
Berlin
Vienna
Britain
France
Belgium
U. S. Air Force
Yugoslavia
Gelso
Arville
le Mané
Villefranche
Beaugency
Orleans
Vendome
Vierzonville
Bourges
Thunderbolt
Italien
Japanese push toward Hengyang links railroads and air bases
The war desk reports Japanese forces in China have seized the Hankow to Canton rail line and pressed toward Hengyang and Canton. Loss of the junction boosts Chinese aid needs while threatening American air bases and complicating Stilwell’s road network. Myitkyina’s fall would shift air supply routes from India, affecting the Hump operation.
Inner Tubes Not Rationed as OPA Lifts Control
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration ends inner tube rationing effective tomorrow while 3,900,000 new passenger car tires are allocated for July and August, up 50,000 from June. OPA cites large inventories and ongoing tire shortages for B card drivers and truck and bus tires, warning some A card tires may not be available until early 1945.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Charles F. Phillips
Phillips
Morgan County Trails in Fifth War Loan E Bonds
Morgan County reports $262 337 25 in Series E bond sales toward a $551 000 quota, an increase of $9 750 from yesterday, while total Other Bond sales reach $1 318 019 50. A Camp Libert Chemical Warfare unit show on July 7 at Benson Field aims to boost E bond purchases with ticketed admission tied to bond denominations.
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Morgan County
Camp Libert Chemical Warfare Unit
Benson Field
Funeral for infant Jane Wood
Funeral services for Jane Wood infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Wood will be held Saturday at eleven at Trinity Mountain cemetery with burial at Trinity Mountain. Mutual Service directing. Survived by parents three brothers Vergil Farrel Dawson and three sisters Mable Helen and Martha Wood.
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Jane Wood
Leslie Wood
Decatur General Hospital
Trinity Mountain Cemetery
Vergil
Farrel
Dawson Wood
Mable
Helen
Martha Wood
Absentee Ballots Sent to War Veterans in Primary
Secretary of State Liby Pool reported 6 145 service members applied for absentee ballots in the May primary. Probate judges sent ballots to 3 718 armed forces members who qualified to vote.
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Montgomery
Ala
Armed Forces
Secretary of State
Liby Pool
Federal War Ballot Commission
Miss Pool
State War Ballot Commission
Yank forces chase Nazis on Italian front near Cecina
Allied units push along the West coast advancing toward Cecina and Livorno as German resistance weakens under eighth army attacks. American infantry clear Bibbona and approach Cecina while French forces seize Frosini Poggio and surrounding routes. East of Lake Trasimeno, eighth army advances capture Laviano and nearby towns as patrols reach near Magione and Perugia river crossings.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Italy
Cecina
Eighth Army
Brillorces
Trasimeno
Oglione del Lago
The
Knights of Malta
Albert Kesselring
Livorno
Pisa
Bibbona
Monteverdi
Castelnuovo
Radicondoli
Siena
Frosini
Poggio
Siena Vecchia
Buoconvento
Arbia River
Pampana
Murlo
Lake Trasimeno
Nardella
Pozzuolo
Laviano
Cassamaggiore
Aquaviva
Chianciano
Montepulciano
Magione
Perugia
Pitonico
Paterno
Germans Execute Defeatists as Bombed Areas Feed Repression
Report from Munich region notes mass executions of Germans and foreign workers between June 8 and June 15. About 741 put to death in Munich area, 500 in Essen, and 1 590 in the Cologne district, with travelers from the Reich arriving amid the crackdown.
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Madrid
Reich
Germany
Munich
Essen
Cologne
Anniston landlord fined and jailed for overcharging rents
Britton Clyde Russell an Anniston property owner and operator of two apartment buildings was fined 1000 dollars and sentenced to one year in prison by Federal Judge T A Murphree on charges of collecting rent above permitted ceilings according to OPA enforcement attorney in Birmingham.
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Anniston
Ala
Britton Clyde Russell
OPA
Birmingham
T. A. Murphree
Dewey Avers GOP 10 Fight For Victory
In Chicago June 30 Herbert Brownell Jr. was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee to direct Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's presidential campaign. Dewey pledged a gigantic wartime effort and unity against divisions, praising former chairman Spangler and outlining a war-driven campaign strategy.
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Chicago
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York
Republican National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
Jack Bell
Republican Party
Republic
GOP
Dewey
National Committee
Spangler
Mackinac Island
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Brownell
Fliers Climb Toward Safety From Grand Canyon
Three Army parachutists and two volunteer rescuers inch their way up the Grand Canyon North wall after nine days trapped on Tonto plateau. They bailed from a disabled bomber at 2 am June 21 and were spotted by an Army plane before identification of Second Lt. Charles Goldblum Flight Officer Maurice J. Cruickshank Jr. and CAL Roy W. Embanks of Kalispell Montana.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Tonto
Park Service
Charles Goldblum
Pittsburg
Maurice J. Cruickshank Jr
Lawrence
Mass
Cal Roy W. Embanks
Kalispell
Mont
Climax in Hengyang and Saipan battles reported near Tokyo
The Tokyo broadcast claims a Chinese city near the coast has fallen as Hengyang faces a climax in the China campaign. American Marines push north of Mt Tapotchau on Saipan while Lishui in Chekiang is described as a key airbase site in Japanese plans. Allied air bases east of Hankow-Canton railway are referenced as the battle for Burma continues.
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Tokyo Radio Today
Hengyang
China
Saipan
Mt. Tapotchau
Garapan
Aps
Lishui
Chuchow
Chekiang Province
East China Sea
U. S
Japan
Claire Chénnault
Hankow-Canton
Tokyo
Marianas
Guam
Tinian
Rota
MacArthur
New Guinea
Wewak
Mienchin
Myitkyina
Burma
India
Sparkman Plans Two Months at Home in Eight District
Congressman John Sparkman will spend the congressional recess at home in the eighth district arriving in Huntsville for a Fourth of July war bond celebration. His office will be open in the post office building on the fifth and he hopes to stay until September first to meet many people without the usual district visit rush.
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John Sparkman
Huntsville
Bridge Repairs Set After 100 Ton Counterweight Crash
P State Bridge Engineer J W Chambers said repairs on the Mobile river bridge would be completed in three weeks or so Walter C Ernest Jr Construction Co of Mobile has been awarded a 42000 contract to repair the span damaged several days ago when a 100 ton concrete counterweight broke from the tower and crashed through the floor
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Montgomery
Ala
J. W. Chambers
Mobile River
Walter C. Ernest Jr
Construction Co
Mobile
Hull Charges Nazi Control Grips Nation
The United States broke off relations with Finland declaring it a puppet of Nazi Germany. Hull said Finnish government allied with Germany, infiltrated councils, endangering Allied victory and Finland’s liberty. Prokope and counselors were expelled. Toivola remained, with family notices.
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HULL
Washington
United States
Finland
Russia
State Department
Alexander Thesleff
Helsinki
Republic of Finland
George T. Summerlin
Germany
von Ribbentrop
Record Traffic Looms on Holiday Weekend
Railroads buses and airlines mobilize equipment for the Fourth of July holiday as crowds expected to peak. Officials forecast a 10 percent rise in traffic from last year when records were set, amid government pleas to stay home and defense officials noting invasion value beginnings.
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New York
Office of Defense P
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Roxy
Capitol
Webster McLeod Jr
Ensign Usnr
Ensign McLeod
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Lyons
Pvt
Jerral F. Martin
Hartselle
Decatur
Alaska
Stonewall Graham
Camp Blanding
Fort Benning
Parachute
Martha Faye Roper
Anderson Business School
Charles Russell Abbott
Bryan Abbott
East Fifth Avenue
Nashville
Tenn
Army Air Forces
Carlsbad
New Mexico
University of Tennessee
G. C. Corley
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Kee A
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Paul W. Lindley
Eva
Brooks Lindler
Athens College
Robert Riethmaier
John Riethmaier
Dge
W. M. Riethmaier
Eloise
Jack
Jacksonville
Fila
Usstaf
England
Curtis M. Chaney
W. H. Chaney
Falkville
Air Service Command
Pfc
Chaney
Flint Baptist Church
M. K. Vickrey
War Department
R. L. Clanton
Ottage Avenue
Price Clanton
Sergeant Clanton
Jessie Pickett
Fairview
Lindsay Allen
Memorial Drive Church of Christ
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Ph Feild
Louisville
Bud Willingham
Sage
Flint
Christian Youth Fellowship
Christian Church Lawn
Hazel Freer
Ruth McCulloch
Margaret Moore
R. .H. D. Weaver
Elmer Freer
Belleview
Gum Springs
Harold Wright
Johnston Street
In & Brown's Ambulance
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Preston Grover
Associated Press
Dewitt Mackenzie
Hankow
Canton
Hongkong
Shanghai
New Orleans
St. Louis
Philippines
Kunming
Kweilin
Burma Road
Stilwell
Ledo
Yank
Dewey Avers Gop
J. B. Krueger
Sparkman
By John M. Hightower
Great Britain
Hjalmar J. Procope
Procope
T. O. Vahervuori
Risto Solanko
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