Parry Heroism On D-Day Amid Nazi Attack In Normandy
Leonard Mosley recounts how Padre George Edward Maule Parry of the British Sixth Airborne Division defended wounded paratroopers at a medical aid post near Le Port during D-Day. He intervened as Nazis bayoneted the wounded, was killed, and his death sparked fury across the division as they fought to hold a medical post and later retook it with a patrol.
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New York
Leonard Mosley
Kemsley
Great Britain
British Information Service
Sixth Air Borne
Normandy
Orne Valley
George George Edward Maule Parry
Sixth Airborne Division
Parachute
River
Orne
Caen Canal
Parry
le Port
Man’s Land
Home Remedy Mix for Suntan Oil
A simple sunscreen mix uses one cup vinegar one cup olive oil and one teaspoon iodine. If allergic substitute black tea for the iodine to avoid a reaction.
Markets at a Glance in New York and Chicago
In New York stocks rise with utilities and rails leading while bonds hold steady after a late rail rally and cotton shows profit taking. Chicago grains weaken with hedge selling and reduced mill demand for wheat and rye. hogs and cattle stay slow with limited quote activity and a top hog price of 13.75 and cattle top at 16.25 for steers and heifers. Leg was 1 8 to 3 8 higher with July at 1223 8.
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New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock Prices Dilute Week With Weaker Cattle
Nashville market reports cattle and hog bids weakly after a light sale week. Cows and heifers show broad price drops and limited demand. hogs hold near steady with varied weights selling higher on light lots. sheep and lambs soften with common grades down.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Butter and eggs market steady in Chicago
Butter firm at 714,490 receipts and unchanged market. Eggs receipts 13,068 with market unchanged.
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Chicago
Grain futures dip as mill buying wanes in Chicago week
In Chicago the grain market showed a weeklong upswing led by mill demand but selling intensified late trading. Wheat prices fell from early highs with July at 1.58 1 8 1 4, oats up to 7 1 4, rye down to 1.08 3 8 1 4 as rye and wheat both weakened.
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Chicago
Sparks Reverses on Woman Suffrage in Alabama
Bachelor Gov Chauncey Sparks told a joint session of the Alabama Girls State legislature that he now supports women's suffrage and active participation in government. He said his years ago vote against suffrage was sentimental and that public life needs women's influence. Governor Joan Query and Lt Governor Frances Emmet attended as Girls State officers observed at the capitol. He urged more state government teaching in schools.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Sparks
Alabama Girls’ State
Joan_Query
Frances Alice Emmet
Capitol
Meadows Honored by State Group
In Birmingham Alabama on June 30 Frank Davis Covington County board of revenue chairman was elected president of the Association of County Commissioners and Probate Judges of Alabama after a heated session. Probate Judge C G Blanton of Selma was reelected by committee but a floor vote produced a tie and Davis was unanimously chosen. Three vice presidents were moved up a rank and Wallace Meadows Morgan County commissioner was elected to a new vice presidential post.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank Davis
Covington
Blanton
Davis
Wallace Meadows
Morgan County
Pope Pius XII Receives General De Gaulle in Private Audience
In Rome on June 30, Pope Pius XII met with General Charles De Gaulle head of the French committee in a private audience after De Gaulle returned from a visit to the front.
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Rome
Pius XII
Charles de Gaulle
Return Home for Edwards After Long East Coast Trip
Mr and Mrs W J Edwards Sr have returned home after a months visit to Baltimore and New York.
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W. J. Edwards, Sr
Baltimore
New York
Negro Leaders Plan Token Vote in Georgia Primary
Atlanta Negro leaders announced a token voting strategy for the July 4 Georgia Democratic primary to support an appeal to a U S district court. The Citizens' Democratic club of Fulton County urged white-only polling and called on 4 397 registered Negro voters to stay away while a small number would attempt to vote to sustain a legal claim.
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Atlanta
United States District Court
Citizens’ Democratic Club
Fulton County
C. A. Scott
Democratic State Executive Committee
Scott
A. T. Walden
Georgia Association of Citizens’ Democratic Clubs
Vienna Air Battles and Allied Raids Reported as Weather Hinders Operations
German radio claims fierce air battles over Vienna suburbs while bad weather again limits Allied air activity in Northwestern Europe since D-Day. British Beaufighters raid a tanker and minesweeper in the Bay of Biscay. Ninth Air Force fighters hit railroad targets near Rouen and Orleans area. Allied air forces tally 55 German planes shot down, with 15 American aircraft losses.
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Europe
England
Bay of Biscay
Air Ministry
Ninth Air Force
Rouen
Normandy Battle Front
Orleans
Vierzon-Ville
Nter
Oe AF
Tactical Air Force
Danish general strike closes Copenhagen traffic and shops
The Free Danish Press reports a general strike in Copenhagen halting traffic from main stations suspending streetcar service and closing shops and banks. A German troop train leaving the station before the strike was wrecked by an explosion. One third of Icelanders live in Reykjavik on the southwest coast.
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Copenhagen
Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Iceland
Reykjavik
Local notes and notices from Decatur area events
Illness improvement for L E Bibb. Lt T J Briscoe leaves for Camp Howe Texas after ten day leave with parents. Tire inspection records urged with gasoline applications. new tire inspection not needed unless applying for tires. Madinson Outlaw held on 300 bond for bad check. Fire at Ryan's Service Station causes minor loss. Louise Reed held on vagancy charge with 300 bond. Grass fire on East Gordon Drive caused no loss. Col and Mrs J C Roncken announce birth Linda Joyce at Decatur General hospital. Five cases on city docket. fines for prohibition law, public drunkenness, driving without license, fighting, and unauthorized use. Methodist Evangelistic club to meet at 7 45 PM at 210 Ninth Street South. Mrs Otto Reeder hosting. Mrs Guy Jones leader. J B Ravy undergoes operation. Mrs B S Brooks undergoes operation. Polk Daly admitted for treatment. Pvt David Hulse improving after spinal meningitis, transferred to El Paso hospital. thanks for support. William H Wright admitted to Decatur General hospital. Mrs William A Hargrove admitted for surgery. Friday night prayer meeting at 8 PM at I R Neher home. L R Yarbrough leader.
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Methodist Evangelistic Club
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Otto Reeder
Ninth Street South
Guy Jones
Dewey Contemplates Roosevelt Invite for Conference Trip
The discussion centers on whether Dewey would invite the Republican nominee to join for an international conference. Some in the camp believe Dewey could not refuse and might welcome the chance if offered.
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Ocean
Mr. Roosevelt
Dewey
Roosevelt signs bill to extend price and wage act
President Roosevelt signed the price and wage stabilization act extension through June 30, 1945. The measure, approved after Senate passage on June 21, alters ceilings on major textiles to parity with raw cotton, adjusts rent ceilings, ends the highest price line for retail stores, and lowers penalties for non wilful violations while widening OPA enforcement and redress powers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
OPA
Congress
British Allied Forces Break German Attacks North of Caen and Capture Cherbourg Forts
Allied forces repelled Nazi efforts to cut the Odon salient with heavy and smaller counterattacks. North of Caen little fighting, while British raiders struck Breville near the Orne. Paris said British and Canadian troops landed on the Orne estuary and captured Cobourg, but no confirmation from on the ground. All Cherbourg breakwater forts surrendered after Marauder bombing. German surrenders increased. about 37,000 Germans taken by Americans in Cherbourg peninsula, many younger than 20 or older than 30, suggesting dwindling reserves.
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France
Odon
Caen
Breville
Orne River
Paris
Orne
Cobourg
Cherbourg
Channel Islands
Hitler
Associated Press
Don. Whitehead
Corporal Phinizy Promoted to Sergeant at Eighth Air Force Station
From an England based Eighth Air Force composite station comes word that Early Phinizy Jr. has been promoted from corporal to sergeant. He serves as an administrative technician at the hospital of the heavy bomber base, tasked with keeping vital patient records and daily sick call logs. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Early Phinizy Sr of 604 Gordon Drive Decatur and has been overseas nearly a year after entering the Army in October 1941 following work with the Texas Company.
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Eighth AF
England
Phinizy, Jr
Edmund W. Hill
Eighth Air Force Composite Command
Phinizy
Early Phinizy
Gordon Drive
Decatur
Army
The
Texas Company
Chinese Cabbage Rich in Vitamin Health Uses
Readers learn Chinese cabbage is high in vitamins and versatile in salads fresh or lightly cooked dishes. It can be creamed or used in varied preparations, offering a nutritious option for meals.
Close Games Highlight Delano Park Softball Night
In Delano Park a pair of tight games ended with Disco beating Decatur Independents and Ingalls defeating Instruc tors. Read details show key players Osborne Wilson Gandus Key Fields in a hard fought matchup.
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Delano Park
Disco
Decatur Independents
Ingalls
Sparks Opposes Two Thirds Rule Restoration
Governor Chauncey Sparks heads Alabama delegation to the Democratic National Convention and says he opposes restoring the two thirds rule for nominating candidates. He calls it undemocratic and says democracy rests on majority rule. He argues Southern support for restoration would spark ill will and threaten platform goals.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
The War Today: Uphill Struggles in Key Pacific Fronts
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Allied battles south of Hengyang and the stalled capture of Myitkyina. He notes Japanese reinforcements by land and Allied relief by air, with monsoon-swamped trails complicating progress and the strategic aim of reopening a China landing.
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Hengyang
Myitkyina
Pacific
China
Stinson Family News From Morgan County Area
Miss Vista Ponter is ill. Pfe Alvin Stinson is reported to be in England. Pvt Quinton Blevins returned to camp after a furlough with home folks. Mrs Lee Kinney and daughter visited Cullman. Mrs J N Oden and Miss Arnis a shopped in Hartselle. Irene Haggard and Carrie Lee Vincent of Birmingham visited their parents the Stinsons. Charles and Bonnie Oden visited grandparents A D Stinson. W H Taylor was in Hartsette on business.
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Vista Ponter
A. D. Stinson
Pfe
Alvin Stinson
England
Pvt
Quinton Blevins
Lee Kinney
Pee
Cullman Tuesay
J. N. Oden
Arnisa
Hartselle Saturay
Irene Haggard
Carrie Lee Vincent
Birmingham
Bud Vincent
Charles
Bonnie Oden
Oden Ridge
W. H. Taylor
Hartsette
Navy seeks more WAVES recruits as July birthday drive begins
Yeoman Doris J. Campbell, a WAVES recruiter, urges Morgan County women to join the service to free more men for combat. She notes invasion activity and July as a WAVES birthday month with a campaign to attract interested young women to Navy ratings in Blue.
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Doris J. Campbell
United States
Yeoman
Campbell
Morgan County
Italy
France
Pacific
Navy
Minesweeper sunk after collision off Cuttyhunk
A coastal minesweeper was sunk in a collision with a destroyer escort off Cuttyhunk last night. Navy reports that two officers and five crew members of the minesweeper are missing.
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Boston
Cuttyhunk
Navy
Easter Day letter from Elton Pearson from Moulton Navy base
Petty Officer Elton Pearson writes from abroad to his family in Moulton describing Easter 1944. He recalls home rituals, church service, and Bible readings, expresses happiness and confidence despite being overseas, and asks his loved ones to write back.
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Elton Pearson
Moulton
Pearson
Navy
Frank C. Pearson
Ingalls '97' Dominate Goodyear In Big Score Fracas
The Ingalls team hammered Goodyear in a baseball clash on the new field scoring 22 runs. The '97 lineup boosted batting averages as they chased early and kept the lead throughout the game.
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Ingalls
Goodyear
New Eat Field
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David Hulse
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William H. Wright
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
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