Local weather, prices, events in Decatur area
Weather outlook shows a fair afternoon, partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with mild temperatures. Cotton prices posted with strict middling at 21.00 and 20.80, strict low at 19.00 and low at 17.00. The American Legion post meets at eight tonight with Jim Saliba as speaker. Veterans of World War Two invited. Various local notices include military promotions and reckonings, church events, and community gatherings in Decatur and surrounding towns.
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American Legion
Jim Saliba
State Department
District Five Flag Wins Bond Drive Honor
District five comprising Jackson Limestone Madison Marshall and Morgan counties topped Alabama war bond efforts by surpassing its E bond quota by 40.82 percent with sales of 3 934 405 on a 2 794 000 quota. District manager Jack Langhorne and chairs E W McLeod R M Reaves E C Whitley commented as the flag was to be presented to the Alabama National Guard, with state totals showing Alabama 122 912 427 in securities against 93 million quota and E bonds at 42 247 155 versus 34 million.
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Alabama
District Five
Jackson
Limestone
Madison
Marshall and
Morgan
Ed Leigh McMillan
War Finance Committee
Jack Langhorne
Huntsville
E. W. McLeod
Decatur
R. M. Reaves
Athens
E. C. Whitley
Albertville
Alabama National Guard
McMillan
Langhorne
Mississippi River
Marshall
Three Birmingham Fliers Killed in Plane Crash
A United Army cargo plane crashed two miles south of Decatur Saturday night killing three officers aboard. The dead are First Lt. Winston H. Lewis and Second Lt. Leonard D. Turk of Birmingham and First Lt. Hiram J. Moore of Tarrant City. The aircraft, home based at South Plains Army Air Field, Lubbock, Texas, was en route to Birmingham from Greenville, Mississippi.
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Birmingham Area
Army
Courtland Air Base
Decatur
Winston H. Lewis
Leonard D. Turk
Birmingham
Hiram J. Moore
Tarrant City
Ala
South Plains Army Air Field
Lubbock
Tex
Greenville
Miss
Eire May Be Sealed Up By Allied Action
Allied moves edge toward sealing Ireland from Britain with border closure to enforce travel suspension. Eisenhower cited Axis spy risk as Irish diplomats' presence looms. Public reaction mixed as Irish trade and labor ties complicate steps. Travel ban signals broader security measures under U S Allied coordination.
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Eire
William Smith White
London
Northern Ireland
Britain
Ireland
Belfast
Home Office
Eamon de Valera
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Holyhead
Kingstown
Dublin
de Valera
Michael Leneham
Carrock-on- Suir
Germany
Lord Beaverbrook
Express
New York Times
Irish Press
Associated Press
U. S
America
England
Great Britain
Ireland Maintains Neutrality Amid World War II Tensions
London imposes strict travel limits between Britain and South Ireland after Fife refuses to expel Axis diplomats. General Eisenhower calls Axis undercover operations a serious threat. Dublin fears supply cuts and economic harm, while many Irish Americans question neutrality. The author argues Eire's stance stems from deep-seated antipathy to England, shaping its war stance.
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London
Britain
South Ireland
Fife
America
Washington
Eire
Eisenhower
Ireland
England
Dublin
Australia
British aerial sweep hits ships off Spanish coast
British Beau fighters on Western Mediterranean sweeps attacked two German supply ships off the Spanish coast driving one ashore and the other sinking. Berlin claimed violation of international law. The Kirissi, a 3700 ton refrigerator ship, was sunk off the Ebro mouth with 10 crew killed and 15 wounded. Allied naval actions reported two ships sunk in the Adriatic, and intensified bombardment and air activity over Anzio, Genoa, Padua, Florence, and Toulon.
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Naples
Mediterranean
Berlin
International Information Bureau
Ebro
Adriatic
Neretva
Ancona
Anzio
Italy
Genoa
Padua
Florence
Toulon
Regensburg
Flying Fortress
Arthur Smith Dies at 86 in Birmingham
Arthur W. Smith, 86, a retired industrialist and banker, died today in Birmingham after a lengthy illness. He helped organize Smith Sons Gin and Machinery Co. in 1885 and led the firm as president until 1900 when it joined with other gin machinery companies to form Continental Gin Co. He was vice president and treasurer of Continental Gin until his 1926 retirement.
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Arthur Smith
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur W. Smith
Smith Sons Gin and Machinery Co
Continental Gin Co
Continental Gin
Missing in Action Reported for Cpl Kenneth Markham
Mr and Mrs A B Markham of 904 Oak Street received a telegram from the War Department at 7 30 this morning stating their son Cpl Kenneth Morgan Markham is missing in action. He is said to be with the U S Army somewhere in Hal y.
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Garland J. Ward
Northern Ireland
U.S. Army Air Forces Command
Sgt Ward
Lawson Ward
Decatur 2
Armed Services
Flint High School
Air Forces
A. B. Markham
Oak Street
War Department
Cpl
Kenneth Morgan Markham
Cpl. Markham
U. S. Army
Haly
Valley leaders press senators to defend TVA in Washington
Mayor Tom Harrison, signers from every Valley county, and 15 residents sent telegrams to all U.S. senators urging support for Alabama Senators Bankhead and Hill against the McKellar amendments attacking the Tennessee Valley Authority. Senators Green and O Daniel replied or prepared to read the telegrams as the anti TVA measure faced a House hearing that afternoon.
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Tom Harrison
United States Senate
Bankhead
Hill
McKellar
TVA
Senate
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Tennessee Valley Authority
Alabama
Roland Potter
Texas
W. Lee O’daniel
Washington
Service Vote Fight Begun
The Senate opened debate on a compromise soldier vote bill after three weeks of talks between federal ballot advocates and states rights foes. It provides for a federal overseas ballot if allowed by state law and if a state absentee ballot is unavailable. Senate Republicans discuss leadership succession and a 25 member postwar taxation committee headed by Dan A. Reed with Joe Martin and Dies named to key roles.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Tom Connally
D.-Tex
House
Charles McNary
Taft
Ohio
Republican Steering Committee
Republican Committee
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Dan A. Reed
New York
Rep
Martin Dies
Texas
Wewak raid sinks 26 Japanese planes in heavy strike
U S Fifth Air Force destroyed 26 Japanese planes at Wewak in a 120 ton strike as part of a broad Allied push in the Southwest Pacific. Mac Arthur reported fuel and supply areas burned, with several enemy aircraft also hit. Marines made landings at Wotho Atoll in the Marshall Islands while other units pressed advances on Bougainville and New Britain.
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Southwest Pacific
U. S. Fifth Airforce
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Wotho Atoll
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Marshalls
Watho
Wewak Gets Heavy American Pounding
Allied forces report the heaviest airstrike in weeks on We wak New Guinea with a 120 ton bombing Saturday. Liberator bombers and Mitchells, supported by Thunderbolts, destroyed gun positions and fuel dumps, downing at least 26 Japanese planes with six more probable. Marines consolidate Talasea after a four day advance on Willaumez peninsula. additional air actions targeted Boram, Lorengau, Lugos, and Manus island.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Fifth Army Air Force
Wewak
New Guinea
Boram
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Lorengau
Lugos
Manus Island
Douglas Macarthur
United States
Talasea
Willaumez Peninsula
New Britain
Soviets Near Big Nazi Base on the Dnieper
Moscow said the Red Army advanced within 22 miles of Kherson on the lower Dnieper as part of a sweeping Southern offensive. Soviet forces reportedly killed over 60,000 Germans in eight days, seized 210 communities, and cut the Proskurov Gusyatin line toward Romania and Hungary while advancing toward Gaivoron on the Bug river.
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London
Red Army
Kherson
Dnieper
Moscow
Proskurov-Gusvyatin
Rumania
Hungary
Gaivoron
Middle Bug River
Red Star
Tarnopol
Berislavy
Tyaginka
Dolinskaya
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Proskurov
Cusyatin
Bug River
Uman
Dzhulinki-Gaivoron
Bombers Over Channel and Germany Hit Several Targets
British Mosquito bombers attacked Western Germany last night with no losses. American Liberators conducted a major raid on Pas de Calais targets, returning safely. RAF Mosquitos and other Allied aircraft supported an extensive air offensive highlighting growing air superiority.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
France
Deutschlandsender
Breman
Calais
Pas-De- Calais
U. S
RAF Misquitos
Hamburg
England
Augsburg
United States
George McDonald
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Eighth
15Th Air Fories
Reegensburg
Stuttgart
Furth
Venlo
St. Trond
Baker Flies The Brooms In Inland Vessel Trial
The S. S. Judah P. Baker became the first all-welded ocean-going cargo ship of its type on the Tennessee river and returned Sunday after a successful trial run. It is slated for a 1350 mile inland voyage to New Orleans from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Decatur. Built for the U S Maritime Commission it will be consigned to the Polish government and crewed by Poles. This marks the first completion in a series of similarly large vessels.
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S. S. Judah P. Baker
Tennessee
New Orleans
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Decatur
U. S. Maritime Commission
PYLE Sergeant Muncy Is One Odd Character
In a vivid field profile ERNIE PYLE portrays Sergeant Gilford Muncy of Hyden Kentucky a compact jovial gregarious airman famed for humor and misadventure in Italy His tent nickname the stove its blasts and late meals dominate camp life while his blithe spirit and generosity endear him to comrades He recalls a night trapped in a gun pit and teases about a planned stove demonstration on a future visit
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Australia
Uncle Sam
Eire
Ireland
Europe
United Kingdom
America
Dublin
Fire
Ernie Pyle
Italy
Wireless
W. C. Fields
Sergt
Gilford Muncy
Muncy
Hyden
G I Bill Reintroduced in Senate With Broad Support
Washington March 13 The G I Bill of Rights reintroduced in the Senate by Senator Clark and 77 co signers. The plan aims at hospitalization and education for veterans at public expense, cheap government loans for homes farms and businesses, and unemployment compensation up to 25 weeks within two years of discharge.
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Washington
G. I
American Legion
Senate
Clark
Dmo
Senate Finance
Alabama boards urged to fill quotas in draft drive
Montgomery March 19 The Alabama draft boards were urged by state Selective Service headquarters to redouble their efforts to fill quotas. Lt. Col. James Johnson Jr. state director said the need is imperative, though warned against incorrectification in telegrams to board chairs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Selective Service
Hairthen
James Johnson Jr
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John C. Forney
Moulton
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Lyons Hotel
Bob Harris
R. L. Watkins
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Z. P. Watkins
The
Euel T. Drake
William A. Drake
Lacon 1
Navy Department Today
Pvt
Macon N. Hardwick
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Lena Hardwick
Hartselle
Martha F. Price
J. F. Price
Mills S. Savage
Bainbridge Army Air Field
Price
Women's Army Corps
Bainbridge
G. C. Corley
South
Wolodean Owen
Fay Roper
Austinville
University of Alabama
Central Methodist Church
F. K. Gamble
Edwin Branscomb
Hartselle Methodist Church
O. EF. Waller
Sixth Ave
George Davis
W. J. Shipman
George Chant
Courtland Army Air Base
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
W. E. Masterson
Wadsworth Street
Paul McCluskey
Claude Baugher
Memphis
Alton O’steen
William Steeden
Arlene Hawke
Decatur Senior High School
Quickifs
Ken Reynolds
Bond Drive
Valley Counties
Hebrides
Atlantic
Aia
Glasgow
Irish Sea
Scotland
Edinburgh
Orkney Islands
Shetlang Islands
Hull
le Havre
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Morgan Markham
MIP
Richard C. Bergholz
MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Rabaul
Baker
Pyle
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