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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
2
Eddy Gilmore of the Associated Press reports from the first Ukrainian front as a ruined Jewish city lies wrecked by German bombing and shelling. He describes shattered cemeteries, tombstone tank traps, and a ruined monastery with relics and art looted.
President Roosevelt was checked for influenza or bronchitis with a full physical planned by Vice Admiral McIntire. Doctors found health strong, enjoying Baruch's Plantation climate and seclusion, sleeping twelve hours daily, and spending time on papers, sun, fishing, and drives to Georgetown county plantations.
Japanese planes attacked Ponape in the Eastern Carolines and targets in the Marshall Islands as night operations continued over the central Pacific, amid ongoing fighting in the theater.
PJ. R. Hardigree of Athens, manager of the Benson bakery, burned to death in a two story wooden building fire in Milledgeville early today. Two other families escaped as firemen arrived after two am. Hardigree's wife was away in Athens. Cause of the blaze was not determined.
Wall Street traders held a selective stance with some leaders progressing while many paused due to profit taking. Volume remained light with about 600000 shares traded, and near end quotations showed irregular moves after a fairly steady start. Cotton futures stayed narrow awaiting Washington on textile and wage policy, with May liqui dation shifting into later months. Oats and rye moved on weather and futures shifts, while barley saw no activity.
Chicago May 8 reports show butter firm receipts 641 851 with grades AA 93 score and A 92, B 90, plus 88 to 89 for various categories. Centralized carrots 90 40 3-4. Eggs receipts 29 503 steady with U S specials 34 to 35, extras 33 to 34, standards 31 to 31 1 2, current receipts 29, dirties 25 1 2 to 26, checks 25.
Nashville Tennessee May 8. Livestock market totals and price ranges for cattle calves hogs and sheep with judgments on quality from few lots good to choice steers to light weights. Calves and weaners hold steady with good to choice 15.00-16.00 for calves and 12.50-16.00 for beef cattle. hogs meet mixed demand with 8.75-13.50 in various weight classes. spring lambs steady with 15.50-16.50 for 60-70 pound class and 10.50-14.50 for common to medium. sheep and ewes quoted as shown.
Grain market in Chicago today moved higher as the May rye contract gained over a cent after General Foods Corporation announced it had not sold any rye.
A three judge federal court in Philadelphia ordered Pullman to select either its railroad or furniture service operations, ending interlocking directorships among related Pullman entities. The decree requires separation of the businesses within a year and a plan to be filed within 12 months, with the court ready to propose its own plan if needed.
Georgia revenue officials move to collect about 600000 in gasoline taxes from Eastern Air Lines and Delta Air Lines after Attorney General T Grady Head rules fuel used by domestic air carriers in Georgia is taxable at six cents per gallon. The 1943 ruling had been reopened earlier this year at airlines lawyers request.
Baton Rouge May 8. Louisiana's legislature opened at noon with hope for harmony and cooperation with Gov Elect James H. Davis. The House elected Norman Bauer as speaker by acclamation, with Davis’s backing, and the Senate chose Grove Stafford, another Davis ally, as president pro tem.
Funeral services were held today for Harvey M. Smith 78 retired general manager of Railway Express Co from his Dahway home near Opelika Officials of the express company served as pallbearers He died of a heart attack Friday night at his Dahway residence eight years after retirement
Demands by the Textile Workers Union of America for a 60 cent minimum hourly wage and a 10 cent raise would oppose the national stabilization program and threaten the Northern branch of Patel Inguat, according to Attorney Lon.
Washington reports April 1 sugar on hand at 1,256,366 tons, 30 percent below a year earlier and the lowest for the date in years. First quarter 1944 distribution reached 1,508,474 tons, about 300,000 tons above 1943, while domestic beet crops show little 1944 improvement and shipping needs constrain replenishment.
The B-24 Liberator group that first raided Ploesti in 1942 completed its 250th combat mission. Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining praised its sustained effort as Lt. Col. Theodore Graff led the Ada Ohio unit. Col. Hugo P. Bush and 21 airmen received wings for their 20th mission in a Saturday return.
A jury was chosen in Worcester Massachusetts to try Jesse A Campbell 25 of Rome Ga on a first degree murder charge for the bathtub slaying of his wife Irene Campbell 23 of Leicester on January 26 in a local hotel.
West coast factories in the United States produced about 100 aircraft daily from Pearl Harbor through December 1943, reflecting wartime demand and production scale across major plants and defense programs.
Morgan County announces mass meetings May 16 to elect six school trustees for two years. Ensign Rosemary McCown promotes Navy enlistment for women 20 to 36 at the courthouse. Subcommittee canvass in Montgomery on Democratic primary returns. Merchants plan D Day observance at Hotel Lyons. Ration free shoes sale runs through May 20 with size limits. Local hospital notices and staff changes follow with several residents admitted or dismissed.
A RAF pilot with 165 pound frame jokes that the air war is a 15 round fight with 13 rounds left. He praises courage under fire, notes Nazi pilots lack initiative, and compares enemy and American resolve. RAF aces Malan 32, Finucané 32, Buerling 31, Braham 28, Johnson 28, Tuck 29 with Tuck now a prisoner of war.
Barbara Johnson beams as Captain Robert B. Johnson earns more air combat laurels. The 21 year old Lawton wife works as a drug store bookkeeper and praises his courage while he remains abroad. He has downed 27 planes in World War I style combat and has not seen his wife or parents for 16 months, choosing to stay in the fight.
A Ukrainian key aide states Romanian forces anticipate a major Russian offensive toward the Bucharest plain. He notes that in six weeks the MAAF dropped over 14,000 tons of bombs on Balkan targets, showing how Italy based bombers can support the Soviet advance.
Mrs. Lester L. Jones of Falkville and Herman Free of The Daily attend an Elks convention in Birmingham. Jimmy Coutsas is expected home today from Louisville after the Derby. Rufus Norwood continues to improve after illness.
A Swedish eyewitness reported that Sunday s raid on Berlin damaged Lehrter and Anhalter stations and heavily damaged Friedrichstrasse station. He described fires and casualties with an estimated two hundred killed or wounded as fires raged after the attack.
Lt. William Whittaker, 24, a flight instructor at the Tuskegee Army air field, and his bride of nine days were killed when their car plunged into a creek after hitting a bridge abutment one mile north of Fort Davis on the Tuskegee Union Springs highway.
A visiting narrator recounts a moment of contact with front line soldiers in a hotel lobby. An old Colonel listens intently as six men plead for a decision that would let some go home, while others face possible reassignment. Soldiers crowd around afterward, seeking recognition and signing notebooks and momentos before an MP escorts the narrator back to his hotel.
A Geneva dispatch quoted Fascist officers claiming Allied commands based in Corsica and Sardinia had landed on the Ligurian coast in Northwestern Italy for patrols ahead of an invasion. The report said some troops were killed or captured while others returned with fortifications data after Rommel met with Kesselring in Italy.
The record shows no city in the cotton belt surpassed 100000 residents by 1870. This highlights the sparse urban concentration in the region during the era.
The Supreme Court rejected two rehearing requests over its May ruling that Negroes may vote in Texas Democratic primary elections. Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers and Houston election judges argued the decision unduly changes state election practice. The court also heard on several other cases and announced a summer recess starting May 29.
French crews manned light coastal forces fought a strong escorted German convoy in the English Channel early today. The Admiralty says a supply ship and a trawler were probably sunk and other enemy boats damaged in the close-quarters clash before the Allies returned to harbor with only superficial damage.
An Army ordnance depot employee from Cold Water Calhoun County identified as D. Smith 36 died in a collision nine miles west of Anniston on U S highway 78. State Patrol Inspector E L Coxwell said Smith worked at the Bynum depot.
An era era ad urges readers to prevent constipation with Gly-Cas capsules. It claims wide use with over 90 million capsules sold and cautions to use only as directed. Loyd's Drug Store and local drug stores are noted as sellers.
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