Weather and War News From Local Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Max 75 and min 54. Cotton prices paid include strict mid dling 20.90 middling 20.75 strict low 18.90 low 16.70. Films shown Princess Girl Crazy Roxy Men On Her Mind Capitol Drums Of Fu Manchu. State Guard Recruiting Committee led by C B Krenton to meet at the Armory Wipers night at 7 30 with recruits to be sworn in. Mrs Wallace Meadows improving at Decatur General hospital. Lt Imogene Halbrooks returns to Orlando after ten day leave. Phc Tommie C Campbell wounded in Southwest Pacific. Pvt Edward E Chapman visiting parents in Knoxville. daughter Andra Lee born in Huntsville hospital to Pvt and Mrs Billy M Chapman. Rising Sun Lodge to hold Master Mason degree meeting Thursday. Major Seybourn H Lynne named trial judge advocate in Palomera court martial in West Palm Beach dispatches. Civilian Air Patrol cadets meet tonight at Riverside high school. navigation and code classes continue. Pvt Dennis Way returns to camp after visit. Harold Hogan promoted to fireman first class U S Navy. Billie Hudson loses pocketbook with 52 dollars. Continued on Page Two.
Germans Tighten Defenses as Allied Air Campaign Grows
London reports Nazi measures to shore up western defenses on the fourth anniversary of their 1940 drive. Major General Pelz heads a reorganized West air force with separate fighter and bomber corps while Allied air power advances toward invasion plans. Royal families and European leaders pledge support as broadcasts from London and Moscow promise liberation and vigilance ahead of the expected invasion.
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Associated Press
London
Low Countries
West
Belgium
Netherlands
Dunkerque
France
Adolf Hitler
Pelz
Europe
Hitler
Germany
Kurt Dietmar
Berlin
Wilhelmina
Hubert Pierlot
United Nations
Charlotte of
Luxembourg
Moscow
Fingerprints Tie Woman Found in Trunk to Newport Case
FBI fingerprint comparison links the woman found stuffed in a trunk shipped from Chicago to Los Angeles with a 1943 Memphis arrest under the name Louise Chestine Wright of Myrtle Mississippi. Authorities note prior arrests in Baton Rouge and Helena within the last three years.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
FBI
Memphis
Tenn
Louise Chestine Wright
Myrtle
Miss
Baton Rouge
Helena
Ark
Allies Launch Offensive in Burma Against Japanese
Allied forces clash south of Mogaung as Mountbatten’s jungle fighters press a new offensive in north central Burma. In San Francisco, Admiral King, Nimitz, and Halsey met, likely plotting further blows to Japan's sea frontier, while Nimitz receives a second Distinguished Service Medal for Pacific operations.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Adm
Louis Mountabatten
Burma
U. S
Japan
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
San Francisco
King
Nimitz
Pacific
Halsey
South Pacific
Mountbatten
Mogaung
Mandalay
Confession Sues Over Trunk Death Case in Crystal City
Layla Villegas 26 signs confession admitting she killed her wife Louise Villegas by striking her in the head and shipping the body in a trunk from Chicago to Los Angeles. Deputy Sheriff Garrett Barnes cites details of the argument after a Chicago tavern visit and trunk transport.
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Crystal City
Texas
Louise Villegas
Chicago
Los Angeles
Layla Villegas
Garrett Barnes
Barnes
Villegos
Chicago Union Station
John Lopez
Puty Barnes
Villegas
China in peril as Japan advances in Henan province
The war column warns that China under Chiang Kai Shek faces a renewed Japanese push in Henan driving west toward the Yellow River and south along the Peiping Hankow Canton line. A prolonged conflict looms, threatening interior rail control and Japan's supply routes as China holds fragile defenses.
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Japan
China
Hitler
Henan
Great Yellow River
Peiping-Hankow-Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Jiang
Ward Plants Seizure Case Ends With Return to Ward Control
The War Labor Board voted to forward a dispute involving Hummer Manufacturing Co in Springfield Illinois, a Montgomery Ward subsidiary, to the White House. Federal Judge William H Holly declared he would not rule on the legality of government seizure as events had removed the case from his hands. The Chicago plants were returned to Ward management after Jesse Jones restored them, a CLO union election followed by a demand to extend an expired contract. The judge noted there was nothing further before him and no need for further action.
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Washington
William H.davis
The
War Labor Board
Hummer Manufacturing Co
Springfield
Montgomery Ward and Company
White House
Chicago
William H.holly
Montgomery Ward and
Holly
Ward
Jesse Jones
Sewell Avery
CLO
Montgomery Ward
U. S
J. Albert Woll
Francis
Traffic Flow Study Planned by Decatur Board
Decatur plans a traffic flow study as part of a future street plan. Eighty Boy Scouts were stationed at eighty locations to chart travel, with traffic meters at seven points to be checked daily for a week. The effort aids the State Planning Board through Montgomery, aided by local leaders and officials.
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Decatur
Decatur Planning Board
Boy Scouts of
Montgomery
State Planning Board
Convention fight on poll tax seen
Washington May 10 A clash over anti poll tax language at the Democratic National Convention was predicted by Senator McClellan Arkansas. He warned that such a plank could undermine the constitution and cause disunity in the South. Senator Bailey of North Carolina also warned he might leave the party over Sidney Hillman and CIO involvement.
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Washington
McClellan
D.-Ark
South
Senate
Bailey
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
Doris Cromwell Divorce Void in New Jersey Ruling
Advisory Master Dougal Herr in Elizabeth New Jersey voided the Reno divorce of Doris Duke Cromwell and James H R Cromwell former U S minister to Canada and set aside the decree He questioned her competence to reside outside New Jersey if her husband remained in the state and found fraud conspicuous in her Reno residency claim Nevada testimony was sealed and not available to Cromwell's counsel A limited NJ divorce suit will be heard later before Herr
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Elizabeth
N. J
Dougal Herr
Chancery
Doris Duke Cromwell
James H. R. Cromwell
U. S
Canada
Herr
New Jersey
Cromwell
Reno
Nevada
United States
Romwell
Army funds asked by FDR for next war year
President Roosevelt asked Congress for new Army appropriations totaling 15.6767 billion dollars, raising next year’s military outlay to 49 billion. The plan covers an Army of 7.7 million for global war through June 30, 1945, with 200k WACs and funding through 1945 for munitions and equipment. Air force remains the largest item at 12.61 billion, with ordnance at 8.599 billion and relief for occupied countries included.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
WACS
Air Force
Ordnance Department
Cadet Fatally Killed in Air Crash During Training
Aviation Cadet Edward J. Roberts of River Rouge Michigan died in a mid air collision during a combat training flight. Cadet William L. Randolph of Macomb Illinois escaped with minor injuries. An investigation board was set up by Major W O Riley of the 2156th AAF Base Unit. Roberts is survived by his wife in Decatur and his parents of River Rouge.
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Edward J. Roberts
River Rouge
Michigan
W. O. Riley
AAF
Roberts
William L. Randolph
Macomb
Illinois
Randolph
Decatur
Decatur Chamber Pleads for Housing Listings
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce urged residents to list available housing rent options. For the first time since 1941 no unoccupied rooms apartments or houses were listed and inquiries continued to arrive.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Chamber of Commerce
Repairs Begin in Sevastopol After Siege
Soviet engineers moved into Sevastopol to repair the wrecked port as front lines faced heavy fire. A Red Star correspondent described brutal resistance, with German Romanian forces throwing up deadly barriers and intense shelling from Stormovik bombers and artillery.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Star
G. F. Zakyarov
Y. C. Kreitzer
Fall Of Sevastopol Bared By Stalin
London May 10 Premier Stalin announced the fall of Sevastopol after a 24 day siege. Tolbukhin and Vasilevsky led the final assault. Yeremenko’s force was absent from Stalin’s commendations, suggesting redeployment. The Black Sea fleet secured Sevastopol and Odessa as Soviet pushes widened to Romania’s coast.
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London
Crimean
Sevastopol
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Crimean Peninsula
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Kerch
Yeremenko
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Red Army
Romania
Odessa
Tolbukhin
Moscow
Sevastopol Bay
Allied Eighth Army Pushes Deep Into Italian Hills
Allied forces wedge into German positions along Italy's mountainous spine and reach toward Sulmona and Palena area. Reports note minimal opposition and demolitions as villages Fallascoso and San Angelo fall. high ground near Gamberale seized. Eight planes listed as lost in the May 7 Bucharest raid. Maj. Alvan C. Gillem of Columbus Ga credited with third aerial victory.
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Noland Norgaard
Naples
Eighth Army
Italy
Sulmona
Palena
Aventino
Adriatic
Fallascoso
San Angelo
Gamberale
Fifth Army
Cassino
Genoa
Livorno
Rome
Bucharest
Alvan C. Gillem
Fourth Ave
Columbus
Courtland Cadet Killed in Alabama Crash
Aviation Cadet Richard A. Berry, 20, of Monument Beach Massachusetts was killed in a plane crash near Landersville Alabama. Col W Gross commanding officer announced the death. Berry is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs Alton Berry and one sister, all of Monument Beach.
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Richard A. Berry
Motrument Beach
Mass
Landersville
Ala
W. Gross
Associated Press
Berry
Alton Berry
Monument Beach
Salute In London By ERNIE PULF
London reports from ERNIE PULF describe daytime life improving under wartime conditions. He notes more food, busier streets, neater appearance, and courteous English behavior, while spring adds optimism. Invasion rumors fill London papers as Germans predict timing between early tomorrow.
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Ernie Pulf
London
Britain
Allies intensify air offensive ahead of invasion
Allied air forces unleash heavy bombers from Britain and Italy against rail hubs airfields and war industries in France Belgium and Austria as the new invasion offensive gathers strength. RAF and USAAF report large night and day raids with substantial bomber losses and widespread damage.
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London
Europe
Alps
Ankara
Bucharest
Romania
Austin Bealmear
U. S
Italy
European
Berlin
Paris
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Belgium
United States
Continent
RAF
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Germany
Gennevilliers
Air Ministry
Annecy
Danube-Alps
Mediterranean Air Force
Genoa
Livorno
Balkans
Reich
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Roxy
Capitol
State Guard
C. B. Krenton
Ken
State Guards
Wallace Meadows
Decatur General Hospital
J. D. Hamilton
Hamil Clinic
Mary Stuart Terrell
Imogene._Halbrooks
Army Nurses Corps
Orlando
Fla
Walter E. Halbrooks
Halbrooks
Hillman Hospital
Birmingham
A. A. F. Tactical Center
Nurse Corps
War Department
Tommie C. Campbell
Athens
Southwest Pacific
Sam Schwartz
Jessie Pack
Edward E. Chapman
Ft. Lawton
Seattle
A. W. Chapman
Knoxville
Billy M. Chapman
Huntsville Hospital
Andra Lee
Chapman
California
Rising Sun Lodge
West Palm Beach
Seybourn H. Lynne
Fourth Service Command
Atlanta
Marion H. Palomera
Charlotte Frieda Huber
Camp Murphee
Ralph E. Lewis
Camp Forrest
Poca Patterson
Somerville
Frank Namie
Alvin. Richards
Huntsville
W. G. DeAmond
Civilian Air Patrol
Riverside High School
Dennis
Bill) Way
Red Hill
Lawrence County
Harold Hogan
U. S. Navy
Billie Hudson
Brooksville
Morgan County
Climax
By Ken Reynolds
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Peiping-Canton
Admiral Er
Ieward
Doris
FDR
8Th Army
Courtland
England
Ger
Allied
Vienna
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
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