Vacant Chair Revival Inspires Parishioners at Memorial Drive
Dr. Roy Hewlett preaches on The Vacant Chair and The Vacant Pew at Memorial Drive Methodist Church. He cites Boreham stories about a vacant chair symbolizing unfulfilled life and urges reflection on personal faith, conduct, and the impact of one’s life beyond death as services continue through next Wednesday with large crowds twice daily.
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Roy Hewlett
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Slade
Mr. Boreham
Michael Henry
Boards of Directors
House of God
City of God
London Rocket Gun Raids Provide Odd Comfort to War Correspondent
A correspondent recounts lingering fears from Anzio, a failed marriage proposal, and a night raid in London. He notes the terror of rocket guns, later finding calm as raids continue with minimal awakening, while referencing wartime post exchanges and a lingering desire for normalcy.
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London
Anzio
P.S
Good Farm Progress Is Shown In Alabama
Alabama farmers increased peanut planting and field work despite six to eight weeks behind schedule due to heavy rains and late cold. Excess rainfall, floods and persistent cold lowered yields, with notable damage to potatoes and strawberries in Baldwin County and a serious feed shortage across the state. The Commodity Credit Corporation allocated 125000 bushels of Canadian oats to Alabama to support livestock feeding, distributed through feed dealers and manufacturers.
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L. O. Brackeen
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
J. M. Robinson
Balgwin
Commodity Credit Corporation
Alabama Aaa Committee
State
A. W Jones
AAA
L. A. Brooks
Alabama Feed Association
Mothers Visit Fort Benning on Mother's Day Weekend
Thirteen mothers from across the country toured Fort Benning Georgia to see how their sons train. They breakfasted with their sons and toured tanks planes and guns before a Mother’s Day program at Doughboy Stadium.
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FT. Benning
Benning
Doughboy Stadium
Columbus
William H. Hobson
Minute Men Flag Presented At Courtland Army Air Field
Civilian employees at the Courtland Army Air Field received the Treasury Department’s Minute Man flag after 90 percent of staff contributed ten percent or more of salaries to War Bond purchases. Colonel Walter W. Gross presented the flag. Fred L. Carter accepted it for the water works staff. A brief address by Major Samuel V. Guerin called the flag a token of sacrifice for freedom. Chaplains Chant and Wilhelms delivered invocations before and after. A parade of squadrons followed the ceremony.
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Courtland Army Air Field
Treasury Department
Walter W. Gross
Fred L. Carter
Samuel V. Guerin
George W. Chant
Henry H. Wilhelms
Col Gross
Carter
Reader pleads for no more mail with gifts
A writer thanks readers for offerings but pleads to stop sending packages. He notes seven packs of cigarettes weekly, chocolate bars, razor blades, juice, and basic items like soap and toothpaste. He says nothing else is needed, aside from a dog, a roadster, two books, and spare time.
Latin Club Romans Dine In Riverside High Banquet
Twenty seven Romans including Caesar Cicero Ovid and Pompeii gather at Miss Ann Garner’s Ferry Street home for the Latin club banquet. Guests remove sandals and the slaves serve an eggs to nuts feast while Gaius Caesar presides and actors pantomime mythical figures.
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Julius Caesar
Cicero
Ovid
Pompei
Ann Blair Garner
Ferry Street
Riverside High School
Elizabeth Ann Chappell
Martha Ann Gregg
Frank Wiley
Gaius
Octavicus Augustus
Judson Jawthorne
Closure of Kentucky Lock for permanent sill construction
Kentucky Project on the Tennessee River mile 22 will close the lock for permanent upper miter sill construction starting July 15. Depth over the sill and upstream to Pickwick Lock should reach eight feet by September 15, with the Kentucky Pool filling to the 9 foot depth thereafter as conditions allow.
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Kentucky
Tennessee River
Mile 22
Pickwick Lock
Kentucky Pool
Kentucky Lock
Solons Face Busy Weeks Ahead in Congress
Campaign minded congressmen seek an extended summer recess but must work long days and full weeks to clear a jam of appropriations bills and other business as the new session unfolds in Washington.
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Washington
Congressional Funding Outlook Before August Conventions
Congress faces a June 30 deadline as most regular supply bills await action. Only two of fifteen have passed, with major departments still unfunded. Lawmakers will decide on price control extensions and authority to requisition private property to keep the war effort running.
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Aes
Congress
Washington
Treasury-Post Office Fund
House
Senate
Commerce and Justice Departments
Legislative and Judiciary
Department of Agriculture
Interior Department
Tiserof
Indenanens
Navy
War Department
War
OPA
WPB
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
District of Columbia
Allied drive across Cassino front gains hills and villages
Allied forces held a roaring 25 mile front from Cassino to the sea on day one. American troops captured Minturno area hills and Cercobi Damiano hill Ventosa and San Sebastiano while French forces seized Monte Faito and surrounding heights. Eighth army established a Rapido bridgehead and fought for Monte Albanetto as battles raged along the Liri valley. A German broadcast warned of a diversionary operation as Allied progress continued. Uruguay is the smallest republic in South America.
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Cassino
Minturno
Tyrrhenian Sea
Garigliano
Cercobi
Ventosa
Damiano Hill
Castelforte
San Sebastiano
Eighth Army
Monte Albanetto
Liri
Italy
Corsica
Berlin
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Sant’ Angelo
Rapido River
London
Monte Failo
Grim Warning Backing War Warns Nazi Partners Exit Now
War analyst Kirke L. Simpson reports Washington London and Moscow urge Finland Hungary Bulgaria and Romania to leave the Nazi war orbit before it’s too late. Allied bombings from the Channel to the Danube press the drive on Hitler’s fortress Europe as eastern advances loom near Bulgaria and Romania.
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Europe
Italy
Balkan
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Balkans
Moscow
Russia
Sofia
Galati
Dnestr
Warren Not Seeking Post War Nomination
Governor Earl Warren of California denies pursuing national political office including the presidency. He says he agreed to deliver the keynote at the Republican convention only as a noncandidate and he will not seek the vice presidency or presidency. California delegates remain pledged to him for president, but he notes war outcomes will weigh more than tickets in the November vote.
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Paul Miller
Associated Press
Washington
Warren
California
Chicago
Dance At Valley Country Club For Officers From Courtland Base
The Valley Country Club hosted a formal dance for officers from Courtland Army Air Base and Southern Airways. The event drew a large Decatur younger set group and featured Courtland orchestra music, bright garnet streamers, lights, and spring flowers.
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The
Valley Country Club
Decatur
Courtland Army Air Base
Southern Airways
Courtland Orchestra
Ship Lost William M Welch in Scottish Storm
The War Shipping Administration reports the Liberty ship William M Welch was wrecked off Scotland after delivering war cargo. About 60 men were lost as a fierce storm and blizzard thwarted British rescue efforts while the vessel headed toward a homebound convoy.
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Washington
William M. Welch
Scotland
War Shipping Administration
WSA
Young Withdraws From Aniston Delegates Race
Pr Cy Young of Anniston withdrew today as a candidate for a fourth district delegateship to the national democratic convention. This elminates the only scheduled runoff election in the district delegates contests. Cotton seed, once a waste product before the Civil War, is noted as a vital material in many products.
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Young
Anniston
Ala
Cy Young
Local court, hospital notes and city repairs update
Courthouse visitors, police warning against cutting roses, and Horace W. Morris arrested for reckless driving with a $300 bond. Army medal awarded to Pfc. Bruce McNutt overseas. Numerous Decatur General Hospital admissions and discharges. Urban asphalt delivery resumes as city streets dept repairs paved thoroughfares.
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Pfc
Bruce McNutt
Army Overseas
E. W. McNutt
Falkville
City Streets Department
Priest suspended after Russian trip sparks church row
Springfield Massachusetts May 13 Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski returned from a Moscow visit and meeting with Premier Stalin to a suspension by his bishop. He appealed the order to the apostolic delegate in Washington, claiming the suspension is invalid while action is pending.
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Springfield
Mass
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Moscow
Stalin
Washington
Apostolic Delegate
Amieto Cicognani
Air clash pushes British fighters into deepest Poland reach
British based P-51s escorting Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked northern Germany and penetrated into Poland in what reports describe as the deepest European advance by Allied air forces.
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Poland
London
Germany
Europe
VU Ae
Markets End Mixed as Stocks Rally Slightly in Thin Session
New York markets closed with modest gains on light volume as selling eased. Wall Street saw a small AP average uptick while commodities faced a tough week with crop estimates exceeding expectations and grain futures sliding, wheat down 1-8 to 7-8.
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Wall
Chicago
Average cotton prices at southern spot markets rise
In New Orleans on May 13 the middling 15 16ths inch grade averaged 20.88 cents per pound, up 15 cents from prior. The 30 market days average stands at 21.00 cents, while middling 7 8ths inch averaged 19.72 cents.
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New York
New Orleans
Allied Bombardment Intensifies Across Europe In Seven Days
In seven days air operations by American and Allied forces hit targets from Tutow to Osnabruck and Leipzig. Nazi fighter resistance diminished after heavy German losses. RAF daylight raids struck rail targets in Northwest Germany and France while Canadian Spitfires damaged a German convoy on the Paris Rouen road.
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Theluftwaffe
Tutow
Osnabruck
Brenner
France
Belgium
Berlin
Germany
Berlin- Amsterdam
Ruhr
Rostock
Louvain
Abbeville-Drucat
Beaumont-Sur - Oise
Beauvais-Tille
Chievres
Brussels
Beaumont-Sur-Oise
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Air Force
Namur
Tourvai
Herenthals
Antwerp
RAF
Boston
Tourcoing
Paris- Rouen
U.S
Leipzig
Bankhead Warns on Anti Poll Tax Move
Senator John Bankhead of Alabama warns that abolishing poll taxes could force separate state and federal elections in eight Southern states. He argues it risks centralized federal control, with two voter lists and no checks on qualifications. He likens the move to packing the Supreme Court and urges hold on debate.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Bankhead
Ala
Senate
Aera Pea Tey Oyime
Bankhead
Supreme Court
Palomera Convicted by Court Martial in Palm Beach Murder
Lt Marion Palomera was found guilty by a general court martial in Camp Murphy Florida for the murder of Mrs Charlotte Frieda Huber. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and dismissal from the service. The nude body was found on Palm Beach sands March 23 with death by strangulation and blows to the head. Palomera testified that a tall dark man drove away with the woman from a bar. The verdict remains subject to military review. Major Seybourne Lynne led the prosecution.
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Camp Murphy
Fla
Marion R. Palomera
Charlotte Frieda Huber
Palm Beach
Homer H. Hunt
Palomera
Phenix
Ariz
Family and visitors gather in Morgan County community
Mrs Fannie Lee Long and daughters from Oak Ridge visit Mrs Mae Stephenson. A P Roberts stays with grandson James Carl Livingston on Navy leave. Opal Roberts visits sister and nephew Carl Livingston home from the Navy. families from Clarksville plan a visit. locals attend Decoration services in Lawrence county.
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Fannie Lee Long
Oak Ridge
Mae Stephenson
A. P. Roberts
James Carl Livingston
Navy
Opal Roberts
Percy Livingston
Carl Livingston
Forrest Chapel
Cullom Rinehart
Betty Jo
Fred Parker
Freddie Ray
Clarksville
Thelma Sue Stephenson
Iane Melson
Lawrence County
No Indictments In Alabama Primary Probes
Judge D C Halstead announced the Houston grand jury adjourned without an indictment on alleged irregularities in the February 8 special congressional primary and the May 2 Democratic primary in Dothan Alabama.
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Dothan
Ala
D. C. Halstead
Houston
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Vecatur
Iplimae
J. J. Holliday
Eva
City Park
Sheriff's Office
Horace W. Morris
Jones and
Payne
William B
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Decatur General Hospital
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Vinemont
Brown's Ambulance
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Third Avenue
Decatur General
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Friay
H. J. Coble
West Church Street
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Fourth Avenue West
Lawrence Smith
East Moulton Street
Joseph B. Eubanks
East
Cain Street
William Mitchell Coats
Twelfth Avenue East
James Newton, Taylor
Panama City, Fla
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Sam Swartz
Cona
Hamil Clinic
Dee Terry
Hoyt McCowan
Douglas Eason
Courtland Downs
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Morris Cost
Hartselle
Frank Namie
Homer
Johnson, Danville
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Frank M. Vaughan
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Sixth Avenue West
Harry A. Avery
Bank Street
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Major Seybourne Lynne
Morgan County
Rock Springs
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Lemacua
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