Prodigal Son Sermon Tops Revival at Memorial Drive
Dr. Roy Hewlett closed revival services at Memorial Drive Methodist Church with a sermon on The Prodigal Son from Luke 15 17. He urged self examination and repentance urging sinners to arise return to God and come home. Hewlett praised the citys cooperation and returned to Sylacauga.
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Roy Hewlett
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Hewlett
America
Dr. Hewlett
Sylacauga
Nazi Prison Camp Averages Bare Rations as Gripes Grow
A continuing report from Oflag 64 details daily meals for American officers in German captivity. Rations include hot water, soup, boiled potatoes, and scarce margarine, with Red Cross parcels deemed essential to prevent starvation.
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Overseas Press Club
Associated Press
Germany
Red Cross
Yanks Press Chinese Defenders at Loyang amid Traps and Rail Boosts
News reports say Chinese forces fiercely resist Japanese assaults on Loyang while a large trap surrounds the city. Chinese troops reportedly recapture a 50 mile stretch of the Peiping Hankow railroad as MacArthur notes American advances near Aitape and Wakde. In Europe, oil is shown to be derived from tomato and grape seeds.
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Loyang
Henan Province
Peiping-Hankow
Pacific
Eral MacArthur
New Hollandia-Aitape
Aitape
Madang
Wakde Island
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
Marshall Islands
Common Sense Gly-Cas Provides Relief for Constipation
A health ad urges avoiding miserable symptoms from constipation and promotes Common Sense Gly-Cas as a dependable remedy. It claims over 90 million bottles have been used and warns to use only as directed to prevent gas, bloating, headaches, and sluggishness.
Stock Market Advances On May Day Cautious Gains
New York traders pushed stock prices higher amid a morning of absorption and invasion-era optimism. Southern Pacific paid a 25 cent extra dividend with a 50 cent quarterly, while large block transfers topped a month. Nashville cattle and hogs showed mixed steady to slow trade as cotton futures eased on hedge selling and looming textile ceiling debates.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Broughton Visits Alabama Amid Roosevelt Support Talk
North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton, a favorite son for vice president, visits Governor Chauncey Sparks and Alabama's delegation in Montgomery. He backs a Southern candidate for vice president and notes a regional push while Alabama weighs a state rights resolution and the delegation remains unpledged to Roosevelt.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
Broughton
Sparks
Rayburn
Sen. Connally
Texas
South
Tform
One Command Advocated for Unified National Defense
Admiral Yarnell, retired Asiatic Fleet commander, urged a unified national defense structure before the House postwar military policy committee. He proposed a single chief of staff over three branches focusing on operations, material, and personnel, with separate air and Marine Corps roles kept distinct.
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Washington
Navy
Yarnell
House
Army
Department of National Defense
Armed Services
Air Department
Marine Corps
Sea Forces
Alabama Supreme Court Affirms Vernon Death Sentence
Joe Vernon of Birmingham who has survived the electric chair multiple times faces execution again. The Alabama Supreme Court reaffirmed a death sentence for the 1937 murder of Bennie Montgomery a Birmingham filling station attendant and set July 7 as the execution date.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joe Vernon
Birmingham
S. Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court
Vernon
Bennie Montgomery
General Craig II Washington Illness Update
General Marlin Craig, 69, former Army chief of staff, is a patient at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Officials declined to discuss the illness but described his condition as favorable.
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Craig
Washington
Marlin Craig
Army
Walter Reed Army Hoste
Ospital
Butter and Egg Market Report from Chicago
Chicago reports May 18 butter receipts 636 434, market unchanged. Eggs receipts 31 471 unsettled, market unchanged. Flood of data shows steady pricing with supply figures noted.
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Chicago
Dies Lays Out CIO as Potential Communist Party
Jasper Texas May 18 Rep Martin Dies chair of the House committee investigating un American activities said the Congress of Industrial Organizations will become the Communist party of America. He noted the committee's reports will shape future inquiries and prosecutions despite controversy and political division.
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Jasper Tex
Martin Dies
D-Tex
House
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Communist Party of America
Dies
Congress
Texas
Russia
Stalin
CIO
Communist Group
Southern Airways to Plant Victory Garden at Airbase
Southern Airways will use post ground space to plant a five acre victory garden to ease food shortages of the war. Located south of the building area between the baseball diamond and the highway, it is planted with crops including sweet potatoes beans peppers peas tomatoes corn okra cucumbers and cabbage. Arthur Reynolds, 60, a Black employee hired September 1 1942, is gardener in charge under Sam Evans supervisor of buildings and grounds. Produce will supply the mess hall at the flying field.
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Southern Airways
Arthur Reynolds
Gardner
Sam Evans
Flying Field
Kentucky
Cotton spinning at 124.9 percent capacity in April
Census Bureau reports the cotton spinning industry operated at 124.9 percent capacity in April based on 80 hour weeks. Spindles in place 23,305,534 with 22,411,922 active during the month and total active spindle hours 9,315,634,608 averaging 400 hours per spindle. State figures include Alabama and Georgia with large totals.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Baptists balk at joint support for Negro seminary
The Southern Baptist convention deferred action on a committee’s recommendation to join with the Northern Baptist convention in supporting the Negro theological seminary in Nashville Tennessee. Dr E P Aldredge opposed the plan noting a new president and a building program funded by the Southern Baptists would be delayed by such a move.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
American Baptist Theological Seminary For
Nashville
Tenn
Northern
Southern Baptist Conventions
E. P. Aldredge
Seminary Commission
Nazis Build Second Line Pursuit in Italy Campaign
Associated Press dispatch reports new German positions as Allied forces press the Italian front. Larry Allen’s first post‑capture report notes intensified resistance and strategic moves around a critical sector, detailing frontline observations and camp experiences from captivity.
Prisoner of War Describes German Rail Network Amid Bombing
Larry Allen reports from aboard the Gripsholm that Germany is fortifying deep in France and vows to hold to the last man. He describes intact railway terminals across Germany and Eastern France, with thousands of troops moving between fronts despite Allied raids. He returns after eight months in camps and notes many stations handle up to 52 trains daily.
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Larry Allen
Gripsholm
Barcelona
Germany
Atlantic Wall
France
Greater Reich
Marseille
Poznan
Gorlitz
Dresden
Munich
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Allen's
Rhineland
Night bombing mission described for B 26 formation takeoff
In a dark preflight sequence the crew explains takeoff, gear, and rendezvous. Red Dog supplies boots and gear while the flight climbs to around four thousand feet spotting flares and wing to wing formation as dawn approaches.
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Red Dog
Public urged to stay calm as D-Day plans unfold
A wartime statement advises the public to remain cool and patient while awaiting invasion news. It notes enemies use invasion dates to claim Allied hesitation and promises news will be shared promptly and adequately when the moment arrives.
Allied push toward Cassino and Hitler line advances
Allied forces drive along a 25 mile front from the sea to Cassino while German reinforcements and counterattacks try to hold Gustav and Hitler lines. American, British, and French units seize Monte Ruazzo and Esperia as Luftwaffe defenses crumble and Elba and Ancona targets are bombed.
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Berlin
Cassino
New Zealand
Mediterranean
Pignataro
Liri
Fifth Army
Tyrrhenian Sea
Monte Ruazzo
Formia
Anzio
Cisterna
Littoria
Gustav Line
Esperia
Eighth Army
Trivio
Maranola
Rome
Piombino
Santo Stefano
Portoferraio
Elba
Adriatic
Ancona
Bihac
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Romania
Frosinone
Mitchell
Italy
Gulf of Gaeta
Itri
Gaeta
Itr
Adolf Hitler
Fly denies any threat in unpublished Reader's Digest piece
FCC chairman James Fly dismisses a critical article prepared for Reader's Digest as unreliable hearsay and a threat of libel. Gretta Palmer testified the piece aimed to explore free speech and press issues in FCC license handling, while Fly and Willkie offered divergent accounts of the article’s origin and purpose.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
James L.hl 4
Gretta Palmer
House
Fly
Miller
Palmer
Wendell Willkie
Committee
War Stimson
Commission
William Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Miss Palmer
Paley
Niles Trammell
National Broadcasting Company
Mutual Chain
Tell
Reader's Digest
Local notes from Morgan County and Decatur area
Several short items: Aldridge to spend ten days with parents in Danville. small fire on Fifth Avenue West with slight loss. two city docket cases set with a public drunkenness fine of ten dollars. residents named and hospitalizations. furloughs and transfers of service members. civic meetings and park opening plans for Delano Park with May 22 opening supervised by Mrs. Earl Calvin.
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John Burton Aldridge
U. S. Marine Signal Corps
Ralph Aldridge
Danville
Fifth Avenue West
Delano Park
Earl Calvin
Civitans Hear Dr Hewlett at Lyons Hotel Meeting
Rev Roy Hewlett of Sylacauga spoke to Civitans and guests H R Ross and J T Frederickson at the Lyons Hotel assembly room. His talk The Unfinished Task urged generations to act and honor noble dead, ending with Dr Frederick welcomed as a new member by Dick Sandefer.
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Roy Hewlett
Sylacauga
Civitans
H. R. Ross
J. T. Frederickson
Lyons
Civitan
Frederick
Dick Sandefer
Americans and French advance toward Formia and towns
The report notes gains of up to 15 miles since the offensive began with several key points reached two days earlier. It suggests Americans and French may have extended the advance today and possibly occupied Formia and other towns not yet officially confirmed.
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Formia
First Battle of Cassino Tough Soldier Describes Carnage
Pvt Milton R Stewart of Tri nity writes from Italy about the brutal first Cassino fight. He recalls Purple Heart Valley, Abbey on Monastery Hill, heavy bombardment, and German fortifications. He praises the unit for holding most of the town and notes the brutal, inch by inch combat.
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Milton R. Stewart
Trinity
Andrew Stewart
Cassino
Italy
Battle of
Purple Heart
Henries
Monastery Hill
Stalingrad
Kasserine Pass
North Africa
Bombers clash over Balkans as U S and British planes strike
U S heavy bombers of the Mediterranean command penetrated into the Balkans engaging in battles over Romania and Serbia aided by fighters. The Berlin radio said losses were inflicted and noted a period of idle days for British bombers due to weather.
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W. W. Hercher
London
U. S
Mediterranean Command
Balkans
Romania
Serbia
Berlin
Bucharest
Wiener Neustadt
Budapest
Britain
RAF
Ital Emaofate
Leipzig
Soldier Leaving for Army Honored at Supper
Mr and Mrs Albert Humphries hosted a supper Thursday night honoring their son Troy Humphries who left Friday for the U S Army. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends from Oakley Parris Brown Driver Turrentine Reid and others with Carl Bennett also departing for the Army.
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Albert Humphries
Troy Humphries
U. S. Army
J. H. Oakley
Robert Oakley
Marlin Parris
Charles
And
Samuel Brown
Barbara Anle
R. R. Driver
Cardell Thompson
Birmingham
Ruthie Turrentine
Coy
Lorene
R. P. Reid
Cullman
Eva Oakley
Carl Bennett
Army
Melvin Mildred
G. T
Bobby Miller
Walter Wilams
Uproar mars trial as defense challenged opening statement
In the mass sedition conspiracy trial in U S district court defense attorneys pressed for mistrial alleging the prosecution’s opening statement contained inflammatory material. Judge Edward Eicher heard motions as court adjourned with requests for sanity examinations and outside medical review for defendant Edward Smythe amid ongoing disruptions.
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Karl R
Bauman
Washington
U. S. District Court
Dle Ding
Edward Icher
Eicher
John Rogge
Ment
Rogge
Edward—James ‘Smythe
New York
Symthe
Justice Eicher
Smythe
James J. Laughlin
War Today: American Foremen Strike Aids War Effort
In Northern Burma before the monsoon, a Detroit foreman's strike ended swiftly after General Arnold declared it a major setback for the air force. The rapid halt demonstrated American workers' willingness to subordinate personal interests for the war. Hitler’s radio commentators warned of possible reversals, while Allied unity and resolve grew stronger.
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Burma
Detroit
H. H. Arnold
Arnold
Kurt Dittmar
Russia
Europe
Russians claim raids wipe out Nazi ships and air power
Russian broadcasts say two Nazi companies were destroyed northwest of Tiraspol after big fires near Minsk and heavy bombing at Baracheze. Rail convoys at Chelm hit by air strikes, several trains damaged. three German trawlers and two patrol launches sunk in Baltic convoy attack. Sixteen Nazi planes shot down. Finnish radio via FCC notes e bomber raids near Kamina Kotka Gulf of Finland with several losses.
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Ation
Tiraspol
Grigoripol
Minsk
Baracheze
Chelm
Red Banner Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Federal Communicat Commission
Kamina
Kotka
Funeral services for Emma Chaston Owens
Funeral services for Emma Chaston Owens held Wednesday at two in Crow cemetery under Mutual Service. She died Tuesday at home and is survived by her parents C B Owens four brothers Ruel Bernall Charles Roland and two sisters Julia Naomi Owens.
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Emma Chaston Owens
Crow
C. B
Ruel
Bernall
Charles
Roland Owens
Julia
Naomi Owens
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