Weather and war notes mix in Decatur district update
Cloudy with scattered showers in extreme southeast and cooler tonight. War Department reports Pfc Sherrie L. Green listed as in action in the ETO while Pvt Harry W. McClarney is wounded. Local church and hospital notices follow with civilian arrivals and departures and community events.
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War Department
Pfc
Sherrie L. Green
Fourth Avenue
Athens
Harry W. McClarney
Canal Street
Decatur
Balloons Strike in U S from Japan Threaten West
Washington reports that Japanese long range balloons have attacked the western United States over several months. Some landed or dropped explosives in isolated spots but no property damage occurred. A public safety campaign warns to avoid touching unidentified objects as melting snow reveals potential hazards.
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Washington
North America
Army
Navy
Mississippi River
German command put to use in postwar control at Flensburg
Supreme headquarters names Maj. Gen. Lowell W. Rooks Eisenhower representative at Flensburg and says Allied occupation troops will use the German high command as intermediary to direct German forces. Rooks, deputy assistant chief of staff in SHAEF operations, will command the SHAEF control party at Flensburg. The group comprises British American officers from the armies navies and air forces including Brig. Gen. Ned Schramm Capt. G. O. Maund and Brig. E. J. Foord.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Lowell W. Rooks
Eisenhower
Flensburg
High Command
Rooks
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters Control Party
Ger
Ned Schramm
U.S. A
G. O. Maund
Royal Navy
E. J. Foord
Blind date sweetheart thrilled by Medal of Honor hero
Beverly Hargreaves, a 19 year old from Centerville Massachusetts, learns her blind date, T Sgt Jake W Lindsey of Mississippi, has earned the 100th Congressional Medal of Honor for an infantryman. She describes herself as nervous and thrilled and plans to see him when he returns home, with marriage not yet considered. The couple met four years ago on a blind date and have since kept up weekly correspondence.
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Centerville
Mass
Jake W. Lindsey
Beverly Hargreaves
Mississippi
Nero
War Department
Beverly
Isney
Ala
Lend-Lease Report Details Allied Reconversion Plan
President Truman outlined coordinated reconversion by the United States Britain and Canada to share the postwar burden. The 19th lend-lease report signals the aid program will continue as a military necessity until final victory with expected reductions in Allied war production and a shift toward civilian output and exports.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Germany
United
Older Men May Be Deferred In Draft
Washington reports policy of indefinite deferments for men over 29 in useful work with no renewal needed. Draft call to be cut about 25 percent starting July, down to 90,000. Local boards urged to reexamine 4-F and limited service registrants 18 through 25 for possible qualification.
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Washington
Selective Service Today
Lewis B. Hershey
Europe
Hershey
Liles
Hodges Men On Way From Europe To Pacific
The First Army under Gen. Courtney Hodges, noted for D Day paratroopers and the Rhine crossing, is redeploying to the Pacific with 30 day furloughs. The War Department says veteran units may shift, but Hodges will lead a strong assault against Japan similar in vigor to the European campaign.
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Hershey
Brack Curry
Washington
American First Army
Siegfried Line
Courtney H. Hodges
United States
War Department
Pacific
France
Belgium
Germany
Paris
Reich
Remagen
Rhine
Hodges
Elbe
First
Japan
Normandy
North Africa
Captain Nungester Among Liberated American Officers
Captain Garrold H. Nungester, held by Germans since February 1943, is listed among liberated captives in a cable to Morgan County Red Cross. The message confirms his liberation and asks that his wife be notified. no further details are provided. Nungester was captured during the Tunisian campaign early in the war. His wife, Mrs. G. H. Nungester, and their children live at 1306 Ninth Street East Decatur, and his parents reside at 519 East Vine Street Decatur.
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Garrold H. Nungester
Morgan County
Red Cross
G. H. Nungester
Nungester
Ninth Street
East Decatur
Captain Nungester
Harry Nungester
East
Vine Street
Decatur
Free Paratrooper Writes From France
Cpl Henry IL Fields, a U S paratrooper captured June 6 in France, is reported free. His sister Mrs Imogene Stidger of Laceys Spring relayed a May 17 message in which Fields says he is in France, hopes to come home soon, and is well and eager to see America in a few days.
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Cpl
Henry IL. Fields
U. S
France
Imogene Stidger
Lacey's
Cpl. Fields
America
City Board to Rework Zoning Decree For Council Vote
Decatur officials will rewrite four zoning clauses before presenting the plan to the City Council at 4 00 PM Wednesday. The council can kill the measure or approve it for public hearing June 19. About 80 to 90 residents attended as W A Hyde of the State Planning Board explained the changes protect existing structures and allow rebuilds after fires.
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Decatur
Planning Board
W. A. Hyde
State Planning Board
Hyde
Walter Todd Views Camps in Germany Witnesses at Hitler’s Concentration Camp
Cpl. Walter H. Todd Jr. of the First Army Signal Corps in Germany writes of his visit to a Nazi concentration camp. He describes stacked bodies, frames, and crematories with ovens running nonstop, noting guards punished prisoners and U S soldiers intervened to stop abuses. He says he cannot tell all and urges his family to see the sights.
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Cpl
Walter H. Todd Jr
Signal Corps
First Army
Germany
Hitler
Church Street
U. S
Marlene Denies Scanties Swap For Air Jacket
New York May 22. Marlene Dietrich denies trading for a jump jacket worn by Gen. Jim Gavin after a serviceman story about a cap swap prompted fan letters. She explains she has no scanties and hopes to meet Pete Carroll to answer letters. Dietrich is entertaining troops in Germany. Carroll is also there.
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New ‘York
Marlene Dietrich
Associated Press
Pete —Carroll
Jim Gavin
82Nd Airborne Division
Mr Carroll
Carroll
Churchill confirms plans for July Britain general election
Prime Minister Churchill signals a summer general election for Britain in a letter to Clement Attlee. Labour adopts a socialist platform at Blackpool calling for a postwar program. Observers expect the vote around July 5, with parliamentary dissolution yet to be announced.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Commonwealth of Great Britain
Japan
Blackpool
Lilienthal Confirmed for Nine Year TVA Term
The Tennessee Valley Authority board member David E. Lilienthal was confirmed for a new nine year term by a Senate voice vote with only Tennessee senators McKellar and Stewart opposing. The confirmation followed extensive Alabama support and petitions from 35 000 residents and 12 TVA counties.
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Tennessee Valley of Alabama
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Lilienthal
Tennessee
Dynamo
TVA
Washington
Truman
McKellar
Stewart
Neersators
Nashville Tennessean
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tom Stewart
Alben Barkley
Okinawa Battle pivotal in Pacific war aims
In a sweeping wartime briefing, Allied forces press the Okinawa fight as a doorway to Japan, with Lt Gen Buckner saying the island will host the death blow to the empire. The Japanese defend fiercely, many basing near 80,000 troops on Okinawa as casualties mount.
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Japan
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Tenth Army
Okinawa
Nippon
Okinawa Battle Drums Up Hope of Quick Victory
Allied officers report battered Okinawan defenders near breaking point after heavy U S Marine losses in a counterattack on the West flank. Combat notes say weather could aid or hinder the push as Nimitz reports advances across multiple Okinawa sectors and Philippine theater progress continues.
Iwo Jima War Bond Appeal to Home Front
A community wartime notice urges support for the Seventh War Loan citing Iwo Jima’s hard fought campaign. It emphasizes the sacrifice of Marines, the heavy casualties, and the need for solid bond purchases at home to back the effort.
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Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Mount Suribachi
Pacific
Iwo
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