Death claims Mrs Dowd after long illness in Florence
Mrs. Bessie Stringer Dowd aged 59 widow of Edward P Dowd died Monday at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital Florence after a lengthy illness. Born in Somerville May 11 1886 she lived in Falkville Tanner Sheffield and Florence. Survived by five daughters eight grandchildren a brother and other relatives. Funeral services at St Josephs Florence with burial in Catholic cemetery. Brown Service directing.
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Edward Patrick Dowd
Eliza Coffee Mortal Hospital
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Morgan County
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Somerville
Falkville
Tanner
Limestone County
Chapel of Brown Service
St. Joseph Church
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St. Michaels Church
St. Florian
James E. Anderson Jr
Sheffield
Adrian Thompson
Tuscumbia
Michael Barry
Joseph E. Ecks
Jake Laubenthal
Decatur
Medical
Lauderdale
Colbert Counties
Lend-Lease Adjusted on Broad Front for War Alliances
The report notes coordinated lend-lease shifts among Allies to share industrial capacity for the war against Japan. It emphasizes preserving effective supply flow to win total victory, with Europe’s end prompting reductions and a continued focus on the most effective war prosecution. Russia’s future program details are not given, but total shipments to Russia reached 8.41 billion dollars for the period, including 3.285 billion sent in the period reported.
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Apan
Japan
Germany
Russia
Europe
War in Okinawa Fights Continue as Japan Mobilizes
The Okinawa battle intensifies with fortified ridges from Naha to Yonabaru. Marines recapture Sugar Loaf amid brutal close combat as Japan mobilizes 20 million civilians for defense, signaling hard fighting ahead if invasion proceeds.
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Naha
Shuri
Yonabaru
Nippon
Tokyo
Tennessee TVA clash over Lilienthal and politics
Senate debate centers on Lilienthal and TVA influence in Tennessee. McKellar accuses Lilienthal and Evans of trying to defeat him, while Barkley defends Lilienthal’s political role and cites Truman’s merit based appointment.
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Tennessee
Barkley
Lister Hill
John Bankhead
Alabama
Lilisnthal
McKellar
Tennessee Valley
Kentucky
Lilienthal
Silliman Evans
T&a
Truman
Fulton coroner rules heart attack caused death of Rome man
A Fulton county coroner's jury ruled that Fred Noble of Rome Georgia died of a heart attack. Noble's body was found Sunday in an Atlanta hotel room and the verdict was announced by Mrs. Paul Donehoo, Fulton county coroner.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Fred Noble
Rome
Paul Donehoo
Lend-Lease Totals For 1944 Highlight Massive Aid
A wartime report lists 13,300 aircraft and 6,800 tanks sent in the last year, with total aid to all Allies reaching 38.97 billion dollars. Exports totaled 29.31 billion, Britain receiving 12.78 billion and other regions varying. Reverse lend-lease for 1944 is estimated at 2.53 billion, bringing cumulative receipts to 4.66 billion by Jan 1, 1945.
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Russia
Britain
Africa
Middle East
Mediterranean Area
China
India
Australia
New Zealand
Latin America
Global Vets Post Sought by National Secretary
Thomas H. Chunn of Tennessee, national secretary of the Global War Veterans, arrives in Decatur to recruit a local post. He outlines veteran concerns and postwar needs, noting his WWI era service and a spinal injury at Fort Knox before retirement as a second lieutenant.
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Ooh Tenn
Cornelian Court Hotel
Decatur
America
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Fort Knox
First Armored Regiment
Walter Reed Hospital
Columbia
British Labor votes to end coalition with Churchill
British Labor delegates rejected continuing in the wartime coalition, signaling a return to an election campaign. Churchill may form an interim government with ministers, while Liberal members are expected to withdraw. Tension over Yugoslav occupation in Northeastern Italy and Southern Austria eased, with signs of an early solution.
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Dunkerque
Labor Party
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Italy
Austria
Eighth Moves In Trieste Presses North And East
Eighth Army troops from Britain and the United States advanced from the Isonzo river toward Trieste and the coastal road, shaping a peaceful penetration of hill country and avoiding incidents with Yugoslav forces. One American was wounded by a mine near a roadblock, likely German laid.
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Trieste
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Tito withdraws forces as Trieste HQ left. Balkan stance shifts
Report says Tito pulls partisan units from Southern Austria while occupation HQs leave Trieste. Britain and partisans stay in the Adriatic port as a peace plan content suggests a temporary Yugoslav settlement and renewed claims. U S First Army officers head to the Pacific, with reshuffling and replacements. Arab anger rises over French Syria Lebanon force. Syria and Lebanon parliaments to meet as Pan Arab league forms.
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Local News Roundup From Hartselle and Decatur Area
Furlough for Pvt Hollis Wayne Tapscott visits his parents in Hartselle. New ceiling prices on live, dressed, and drawn poultry mailed to county merchants. Local hospital notes include dismissals and patients at Decatur General. Visiting Houston residents S A Starras with E C Powell. Benson Bryant of Mobile visiting relatives. First Methodist crusade and workers meetings held in church parlor. William Burns, Danville, reports a sailor Jewel F Burns letter misaddressed. Burns offers to forward to correct owner.
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Jewel F. Burns
Jewel N. Burns
Stettinius To See Truman In Washington Trip
Secretary of State Stettinius leaves the United Nations conference today for a hurried Washington trip to confer with President Truman on mounting war end crises in Europe. He plans to return within days as Senators Connally and Vandenberg take over American leadership. The conference presses toward an early June finish with heavy work ahead on postwar Allied cooperation.
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Stettinius
United Nations Conference
Washington
Truman
Europe
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Holland
Berlin
Russia
Britain
United States
Bombing Blitz Racks Up Formosa Strikes and Japan Losses
Allied forces report sinking six ships and damaging six more with 48 smaller craft hit during heavy Formosa bombing. Liberator escorted raids dropped 327 tons on Keelung harbor while 9000 tons total were unleashed. MacArthur calls results excellent as Japanese rivercraft, ships, and Nipponese forces face decisive losses.
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Keelung
Douglas MacArthur
eiching_one
Okinawa
Japan
Soldiers to be recalled as war plants face manpower squeeze
The army announced that 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers furloughed to war plants will be recalled to active duty when their temporary leave expires. The policy places such registrants alongside those regularly engaged in activities essential to the war effort.
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Ar Department
Protests in Cairo Hyped to Ease Tensions
Arab circles in Cairo said protest work stoppages in both nations formerly under French mandate would be eased to create an atmosphere of calm. The report notes plans to reduce friction and promote stability amid regional tensions.
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Group Urges Sugar Czar to Coordinate Controls
The House Food Committee urged appointing a single administrator to coordinate sugar controls as 1,000,000 tons less sugar will be produced this year. The report favors reexamining allocations to liberated countries and neutrals.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Food Committee
House
House Veterans Committee
Soldiers Freed In Germany Besieged War Returns
The War Department reports about 22,000 American soldiers freed near the war’s end will be sent home quickly by air and sea. They will receive medical care good food and part of their back pay at American camps while awaiting demobilization.
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Germany
War Department
WPB tightens wartime controls amid output shifts
The War Production Board announces production scales for appliances and auto parts, lifts restrictions on mobile repair parts, halts 37 comic and five detective magazines, and freezes 5,000,000 copies of 17 magazines. President Truman and General De Gaulle plan a meeting with Georges Bidault, site unnamed. Rep Doughton opens tariff debate urging authority for broad duty cuts in reciprocal trade, signaling a major party line clash.
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Truman cites overwhelming force as Lindsey honored
President Truman spoke to a joint session of Congress announcing that the United States is amassing overwhelming force to strike Japan. The address honored Jake W. Lindsey of Lucedale Miss a first army technical sergeant and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
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Italy
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Lucedale
Miss
Army orders affect plants and skilled soldiers release
The Army announced that plants including foundries and forges along with artillery ammunition factories will be affected by the order. It also rescinded regulations that allowed for the release of skilled soldiers to work in war plants.
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Army
Nippon Juicy Target For Aerial Attacks
An Associated Press analysis by James J. Strebig outlines why Japan is a prime aerial target. It notes weather and distance complicate operations, Japan’s coastal industry and population aid air attacks, and future air campaigns may rely on B-29s and P‑51s with support from Navy fighters.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Europe
Public hearing set for drainage project in Decatur area
City council advanced the East and West Decatur drainage plan with a June 18 public hearing. West Decatur covers 50 acres bordered by Moulton Third Ninth Avenue Sixth and East Decatur spans 73 acres south of Prospect Drive to Somerville Road. Protests will be heard at the hearing and the L and N railroad may paint the Danville Road underpass piers with black and white stripes.
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West Decatur
Moulton Street
Third Street
Ninth Avenue
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Danville Road
Uniforms arrive for Gray Ladies at Morgan Red Cross
Official Gray Ladies uniforms have arrived at the Morgan county chapter of the American Red Cross for twenty plus volunteers at Courtland air base hospital. The gray seersucker dresses feature white cuffs and Red Cross badges on the pocket and cap. Members on duty must wear them at all times. Mrs. T. J. Cottingham, acting chairman, announced. Those who have not yet received a uniform are urged to stop by chapter headquarters.
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Morgan County
American Red Cross
Courtland Air Base Hospital
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Rites Wednesday for Mrs Roberts
Funeral services set for Mrs. Mar C. Roberts at Grace Baptist Church Bristol Virginia. She died Saturday at her home in Lenoir North Carolina at age 75. Interment planned for Greenwood Cemetery Alvarado. She was mother to five sons three daughters and other relatives. Three sons are Baptist preachers Dr. Paul Roberts De catur Rev Arthur Roberts Lane ford Texas and Rev Carl Roberts Bristol Virginia.
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Bristol
Mar C. Roberts
Paul Roberts
Central Baptist Church
Revival Service Draws Large Congregation at Baptist Church
Reverend L C Radford delivered a stirring sermon to a large crowd at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church last night. Attendance is urged for morning and evening revival services with Radford's topic tonight titled Half Breeds.
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Seventh Chapter
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Will
Council votes traffic light move and new fire plug plan
The council decided to move the traffic light from Sixth and Seventh Avenues to First Avenue and Lee Street and to place a fire plug at College and Second Streets. Further action on parallel parking was postponed until the next meeting.
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Seventh Avenue
First Avenue
Lee Street
College and
Second Streets
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