Defense attorney links government to Communism in sedition trial
In a mass sedition conspiracy trial, attorney Henry H. Klein claims Communists control the government and warn the U S is on the verge of becoming a Communist country. He cites F S Hillman and Harold Laski as chief instruments of Communism and accuses Roosevelt of ordering the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Henry H. Klein
EU. N. Sanctuary
Supreme Court Vasties
CIO
Political Action Committee
Harold Laski
London
Klein
Roosevelt
O. John Rogge
Edward C. Eicher
Stalin
Russia
Churchill
Great Britain
Planes and Ground Forces Drive Through Italian Front Lines
Allied forces press the Italian campaign with Fifth Army advances northeast of Terracina and Eighth Army penetration in the Liri valley. Piedimonte contested as tanks and infantry tighten noose. Monsicardi and Fondi areas fall. German counterattacks pressured by heavy air support and Allied fortresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Eighth Army
Piedimientey
Terracina
Lguar
Monte Capiccio
Monte Antone
Monte Calvo
Monte Marino
Monte Dellafate
Colle Cima Delmonte
Fondi- Vallecorsa
Monsicardi
Fondi
Monte Orso
Arther
Lencia
Sar Leucio-Pico
Monte San Leucio
DNB
Somme
Verdun
Flanders
Piumarola
Europe
OPA recommends early standards and pricing for textiles
The Office of Price Administration proposes a three part plan to raise low cost textile and clothing supply. It calls for a war model with quality quotas and price ceilings, pre ticketing by manufacturers for retail ceilings, and a larger enforcement staff to curb quality deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA Enforcement Department
Market snapshots from New York Chicago and Nashville reports
Cotton futures edged higher on slow selling as hedge pressure eased. Butter firm in Chicago. eggs unsettled with slight declines. Nashville livestock market showed light supply with steady to higher prices for hogs and cattle. spring lambs active and ewes steady with varied grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Local Social Roundup From Conway Mississippi
Mrs Culis NeSmith spends Friday with Mrs Dennis Tucker. Elbert Compton visits town with Mr and Mrs Butch Townson. Herbert Daniel family weekend in Landsville. Earlene Shelton visits Geneva Tucker. Carrie Lee Hawkins visits her grandparents Guy and Ed ward Shelton. Mae Townson guest of Paul Hamilton. Clara Dee Hamilton visits Dutch Townson. Ora Mae Townson and Farlene Shelton visit Ora Lott Imogene Burks. Floyd Terry show at Midway draws a large crowd. Clinton Theo Pitt of Decatur visit Sunday. Geneva Tucker visits Emmet Alred Friday night. Dutch Townson family visit Sunday with his sister. Elrod Speake community visits Perc y Thresher family. Edward Shelton Sunday night at Culis NeSmith. Sunday singing time moved from afternoon to night. Frank Tucker improving. Pvt Estas Hardin U S Armyweekend with wife and baby. Fannie NeSmith visits son Culis NeSmith family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culis NeSmith
Dennis Tucker
Elbert—Compton
Butch- Townson
Herbert Daniel
Landersville
Earlene Shelton
Geneva Tucker
Carrie Lee Hawkins
Guy Shelton
Theo Pitt
Decatur
Emmet Alred
Dutch Townson
Elrod
Frank Tucker
Pvt
Estas Hardin
U. S. Army
Fannie NeSmith
Morgan County Rock Creek Birthday Dinner Attended
Community members gathered Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Will Mason to honor Mr. Mason and his wife. Guests included D M Brown of Liberty and Charlie Herring of Decatur, with multiple relatives visiting nearby. Peggy Sue McKee and Mollie Alton Lott contracted measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Mason
Mason
Ph Dayton
D. M. Brown
Liberty
Charlie Herring
Decature
Cleo Blackwood
J. F. Tanner
Patsy
Ann Lanier
Tennesee
Dan Roan
Malinda Lewis
Lessie
Mary McKee
Center Grove
Grace Tanner
Birmingham
Louis Tanner
Dick Mae McKee
Decatur
Goodyear mi
Monroe
Steadham
Oneonta
Betty Roan
Peggy Sue McKee
Mollie Alton Lott
Local Notices from West Limestone Residents
Friends and relatives of Limestone County residents share updates from West Limestone and nearby areas. Notices include visits among Tennison and Beasley families, shipyard work in Decatur, and weekend gatherings with extended kin in Athens, Huntsville, Gipsy, Cartwright, and Scottsboro.
Ferris Gernade Arrives Safely in England
Mr and Mrs Gernade of Corinth announce their son Ferris has arrived safely in England confirming his overseas travel status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gernade
Corinth
Ferris
England
Forrest Chapel Residents Attend Basham Bethel Services
A number of Forrest Chapel residents attended Basham and Bethel church services observed at those sites, reflecting a local gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basham
Forrest Chapel
Bethel
Jones Chapel Social Notes and Local Updates
Miss Nellie Glover returned to Sumiton with her aunt Mrs Rockie Chapman. Pvt Cleo Skinner is home on fur lough before transfer to Ft Bragg with his twin brother Pvt Leo Skinner. Mr and Mrs Raymon White Markus White and Mrs Cora Miller visited Mr and Mrs Ted White. John Lewis Casey of Holly Pond stayed with Harvey Chance. Troy Skinner is stationed at Great Lakes IL. Mrs Millie Ann Homes shopped in Cullman. Locals attended decoration at Emmans and Cross Roads. Regular Baptist services set for the 4th weekend with Sunday school at 10:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Glover
Sumiton
Rockie Chapman
Cleo Skinner
Ft. Bragg
Leo Skinner
Raymon
White
Markus White
Cora Miller
Ted White
John Lewis Casey
Holly Pond
Harvey Chance
Troy Skinner
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes
Illinois
Millie Ann Homes
Cullman
Emmans
Cross Roads
The
Baptist Church
Gleans from Local Notices in Morgan County
Givens remains at Baugh's car for medical treatment. Roy and Mrs. Roberts moved to the community to oversee their home. Mrs. Billy Harbin and Miss Bernice Warren of Huntsville visited Mrs. James Ransom. Mrs. Dewey Day and others were business visitors in Decatur. Albert Thomas returned home after visiting her son and daughter in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Givens
Baugh
Roy Roberts
Avske
Billy Harbin
Bernice Warren
Huntsville
James Ransom
Dewey
Henry Marsten
P_T. Watson
Decatur
Albert Thomas
Avery Thomas
Tennessée
Neel Girls' 4-H Club Organized With Officers
The Neel neighborhood forms a 4-H girls group with Frances Garrison as president Vera Mae Roberts as vice president Fayneil McAbee as secretary Bertha Garrison as treasurer Mevilee Hill as song leader and Ozell Hill as victoriale leader. Members include Frances Garrison Vera Mae Roberts Faynell McAbee Bertha Garrison Roberta Turrentine Clara Mae Brown Mavilee Hill Redith McDonald and Ozell Hill. Meeting biweekly. adult agent Mrs. R H Ellis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neel
Frances Garrison
Vera Mae Roberts
Fayneil McAbee
Bertha Garrison
Mevilee Hill
Ozell Hill
Faynell” McAbee
Roberta Turrentine
Clara Mae Brown
Mavilee Hill
Redith McDonald
R. H. Ellis
New Stamps Sent to FDR in Savannah Letter from Soldier
Freeman Bates, a Camp Stewart mechanic and former infantryman, sent President Roosevelt a sheet of 50 S S Savannah stamps with a handwritten note. Bates, who fought on Guadalcanal and was wounded, asks for stamps to be sent to his sister Rosie Rates and his girlfriend Louise Scandone. The piece notes stamp officials and Savannah leaders endorsing Maritime Day events and the S. S. Francis B. Bartow launch with Admiral Emory S. Land speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
S. S. Savannah
Gorp
Freeman Bates
Army Service Forces
Camp Stewart
Rates
Rosiclare, Lll
Guadalcanal
Rosie Rates
Rosiciere
Ill
President
Main Street
Winthroo
Mass
Roy
North
J. Marcus Stubbs
Thomas Gamble
Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation
Emory S. Land
U. S. Maritime Commission
Propeller Club
Admiral Land
Montgomerys plan move of store near Moulton
Mr and Mrs Henry Montgomery plan to move their store five miles north of Moulton on Thursday. Audrey Jenkins spent Friday night with the Montgomerys. Misses Lillie Pearl and Willie Melson stayed with their brother and sister in Aldredge Grove. A Floyd Terry program at Midway school drew a large crowd. Vernon Jenkins visits with his sister the Melsons. Mrs John Napps visited Henry Montgomery on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Montgomery
Moulton Heights
Moulton
John Napps
Decatur
Morris Chapel
Audrey Jenkins
Lillie, Pearl
Willie Mirl Melson
Robert Melson
Floyd Terry
Midway School
Vernon Jenkins
Aldredge Grove
Elbert Hayes
Austinville
Churchman Boyd Hargraves Dies in Chattanooga
Boyd W. Hargraves a 60 year old attorney and noted Methodist lay leader died yesterday in Chattanooga Tennessee He served as president of the National Association of Businessmen's Evangelistic clubs and was director of the Christian Business Men's Committee International
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Boyd W. Hargraves
National Association of Businessmen’s Evangelistic Clubs
Christian Business Men's Committee International
Club Seeks Magazines for Service Men on Bank Street
Decatur Service Men's club requests current reading material for its members. Back issues date to 1942 and few up-to-date magazines remain. Donors are asked to drop by on Bank Street with any current reading material or last month's magazines to help expand the club's selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Decatur Service Men's Club
Service Club
Bank Street
Air Offensive In France And Britain Ramps Up
Allied air forces forged ahead with dawn and night attacks across France and Germany. More than 3,000 Allied planes, including 1,700 heavy bombers and 1,300 fighters, struck targets from Dortmund to Le Mans as part of a Western invasion buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Hitler
Local Notes Mention Army returnees and a student injury
Mrs Chris Erneston spent the weekend with Miss Margaret Kennamer in Sheffield County. Solicitor Newton Powell now in the Army visits home en route from Fort Brooke to Camp Forrest Tenn. Cadet Ned Shackleford of Decatur is recovering at Columbia Military Academy Hospital after a brain concussion from a Saturday auto accident. He was an occupant of a car driven by another cadet. The car skidded on loose gravel. Shackleford was more seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Powell
Fort Broge
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Ned Shackleford
Decatur
Columbia Military Academy
Shackleford
Chrysler Strike Ends Abruptly in Detroit
The Chrysler Corp. strike idled about 12,000 war workers and was called off by the executive board of UAW CIO Local 450. Strikers are ordered back to work ahead of a UAW CIO meeting to explain the stoppage. International leaders urged employees to ignore picket lines and return to plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Uaw-Cio
R. J. Thomas
Japan approves relief plan for Philippine internees
Washington reports the Japanese approved a relief plan funding $25,000 monthly in relief supplies for internees and prisoners of war in the Philippine islands. American funds will finance purchases in the Philippines per YMCA advice. Diplomats press Japan for full reciprocity to allow neutral inspections of civilian and prisoner of war camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Department
YMCA
Will Rogers returns to Claremore in state funeral
In Claremore Oklahoma May 23 the body of Will Rogers was placed in a stone crypt beside the Will Rogers memorial museum. The famous Oklahoman died nine years ago in an Alaska plane crash with Wiley Post, and the town now keeps his memory in its beloved plains landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
Fortresses Bomb France in Clear Skies Despite Flak
U S fighters claim 22 enemy planes destroyed in operations over France and Belgium. Five American bombers and eight fighters were lost. Brigades back from Germany reported light flak and visual bombing after clouds broke. Fortresses faced minimal opposition apart from one group with German fighters driven off by Mustangs. Sgt Harold Hirsch Jr of Atlanta described the raid as a milk run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hirsch, Jr
Atlanta
Germany
Gas Coupon Theft Probed in Tampa and Georgia
Tampa detective chief says coupons found with two men in Columbus Ga were stolen from the Tampa rationing board office during the weekend. Suspects Barney Tillman Berry of Atlanta and J E Randall of Bremen Ga deny illegal possession of coupons for 200000 gallons. Hugh Grover Horn of Columbus faced related charges. Tampa police broadcast aided identification as a vault robbery left coupons worth about 800000 gallons missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
D. D. Stephens
Columbus
Barney Tillman Berry
Atlanta
J. E. Randall
Bremen
Hugh Grover Horn
Stephens
J. G. Newberry
Newberry
Allied advances reported across Asia and Pacific fronts
British headquarters pledged progress on the Assam front while Burma losses reached 213 Japanese planes toppled in 10 weeks. Wakde airstrip began receiving planes as reinforcements moved toward New Guinea. Allied bombers struck Ponape again as Chungking confirmed Lushih fall and Japan pressed toward Tingkwan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assam
Southeast Asia
Burma
Pacific
Wakde
New Guinea
Ponape
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Chungking
Lushih
Henan
Tingkwan
Senate considers amendments banning sponsorship of news broadcasts
Washington May 23 A proposed ban on commercial sponsorship of news broadcasts is part of sweeping amendments to the federal communications act presented to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Chairman Wheeler said the draft reflects his and Senator White’s efforts toward a compromise on overall radio policy amid controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senator White
R-Me
Funeral for Decatur Child Dies at Home
Funeral services for Tillmant Orvile McDaniel age year old of Decatur will be held Wednesday at 3 PM at Johnson's Chapel officiated by Rev Bynum. Interment in the adjoining cemetery Mutual Service directing. Survived by parents one brother John William and three sisters Decia Elizabeth Betty Francis and Shelby Jeah McDaniel all of Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little
Tillmant Orvile-McDaniel
E. O. McDaniel
Decature
Johnson's Chapel
Bynum
John William McDaniel
Decia Elizabeth
Betty Francis
Shelby Jeah McDaniel
Decatur 3
Major Operation For Mrs. Georgia Dunn At Vanderbilt
Friends report Mrs. Georgia Dunn postmaster of Lacey's Spring is at Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville Tennessee awaiting a major operation and is under 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Dunn
Lacey's Spring
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville, Tenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Avers Reds
U. S
C. E. Baxter
Ala
Itri
Italy
Formia
Signal Corps
N.Y. Cotton
Lawrence County
Conway
Morgan County
Rock Creek
Limestone County
West Limestone
Mrs
Sam Tennison
Marvin Crowson
Cartwright
Ola Pugh
Georgia
Mavis Pugh
Barbara Cribbs
Stinnett Hollow
Edward Tennison
Billie Beasley
Ingalls Ship Yard
Edward Christopher
Phillip
Athens
Audie Christopher
Chloe
Enole
U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Calloucester
New Britain
U.S. Treasury Department
Cullman County Jones Chapel
Eron White
Val Hermooso
Ollie Louise Turney
Fdr
Gentile
Don
Edith
Piqua
Ohio
Cassino
Oater
Monte Cassino
Signal ‘Corps
AIR
Continental
Britain
RAF
Dortmund
Brunswick
Orleans
le Mans
Ludwigshafen
Belgium
Portsmouth
Air Ministry
Peruse
Kiel
Palscatur
Chris Erneston
Margaret Kennamer
Sheffield
Chrysler
Japan
Congress
M.r.rankin
Led Hee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!