Bible School Opens at Sixth Avenue Church of God
The daily vacation Bible school begins Monday at 8 30 AM under supervisor Gertrude Evans from Camp Taylor Kentucky. The program features a large faculty with classes for all ages and a missionary study course plus crafts and handwork. Rev R F Miller urges community families to send children. attendance is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Gertrude Evans
Camp Taylor
Jane Bradford
Bernice Billions
Louis Argend
C. M.kimp
R. F. Miller
L. L. Garrison
Blythe Isley
O. B. Hartselle
Nelda Randle
Churchill resigns as Prime Minister in wartime transition
The Ministry of Information reports Winston Churchill tendered his resignation to the King after leading a coalition government with Labour. Attlee and Labour push for an autumn or July election as Britain prepares to dissolve Parliament under a caretaker setup.
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Pes
Churchill
Europe
Commons
Conservative
Labor Party
Attlee
Ministry of Information
No. 10
Downing Street
Winston Churchill
Treasury
Defense
Severnment
Dunkerque
Blackpool
Labor
Britain
Japan
Germany
Baldwin
Neville
Markets at a Glance May 23 1930s style trading slate
New York stocks lower led by steels and rails while bonds show mixed signals. Cotton steady as commission houses buy. grain and hogs firm with cash markets active. cattle brisk with top at 17.90.
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New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report May 23
Cattle market shows steady to lower trends with steers and cows mostly steady and bulls down 50. Good calves range 14.50 to 16.00 with other grades lower. Hog market active and steady with barrows and gilts 13.25 to 14.50 and sows 13.75.
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Nashville
West Limestone Notes On Local Families And Planting Delays
Busy cotton planting faces delays due to rain with several needing to replant. Local families share visits and comings and goings in West Limestone, Athens, Ardmore and nearby areas. Notables include A. M. Christopher unable to work in Athens, Navy sailor Billy Beasley home briefly, Edward McCurry returning from German captivity, and multiple Tennison and Beasley family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Christopher
Athens
Waits Cote
Fannie Carter
John Harlow
Charles Stinett
Cullen Tennison
Joyce Tennison
Edward Tennison
Ingall Shipyard
Decatur
Billy Beasley
Navy
Robert Marbut
Georgia
Mary Lena Boyd
Thelma Beasley
Ardmore
Leon Beasley
Ruth Patterson
J. D. Gill
N. E. Gill
Concord
Ed Kelley
Lauderdale County
Edward McCurry
J. H. Curry
Edward
Hazel Davis
Florence
Gordon Tennison
Lovers Lane
Glass firms face antitrust suit over flat glass
The Justice Department filed a civil suit in Toledo Ohio charging Pittsburgh Plate Glass Pittsburgh Pa Libbey Owens Ford Glass Toledo and seven other manufacturers with monopolizing the production processing and distribution of flat glass including plate safety window tempered and sheet glass. 16 company officers and a trade association named in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Pittsburg Pilate Glass Company
Department
Toledo
Ohio
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Pittsburgh
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Anr
Wartime Coalition Government And Global War Updates
The article discusses Churchill forming a wartime coalition on May 10 1940, minor party by elections, and the likely resignations of about 30 Labour and Liberal ministers. It notes Norway’s Vidkun Quisling facing treason charges and a pending trial, plus shifting tensions in the upper Adriatic as American and British troops advance near Trieste. It also gives Paris released figures on U S military personnel returning home with tens of thousands more to follow in June, including those headed to the Pacific theater.
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Churchill
Low Countries
Oslo
Sven Arntzen
Vidkun Quisling
Norway
Quisling
Arntzen
Upper
Adriatic
Venezia Guilia
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Paris
United States
Pacific
Othier
Streicher Captured in Bavarian Hills by 101st Airborne
Julius Streicher, notorious Jew-baiter, has been captured on a farm in the Bavarian hills by officers of the 101st Airborne Division, according to a late bulletin from Berchtesgaden dated May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berchtesgaden
Julius Streicher
Bavarian Hills
101St Airborne Division
German POWs to be released to aid Allied occupation
Allied headquarters in Paris announced that select groups of German prisoners including agricultural workers coal miners and transport workers will be discharged to return to civilian status under military government. Men over 50 and all women will be released while commanders may retain essential personnel. Security controls will screen for war criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Allied Headquarters
Volkssturm
Eisenhower
Germany
Truman Says Congress Not Elected For Europe Tour
Senator O Mahoney plans to bring to the senate floor the fight he lost in committee against a proposal for a $2500 a year tax free expense fund for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iag
Congress
Europe
O'Mahoney
Senate
Division grows over veto power at UN world security council
At the United Nations conference the Big Five face a split as Britain urges discarding veto in probing disputes. US diplomats show mixed views while Russia resists. A subcommittee backs regional defense systems within a world security framework and Britain and the US block an Egyptian proposal on international mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Associated Press Diplomatic News
San Francisco
United States
Yalta
Il-nation
Security Council
Syria
Lebanon
France
Levant
Britain
Pacific Islands
Union Grove to Have S S Meeting
The program for the Sunday school meeting at Union Grove Baptist Church Sunday afternoon lists 2:30 song and prayer with Mrs. Horace Dean giving devotional at 2:45 and announcements. At 3:00 Rev. O C March will speak on how to have a Vacation Bible School and at 3:15 Rev LW Myers will discuss Vacation Bible School as a soul winning agency. Adjourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Grove Baptist Church
Horace Dean
O. C
Soul Winning Agency
LW. Myers
Greensboro teen sentenced in Alabama murder case
In Hale County Alabama 17 year old Negro defendant stands trial for the February killing of 63 year old plantation overseer Ernest Johnson. In a related verdict Richard Brown 19 was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by Circuit Judge W E Callen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Ala
Ernest Johnson
Hale County
Richard Brown
W. E. Callen
Brown
Jack T. Walton
Warrior River
Community Notices Highlight Local Transfers and Events
Local hospital transfers include W H Nance moving to Decatur General and Mrs Marvin Smith and infant daughter returning home from hospital. Visitors from Denver arrive for a few days with Parker family before Fo Pumilla deploys to Montgomery. Births, dismissals, and operations at Decatur General and Baugh infirmary are noted along with community church services, civic club meetings, and an upcoming community sing at the Church of God on Sherman Street. Proclamations and minor court fines appear in brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony S. Pumilla
Denver
Colorado
Norman C. Parker
Fourth Avenue West
Montgomery
Pumilla
Marvin H. Smith
Decatur General
Falkville 2
Brown's
Marvin Smith
Decatur General Hospital
Church of God
Sherman Street
Easter Wood
Woodland Brothers of
Cullman
Courtland Air Base
Tri-City
Mrs Martha Truman Returns Home From Washington Visit
Mrs Martha Truman, 92, mother of the President, is glad to be home after a 10 day visit to the White House in Washington. She traveled with her daughter Miss Mary Jane Truman and was escorted by Col. Harry H Vaughan. She told reporters at Union Station she went to see the grandest boy in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Martha Truman
White House
Washington
Mrs. Truman
Union Station
Grandview
Vintage car seen here draws curious crowds in town
W G Harrison of Decatur parked a rare post war gasoline buggy on Second Avenue to the noon hour crowds. The two cylinder motor reportedly returns 15 miles per gallon and top speed around 20 mph while the owner notes its buggy body and wheels. Lt John Peck, neighbor, demonstrates steering by pushing and pulling the tiller.
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Second Avenue
W. G. Harrison
Decatur 1
John Peck
Harrison
City of Decatur Reports April Budget Deficit and Revenue Surge
City Auditor Dan D. Saris reports Decatur ended April $2,314.75 over budget in expenses while revenues run ahead by $63,461.24. Income to date totals $176,004.20 against $112,543.03 budget, with seven months of the fiscal year producing $16,995.73 toward a $193,000 annual goal. Expenditures to date amount to $121,515.52 against a year budget of $165,960, leaving a deficiency narrower than March. Major April expenses include $3,667.09 for sanitation, $2,972.43 police, $1,708.89 street, $1,507.77 executive, and $1,055.84 fire. April income peaks: $7,050.00 fines and costs and $1,000 from the water department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Dan D. Saris
Sanitary Department
Water Department
Alabama House approves major fiscal bills in session
In Montgomery the Alabama House passed the general co commerce and coercenental budget allocating over 14 million dollars to departments and debt service by a 76 to 0 vote. A prior school appropriation of more than 24 million was approved. both go to the Senate. A new beer tax bill and expansion of TVA Sand Mountain sub stations were also advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Senate
Rep. Hooton
Randolph
Tennessee Valley
Sandmountain Agricultural Experiment
Trio Transferred to Moulton Jail on Theft Charge
Eddy Payne Walden Payne and Mrs Daisey Lee Payne were moved to Lawrence county jail in Moulton Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Ben Corum with Highway Patrolmen Hale and Edgeman. They were previously held in Morgan county jail on charges of stealing $450 from Jack Wilson owner of the Wilson grocery store and service station nine miles west of town awaiting grand jury action.
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Eddy Payne
Walden Payne
Daisey Lee Payne
Lawrence County
Moulton
Ben Corum
Hale
Edgeman
Morgan County
Jack Wilson
Wilson
Shipping Losses Bared by Admiral Land
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land disclosed wartime shipping losses in Mobile Alabama and outlined postwar uses for the U S Merchant Marine. He noted about 4,500 900 tons of American merchant shipping lost and said shipyards produced substantial deadweight tonnage to replace ships and carry an estimated 78 5 million tons of freight in 1944.
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Mobile
Ala
Emory S. Land
Admiral Land
U. S. Maritime Commission
Negro duty urged in political life at Tuskegee
Dr. Clarke Foreman, president of the Southern Conference on Human Welfare, tells the Tuskegee Institute graduating class that Negroes have a duty to participate in the nation's political life, stating a decent democracy cannot be built on injustice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuskegee
Ala
Clarke Foreman
Southern Conference On Human Welfare
Tuskegee Institute
Foreman
Plot To Kill Hitler Almost Succeeded
An account from Heinz Buchholz recounts the July 20 1944 bomb plot at Rastenburg in which Col. Stauffenberg attempted to kill Hitler. The blast injured many and killed Col. Brandt and other officers. Hitler escaped with minor injuries due to a kicked briefcase shielding him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Cowan
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Heinz Buchholz
Rastenburg
Prussia
Buchholz
Col. von Stauffenberg
Stauffenberg
Field Marshal
Keitel
Col. Stauffenberg
Gen. Hensinger
Col. Brandt
Col. Bandt
Fuehrer
Hendreich Berger
Luftwaffe
Korten
PFC Arnold Receives Bronze Star for Bold Stand
Pfc Bill Arnold of Company A 335th Infantry attached to the Railsplitter division earned the Bronze Star. He spotted two hidden German soldiers along a road near Gorleben, signaled teammates, drew his pistol, and helped repel the threat as another enemy fighter was felled by a companion. Arnold served in the 84th Infantry’s Ardennes, Siegfried Line, Ruhr to Rhine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Arnold
335Th Infantry
Lacon
Arnold
Railsplitter
A. R. Bolling
84Th Infantry
Ardennes Forest
Siegfried Line
Ruhr
Rhine
Germany
Gorleben
Fuchs outlines postwar aims and German policy hopes
Fuchs discusses reconstruction and German leadership under military government. He urges rapid release of skilled prisoners, press control for reeducation, and limited anti-Semitic action. He envisions revived schools, nonfraternization, and a new democratic party for collaboration while recounting Nazi-era retirement and Saar tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Fuchs
Johnson
Democratic Party
Saar Basin
League of Nations
Saar
Rhineland
Final Rites Held at Herring Cemetery for Ammon Amous
Final rites were held Sunday at Herring cemetery for Ammon Amous who died Friday at her home near Joppa after a brief illness. Rev. Carl Green of Falkville conducted the service with Drinkard directing interment. She is survived by her husband and two sons, Coot Tucker of Falkville and Wiley Tucker of Falkville.
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Herring Cemetery
S. Ammon Amous
Joppa
Carl Green
Falkville
Drinkard
Coot Tucker
Wiley Tucker
Tennessee Rites Held for Mrs Anna Hennessee
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Florentine Hennessee age 66 were held at Mount Tabor Church with Rev. A F York and W W Owens officiating. Interment followed in Mount Tabor Cemetery. Survived by husband J D Hennessee daughter Vera Gertrude Black two sons Elbert Hennessee three stepdaughters Mrs Willie Bradford Mrs Lizzie Okelley Mrs Ida Whisenart two sisters Mrs Claudie Edwards Mrs Minnie Edwards three brothers Frank Helms Emmett Helms Housecnt Helms Pallbearers were Owen Edwards Ray Edwards Wiley Edwards Henry Edwards Tidwell Helms and Grafton Helms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Florentine Hennessee
Union Grove
Jack
Mount Tabor
A. F. York
W. W. Owens
Peck
J. D. Hennessee
Vera Gertrude Black
Elbert Hennessee
Willie Brafid
Decatur
Lizzie O'Kelley
Manchester
Tenn
Ida Whisenart
Lacey Springs
Claudie Edwards
Minnie Edwards
Frank Helms
Emmett Helms
Housecnt Helms
Arab
Owen Edwards
Ray Edwards
Wiley Edwards
Henry Edwards
Tidwell Helms
Grafton Helms
Allied forces advance across Pacific and Asia fronts
Army units push along Shuri highway and seize key positions in Mindanao and Luzon while the Sixth and First Marine divisions consolidate near Naha. In Indo China Allied pursuit grows as Japanese retreats continue along Foochow coast and inland Hunan and Honan. Air war reports note Japanese ships sunk and 11,000 U S airmen redeploying from Europe with 180 000 more to follow in June.
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Philippines
Malabalay
Mindanao
31St
24Th
Lincanan Airfield
Davao
First Cavalry Division
Port Real
Luzon
Sixth Army
Tarakan
Borneo
Wewak
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomons
Indo-China
Foochow
Hunan
Honan
Tokyo
U. S
Okinawa
Europe
Mill Worker Held in Fitzgerald Shooting
Willis Barnes, 27, is held without bond for murder after a Fitzgerald Georgia cotton mill shooting that killed foreman Jim Clark, 52, and sub foreman Joe Brown Peacock, 37, and critically wounded Garbert Myes, 35, son of manager J. H. Mayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald, Ga
Fitzgerald Cotton Mill
J. W. Griner
Griner
Jim Clark
Joe Brown Peacock
Garbert Myes
J. H. Mayes
Willis Barnes
Seed Production Advances in Alabama Legumes
Alabama seed production in 1944 totaled 12,? million pounds across legumes. Hairy vetch led with 4,574,618 pounds followed by smooth vetch 351,050 and crimson clover 1,000,870. Casey peas contributed 2,465,340 pounds and blue lupine 3,487,550 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ala
Alabama
J. C. Lowery
Extension Agronomist
Alabama Polytecnic Institute
Mr. Lowery
Improvised rope saves sailor from cliff fall near Portland
In Oregon on May 23 a man Larry L. Secor fell 60 feet on a Columbia River highway trail, then a couple Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Short used improvised rope from clothing to reach a fir tree and pull the sailor to safety despite a brittle wire failing to reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Larry L. Secor
Milwaukee
Richard W. Short
Short
Mrs. Short
Decatur Planning Board to present rewritten zoning ordinance
The Decatur Planning Board will present a revised zoning ordinance to the City Council at 4:00 PM in City Hall. Changes include removing porte cochere restrictions, allowing garage apartments on property lines, permitting rebuilding after fire to match prior structure, and accepting a scaled sketch with current building code compliance for permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Planning Board
City Hall
Planning Board
Local families share visits and updates this weekend
Rev and Mrs Loyd Rodgers and family shared Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Roy Aldridge and family. Mrs Melba Hale and baby visit relatives. Navy man Herbert White returns home on furlough. Several local families greet visitors, celebrate births and attend Memorial Day events. Henry Clay U S Army home after months as POW in European zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Rodgers
Roy Aldridge
Melba Jean Hale
Baby
Herbert White
Navy
W. W. Miller
Raymon White
Harvey Chance
Vernie White
Ted White
Floyd Glover
Syble Malone
Knoxville
Minnie Dutton
Mt. Vernon
James Reese
Emma Laney
Blair
Jim Powell
Anderson Butler
The
Baptist Church
Suneday
Henry Clay
U. S. Army
Eurospean Zone
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Mrs
Sam Tennison
Truman
Ecaturs Diary
W.H. Nance
Wadsworth Street
Brown's Ambulance
Little Jean White
E. E. Carter
Somerville 1
Baugh's Infirmary
Richard Sharp
Decatur- General Hospital
Fourth Avenue
Ada White
Cyprus Street
S. M. Propst
Baugh’s Infirmary
Gene E. Richey
Tanner 1
Joyce Jean
F O
Thomas Parks
W. F.parks
Selmon Field
Monroe
Louisiana
Milton Murdock
Ami Clinic
Wesley Hoskins
Hamil Clinic
Ben Darnell
Joe Weatherly
Community Baptist Church
Silver Lake
Wisconsin
Central Baptist Church
Weatherly
Tom C. Reid
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Connie Alexander
Ninth Army
35Th Division
Civitan
Rotary
Lions
Kiwanis
Somerville Road School
Floyd Cunningham
Luther Patrick
Birmingham
Clara Moon
S. C. Hendon
Ninth Avenue South
Alfred Hardiman
William Brown
Mrs. Brown
David Moon Somerville
Shuri
Keystone
First Marine
Sixth Marines
Naha
Cullman County Jones Chapel
Eron White
James L.rankin
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