Army War Maneuvers End With Red Defeat in Test
Umpires study who won the Army war maneuvers as 70 000 soldiers in the third army test faced a stronger defense and the red forces won the opening battle ending the three week drill. Plans call for air cover substitutes for dive bombing and a reestablished bomber wing. Highways will be crowded as mechanized units head home with the headquarters company and Co FP 68th infantry taking 13 days to Fort Lewis Washington. The exodus should finish by early June.
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Air Corps
68Th Infantry
Fort Lewis
Ex Local Girl Wins Honors At Florence State College
Miss Olene Woodruff, formerly of Decatur High School class of 1938, was elected to the International Relations Club at Florence State Teachers College. The honor reflects scholarship across subjects with emphasis on social sciences. Woodruff, daughter of Prof T Woodruff, recently taught at Hope school Lawrence County and ranked high in Florence winter quarter grades.
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Woodruff
Decatur High School
T. Woodruff
Wood
Eduin Morgan County
Hatton
Hope School
Lawrence County
Florence
Selma Dedicates New Pettus Bridge
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama formally opened amid ceremonies with state and national figures. A crowd of about 7000 attended as 55 year old prior span was closed to traffic and demolition is planned soon. V Eda Clay, granddaughter of Major Alice M Fowlkes, tied streamers across the new bridge. The two day celebration includes a historical pageant at the city athletic field and other features.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
As & Sur
W. T. Atkins
Eda Clay
Alice M. Fowlkes
Edmund Winston Pettus
Wall Street Ends Close to Day's Best on Selective Rallies
Markets drifted in quiet trading as war news muted activity but late buying lifted shares to near day highs. Industrials led by U.S. Steel and aviation issues helped offset weakness in other groups. transfers ran about 500,000 shares. Egg prices steady at 39 3/4 cents with receipts and dirties noted.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Wall Street
Churchill
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet
Douglas Aiircraft
United Aircraft
Glenn Martin
Lockheed
Anaconda
Kennecott
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Phelps Dodge
N. Y. Central
Santa Fe
American Telephone
Sears Roebuck
Markets at a Glance New York May 25
Markets report steady stocks and steady metals with gains in sugar and cotton mixed in New Orleans futures. Wheat and corn rise in Chicago while cattle and hog markets hold steady. Canadian dollar hits record lows amid erratic foreign exchange.
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New York
Chicago
Cottonseed Meal Futures Steady in Memphis Trading
Prime cottonseed meal futures closed steady in Memphis with May 27.50, July 24.60, September 22.25, October 21.15, December 20.70 fob prices. Trading volume reached 600 tons.
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Memphis
Tenn
F.o.b
Cottonseed Oil Prices Reported in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 25 the market closed steady with prime summer yellow at 5.90N and prime crude nominal. July at 5.70B, September 0.74B, December 5.83 with bids noted.
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New Orleans
Wheat futures rise as securities rally boosts Chicago market
Grain traders tracked the securities rally with wheat advancing more than a cent. Chicago prices closed up 1 1 5 8 to 7 8 5 for July and 62 5 8 for September, with oats up 5 8 to 3 4.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Butter Prices Steady At Chicago Creamery Market
Butter in Chicago on May 25 held at 911 006, steady under creamery pricing with creamery 89 score noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Creamery
Alabama Sets Plan For Balanced Prosperity Program
About 100 readers from business to civic groups will attend a Wednesday meeting in Montgomery to discuss a Southern Governors Conference program of balanced prosperity for Dixie. Governor Dixon names Donald Comer as general chairman of Alabama organization efforts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Dixie
Southern Governors’ Conference
Donald Comer
Frank M. Dixon
House of Representatives
Governors’ Conference
Dixon
Benjamin Russell
Alexander City
State Chamber of Commerce
Joe Lanier
West Point
Alabama Cotton & Manufacturers Association
William Mutth
Birmingham
Committee On Idustrial Organization
Sam E. Roper
Sheffield
State Federation of Labor
J. F. McGraw
Vincent
Alabama Merchants Association
John Pearson
Progressive Farmer of Alabama
Howard Clark
New Blow at Aliens Aimed by Georgia Governor
Governor E. D. Rivers orders cancellation of all Georgia aliens licenses effective June 1. Revenue Commissioner T. Gray Head to revoke permits, with possible exemptions for those who have applied for citizenship. Officials expect hundreds affected. no official count or value of licenses available.
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Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Revenue
T. Gray Head
Head
Rivers
Revenue Department
Board
Dixie Girls Prettyest Beauties Claim Southern Region
Hollywood May 25. Bar Carroll asserts the South and the Mississippi Valley produce the most beautiful women. He notes he has judged leg shows for years and now works on a film titled A Night At Earl Carrolls. He cites three beauties Dolores Loesch Atlanta Lois Platten Charlottesville and Dodie David New Orleans as examples and discusses regional ancestry and social class in beauty.
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Hollywood
South
Bar Carrol
Mississippi Valley
Carroll
Earl Carroll
Earl
Dolores Loesch
Atlanta
Lois Platten
Charlottesville
Dodie David
New Orleans
German Forces Claim Key Heights In France And Normandy
Berlin reports gains on the southern edge of the German salient to the coast near Vimy and a hillside strong point south of Sedan. London says Allied air and sea forces bombed German targets while British and French actions clash along the channel front and northern England coast.
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Berlin
Vimy
Sedan
Bulge
France
Air
Navy
Boulogne
Calais
Somme
Channel
Yorkshire
London
Anglia
Essex
England
British Air Ministry
Roosevelt to reveal defense stance in fireside chat
The president has consulted Rosenwald Baruch Willard and Dr. Martin along with engineers Coffin and Godfrey on defense matters. He is expected to outline the defense situation in a forthcoming fireside chat. Senate moves to enlarge navy air force and authorize a 2.2 billion four year program clash with House support for unlimited army air fleet expansion. Senator Byrd pledges to push naval plane production next week.
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Rosenwald
Daniel Willard
Franklin H. Martin
Howard E. Coffin
Hollis Godfrey
Baruch
War Industries Board
Willard
Administration
Roosevelt
Defense Council
White House
Senate
Navy Air Force
Senate Naval Committee
Naval Air Corps
House
Byrd
D. Va
Decatur Band Concert Raises About $100 Despite Weather
The Decatur high school band concert at Riverside auditorium drew a large crowd and about one hundred dollars was collected amid rain. Local church and civic notes follow with service times and community visits.
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Decatur High School
Riverside Auditorium
Allied air force faces puzzling German officers on night bombing
German officers expressed confusion over perceived Allied miscoordination between air force and ground forces and questioned the aimless nighttime bombing of Western Germany cities as observed by the reporter.
Seventy-Eight Students on Final Honor Rolls at Decatur
Eighty-seven students earned honor distinction last semester at Decatur with 47 on First Honor Roll and 40 on Second Honor Roll. Names listed include Carl Arantz Mary Blankenship Herbert Boley Margaret Ann Brooks Jacqueline Burleson Elizabeth Ann Chappell Billy Palley Annie Rives Dillard Morris Dillard Dowdy Dorothy Fitzpatrick Betty Jean Gasaway David Allen Gibson Alda Goidel John Hamilton Geraldine Hill Marguerite Hovis Ann Hunter Eugene Jones Helen Kitchens Marjorie Lang Eugenia Latady Mary Joyce Lee Sarah Lichtenstein John Lyle Barbara Ann Miller Nelle Frank Moore Bonnie Lee Murphree Bonnie Park John Patterson Lonnie Petty Carolyn Pearifoy Mary Lee Poole Beulah Pryor Thomas Ratliff Martha Rogers Betty Simmons Mary Jane Sittason Vivian Timberlake Bobby Trimble William Vogler Bobbie Winton Betty Wyatt Roy Wyatt Willard Young Second Honor Roll names listed include Brad Bailey Edna Beard Louise Britton Catherine Bump Martha Paul Cain Frances Crow Faye Dobbs Horace Dryden Betsy Jane Elam Willow Jean Fenn Sybil Free Johnnie French Marie Gaines Ernestine Gillespie Thelma Gillespie Vivian Griffis Mary Jane Grubbs Laneese Halbrooks Judson Hawthorne Lillian Houser Betty Jean Johnson Juanita Kilgore Pam Kyle Betty Landers Margaret Lee Betty Lyle Elmer Loyd Arthur Parker Martha Polk Helen Ruth Pruitt Corrine Ray Betty Jane Royer Martha Scales Quimby Sewell Gene Stroud Peggy Trotman Oscar Vaughn Frances Milton West Peggy Wilds Lena Wilson.
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Laneese Halbrooks
Judson Hawthorne
Lillian Houser
Betty Jean Johnson
Juanita Kilgore
Pam Kyle
Betty Landers
Margaret Lee
Betty Lyle
Elmer Loyd
Arthur Parker
Martha Polk
Helen Ruth Pruitt
Corrine Ray
Betty Jane Royer
Martha Scales
Quimby Sewell
Gene Stroud
Peggy Trotman
Oscar Vaughn
Frances Milton West
Peggy Wilds
Lena Wilson
Invasion Echoes at the Moderdijk Bridge
Report describes Dutch and Allied actions near a key bridge. British planes bombed targets as river ships with troops were sunk. Civilians and soldiers marked fresh graves. a grieving father retrieves his son's body amid ongoing bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moderdijk
Go Sign and Largest Bass Prize List
Prizes detailed for a fishing event include the Go Sign and largest bass at 27.25 for 5. second largest bass to a woman at 18.00, followed by several categories such as largest bream 16.55 and largest string of bream 12.80. Additional awards cover striped bass, crappie, jack salmon, and overall categories with values down to 3.94 for largest sealey cat. Prizes 21 and 22 valued at 15.50 will be awarded after prize 20.
County jail to gain matron and federal prison status
The county plans to use the old jail as offices while a new building near Cain and Line streets, funded by a bond issue approved by voters, will house a matron and be classified as a Federal prison, a first for this part of the state.
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Court House
WPA
Cain and
Line Streets
Bombings Tied to Civilian Targets Reported
They claimed to be monitoring a series of bombings that struck civilians and non military sites, indicating attacks on non combatants and civilian infrastructure.
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Brian Aherne
Louis Hayward
Madeleine Carroll
Edward Small
Son
Princess Theatre
Pettus
Local Finance Agency
J.R. Daniels Insurance and Financing
W. Walnut St
Decatur
N. C
Bama
Alabama Pta Congress
Roland Adams
York
Alabama Bankers Association
Duke of Gloucester
George VI
Great Britain
Drew ‘Middleton
Associated Press
Gloucester
Duke
Anthony Eden
Dixie Girls
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Pittsburgh
Boston
Washington
Canada
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Decatur’s
Grant Street
Church of Christ
Lindsay Allen
W. H. Fairley
Detroit, Mich
Fairley
T. L. Gallant
Athens
Pettus G. Birdwell
Glenn
Detroit,Mich
J. W. Phillips
Austinville
Rufus Underwood
Shreveport
Mrs. C. W. Taylor
Frank W. Irvine
James H. Tolley
Belle Mina
People's Church
Salvation Army
Odd Fellows
H. C. Pollard
Huntsville
Sarah Peck Weaver
Montevallo
Alabama College
Miss Weaver
Pick” Plemons
L. & N . Railroad Company
Louisville
Claude Stephenson
Danville
Stes Ienson
Wayne Stephenson
Tydings
DML
T. T. Sharp
Hartselle
Baugh's Infirmary
Fred Shores
Louis Ling
Comer Eze
Douglas Dodd
Indianapolis
Ind
G. A. Donahue
Union Grove
Route 2
Baugh’s Infirmary
Elmer Payne
Alfred Chenault
David Hamack
Somerville
Route 3
City
John Henry Suther
Hueytown, Ala
Johnnie Hedges
Lions Clubs
Suther
Woman's Auxiliary
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. L. Gingrich
Birmingham Baseball Club
Rickwoods
George Hardwick
Auburn
Charles G. Hardwick
Fifth Avenue
West
Mauverene Royer
Kathleen O'Bannon
State Employment Service Office
Gadsden
Urand
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Mrrankin
Davidson Coal & Feed
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