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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
1
The forecast calls for scattered thundershowers in the north with a high of 86 and low of 67. Cotton prices posted include strict middling 20.95 and 20.80, with lower grades at 18.95 and 16.95. Local cinema listings feature See Here Private Hargrove at Princess, What A Man at Roxy, and They Raid By Night at Capitol.
Massed bomber formations from Britain Italy and the United States assaulted targets from Northern France and Belgium to Southern Germany and Italy. Allied air forces focused on rail yards airfields and industrial sites while fighters provided escort as large formations stretched into miles of skies.
Staff Sgt. Philip J. Hans 24, stationed at Ft. Benning Georgia, returned home five months late from a Christmas furlough and visited his parents before going to the home of his girlfriend Peggy Scocca 19. A decorated tree and gifts awaited him, with greetings of Merry Christmas.
Howard K. Menhennick of the Department of Regional Studies TVA urged Decatur Kiwanis to choose a city future that suits living and working here. He said Decatur could become an industrial hub or a pleasant productive community, if residents pursue a clear goal.
Washington May 25 report updates American war casualty counts through May 6. Army personnel total 161,113 with 28,059 killed 65,779 wounded 35,496 missing 31,779 prisoners. Navy totals 19,546 dead 12,089 wounded 9,026 missing 4,453 prisoners.
Friends report Max Mason was struck by a car Saturday night in Cullman County while visiting Fairview. He suffered arm and head injuries and is the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Mason.
In England May 25 Sergt Phil Scheier a B 26 radio gunner talks of a home in the Army and his plan to study journalism after the war He values his DFC and Air Medal with clusters and jokes about Boy Scout medals He plans college at Columbia and aims to be a newspaper man later Also included is Sergt Kenneth Brown of Ellwood City Pa a Purple Heart recipient with a story of his wartime injuries.
The House appropriations committee sent to the floor a $1,033,358,367 bill to fund 18 home front war agencies for the next year starting July 1. The War Shipping Administration received the largest allotment at $530,350,000 to recruit seamen train crews and operate a merchant fleet. The committee praised OWI and its domestic branch for aiding the war effort and improving information services on the home front.
London dispatch reports Moscow radio claiming a major Soviet push is imminent with the call to liberate Soviet territory and other nations. The broadcast notes sporadic Nazi thrusts and Russian reconnaissance, plus four German attacks northwest of Tiraspol repelled with German losses and continued Russian patrol strikes destroying tanks.
Allied forces press forward in Burma and New Guinea to seize two key objectives as Japanese defenses stiffen at Loyang in Honan. Chinese forces report heavy fighting and a Chinese counteroffensive bogged down amid the Nanking drive, with 1 000 Japanese killed in Mogaung and a mountain village captured near the Burma border.
Rev E T Tonn pastor of St Pauls Lutheran church will leave about June 6 for the chaplain school at Harvard after accepting a commission as first lieutenant. He will complete a five week course then join active duty. The Voters Assembly meets Sunday after service to plan filling the pulpit.
San Diego Calif May 25 Harold Bell Wright once the nation’s best known novelist died yesterday at age 72 after bronchial pneumonia in a La Jolla clinic. His The Winning Of Barbara Worth sold seven million copies and his other works include The Shepherd Of The Hills and That Printer Of Udell’s.
Miss Jessie R Garrison received a citation from the American Academy of Physical Education for long and distinguished service as health and physical education consultant in the state Department of Education in Montgomery.
The Alabama Supreme Court sustains the Bradford labor regulatory act of 1943 in a three to two decision. The court voids some sections including mandatory strike votes and prohibiting union campaign contributions. Justice Gardner writes for the majority with Justices Livingston and Stakely. Justices Thomas and Brown dissent. The ruling affirms Jefferson circuit court judgment and upholds key provisions while striking others as unconstitutional.
Donald M. Nelson chairman of the War Production Board will lead a three day Tennessee Valley Authority inspection visiting Chattanooga Muscle Shoals Decatur Knoxville and Alabama sites with TVA head David Lilienthal and others. A Decatur Chamber committee plans Nelson Lilienthal visit June 1 with a luncheon at Southern Airways and invites four guests from each of North Alabama counties served by TVA.
Detroit police question Kenneth Long and Alex Simpson, both in their forties, in connection with the stabbing of Mrs. Jean Long at the Twelfth Street Evangelical Church. No charges yet. Mrs. Long served as a part time secretary and was killed after attending services with her husband.
Nazi Field Marshal Kesselring’s troops are pressed back in Southern Italy as Allied offensives tighten around Anzio and the Appian Way. Fifth Army advances reach near Cisterna while American forces seize Terracina and push along the coast toward Anzio, signaling a widening German retreat.
Allied forces merge the Anzio beachhead with the main front above Terracina for a unified push on Rome. In a 14 day offensive the 5th Army breached defenses, reached near the capital, and prisoners rose past 10,000 as air raids disrupted German convoys and tanks.
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