Local News Briefs and Weather Notes From Decatur
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon. Cotton prices paid: strict mid t dall 20.95 middling 20.80 strict low 18.95 low 16.95. Attractions: See Here Private Hargrove Princess What A Man Roxy Trouble In Texas Capitol. Numerous social items and military news from Cullman Birmingham Decatur and nearby areas including graduates and service personnel.
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Beatrice Buy Is Announced In Dairy Consolidation
Consolidation of Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery Co with Beatrice Creamery Co of Chicago is effective now. J. Walter Clapton announced the move noting Beatrice’s 45 year history, 24 states of operation, and first Alabama investment.
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Decatur Ice Cream & Creamery Company
Bank Street
Beatrice Creamery Company
Chicago
Ill
J. Walter Clapton
Beatrice Company
Beatrice
Nebraska
Clinton H. Haskell
Alabama
South
Decatur
Clopton
Charles N. Garrett
Eva Lipscomb
Clapton
Turks Reported Willing to Fight if Supplied
Ankara reports indicate Turkey may enter World War II if urged by the United States and Britain and provided with aircraft and 400 tanks. A well-placed source says Turkey would act, but officials have not commented and Allied plans for immediate entry appear unlikely.
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Turkey
United States
Britain
Churchill
Army Lieutenant Convicted by Court Martial in California
Lt. Beaufort G. Swancutt was found guilty of murdering four people in an March shooting affray at Camp Anza California. The court martial recommended hanging and sent the record for presidential review with no avenue for appeal beyond automatic review.
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California
Beaufort Swancutt
Camp Anza
Calif
Gertrude Swancutt
soMen
Caroline Swancutt
Beatrice Wright
Beaufort G. Swancutt
Duncan P. Frissell
Col. J. K. Herbert
Los Angeles Port of Embarkation
Herbert
Army
Lull Continues on the Russian Front in May Broadcast
Moscow announced that Red Army units killed over 200 Germans and captured prisoners while repelling a Nazi reconnaissance foray southeast of Stanislawow as a broader lull persisted along the Eastern Front. Soviet planes reportedly sank two German transports in the Gulf of Finland, one 4 000 tons and the other 3 000 tons, early yesterday.
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London
Stanislawow
Moscow
Monitor
Gulf of Finland
Navy denies destroying files on Communists
Washington reports the Navy answered questions about congressional inquiries by stating no destruction of any files has occurred or is contemplated.
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Navy
Remarkable Kansan Aids Morale With Private Radio Station
From England in May 26 wireless report Sergeant Walter Hassinger of Hutchinson Kansas, a radio gunner, has more missions than any crew member and spent 400 of his own dollars to build a private radio setup. It broadcasts to 1700 men, sharing news, orders, phonograph records, and jokes about officers, while also lifting morale.
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England
Walter Hassinger
Hutchinson
Kas
Hassinger
Strikes Hit War Effort Across Northwest and Nation
A widespread lumber tieup in the Northwest and multiple walkouts nationwide disrupt war production. Officials estimate up to 9.5 million board feet lost daily. total idle workers range from 20,000 to 51,000. Detroit and Michigan plants face major stoppages affecting bread, bakery, and automotive output.
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Northwest
War Production Board
Pacific Northwest
Detroit
Michigan
East St. Louis
Ill
St. Louis
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
W. F. Burt
Roosevelt
Europe
Parke Davis & Co
General Motors
Chevrolet
Saginaw
Mich
Muskegon
South Bend
Ind
Bendix Products
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Aviation Equipment Co
Ashley, Pa
War Begun on Absenteeism in Macon
In Macon Georgia police arrest 40 people on loitering charges within 48 hours as enforcement tightens the work or fight ordinance. Three men in the record's court were fined 100 dollars or 60 days. Acting Police Chief Miller says the drive is just beginning amid labor tensions blamed on workers staying home. R Ed Haines of the War Manpower Commission links shortages to labor absence. A special police detail of four officers will target loiterers and vagrants.
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Robert L. Miller
R. Ed Haines
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War Manpower Commission
Miller
Madison Gunner Arrives in States From Europe and Africa
Three Alabama personnel join the Army Air Forces redistribution center in Miami Beach. First Lt. Charles E. Westbrook of Jasper, a transport and bomber pilot, received the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters after two years in the American theater. S/Sgt. Jesse N. Bradley of Madison, a B 24 gunner, earned the Air Medal with one cluster after 35 missions and a bail-out at Anzio beachhead. T/3 George C. Davis of Birmingham served in the signal corps in the Caribbean for two years.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Army Air Forces Redistribution Center
Charles E. Westbrook
Jasper
Jesse N. Bradley
Madison
Anzio
George C. Davis
Birmingham
Signal Corps
Caribbean
New Invasion of Nip Island Bases Looms
Allied moves toward the Philippines centered on New Guinea as Gen. MacArthur eyes air bases on the Schouten islands. Maffin Bay airfield near Wakde island was challenged, with Biak and Noemfoor subjected to raids and air losses.
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Nip Island
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
New Guinea
Schouten Islands
Maffin Bay
Tirfoam River
Wakde Island
Hollandia
Schoutens
Wakde
Biak
Palau
Helmaherah
Loyang
China
Myitkyina
Burma
C. C. Tseng
Hankow-Peiping
Yunnan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Claire L. Chennault
Hainan Island
Thailand
Indo-China
Yangtze
Yellow Rivers
Pacific Fleet reports Japanese air strength waning in Pacific raids
At Pearl Harbor on May 26 the U S Pacific Fleet described Japanese air power as weak along the Tokyo road as American carrier planes struck Marcus and Wake Islands. Marcus received 148 tons of bombs over two days. one enemy plane was shot down and another destroyed on the runway. Wake saw 150 tons of bombs with no AA fire reported and no American losses.
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Lief Erickson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Marcus
Wake ‘Islands
E. Montgomery
Wake
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Payments on debt ordered by Morgan County board
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control authorized regular payments on two debts, the jail bonds and a road bond issue of 260000 dollars. Sim L Howell, chairman, may draw 625 dollars for semi annual interest on 115000 jail bonds due June 14 1944. Jail indebtedness reduced to 50000. Howell may draw 24662.09 dollars from Road and Bridge fund to retire road refunding bonds from June 1 1938, reducing that debt.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
Sim L. Howell
Road & Bridge Fund
Allied vehicles marked with white star for invasion
Supreme Allied Headquarters reports General Eisenhower visited British ground forces and met King George VI. London officials disclose invasion vehicles from tanks to jeeps will bear the American white star, a standard set in North Africa and Italy, not extended to air units.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
England
Dwight D. F Eisenhower
George VII
Buckingham Palace
London
RAF
North Africa
Italy
Slaying Clue Still Missing in Detroit Case
Detroit detectives search for the weapon used in the stabbing of Mrs. Jean Long the church secretary at the Twelfth Street Evangelical church. They seek a sharp powerful knife and question Kenneth Long and Alex Simpson as leads remain thin after the 8 30 p.m. attack on Tuesday.
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Detroit
Jean Long
Twelfth Street
Kenneth Long
Alex Simpson
South Bend
Ind
Chicago
John O. Whitman
Long
Newell C. Lieselmet
Simpson
Seed House to Be Built by J B McBride & Son
Home Oil Mill awards a contract to J B McBride & Son to construct a modern steel and concrete seed house near Union Compress. The $50,000 building will be 100 by 150 feet, 60 feet high with 15,000 square feet of floor space and will be sprinklered.
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Home Oil Mill
J. B. McBride & Son
C.M. Scales
Union Compress
Hull
U S Private Wiley Harris Hanged for Belfast Killing
London dispatch reports Pvt. Wiley Harris of Greenville Georgia was executed today in Belfast for killing a civilian. U S Army headquarters did not disclose the execution site.
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London
Pvt
Wiley Harris
Greenville
Belfast
U. S. Army
World Monetary Conference set for July at Bretton Woods
President Roosevelt called an international conference to begin July 1 in the United States to discuss postwar financial problems. Delegates from 42 nations and the French Committee of National Liberation, led by Morgenthau, will seek to stabilize world finance and consider a potential 10 billion dollar world bank for reconstruction.
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Roosevel
International Monetary Conference
French Committee of National Liberation
Bretten Woods
Treasury
Morgenthal
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
White House
Roosevelt
United Nations
United States
Morgenthau
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Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
el Salvador
Ethiopia
Committee of National Liberation
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Liberia
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaranga
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippine Commonwealth
Poland
Union of South Africa
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Stephen Early
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Harry D. White
Congress
Russia
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Flames threaten Bulgaria as war spreads in Balkans
Allied advances in Italy contrast with Bulgaria on the edge of revolt as Turkey reports five German divisions moved into Bulgaria. Moscow issues an ultimatum amid Bulgarian internal strife, while the country splits between pro Germany government and anti Nazi public sentiment.
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Allied advance toward Rome pushes through Cori and Roccasecca
The Fifth Army captured Cori seven miles from the Anzio beachhead as Allied forces press toward Rome. The Eighth Army seized Monte Cairo and Roccasecca, while San Giovanni near the Liri valley fell on the northern Cassino front. Cori cutting last enemy links near Calmotore, eight miles from Via Casilina.
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Cori
Anzio
Rome
Eighth Army
Monte Cairo
Roccasecca
Cassino
San Giovanni
Liri
Ceprano
Allied forces push toward Rome after rapid Italian front gains
Allied troops advance from the Anzio area seizing Cisterna and driving three miles forward cutting two main roads. The Eighth Army took Aquino and Piedimonte, while Canadians secured a bridgehead over the Melfa in the Liri valley about 13 miles from Cassino.
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Naples
Rome
Anzio
Fifth Army
Cisterna
Eighth Army
Aquino
Piedmonte
Melfa River
Liri
Cassino
Allies Press On With Fifth Army West of Anzio
On May 23 the Allied drive along a wide arc north and east of the Anzio beachhead intensifies for a fourth day. From Cisterna American armored infantry push toward Velletri seven miles via the Appian Way, with German losses evident after a captured veteran unit trapped a panzer group leaving nine Tiger tanks and more than 20 destroyed self propelled guns in a two mile stretch.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
Cisterna
Velletri
Appian Way
Rome
United States
Littoria
Mussolini
Pontine
Terracina
Monte Vagila
Pico
Monte Civitella
Vallecorsa
Lottoria
Saoudia
Pontina
Cori
Doganella
Alban
Eternal City
Navy
Cisterna Falls After Four-Hour Battle In Anzio Area
Allied forces report the capture of Cisterna after a savage four hour combat with heavy German casualties. Fifth army advances secure Littoria and Model Town Southeast of Cisterna while prisoner totals exceed 12,000 since the offensive began two weeks ago.
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Anzio
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