Red Cross plans visit to Morgan County on June 14
A representative from National Headquarters of the American Red Cross will visit Decatur Morgan County on June 14 to discuss aid for prisoners of war families and aid program development. Mrs. Howard V Hopkins wife of Captain Howard V Hopkins USN will lead the session and answer questions.
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American Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Decatur
Morgan County
Red Cross
FE. M. Wise
Wise
Howard V. Hopkins
Alabama
Hopkins
Honolulu
West Indies
Washington
National Headquarters
Bulldozer tears into Littoria as Allied troops advance
An American bulldozer clears a path into Littoria after German demolitions blow four 30 foot craters on a four mile road. Capt Joseph Lombardi bridges two canals in two hours to connect beachhead with Fifth Army. British American scouts enter Littoria with minimal resistance. only civilians, including a baby girl, greet the Allies.
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Daniel DE Luce
Littoria
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Pontine Mares
Joseph Lombardi
Hartford
Conn
Fifth Army
Stephen Rossetti
Charleston
Miss
Funeral services held today for John H. Rorex
John Beck with Rorex 88 died Thursday at his home on Hart selle 2. Funeral to be held Friday at 4 30 PM in Brown's Chapel with Rev. Ted Brannum officiating. Survived by widow three daughters Mrs. B O Stinnett Decatur Mrs Ruth Rorex and Mrs Sallie Smith Decatur one son W H Rorex Killen Ala and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Interment City cemetery. He was a long time Baptist member.
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John Beckwith Rorex
Hartselle
Brown's Chapel
Ted Brannum
B. O. Stinnett
Decatur
Ruth Rorex
Sallie Smith
W. H. Rorex
Killen
Ala
Thomas Jacobs
U.S. Army Air Corps
Paul Jacobs
Jeffersonville
Ind
Lee Ann Rorex
Herschel Wayne Rorex
Roy Poff
Bob Harrison
Mat Pickens
Harry Lowther
J. W. Hayes
Z. T. Perry
Brown
Rorex
Baptist Church
Opelika Veterinarian Dies in Tractor Accident
Dr. W. W. Webb a prominent Opelika veterinarian and farmer was killed when a tractor overturned while he attempted to free it from a mud hole on his Loachapoka area farm. A grad of Alabama Polytechnic Institute he had practiced in Opelika for years.
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Opelika
Ala
W. W. Webb
Market summary of cotton and Nashville livestock reports
New York cotton futures edged in quiet trading with tentative gains late in the session while investors awaited Washington price control developments. In Nashville Tennessee the Federal State Market News Service reports cattle and hog markets steady to weak with higher grades active and calves and lambs showing varied prices across weight classes.
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N. Y
New York
Washington
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Bad Weather Slows Allied Raids In Europe
Weather disrupts the Allied pre invasion air offensive as campaigns over France continue with reports of attacks near Lyon Saint Etienne Soissons and eastern France. Vichy and Nazi radio accounts note single aircraft over Germany and no Allied confirmation follows.
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London
Vichy
Lyon
St. Etienne
France
Germany
Paris
Soissons
Toulon
Allied Forces Press Near Liri Valley In Italy
British and Polish troops of the eighth army push toward Castrocielo Roccasecca in the Liri valley as German resistance tightens around Monte Cairo. Canadian units report the Aquino garrison withdrew toward Roccasecca while Allied air forces strike rail yards near Lyon and targets in Italy and France. Overnight, Mediterranean Allied air force crews fly their longest mission yet with well over 3,000 sorties and 20 enemy aircraft downed.
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Aquino
Melfa
Highway 6
Roccasecca
Cquino
Eighth Army
Castrocielo
Liri
Monte Cairo
Cassino
Ceprano
Lyon
France
Rhone
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Toulon Area
Italy
Piacenga
Monfalcone
Porto Marghera
Venice
MAAF
Butter and Eggs Market Report From Chicago May 26
Butter market shows firm tone in Chicago with prices quoted across several categories. Listings include U S extras and standards with current receipts per case and dirties, plus checks and specials for various butter grades.
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Chicago
U.S
U. S
Navy Officer Corrigan Admits Burning Letter Request
Commander John D Corrigan admitted before the Senate War Investigating Committee that he sent a restricted letter to a Chicago firm asking it be burned after reading. The 43 year old ordnance bureau official testified he still owns half the stock in Corrigan Osborne and Wells and produced a September 13 1942 letter noting a list of manufacturers funded for plant facilities.
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Washington
John D. Corrigan
Navy
Ordnance Bureau
Senate War Investigating Committee
Chicago
Corrigan
Navy Department
David
Armour
Osborne and Wells
Bureau of Ordnance
Danly
John D- Corrigan
Hugh Fulton
Ferguson
R-Mich
Army
War Production Board
Electric ranges to go on market this year
War Production Board orders 88000 domestic electric ranges to be manufactured this year with 68000 available to civilians. This fixed supply aims to boost home readiness amid wartime production.
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Washington
Hot Stove League
War Production Board
Allied air campaign cripples Nazi transport south of Rome
Allied air forces claim destruction of six heavy bombers and six other planes. They report two large German motor convoys halted northeast of Cistern, leaving a mile long smoking road. The MAAF says 610 vehicles destroyed and 561 damaged in the Rome area with over 1,750 Nazi transports knocked out in two days.
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Cisterna
MAAF
Rome
Trial Plea Rapped Over Pearl Harbor Duty Criticisms
Senator Cellar denounced attempts to court martial Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter C. Short over Pearl Harbor, calling the effort political and dangerous during wartime. Senator Clark urged immediate trial for the two commanders to settle the issue.
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Pearl Harbor
Ieen CeHer
Army
Navy
Congress
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Rep
Short
R.-Mo
Secretaries of War and Navy
Cellar
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Kimmel and
Senate
Clark
D.-Mo
Kimmel and Short
Negro girls complete Morgan County Red Cross home nursing course
Twelve Black girls finished a home nursing course taught by Mrs. Quimby Sewell and a health department instructor. Certificates will be issued by National Red Cross headquarters. Three of the group will enter the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps for further training.
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Frank Kirby
Morgan County Red Cross Chapter
Quimby Sewell
Morgan County Health Department
National Red Cross
Entellar
Tate
Fannie
Eljis
Min- Frwin
Rosa Terry
Margaret Louise. Moore
Christine Snyder
Amy Bush
Hortense Lee
Dessie Hays
Elizabeth Driver
Henrietta Dawson
Grady Yarbrough
U. S
Cadet Nurse Corps
Red Cross
Kirby
E. M. Chenault
Mrs J M Jones Honored at Birthday Party
Hostess Mrs Alonzo Jones celebrated her mother Mrs J M Jones with a birthday dinner. A cake with a service flag honored son Sat Eugene Jones overseas. Guests included Mrs M M White Mrs E E Martin Imogene Clara Fay Gil Mullens Clara Mae Geraldine Bernice Vera McClusky Kenneth Ray Wilson McClusky Lawrence Thornton D F Stroup J M Jones Alonzo Jones and afternoon visitors Mrs Earl Legg Mrs O K Roberts and Mrs Lewis Jones.
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Alonzo Jones
J.M. Jones
Eugene Jones
M. M. White
E. E. Martin
Imogene
Clara Fay
Gil Mullens
Clara Mae
Nazi aerial victory claimed in Baltic convoy fight
A Nazi broadcast claimed 69 of 80 Soviet aircraft were shot down in a convoy battle off northern Norway. The German communique said one plane fell to escort ships as the action occurred last night near Nordkapp at the extreme northern tip of Norway about 200 airline miles northwest of Murmansk.
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London
Norway
Berlin
Nordkya
Murmansk
Class Night at Senior High Tonight in Auditorium
The senior class program begins at 8 P M in the school auditorium with all seniors taking part. A night of music predictions and senior antics is planned with performances by Alphons Czidulka and the Senior Girls, and speakers including Ned Anderson Martha Gregg Carolyn Peurifoy Nell Cloud Gil Crane Earl Jones Charlie Burt and Vivian Timberlake.
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Risome
Gavotte Stephanie
Alphons Czidulka
David Allen Gibson
C. Schwachow
Thomas Edward
Ned) Anderson
Martha Ann Gregg
Carolyn Peurifoy
Nell Cloud
Giftonian
Gil Crane
Earl Jones
Charles Murphy
Charlie Burt
Vivian Timberlake
Texan airman battles weather and shrapnel in England
Lt Gray, a proud Texan in the bomber force, survives a near miss when a flak fragment hits his chestplate but fails to pierce it. He cherishes the damaged plate as a souvenir while noting the constant rain and shifting runways hinder operations. Maj Roy Rousel, once Houston Press editor, laments mission planning stress and finds escape in golf or flight.
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Air Force
Gray
Hanson
Texas
Maj
Roy Rousel
Houston Press
Bomber Command
England
House Conferees Back Free TVA Funds
House conferees oppose a Senate plan abolishing TVA revolving funds and seek a House vote next Thursday. An amendment by Sen McKellar would bar TVA from using receipts for operating expenses and require separate annual appropriations.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
TVA
McKellar
D-Tenn
Independent Office
Sinatra Autograph Startles Local Gas Board
Frank Sinatra’s autograph appears on a car receipt filed with the Morgan county War Price and Rationing board in Decatur. Winnie Asherbranner bought a car, learned the autograph was on the receipt, and the board kept the file as is, declaring the signature Sinatra’s despite fan debate.
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Frank Sinatra
Maine
California
War Price and Rationing Board
Frankie
Sinatra
Winnie Asherbranner
U. S. Navy
Hartselle
North Alabama
Bobby Socks Brigade
Recen
New York
Hollywood
Asherbranner
Morgan County Board
Decatur
Crosby
Frank
U. S
Quints Ten Years Old Debunking Myths Surrounding Dionne Family
Canadian press reports on May 28 birthday of the Dionne quintuplets in Callander Ontario. The story dispels myths about intelligence and language, notes English lessons, French roots, and strong earnings of 25 000 to 30 000 dollars yearly with a reserve of a million.
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A. E. Fulford
Callander
Marie
Local Notes Show Hospital Admits and Visits
Little Myrna Sue Pike of Tanner 1 admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Mrs. Clyde Miller moved to Decatur General Hospital by Brown's ambulance. Charles E. Richards transferred from Decatur General. Lt. John Wilford Sell returns to Norfolk after furlough with parents. Dr. F K Gamble to preach at First Methodist Sunday morning. No night service. A C Travis Powell at Maxwell Field after nine day furlough with Hartselle parents. William H. Stewart of Hartselle returning from Montgomery. Donald Nelson David Lilenthal luncheon guest list includes Col. James P. Barnes and W A Steadman next Thursday at Southern Airways. The ship Amsterdam will have a trial run Saturday built at the Ingalls yard in Decatur.
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Little Myrna Sue Pike
Tanner
Decatur General Hospital
A.C. Travis Powell
Maxwell Field
Ala
W. C. Powell
Hartselle
James P. Barnes
Alabama
The
War Production Board
W. A. Steadman
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Donald Nelson-David Lilienthal
Southern Airways
EE Ae
Amsterdam
Royal Netherlands Steamship Co
Ingalls Yard
Decatur
Attorney on Stand in Double Murder Trial
Robert I. Miller testified he learned of his wife’s affair with Dr. John E. Lind after overhearing a telephone call last summer. He said the confrontation with Lind led to threats and the shooting of Lind as his wife entered his car in February, with Miller claiming self defense.
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Washington
Robert I. Miller
John E. Lind
Miller
Lind
Wake raid shows American air power over Japanese defenses
American aircraft conducted 37 sorties striking Wake Island airfields, depots, and hangars while destroying 20 buildings and damaging vessels in the lagoon. Japanese antiaircraft defense was slow to respond as Americans pressed campaigns across Ponape and other atolls in the Marshalls.
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Marcus
Montgomery
Wake
Tokyo
Nimitz
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Marshalls
Army
Navy
Marine
High Court Upholds 1943 Act in Damages Case
Alabama Supreme Court affirms a $10,000 damages award to Mrs Brownie Brunell Greene for the death of her husband Claris Fred Greene in an automobile collision linked to a Blair Construction employee. The ruling upholds a 1943 act abolishing bills of exception and accepts trial transcripts approved by a judge as sufficient.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Supreme Court
Montgomery Circuit
Brownie Brunell Greene
Algernon Blair
Claris Fred Greene
Greene
Blair
Turks May Yet Enter War as Churchill Signals Caution
Dewitt Mackenzie notes Churchill’s warning that Turkey’s course may still affect its postwar position, while Britain plans to win the war across Southeast Europe without Turkish involvement. Allied gains in Italy loom large, potentially pressuring Bulgaria.
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Churchill
Turkey
Europe
Italy
Bulgaria
Union Pushes No Strike Pledge Across ILWU
San Francisco May 26 The warehouse division of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union adopts a no strike pledge “indefinitely thereafter” aiming to write it into future contracts. ILWU Local 16 President Richard Lynden says the policy should spread to other unions and CIO affiliates as Harry Bridges urges unity and nonstrike methods to win better conditions while preserving the war effort.
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San Francisco
International Longshoremen's. and
Warehousemen’s Union
Harry Bridges
Richard Lynden
CIO
ILWU
California
Elks Plan Bond Sales and Flag Day Observance
Decatur Elks lodge will host National Flag Day events and a War Bond sale on June 14 with John Peach delivering the principal address. The lodge has previously staged three bond sales, each exceeding $10,000, and now targets $20,000. A buffet supper will follow for members and guests.
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Decatur Elks Lodge
John Peach
Decatur
Duckers
Hyman Wohl
Carter Dobbs
A. T. Hanson
Ward seizure criticized by Senate subcommittee
A Senate judiciary subcommittee led by Senator McCarran says President Roosevelt had no constitutional or statutory authority for the executive order that seized Montgomery Ward and Company's Chicago mail order house. The panel condemned Attorney General Biddle and limited public hearings, with additional testimony set for June 6 as a House probe continues.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
McCarran
Dnav
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
Biddle
Srder
Commerce
Jones
Sewell Avery
Ward Board
Department of Labor
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Senator Revercomb
R-W. Va
Senator McFarland
Dariz
House
Wayne Chatfield Taylor
Avery
Ramspeck
D-Ga
Senate
Seafaring New Englanders Discuss Secession Over War
Aleutian islands derive their name from a Russian term meaning bold rock reflecting explorers.
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Aleutian Islands
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LOS
Carlyle
John H. Rorex
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
Decater Transit
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
Loyd’s
Eee
J. M. Jones
Pyle
By Cheri Chandler
Quints
Olivia Dionne
Roy Allen Dafoe
Plan
Dafoe
W. A. Dafoe
Toronto
Dionne
Ontario
Moni Gated
Serena Aicomchamied Ak Oe Ae Ee
Annette
Cecile
Emilie
Eve
Clyde Miller
West Moulton Street
Decatur General Hosen
Charles E. Richards
John Wilford Sell
Norfolk
F. K. Gamble
First Methodist Church
William H. Stewart
House of Representatives
Dewitt MacKenzie
Elks Stage Bond Sales
Grant
Ane
V.t
Caddell Drug CO. Fox Sve
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