Tribute Paid Hero At Home
Jake Lindsey returned from war to a hero’s welcome in Lucedale Mississippi proclaimed as Jake Lindsey Day. The 24 year old tank busting infantryman, winner of the Medal of Honor, spoke from the courthouse lawn as Governor Thomas Liley and others attended. Lindsey hinted at plans to marry Beverly Hargreaves of Lexington Massachusetts who attended briefly wearing a diamond solitaire.
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Lucedale
Miss
Jake Lindsey
Winession
Beverly Hargreaves
Lexington
Mass
Beverly
Washington
Jake
Mobile
Ala
Seunevease
Mississippi
Thomas Liley
John B. Parker
Sgt. i Y
Arabs Face Arab League Meeting Amid Hostilities
Dispatches report Syria and Lebanon called for a meeting of the Arab League Council as tensions rise over potential hostilities. In Damascus gunfire wounded at least one person while Trieste remained quiet as Yugoslav and Allied forces held positions.
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Syria
Lebanon
Arab League Council
Damascus
Trieste
Marshal Tito
Venezia Giulia
Adriatic
Tito
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Joseph Davies
Truman
Churchill
Austria
Germany
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Europe
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Pacific
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Poole Rites Set for Sunday at Decatur Cemetery
Graveside services for Sam A. Poole former city resident who died May 23 in Birmingham will be held Sunday at 10 AM in Decatur city cemetery Rufus Underwood officiating. Interment will follow Brown directing. He is survived by his wife one son and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Poole
Birmingham
Decatur City
Rufus. Underwood
Brown
Markets Mixed Gains Lift New York Stocks to Eight-Year High
Stocks closed a volatile week with strength in rails industrials and utilities as the index climbed to its highest level since August 1937. The 60-stock average rose 0.4 point to 65.6 amid broad gains, with 412 up, 154 down and 205 unchanged among 771 issues. Cotton and cattle prices also advanced in Atlanta market reports.
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New York
Associated Press
Atlanta
War Food Administration
Cotton futures rally on mixed gains amid crop outlook
New York cotton futures surged into early highs on mill and trader demand driven by poor crop prospects and expected continued government support. Prices pared gains before closing higher across the board with spot markets quiet and May contracts near 22.45. Grain futures in Chicago also rose as July rye hit a seasonal high and wheat climbed about one cent.
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N._Y
New York
Chicago
Cattle Market Mixed as Slaughter Demand Rises in Southeast
Market gains from large buyers push receipts at major plants to about double last week while small buyers reduce activity. Cattle and calf runs total 2,670 head for four days with prices mostly steady for top grades. medium grassers fall up to 50 cents, but well bred stock stay firm. CCC program offers 45 cent reduction on AA and A grade cattle over 800 pounds sold for slaughter after 30 days ownership, entering accredited channels.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
World League Charter Debates Rift Over Veto and Expulsion
Big Five and France rush to define veto power while seeking to preserve authority for a future world security council. Russia warned that lack of expulsion provisions could rot the charter. a suspension clause passed 25 to 1 as Britain opposed and the US and Russia abstained. Smaller nations push for a say in forceful actions and participation in decisions on employing international forces.
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Conference Commission
Zarapkian
World Organization
Russia
United States
Britain
China
France
Yalta
Security Council
Golden Gate
Canada
Council
Gous ae on raw slices potato to keep them crisp
A terse kitchen tip notes that lightly salting raw potato slices before frying or baking helps preserve crispness. The method emphasizes surface moisture reduction and even browning for a final crunch.
Chinese and Japanese clashes over Taohwaping and surrounding fronts
The report notes heavy casualties in Taohwaping Hunan as control đổi hands four times and returns to Chinese possession. Chinese forces press against Japanese lines near Liuchow and Tan yang while advancing 30 miles from Foochow. British troops in Burma push toward Thailand as allied bombers target Malay peninsula communications.
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Taohwaping
Hunan
Shaoyang
Paoching
Liuchow
China
Tanyang
Foochow
Burma
Thailand
Mokshitwa
Pegu
Malay Peninsula
Palaces and Shrines Reported Burned in Tokyo Raid
Tokyo suffered widespread destruction after an air raid by American bombers. Reports say imperial palaces shrines and key districts were scorched with many structures damaged or destroyed including the imperial palace outer areas and Omiya palace.
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Tokyo
Hamilton W. Faron
Aircraft production cuts shrink wartime output
Wartime jet fighter production faced further cuts as the War Production Board projected reductions totaling about 3.5 billion dollars in schedules, with 450 000 workers to lose across assembly and parts plants. The plan lowers 1946 output to 60 percent of early 1946 levels and 55 percent in late 1946, affecting propellers engines and other parts.
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War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Local news brief from Decatur area hospital and police updates
Boatswain's Mate-2 C James G Applegaufth was taken to Decatur General hospital after a bullet wound in the left leg from an altercation at Modern lunchroom. Graduation ceremonies at Wisconsin University Madison named Jefferson Kleber Hobbs as radio operator with the fleet. Miss B Gallant is a patient at Decatur General hospital. The Pate family announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital. Mrs L A Montgomery moved home from Baugh's infirmary by Mutual Service ambulance. Myrtle Cooper and infant son were moved home by Mutual Service ambulance. The international service committee will lead Decatur Rotary club Monday with Dr R M Howell speaking on the San Francisco Conference. The meeting will be at Cornelian meeting hotel at noon. Pvt Ottis Burns reports mission in Germany completed. his unit commended for combat duty. Grace Peck and Virginia Ruth Perry of Birmingham spending weekend with Dean Perry. Sheriff reports Charlie Johnson arrested for public drunkenness. Josephine Mitchell held for obscene language. City fire department made two runs on Friday. The court docket included fines for larceny, disturbing the peace, and drunkenness. G C Williams returns home from two years overseas on furlough. Mrs Roe Alvis and Mrs R A McFerrin dismissed from Decatur General hospital. Andy Elders of Somerville is a patient at Decatur General hospital. Danville cases transported by Mutual Service ambulance.
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James G. Applegaufth
Decatur General Hospital
Brown
Lee Street
International Service Committee
Decatur Rotary Club
R. M. Howell
Club
San Francisco
Ing
Cornelian Meeting
Here's Your Infantry visit promotes war bond drive in Decatur
The war finance committee sponsors a demonstration and sham battle by veterans of Here's Your Infantry in Decatur. The event aims to boost war bond sales, prove infantry effectiveness, and rally public support for a faster victory over Japan as World War II enters its European phase.
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Decatur
War Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Morgan County
Japan
Graduation Exercises At Decatur High School
The 1945 Decatur high school graduation events include diplomas presented by Judge Julian Harris to a long list of graduates led by Robert Allison Allen and many others. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered at 11 oclock by Rev Thad MacDonald on Valient Behavior from First Chronicles. All seniors will wear caps and gowns by 10:30.
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Nes
Flanders Fields
Betty Simmons
Amercat
Cheri Chandler
Nell Wallace
Ruth McCulloch
Gene Smith
Elizabeth Perry
Elizabeth Walker
Marge McLain
Sarah Stockton
Marguerite South
Doris Hill
Ray Frederick
Leldond Scoggin
Talmadge Meadows
W. T. Jordan
Decatur Senior
John Hamill
Julian Harris
Robert Allison Allen
James Aston
Edna Irene Beard
Evelyn Ann Blackwell
Lillian Britton
Hazel Ruth Brooks
William David Byars
Martha Fay Berry
Ladye Cheri Chandler
Linnie Leona Craig
Sara Glynn Clements
Annie Sue’ Cain
Hattsie Cunningham
Ouida Laminda Dawson
William Taylor Edgeman, Jr
Seldon Morris Flack
Gerald Feild
David Ray Frederick
Johnnie French
Martha Joyce Goforth
Thelma Gillespie
Elia
Elizabeth Gillespie
Marie Exine Garnett
Sybil Irene Gunn
David Allen Gibson
Mary Jane Grubbs
Betty Jean Gasaway
Doris Eugenia Hill
Velda Daphne Humphrey
Judson Hawthorne
Tressie Carlean Hooper
Lillian Geraldine Hill
John Sewell Hamilton
Charles Leonard Hudson
James Gatlnill, Jr
First Methodist Church
Thad MacDonald
R. N. Howell
Hoover urges EU relief to feed suffering children
In a New York V E Day address on May 8, Hoover argued saving Europe’s starving children is a greater contribution to freedom than signed documents. He urged UNRRA or the War Department to begin food shipments within two weeks funded by international contributions, noting power politics hinder relief.
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New York
Hoover
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
War Department
UNRRA
Truman
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Body of Himmler Returned to Soil in Luenberg
May 26 discharge notes that Heinrich Himmler’s body was returned to the soil of Germany after World War II. A British soldier spoke the grim words Let the worm go to the worms as the burial was as summary as the victims in Dachau and Belsen. The coffin question is noted.
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Luenberg
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Dachau
Belsen
Fugitive James Lofton Apprehended in Jasper Alabama
James Lofton, a fugitive wanted on multiple charges in Alabama, has been captured. Sheriff Powell Hamner of Jasper and Sheriff R L Kendrick of Escambia County confirmed the arrest today.
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James Lofton
Alabama
Rite
Powell Hamner
Jasper
Ala
R. L. Kendrick
Escambia County
Lemon Juice To Fluff Rice Water Treatment
One teaspoon of lemon juice added to each quart of cooking water makes rice fluffier and whiter. The tip appears in a kitchen preparation guide suggesting citrus acidity improves grain texture and appearance.
War Buddies Reunite at Guadalcanal Echo Bond Rally
Captain Seance E. Giesel pauses his speech at Ingalls Shipyard bond rally when he recognizes John Bruno, Ingalls worker and former Guadalcanal comrade. Giesel recalls Bruno’s vital fire support during a doomed 132nd Infantry advance, three days of isolation, and a breakthrough relief that saved wounded and ammo.
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Guadalcanal
Ingalls
Seance E. Giesel
Pacific
John Bruno
O. K
Giesel
Bruno
Truman Faces Vote Over Tariff Bill Powers
The House, after Speaker Rayburn read a Vera letter, rejected a Republican motion to strike section 2. The measure would give the President authority to cut tariffs by up to 50 percent, with proposed deeper cuts under certain conditions. Roosevelt urged passage. Sabath and Cochran were brought from hospital to vote.
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Rayburn
R.-Tex
House
Ghouse
Roosevelt
Congress
Hull
Sabath
Illinois
Cochran
Missouri
Navy Hospital
Clarence Moyer Dies at Decatur General Hospital
Funeral services for Clarence E Moyer 52 who died Saturday afternoon at Decatur General Hospital after a ten day illness will be held at four o'clock this afternoon at Brown Service Funeral Home in Tuscumbia. He will be taken to the home of his sister Mrs Collins of Hillsboro. He is survived by two sisters Mrs M E McLendon of Sheffield and Mrs Collins of Hillsboro and numerous nieces and nephews. Interment in Tus cumbia follows with Brown directing. Members of the American Legion will serve as pallbearers.
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Clarence E Moyer
Decatur General Hospital
Brown Service
Tuscumbia
C. C. Collins
Hillsboro
M. E. McLendon
Sheffield
Collins
Brown
American Legion
Moyers
Explosion at ordnance plant in Grand Island Neb
Officials at the Cornhusker ordnance plant eight miles west of Grand Island said five people were killed and four injured in the bomb loading unit explosion this afternoon. The critically injured were taken to the plant hospital for treatment. None of the deceased or injured were immediately identified.
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Grand Island
Nebr
Cornhusker Ordnance Plant
Here
Ilaties
Approval for housing program in Decatur Alabama
Mr Wilbur B Nolen states readiness to accept applications for 65 H 2 units in Decatur including 15 for Negro occupancy with price cap of 6500 per house and lot Preference for self built homes so plans and specs may not be required A letter from the National Housing Agency confirms the quota and directs applications to Nolen in Birmingham Alabama by Robert K Creighton and John R Ruggles.
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Merce
Nolen
National Housing Agency
John M.lson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Alabama
Nelson
Washington
Wilbur B. Nolen
Federal Housing Administration
Birmingham
Alaama
Private housing project approvals for Decatur and Anniston
The national housing agency approved 65 Decatur and 75 Anniston houses in Alabama. Decatur plans: 35 white sale units, 15 white rentals at 55 dollars, 15 for black occupants with sale up to 3 000 dollars or 25 dollars rent. Anniston plans: 55 white sale units at 6 500 dollars and 20 white rentals at 55 dollars. Wilbur Nolan, FHA director, will issue construction priorities.
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Washington
Decatur
Ala
Anniston
National Housing Agency
Senator Hill
Rep. Sparkman
Alabama
Wilbur Nolan
FHA
Birmingham
War heroes Gentile and Bong visit Decatur airfield
Two pilots Gentile and Bong flew an AT-6 to Decatur from Courtland Army base. They arrived around noon after a map hiccup and possibly mistaking a different field. Gentile charmed the men with jokes about Ohio and weather, while Bong remained reserved. They left around four o clock, saying they must be back at work tomorrow.
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Gentile
Bong
Decatur
Southern Airways
Ernie Blackwell
Ohio
Wisconsin
Courtland Army Air Base
Huey Wilson Claimed by Death at 60
Final rites for Huey Wilson 60 who died Friday at his home on Lacon I will be held at Center Grove Church Cullman County at eleven this morning Rev Dave Horsley officiating. Interment will follow in the adjacent cemetery Peck directing. He is survived by his wife one daughter Miss Vena Wilson of Lacon I five brothers Monroe Wilson Atlanta Georgia Joe Wilson Brennan Ga S D Wilson Bowden Ga L B D Wilson Edwardsville Ala and F I Wilson of Arizona. The nephews will be pallbearers.
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Huey
Wilson
Lacon
Center Grove Church
Cullman County
Dave Horsley
Peck
Vena Wilson
Monroe Wilson
Atlanta
Georgia
Joe Wilson
Brennan
S. D. Wilson
Bowden
D. Wilson
Edwardsville
Ala
F. I. Wilson
Arizona
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Poole
New
Life Fellowship
Hollywood
California
BUICK
Poole-Buick Co
Gene Aker
Kaff
Wall Street
Southeastern Area Cattle Market Review
Bane
Guam
George C. Marshall
Army
J. Buell Snyder
D.-Pa
Imperial Palace
Kantaro Suzuki
Domei
Tekd
Imperial Grounds
Hirohito
Omiya
21St Bomber Command
Okinawa
Radio Tokyo
20Th Airforce
Tokyo Radio
Imperial University
Bunrika University
Atago ‘Shrine
Zojarete
Ginza
Marunouchi
Deesyau ii
Diartr
Jplemae
Naval Training School
Radio
Wisconsin University
Madison
Wis
Jefferson Kleber Hobbs
John .Henry Hobbs
Bank Street
Miss .B. Gallant
Fourteenth Avenue East
W. L. Pate
Twelfth Avenue East
L. A. Montgomery
Baugh’s Infirmary
Seventh Avenue West
Myrtle Cooper
W.R. Burns
Danville-3
Pvt
Ottis Burns
Burn
Grace Peck
Virginia Ruth Perry
Mrs
Dean Perry
East Wilson Avenue
R. Marvin Penn
Danville
Sheriff's Office
Charlie Johnson
Josephine Mitchell
City Fire ‘Department
East Prospect Drive
Ninth Avenue West
City Cour
G. C. Williams
R. A.mcferrin
Eighth Avenue East
Andy Elders
Somerville 1
Mutual Service
Bond
Himmler
Dillehay
Oncy
James L. Rankin Insurance
WaTsia
Oecatuur
WAR Buddies United
Clarence Moyer
Robert K. Creighton
John R. Ruggles
Huey Wilson
Bob Moses
ROYAL
Tire Service
Joe
Lee
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