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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1945
Page
1
Partial weather outlook shows warmth and cloud cover with a 90 degree high and minimal low. Local officials remind landlords to report owner names and addresses to the Rent Office. Military notices include promotions, POW liberation, naval assignments, and training transfers. Court actions note drunkenness fines and a prohibition case. Community events cover church meetings and upcoming circuit court delay.
President Truman met for about an hour with former President Herbert Hoover to discuss European relief needs. The White House hinted there may be a later statement. Truman invited ex nominees Thomas Dewey and Alf Landon to visit the White House to discuss national and international matters.
Advocates of the Tennessee Tombigbee waterway urged immediate postwar completion saying it would be self liquidating. They cited potential 200 to 600 mile savings, annual freight benefits of hundreds of thousands, and a 20 mile canal to link rivers. Opponents argued the project has long been under study and questioned costs.
E bond sales in Morgan County show a modest rise as the Army show Here's Your Infantry nears. Gregg says $407,013 has been sold toward $821,000 with $334,600 still in the two-week period. The county total to date is $730,607.50 toward a $1,326,000 goal.
President Truman and Secretary of State Stettinius move U S foreign policy toward a decisive role in world affairs. Stettinius will deliver a major radio address from San Francisco tonight detailing aims, including a Polish issue and US leadership for democracy. The focus is on a veto formula for the proposed world security council.
House Speaker Roy V. Harris predicted the constitutional amendment to allow a governor to serve consecutive terms would be defeated at the upcoming special session. Rep. Ben W. Fortson Jr. backed Gov. Ellis Arnall for a second term and expected quick approval. Harris flip flopped, reversing his stance within a day.
British radio reports Rudolf Blohm director of Blohm and Voss shipyards and former chair of the armaments ministry shipbuilding commission was arrested in Hamburg. He faces charges of attempting to sabotage the work of British port authorities as stated by the broadcast.
Acting Premier Jamil Mardam Bey reports French Syrians fighting in Hama north of Damascus with fears of a general clash. British and American diplomats urge restraint while sporadic firing continues around Damascus. Syrians accuse France of coercion. France says Senegalese troops moving toward the Orient. Mardam Bey says French reinforcements from Homs and Hama communications cut. Also references to Trieste Istria dispute and Tito broadcasts about a potential new war.
The War Crimes Commission may order a trial for Adolf Hitler in absentia if he is alive. Some believe a trial will be held, with the commission deciding the procedure and notice arrangements for appearance.
Justice officials said trials of Germans accused of offenses against American troops would begin within weeks, with major Nazi leaders to be delayed pending agreement on an international tribunal by Britain, Russia, France, and the United States. Field Marshal Von Greim reportedly died by suicide and Albert Forster was captured. Food shortages persisted as the 15th Army warned supplies would cover civilians only through June. UK party campaigning for the July 5 election began as Churchill planned a Commons appearance. Washington announced sick and wounded servicemen would be returned from Europe within three months aboard hospital ships.
Miss Josie Randolph and her dog Jill have found a home after a Daily story highlighted their plight. The two became homeless when Miss Randolph’s sister left for Oklahoma to join her Army husband, leaving the pair seeking shelter.
French premier Laval is said to be under tighter guard in Monjuich Fortress near New York after rumors that French partisans plan an abduction. Spanish authorities have doubled security at the fortress where he is detained, the French press agency reported.
Elton C. Fay reports Allied air forces expanding in the Pacific as General Doolittle transfers bomber operations from Europe. Fourteenth, Tenth, Fifth, Thirteenth, Seventh, Eleventh, and Twentieth Air Forces move toward strategic and tactical actions against Japan with Navy and Marine air arms, under a shifting command structure led by MacArthur and Nimitz.
U S and Chinese forces press toward Japan's perimeters as Doolittle moves to bolster Pacific air power. Chinese troops recapture Nanning and advance toward Pingyang, signaling possible retreat from South China and Indo China lines while U S forces close on Okinawa.
The piece argues Allied air superiority will devastate Japan in 1945 with twofold bombing increases. It notes Tokyo’s destruction by Superfortresses and incendiaries, preparations to move bombers from Europe, and Okinawa’s conquest as a key airbase under Lt General Jimmy Doolittle.
A letter from Greensburg honors Private Ken Miller, a veteran missing mass of details, as a homefront prayer scene recalls his family and community. The message thanks local residents for food and water and asks heaven to watch over his family and buddies amid the war.
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