Weather and community notes from Decatur area May 1945
Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Wednesday. Local weather reported 90 high and 66 low. Memorial Day closings affected post office with limited mail delivery. Naval and Army personnel updates include Pvt Arbon F. Bradford in basic training and Seaman Roy Hargrove killed in action. Local court docket shows three cases. fines for accident and disturbances. Community notices cover Red Cross, OPA, volunteers, and prisoners of war updates with names and addresses where available.
Yokohama Bombed as Okinawa Front Advances Reported
Allied forces bomb Yokohama with about 500 B 29s dropping 3200 tons of fire bombs in a daylight raid. In Okinawa fighting the U S forces push along both flanks gaining control of much of Naha and nearing Shuri while Japanese losses mount.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Yokohama
U.S
Okinawa Island
Okinawa
Naha
Shuri
Keystone Fortress
Chungking
Liuchow
U. S
China
North China
Dutch Indies
Chiang ‘Kai-Shek
Sixth Army
Japan
A. G. Bissett
Europe
Pacific
Tokyo
Kawasaki
Guam
Iwo Jima
Kantaro Suzuki
Mikado
Santa Fe
Philippines
U. S. 25Th Division
Luzon
Ed Price Named Manager of Local Union Compress
Ed Price former Decatur resident and longtime superintendent of the Union Compress at Friday La returns home to assume the superintendency here on June 1. He previously worked for the firm locally before leaving in 1925 and is a former Decatur high school athletic star bringing wide local support.
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Ed Price
Decatur
Union Compress
Riday
Union Company
John Loomis
Texas
Mr Price
Compress
Decatur High School
Coaster Launched At Ingalls Yard
The SS Northern Courier, third of three ships built at Ingalls Shipbuilding Yard, was launched with Miss Jean Wingfield Harris of Birmingham as sponsor and Mrs Andrew Cum as matron of honor. Members of the launch party were entertained by the Cornelian Club.
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Northern Courier
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Jean Wingfield Harris
Birmingham
Andrew ©¢Um
Cornelian Cou
Controls Tighten on Aluminum Kitchenware in War Push
Washington Mass reports removal of controls on aluminumware cook kitchenware and houses as production rises. War contracts held by manufacturers are to speed up once current orders are fulfilled.
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Washington, Mass
War Today: Syria flare up tests postwar peace efforts
The piece notes fighting in Syria between French troops and locals amid Franco Lebanese independence disputes. It highlights UN efforts in San Francisco for world peace while hostilities risk widening. The new Arab Union, including Egypt Iraq Transjordan Saudi Arabia Syria Lebanon and Yemen, is mentioned as shaping regional dynamics.
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United Nations
San Francisco
Syria
United States
England
Lebanon
Turkey
France
Syrria
Britain
Owever
Pacific
Japan
Union of Arab States
Egypt
Iraq
Transjordan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Union
Secretary Stettinius urges closer U S Russia ties in bid for world peace
Secretary of State Stettinius radioed Americans urging close U S Russian relations to unify the Big Five in guiding the United Nations. He defended veto power as essential to prevent a new world war and urged ongoing mediation among the great powers amid Middle East tensions.
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San Francisco
Stettinius
Russia
United States
United Nations
World Security Council
Britain
France
World Organization
Syria
London
Middle East
Germany
Japan
America
Mype
Snes Pir
Heve Rls
Ee Union
China
Senate Votes Against Ellis Wet Bill Rule In Alabama
The Alabama senate overruled a presiding officer ruling and sent the bone dry constitutional amendment to committee amid a 22 to 9 vote against sustaining the chair. Lt. Gov. Handy Ellis had earlier moved to place the bill for a reading. the measure faces continued debate in a temperance context.
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Montgomery
Alabama Senate
Handy _ Ellis
Senate
Vernon L. St. John
Lawrence
Lawrence Andrews
Bullock
Ellis
Andrews
Committee On Constitution and Constitutional
Capitol Hill In Spotlight
In a turbulent session the house veterans committee rescinded its contempt citation against Albert Deutsch and recalled him for further testimony about veterans hospital conditions. Senator Willis urged a constitutional amendment to permit the house to elect an interim vice president. Wallace praised free competition in business before the small business committee. La Guardia spoke for a 650 million airport program with state participation. Dirksen cited UN relief work overseas as inadequate. The State Department rejected a protest over the Ana Maru sinking. Truman conferred with Yugoslavia’s foreign minister.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House Veterans Committee
Albert Deutsch
New York
Deutsch
Willis
R.-Ind
Stettinius
House of Representatives
Wallace
House
Small Business Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
la Guardia
Rep. Dirksen
R.ill
Europe
Middle East
United Nations Lief and Rehabilitation Administration
Will Discuss Senate Fight Across States
Tennessee Kentucky Georgia and Alabama citizens meet at the Cornelian Hotel in Decatur to plan unified action against the Byrd-Butler Senate bill. John A. Caddell will preside and seek suggestions to unite opposition to placing TVA appropriations under Senator Kenneth McKellar.
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Alabama
Byrd-Butler
Senate
Tennessee Valley
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Cornelian Hotel
Decatur
John A. Caddell
Chamber of Commerce
TVA
Kenneth McKellar
Appropriations
Thomas A Norton Killed Overseas With Full Honors
Mrs. Thomas A Norton of Hillsboro 3 received word from Chaplain Louis M Swartz that her husband Thomas A Norton, a member of the 38th naval construction battalion, was buried with full military honors on the island where he was killed. The ceremony included a military band 24 escort guards and a firing squad. Swartz said Norton was killed instantly in an accident while working.
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Thomas A. Norton
Hillsboro 3
Louis M. Swartz
38Th Naval Construction Battalion
Swartz
Thomas
Judge Sets June 8 Execution For Thomas H. Robinson Jr
Federal Judge Shackelford Miller ordered the 1934 $50,000 ransom kidnapping case ended with the electric chair. Thomas H. Robinson Jr., 37, formerly a Nashville law student, will be executed at Kentucky State Prison in Eddyville after a long legal fight over life terms at Alcatraz.
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Louisville
Shackelford Miller
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed
Nashville, Tenn
Kentucky
Eddyville
Alcatraz
Eden hints France should withdraw troops in Levant to aid Pacific war
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged caution over France sending reinforcements to Syria and Lebanon. He warned the small deployment could trigger Arab resistance and disrupt efforts against Japan. The United States voiced concern as French proposals for Levant settlement timed with troop arrivals.
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London
Anthony
Eden
France
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Commons
Japan
U.S
United States
Beyrouth
Arab League
Unhappy Choice Is Faced By France
France confronts a difficult decision in Syria and Lebanon as it debates holding mandate power with the Arab League backed states seeking full independence. Diplomatic efforts in London and Washington aim to avoid violence while Syria and Lebanon press for autonomy, with clashes reported at Homs and Kambe.
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Associated Press
France
Syria
Lebanon
Levant
London
Washington
Middle East
Arab League
Britain
Egypt
Iraq
Palestine
Diplomas Awarded to Eighty Seniors at Decatur High
Eighty members of the Class of 1945 at Decatur High School received diplomas during graduation exercises led by Judge Julian Harris. The program featured a pageant titled A Soldier's Dream and included a student written script by Miss Doris Hill's class.
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Decatur Senior High School
Julian Harris
City Board of Education
America
Doris Hill
John Hamilton
Jimmy Hill
Robert Allen
Fred Mittwede
Geraldine. Hill
Sasaue Kesin
Etty Ware
Soviet youths ages 15 to 16 called for peacetime army training
In Moscow on May 29 1949 the Red program calls all eighth and ninth graders aged 15 and 16 to begin army training on June 1. Lt Gen N N Pronin declares the period should be as strong as wartime and that no youth should miss the program. Training will come from World War II veterans and follows the graduation of the 17 year olds.
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Moscow
Uneed
N N.pronin
Peoples’ Commissariat For Defense
Russia
Pronin
Young Communist League
Sergei Knov
Committee of Affairs
Barter Ralsh Barter Heart Victim in Louisville
Ralph H Barter 55 vice president and sales manager of Decatur Box and Basket Co died Monday night at his home 1510 Cherokee Road Louisville of a heart attack. Survived by wife and daughter of Louisville and brother Bert Barter of Miami. Funeral Thursday 11am in Louisville.
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Ralph H. Barter
Decatur Box & Basket Company
Cherokee Road
Louisville
Barter
Bert Barter
Miami
Fla
Eerees
South
Knudsen to retire from active duty this week
Lt. Gen. William S. Knudsen, War Department Director of Production, plans to retire from active duty at the end of this week. A formal War Department announcement is expected.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
War Department
War Bond appeal urges continued savings postwar
A community notice argues that even if conflict ends now households should invest heavily in War Bonds. It warns scarce goods, delayed production, and urges readers to store away three dollars for each three dollar bond, stressing ongoing wartime need and headlines still warning of danger.
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P.S
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Pvt
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the Daily
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Secretary of War
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William C. Fulgham
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