Weather and local notices mix with war updates
Scattered thundershowers are forecast this afternoon and tonight with cooler, cloudy conditions through Wednesday. Temperature highs reached 93 and lows near 69. Cotton prices today included strict midling 20.95 and middling 20.80 with lower grades at 18.95 and 16.95. Local cinema listings feature Lady In The Dark at the Princess Henry Aldrich Haunts a House at the Roxy and So Proudly We Hail at the Capitol. Community notices report awards, promotions, and visitations across Morgan County plus a planned fifth war loan drive led by Ewell K. Gregg.
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Lady In the Dark
The
Princess
Henry Aldrich
Capitol
Creer
Large Crowd To Greet WPB Official Here
Two hundred Valley residents will greet Donald M. Nelson WPB chairman and David E. Lilienthal TVA chairman on their Thursday visit. They will tour Wil son Dam and Decatur before a 12 45 luncheon hosted by Southern Airways with invitation from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. Nelson
Tennessee Valley
Mr. Lilienthal
TVA
Wilson Dam
Decatur
Southern Airways
Harris
Robert T. Harris
Decatur Chambers of Commerce
Valley of the Tennessee Inm
Alabama
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
John A. Caddell
Lilienthal
Nelson
East Tennessee
Nelson- Lilienthal
U. S. Coast Guard
Tennessee
Congress
James P. Barnes
WPB
W. A. Steadman
Birmingham
Alabama State Chamber of Commerce
Three Die In Selma Crash Involving Car And Trailer
Three persons were killed and two others seriously injured when an automobile believed driven by Elbert Malone of Meridian Mississippi crashed into a trailer attached to a Birmingham area truck near Catherine Selma Alabama. The dead were Malone his wife and their six year old daughter. Two Meridian residents Mrs Sam Smith and Mrs R A Trussell were admitted to Selma Baptist Hospital. The truck driver fled uninjured.
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Selma
Ala
Elbert
Malone
Twenty Eighth
Meridian
Miss
Birmingham
Catherine
Selma Baptist Hospital
Sam Smith
R. A. Trussell
Dozen Targets Hit In Day's Air Raids
Allied air power strikes across Europe report 3200 American warplanes from Britain and Italy bombing Austria Germany Yugoslavia France and the Low Countries. British raids hit Desau Oschersleben Halberstadt and Brussels rail yards while American fighters led a parade over the Channel.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Britain
Italy
Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
France
Low Countries
Europe
Wiener Neustadt
Linz
Zagreb
Berlin
Alps
Dessau
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Brussels
Belgium
Reims and
Troyes
Handorf
Rear-Whanster
Diephote-trear-Osna- Stoka Tiethorrtadir
Ostburg
Channel
Thunderbolt
Hannover
Dover Strait
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Fruersbrunn
MAAF
Arene
U. S
England
Morgan County Tuberculum Sanatorium At Capacity
Morgan county sanatorium is at capacity caring for patients with ninety in the facility, the highest since its cookie era. The institution serves nine counties in the Tennessee Valley and provides X ray services. It credits generous public support from a Decatur Lions Club appeal for materials and supplies. The board of trustees is led by Dr. Erskine Chenault with W. W. Dinsmore overseeing finances.
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Morgan County Tuberculum Sanatorium
CWA
Morgan County Institution
Alabama
Tennessee
Decatur Lions Club
Erskine Chenault
W. W. Dinsmore
R. L. Sherrill
Hartselle
L. R. Murphree
J. E. Howle
William Grosfeld
Berlin war jitters as invasion date remains elusive
War dispatch notes German nerves and Allied air power as 4 300 Allied sorties pound targets across Europe including France Poland and Austria while Mussolini’s offensives and new Russian front pressures shape the timing. German press admits invasion date fixed in advance is unlikely and favors a flexible approach amid heavy Allied bombardment.
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Europe
Poland
Germany
Lower Danube
Austria
Hitler
Mark Clark
Anzio
Rome
Diplomas Awarded To 87 Seniors Here
Graduation exercises at Decatur High School honored 87 senior students. Diplomas were presented by R. E. Catlett, with awards for Good Citizenship to John Hamilton and Margaret Ann Brooks and a $50 war bond to Louise Hocking. The program featured a Dreams of Eve performance by senior girls and remarks by Dr. A. W. Leavell.
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Decatur Senior High School
Eve
Mary Ellen Brown
David Allen Gibson
Carl Schwachow
Julian Harris
A. W. Leavell
Peabody College
W. T. Jorson
American Legion
John Hamilton
Margaret Ann Brooks
Vivian
Timberlake
Lillian Houser
Henry Goidel
Civita
Navy cutback sparks Brewster protest and war coverage
The scene centers on Brewster Aeronautical Corp workers staging a stay-in at the New York and Johnsville plants to protest Navy manpower cuts amid Corsair production. CIO leader Richard Frankensteen calls the Navy action bungled, while Brewster president Preston Lockwood urges Navy aid and protests unwarranted terminations. Aftonbladet dispatch from Stockholm reports German civilians killed American airmen and a rising anti Allied sentiment under Nazi press.
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Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Richard T. Frankensteen
Frankensteen
CIO
United Automobile Workers Union
Brewster
New York
Johnsville
Tvnation
Franksteen
Preston Lockwood
Goodyear
Akron
Chance Vought
Bridgeport
Conn
Navy
Lockwood
Artemus Gates
Stockholm
Irmen
Germany
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Leipzig
Political Handbook of the World
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Volkischer Boebachter
Ceiling fixed on various cheeses
The Office of Price Administration announced specific cents per pound ceilings for cheeses to save consumers over $2,000,000 annually. Effective June 5, ceilings apply to blue Gorgonzola Provolone Parmesan Monte and Moda Romano Soft Asiago Monterey high moisture Jack Cheese and remove these from the 1942 frozen price level. Standards of identity for each cheese group are established.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Decatur Soldier Reported Dead in World War II
Mrs. Dorothy Choate Alvis receives War Department notice that her brother Pfc. Frank L. Choate is recorded as presumptively dead after being missing in action since the fall of Corregidor on May 7, 1942. The department reviewed all records and confirmed the death finding.
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Dorothy Choate Alvis
War Department
Pfc
Frank L. Choate
Feela
Corregidor
Choate
Reds Planes Raid Romania in Major Aerial Action
Moscow reported Soviet air forces struck Romanian airfields at Roman and Husi on the Prut river disabling or destroying at least 60 enemy planes. Germans claimed counterattacks on Soviet supply lines and positions. minor ground action northwest of Lutsk ended in a repulse.
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London
Romania
Reds
Moscow
Roman
Shretul
Husi
Prut
Carpathian Mountains
Dnestr
Shepetovka
Korosten
Gulf of Finland
Lutsk
Auxiliary Union for Negroes Upheld in Richmond Shipyards
Superior Judge Peter J. Mullins ruled that AFL boilermakers local 513 may maintain an auxiliary union for Negro workers at Kaiser operated Richmond shipyards. The ruling discharged a restraining order against the union and shipyards. Negro workers had sought an injunction to admit Negroes to the regular union or drop dues requirements, arguing lack of voting power and discrimination.
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San Francisco
AFL
Kaiser
Richmond
Peter J. Mullins
Boiilermakers
Allied noose tightens around Myitkyina and Burma front
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell bypass Kamaing to link the Ledo and Burma roads, cutting the Myitkyina area from Mogaung. Chinese troops press toward Tengchung as air support aids operations. In Biak, Mokmer airfield battle looms as Sixth Army nears the base. Japan expands offensive from Hunan toward Changsha while advancing near Changsha in three days.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Myitkyina
Burma- China
Kamaung
Southeast Asia
Joseph Stilwell
Kamaing
Mogaung
Stilwell
Ledo
Burma
North Burma
Katha
Tengchung
South West Pacific
Mokmer
Biak Island
Schoutens
Sixth Army
Philippines
Biak
New Guinea
China
Yoyang
Hunan’ Province
Siangyin
Changsha
Hang Kow-Canton
Wife Not Located Missing for Week in Decatur
Robert Haynes of Moulton four searches Decatur for wife Vera Haynes who vanished from their home last Wednesday morning. He received a report she is in Decatur and sent a plea through The Daily for her return. The couple has five children and moved from Lawrence county three years ago after marrying in Cullman county in 1925.
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Robert Haynes
Moulton
Decatur
Vera Haynes
Haynes
Lawrence County
Cullman County
Nazis Expect Air Invasion Invasion On D Day
London reports a neutral pre invasion briefing that German high command spotted thousands of small units across France to defend against Allied airborne forces. Berlin commentary suggests West armored formations stay behind front lines to counter parachute landings and air attacks. Transocean claims flying repair squads exist across occupied Europe to maintain rail links as bombings continue.
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London
High Command
France
West Wall
Ritter: von Schramm
Borsen
Transocean
Ganzen Mueller
Russia
Rome
Harold Alexander
Italy
Eisenhower
Red Army
England
Black market hit prompts federal crackdown on wartime coupons
Federal agents tighten grip on counterfeit and stolen wartime gasoline ration coupons. Price Administrator Chester Bowles announces intensified actions to curb the largest black market racket in the nation.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
General Bradley’s Driver Urges Rest Amid War Strain
In London reports a weary but resolute General Bradley prepares to lead American troops in the second front. His longtime driver Sergt Alex Stout of Louisiana says the commander works endlessly and deserves a break, joking they could drive around the country for a couple of hours.
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London
Omar Bradley
Sergt
Alex Stout
Louisiana
General Bradley
Alex
Boss
Zippo lighter gift idea from Zippo president
A Zippo Manufacturing Co president wrote to the columnist proposing a personalized nickel plated lighter as a gift. The letters describe wartime versus peacetime finishes and the global wartime P X wait lists, with the columnist noting ongoing interest in the idea.
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Zippo Manufacturing Co
Bradford
Army P.X
Zippo Company
Washington
Allied drive toward Rome continues as German defenses retreat
Fifth army infantry and tanks renewed attacks within 16 miles of Rome after repulsing overnight counterattacks. Allied forces push through the Sacco valley along highway 6, seize Arce, and press toward Frosinone and Sora while German resistance concentrates around Lanuvio and Artena.
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Noland Norgaard
Napples
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Sacco
Via Casilina
Arcé
Frosindine
Rone
Anzio
Sacco Valley
Casilina
Arce
Apennines
Sora
Hermann Goering
Valmontone
Carroceto
Campo Demini
Eternal City
Campo Sermini
Velletri
Lanuvio
Frosinone
Avezzano
Fro
Sir Bo Leese
Pofi
Prossedi
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Tor
Melvin Mitchell
Linda Ann
Bill Davis
Nashville
Melvin S. Wells
R. L. Wells
Decature
Aleutian Islands
Morgan County War Finance Committee
Ewell K. Gregg
Morgan County War Finance
Jimmy Williams
North Africa
Quention Bagwell
Panama Canal Zone
Joppa
J. M
Will Pen
John A. Taylor
Barbara Anne
Lt. Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
C. W. Taylor
LaFayette Street
Lazelle Roper
Peggy Roper
Max Michelson
Atlanta
Delano Park Recreation Center
George C. Yancey
Tanner 1
Decatur General Hospital
Samuel D. Rooker
East Moulton Street
Smith Trimble
U. S. Navy
West Coast
Mrs. Trimble
Thelma B. Coulter
Bruns General Hospital
New Mexico
James T. Coulter
Seventh Avenue West
Becky Berry
Fifth Avenue South
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Woodalls
Moulton Road
Carrie K. Andrews
Alabama State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Robert Vernon-Tunstill
Speigner
Hartseller
Morgan County
Ben Franklin Moyer
Fayetteville
Tenn
W. T. Willoughby
John Alexander Taylor
East Lafayette Street
State of Alabama
Calvin Lively
By Ken Reynolds
Donald Nelson
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Mary Louise Alexander
Thomas Edward Anderson
Frances Eer Benton
Paul Handley Blackwell
Herbert Boley
Aldaih Marie Brand
Willie Evelyn Brandaway
Charlie Hunter Burt
Willie Royce Collier
Margaret Anne Crutcher
Hulon Cockrell
Robert Eads Catlett Jr
Naomi Nell Cloud
James Caudill
Bette
Jane Cobb
Frances Dolores Cobb
Tillman Gilbert Crane
Mary Rebecca Chambers
Elizabeth Ann Chappell
Sidney Blair
Frances Powers
Janis Phillips
Donna Corinne Ray
Lela Belle Robinson
Thomas Ratliff Jr
Mary Imogene Spiegel
James L. Riley Sellers
Selma Sherman
Quimby Sewell
Mary Frances Stockton
Gene T. Stroud
Alice Shropshire
Frances Marie Farrer
Billy MacFerguson
Otto Fischer Jr
Edith
Lynch
YANK
Auxiliary’ Union For Negroes Upheld
Manokwari
Babo
Noemfoor
Japan
Ponape
Truk
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
James D. Slaton
Gulfport
Oliveto
45Th Infantry Division
Laurel, Miss
Pyle
Ernie
Anzio- Albano
Artena
Highway 6
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