White House Tour Shows Truman Home Redecorated
First lady Mrs. Truman hosts press visit detailing renovations in the executive mansion. Rooms receive lighter colors and moved furnishings while portraits and family photos decorate the spaces, including a piano repositioned for evening use and Margaret Truman’s musical setup.
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Edith Gaylord Washington
Trumans
White House
Executive Mansion
Harry S. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Monroe
Missouri
Margareth
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
President Truman
Martha Truman
Army Demonstration Highlights Infantry Assault Tactics
An Army demonstration features an American infantryman leading an attack on a Japanese pillbox using flamethrowers, machine guns, mortars, bazookas, grenades, and rifles. The sequence shows creeping up, exchanging fire, and a main assault overrunning the position. Exhibits include Garand rifles, 57 mm anti tank guns, machine guns, mortars, carbines, rocket launchers, Browning rifles, SmG pistols, smoke grenades, jungle knives, booby traps, mines, demolition material, barbed wire, litters, and ammunition.
Arnall accuses Georgia groups of blocking constitutional amendment
Governor Ellis Arnall said an unholy coalition of candidates for governor railroads Georgia Power and other utilities is trying to block a special session to lift the gubernatorial succession ban. He spoke after lawmakers adjourned and promised to point to the roll call as proof of opposition before tomorrow’s floor battle.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Govenor
Railroads
Georgia Power Company
Arnall
Georgia
Senate moves on sterilization bill and liquor amendment
The senate advanced a sterilization measure while weighing a liquor ban proposal. A committee rewrote the measure to allow a two thirds vote to deviate from an urgent list and restructured the supervisory commission. Additional actions include a gasoline refund study, a retirement system funding, and new bills authorizing regional livestock shows and intrastate aviation regulation.
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House
Commission
State Finance Department
Jefferson
James A. Simpson
General Hospital Program
State Dental College
House Ways and Means
George E. Stone
Mobile
J. A. Austin
Tuscaloosa
Hunt Frasier
Dallas
T. J. Bagley
House Appropriations Committee
Vernon L. St. John
Lawrence
Guy
Handy Ellis
Building Commission
O. D. Carlton
Marengo
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
W. W. Garrett
Monroe
Shell Toomer
Lee
Sullivan, Stone and Johnston
Chichester
State Aviation Commission
White Home Scene Of Sunday Service
The home of Mr and Mrs Ted White hosted an afternoon of singing and worship on Sunday. Guests included Rev and Mrs W T Casey and their East Cullman group along with numerous local families and friends.
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Ted White
W. T. Casey
East Cullman
Casper Speegle
Bassiada
Jasper Huffman
Irene
Roy Aldridge
Imogene
Harvey Chance
Oma Brown
Elmer ‘Woods
Opal Skinner
Lydia Beasley
W. S. Skinner Jr
Berbie
Velma Skinner
Chester
Dezzie Brown
Christine Woods
Jack Speigle
J. P. Brown
Jeatie Glover
Decatur Social and Military Notes Update
Mrs. William Howard Dutton returns home from Scott Field Illinois with Sgt Dutton. Miss Peggy Talley is admitted to Decatur General Hospital. Mrs Annie Jackson and Mrs Alice Greenup are dismissed from Decatur General and Baugh infirmary respectively. W T Jordan confined to home with a sprained back from lifting stage props. Willard Ambous Bowling begins naval indoctrination at Great Lakes. Mrs Robert Blackwell moved home from Baugh infirmary. Winford Boutwell on six day leave from U S Merchant Marines after seven months in the Pacific. James E Jimmy Jackson arrives from Mare Island Navy Yard for 30 day visit. Mrs Billy James visiting F M Milam. Master Sat Edward F Kullman arrives after 18 months in Italy visiting Leodonia and Charles Kullman. Four vagrancy cases fined $26 each. one $5 bond forfeited. charge driving car without brakes.
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James E
Jimmy” Jackson
Mare Island Navy Yard
West Decatur
Okinawa Allied Breakthroughs Press Forward as Battle Rages
United States Marines breached Okinawa's 16th century fortress moat in a surprise thrust from the West while Japanese forces resisted with two infantry divisions to the North. The 7th Infantry seized a town and commanding heights three miles below Shuri as American offensives push along Chinen peninsula toward Nakagusuku Bay. Tokyo said U S casualties from air attacks rose with renewed strikes on shipping. Adm Nimitz reported another light carrier unit damaged and total ships hit near Nippon to Borneo. Imperial reports claimed seven more admirals killed and over 100 deaths in the past year.
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7Th Infantry
Shuri
Seventh Division
Chinen
Nakagusuku Bay
Imperial Fleet
Tokyo
U. S
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Nippon
Borneo
Imperial
TOP GENERALS COMING HOME FROM EUROPE
Generals Eisenhower Bradley and Patton lead U S return from Europe with plans for welcome events and possible home visits in various cities. Hodges already returned to Atlanta for a celebration. Eisenhower may appear in New York or Washington. Patton heads to California. Some will depart for the Pacific after retraining.
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Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
George S. Patton
United States
Courtney Hodges
1St Army
Atlanta
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Eisenhower
Supreme Allied
New York
Patton
3Rd Army
California
Pacific
First Ironclad Naval Duel: Monitor and Merrimac
The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac marked the first clash between iron clad warships, signaling a turning point in naval warfare during the Civil War era.
Tribute paid to war dead across the nation and overseas
Americans observed the seventy seventh Memorial Day with parades services and quiet cemeteries. Wreaths were placed on Arlington unknown soldier and Roosevelt graves. Memorials honored World War I and II fallen across London Paris Normandy and Pacific fronts.
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Associated Press
Europe
Pacific Islands
Japan
Gettysburg
Flanders Field
Normandy
Iwo Jima
Italy
Okinawa
Arlington National Cemetery
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Chicago
Mark W. Clark
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Grand Army of the Republic
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San Francisco Bay Area
Oakland
Frank C. Walker
Roosevelt Memorial Committee
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Arlington Memorial Cemetery
Potomac River
Washington
Battleground National Cemetery
Walter Reed Hospital
U. S
London
Northern Ireland
Anzio
St. Margaret's Church
Westminister
John G. Winant
France
Germany
Paris
Jefferson Caffery
Dougherty Heads Lions Club in 1945 46
Bill Dougherty was elected president of the Lions Club for 1945-46 at a regular meeting held Tuesday at Hotel Lyons. James Wade Ed Rogers and other officers and board members were chosen, with plans announced for a summer Lions horseshow.
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Bill Dougherty
Lions Club
Hotel Lyons
James Wade
Ed Rogers
Ben Britnell
Carter Dobbs
Melvin Ozier
Robert McMasters
Claud Carter
Lion Jamer
H. R. Sherrill
Red Freeman
Sam Wheat
Morgan County National Bank
Gillespie Honored At Home Dinner Before Overseas Duty
A Sunday dinner at Trinity 1 honored Pvt. Floyd Gillespie of Camp Robinson Ark. Attendees included his mother and numerous Gillespie relatives from Moulton Trinity 1 Austinville Speake Moebie. The gathering closed with well wishes as Gillespie prepared to depart for overseas duty.
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Pvt
Floyd Gillespie
Camp Robinson
Ark
Trinity 1
John Gillespie
R. L. Barnes
Curtis Standridge
Thomas Gillespie
J. Roberts
Paul Gillespie
Moulton 2
Dave Gillespie
Junior Gillespie
Mo Ebie
Floyd Hill
Ray Compton
Ralph Gillespie
Markham
Trinity
Censorship Restrictions Lifted for Allied Theater Press
In Paris on May 30 General Eisenhower lifted censorship restrictions for all theater correspondents apart from troop movements and other matters deemed crucial, allowing broader reportage under Shaef supervision. The decision marks a shift for Allied Expeditionary Force media coverage.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eisenhower
Weather Clouds Hope for Crops Across Wide Area
Cool wet weather hampers planting from the Middle West to the Eastern Seaboard. Corn and soybeans suffer as Ward Food Administration officials stress the need for a good crop this year. They note policy changes will wait for new leadership, with Anderson awaiting confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture.
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Associated Press
Middle West
Seaboard
Ward Food Administration
WFA
Anderson
D-Nm
Thomas
Jones
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
BAE
Air Force Demonstration to Aid Local Educators in Decatur
An Army Air Forces team will stage a morning exhibit at the Decatur armory this Thursday starting at 9 30 A M. The program shows educational use of aircraft equipment and training aids for North Alabama high school principals superintendents and trustees.
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Decatur
Army Air Forces
North Alabama
Army Air Forces Training Command
AAF
Army Air Force
Frederick W. Boswell
John, A. Ellis
Rudolph R. Willman
Robi. H. Kerr
J. D. Wooten
Sam Hock
Perrin Purvis
Nepty
Kindness Takes Root For Little French War Child
After five years under Nazi terror, nine year old Gerard Douillet is learning to live normally again under the Foster Parents Plan for War Children. The BPW Decatur club announced his adoption, and letters from members bring new friendship as he recovers from war nerves and family tragedy.
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Gerard Douillet
Decatur
Maquis
F Oster
Gerard
BPW
Cheerful Soldier Ottis Long Wounded in Pacific
Pvt. Ottis B. Long of Moulton writes to his family that he was wounded in the Pacific, losing a leg just above the knee. He says the hospital stay is going well, he hopes to return to the States soon, and expresses gratitude for surviving the wounds.
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Pvt
Ottis B. Long
S. B. Long
Moulton 2
Pacific
Bud
States
Ottis
Food rationing eyed to extend into 1950 on Capitiol Hill
Capitol Hill sources report Chairman Wagner predicts continued food controls into 1950 to avoid harming the economy as Japan is defeated. He warns another year or so may be needed and that costs could force three more years of rationing.
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Capitol Hill
Wagner
Senate Banking Committee
Japan
Sunset Crater Eruption Dating to 885 A D Discovered
Researchers identify Sunset Crater in Arizona as an eco eruption dating back to 885 A D based on geological and dating evidence. The finding places the event within the region's volcanic history and highlights its impact on nearby landscapes.
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Sunset Crater
Arizona
Decatur Alabama storm sewer ordinance sets 1945 hearing
Ordinance 398 outlines storm water sewer improvements in Decatur with main and lateral pipes and tile drains. It specifies property district, construction standards, assessment method, cost totaling 25000, and a June 18 1945 hearing at City Hall for objections. Public notice will run in The Decatur Daily for two weeks.
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Decatur
Alabama
4Th Street
6Th Avenue
6Th Street
8Th and
9Th Avenues
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Furnace —Company
12Th Avenue
Somerville Road
Delano Park
Delano Park and
Prospect Drive
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Decatur Daily
Japan's Far East Holds Value Yet Faces Allied Blockade
The region under Japanese control in Burma and surrounding Southeast Asia is tightening as Allied victories cut off supplies and threaten Malaya Thailand French Indochina and Dutch East Indies. Japan must defend these areas for nuisance value while facing manpower costs and delayed progress toward victory.
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Burma
China
Thailand
Chungking
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Nashville Markets Cattle Hogs Sheep Report May Market
Markets report cattle 150 percent cows active steady bulls unchanged odd head steers 12.50 to 13.00 canner cows 6.50 to 9.50 common beef cows 9.50 to 11.00 sausage bulls 11.00 to 12.00 calves 250 steady top 17.00 good to choice mostly 14.00 to 16.00 sows 13.75 hogs 300 active steady barrows gilts 14.50 under 140 pounds 13.25 sows 13.75 sheep 800 steady good and choice ewe and wether lambs 15.00 to 16.00 buck lambs 14.00 to 15.00 common down to 13.00 shorn ewes 7.00 down shorn bucks 3.50 down.
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Nashville
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