Local News Briefs and Military Updates From Decatur
Weather outlook for today and Thursday predicts partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and fair tonight. Cotton prices recorded: strict mid dling 20.95 middling 20.60 strict low 18.95 low 16.95. Movie listings include Lassie Come Home Princess Henry Aldridge Haunts A House Roxy Thumbs Up Capitol. DeMola Commandery No 14 Knights Templar to meet Thursday at 7 30 pm. Aviator cadet Robert Baugh enrolled at Maxwell Field after Duke 1940 43. Police report no curfew violations last night. Several local notices on residents health and court activity. Civil Air Patrol Cadets to meet tonight at 8 pm with recruitment details for ages 15 to 17. War Department reports wounded and prisoner of war updates for soldiers Mackey Hawkins Atkinson. Continued on Page Two.
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Lassie
The
Princess
Henry Aldridge
Roxy
Capitol
Allies Close in on Frosinone in Italian Campaign Push
Allied forces under British and American commands press the Rome front from Valmontone to the sea. The Eighth Army nears Frosinone while Velletri and the Alban hills region see German street fighting and heavy resistance.
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Sid Feder
Naples
Coastal
Pescarella‘ Nuova
Rome
Velletri
Alban Hills
Rome Line
Eternal City
Valmontone
Campo Semini
Velletr
Case Tel ‘Gandolfo
Fifth
Frosinone
Via Casilina
Berlin
Moletta
L'Americano
Tiber
Ardea
Villa Crocetta
Lanuvio
Eighth Army
Italy
Alfedena
Fontana
Strangolagulli
Pofi
Ceccano
Arpino
Ploesti And Other Targets Hammered
Up to 3,500 invading American planes from Britain and Italy bombed Polesti Romania and several German rail yards as well as a French Maginot line air base near Mulhouse. The raid included 1,200 British fighters and 500–750 U.S. heavy bombers with escorts, plus raids on Boulogne Dunkerque and Leverkusen. No losses were reported.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Britain
Italy
Polesti
Mulhouse
Switzerland
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Dortmund
U. S
Eighth Airforce
Germany
RAF
Leverkusen
Boulogne
Dunkerque
Channel
Berlin
Balkan
Europe
Austria
France
Belgium
Yugoslavia
New Tax Era Opened With Streamlined System
President Roosevelt signed a tax streamliner law ending the wartime income tax complexity. The reform removes 30 million from filing burdens and simplifies returns for 20 million while preserving overall tax levels. About 10 million with higher incomes will use a simple table. the other 10 million file detailed returns.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
America
Rosevelt
Congress
Doughton
N.C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gas Tax Revenue Drops in Early Fiscal Year
Montgomery reports state gasoline tax receipts for eight months fall by 512 193 compared with the same period last year. Tax Chief A B Tucker disclosed the decline today.
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Montgomery
A. B. Tucker
German Break in Balkans Signals Wider War Front
The German onslaught north of Iasi marks a Balkan focused move by Hitler to shield Europe and may presage bigger operations. Moscow sees it as disrupting Russian troop concentrations while Bulgaria faces ultimata to sever ties with Moscow as pro Nazi elements press their influence.
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Iasi
Romania
Hitler
Balkans
Europe
Moscow
Bulgaria
Sofia
Germany
Turkey
Russia
Moscow Radio
Nelson Lilienthal Visit to Decatur Port Luncheon Plan Set
Nelson and Lilienthal arrive in Decatur at 11 30 am for a 30 minute Tennessee River boat view of the waterfront. A 12 45 pm luncheon at Southern Airways follows, restricted to 200 guests by the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. The party then departs for Courtland Army air field en route to Knoxville, with TVA and WPB aides aboard.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
David E. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Nelson-Lilienthal
Decatur
Tennessee
Southern Airways
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
T He
Ed Falck
John P. Ferris
TVA
F. F. Beauchamp
Nelson to tour Tennessee Valley plants in war production drive
War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson arrives in Chattanooga to meet with about 250 businessmen and begins a three day tour of the Tennessee Valley. He plans inspections of Hale's bar and Gunterville dams Wilson dam Reynolds Metal Listerhill Decatur Fontana and Knox ville with TVA officials and local leaders. Nelson notes production is three percent short of April goals but urges full mobilization of material and manpower for military and essential civilian output.
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Chattanooga
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Tennessee Valley
Nelson
Chattanooga-Hamilton County
Decatur
Ala
Fontana Dam
North Carolina
Dena
Knoxville
America
Nazis Break Russian Lull Near Iasi
German forces opened a sharp attack north of Iasi Romania, breaking a six week lull with tanks and infantry. The clash caused heavy losses but yielded only a small dent in Russian lines, signaling no clear offensive yet. Moscow said Red Army defenses held near Vitebsk and reported Allied action against German shipping in Narva Bay.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Gilmore
Ploesti
Red Army
Vitebsk
White Russia
Narva Bay
Red Banner Baltic
Navy commends Lt Harold High on Mediterranean action
Lt Harold W. High of Bessemer Alabama former Southwestern College Memphis Tennessee athletic star has been commended by the Secretary of the Navy. The 33 year old commanded a naval armed guard unit on a merchant ship involved in violent action against aircraft in the Mediterranean last August.
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New Orleans
Harold W. High
Bessemer
Ala
Southwestern College
Memphis
Biak fighting and Far East offensives clash in World War II
Allied reports detail fierce Biak Island resistance as Japanese tanks planes and troops clash with American forces near Mokmer air field. A major tank battle results in 11 Japanese tanks and six enemy planes shot down, with U S destroyer bombardment and air power countering the assault while China reports Japanese forces breaching a Hankow Canton rail line defense. Additional actions include air strikes on Saipan and Chindit attacks in Burma/Myitkyina to disrupt Japanese reinforcements and safeguard the Burma China road.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Biak
New Guinea
China
Shankow-Canton
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Mokmer
Philippines
MacArthur
Lathan
Spencer Davis
Southwest Pacific
Davis
Bosaek Village
Tokyo Radio
Changsha
Hankow-Canton
Chungking
Honan
Hunan
Central Pacific
U. S
Saipari
Marina Islands
Burma
Chindit
Myitkyina
Joseph Stilwell
Navy secretary opposes court martial for Pearl Harbor case
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal said he personally opposes a court martial now for Admiral Husband E. Kimmel over the Pearl Harbor attack. Congress debates a resolution setting September 8 as the deadline to begin trial proceedings.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Pyle Sees English GIs Fresh To Battle Fervor
In England on May 31 a correspondent notes combat troops eager to face the Jerries after months of training. The men share common wartime moods, cussing, bragging about gear, and longing for home, with the unit having trained together for nearly two years.
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England
Shey
Tank Destroyers Proud of Guns and Teamwork
A wartime reminiscence highlights tank destroyers as a unified firepower unit built from small teams centered on individual guns. Commanders like Sgt. Dick Showalter exemplify the cohesion, trust, and mutual recognition that sustain morale in battle.
Rabies Found in Dog Sighted on Johnston Street
City police reported at 11 45 this morning that the head of a small black and brown shaggy dog seen around Johnston Street for days tested positive for rabies. The dog reportedly bit ten people including children and an Coca Cola bottling plant employee as it fought other dogs yesterday. Patrolmen Weatherly and Terry investigated and urged anyone bitten to seek treatment immediately.
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Johnston Street
Morgan County Health—Department
Coca Cola
Grant Street
Weatherly
Terry
Morgan County Health Department
Trio Held in Boy's Death in Tennessee
In Nashville a 17-year-old girl, Ruth Yates, her father Roy Yates, and brothers Dennis and Harold Yates were jailed as follows state witnesses and murder suspects in the May 18 shooting death of James Robert Sherrill, 17, a high school senior. The girl had alleged a lurid sequence including a rape and a shooting near Tullahoma. Rewards exceeding 2500 dollars were offered for apprehension of the killer.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tullahoma
State Highway Patrol Division
W. C. O'Lee
Ruth Yates
James Robert Sherrill
Roy Yates
Dennis
Harold Yates
Sherrill
Miss Yates
Allies Warn Europe of Scorched Earth Tactics Before Invasion
Allied broadcasts from supreme headquarters urge European patriots to keep fire-control units ready as bomb and artillery fire risks rise in battle zones. The underground is reminded to reinforce first aid and civil defense as invasion plans proceed. Two German planes were shot down over Britain amid reports of invasion preparations. Fine invasion weather continues with no tide at Calais expected tonight.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Britain
Calais
Demonstration Ends as Brewster Workers Return to Work
In New York on May 31 1943 Brewster Aeronautical Corp workers end a two day stay in protest over Navy canceled contracts. About 5 500 employees at Long Island City return to prepare for new government assigned work after the stay in ends. A parallel action occurred at Johnsville Pennsylvania with about 600 workers sleeping in and later joining day shift staff. Production record set as eight Corsair fighters assembled in one day per UAW CIO officials.
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Navy
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
New York
Brewster Aeronautical
Long Island City
Roosevelt
Brewster
Johnsville
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Dunn Wins in Only Race for Morgan County Board
Alec Dunn of Florette won the sole contest in Negan county's Democratic run off defeating John Mc Cutcheon by forty votes. The canvass was conducted at the courthouse under A A Means and J B Patterson of the county Democratic committee.
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Alec Dunn
Florette
Negan County
John McCutcheon
Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
A.A. Means
Shut-In Day Observed at Morgan County Sanatorium
Dr. William Grosfeld announces next Sunday June 4 will be observed as Shut-In Day at the Morgan County Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Flint Alabama. Governor Chauntey Sparks issues the proclamation and visitors are welcome from 11 a.m. to 5 30 p.m.
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William Grosfeld
Morgan County Tubercular Sanatorium
Flint
Chauntey Sparks
Alabama
Air raid alert tests last in Southern California
Offshore aircraft later identified as friendly caused the first radio silence in Southern California in over a year. The event marked a final test for the civilian warning service before its scheduled abandonment tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Day of Prayer Sought for D Day Invasion
The Association of Protestant ministers of Decatur endorses a national day of special prayer for the D Day invasion. Churches will open when announced, urging suspension of business for a season of prayer for sailors soldiers and leaders. H M Stevenson chairs the effort.
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Association of Protestant Ministers of
Decatur
H. M. Stevenson
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