Decatur Men Commended for Air Depot Service
Two Decatur soldiers, Cpl. Harold P. Pruitt and Cpl. Richard B. Sapp, receive commendation from Brig. Gen. Morris Berman for close cooperative work at the base air depot area in Europe. They helped process 34,500 tons of aircraft parts and supplies since January, with most shipments supporting continent fighter and bomber groups during March and April.
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Air Service Command
Europe
Decatur
Morris Berman
San Antonio
Tex
General Base Air Depot
Germany
Cpl
Harold P. Pruitt
W. R. Pruitt
6Th Ave. West
Richard B. Sapp
Decatur 2
Bills Doomed In Senate For Tax Assessors Terms
Proposals to cut county tax assessor and collector terms from six to four years were shelved by the Senate committee on privileges and elections after both house-approved measures were indefinitely postponed. The bills are considered doomed for the current legislative session unless the Senate reports them out. A stray recipe note about a peanut sandwich appears in the text.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Committee On Privileges and
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle
The page includes a large daily crossword grid with across and down clues, plus a Cryptoquote quotation. Also features a daily cryptogram line and a known quote from Basil, distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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Basil
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Clark’s perilous Italian campaign and Rome triumph recounted
Substituting for Hal Boyle Paris report recalls General Mark Wayne Clark’s long wartime career. He faced near misses at Salerno and Anzio and survived a torpedo boat run under fire. He cites Rome’s capture on June 4 1944 and Italy’s surrender as defining moments in a proud Fifth Army drive.
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Paris
Italy
Mark Wayne Clark
United States Army
United States
Salerno
Anzio
Rome
Clark
Ments
Patton
Marshal Montgomery
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Prisoners Return and Furloughs Reach Limestone County
Lonnie Parker, a World War II prisoner of Germany for two weeks, visits family in Oak Grove along with his parents Mr and Mrs Marvin Parker. Thurman Bud Johnson, released since September 19 1943, heads home on furlough. Other locals, Josephine Charles Wayne and Douglas Legg, visit grandparents Elmer and Grace Martin on Danville Road.
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Lonnie Parker
Germany
Marvin Parker
Thurman
Bud) Johnson
P. E. Johnson
Josephine
Charles Wayne
Douglas Legg
Elmer Martin
Danvillé
James Syberet
Minnie Wallace
Carrie
Earl Legg
J. R. Stephenson
Hugh Townson
Guy Smith
Danville
Robert Clemons
Local residents attend graduations and visits across area
Mrs. O H Bradford and Mrs. Myrtle Miller attended Morgan County High School graduation where Barbara Ann Miller also graduated. Families from Hartselle Decatur Gum Springs and Limestone County share weekend visits and moving news. Several residents travel for funerals and hospital visits while others relocate to Decatur and route one.
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O.H. Bradford
Myrtle Miller
Morgan County High School
Barbara Ann Miller
Wilburn Wade
Louisville
Beatha Brindley
Weaver Brindley
Gum Springs
Wade
Fane
W. T. Wade
J. E. Gurley
Hartselle
Decatur
Bettye Earle Gurley
Falkville
Bob Summerford
Tollie Johnson
Seaaaniaaasien
Hartselle Saturn
Swindel Clemons
Morris
Route Two
A. D. Luder
Audrey Curry
Theodore Russell
Joe Bradford
Mary
Billy
Limestone County
Morgan County Social Notes From Shady Grove And Trinity
Miss Wilma Thomas of Trinity visits Mrs Forrest Rhoades this week. Mrs Edward White of Decatur was weekend guest of Mr and Mrs Lucian White. The community notes mention Mr Sanders as brother of Mrs Clinton White and the Lamons visiting Mrs Frank Philpot and baby in Hartselle. Lowell Standridge and daughters from Austinville are also noted.
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Wilma Thomas
Trinity
Forrest Rhoades
Edward White
Decatur
Lucian White
Gret
Gadsden
Sanders
Clinton White
W. B. Lamon
Frank Philpot
Hartselle
Lowell-Standridge
Austinville
Sunday Visitors and Local Family News
Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. G S McDougle and relatives. Forrest Rhoades family and Wilma Thomas visited Lambie Rhoades at Curtis Wells. Mrs Kate Cottingim and family and others, with J T White and Mrs Paul Johnson who is ill, were noted. Edward White returned from naval training with brief emergency leave in Decatur.
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G. S. McDougle
Forrest Rhoades
Wilma Thomas
Lambie Rhoades
Curtis Wells
Kate Cottingim
Maggie Benham
Cora
Local Family Visits and Sunday Decorations Report
Cullman County crosses roads community notes list Mrs Eunice Williams and family attending a decoration at Flower Hill on Sunday. The Marlowe and Phillips families visited relatives in town while Alton Morgan prepares to return to camp next week. Noah Aris and family moved a truck load to Cullman for a tent meeting and Tidwell along with Mrs Pitts attended a Lawrence Cove decoration. The report names several Osborns Olingers and Wil liams among attendees.
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Nels Olinger
Fran Olinger
Nancy Lou Osborn
Junior Osborn
Paul
Odessa Osborn
Noah Aris
Lyla and
Louele
Mona Williams
Flower Hill
Fred Marlowe
Lonnie Phillips
Cliff Miller
Mose Powell
Bethlehem
Pfc
Alton Morgan
Pauline Phillips
Alton
Cullman
Ernest Tidwell
Jim Pitts
Lawrence Cove
Somerville News Notes And Family Updates
Mary Sue and Lowell Hunt returned home Monday after a week with uncle Arnold Hunt and family on route one Lacon. Loyd Goree spent Sunday with uncle and aunt Lindon Breeding. Oral Mooneyham and sister Mrs Odell Goree and baby Lynn Reed and Mrs Walter Wade test Thursday for Virginia. Mrs Goree will visit her husband in a Norfolk hospital with the S Navy. Mrs Wade will be the guest of Mr and Mrs Tom Wade Jr at Portsmouth Virginia. Damon:
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Maggie Ransom
Nellie Morrow
Decatur
Ruth Ransom
Willeane Ransom
Buddy Owens
Wilma Goree
Mary Peck
J.W. Winton
Andy Elders
Antioch
Roy Martin
John Arthur
J. S.martin
Mary Sue
Lowell Hunt
Arnold Hunt
Lacon
Loyd Goree
Lindon Breeding
Oral Mooneyham
Odell Goree
Lynn Reed
Walter Wade
Virginia
Tom Wade, J
Portsmouth
Damon
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