Newsmen Sweat Blood As FDR Signals Fourth Term
AP White House correspondent Howard Flieger and colleagues chased the developing story as Roosevelt hinted at a fourth term. Editors commanded the AF main wire break, triggering frantic dictation, with bells ringing and rapid transmission to bureaus as Flieger raced to file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fliemer
White House
Flieger
Hix
Phillip Wormeley
Washington
Roosevelt
Wormeley
Verctor
Refugees Shelter Deep Caen Grotto Under Bombed City
About 500 refugees live in a vast cathedral like grotto beneath Caen as the city was bombed. They descend creaking ladders to a former quarry turned air raid shelter where families gather by candles and carbide lamps. M Abel Boulevin runs the operation and asserts none of the refugees died underground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren
Tien
Cay
Grote
Abel Boulevin
Boulevin
la Maladierie
TOC
Negroes Held On Battery Charge In City Juke Joint
Special Investigator Tim Knight reported two Black men Timoth Grubbs and Precious Ward were arrested on assault and battery with a weapon after an altercation at a Baptist Bottom juke joint. Willie Thay Floyd sustained knife wounds to the shoulders and neck requiring stitches. Ward was arrested at home. Grubbs was picked up downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Bottom
Tim Knight
Timoth
Grubbs
Precious Ward
Ward
Willie Thay Floyd
Knight
George Garret
Floyd
Outing Planned By Baraca Class
The Baraca Class of the First Baptist Church will hold its annual social tomorrow night at seven thirty at Porter's. Preparations for more than 209 persons have been made and each member and his family is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firs Baptist Church
Porter's
Frantic race to file President's statement reads by Beale
The scene centers on Flieger and editors racing to transmit the President's statement. Beale interrupts with a casual quip as Flieger steadies him, while Peacock Wormeley and Hightower coordinate live copy across AP lines. The rush spans AP bureaus and time zones, highlighting newsroom pressure and color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worneley
William L. Beale
Flieger
Howard
Miss Lewis
Peacock
Wormeley
Sewananer
Hightower
Farm Bureau Meeting Addressed By Davis
Davis outlines postwar agricultural program and farmer unity at meeting led by Alabama Farm Bureau officials. Emmett Latemore stresses farmer representation in legislation. Walter Handelph reviews past year and price supports, noting Bankhead Amendment effects on cotton and peanut pricing. County bureaus Henry, Dale, Geneva, Coffee and Houston represented with state officials Hale and Randolph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PO Lys
Emmett Latemore
Walter L. Handelph
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
Te Bureau
Bankhead
Bureau
Wasington
Lizermore
American Farm
Burreau Federation
Henry, Dale
Geneva
Coffee
Houston
Davis
Sizemore
Randolph
EE. Hale
State Farm Bureau
Boy Scout Council Held At Camp Rotary
Southeast Alabama Boy Scout Council executive board met at Camp Rotary with 13 members present. M W Espy presided and introduced new Scout Executive J V Cooke. J J Jaxon reported Camp Rotary as highly successful with attendance over 259 during three weeks each week at capacity. George Little described camp conditions and Rev Mark A Lower outlined programs and advancement. Treasurer J E Saliha said finances were very fine. Cook noted Camp Rotary operates as a narc thesis. District members gave brief reports on Scouting in their areas. Additional attendees included C T Hunter J Dean OE M C Dixon from Eufaula M W Redd R J Joiner from Ozark Hubert Wallace Abbeville Arthur Johnson from Dothan. A meeting to plan the two weeks wilderness camp at Clear Pond was set for tonight in Andalusia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Alabama
George Little
Mark A. Lower
JE. Saliha
Rotary
C. T. Hunter
J. ¥. Dean OE
M.C. Dixon
Eufaula
M. W. Redd
R. J Joiner
Ozark
Hubert Wallace
Abbeville
Arthur Johnson
Dothan
Clear Pond
Andalusia
Cook
Air Attacks Curtail Nazi Oil Mobility in France
Allied air strikes on German oil installations reduce petroleum output, hindering Nazi mobility. U S officers assert German capacity diminished as Luftwaffe losses outpace production, with ongoing raids noted in France and beyond. The impact is described as significant on German ground operations and overall war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S Air Force
France
Germany
Chessa
Fragmented Local Notice Points To Public Sale
Vague OCR fragment describes a local notice about a public sale action. Readable parts reference officials and an event in a named area. Details are incomplete but imply an official notice requiring attention to the sale process.
New Ceiling Price Placed On Potatoes
Washington AP reports a new ceiling price regime for sweet potatoes set to take effect July 38. It fixes an average farm price of 3 dollars per bushel, with a 55 cent per bushel wholesale markup and zone based pricing. Prices shown reflect freight advantages to major consuming areas and include July August rates in Jenew zone at 3.15 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ance of Economie Syinlizsues
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Sailors Released To Naval Custody
The Sheriff's office says James Kirkland and William Cooper were released to Naval authorities after being held in the county jail in connection with a Florida automobile theft. Both sailors, natives of Houston County and Selma respectively, were stationed at Pensacola where the theft occurred. They pleaded guilty to juvenile delinquency and were placed on three years probation by Federal Judge Charles B. Kennamer at Montgomery. They were released yesterday.
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James Kirkland
William Cooper
Florida
Kirkland
Houston County
Cooper
Selma
Fensacola
Fla
Dobyn
Kirkland and
Charles B. Kennamer
Montgomery
Japanese push toward Canton-Hankow railway advances
Chinese officials reported heavy fighting across southeast Asia theaters. Japanese forces pressed north from Chungking toward Yingtak near Canton, while efforts to clear the Canton-Hankow corridor continued. In Burma and Hunan province, Chinese actions aimed to disrupt Japanese plans and halt advances, with no decisive breakthrough observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chunming
Kwangtiung
Canton - Hankow
Yintak
Inese High Command
Canton-Hankow
Yingtak
Canton
Hunan Province
Hensyang
Air Force
Bkan
Clinton D. Vincent
Hunan
Postwar Turkish Role and Allied Aims Outlined
Fragmentary OCR indicates demands from Turks focusing on two points: assurance of Turkey’s postwar political and territorial integrity and a clear Allied statement of postwar aims. Also sought is a precise explanation of how and when Turkey would be armed if she enters the conflict and the extent of her forces.
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Turkey
Nine Polio Cases Reported in Alabama State
Nine cases of infantile paralysis were reported in Alabama, compared with more than ten in North Carolina. The advisory urged parents to ensure immunization and rigorous hygiene amid the outbreak, with officials noting cases in several counties.
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Montgomery
Elages
Sive Beamih
Austin
Alabama
Carolina
Audley M Golden Killed in Action
The War Department announces Audley b Golden of Graceville Illinois was killed in action and buried at sea. A Graceville High School graduate, he was the son of Mrs CASSIE Golden and the late S A Golden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audley B. Golden
Graceville
Cassie Golden
S. A. Goldeo
Graceville High School
Health Plan Seeks Two Billion for Postwar Medical Care
Dr. Thomas Parran proposed a postwar civilian health program calling for nearly $2 billion in new hospital construction and federal aid to states for medical care of low income groups. A Senate subcommittee heard that peace time demand for hospital and medical care will exceed past levels with a plan to create 100,000 new general hospital beds and 66,000 replacements, 94,000 new mental hospital beds and 97,000 replacements, and 4,000 tuberculosis beds at an estimated $806 million plus 573 million and 200 million for associated facilities. The proposal includes 3 district health centers and 1,200 subcenters costing $120 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas Parran
Public Health Service
Senate
Parran
Pepper D.-Fla.4
William F. Coleman Receives Legion of Merit
Lieutenant Colonel William F. Coleman of 307 Park Avenue, Do than, earned the Legion of Merit for outstanding service in New Guinea from March 3 to October 15, 1943. The War Department announced the award on Tuesday. Colonel Coleman and his wife Camille Thornton now reside in Arlington, Virginia, where he serves at the Pentagon.
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William F. Coleman
Park Avenue
Dothan
New Guinea
War Department
Coleman
Camille Thornton
Arlington
Pentagon
Tharp Infant Dies Held in Funeral Service
Betty Joyce Tharp, three months old, died Monday in Clapton. Services were held yesterday at Banniel Church with Holman Funeral Home of Gzark in charge of arrangements.
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Betty Joyce
Daugh
Wade Tharp
Clapton
Banniel Church
Holman Funeral
Gzark
Allied push near St Lo reshapes battles in Normandy
Advance units sapped German lines around Hottot Vismont and west of the Vire with Bradley forces threatening Lessay and Angoville sur Ay. Air power remained limited by bad weather as 1,700 tactical sorties targeted front-line areas amid heavy tank fighting outside St Lo and near Cherbourg peninsula.
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RAF
Hottot
Vismont
Tilly-Sur Seulles
Omar N. Bradley
Vire
Carentan
la Haye du Puitz
Lessay
Angoville - Sur - Ay
la Haye du Puits
France
St Lo
St Tao
Hillery
Bradley
St le
Aouthnant
Lacsac
Coutances
Cherboure
Cook Will Conduct 4 Baptist Revivals
The Rev. Bob Cook announced four Baptist revival services in the area. One revival starts at Union Springs and runs through the following Friday. A second will be at Concord church, a third at Wiggins church (formerly Mount Pleasant) from July 23 to July 3. The fourth revival opens at Pinchard Baptist Church the first Sunday in August and continues through Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cook
Union Springs
Concord Church
Wiggins Church
Mount Pleasant
Pinchard Baptist Church
Malcolm Blackman Killed In Action In France
Private first class Malcolm Blackman son of Mr and Mrs Alto Blackman of Dothan route two has been reported killed in action June 31 in France His father announced yesterday Blackman entered the Army November 1962 and trained at Camp Wheeler Ga He served in North Africa and Sicily before transfer to England in December 13
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Malcolm 0. Blackman
Alto Blackman
Dothan
France
Blackman
Army
Camp Wheeler
North Africa
Sicily
England
Russian offensives press deep into East Prussia and Lithuania
Russian air forces attacked German columns as Sturmoviks and bombers struck near Kaunas and Grodno. More than 2,600 Germans killed on the sector, 1,500 captured, with Buna ruins and encirclements around Wilno, Bialystok, and Daugavpils. Moscow tallies total German losses over 11,000 prisoners since the offensive began.
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Mans
East Prussia
East Prussian
Germany
Kaunas
Wilno
Worenaw
Gorna
Bialystok
Warsaw
Lids
Grodno
Baranowicze
Niemens Fiver
Lida
Byelitsa
Aimine
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Daugavpils-Kaunas
Minsk
Volker
Moscow
Rutledge Commended By Navy For Service Aboard Armed Guard
Charlie W. Rutledge of Daleville Route One, USNR, praised by the Chief of Navy Personnel for outstanding service with the Armed Guard Unit aboard the Robin Sherwood in heavy seas. He helped ballast the ship, kept it from capsizing, working in four hour shifts for five days amid scarce food, aiding the vessel's safe fate in keeping with Navy traditions.
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Cysrie Barren Routledge
USNR
Daleville
Never
Robin Sherwood
Fighth Naval District
Rutledge
Mostgomery
Charles Rutledge
Seaman Rutledge
Naval Personne I Aloe Tene Et
Your
Wnstanding Service
Armed Guard
Robin Shell
Navy
United States Naval Service
Normandy Operation Slowed by Weather Drives Late Gains
Report from headquarters notes the Normandy push has lagged due to persistent bad weather. Allied forces sought to speed progress by deploying more troops, yet higher casualties loom. The weather hindered air control and the seaborne shipment of equipment while Allies kept initiative.
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Normandy
Normande
Allied Gains and German Counterattacks Across Italian Front
Allied forces pressed through the upper Tiber valley taking Meone Morra and Murcignano, while clearing mount Civitella of the enemy. Tanks moved past the Nestore River as Adriatic coast advances continued and Ancona faced artillery fire. German counterattacks yielded mixed ground loss. Mussone region fell from German hold. air forces launched heavy bombing of Toulon and swept over Yugoslavia and Albania with four planes missing.
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Lajalieo
Lajatico
Tiber Valley
Eighth Army
Meone Morra
Murcignano
Civitella
Nestore
Tiber
Esat
Pietra- Junea
Adriatic
Musone
Ancona
Pettovaliance
Traviggiano
Avenale
Toulon
Yugoslavia
Albania
Devastating Luftwaffe Night Raids Reported on Paris and London
Fragmentary war report cites transport losses at Chalons Vitry and a reported Italian based 15th Force attack. Paris radio claims heavy damage to a French naval base and ports. London describes night raids with air defenses and ongoing bomber activity over southern England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransport
Supply de Chalons-Vitry Rez
Parvin Ooch
Paris
15Th
London
England
Corporal Neil Picksit Awarded Expert Medals
Corporal Neil Picksit at Mitchell Field received the Good Canty and Expert Medals for rifle and machine gun shooting. His wife, the former Adams, resides on Dab five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Picksit
Mitchell Field
5 Adams
Way to Bellew Itchy Pla Way to Bellew Itchy Pla
Fragmentary OCR ad copy promises relief for skin itch with a 35 box of Prtem ment at the druggist. Readable text mentions soothing itching, red blotches, and cracks but is garbled. The fragment lacks clear product names and a coherent claim.
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Bothan Savings & Loan CO
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Baraca
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Pemumeod
Chepu
Ukhrul
Southeast Asia Command
India
Burma
Kamaung - Maraung
BY Spencer Moosa
Chicago
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Tork Corp
Lew Leer
Audley M. Golden
Tharp
Malcolm
Feye One
Charlie W. Rutledge
Bexley
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Dan Mufti
National Trail
Panama City
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