Retired E Lloyd Spooner slated from Camp Rucker
E Lloyd Spooner is named retiring officer with a plan to leave Camp Rucker on or after July 12 on terminal leave. He has 33 years of service including time in the National Naval Reserve and World War I overseas. No official word yet on his replacement.
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Camp Rucker
Lloyd S. Spooner
Ki Spooner
Orit
Ming
Offi
Arthur T. Smith
F Spooner
Misi
Portland
Ore
Wer
Ger- Willowing
Germany
Weld Barrarks
Oat. T. H
Allied drive near Caen in vast tank battle south of city
Fragmented report describes British and Allied forces outflanking German defenses around Caen in a major tank engagement southwest of the city. Casualties cited and push toward Minsk in the east noted alongside broader Allied bombing and operations across Europe and the Pacific with U S and British air forces, and MacArthur’s advance toward Yap and Saipan.
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Asion
Caen
Uden
AmericanFinnish Ties Deteriorate As Germany Invades Finland
Stockholm AP reports Finland pledges to continue war beside Germany as Nazi troops flood Finnish cities and towns. Helsinki echoes marching regiments while fronts open. a Finnish communiqué claims perfect understanding with Germany, signaling closer alliance amid Soviet advances.
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Edwin Shanke
Stockholm
Germany
Finland
Helsinki
Police Purchase Riot Equipment
City police will be equipped with tear gas and riot guns as a readiness measure. Police Chief J E B Draughon said drastic methods may be needed to save lives and deter criminals, noting larger cities use similar armaments. He asserted officers can safely resolve barricades and prison escapes with the new gear.
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J. EB. Draughon
Draughon
Seven Plead Guilty At Criminal Session
In the Court of Common Pleas for the trie of criminal cases Judge J N Mullins Jr heard pleas from seven defendants. Four were found guilty as charged with four cases continued to the next term. Cases continued included two for public drunkenness and one each for driving while intoxicated and vagrancy. Three patrons charged with public drunkenness were fined five dollars on a plea of reality and s forrth at ead trial pad draw 9 fine of ten dollars. Other cases heard included one each for no drivers license fined five dollars vagrancy plea of guilty ten dollars plea of guilty of vagrancy and dollar plea of driving out a proper tay.
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Court of Common Pleas
J. N. Mullins Jr
S Forrth
Ead
Vicense
Napier Field Day set to draw ten thousand visitors
President of City Commissioners Rawling McKinney proclaims Napier Field Day in Dew than with Thursday, June 29, touted as a gigantic open house for the Wiregrass. A civilian committee and Lt Col Herman L. Harris outlined plans for exhibits and a leafletting drop from AT-4 planes. Visitors will tour Napier Field from 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm, viewing combat aircraft, the Radio Control Tower, the Synthetic Gunnery building, and more, followed by a Retreat Parade and Grand Fiesta chaired by Major General William O Butler and Col James L. Daniel Jr.
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Rawling McKinney
Napier Field
Dothan
Herman L. Harris
Military Committee
Fred Weever
Army Air Forces
James L Daniel, Jr
Napier
Alghama
Gruffies
Rucker
Wiregrass Stadium
William O Butler
RAF Eastern Flying Training Command
James L. Daniel, Jr
B. P. Poyner, Jr
Charlie Adams
W. S. Wilson
Clyde
Mighty British Armored Drive Buckles Nazis' Odon Defenses
Soviet and British forces push to seize key fronts as a huge air assault supports Western and White Army operations. Red Air Force dive bombers hammer German armor near Minsk, with Cherniakhovsky and Bagramian coordinating three-pronged advances toward the capital, threatening Borisov and Berezina River crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
SY Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Minsk
White Russia
Warsaw
Germany
Ivan Bagramian
Ivan Chermiakhovaky
Stormoviks
N. P. Papivin
Bagramian
Timofey Kruikin
Cherniakhovaky
Red Air Force
Cherniakhovsky
Russia
Mins
Orsha
Berezina
Borisov
Kamen
Lisenby and Howell in Ozark mayor runoff contest
Ozark special election returns show A Tom Lisenby 238 votes and Frank S Howell 173 leading a field of five for mayor with a runoff set for July. Other candidates trailed. incumbent Kirke Adams did not seek reelection. City Council results list unopposed Ward One winner Lisenby and paired ward winners Woods, Andrews, Price/Golf, Tamplin/Rayne, Snellgrove/Strickland. Lisenby to take mayoral office next October with councilors.
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Ozark
A. Tom Lisenboy
Frank S. Howell
Lisenby
Howell
Rarpl E. Valentine
Charlie Goff
George S. Barnard
Kirke Adams
Robert O. Lisenby
J. Howard N. Woods
Cody Andrews
W Porter Price
Tom A. Golf
Louie Tamplin
Talmadee Rayne
W. M. Dewey Snell
Allied Aerial Offensive Renewed With Large Raid Across France
Allied air forces conducted a major renewed assault on German airfields in France with about 750 American heavy bombers and RAF raids targeting rail yards and rocket installations near Paris and Laon. RAF and Allied fighters escorted the missions, with multi-force attacks on Vitry Le Francois Vaires and other rail hubs south and east of Paris. Casualties cited include 23 German planes destroyed on prior operations and 6 Allied aircraft lost in Budapest Brod and Italian targets.
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London
France
Atreast
RAF
Channel
Couvren
Athies
Juvincourt
Laon
Saarbrucken
Vicjnity
Paria
Laonalga
RAF Halifarss
Vitry
le- Francois
Vaires
Paris
Normandy Battle Area
Brest
Britain
Cherbourg
England
Italy
Budapest
Brod
Austoslavia
E Bond Sales Lag in Fifth War Loan Drive Houston County
In Houston County the Fifth War Loan drive shows slow progress with the Series E bond quota still short about $100,000. County War Finance Committee chairman Pat Poyner Jr urges small wage earners to boost purchases before the drive ends, noting government limits cap yearly E bond purchases at $5,000. A radio auction Sunday 2:15 to 4:00 pm on WAGF will offer theater tickets as incentives, with subscriptions via a toll line and local telephones. County Agricultural Chair Logue urges rural residents to support the drive, reporting rural prospects underwhelmed.
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Houston County
Pat Poyner
County War Finance Committee
Poyner
Offi‘cials
Stattion Wagf
Dothan
Albert Logue
Logue
County Agricultural Committee
Cottonwood
3 Way Shuttle Raids Disclosed By Yanks
The first three way shuttle bombing operation of the European war was disclosed. Fortresses flew from England to Russian bases, bombed a refinery at Brohobycz near Lwow and landed in Italy. Mustangs escorted the mission, with Fifteenth Air Force joining from Italy. few enemy planes appeared and all aircraft completed the raid.
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Rome
U. S
Eighth Airforce
Pollah
Galicia
Italy
England
Berlin
Eastern Command
U.S
Lwow
Poland
Gaid
Fifteenth Airforce Mustangs
Philippe Henriot Assassination Shocks Paris
London AP reports Philippe Henriot Vichy Minister of Information and Propaganda was assassinated last night in Paris. Fifteen to twenty uniformed men forced entry to his bedroom. German agency and Transocean quoted varying details on motives and killer disguises.
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London
Philippe Henriot
Vichy
Paris
Henriot
Berlin
Pierre Taval
Trams Compan
Venrlot
Tava
Milla
DNB
Vichy Milite
Transocean Gald
GOP Nominates Thomas Dewey On 1st Ballot
Republican convention nominates Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president with Gov. John Bricker as running mate. Dewey receives near-unanimous support aside from one Wisconsin delegate. Dewey plans to attend a Chicago speech tonight after formal notification.
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GOP
Thomas Dewey
Paul
Grant Ritter
Balott
Douglas A. MacArthur
Dewey
Albany
San Vincenzo Falls to Fifth Army After Fierce Encounter
In Italy near Livorno, San Vincenzo was captured after a house-to-house battle with German defenders who evacuated civilians and fortified the area. American forces advanced inland, taking Chivedino Travale and nearby Saaseta with Italian partisans support, as troops pressed toward Florence and Siena.
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San Vincenzo
Noegaard
Rome
Livorno
Fifth Army
Ferther
Chivedino
Travale
Chiusdi
Siena
Viorence
Saaseta
San Vincents
17Th 88 Division
Hengyang Surrounded By Japanese Forces
CHUNGKING AP The High Command says Japanese forces have surrounded Hengyang an important railway hub in Hunan Province. Loss of Hengyang would be a major China setback since 1938. Fighting rages on all sides but the city remains in Chinese hands. The 14th Airforce continues to strike Japanese columns and positions in Hunan slowing but not stopping their advance.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Hunan
China
Canton
Hankow
Mengyang
Kmuweng
Kwantung
Xewulin
Kwangs
Welyang
Kummaing
14Th
Caen Outflanked As English Hurl Powerful Tanks Into Conflict
Allied armored thrusts southwest of Caen breach defenses along the Odon River as Montgomery directs swift tank drives. British forces press to cut German routes from Caen, with new fighting expanding to adjacent sectors. American troops in Cherbourg seize a German general as overall invasion casualties rise.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Odon
Caen
Cnemy
Normandy
Gewrt
Bernard L. Montgomery
Bequay
British Armee Cen
Montgomery
Britain
Caqn
Mars
Ballia
Tourvile
Erquay
Ome
Associated Press
Roger Greene
Vichy
Cherbourg
Robert Stabler
Supreme Headquarters
Allee
Charbourg
Cap de la Hague
Poten
Tourville
Iild
Erwin Komrmats
Caan
Efinsies
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Walbany
Thomas EK
Chirago
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