Local News Briefs From Morgan County and Nearby
The War Department reports Pvt. Elva C. Terry is missing in action in the Mediterranean. Sgt. Frank J. Fleischarel is wounded in action in Europe. Lt. J. W. Lanier has been promoted to Captain in New Guinea. Sgt. Rube E. Puckett receives a technical sergeant rank. Captain Lanier and family announce births and promotions, while local court and docket activity includes Morgan county cases and drunkenness fines.
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War Department
Pvt
Elva C. Terry
Doris Terry
Decatur
Mediterranean
Rube E
Jack) Puckett
India
W. M. Lanier
East Walnut Street
J. W. Lanier
Captain Lanier
New Guinea
Frank J. Fleischarel
Re&thel
Zero Hour Near For New Russian Drive
Soviet forces massed along the East Prussia frontier as Rokossovsky and Zakharov stages surged toward Lomza Ostrow Ostroleka and Bialystok with tanks and planes. Yeremenko's Baltic army advanced across Latvia and captured Dona near Riga while fighting in multiple river lines and bridgeheads.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Hn East Aad
East Prussia
Lomza
Warsaw
Junker
Bialystok
Vistula
Kielce
Krakow
German Silesia
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Narew
Bug
Biebrza
Rokossovsky
Ostrow
Ostroleka
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
G. F. Zakharov
Warsaw-Bialystok
Andrei Yeremenko
Latvia
Mostowka
Tokassovsky
Sulejow
Lyck
Yeremenko
Baltic
Madona
Riga
Decatur Tests Chlorine Treatment to Cure Water Taste
The Decatur water plant began chlorine treatment to remove offensive taste and odor caused by river algae. Experiments, approved by the Alabama State Department of Public Health, install $2,300 equipment and aim to burn out the taste within a few days. Similar issues have troubled Guntersville Huntsville and Decatur this summer, with algae blocking the river bottom as a green carpet.
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Decatur
City Water Department
Alabama State Department of Public Health
Tri-Cities
Guntersville
Huntsville
Huntsville Arsenal
War Front Shelling Near Hedge Row Battle
A wartime correspondent recalls tense shelling on the Western Front as infantry crouched in a ditch waiting to advance. A shell bursts behind them, narrowly missing, and the writer and a nearby officer narrowly escape. A few minutes later a direct hit at a farmhouse nearby mortally wounds an officer and wounds several others.
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Nar
Dani Tates
Toan
Oma Bates
Gloster
Miss
New Allied Raids Hit Japanese Island Fortresses
Allied air forces renewed attacks on Japan’s island fortress system from Paramushiro to Halmahera as Adm. Nimitz pledges relentless pressure. The Marianas forward base was emphasized after Nimitz visit, with potential headquarters move closer to Tokyo.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Paramushiro
Halmahera
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Nimitz
Marianas
U. S
Pacific Fleet
Davao Gulf
Davao
Philippines
New Guinea
Talaud Islands
Liberators
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Tokyo
Kuriles
Pagan
Rota
Truk Atoll
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Gilberts
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Yunnan
Tengchung
Lungling
Burma
Sparkman to Hold Conferences Here and There
Congressman John Sparkman will be in Decatur at the Street post office all day Thursday August 17 to meet with any who wish to discuss matters. He then plans to be in Athens at the courthouse all day Tuesday August 22 and in Moulton, inviting any person with concerns to come forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sparkman
Decatur
The
Street Post Office
Sparkman
Athens
Moulton
Mr. Sparkman
Allied Air Power Pummels Nazi Targets Across Europe
Massive Allied air offensives strike German industrial sites at Ludwigshafen and Mannheim, bomb Brest and coastal lines in Brittany, and hit rail yards and bridges in France. American heavy bombers from England and Italy target multiple German and French objectives as Mosquitos and Marauders pound rear areas and supply lines.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Germany
France
Brest
Normandy
U. S
England
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Italy
Falaise
Brittany
Touques
Pont-L’eveque
Lisieux
Gace
Paris
Amiens
I. G. FarBenindustrie Chemical
Udwigshafen
Stuttgart
von Kluge
Berlin
Bavaria
Seventh Army
Hanover
D’halouse
Mortain
Orne
Exhumation Ordered in Mrs. Lynn Drew Case
Alabama Attorney General says court has granted permission to exhume the body of Lynn C. Drew, found near a Montgomery boarding house. An autopsy will be done in Decatur with Illinois and Alabama officials present. Investigators have unnamed suspects as the inquiry continues.
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Montgomery
Ala
William McQueen
Lynn C. Drew
Decatur
Albert Chancellor
N. W. Kimbrough
Chauncey Sparks
Enid
Fatal Highway Crash Claims Huntsville Operator
Herman Calvin Moyers of Huntsville died after his car hit a concrete wall along Madison highway near Indian Creek. The 32 year old garage operator died minutes after the 12 noon crash. survivors include his wife, two daughters, a son, two brothers, and his parents. Funeral services were set for Tanner in Limestone County with Laughlin Service directing.
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Herman Calvin Moyers
Huntsville
Indian Creek
Madison Highway
Moyers
Laughlin Service
West End
Lela Moyers
Betty Joyce
Nora Margaret Moyers
Herman Baugh Moyers
Harry Moyers
Athens
Cleonoyers
Birmingham
Carl Moyers
Decatur
Tanner
Limestone
County
Roy Ray
Howard Ray
Lee Nash
Kim Mans
Bill Lanier
Dan Devine
Governor Arnall chides Georgia constitution commission
Aug 14 Governor Ellis Arnall criticized the state commission drafting a new Georgia Constitution for delaying fundamental changes. He said little progress has been made since 1877 besides minor grammar improvements as the panel resumed deliberations.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Frontone Taken by Eighth Army on Italian Front
Eighth army troops capture Frontone 27 miles inland from the Adriatic in the Apennines. Florence suited by snipe lull allowing relief supplies to reach the city. Empoli falls with little resistance. Mediterranean air forces hit German defenses in Southern France and North Italy as Nazi threats against Italian civilians are outlined in a Kesselring pamphlet.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Eighth Army
Frontone
Adriatic
Apennines
Florence
Empoli
Arno
Pisa
Fifth Army
France
Rhone
Italy
Alexander
Kesselring
Southern Airways Excluded From Training School Reductions
Southern Airways remains exempt from the reduction orders affecting primary training schools in the Eastern command. Orders call for the closure of several schools by October 16. The airline continues work on a hospital unit in the administration building after a recent fire destroyed the hospital and much equipment.
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Southern Airways
Eastern Training Command
Eisenhower urges canny push in Normandy battle
In a wartime order of the day Eisenhower frames a fleeting but definite Allied opening in France. Allied leadership and gallantry have put the Allied in a momentous position this week yet victory is not assured. German forces retreat toward Paris while Canadians, British, and American troops press the Caen, Argentan fronts and trap many remaining defenders.
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Europe
Eisenhower
France
Trone
Normandy-Brittany
Paris
Seine River
Allied forces close German pocket in Northwestern Europe
American tanks and infantry advanced seven to twelve miles while Canadian armor and infantry joined the push to crush a Nazi pocket near Argentan and Falaise. The move tightens the ring with less than 16 miles to the escape corridor as Von Kluege fights to pull 100000 troops from the fold. Air power pounded German positions and remnants of six divisions were spotted on a narrow front.
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Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Germany
Europe
Eisenhower
Paris
le Mans
Argentan
Laison River
Falaise
Guenther von Kluege
Allies tighten trap on German Seventh Army in Normandy
Aug 14 reporting forces surround Argentan 13 miles south of Falaise while Canadian troops push toward Falaise. Americans capture Barenton and Sourdeval as they press the Mortain road. Daily German losses reach 2,828 with heavy Allied air support and a two mile advance south of Vire toward St Martin De Chaulieu.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Seventh Army
Argentan
Falaise
Barenton
Mortain
Domfront
Sourdeval
Vire
St. Martin de Chaulieu
Vire-Mortain
Allied advances press Germans in Normandy around Mortain and Falaise
Allied columns push toward Domfront and Falaise while Canadians break through near 3,000 yards from front. British gains reach Mortainville and Proussy as Americans report 828 new prisoners, lifting four day total beyond 13,000 in France.
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Mortain
Domfront
Falaise
Laison River
Barerier
France
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Howard L. Tabor
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J. O. McGuire
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Sadie Edwards
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Barrett Shelton
State Planning Board
Wiley Gardner
Morgan County
Abner M. Whitten
Hartseller
Decatur General Hospital
Julian Harris
Carswell Barbee
Wilson McMeans
George Edwin Little
Naval
Hos Kren
Emphis
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Martha Fettig
Frances ‘Templeton
H Clinic
J. Y. Hamil
Flor
American Legion
Morgan County Os
James Crow Jr
Doris Berry
Orlene Ayers
Betty Jean Sivley
Bobby Sivley
Sarah Butler
Edward Sivley
Norman Burleson
Roy Lee Jr
Roy Penecost
Milton Carey
J. C. Terry
Hollis Plemons
OPA
C. E. Timberlake
Stevenson
Chattanooga, Tenn
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Navy
Adak
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
A. I. Price
USN
Naval Base
William Goff
USMC
Batesville
Ark
Ferdinand Rutscher
USA
Irvington
N. J
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