First Negro Operator Leads Philadelphia Trolley Service
The first Negro trolley operator in Philadelphia began regular passenger runs as the Army withdrew all rail, bus, and elevated trains. Other Negro trainees were set to start, following a strike that halted mass transit for five days and led to Army seizure. Four discharged workers face hearings for violating the Smith Connally act while a fifth case involves a possible War Manpower Commission action.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Philadelphia Mass Transportation
Thomas A. Quigley
Rator
War Manpower Commission
Philip Hayes
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Allied Break Into Normandy Pocket Shrinks German Escape Routes
Allied forces drive a widening hammer and anvil advance from Le Mans toward Argentan and Caen, trapping Von Kluge’s retreat corridor. Air power wrecks German transport as American, Canadian and British troops close in from the north and south, inching toward Falaise and Paris.
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le Mans
Alencon
Lees
Argentan
First Army
Falaise
Caen
Gunther von Kluge
France
Seine
Normandy
von Kluge
St. Lo
Brittany
Samy
Paris
Mortaine
Loire
Miles C. Dempsey
Proussy
Conde-Sur-Noireu
Vire-Conde
la Rocque
Vassy
Lassy
Estry
Conde
Thury-Harcourt
Hedge selling trims New York cotton futures gains
In New York on August 14 hedge selling against the new crop led to a futures market reaction. Liquidation accompanied the slide as war news stayed favorable. Prices finished late with 55 to 70 cents per bale lower. Oct 21.21 Dec 21.04 and Mar 20.81.
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N. Y
New York
Eisenhower Calls For Major Allied Victory In Normandy
General Eisenhower declares a definite opportunity for a major Allied victory in Normandy in an order to Allied soldiers sailors and airmen. He urges turning momentum this week into notable progress toward the final downfall of Nazi Germany.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
France
Junior League Softball Formed by City Youths
Delano Park hosts a new city wide Junior Loop with two teams forming under Supervisor Bertha Timberlake. Austinville and Decatur squads feature players like Buddie Johnson James Townsend and J E Motherway as they plan their first league game Wednesday at 7 pm inviting families to watch the youth softball effort.
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Delano Park
Bertha Timberlake
Austinville
Buddie Johnson
James Townsend
L. A. Carpenter
Vernon Sparkman
Charlie Jones
Billy Don Weaver
Don Perry
Ack Allen
Gilbert Cox
Junior Allen
Decatur
J. E. Motherway
Marvin Golden
Robbie McCoy
Scott McClanahan
Charles Hughes
Don Bille Mooe
Bobbie Freeman
John Henry Terry
Campbell Now Is Heavyweight Champion of Camp Wallace
Wilson Campbell of Decatur won the heavyweight title at Camp Wallace Texas by knocking out J. P. Mullins in under two minutes. He is expected home on furlough soon.
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Wilson Campbell
Decatur
Camp Wallace
Texas
J. P. Mullins
Campbell
Japanese Claim 22 Allied Planes Destroyed in Raid
The Comei news agency reported today that 22 Allied aircraft were destroyed in a dawn raid on Liuchow air base in Kwangsi province yesterday, with five large enemy planes set afire.
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New York
Comei
Liuchow
Kwangsi Province
Eisenhower Urges Allied Forces to Press Forward
General Dwight D. Eisenhower issues a wartime appeal to airmen sailors and soldiers. He calls for relentless bombardment by day and night and demands sea and land forces deny German escape while maintaining ground gains. He predicts a momentous week and a decisive turn in the war.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Local Notables and Births At Decatur General Hospital
Miss Helen Rauschenberg of the local OPA is on vacation this week. Mrs. John Mosely of Hillsboro was admitted for treatment at Decatur General hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Otha Beddingfield announce the birth of a daughter at Decatur General hospital. First Lieutenant John H. Jones of Decatur has been promoted to captain and is training at Aberdeen Maryland.
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Helen Rauschenberg
OPA
Aee
Woolsey Finnel Jr
Oak Street
Decatur General Hospital
John Mosely
Hillsboro
Otha Beddingfield
Trinity 1
Eighth Avenue East
Rhett Baugh
John H. Jones
Arthur Jones
Decatur
Captain Jones
Aberdeen
Maryland
Decatur Water Plant praised. odor issue linked to chlorine
A 1944 letter from Huntsville Arsenal officials thanks Decatur Water Department G M G Godwin for his plant’s management and notes progress in identifying the odor causing organism. The note mentions higher chlorine doses and carbon to reduce the odor and taste. Also a side remark notes plywood strength and hen egg production in 1943.
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Huntsville Arsenal
Ala
G. H. Godwin
Water Dept
Decatur
Alabama
Godwin
Chichester
Arsenal
City of Decatur
Atlantic Charter Turns Three Amid World War Debate
Washington reports mark three years since the Atlantic Charter was issued. Roosevelt and Churchill clash on interpretation while White House officials hope it shapes a postwar peace system. Key questions focus on no territorial aggrandizement, governance rights, and how to handle postwar borders and disarmament.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
White House
State Department
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
Pacific Islands
Japan
Marshalls
Carolines
Pacific
Germany
Hull
Argentia
Newfoundland
United Nations
Edwin A English laid to rest in Decatur
Funeral services for Edwin A English 74 prominent Decatur citizen were held Sunday at the Ninth Street Methodist church with two daughters and a son among the survivors. Interment followed at City Cemetery with Brown directing. he had worked for L and N Railroad and belonged to Woodmen of the World.
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Edwin A. English
Decatur
Eighth Avenue East
Ninth Street Methodist Church
Russell Nolen
B. B. Burks
S. H. Doss
L. and N. Railroad Company
Woodmen of the World
City
Brown
Navy to seize five San Francisco machine shops
President Roosevelt orders Navy Secretary Forrestal to take control of five San Francisco machine shops where the AFL machinists lodge has banned overtime and Sunday work. The move uses the War Labor Disputes Act to counter the 48 hour work week limit, aiming to lift the overtime ban while not forcing any worker to exceed preferred hours.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Forrestal
San Francisco
AFL Machinsts Lodge
WLB
William H. Davis
Lodge 68
TVA Starts Erosion Repair On Decatur Shoreline
Construction crews begin work today to restore the riverfront at the Water Department property in Decatur. Several hundred feet will be filled with dirt and topped with three feet of rock as the Tennessee River erosion from spring floods and strong NW winds caused land loss. The completed riverfront will be the most attractive in the Decatur area.
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TVA
Water Department
Decatur
Tennessee River
Water Company
Allied air forces drive German retreat on open roads
Allied airmen flew thousands of sorties driving German forces out of Normandy toward daylight withdrawal. U S eighth air force claims 3 000 railroad cars damaged or destroyed plus locomotives and vehicles. Ninth and British air forces supported the advance by striking tanks bridges and rail hubs along the front.
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Argentan
Normandy
Paris
Balaise
Lisieux
Breton
le Mans
Alencon
U. S. First Army
Vire
Mortain
Brittany
Eighth Air Force
Stadt General
Battlefront
Seine River
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
Leo C. Moon
Demarh
Idaho
Harold G. Shock
Thunderbolt
San Francisco
Expanded Legion program outlined for 1944 45 in Alabama
Alabama American Legion executive committee backs an expanded 1944 45 plan to grow toward 30 000 veterans of World War I and II. Clarence C Horton of Courtland announces full time field and service rep for Northington General Hospital and three salaried assistant adjutants for three areas. Oregon Plan urged to allow pre discharge service member enrollment. Regional VA offices to move to downtown space to free hospital day rooms. Youth center plans for Montgomery proceed. 21 000 plus members projected to reach 30 000 by next summer.
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Alabama Department of the American Legion Today
Clarence C. Horton
Courtland
Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
American Legion
Armed Services
Horton
Veterans Administration
Montgomery
James S. Saliba
Department
Montgome
Veterans Hospital
Conender
Fred Johnson
Aan Legion
James A. Lane Jr
Huntsville
Second District
John C. Coleman
Devine Followers Face Voting Registration Challenge
Forty followers of Father Divine in Philadelphia risk removal from voter rolls for using spiritual names like Peace Joy Happiness and Anointed Cherub on registration forms. The commission studies the legality of adoptions for both national and state elections as many registrants are women and Black. Some object to color being listed and one white follower named Sincere Love argues all Americans share equal status.
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Philadelphia
Father Divine
Registration Commission
Death claims beloved Decatur lady Mrs. J. D. Murphree
Funeral services for Mrs. J. D. Murphree 82 of Decatur were held at Central Baptist Church. Interment followed in the city cemetery. Survivors include her husband four daughters nine sons a sister forty eight grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandsons and granddaughters led the floral tribute. Mrs Murphree born in Moulton Alabama in 1862 moved to Decatur in 1898 where her family has lived for the past 46 years.
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J. D. Murphree
Decatur
Grant Street
Central Baptist Church
James Ken Smith
Ted Brannen
City
Brown
Murphree
James M. Matthews
L. E. Boeglen
Washington, D. C
Evelyn Murphree
Douglas Reed
I. M. Murphree
C. C
Oisville
W. F. Murphree
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. T. Murphree
Tanner
Bert Murphree
L. R. Murphree
J. B. Murphree
Birmingham
Henry B. Murphree
Detroit
Mich
Jack V. Murphree
Florence Gordon
Denver
Colorado
Dow Hardin
J. C. Conley
D. F. Green
Charles Eyster
Buck Todd
Clifford Knight
Arthur Jones
T. R. Harrison
E. W. McLeod
Harold Carter
E .W. Strother
Jim Crowyd Sherrod
Henry H. Higdon
Omar Penney
Moulton
Alabama
Soviet Forces Close Baltic Breakthrough Near Riga
Zero units reached within 55 miles of Riga as Soviet units push from the southeast to trap two Nazi armies in Estonia and Latvia. Maslennikov’s troops advance 88 miles inside Estonia, occupying over 60 settlements in 24 hours, while Chernyakovsky’s troops clash near the German front in Southern Lithuania. West of the Vistula, Red Army forces hold pressure south of Warsaw against the Krakow line as armor is repelled.
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Riga
Russia
Estonia
Latvia
Veremenko
Ivan Maslennikov
Vora
Gulf of Riga
Baltic
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Lithuania
East Prussia
Red Army
Sandomierz
Upper
Vistula
Warsaw
Warsaw-Krakow
Nazi Evacuation Of Osowiec And Russian Advances
German forces admit evacuation of the Osowiec communications center and a westward withdrawal. Moscow reports the fall of Gonnadz and renewed Russian momentum southwest of Lake Pskov. Berlin says bitter fighting continues across the Vistula headwaters as Soviets encroach toward Riga and Latvia with superior forces.
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London
Osowiec
East Prussian
Biebrza
Konigsberg
Luck
East Prussia
Warsaw
Grodno
Bialystok
Moscow
Gonnadz
Berlin
Pskov
Baltic
Riga
Vistula River
Baranow
Warka
Lake Pskov
Latvia
Soutland Cars Derailment Shuts Americus Station
Nine sleeping cars of the Sout land fast train from Chicago to Miami derailed on Central of Georgia tracks in Americus Georgia while pulling into the station shed for a passenger stop. No injuries were reported as a wrecker and Macon helpers were mobilized. one rail section broke and trains were tied up for hours.
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Americus
Soutland
Chicago
Miami
Central of Georgia
Macon
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