Local notices and military updates from Decatur area
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with scattered thunderstorms in the northwest. Max 93 min ? Pleasant G Graham trained at Camp Blanding Infantry Replacement Training Center now in training cadre. Married to Nina Kitchens of Roanoke Ala. Old Age Pension Group meets Saturday at ten at courthouse. Horace Mitchell transferred to Ashburn hospital McKinney Texas. Mack Fergueson hosting guests including Pervis Moore Eva Pansy Moore Decatur. Mrs Bertha Randolph reports husband in France front line action. Mrs Forrest Hulsey improving. Helen Travis returned from state camp Birmingham. Junior prayer meeting Fairview Baptist church at Mrs Skipworth home 7:30. Bettie Skipworth to read Bible. Mrs Judson Waugh back with Buttrey's. Cecil P Little wounded in France Aug 1. Maynard Layman in Birmingham on business. Rev R M Howell at Lake Junaluska expected to Decatur. Decatur city council meets 8 PM. Edmund P Garrett in Birmingham. Fay Short open air meeting Priceville 8:30 PM. Mrs Bergar Boyer admitted Decatur General. Mrs Carlos Wilbanks admitted Baugh's infirmary. Rep John Sparkman chooses Congressional Program topic for Lions Civitan Kiwanis Rotary meeting 7 PM Somerville Road School. C F Watterson group returned from Pensacola visit to Billy Watterson in naval training rank. Jack Speegle returned Benton Ky after visit. Billy Watterson promoted to third class petty officer. Methodist Evangelistic club Cottage prayer meeting 7:45 PM 910 Twelfth Ave East. Otto Reeder noted. Mrs Florence Staten in hospital. (Continued on Page Two)
FDR Promises Occupation of Germany and Japan
President Roosevelt returned from a Pacific war tour to say Allied forces will occupy Germany and Japan even without unconditional surrender. He spoke aboard his train near Seattle as Allied landings surged on the French southern coast, and planned talks with military leaders and Hull, with a possible Churchill meeting anticipated.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Armijes
Germany
Japan
France
Hawaii
Aleutians
Hull
Congress
Harry Truman
Missouri
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Seattle
Wash
Fdr
Churchill
Great Britain
Manchuria
Ethioia
Austria
Ploesti Hit Again Today By Allied Air Power
Allied air forces from Italy and England bombed Ploesti Romania and hit Stettin Kiel and Nis in coordinated raids. Nearly 2,000 American British bombers struck Western Germany and the Low Countries while 16 planes were lost.
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Italy
Ploesti
England
Stettin
Kiel
Germany
France
Belgium
Berlin
Nis
Belgrade
Low Countries
Baltic
Finland
Final bond totals for fifth war loan announced
The Alabama War Finance Committee released final totals for the fifth war loan closing July 31. Read: Cullman 1,213,351. Lawrence 402,482. Limestone 832,750. Morgan 2,088,447. Marshall 1,131,723.
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Alabama War Iance Committee
Cullman
Lawrence
Limestone
Morgan
Marshall
Pyle On The Western Front Soldier Refuses Wounds
A wireless dispatch describes a veteran soldier with a white calf bandage who minimizes his injury after being sent back from the front. He boasts of service in Africa and Sicily, calls his wound minor, and reveals a hillbilly drawl while handling ragged French rifles during a delay with Captain Lucien Strawn.
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Africa
Sicily
Lucien Strawn
Cn Serree ©Ie
Reactions Vary In Wounded Soldiers
Two more wounded soldiers, including a lieutenant just back from hospital, are described. Doctors order aid parties, select helpers, and a cautious stretcher detail leaves a farmhouse as shells fall. The scene shifts to a cratered wheatfield as the narrator and doctor follow.
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President Roosevelt thanks press and radio for secrecy
President Roosevelt expressed appreciation to nationwide newspapers and radio stations for voluntary censorship that kept his 35 day trip secret. He said most outlets were informed of his departure from Washington on July 13 to protect security, with only one small paper breaking the story.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Alaska
Furer
Bad News for Japan Pours in From All Sides
Allied air strikes hit multiple enemy bases as Navy plans nonstop Pacific war. President Roosevelt vows occupation even if Japan surrenders before invasion. Nimitz says Fifth and Third Fleets ready to maintain relentless pressure from bases like Guam Saipan and Tinian.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Nimitz
Pacific
Roosevelt
United Nations
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Tokyo
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Russians Hit Back At Foe In World War II Front Lines
German communique reports fierce fighting as Russian troops press near Virbales on the East Prussian frontier with tank and air support. Moscow cites Soviet counterattacks around Ossow near Warsaw and continued hits on German forces across the Vistula bend and near Lyck with wide-ranging operations in Carpathians and Krosno region.
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London
Virbales
Vigbales
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Moscow
Ossow
Warsaw
Red Star
Praga
Vistula
Ivan Cherniakovsky
East Prussian
Masura
East Prussia
Lyck
Carpathian
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Tarnow
Krakow
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Ans
Pskov
Peipus
Man Drowns on Roof During Thunderstorm
In New York on August 17 a man aged 54 identified as Alex Nimmo drowned on the roof of a building after a violent thunderstorm. Nimmo, superintendent of a management unit, was attempting to clear a drain when water surge pulled his arm into the drain and submerged his head.
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New York
Alex Nimmo
Stills Seized in Jackson County Raid
ATU officers seized 500 gallons of mash and five gallons of whiskey in a Thursday raid in Jackson county, marking a major enforcement action against illegal liquor production.
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ATU
Jackson County
Allies Punch Out Front Fifty Miles Across France
Allied forces have forged a 50 mile wide front along the Southern France coast and moved 10 miles inland toward Toulon and Cannes. Major General Paton’s Seventh Army reports nine towns in Allied hands and significant air and naval bombardment silencing seacoast defenses. Casualties are moderate with strong enemy resistance and probing landings near Cannes and Toulon.
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Rome
France
Alexander M. Paton
Seventh Army
Toulon
Cannes
Nasis
Nap
St. Tropez
Ste. Maxime
St. Raphel
Prejus
le Lavandou
le Muy
le Lue
Lorgues
Coliobrieres
DNB
Alexander M. Patch
Riviera
St.aphael
DNR
Nice
Italian Riviera
Genoa
Italy
Losses in Normandy Battle Listed by War Secretary
Washington reports American losses in Normandy from the June 6 landing to August 8 total 16 434 killed 76 535 wounded and 19 704 missing. Secretary McCloy says Germans in Normandy are shredded in a trap near Falaise and foresees little chance of a fresh stand west of the Seine. He notes the South of France operation is a day ahead of schedule and closely coordinated with Normandy with comparatively small Allied casualties.
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Washington
Normandy
France
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Fatal Crash At Crossing Kills Two Men Near Decatur
Jasper Olinger of Trinity 1 and Monroe Hamilton of Moulton Heights died when a 1935 Chevrolet traveling to Goodyear Mills struck L and N train 25 at Second Street West crossing near Decatur Iron and Steel Company. Olinger's daughter in the car jumped free as brakes failed. Audrey Smith and Mrs. Mamie Norman survived with minor injuries.
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Jasper Olinger
Trinity 1
Monroe Hamilton
Moulton Heights
Goodyear Mills
Second Street West
Decatur Iron & Steel Company
J. B. Whitmire
Olinger
Mamie Norman
Audrey Smith
Whitmire
Second Street
Brown
Brown Funeral Home
Baugh
Group From Board One Leaves Today for Induction
A Mor gan county draft board 1 group leaves for induction into the Army at Fort McClellan this morning. Names listed include Ralph Howard Finn Mitford Le on Vinson Billie Mitchell Thomason Herbert Ottice Goodwin Calvin Coolidge Brewer Louie Wayne Sharp James Leroy Hartselle Otto Fischer Jr John Swift Lyle Lester O Neal Craig Raymond Clem William Hafford Sharp Leon Collins Robert Byrd Blankenship Waldo Adolph Byrd Hershel Earl Nesmith R D Lorance.
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Morgan County
Occupation Aims Our Path to Lasting Victory
President Roosevelt urges total occupation of Germany and Japan to guarantee peace and deter future aggression. He argues that past softness allowed Axis powers to grow bolder, and that disciplined control is needed until Berlin and Tokyo are reached.
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Boche
Germany
Japan
Berlin
Tokyo
Allied forces close on Paris as German retreat accelerates
Swift American tanks and infantry advance within 35 miles of Paris after capturing Chartres Orleans Dreux and Chatteaudon. Gen Patton’s spearheads push 27 miles toward Versailles while Canadians seize Falaise and St Pierre as German resistance weakens and Eure river lines fall.
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Americcan
Parig
Aunay
Chartres
Orleans
Reux
Chateaudun
George St. Patton, Jr
Paris
Versailles
Seine River
Seventh Army
First Army
Falaise
Falaise-Troarn
Dives River
St. Pierre
Dreux
Chatteaudon
le Mans
Eure
Seine
Patton
15Th Army
Pas de Calais
Normandy
Patton's Third Army Advances Through Brittany and Toward Rhine
Allied dispatch notes Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army pushing from the Port of Brest toward the Rhine. Reported 270 miles from Brest to Chartres with forces already 13 miles beyond Chartres and heading east toward Paris. Armies broke out of Normandy and split west to Brest and east toward the interior.
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Patton
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
George S. Patton
Brest
Rhine
Germany
Chartres
Upper Rhine
Normandy
Brittany
Aris
Patton Forces Press Toward Paris from Dreux Front
A Berlin radio bulletin reports Patton’s advance forming a wide arc toward Paris from Dreux and the south, with Dreux Chartres and Orleans captured. Paris is described as a front line city with guns heard in the capital as German lines retreat from the Falaise area and the Normandy offensive ebbs.
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Dreux
Paris
Berlin
Patton
Chateaudun
Orleans
Loire
Versailles
Chartres
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Decature
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Pensacola
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A. L. Free
Twelfth Avenue East
Otto Reeder
Florence Staten of Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
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