Local drafts amid war activity and weather outlook
A wartime town notes several service members and activities. Pfc Joseph Novak Hughes and Cleo Tucker depart for training in state forts. Navy Seaman Albert Woodrow Griffin returns from basic training. Local residents visit, marry, or move. court fines are issued. Sheriff reports arrests. A baby girl born to Lt. W. B. Chick at Decatur General Hospital. Weather: interior showers and coastal storms tonight into Tuesday.
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Seaman
Albert Woodrow Griffin
Navy
Camp Wallace
Texas
Churchill Seeks Early Peace Hint Before Canadian Tank Men
Prime Minister Churchill spoke to about 100 Canadian tank crews near Florence as Allied forces push through Gustav and Hitler lines in Italy. He warned an early end to the war cannot be guaranteed but hopes that the Normandy battle could shorten the conflict, praising Canadian sacrifices and noting Allied unity and resolve.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Eighth Army
Florence
Churchill
Normandy
Harold Alexander
Alexander
Hitler
Liri
Dieppe
France
Italy
Peepee
Canada
Berlin
P. M
Two More Enter City Race For Mayor And Council
Sidney T. Stewart qualified at city hall to run for mayor while H Russell Speake a council member announced his bid for reelection to place five. Stewart works for Shipbuilding Corp and Speake is a local realty broker who vows to push city affairs in the best interests of all residents.
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Sidney T. Stewart
H. Russell Speake
Stewart
Oo Shipbuilding Corporation Ete
Speake
the Daily
Reelecon
Mrs. Rosson Dies at Cullman Home
Mrs. Fannie Hodges Rosson widow of J. R. Rosson publisher of The Cullman Democrat died at her Cullman home. Funeral services were held. She was Athens College alumna and worked in the family publishing business with her husband and son J. W. Rosson for over 40 years. She is survived by a daughter and four brothers.
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Cullman
Ala
Fannie Hodges Rosson
J. R. Rosson
Cullman Democrat
Japan Jolted Twice By Superfort Raids
Japanese home islands faced a double strike as Superfortresses and Liberators attacked with heavy losses. A 14,200 ton Japanese cruiser sank after three direct hits, while Gen. MacArthur praised airmen for neutralizing Southern Philippines defenses and further raids targeted Kyushu and Northern Japan.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Philippines
Europe
20Th Airforce
Yawata
Kyushu
Tokyo
Joseph Stilwell
MacArthur
New Guinea
Halmahera
Moluccas
Timor
Bougainville
Allied fliers create havoc over Seine river area
RAF Mosquitos and Mitchells bombed and strafed Nazi river bank troops and barges across the Seine as German crossings at Elbeuf Duclair Caudebec and Quillebeuf were hammered. American and Allied air forces destroyed hundreds of vehicles and tanks while tallying transports damaged across ten days.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Seine River
France
Elbeuf
Duclair
Caudebec
Quillebeuf
England
Seine
Falaise
RAF
U. S. Army Air Force
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Eighth Fighter Command
Bobby Gilks Dies Ex-Yankees Scout in Georgia
Robert J. Bobby Gilks 78 a former talent scout for the New York Yankees and ex Southern Association manager died at his home near Brunswick Georgia last night after a long career in baseball.
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Brunswick
Robert J
Bobby) Gilks
New York Yankees
Southern Association
Here
Pyle by Ernie Pyle on the Western Front
Pfc. Tommy Clayton of the 29th Division adapts to hedgerow combat learning on the fly. The mild mannered soldier has killed four confirmed enemies and possibly many more unseen. He bears an expert rifleman badge and will soon wear the combat infantryman badge after enduring frontline fire.
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Ernie Pyle
Western Front
Tommy Clayton
Invasion Ways New to Pvt Clayton in Battle
Pvt Clayton moves along a crossroads when three German soldiers block his path. He suppresses a squad using a B A R magazine, killing four enemies. He misidentifies a fourth foe as a Japanese and later kills a sniper in a hedge row amid advancing infantry.
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Pvt
Clayton
Peace Parley Opens at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington
Secretary of State Hull opens postwar security talks at Dumbarton Oaks with a call for prompt force to back world peace. Cadogan urges rapid action by the Big Four to form a provisional framework and reassure small nations as Dulles joins for further discussions.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Hull
Organization of Peace
United States
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington Estate
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
World
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dumbarton
Dulles
Centinacé Os Rege Tve
Two Die Two Hurt In Belle Mina Rail Collision
A Baggett transfer truck collided with Southern Railway train No. 51 at the Belle Mina crossing at 6 15 a m. Two truck drivers H W Cupp and Claude R Heaton were killed instantly while engineer James T Peters and fireman W R Wheeler were injured. Ten cars derailed and the crossing was protected by state stop signs. Wheeler remained under care at Decatur General Hospital but was not in serious condition.
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Southern Railway
Belle Mina Crossing
H. W. Cupp
Cullman
Claude R. Heaton
South
18Th Street
Birmingham
James T. Peters
Tuscumbia
W. R. Wheeler
C. D. Vance
Sheffield
Southern Railway Company
Brown
Decatur General Hospital
Demobilization Plans Foresee 1 to 2 Million Men Released
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, projected 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 soldiers could be discharged after Germany falls. He endorsed gradual demobilization after Japan’s defeat, noting it won’t happen in a day and that the draft will continue at 70,000 to 100,000 per month until armistice.
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Denver
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Armed Services
Germany
Japan
America
Hershey
City Schools Set to Open on September 4
City Superintendent S. E. Alverson announced the opening of city schools for Monday September 4 with faculty meetings on September 2 to finalize plans. Summer repairs including refinishing at the junior high and LaFayette Street schools cost about 4000 dollars and left buildings in better condition. enrollment is expected near 3200 on registration day.
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S. E. Alverson
Alverson
LaFayette Street
Bombers Hit Targets Across Europe and Italy
Nazi air fields in Hungary and Central Serbia were blasted today by U S 15th Air Force Liberators and strafed by escorting fighters. Thunderbolts switched from Southern France to strike the rail yards in Northern Italy in several waves.
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Rome
Hungary
Serbia
U. S. 15Th Air Force
France
Italy
Soviet Gains Halt Nazi Drive Near Sandomierz
Russian communique reports three Nazi divisions destroyed in the Sandomierz salient below Warsaw as Red Army units report slight withdrawals elsewhere. Konev’s First Ukraine army frees forces for possible drives toward Krakow or Warsaw while Baltic fronts push toward Riga and Tartu.
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Moscow
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
Konev
Krakow
Silesia
Jelgava
Gulf of Riga
Estonia
Ivan Maslennikov
Tartu
Tallinn-Riga
Latvia
Andrei Yeremenko
Riga
Erglin
Modona-Riga
Maslennikov
Yeremenko
Baltics
Ivan C. Bagramian
Baltic Sea
Bowron, Noted Banker, Dies in Birmingham
Funeral services are set for Thomas Whitwell Bowron, 65, a leading Birmingham banker and textile executive. Bowron, vice president of the First National Bank of Birmingham for over 25 years and treasurer of Avondale Mills, fell ill last December and died yesterday after a period of declining health.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Whitwell Bowron
Bowron
First National Bank of Birmingham
Avondale Mills
First National Bank N
Toulon Almost Encircled as Allied Push Into Southern France
Allied forces close on Toulon with French troops cracking into the western and northern areas. American infantry push 50 miles inland seizing Valensole and advancing toward Lyon, while Maj. Gen. Patch's Seventh Army nears Marseille. French troops entered Toulon after securing Mount Faron.
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Rome
Toulon
Mediterranean
France
Valensole
Asse River
Lyon
Rhone River
Alexander M. Patch
Marseille
Mount Faron
Napoleon
Allied push nears Toulon as French join in drive
From Noland Norgaard Rome August 21 Allied troops tighten the noose around Toulon breaking through toward the naval base within three miles. American infantry close to Marseille move toward the Rhone as French patriots surround Nazi forces at Pertuis and Aix en Provence. German radio claims shelling Toulon with battleships and cruisers, while French commandos and patriots dominate the Faron area north of the city.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Toulon
Marseille
Durance
Rhone
Pertuis
Aix-En-Provence
Alexander M. Patch
Aix
Eens
Joseph Dynan
Associated Press
Faron
Hyeres
Dynam
Transocean
la Ciotat
Fran A
Ramey Ine
Germans breach Seine line near Paris in bold Man tes crossing
The war column reports a bridgehead across the Seine at Mantes, 25 miles northwest of Paris, by Patton’s forces. German remnants of Von Kluge’s 7th Army are trapped between the river and coast, with Allied bombers and RAF planes targeting escape efforts as Paris is flanked and the Nazi hold on the Seine line weakens.
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Europe
Paris
France
Seine
Mantes
Patton
von Kluge
7Th Army
Normandy
Seive
Elbeuf
Rouen
Royal Airforce
Fifteenth Army
Horeover
English
Corebeil
Melun
Fontainebleau
Soissons
Reims
Marne
Versailles
Crecgenet Forcces
Geremans
George S. Patton
Third Army
End of War in Sight As Allied Forces Push Toward Paris
Allied forces drive German defenses in Northwestern France with Montgomery declaring a definite and decisive defeat. American tanks cross Seine at Mantes and Patton's Third Army reports 109,575 German casualties as Paris victory looms.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Bernard L. Montgomery
France
Allied Air Drops Aid French Maquis In France
An American Eighth Air Force report says heavy bombers dropped thousands of tons of arms and supplies to French Maquis partisans in daylight by air drop. The RAF has conducted hundreds of similar missions, including Bastille Day drops, Aug. 21.
Allied Forces Close in on Desperate German Pocket South of Argentan
In the Normandy fight, Patton's troops press toward a six by ten mile German pocket near Falaise as the end of the war nears. Montgomery declares victory near sight with fresh surprises for the enemy while about 10 900 combat units remain trapped and tens of thousands of Germans may have fallen or been captured. British and American units slash west and east of Falaise seizing towns and driving toward Lisieux Touques river crossings.
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France
Normandy Bulge
Falaise-Argentan Gap
von Kluge
Seine
Montgomery
Falaise
Cotentin
Occagnes
Sentilly
Bailleul Coulet
Argentan
Pune
Touques
Lisieux
Divi
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Joe
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Chattanooga
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W. T. Willoughby
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William Kelley
T. R. Harrison
Florence Adams
Cheri Chandler
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Department of Public Welfare
Mrs. O. N. West
Town Creek
Christine Midgette
Morgan County Ration Board
Virginia Coswell
The
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Jackson Street
Robert L. Stephenson
Decatur Iron and Steel Company
Cornelian Court
May Nelson
Moulton Street
Cpl
Percy P. Potter
Margaret Potter
Hope
O. J. Howard
Noah Lee
Tommy
Hartselle
Bertha May Reagins
Bennett L. Howard
Camp Seibert
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Edleen Verner
Hamil Clinic
Wayne Blizzard
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Ronald Pettey
W. B. Chick
McNeil Apartments
Page Tyre
Quicxie
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Mrs. Rosson
Cullman Home
Bobby Gilks
Pyle
Bay of
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Vernon
Algiers
Vichy
Limoges
Bay of Biscay
Gironde River
Bordeaux
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