Road work resumes in Alabama under wartime program
War Production Board approval of emergency highway construction will fund about 2.5 million dollars in Alabama. Ed N. Rodgers says bids are being tabulated on three approved projects plus a smaller state project. Major items include 21 miles on the Tuscaloosa to Birmingham highway and over 17 miles of paving and bridges between Livingston York and the Mississippi Alabama line. Also planned are resurfacing on Fourth Avenue in Birmingham and several miles near Selma. Bids on these projects amount to roughly 1.5 million dollars, with final costs pending bid tabulation.
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Montgomery
Ala
War Production Board
Alabama
Ed N. Rodgers
Rodgers
WPB
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Bucksville
Livingston
York
Mississippi-Alabama
U. S
Fourth Avenue
Bessember
Harrell Cross Roads
Dallas County Farm Experiment Station
Selma
Cannes Falls as Allied Toward Italian Front in Southern France
Allied forces push along the Cannes coast in a five mile advance at the eastern beachhead after pounding coastal batteries. Prisoners flood from beachhead pens as American and French troops clear out small enemy units. P-47s bomb rail lines and road targets around Avignon and Montpellier while German attempts to flee toward Germany are warned to expect swift pursuit.
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Han More
Cannes
Riviera
Grenoble
Avignon
Rhone
Lyon
France
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Patch
Durance
Rhone Valley
Montpellier
Nimes
Bronze Strip in Palestine Hints Ancient King of the World
A 1943 find uncovers a bronze inscribed strip in Palestine declaring the existence of a king of the world dating about 2,500 years ago. The artifact suggests ancient Near Eastern prominence and adds a clue to regional royal lineages.
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Palestine
High Test Alcohol From Pulp Mill Waste Liquor
By using waste liquor from sulphite pulp mills a high test alcohol can be manufactured.
Markets Slip in Slow Trading Session on August 25
In New York prices edged lower amid a weak market trend as leaders largely did nothing or slipped to slightly lower levels. Volume totaled about 500,000 shares with fractional declines trimmed or canceled near the close and minor gains scattered. Lamb prices fell with fat back lambs down about 1.00, culls under 7.00, and sheep prices also lower on the day. Compared with the prior week all lambs and slaughter ewes were steady.
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New York
Cotton futures rise on buy side amid parity hopes
New York August 25 cotton futures gained about one dollar per bale as mills and commission houses bought on bets that Bank head plans to raise prices to full parity would pass. Late trading saw prices 65 to 85 cents higher with Oct at 21.62, Dec 21.40, and Mar 21.20.
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N. Y
New York
Bankhead
Japanese losses in Burma campaign and Allied counter
Major statement cites 42 000 Japanese killed in the Burma campaign including Stilwell’s offensive and Indian border fighting, with about 10 000 Allied troops slain. He notes the Japanese navy is reluctant to engage in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal as in the Pacific.
Nashville Livestock Market Report Aug 25
Cattle light run with few early sales. Steers and heifers mostly steady with some grades higher. Bulls and cetefs mixed. calves active and steady. Hogs and lambs mostly steady. milk plant in Birmingham shut in labor dispute over Bradford act provisions.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Dairies
Bradford
German Push Near Sens Hits 150 Mile Target
Allied forces report Germans advancing toward Sens within 150 miles of the front as the lower Seine pocket from Elbeuf to Bernay near Honfleur faces possible destruction within 24 hours. American troops hold Elbeuf while heavy fighting continues. Canadian and British units push beyond Bernay Risle toward Nassandres and Saint Georges du Vieuvre.
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Sens
Seine
Elbeuf
Bernay
Cosat
Honfleur
RAF
Amiens
Associated Press
Roger D. Greene
Supreme Headquarters
Mantes
Paris
Seine Estuary
Risle
Nassandres
Brionne
Lisieux
Saint Georges du Vieuvre
John F. Chester
le Havre
Beuzeville
Cormeille
Unique delivery of twins appears in Baltimore history
In Baltimore on a twin birth no prior example is known in medical history. The girl and boy were delivered by Dr. Harry Donahoe at City Hospital after the mother’s abdominal surgery. Both babies weighed about five pounds and the mother remains critically ill but may recover.
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Baltimore
Harry Donahoe
City Hospital
Paris Liberated as Allied and French Forces Enter City
Allied and French troops entered Paris as tanks and infantry moved through the city and along the Seine. Reports say Le Clerc’s division crossed the Pont Saint Michel and reached the center while the Hotel de Ville and police prefecture were secured.
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Charles de Gaulle
Bagneux
Paris
Seine
Bourg la Reine
Hotel de Ville
FFI
le Clerc
Port D'Italie
Ile de la Cite
Navy Ministry
Crillon
Neuilly
Vincennes
Resistance Council
la Cite
Pont St. Michel
Boulevard St. Jacques
Morocco
AEW
Jacques le Clerc
Supreme Command
Supreme Headquarters
Omar Bradley
Pierre Koenig
Dward D. Ball
Associated Press
Ball
Diffusion de la Nation Francaise
French Committee of National Liberation
NBC
Alesia
Orleans
Chatillon
Herbert Clark
Blue Network
Ans
Local notes report arrests births admissions and a blaze
Mrs. Sara Banks joins Weil Brothers Cotton in Memphis. One arrest by Sheriff Willow Fialinga and Deputy Phillips. Lynn Halingark held on public auligences with $300 bond. Marvin Rankin to Nashville then New York City, joining son Rex in the Navy. Several hospital admissions and operations at Hamil and Decatur General hospitals. Fines totaling 52 dollars in city court for offenses including disorderly conduct drunkenness driving without a license and running a red light. A fire damaged J. E. Barrett residence at 322 E Church Street, with furnishings submerged and damage not yet priced.
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Sheriff's Office
Willow Fialinga
Phillips
Lynn Halingark
Marvin R. Rankin
Nashville
New York City
New York
Rex
Navy
Bambridge, Ma
Nazis Hit Balkans as Romanian Fronts Slip in War
An AP dispatch outlines German forces in Romania and Ukraine, noting about 400,000 Nazi survivors massed on active fronts. It describes Romanian divisions and losses, Transylvania’s fate, and German Black Sea shipping based from Constanta as Cairo reports Moscow’s no-belligerent offer to Romanians hastened Nazi collapse in the Balkans.
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Romania
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Vienna
Cairo
Mihai
Black Sea
Constanta
Varna
Burgas
Russia
Balkans
Daniel de Luce
Moscow
Be Sure Your Diet Includes Calcium Foods
Emphasizes including calcium rich foods to support bone and tooth development and repair. Encourages regular intake as part of a balanced diet.
Hull and Dulles reach accord on peace organization
Secretary Hull and John Foster Dulles report substantial agreement on establishing an international peace and security organization. They stress the subject is non partisan, though public discussion of how to achieve lasting peace may continue. Further agreement depends on future developments.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Dumbarton Oaks
State Department
Soviet advances near Galati push toward Carpathians
Soviet units closed to within 35 miles of Nazi defenses along the Siret and Putna rivers in the 45 mile wide sector between Galati and Focsani at the edge of the Carpathians. Other strongholds, including Roman and Bacau, fell as Soviet forces pressed toward Tarty in the extended front.
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Galati
Siret
Putna
Focsani
Carpathians
Roman
Bacauze
Tarty
Forces gain on Lo miza frontline near East Prussia
Troops pressed the German bastion at Lomiza in Poland near the East Prussian border. The advance keeps edging within striking distance of the fortified position.
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Nia
Lomiza
Poland
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Petain
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Toulouse
Munsipard
Sara Banks
Weil Brothers Cotton Company of
Memphis
Edna Gray
Hamil
Sim Howell
10Th Avenue East
Hamil Clinic
Betty Ross Bailey
Baugh’s Infirmary
Charles Sohn
Sherman Street
Er General Hospital
Frances Mac Pifer
Eighth Street
Decatur General Hospital
James Yarbrough
Fifth Avenue West
Deeatur General Hospital
Martha Bean
Hartselleyr
Decatur Oral Hospital
Charles Dickeyer
Courtland
Casto Jarvis
Russellville
Jean Fiedle
J. E. Berrett
E. Church Street
J. R Willingham Fabove
Thunderbolts
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Touhy
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Lois Andrews
Kent Taylor
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