War News and Opinions From Wartime Fronts
The piece recalls wartime efforts on the home front with references to the War Chest funding for soldiers, weathering droughts, and Eisenhower warning of Allied bomber activity. It notes German claims of Hartmann’s 301 air victories, Tru man’s political moment with Admiral Kimmel, and critiques Alabama’s poverty slogans while praising the Tennessee Valley Authority as a major power producer. It ends with reflections on German surrender thoughts and Hitler’s precarious position.
Quote on Tokyo bulletin versus Stockholm news sources
A Finnish or European observer notes skepticism about reliability, suggesting Tokyo bulletins be treated with the same scrutiny as Stockholm reports. The remark contrasts differing journalistic credibility and emphasizes caution in trusting regional news.
Montgomery Ad Informs Stance Against Racial Mixing at Maxwell
The Montgomery Advertiser portrays a citywide opposition to Army moves to end segregation at Maxwell Field. Governor Sparks and Senators Hill and Bankhead plan protests, arguing social equality at posts’ eateries conflicts with Southern customs. The piece asserts whites and blacks share no social parity and urges enforcing local norms while supporting equal pay and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Washington
Hill
Bankhead
Post Exchange
Maxwell Field
Montgomery Advertiser
Advertiser
Montgomery
North
South
Alabama
Dewey and Hull clash over small nations postwar plan
The article argues that Governor Dewey and State Secretary Hull differ on protecting small nations after the war. Hull favors safeguarding sovereignty to limit Big Four domination, while Dewey seeks a separate world security setup. Hull pushes for ratification of a peace treaty, with political maneuvering noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dewey
Tom Connally
Dumbarton
Senate
Hull
Hull. Mr. Hull
United Nations
Foreign Policy Association
Welles
Lippmann
Japan
Germany
Mr. Dulles
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Air Medal Awarded to Almon and Cason in Southwest Pacific
Second Lieutenant Everett L. Almon of Cullman Alabama and Second Lieutenant Orvis L. Cason Jr. of Phenix City Alabama received the Air Medal from Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney commander of Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Everett L. Almon
Cullman
Orvis L. Cason, Jr
Phenix City
Ala
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Road to Berlin fronts distances listed by AP
AP reports Allied fronts with distances to key hubs. Russian front lies 322 miles from Warsaw eastern suburbs, Northern France 495 miles from Troyes, Southern France 345 miles from Perly, and Italian front 600 miles from Florence's northern outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
France
Troyes
Perly
Florence
Demographic Portrait of a Typical American Father
The description outlines the average U.S. father aged 44 with one or two children. He lives in a city of at least 2,500 residents and works in private or non emergency jobs, reflecting mid century family and work patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State
Need of Vaccinations
Dr. Logan Clendening stresses vaccination as protection against deadly diseases. He urges parents to vaccinate children against smallpox, diphtheria, typhoid, scarlet fever, and whooping cough, noting immunity has reduced modern disease risks and that lax enforcement endangers public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Madura
England
United States
Summer Shorts and War-Era Wit Stories From Decatur
A collage of brief jokes and quips from wartime Decatur, including a Negro rural mail carrier exam reply about the distance to the Moon, snippets about manners, money, love, and daily life, with humor aimed at soldiers, home front, and social mores of the era.
Broadway and Hollywood Mix on Spin of 1944 Scene
Hollywood gossip column notes Lana Turner with Shan Bay, Philip Ahn and Wil la Kim in a Korean romance, Lois Collier returning to South Carolina for Cotton Festival Queen duties, Mickey Rooney medical discharge anticipated, Ann Shirley convalescing with Marsha Hunt visitors limited, Steve Crane set to wed Mary O’Hara, Peggy Ryan and Maxie Rosen bloom ball romance, Garbo out after dark, Morosco biography details rise and fall as Paramount Pictures legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Jack Lait
Hollywoodin
Lana Turner
Shan Bay
Philip Ahn
Paramount
Willa Kim
Lois Collier
South Carolina
Mickey
Rooney
Ann Shirley
Marsha Hunt
Adrian Scott
Steve Crane
Mary O'Hara
Columbia
Peggy Ryan
Maxie Rosenbloom
Walter Benson
Tommy Dorsey
Marie Osborne
Muppet
Deanna Durbin
Garbo
Salt salesman and a motherly remark
Visitor asks about salt sales. Lem says little salt is sold but notes a last week seller who could sell salt. A mother takes 20 years to shape a man while another woman makes a fool of him in 20 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey Hammond
Ap Popular Science
Will
GHO
Friars Club
Rose Lee
Seaman Tweed
Guam
Roger Touhy
Illinois
20Th Century-Fox
Ganister
Roger, Jr
Thomas
Navy
Lem
Confession Scene In Police Station Over Piano Theft
A dialogue chronicles a suspect quizzed by detectives at a police station. The prisoner admits to stealing a piano, calling it a moment of weakness, while editors from New York observe the interrogation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Merman
Bob Levitt
Sadie Thompson
Billy Rose
Ben Marden
Ziegfeld Theatre
New York
Nellie Revell
Gloria
DeHaven
David
Evelyn Carmel
George Uffner
Bobby Orr
Conover
Marine Pvt
Jim Locke
Roscoe Ates
Ruth Waldo
Ray Dodge
Dodie Mitchell
Lou Parker
Tom
Quinn
Helen Forrest
Canary
Anthony Abott
Fulton Oursler
Dunkirk
Pearl Harbor
Talulah
Hattie
Mattie
Notable figures toast a chaotic sea of names and chicanery
A stream of blurred aliases and public figures mixes entertainers bankers skaters and musicians in a crowded scene. The piece references Toni Sari Eleanor Prentiss Major Hershel Bentley and Mary Jane Lawson among others while a policewoman and a 14 year old observer mark a tense Capitol moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toni Sari
Ballerinta
Eleanor Prentiss
Hershel Bentley
South Pacific
John Jacob Astor
Mary Jane Lawson
Frances Wayne
Woody Herman
Wayne Wingate
Wayne
Henry Jerome
Ete
Anniversary celebrated at White home for 66th birthday
A joy event in White honored Mr. White with friends and relatives gathering for a noon basket lunch. Attendees included H. C. Terrell family, Burns family, Coy White family, McAbee family, Roger and Ernest White households, Alfred White and son, Ennis White family, W. E. White parents, Arthur White family, D. C. McCaghren, Christine Franks, Dorothy Franks, and Pvt Ottis O. Burns. The celebration took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. vol .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
H. C. Terrell
Howard
Calvin
Nell
Wilma
William Burns
Anne
Coy White
Ellaneree
Angeline
Robert McAbee
Doris
Edweena
Earl Roger
Ernest White
Betty
Jean
Ronnie
Patricia Ann
Alfred White
Alfred
Ernest. White
Ennis White
Raburn
Mary Rachel
W. E. White
Arthur White
Edwin
Evelyne Joyce
D. C. McCaghren
Christine
Dorothy Franks
Pvt
Ottis O. Burns
Vol
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W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Associated Press
Stott
Doc
Armed Services
War Chest
Eisenhower
Alsace- Lorraine
Ike
Berlin
Truk
U. S
Pacific
Ernest Hartmann
Hartmann
Superman
Truman
Husband E. Kimmel
Papa Roosevelt
Harry
William J.stickle
National Association of Chiropodists
Chicago
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
Nashville Tennessean
M. L. Robertson
Cullman Affairs
Mr. Robertson
Hitler
Othm
Tokyo
Stockholm
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
By Logan Clendening, M.D
Clendening
A. M
L. A
Gene Ahern
Papa Bear
Junius
Charlie
Decatur Man
PUBL
SAYER
Hunter Furniture Company
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
Caxton
The
Oracle
Oliver Morosco
Helen
Morosco
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Abie
Canary Cottage
New - York
Blue Sky
Atlanta
Paramount Pictures
Arturo de Cordova
Gertrude Bayne
Lupe Velez
Margo
Albert Harry Carey, Jr
Marilyn Fix
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines
Williams Transfer & Bstorage Ve
First Ave
Gene Krupa
Capitol Stage
United Lady Zona
Zona
Grey House
Texaco
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