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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
1
Cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected Wednesday and Northwest portion tonight. State records show a high of 90 and a low of 65. Notables include John H. Peach in Cullman on legal business and Dr. A J Perolio visiting from Montgomery. Guard units to be redesignated by letters nationwide with Company F details effective September 1.
Soviet forces drive across Romania toward Ploesti and Bucharest. Reds breach Danube fronts while pushing 200 miles toward the Black Sea. Bretsch a and Brasov threatened as Romanian and German units clash. Danube delta in Soviet hands and Constanta near.
In Town Creek near the grandmother’s home a bicycle carrying William Erwin Streater nine and Morris Chadwick Streater nine both of Decatur was struck by a car driven by Stanley Vaughn of Courtland at about 9 20 p m William Erwin died instantly and Morris Chadwick died at Colbert County Hospital later that night An inquest was announced by Coroner Highsmith as investigations continue funeral services were set for 1 0 p m Wednesday at the grandparents home with interment at Town Creek Cemetery.
U S Fifteenth Air Force pilots scouting the Balkans say Germany has regrouped a sizeable force to delay the Russian advance from the Danube corridor toward Bucharest and the Iron Gate. They note rail corridors remain open, Danube barge traffic increases, and Poorest oil center Ploesti appears quiet.
W. M. Robertson regional manager of the Civil Aeronautics Administration will address the opening session of a three day Southeastern regional airport conference in Auburn Alabama tonight.
War correspondent recalls first hours of Paris liberation as news shifted from breakthrough prospects to the dramatic arrival of Allied forces. Delirious excitement grips reporters and locals, marking one of the era’s defining moments and the lifting of a brutal occupation.
Describing a tense morning from Rambouillet toward Paris the account notes fears of a renewed Stalingrad like battle and the looming destruction of Paris. A French captain frees aid as eight miles from the city, then a vast crowd gathers amid smoke and bright sun in the suburbs.
American and British fighters swept low over France and the Low Countries into Germany for a third day of operations targeting transport routes and airfields. Mosquitos bombed rail and road links from the Seine to the German border while RAF craft hit rail yards at Metz Strasbourg and fire seized Duclair Ferry area.
Morgan county Board of Revenue Control announced bids for paving nine and a half miles of road from Wood land Mills to Morgan City. Work must be finished within sixty days after letting. Each bid needs a $500 certified or cashier’s check. The decision was made Monday when the board voted unanimously to pave the road.
Japanese leaders appealed to industrialists and workers to boost aircraft and ordnance output to sustain air strikes against Allied bombers. Tokyo warned Japan’s defense line relies on planes, as MacArthur reported heavy Allied air losses among Japanese ships and new air production plans were drafted amid ongoing campaigns in the Pacific.
Allied forces push along the Eastern Italian front within three miles of the Gothic line. Polish units secure a riverbank line on the Arno flank while other troops cross the stream inland. U.S. Fifth Army reports about 47 000 Nazi prisoners taken to date in the campaign.
Atty. General William McQueen was asked to rule on the legality of placing American Democratic Party presidential electors on Alabama ballots for the November election. Secretary of State Sibyl Pool filed a purported nomination certificate and emblem from a Birmingham group, seeking interpretation of state election laws.
Final hours for candidate filings ahead of the September 18 election. Mayoral contenders are Tom Harrison J D Cloud Butler P A Hine and H R Summer. Council contenders include W F Boswell Knox McRae A C Dillehay Harlan H Hunter Dr H D Greer and H R Speake. Dr Greer filed to seek another term. Summer and Boswell Dillehay Hunter filed earlier. Summer operates in the abstract business and lives in Decatur.
Miss Wyllodean Summers of 1715 Sixth Avenue South is treated at Decatur General hospital after a porch swing broke during use, causing a broken right leg in a fall at 6 30 P M Monday. She rests comfortably Tuesday morning.
Funeral services for Charles Edward Street infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R C Street were held at 10 30 this morning at the grandparents home Mr and Mrs Eli Street 1120 Fifth Avenue South Rev Branscomb of Hartselle officiating Interment followed in the city cemetery Brown directing The child is survived by its parents of Decatur
Washington report on Dumbarton Oaks conferees endorsing an international security organization with an assembly of sovereign nations and a council that includes smaller states. They discuss jurisdiction of organs, procedures, and peaceful dispute settlement, stressing arbitration and limited military use.
The article notes German forces retreating from western France as Allied advances by Patton push toward Chateau-Thierry. Canadian and British units establish a Seine bridgehead, threatening the German line along the Seine and Marne. The next defense may form on the Somme or Aisne as pressure mounts.
Allied reports say the last Nazi resistance has been crushed in the Paris area as American troops move toward the Rhine valley. U S Seventh Army advances near Montelimar while forces sweep north from Soissons toward the Aisne and Marne in a broad push toward Verdun and the German border.
Allied forces report 122000 German casualties southwest of the lower Seine last week with 92000 captured between August 20 and 25 and 30000 killed. British signals say three days of mop up proceed against pockets south and west of Rouen as Von Kluge's seventh army is shredded.
Allied forces widened the Seine river assault from Mantes to Vernon, stretching 25 to 30 miles and reaching 11 miles north of the river toward the Paris Rouen highway. A British bridgehead near Louviers was pushed eight miles north, while Canadians at Pont de L Arche neared Rouen, four and a half miles distant.
U S columns drive through Northern France reaching Chatéau Thierry within 35 miles of Reims and 76 miles from the Belgian border as Allied forces press a wedge toward German positions on multiple axes from Avignon to the Rhone Valley. Marines? No.
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