Weather and war citizen notes from Decatur area
Considerable cloudiness to night and Thursday with thunder showers. Local bureau report lists a high of 80 and low of 86. Captain and Mrs Fuller to take charge of Salvation Army activities in Decatur. successors to be transferred to Texas. Lt Donald E Riggle, Germany prisoner since May 8 1944, writes wife Ruth Williams Riggle. Various local military and town updates follow, including promotions, furloughs, and societal notices.
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Oscar Fuller
Salvation Army
Decatur
Fullers
Leon J. Thomas
Texas
Ruth Williams Riggle
Twelfth Avenue East
Donald E. Riggle
Germany
Riggle
Beaten Nazis Flee From Black Sea Front As Soviet Push Advances
Soviet troops closed within 29 miles of Bulgaria after capturing Constanta and advancing toward Bucharest in a broad drive across Wallachia and the Danube basin. Romanian and Bulgarian positions strained as Hungary awaited a Soviet rout and Bulgaria faced pressure from Red forces moving near Dobrudja.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Black Sea
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Constanta
Romania
Bucharest-Ploesti
Wallachia
Ploesti
Buzua
Transylvania
Hungary
Slovakia
Central Europe
Red Army
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Reich
Baltic
Bulgarian
Dobrudja
Greece
Macedonia
Nis
Balkan Peninsula
Hitler
Dobruja
Bucharest
Feodor I
The War Today Outlook on Nazi retreat and potential chaos
The piece envisions rapid Allied advances in France threatening German collapse and considers Hitler fleeing to neutral states. It notes the lack of German unity if dispersed, the risk of separate Nazi units continuing the fight, and the possibility of a chaotic postwar scenario. It contrasts current warfare with 1918 tactics and warns of a reshaped German defense if entrenched lines fail.
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Germany
Hitler
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Robots Again Hit England Amid Night Bombardment
London reports new waves of German flying bombs targeting London and Southern England. Attacks persisted after daybreak with an alert in the London area, ending a two night lull as transport difficulties hindered launches. A distant explosion offshore sparked the heaviest shock felt in the region this war, possibly from France.
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London
England
Boulogne
France
Stockholm
Elite Guard
Joachim Fernau
Pas de Calais
Channel
Seizure of 35 Cases of Schenley's Whiskey
Sheriff Ben Corum of Lawrence County seized 35 cases of Schenley whiskey Tuesday at the Courtland freight office. The shipment consigned to Robert Psore for the Courtland air base officers club was to be used at the base. A mandatory injunction to surrender the whiskey was filed, with hearing set Thursday at 10. ABC and officers club reps were to witness the check, while Captain Nooe’s secretary to the club faced the case. The ABC board sanctioned purchase for base use, but the seizure occurred before inspection. The 1944 Ft Sill ruling noted civil authorities cannot seize liquor shipped to a military reservation.
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Schenley
Ben ‘Corum
Lawrence County
Courtland
Robert Psore
Elay
sMourne
Meen Lu
Howard G. Eley
Courtland Army Air Field
John H. Peach
Peach & Caddell
Nooe
Army Air Base
Alabama Beverage Control Board
ABC
Officers Club
Corum
Supreme Court
Ft. Sill
Okla
Bulgaria Expects Terms on Armistice Soon
London reports an armistice offer in take it or leave it terms to Bulgarian emissaries, likely for signing in Cairo. Four Bulgarian delegates unnamed. no negotiations noted. Hungary’s government falls as Col. Gen. Geza Lakatos forms a Nazi-influenced cabinet amid Red Army advances.
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London
Cairo
Hungary
Berlin
Doeme Sztojay
Transylvania
Transocean
Nicholas Horthy
Vitez Geza Lakatos
Lakatos
Hitler
Bulgaria
Ankara
Stoiche Moshanov
Great
United States
Hull says Germany seeks negotiated peace but Allies demand unconditional surrender
Secretary of State Hull stated Germany evidently desires a negotiated peace, yet Allied insistence on unconditional surrender remains clear. He warned Hitler and aides may seek refuge abroad and noted U S and British cautions to neutrals about sheltering Nazi leaders. Hull cited Hitler’s possible flight to Argentina or Spain as a concern.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Argentina
Spain
Roosevelt
Kurt Dittmar
More airports wanted in the United States after aviation push
W M Robertson regional manager of the Civil Aeronautics Administration says the nation should double its airports in the first ten years after the recent wining event. He emphasizes future focus on smaller airfields as about 2 000 airports exist nationwide.
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Auburn
Ala
W. M. Robertson
Atlanta
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Robertson
Garrett Is Named Limestone Sheriff
H. G. Garrett of Athens was named Limestone county sheriff by Governor Sparks, succeeding the late Sheriff Martin Whitt who died Sunday. Garrett has long served in the state law enforcement department and recently worked at the Huntsville arsenal.
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Montgomery
Ala
H. G. Garrett
Athens
Sparks
Limestone County
Martin Whitt
Garrett
State
Highway Patrol
Huntsville Arsenal
Free French and U S Navy Strike Japan as War Evolves
Allied forces press the air offensive with new carrier power. Montgomer y predicts early extermination of Japan while Fitch warns of a long hard road ahead as overseas battles tighten from China to the Philippines.
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Japan
Alfred E. Montgomery
Nippon
China
Burma
New Guinea
Radio France
Hitler
Indo-China
Asia
Aubrey W. Fitch
United States
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Fitch
Montgomery
Carlos P. Romulo
Islands
Parisian Refugees Ride Homeward Amid War Machinery
From the south toward Paris, hundreds of Parisians on bicycles and amid tanks and big guns return home or flee as French divisions roll into the city. The scene shows civilians with baby carts and suitcases jostling through the war zone, while soldiers, tank crews, and even dogs occupy the streets.
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Paris
Charlie
Chaplin
Second Armored
Dangerous S
British Bombers Strike Baltic Ports and Berlin Mosquitos Hit Hamburg
Allied raids blanket Konigsberg and Stettin with heavy bombs in support of Soviet forces. Mosquitos attack Berlin and Hamburg while 1,000 plus bombers strike northern France, Szeged, Szolnok, and Moravska Ostrava in a broad offensives across Europe.
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A. I. Goldberg
London
Baltic
Konigsberg
Stettin
Berlin
Hamburg
U. S
France
S T de Oe
Fish Channe
Germany
Air Ministry
Hamberg
Italy
Romania
Szeged
Szolnok
Balkan
Denauakia
Moravska Ostrava
Europe
Mediterranean Air Force
Yugoslavia
Lithuania
Leipaja
Moscow
East Prussia
Russia
Stettin Canal
Kiel Canal
Western Front
Low Countries
Mass escape attempt at Atmore state prison farm ends in death
In Atmore Alabama early today a mass escape attempt by about a dozen prisoners led to the death of Jack Carter 21 and the wounding of another inmate. Guards fired after the rebels tried to seize a gun as they escorted prisoners to the cotton fields. The Escambia county coroner and solicitor will investigate Carter’s death.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State Prison
Steve Hixon
Jack Carter
Mobile County
Hixon
Tractions
Arthur Heustess
Montgomery
John Mahone
Mahone
Heustess
E. P. Russell
Escambia County
Carter
City race nominees finalized with four for mayor
Qualification closed at midnight with four candidates for mayor and eight for city council in the upcoming city election. Mayoral contenders include T. R. Harrison J. D. Clouds Butler P. A. Hine and H. R. Sandy Summer. Council line up lists six hopefuls across five places. About 2000 votes expected with 13 polling places plus an absentee box. Absentee ballots may be requested by writing to the city clerk by September 13.
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T. R. Harrison
J. D. Clouds Butler
P. A. Hine
H. R. “Sandy
W. F. Boswell
Knox McRae
A. C. Dillehay
H. H. Hunter
Carl .T. Jones
Dr. H. D. Greer
Rutledge S. Thomas
H. R. Speake
Lab tests made in bride death case follow autopsy
The attorney general said lab tests are being conducted after an autopsy on Mrs. Lynn C. Drew, found slain June 16. The body was exhumed August 18 in Decatur Illinois under Coroner Harold Brintlinger and Dr C J Rehling. Findings have not been disclosed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lynn C. Drew
William N. McQueen
Decatur
Ill
Macon County
Illinois
Harold Brintlinger
C. J. Rehling
Alabama Toxicologist
John O. Harris
Attorney General's Office
Alabama
Capital Plans Quietly Under Discussion in Montgomery
Montgomery officials and the Chamber of Commerce pursue postwar capital plans. Secretary Paul B. Fuller says groundwork has spanned a year with talks involving several local and external industries.
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Montgomery
Ala
Chamber of Cree
Paul B. Fuller
Chamber of Commerce
Escape Route for Germans on Coast Narrowed by Allied Advances
Allied forces push toward the Belgian frontier with two American armored columns near 40 miles from Belgium. The Third Army advances along a 70 mile front while the Seine region sees operations north of Paris and toward Rouen. Patton’s forces head from Laon toward Vitry Le Francois as Laon area is reduced.
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Ambon
Chindwin
Burma
Thawan
India
Tiddim
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Marianas
Marshalls
Yochow
China
Tokyo Radio
Imperial
Lishui
Chungking
Associated Press
London
Belgium
Reims
Laon
Seine
Pas de Calais
U. S. Third Army
Paris
Sea
Rouen
Champagne
Vesle
Brussels
Patton
George S. Patton
Third
Vitry-Le-Franceis
Marne
Reich
Verdun
Chalons-Sur- Marne
Les Grandes Loges
Chalons Fell
Aisne
Soissons
Pont-Arcy
Montaigu
France
Marseille
Rhone
Czechs Report Capture of Cadca Town in Slovak Front
The Czechoslovak press bureau says Czech and Slovak troops with guerrilla detachments captured Cadca on the Slovakia Moravia frontier and report heavy fighting in Zilina Povazska Bystrica and Trencin as German forces occupy Slovakia since Aug. 29.
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FIGHT
London
Open Today
Slovakia
Cadca
Moravia
Zilina
Povazska
Bystrica
Trencin
Allied push closes on Paris as Seine fronts tighten
Berlin claims Rouen loss and Nazi retreat across the Seine while Allied forces near Le Havre and Paris press the offensive. Patton's 3rd Army advances toward Laon and Montaigu as German resistance collapses northeast and east of the capital.
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Sherman Street
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Marvin Wells
Portsmouth
Sim F. Lite
Jim Clem
ATU
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Hart- Belle
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Hugo Wright
Norning
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State of Alabama
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George Edward Kelley
C. M. Dotsen
Russe
J. E. Riddle
Dotsen
Sarah Riddle
Little Janese Gibson
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Decatur General Hospital
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By Ken Reynolds
Ada
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Allied
Limestone
U. S. Navy
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