Livingston State Teachers College president resigns
Dr N F Greenhill former Albany schools superintendent resigns as president of Livingston State Teachers College. Local weather outlook cloudy with thundershowers and a high of 88 degrees. Various local notices include community meetings, church services, and wartime casualty reports from Pfc Theodore Haynes and Pfc James Corbin. Continuous local society notes cover visits, illnesses, x ray health drive, and pension planning discussions.
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N. F. Greenhill
Albany
Livingston State Teachers College
Soviets Capture Ploesti and Advance Toward Bucharest
Soviet forces driven by Gen. Tolbukin and Gen. Malinovsky surged through the Balkans, seizing the Ploesti oil fields and closing to 17 miles from Bucharest as German defenses faltered. Red Star warned that German divisions in Romania were doomed and noted huge oil-fire damage and civilian cooperation with Soviet troops.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Bucharest
Romania
Ploesti
Balkan
Pris
Red Star
Izvestia
Europe
Russia
Fedor I. Tolbukhin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Budapest
Vienna
Hungary-heldsylvania
Crimea
Odessa
Ihai
Greece
Aegean Islands
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Déserches
Meriuta
Balkans
Speth
Constanta
Buzau
London
Stores to Close All Day Monday on Labor Day
The retail merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce voted to close stores in the city all day Monday Labor Day. Barber and beauty shops also voted to close that Monday, announced by division chairmen Charles Ed Howell and A L Moye.
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Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Ed Howell
Retail Merchants Division
A. L. Moye
Barber and Beauty Shop
Victory Day Plan Talked By Decatur Merchants
Plans to perfect Armistice Day celebration timing are discussed at a Friday 10 am meeting of all heads of businesses in the Lyons Hotel assembly room. Charles Ed Howell, chairman of the Retail Merchants Division, urges every local employer to attend.
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Lyons Hotel
Charles Ed Howell
Retail Merchants
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Howell
Purple Heart Presented to Pvt Plemmons by Parents
The Purple Heart for wounds on D-Day was received today by Pvt J R Plemmons from his parents Mr and Mrs R E Plemmons of 1010 North Avenue Fairview. Plemmons suffered an arm wound and is in a hospital in England. A morning letter said he is getting along fine. The parents do not know the full extent of his injuries.
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J. R. Plemmons
France
R. E. Plemmons
North Avenue
Fairview
Pvt
Plemmons
England
Allied push in Northern France nears Somme as Patton drives north
Allied headquarters report Patton's armored column advancing north of Laon toward the Somme headwaters. British offensive gains threaten German positions on the coast while the push aims to cut Luftwaffe bomber sites. Eisenhower says Northern France campaign is five days ahead of schedule, a crucial edge in the race with Hitler.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
France
Patton
Laon
Somme
English Channel
Britain
Eisenhower
Hitler
Berlin Admits Riots Have Started in Slovakia
The Associated Press reports that Germany acknowledged a revolutionary movement in its puppet state Slovakia. Riots broke out in several locations, with garrisons deserting and priests targeted, described as Bolshevist terror. President Tiso appealed for aid, which Germany supplied.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Slovakia
DNB
Foreign Office
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Joseph Tiso
Germany
London
Tiso
Trickery Charge Laid To Bulgaria
Moscow accuses Bulgaria of aiding the Germans after neutrality claims as Bulgarian armistice delegates are kept in Cairo awaiting Allied terms. Lincoln MacVeagh's return from America delays formal presentation, with Greeks and Yugoslavs involved in consultations over occupied lands.
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Associated Press
London
Moscow
Bulgaria
Cairo
America
Lincoln MacVeagh
U. S
Hitler
Sofia
Bull
Edward Goodrich Named Limestone County Solicitor
Edward Goodrich of Athens was appointed by Governor Sparks as Limestone County solicitor to fill the unexpired term ending January 1947, succeeding the late James H. McCoy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Edward Goodrich
Athens
Sparks
Limestone County
James H. McCoy
Staggering August Toll of Nip Ships
Allied communiques tally nearly 300 Japanese ships knocked from active service in August, with at least 175 sunk including 18 combat vessels. U S Navy losses cited. bombers strike Halmahera, Davao, Iwo Jima, and targets across China and Burma as Chinese forces press southeastward.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
China
Navy
Forestall
United States Navy
Philippines
Halmahera
Dougie “Magazin
Davao
North Pacific
Japan
Iwo
Tokyo
Paramushiro
Hengyang
Chungking
Lishui
Shanghai
Amoy
U. S
Yochow
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hankow
Burma
Schools to Open Monday with Expanded Curriculum
S. E. Alverson announced that city schools will open Monday with full teachers, all classrooms active, and major curriculum upgrades. O. S. Hagerman will supervise daily instruction and oversee the standard achievement tests. A new full time physical and health training program for junior boys will start, and a girls chorus class will be added at the senior high.
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S. E. Alverson
O. S. Hagerman
Hagerman
Recetas
Floyd
Train crash in Macon kills switchman in collision
The Southland flyer northbound from Macon collided with a diesel freight engine killing switchman Cornelius Hames and injuring others. The wreck scattered cars along the right of way as crews routed trains over the Southern tracks pending clearance.
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Macon
Southland
Central of Georgia Flyer
The
Cornelius Hames
Tom West
M. J. Hines
Abany
Hann
Wallace Irwin
Iury
Willie Taylor
Allied armies rout Nazis in Northern France report
Eisenhower reports over 400000 Allied casualties inflicted on German forces since D-Day and declares the seventh army and fifth panzer army decisively defeated. He notes destruction of 25 divisions and heavy losses across 20 infantry divisions, with several crack parachute units eliminated or isolated.
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Washington
France
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Fifth Panzer Army
War Department
Brittany
Channel Islands
Reserves Decision On Booze Seizure At Courtland
Judge Julian Harris will decide this afternoon on a whiskey seizure case arising from Sheriff Ben Corum seizing 35 cases at Courtland Army Air Base. The whiskey was allegedly consigned to the officer's club membership. key parties include Sheriff Corum, Circuit Solicitor W H Long, Captain Robert S Nooe, John A Caddell, and Lt Howard G Eley.
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Lawrence County
Julian Harris
Ben Corum
Sheriff Corum
Courtland
Officers Club
Courtland Army Air Base
W. H. Long
Robert S. Nooe
Officer's Club
John A. Caddell
Peach & Caddell
Howard G. Eley
Paris Liberated Joy Floods Streets in Welcoming Crush
American correspondents recount the first day of Paris freedom as masses of joyful Parisians kissed, cheered, and crowded the jeeps. Flags, flowers, tomatoes and cider fly as the celebration lasts from afternoon into darkness.
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Paris
Allied curls advance as Bordeaux falls and Amiens seized
French Forces of the Interior claim Bordeaux has fallen, with Chambery and Tonnerre liberated as Allied troops push 60 miles in 48 hours. On the Somme, British tanks reach Amiens and advance toward the Meuse while American columns override Laon. Eisenhower says operations in Northern France are well ahead of schedule.
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London
Interior
Bordeaux
France
FFI
Chambery
Savoy
Tonnerre
Yonne
James M. Long
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Amiens
Somme
Reich
Laon
Belgium
Meuse
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Harry Hixdon
R. E. Rogers
Barrett Shelton
Hotel Lyons
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W. A. Toms
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Wells & Co
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Cisco
Morgan County Tubercular Sanatorium
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Orion Moore
Mack Fergueson
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J. M. Engle
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Rev. Engle
Old Age Living Plan, Association
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G. W. Beasley
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Alaska
B. R. McDowra
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Black Sea
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U. S. Mint
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Pyle
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