Smith Named Marine Post Commander in Pacific
Maj. Gen. Julian Smith is slated to assume command of Marine forces in the Pacific starting December 5, relieving Maj. Gen. W. C. Fe with command in the Mare Island naval hospital. Smith, a Marine since 1909, has led expeditionary forces in Palau and earned the Distinguished Service Medal for the Gilbert Islands invasion.
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Washington
Julian
Pacific
San Francisco
Marine Corps
W. C. Fe
Mare Is
Naval Hospital
Marine Division
Central Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Palau Islands
Smith
Grvice
New River
N. C
Fleet Marine
Alexandria
Burnum to Return Home After 18 Months Overseas Duty
Lt. Cmdr H D Burnum Weathered 18 months overseas in the Southwest Pacific and will arrive home in Decatur after a leave. He phoned wife Mrs Burnum Thursday night from San Francisco confirming the plan. A former Alabama Highway Commission member, he served as a division engineer in the Northern division before enlisting. his son Lt Denson Burnum served with American paratroopers on the European front.
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H. D. Burnum
Southwest Pacific
Burnum
San Francisco
Decatur
Alabama Highway Commission
Highway Department
Denson Burnum
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow for Talks with Stalin
Gen De Gaulle arrived in Moscow to confer with Premier Stalin on topics including a Franco Soviet pact postwar German policy, the Rhineland settlement, the Western Reich, and collective security.
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London
de Gaulle
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Moscow
Germany
Rhineland
Western Reich
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a safe kidney and urinary tract remedy. It promises relief from acidity and frequent urination with a free sample offer and nationwide druggist availability. It urges readers to send name and address to Kilmer Co Inc Box Conn for a prepaid sample.
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D. Kilmer & Co., Inc
City Docket Records Two Public Drunkenness Fines
Two persons were fined $15 each on public drunkenness charges in the city docket this morning. Religious notices announce sermons by Rev. El mer Freer at Fourth Avenue and East Moulton Street and Rev. A W Benefield at Sixth Avenue Church of God. Pfc. Lester L. Conner, son of Mr and Mrs Grady Conner Town Creek, recently graduated from Kingman Army Air Field gunnery school.
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Elmer Freer
First Christian Church
Fourth Avenue
East Moulton Street
A. W. Benefield
Hartselle
Sixth Avenue Church of God
Mary Walker
Lester L. Conner
Grady Conner
Town Creek
Kingman Army Air Field
Eisenhower orders heavy bombardment to breach Siegfried Line
The Allied plan relies on massive artillery as General Eisenhower rejects infantry assaults before defenses are crushed. Increased shell production is urged as the Ruhr industrial zone lies beyond the Rhine and awaits bombardment once the Rhine is crossed.
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Eisenhower
Siegfried Line
Stimson
Cologne
Ruhr
Rhine
Hitler
Church Attendance Hears Missionary Return from China
A large Morgan County crowd gathered Sunday to hear a missionary who recently returned from China. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Grady Godfrey, Homer Roger family, Solon Hughes son, and Miss Bernadine Goff. Local residents enjoyed a program by Salem's young people and noted several family visits around the community.
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China
Grady Godfrey
Homer Roger
Solon Hughes
Bernadine Goff
Neel
Salem
Annie Mae Wright
Mable
Lois Fortenberry
Eva
Carl Shaneyfelt
Vinemont
Matherine Pannell
Goodyear
Decatur
A Pannell
Sunny
J. B. Shaneyfelt
Maurice Knox
Bernadine
Max Goff
Harold
Roy Lee
Ronnie Petty
Homer Boger
Marvie Hayden
Inez
Lucy Knox Visi
One Tucker
Falky
Lester Shaneyfelt
Annie Shaneyfelt
Norway Beaver Saved by Ornament Restrictions
The beaver population in southern Norway valleys rose after ornament restrictions reduced hunting pressure. Conservation measures helped prevent extinction and stabilized local ecosystems.
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Norway
Ing
Montgomery Music Club to Present David Allen Gibson
The Montgomery Music club will present Alabama pianist David Allen Gibson at Huntingdon College on Wednesday afternoon December 6 as part of Alabama Federation Day celebrations and the club guest day. A luncheon at the Blue Moon Inn precedes the concert with club members and guests invited. Gibson, a Decatur native and Birmingham Southern student, is praised as a rising talent by club organizers and teachers.
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Montgomery Music Club
David Allen Gibson
Alabama
Huntingdon College
Charles Levy
Music Club
Georgia Wagner Morgan
Montgomery
Levy
Decatur
Birmingham Southern
Dorsey Whittington
Birmingham Conservatory of Music
Huntingdon
Blue Moon Inn
Charles I. Levy
State Federation of Music Clubs
Death Takes Frank Julian State Insurance Chief
Frank N. Julian, 72, state Superintendent of Insurance, died at his home. A native of Tuscumbia, he held the post since 1935, earlier served as secretary of the 1901 constitutional convention, clerk of the house in 1903 and Secretary of State in 1907. Surviving are his widow Eva Stephenson Julian, two daughters, two grandchildren, and one grandson. Burial will be at Tuscaloosa tomorrow after funeral services here.
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Frank N. Julian
Julian
Tuscumbia
Department of Commerce
Bibb Graves
House of Representatives
Montgomery
Irmingham
Arkansas
Marine Insurance Co
Birmingham
Eva Stephenson Julian
B. F. Screws
Shorter
Samuel M. Boykin
Tuscaloosa
Limestone County Round Island Pastor Preaches Twice Monthly
Rev Harvey Mathews will preach at Round Island on the first and third Sundays. Community members invited to attend and bring guests. Local social notes mention a Nov 21 party at the McMullins home honoring Thomas Smith enlisting in the Navy and Pvt Richard A Barksdale home from overseas since Feb 1942. Doris Baugh visited family. Clergy and parishioners hosted dinners with Huntsville guests.
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Harvey Mathews
Round Island
Lerman McMullins
Thomas Smith
Navy
Richard Alfred Barksdale
Doris Baugh
Frank Baugh
Grady Morris
Claude Baugher
Huntsville
Luther Glaze
L. K. Foster
Limestone
John Evans
Richard Grubbs
Passenger tire quotas reach 2,000,000 for month
OPA announced that passenger tire quotas total 2,000,000 for December but A card motorists may not get new tires until spring. Some passenger tire facilities may be diverted to cep tires. Production increases may not be realized soon and further civilian quota reductions for heavy truck and bus tires are possible.
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Washington
OPA
Daddy Writes Letter To 3 Little Ones
A wartime letter from Captain Spencer Burleson of Hartselle Burma 1944 to his three children Nancy Jo Johnny and Mary Adair recounts jungle life in Burma India and his longing to return. He describes monkeys tigers butterflies and bearsers family bond and hopes for homecoming with plans for a jeep and shared adventures once together.
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Spencer Burleson
Hartselle
Burleson
Nancy Jo
Johnny
Mary Adair
Kiddos
Nancy
Addy
Bubba
India
Morgan County Florette notices and social updates
Community notes describe church attendance and family visits in Morgan County. Residents include Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gurley and son Jimmy. Olive Fowler and Will Fowler family. Lula Fowler and Pvt Raymond Garnett’s wedding plans. visits by Mrs. Ju Wa and la er Mrs. of Decatur. R. C. Ryan from Auburn. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant St John and others. illness of J B Gurley and Bertha Gurley mentioned.
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Will Fowler
Raymond Garnett
Fort Louis
Washington
Falkville
Bryant St. John
Johnson
Somerville
Marynell Johnson
R. C. Ryan
Auburn
Randolph Ryan
J. B. Gurley
Bertha Gurley
Market Summary from Chicago and New York
Butter receipts 218 912 were firm while eggs at 10 700 were unchanged. Cotton futures traded in a routine session with December activity driven by hedge selling and liquidation as attention focused on the Washington conference next Monday. Spot cotton markets remained quiet.
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Chicago
New York
Washington
Lawrence County Speake Social Notes Quiet Holiday Moves
Friends of Will Sandlin learn he moved into the community with his son and wife. Duttons named their daughter Gale. Hampton family hosted Thanksgiving with Pearces in Cullman county. Cross, a Speake high teacher, spent Thanksgiving at Courtland. Mrs Hodges ill at Falkville but improving. Beckits visited relatives in Moulton. Kelsoe family moved to Guy Smith's place.
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Will” Sandlin
Sandlin
Ennis Sandlin
Courtland
Eaton Stephenson
Ella Hodges
Falkville
Beckit
Moulton
Austin Kelsoe
Guy Smith
Limestone County Capshaw by Miss Balch
Bro. Rich will preach Dec. 3 at 3 00 oclock All are welcome Mrs Hattie Smith of Leggtown spent the week end with Mr and Mrs Hester Smith then they carried her home Sunday and spent the day with Mr and Mrs Edgar Smith Cpl T J Pike returned to Camp Chaffee Ark Saturday Sgt Thomas Pike has returned to the hospital in Tuscaloosa Pvt Raymond Humphrey of Texas is home on a ten day furlough to his wife and parents Madison Miss Gladys Murphy of Madison 3 spent the week end with her aunt Mrs Grady Abernathy
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Bro
Rich
Hattie Smith
Leggtown
Hester Smith
Edgar Smith
Cpl
T. J. Pike
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Thomas Pike
Tuscaloosa
Raymond Humphrey
Texas
Mill prices edge up modestly in late afternoon
Mill demand remained light as prices held steady with only a 15 cent rise per bale late in the day. Quotes show Dec at 21.70, Mar at 21.79, and May at 21.76.
Group Leaves for Induction at Ft McClellan
A group of selectees departed on Thursday from board one to Fort McClellan for induction. The list includes Jack Nelson, Charles Franklin Boston Foshee, James Isaac Lott, Cecil Leybourn Lang, James Edward Evans, and many others.
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Board One
Ft. McClellan
Jack Nelson
Charles Franklin Boston Foshee
James Isaac Lott
Cecil Leybourn Lang
James Edward Evans
Andrew Thomas Ashford
J.T. Montgomery
Theo Brooks
Theo Eldred Putnam, Jr
Sidney Russell Stewart
James Alfred Tarpley
Roy O’rear Wyatt, Jr
Clarence Ostar Sandusky
Charles Herman Shinglebar
Billy F. Pitt
John Thomas Nelms
Eugene Henry Wood
James Edward Smith
James Charlie Sims
Thomas Louis Stewart
Cecil Henry New
Malcolm Lee Turner
Biffle Lee Ada Billy Mack Ferguson
Avery Norris Tapscott
Benjamin Franklin Teal, Jr
James DeLeon Williams
Homer Eugene Vandiver
Willard Herschel Lawrence
John J. Breeding
Allied forces push along Roer line in Rhineland advance
Ninth Army and First Army hammer three towns Linnich Julich and Duren along the Roer as Third Army strikes near the Saar. British Second Army seizes Wanssum Broekhuizen and surrounds Venlo while US units carve forward from Lindern to Welz and beyond amid heavy shelling.
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Courtney H. Hodges
U. S. First Army
Roer
Rhineland
Linnich
Julich
Duren
Munchen Gladbach
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Saar
Germany
Saarland
Coblenz
Rhine and
Main
Strasbourg
Eifel
Karlstruhe
Rhine
Holland
Wanssum
Venlo
Broekhuizen
Maas
Bierlingsbeek
Ninth Army
Mericans
Lindern
Flossdorf
Roerdorf
Welz
Inden
Lamersdorf
Inde
Eschweiler
Hodges’ Wariors
Lamersdorff
Grosshall
Merode
Hurtgen Wood
Third Army
Patton
Merzig
Metz
Saarlautern
Itzbach
Karlingen
L'Hopital
Saarbrucken
Adamsweiler
Saar Union
Roosevelt taps Edward Stettinius for State Secretary
Washington dispatch notes disappointment among Senate Democrats over the choice of Edward Stettinius to head the State Department. It explains Roosevelt selected Stettinius to handle war and peace issues, and contrasts him with James Byrnes and Vice President Wallace, praising Stettinius’s diplomacy and potential for Senate relations.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Edward Stettinius
Senate
James Byrnes
Stettinius
Hull
White House
Ore
Wallace
Vell
Albert Fall dies in Texas at 83
Albert B. Fall former Secretary of the Interior under Harding died aged 83 in El Paso Texas. He faced Teapot Dome scandal convictions for soliciting a 100000 bribe related to Elk Hills California and served a nine month sentence at New Mexico penitentiary amid a career as prospector ranch hand teacher and attorney.
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EL Paso
Texas
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Fall
William Beaumont General Hospital
Hotel Dieu
Catholic Hospital
Frankfort
Las Cruces
N. M
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Wyoming
Elk Hills
Calif
Naval Oil Reserve
Edward L. Doheny
New Mexico
Doheny
Senators Probe War Property Board Nominees in Loan Case
Senate inquiry interrogates two nominees to the War Property Board over a $2,000,000 loan guarantee to Naragansett Machine Co. Lt Col Edward Heller pressed for the department in wartime loan actions while former Governor Robert A Hurley holds a key position at the beneficiary firm. Julius Amberg testifies on tank gun mounts production in 1942. Another panel advances crop insurance bills but notes a $30 million gap for flax incentive payments. Over 500000 insect species are catalogued.
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Oe War Property Board
Ar Department
House
Edward Heller
Naragansett Machine Company
Robert A. Hurley
Connecticut
Julius Amberg
Senate
Retonga Helps Knoxville Inspector Regain 16 Lbs
R B Caudle of 107 Mississippi Ave Knoxville Tennessee reports regain of sixteen pounds after using Retonga. He describes relief from bloating poor appetite and insomnia and says he no longer needs laxatives. Retonga marketed to relieve vitamin B1 deficiency digestion issues and loss of appetite.
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R. B. Caudle
Mississippi Ave
Knoxville
Tenn
Caudle
Union
Sylacauga
Ala
Caddell Drug Co
Ady
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