Weather and local notices from Decatur area
The forecast called for fair and not quite so cold in the extreme northwest Sunday with Monday partly cloudy and warmer. Local reports show a 38 degree high and 21 degree low. News includes soldiers abroad and at home, such as Lt. James Vaughn a prisoner of war in Germany and Pfc. Marvin Sims on ten days furlough, plus hospital and clinic updates for residents in the Decatur area.
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Marvin
R.sims
Frank Sims
Trinity
Heavy Aerial Attacks Push Japanese on Multiple Fronts
Allied air forces pounded Japanese airfields and shipping in the Philippines and along the Leyte Iwo Jima corridor. Ground fighting on Leyte persisted amid rain as Japanese forces attacked Carigara Bay positions. Chinese and American units advance on the Burma road with Chefang captured and Wanting within reach while Kweichow reports Japanese incursions and evacuations. Bhamo tightens under Chinese control as Nipponese retreat toward Rangoon.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Far West Pacific
Leyte
U. S
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Iwo
Saipan
Nippon
Burma
Burma Road
China
Apply
Chefang
Yunnan
Kweichow
Kweiyang
Chungking
Domei
Kwangsi Province
Limingkwan
Bhamo
Ney
Rangoon
Merchants to Talk Christmas Schedule Decatur Meeting
All Decatur retail merchants are invited to a Tuesday 10 am gathering in the Lyons hotel assembly room to finalize the Christmas season plans. Charles Ed Howell chairing the Chamber of Commerce retail division says topics include nightly hours for shops and other important matters, urging full attendance.
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Decatur
Lyons Hotel
Acto
Charles Ed Howell
Retail Merchants
The
Chamber of Commerce
Howell
Pulpit Group To Deliver Report At Cen tral Baptist
The pulpit committee of Central Baptist Church will present a report during the Sunday morning service at eleven o'clock.
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Central Baptist Church
Bronze Star for Hendrix Receives Award in Warded Ceremony
Captain Hendrix of the 1301st Regiment receives the Bronze Star at Spottswood Apartments for meritorious service in Normandy and Brittany. He has served overseas since April 1944 as S-3, planning training and engine troops movements, and supervising bridge construction essential to Army advances. He is son of Clyde and Mrs. Hendrix Sr. of 610 Ferry Street.
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Thon Seas
Third Army
Hendrix
Spottswood
Clyde Hendrix
Ferry Street
Din Service Regiment
United States Army
United States
Normandy
Brittany
France
S-3
Whitmire Not Badly Hurt After Navy Army Game
Don Whitmire of Navy left the field with a knee sprain in the second quarter of the Baltimore game against Army but officials reported the injury was not serious. Navy captain Ben Chase said Army could not gain on Navy’s left side with Whitmire in the lineup. Whitmire was not hospitalized and was walking around after the match.
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Don Whitmire
Decatur
Navy
Army
Baltimore
Whitmire
Avy
Ben Chase
Associated Press
Don
Grid Star
School Janitors Strike Hits New York Schools
A strike of school custodial workers including firemen, charwomen, handymen and porters began in New York City with the union claiming many more strikers than admitted by the board of education. The board reported 200 striking workers out of about 3,000 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Education
Omar
War Bond Funds in Morgan County Near Million Total
War bond figures for the sixth war loan in Morgan county near the one million mark. The county is assigned a goal of 2 250 000. Series E bond sales reached 217 725 toward a 741 000 quota. Other bond investments totaled 712 870.
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Morgan County
Morgan county children urged to join Uncle Sam contest
Morgan county youngsters under ten are invited to participate in the sixth war loan drive. Bonds purchased December 4 to 9 earn points for a child, who will have their photo displayed at Belk Hudson and compete for an autographed 8 by 10 print from the U S Treasury secretary. The child with the most points wins and a picture will be published in The Daily.
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Morgan County
Sam
U. S
Belk Hudson
Belk-Hudson
Secretary of the Treasury
Notice to the Public in The Decatur Daily December Policy
The Decatur Daily announces December circulation policy due to paper shortage. Subscriptions by mail will only renewals. no new subscriptions accepted. Check expiration dates on papers. expired subs will be classed as new. Armed Forces moves to new addresses may continue under new location.
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Decatur Daily
Decatur Seen As Future Aviation Center By Southern
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and Decatur Chamber of Commerce figures discuss converting the Southern Airways field at Decatur into a municipal airport. They emphasize its location and lack of obstructions, urging quick action as airline expansion nears and aviation prospects grow. President Frank Hulse of Southern Airways is cited on the field’s potential.
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Decatur
Southern Airways
Famo Ar Pe
Tence Airways
John M. Nelson
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Birmingham
Rickenbacker
Eastern Airways
Birmingham Aero Club
Municipal Employees Association
Frank Hulse
Southern
The
Aero Club
Nelson
Allied gains in Italy push Germans back toward Po plain
Allied forces advance with Indian troops taking Albereto near Faenza and the U S Fifth Army entering Monte Giornetto as German counterattacks are repulsed around Bombiano. Evacuees flood front lines while Brenner pass supply line dam and bridges are reported breached.
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Rome
Faenza
Eighth Army
Alboreto
U. S. Fifth Army
Lamone
Monte Giornetto
Bombiano
Bologna
Fifth Army
Transocean
Tiehnteabers
Porterbom
Brenner Pass
Veroha
Russian Forces Rapid Toward Budapest in Danube Region
Russian tanks and motorized troops pushed along the West Bank of the Danube toward Budapest and advanced to within 74 miles of the Austrian frontier. Tolbukhin’s third Ukraine army overran a zone in Southwestern Hungary as Berlin noted Soviet spearheads 43 miles from Budapest. The breakthrough opened key towns and railway hubs, including Paks, Szekszard, Dombovar, and Kaposvar, with Balaton looming to the southwest as a potential barrier.
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Richard Kasischke
London
Budapest
Danube
Berlin
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Hungary
Stalin
Paks
Szekszard
Dombovar
Kaposvar
Coshemi
Austria
Youth Killed On Highway Near Wheeler Station
Arless A Hill twelve was fatally injured Saturday near Joe Wheeler Highway when a car driven by W S Lamon struck him as he stepped from behind a parked vehicle. The Denver Tennessee visitor died at Courtland Army Air Base Hospital at 11 30. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs M Hill. Interment at Smyrna cemetery to follow with Brown directing.
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Arless A. Hill
Courtland Army Air Base Hospital
W. S. Lamon
Denver
Tenn
Joe Wheeler
Wheeler Station
Thornton and
Barnes
Ford
P. H. Sandlin
T. C. Burgess
Air Base
Brown
M. Hill
Smyrna Cemetery
Gas trapped in sewer after blast at Atlanta airport
An explosion from a leaking gasoline line at Atlanta municipal airport tore a sewer line and trapped about 100000 gallons of high octane aviation fuel beneath the main road to the airport. Army officials warned residents to keep away as they feared possible explosions.
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Atlanta
Ann Ced
Army Ofdals
Atlantis
Nazi Overseer Polmann Hangs Himself in Prison Cell
Soviet dispatch from Lublin reported that Edmund Polmann, a Nazi overseer at Majdanek convicted of torture and killings, hanged himself in his cell during the trial's third day. The inquiry, led by K Sobolewski, cited 18 ditches containing about 1.5 million tortured victims. The six German officials face murder charges in a Moscow backed broadcast.
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London
Edmund Polmann
Majdanek
Lublin
Moscow Radio
Polmann
K. Sobolewski
Moscow
Europe
Blue Network
History making corn husking demo in Alabama valley
Farm history was made in Tennessee Valley Alabama as the first corn husking demonstration in state records took place with Tennessee hybrid corn. Westers from Nebraska aided by Alabama Flour Mills sponsor, showing huskers that cut labor in half while leaving shacks for feed and soil. Local officials and business figures observed the event and discussed future adoption.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Peeble
Mr. Peebles
Nebraska
Verge Gana
Harry Pannier
W. L. Kurz
Alabama Flour Mills
Farm Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Farm Unit
Decaturamber of Commerce
The
al Johnson
Messrs
Henry and
Thomas
G. B. Phillips
Limestone County
E. W. McLeod
Morgan County National Bank
C. C. J. Carpenter
Episcopal Diocese of
De Gaulle Arrives in Moscow in Snowstorm Welcome
Gen. De Gaulle arrived by train in Moscow and was received by Premier Stalin at the Kremlin. He walked a scarlet carpeted platform as a Red Army band played the Marseillaise and Soviet hymn, with Molotov among the greetings.
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Moscow
de Gaulle
Stalin
Kremlin
Molotov
Red Army
Yard Gets Priority at Charleston Navy Yard
The Charleston Navy yard in Atlanta area is reported to have been given priority status as part of wartime industrial efforts with details awaited from officials.
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Atlanta, Ga
Charleston Navy Yard
Torrid Fight Now Rages In Cologne Area
American troops push into two main defensive anchor points near Saarlautern and Julich in the Gere manreich area as part of the Cologne plain offensive. U S forces gain ground while heavy bombardments and fierce counterattacks continue along the Roer river and Inden sector.
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Cologne
Edward Kennedy
Paris
Geremanreich
Flaming Saar
Lautern
Saar Basin
Julich
Roer
Saarlautern
Saar
VI. First Army
Inden
Ninth Army
Seventh Army
Strasbourg
Jeuterh
90Th
95Th
Tenth Armored Division
Merzig_ og Seban
Non Ae Asin
Third Army
U. S. Ninth Army Linnich
Beech
Lindern
U. S. First Army
Inde
Werater
West Bank
Roor N
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Lillian B. Vaughn
Russellville
International Red Cross
Thaterson
James Vaughn
Glidernfantry
Vaughan
Wallace Meadows
Harry Russell
Hartselle
Hamil Clinic
G. W. Truitt
Charles Morris
Selle
L. C. Livingston
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J. A. Clark
Leighton
J. R. Lawrence
Harteinte
Hamil
J. W. Darrah
Charles A. Darrah
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
William King
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W. M. Rodgers
S. O. Maner
Oscar Oy
E. Hamilton
Cullman
District
Richard F. Rapp
William Finn
L. L. Frazier
St. Vincent's Infirmary
Frazier
Mrs. F. S. Hunt
Mr. Hunt
James Spivey
Katherine D. Newman
Lettermen’s Assembly
Principia Upper School
St. Louis
Missouri
Pfc. Sandlin M. Sams
S. Marine Corps
Linia
South Pacific
H. H. Kelly
Ed Johnson
Bob
Athens
N. D. Davis
G. W. Portwood
Jackson
Elmer Freer
East Gordon Drive
Richard Keith Freer
Oe General Hospital
Ralph Keltner
Ey’s
Fourth Avenue
Decatur General Hostal
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Mr. Keltner
Germany
Virginia Brock
Quickies
Ken Reynolds
Italy
Memphis
Butcher
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