War Leaders Bothered by Shortages in War Effort
Washington faces manpower and material shortages in year four of war. Officials report 19 year olds now sent overseas as replacements due to supply and demand, while calls for broader national service face Congress. Byrnes aims to recruit 300000 workers to speed production.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Patterson
WPB
J. A. Krug
Congress
War Manpower Commission
Tru man to be sworn in with Roosevelt on White House porch
Friends say Vice President elect Harry Tru man wishes to take the oath with President Roosevelt at a White House back porch ceremony on January 20 and may repeat the oath later in a Senate ceremony.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Harry Truman
President Roosevelt
White House
Notice to the Public on Deer Policy for December
The Decatur Daily announces a December policy due to paper shortages. Renewals only by mail in December. no new subscribers accepted. Check expiration dates. expired subscriptsions become new. Armed forces subscribers still accepted where service continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Daily
Armed Forces
Anne
U S backs free choice for Greece in political future
The State Department supported complete freedom for Greece to choose its government, endorsing Churchill’s call for free political action while refraining from comments on British troop use. The stance followed protests against British interference in Italy’s government formation.
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Washington
Stettinius
United States
Greece
Churchill
State Department
Europe
Britain
Carlo Sforza
Rome
Progress in Clearing Athens From Leftist Forces
Maj. Gen. R. M. Scobie said the Athens Piraeus area is being cleared of ELAS units as RAF planes and artillery strike nests of resistance. Fighting spread to Thrace with British Spitfires and Beaufighters hitting ELAS positions. Greek Premier and London officials warned elections delayed and Greece facing civil war if the crisis persists.
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Athens
Stephen Barber
R. M. Scobie
Greece
Piraeus
EAM
Thrace
Ree Punt
London
Scobie
ELAS
Nazis Told What to Do in Proclamation to Germany
Allied military government issued a broadcast in the name of Gen. Eisenhower announcing the restoration of religious and racial freedoms in Germany. It pledges reopening places of worship, restitution of property seized by Nazis, and the purge of Nazi influence from church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Germany
Eisenhower
Office of War Information
Greek imbroglio tests unity of the Big Three wartime allies
The piece argues Greece’s crisis could test Britain, Russia, and America in shaping the postwar order. It notes Churchill's pledge to block a communist takeover, Eden's stance on Italy, and U.S. call for democratic Greek governance within the liberated nations. Stalin’s cautious position is seen as maintaining leverage.
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Britain
Russia
America
Balkan
Greece
Uncle Sam
Athens
Churchill
Eden
England
Count Sforza
Italy
Washington State Department
United States
Stalin
Moscow
Reds Close in on Budapest as Soviet Armies Break Front
Soviet reports say Red Army vanguards near Lake Balaton within 35 miles of Austria. Tolbukhin’s third Ukraine Army drives west of the Danube while Malinovsky’s forces push toward Csepel Island. Balaton shore reportedly in Russian hands and 2,375 prisoners taken as fighting continues around Budapest.
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London
Lower Lake Balaton
Berlin
Budapest
Féodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Danube
Ercst
Racalmas
Rodion Y Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Csepel
Hatvan
Moscow
Balaton-Bereny
Progress in Sixth War Bond Campaign Slow
Progress in the sixth war bond campaign continued slow today with bond leaders reporting sales of bonds totaling 253 500 toward 741 000 and other bonds 1 203 478.
School drive maps plan to extend Lanham Act
School officials from six Southern states gathered in Birmingham to map a campaign to win congressional approval of expanding the Lanham Act which provides federal aid to schools in war crowded districts.
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Birmingham
Youth Dies After Tractor Accident In Lawrence County
Funeral services are set for Alton Adair 15 of Lawrence County who died from internal injuries after a Sage tractor toppled him. He was found conscious, died at Irwin Dyer hospital in Moulton. Survived by parents Bluitt and wife, a brother, and grandparents. The Aldridge Grove Church of God hosts services at 2:30 PM with ministers E E Byars and Rufus Underwood.
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Alton Adair
Lawrence County
Irwin-Dyer Hospital
Moulton
Bluitt Adair
Danville
Arnold
Georgia Adair
Aldridge Grove Church
Aldridge
Highsmith
L. W. Gentry
Dee Adair
Ed Adair
Oscar McKay
Otis Gentry
Felix Aldridge
Earthquake Report Linked to Japan Region
A West Bromwich seismologist reports a violent six hour quake centering near Japan or adjacent regions on Pearl Harbor day anniversary. Swiss observatories also noted an extremely violent quake toward Japan, warning of potential catastrophic damage if in populated areas.
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West Bromwich
Eng
Japan
Pearl Harbor
J. J. Shaw
Aleutians
Kuriles
Zurich
Nurnburg
Associated Press
Shaw
Atlanta convicts end revolt after bargain with journalist
Pressman Morgan Blake, veteran Atlanta Journal columnist, describes his negotiations with 25 inmates at the Atlanta federal penitentiary who seized four officers and barricaded a building. The prisoners promised to end the rebellion if the paper published their seven grievances and assured fair treatment and trial.
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Atlanta
Morgan Blake
The
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Blake
Today
Denayy St Pecaenention
Joseph W.sanford
Sanford
Jack Winn
Convicts in Atlanta Prison Barricade Talk With Reporter
Morgan Blake, Atlanta Journal veteran columnist, reports on a prison rebellion at the federal penitentiary where 25 convicts barricaded themselves with hostages and other inmates in a five story building. He recounts his interview with ring leaders after warden Sanford arranged the talk.
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Atlanta
Morgan Blake
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Joseph W. Sanford
Federal Penitentiary
Ring
We Have Learned How Now To Fight The Japanese
Eyewitness reporter Eugene Burns reflects on three years of war against Japan from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal and Attu. He notes initial deficiencies in ships and carrier tactics, the evolution to jungle carrier battles, and the costly but necessary lessons learned to save American lives.
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Eugene Burns
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Burns
Solomons
Aleutians
Ceylon
San Francisgo
Guadalcanal
Attu
Pearl , Harbor
Savo Island
Guadal- Tarawa
Stemh Saeed Bar
Leyte
Decatur Marine Sees His Father In South Pacific
Marine Private First Class James R. Dobbs Jr. 20 of Decatur Alabama and his father Navy Chief Petty Officer J R Dobbs met on a Pacific island for 18 months apart. They spent one day on the island and three together aboard ship before the father’s ship sailed.
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John B. T. Campbell, Jr
Los Angeles
Calif
Marine Corps
Pacific
James R. Dobbs, Jr
Navy
J. R. Dobbs
Decatur
Ala
Saipan
Marshall Islands
Americans gain on Leyte as Superfortresses strike Manchuria
American forces push along Leyte as 24th Army Corps breaches Palanas river defenses and cavalry advance ten miles. In Manchuria a large American air strike hits Mukden and Dairen with some damage admitted and 15 B 29s claimed shot down. Japanese claims of paratroop offensive and new gains in China appear as the war widens across the Pacific.
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Eldon
Ottenheimer
Associated Press
Leyte
Philippines
Manchuria
Tokyo
China
Far East
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Army Corps
Palanas
TapEey
Balogo
al Dooking
20Th Air Force
Mukden
Dairen
Aslito
Saipan
Marianas
Burauen
San Pablo
Dulag
Kweichow
Pachai
Kweiyang
Train and Car Collision In Madison Injures Mrs Parvin
Mrs Billa Balch Parvin suffered head injuries and fractured ribs when her car collided with a Southern freight train in Madison. The damaged vehicle was valued around 600 to 700 dollars. Mrs Parvin was hospitalized at Huntsville. her daughter had facial cuts and granddaughter Sylvia was unharmed.
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Billa Balch Parvin
Dmahut
Southern
Madison
Pa Thornton
Cab and Truck Crash at City Intersection
A Decatur Transit taxi driven by Seldon Terry collided with a Decatur Ice Cream and Creamery truck at the Sixth Avenue and Siete Street crossing. Both vehicles were damaged slightly in the Thursday morning crash.
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Dectaur Transit
Seldon Terry
Decatur
Sixth Avenue Pad
Siete Street
Grip on West Bank of Saar Now Widened
Allied forces push to within three and a half miles of Saarbrucken as American troops extend control along the Saar river. German resistance along the Roer and Erft fronts remains heavy while Patton�s Third Army moves into the Saarland area and Colmar pockets resist in Alsace.
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West Bank
Saar
James M. Long
Paris
Ameri
Secred
Saarbruc
Forbach
Pittsburgh
Sarregues
Saar -Capital
Saarlau
Roer
Linnich
Cap Gen Forest
Ber
Holland
Maas
Venlo
Lorraine
Alsace
S. Patton
France
Saarland
Palatinate
U. S. Seventh Army
Ostheim
Colmar
Rhine
Breisbach
Mertzwiller
Haguenau
Alsatie
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Cpl. Scruggs
Fort Knox
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G. C. Cook
Don P. Baughman
Dallas
Texas
Lee Carpenter
Mr. Baughman
North Africa
Freddie Lee Carpenter
Seaman 2-c
California
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Dorcas Ann
J. P. Moore
Mack Fergueson
Gladys
Simcoe Sunday
Belle Rogers
Hartseller
John W. Rogers
Courtland
Gian Eke
Richard Moore
Hartselle
Decatur General Hospital
William Fred Webster, Jr
Decatur 2
James Jackson
Eighth Avenue West
Albert R. Thornhill
Albert
Decatur Gener Hospital
Pete Wooten
Jackson Street
S. J. Nethery, Jr
Denver
Colorado
S. C. Nethery
New Orleans
Jack Martin
Joplin
Missouri
S. J. Nethery, Sr
Baugh's Infirmary
H. C. Taylor
Somerville
Sheriff's Office
Frances Ann Green
Dancan
Wallace Meadows
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Childersburg
Decatur Senior High School
Joyce Goforth
Jean Smith
W. J. Brown
A. R. Thornhill
Albert Randolph
Patterson
James F. Byrnes
War
Foreign Relations Committee
Byrnes
Gen. L. D. Clay
Joseph C. Grew
Will L. Clayton
Nelson Rockefeller
Archibald MacLeish
Connally
D.-Tex
Ken Reynolds
U.S
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