Christmas Cantata at Five With Decatur Choir
Bliss composed cantata will be presented Sunday at five by the Presbyterian choir directed by Mrs. Paul Church. Mrs Louis Ling on organ leads a three part chorus with solos by Virginia Samuel Joe Reeves and Dolores Cobb. The program features Hark the Glad Sound Silent Night O Holy Night It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and more with scripture readings and benediction by Rev T Gilbert Henry.
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Bliss
Ter Presbyterian
Paul Church
Louis Ling
Decatur m
Dolores Cobb
Jane Pirtle
Mary Joe Ee
Naittemire
T. G. Henry
Edward L. Weld
Charles Malone, Jr
Roy Tucker
Margaret McEntire
G. E. Bowden
Virginia Samuel
Joe Reeves
Ed Weld
Delores Cobb
T. Gilbert Henry
Isaiah
Little Town of Bethlehem
Royal David's City
Mary Joe Reeves
Who's Who in Senior Two at Austinville High School
The Senior 2 class elected students to “Who’s Who.” Honors include Handsomest boy Billy Maner and Most popular boy Garland Braswell. Most popular girl Josephine. Cutest girl Mina Dell Owens. Most athletic girl Elizabeth Smith and Boy Alfred Mobees as Best all around. Other recognitions cover Silliest, Neatest, Most dignified, and most likely to succeed among both sexes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austinville High School
Billy Maner
Wanda Sand
Mina Dell Owens
Frank Gardner
Josephine
Garland Braswell
Edward
Margie Grizzard
Robert Whitman
Hazel Nix
Wylodean Nelson
Ben Roper
Alfred Mobees
Mary Kirkmoe
Imogene Rtin
Elizabeth Smith
Hillis Tucker
Garland Hancock
Elaine Means
ELAS Leaders Move Amid Greek Civil Conflict Reports
General Seraphis reportedly remained under British General Scobie in Greece as attacks in Athens eased. About 20 percent of Athens was cleared of ELAS, with 250 guerrillas still active in uncleared areas. mediators Askoutsis Svolos Poulos distanced from fighting while a Greek mountain brigade and 1,200 troops massed near the Attica outskirts.
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Stephanos Seraphis
ELAS
EAM
Papandreou
R. M. Scobie
Greece
Scobie
Séraphis
Athens
Attica
Elas Guerri
Lamia
Sal
Nighttime notices at Country Club and Bank Street
Classified fragment mentions a dinner event at 413 Bank Street or contact by phone 173. The text is incomplete but locates a social gathering at a country club area and an address with a phone contact.
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Country Club
Bank Street
Bank’ St
Night of events at the Cable estate reveals police inquiry
After a shooting in a meadow and a late return to rooms above the hall, Craig and Miss Cable face an inquest and questions about Frederic Miller. Nicky hints at hidden conversations, while reporters photograph Drue and Dr Chivery as investigators probe motives and alibis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphine
Craig
Alexia
Maud
Peter
Nicky
Drue
Mr. Wilkins
Nugent
Conrad
Chivery
Ney Soper
Frederic Miller
D. A
Nick
Drue Free Sparks Turbulent Love Triangle
In a tense room Craig confronts Nicky about Drue and Alexia while tension builds. Alexia hints Craig's killer may be Conrad as Drue maintains a poised calm around her wounded circle. The scene ends with suspense about who shot Craig and what lies ahead.
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Nicky
Craig
Drue
Alexia
Sir Francis
Sarah
Dr. Chivery
Conrad
Mignon
Eberhart
King Features Eyodicate
Maginot Line Breakthroughs and German Withdrawals in Alsace Front
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Patch advanced from the Rhine to Bischwiller and Niederbronn, taking a bridge over the Moder and nearing the Palatinate border. German losses up to November end reached about 152,000 with 74,000 captured as French and American units closed on Colmar and Bitche amid heavy fighting.
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Saarlautern
Saar
95Th
90Th
Siegfried Line
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Bischwiller
Rhine
Strasbourg
Moder
Seventh Army
Bining
Sarregue
Palatinate
Niederbronn
el Pass
Bitche
Bonhomme Pass
Colmar
Cologne
Ninth
Roer
Jurlich
Chinese war minister Chen Cheng plans yearlong military build up
Ta Kung Pao quoted by OWI that Gen Chen Cheng will hold 30 Chinese divisions back from combat and equip them with modern weapons within a year with Allied aid. He will also improve soldiers living conditions with concrete measures including food shoe allowance and vegetable provisions already adopted.
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New York
Chungking
Ta Kung Pao
OWI
Chen Cheng
Chen
Belgium in Great Need Amid Aftermath of War
Belgian Premier Hubert Pierlot warns that food and coal shortages will worsen until Antwerp harbor opens to civilian use. He notes external opposition movements exploit the crisis while Belgium pursues independence and faces finances strained by wartime disruptions. England remains a friend, not a controlling influence.
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Robert.eunson
Brussels
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
Pierlot
Antwerp
Front of Independence Movement
Fernand Demany
Pierrot
Germany
Great Britain
England
Soldier Joe Mazzallo Leads War Bond Show in Decatur
Pvt Joe Mazzallo a well known stage and radio artist headlines a touring musical comedy produced at New Cumberland Pa and now touring for war bond rallies. S Sgt Ed Smith serves as MC with a band featuring Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey. The show follows Pvt Gullible Nonnie Morton on a world tour after orders to retreat his company. Decatur performance on December 15 requires a war bond purchase outside payroll savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mazzallo
Ed Smith
Columbia Broadcasting System
General Electric
Jimmy Smith
Sgt. Smith
Gullible
New Cumberland
Camp Sibert
Special Service
Nonnie Morton
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Charlie Spivack
Ken Shaffer
Shaffer
Hickory House
51 Club
Palumbo
New York
Decatur
Statue of Liberty to be relighted as victory signal
The Statue of Liberty will be relighted when Germany or Japan surrenders. George A. Palmer, superintendent, said a modernized lighting system now being installed will make Miss Liberty brighter than ever after Pearl Harbor.
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New York
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Japan
George A. Palmer
Tumble Iners Plan Grand Opening Parties
Tumble In in Decatur announces a grand opening for Friday December 15 at 7 30 p m with a special invitation to parents of Tumble Iners. A Christmas party planned for December 22 at 7 30 p m will be formal with a tree and presents for all members.
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Tumble In
Decatur
Tumble
Calvin
Pat Wright
Clyde Pace
Curfew Declared After Hercules Plant Blast Kills Two
An eight o clock curfew was ordered for Pinole Hercules and Rodeo near the Hercules power plant after a blast rocked the area killing two workers aged 40 and 26. About 50 people were injured and two wooden storage buildings were destroyed. Plant operations continued while officials assess damage and cause remains undetermined.
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Pinole
Calif
Hercules
James N. Long
Rodeo
Andrew Hutt
Louis Sapir
Lloyd Marshall
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Richmond
Leroy P. Hall
Women Riot Strikes Food Store in Watertown
Watertown New York December 9 nearly 200 women rioted for two hours at a chain grocery manager William R Navarra said they cleaned out butter sugar stock. The disorder began when one woman took two pounds rather than the half pound allotment and many left without paying. A shopper knocked into a crate of eggs smashing 15 dozen. He would not prosecute noting most women were strangers and the takings equaled about a week’s supply.
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Watertown
N. Y
William R. Navarra
Navarra
Cop Trails Photo Fellow to Blaze
In Birmingham Alabama a police motorscout chased photographer Eldred Perry of The Birmingham News to a fire after Perry asked directions to the blaze. Perry quickly guided the officer to the scene, proving timing matters for frontline journalism.
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Birmingham
Ala
Buddy
Eldred Perry
Birmingham News
Bete
Des
Perry
29Th Street
Markets rise to seven year peak on strong industrials and rails
Markets push higher with industrials and rails at seven year highs as the week closes. The Associated Press 60 stock composite rises to its best since September 1937, with 1,044,800 shares traded on a brisk Saturday session. Wheat gains at Chicago while cotton fluctuates.
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Wall Street
Associated Press
Chicago
Persistent mill buying supports December cotton futures
In New York on December nine, robust mill buying and short covering dominated the cotton market. Near months held steady while distant contracts lagged on policy uncertainty. December closed around 21.74, with open interest falling to 23 700 bales. Middling spot at 22.25, up 6. The Washington conferences and Farmers Union endorsement added price support.
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New York
National Farmers Union
Washington
Grain futures rise as wheat hits new high
Chicago grain markets show steady to firmer tones with December wheat at a fresh high since May and deferred wheat peaking seasonally. December wheat settles 5 8 to 11 4 higher, corn up 1 4 to 1 2, oats and rye mixed, barley mixed with slight gains.
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Chicago
Cattle Market Report Southeast Area December 9 1944
Strength and gains held across the Southeastern market with gains of 25 to 50 cents from a week earlier. Slaughter steers and yearlings were scarce in the good fed range at 12.50 to 13.50, with some up to 14.00. Fat cows ranged 10.00 to 11.00, cutters 4.50 to 6.50, and vealers 12.50 to 14.00. Slaughter calves and medium calves traded 9.50 to 12.00 with scattered higher prices for prime lots.
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Southeastern Area
Service expands employment counseling for returning veterans
The War Manpower Commission announced a broader employment counseling service to aid returning veterans displaced war workers and new applicants. The program will operate via local United States Employment Service offices to help individuals discover analyze and evaluate their potential abilities.
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Washington
The
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
MPs Hold On To General Brest Rescue Battle
Fifty American MPs captured German Lieutenant General Karl Spang during a night in August 1944 near Brest France. They repelled a German breakout with 1200 attackers, lasting over an hour and leaving about 350 Nazis dead, 750 captured and many vehicles destroyed. Major Frederick P. Field reported the clash to the War Department.
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Washington
War Department
Frederick P. Field
Flushing
New York
Sixth Armored Division
Brest
Karl Spang
Field
Mp’s
Greece’s EAM defends ELAS actions amid British claims
The EAM spokesman counters Churchill by arguing villages were wrecked by German troops in pursuit of ELAS units and accuses Zervas bands of ravaging villages. He notes a few dozen Germans joined ELAS for propaganda and says ELAS fought for Greece’s sovereignty while advocating disarmament of regular forces and a purged new army.
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ELAS
Churchill
Andartes
Zervas
Hitler
EAM
Papandreou
Greece
Supreme Military Council
Division in Labour over Churchill Greece policy darkens UK vote
Britain faces a split in the Labour Party after a confidence vote for Prime Minister Churchill's interventionist policy in Europe. Many Labour MPs abstained or opposed, while Attlee urged support. The dispute over Greece and Sforza fuels tensions as Law may be sent to Athens to ease the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. King
London
Britain
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Labor
Greece
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Athens
Richard Law
London Trades Council
Manchester Guardian
Count Sforza
Yorkshire Post
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Lon
Rotary anniv program eyed for Decatur club
J. T. Wade of Trinity 1 was in Decatur on business. Petty Officer F D Byars leaves for Los Angeles after 15 days with homefolks, now stationed at Port Hueneme. Rotary set to host anniversary program Monday led by W E Kimbrough. Decatur Rotary formed December 3 1928. Back home illnesses and several hospital operations reported at Decatur General and Baughs infirmary. Birth announcements: a son to Mr and Mrs E O Ange and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lloyd Standridge at Decatur General. Several individuals admitted or dismissed from hospital for operations and illness.
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F. D. Byars
Nashville
Rotary
W. E. Kimbrough
Decatur Rotary Club
E. O. Ange
Sherman Street
Decatur General Hospital
Mrs. Lloyd Standridge
Trinity 1
Shipbuilder Death Raises Questions in Local Shooting
Ernest Hutson found the body on the roadside after a shooting that killed shipyard worker Ollie Shafer. Family members describe routine morning departures as investigators review possible motives with police and county officials. Shafer, a World War I veteran and Americ an Legion member, leaves a wife, stepson, sister Hattie Bailey Paint Rock, five brothers, eight nieces and ten nephews with no arrests made by Saturday night.
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Ernest Hutson
Tasee A
Shafer
Ollie
Mr. Shafer
American Legion Post 15
Ingalls Shipyard
Louisville
81St
Hattie Bailey
Paint Rock
Arthur Shafer
Jackson
Ollie Shafer
Decatur
Robert Shafer
Decatur 1
Clarence and
Frank Shafer
Brown
Political Bias Questioned Over European Policy
A quoted endorsement of a politician’s policy toward liberated countries is challenged as biased toward rightist regimes. The remark argues that his public utterances create the impression of leaning toward conservative authorities, affecting perceptions of his stance on Europe.
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Decatur Cleaners
Johnston
King Features
G. Eberhart Indicate, Inc
Maginot
Rhins
Wisscren
Palooka
Pharmacist
Socrar Ae Vital Bask Oy Ounning Gar
Loyd’s
Desa Nals
J. T. Wade
Carl Edgeman
Charlie Hammond
Hamil Clinic
Marguerite Adams
Jim Mitchell
Baugh’s Infirmary
Christine Parker
Falkvilles
Baugh's Infirmary
C. C. West
Falkville 2
Robert O. Speegle
Hartselle
IBUY
James L.rankin
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