Nazis to Use New Weapons Amid War Turbulence
London reports indicate Germany is readying two V weapons and a new terror rocket device to turn the war tide. Speer hints V-4 timing before year end while rumors spread of a Schnorkel submarine and jet propelled raids increasing pressure on Britain and continental targets.
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E. V. W. Jones II
London
Germany
Lazi
Albert Speers
Newark
England
Daily Mirror
Brussels
Proton
Luftw
Ormoc Falls to American Forces in Philippines Operation
American 77th division seized Ormoc after a weekend push from Albuera and Burauen as the Seventh Division pressed toward the port. MacArthur reported enemy forces trapped and collapsing in a narrow pocket with heavy damage to Japanese shipping and airfields in the central Philippines.
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Ormoc
Albuera
Burauen
Leyte
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
Dean Schedler
Andrew Bruce
Ater
Carigara Bay
Visayan
Palompon
al Cooking
Philippines
Tokyo Faces Uneasy Weekend From B 29 Raids
Tokyo endured a tense weekend as B 29 bombers conducted weather recon and night harassment missions. Lt. Thomas Garvin led an early Saturday raid causing fires and dropping empty beer cases. Lt. William Sutton followed with five fires in the industrial area. Lt. Col. nee Key and Capt. Elmer Falls bombed the city at low altitude testing defenses.
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Twenty-First Bomber Command
Saipan
Tokyo
Thomas Garvin
North Bergen
N. J
Willia Sutton
Rogers Ave
S. W
Atlanta
Nee Key
Haynes
Hahn
Sutton
Aynes
Irwin L. Smith
Linwood
N. C
Lexington
Charles H. Lamback
Charlotte
Augusta
Ralph Enes
Sunbury
Willie Newton
Clarksville
Harry Lowe, Jr
Charlottesville
Robert C. Feazier
Wheeling
W. Va
Lowell
Vvorn
Talladega
Ala
William J. Kennedy
Malden
Mass
Chester C. Ryan
Chicopee
Bud Sapp dies at 56 at home in Decatur
John Wilburn Bud Sapp, 56, died Sunday at his home 429 West Market Street. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 PM at Belleview with interment in Belleview cemetery. Survived by wife, five sons Irwin and others in Decatur, two daughters, two brothers and one sister. Brown Funeral Home directed.
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John Wilburn
Bud” Sapp
Floyd Sapp
Decatur 3
Ed Dyson
Arkansas
Alabama Hero John R White with U S Second Armored Division
Sgt. John Ray White from Abbeville Alabama earned a reputation as a fearless scout and reconnaissance expert with the U S Second Armored Division in multiple fronts across Africa Sicily France Belgium Holland and Germany. He led a 45 mile infiltration captured enemy supplies forced surrenders and repeatedly returned to rescue wounded while guiding infantry and engineers.
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U. S. Second Armored Division
Germany
John Ray White
Abbeville
Ala
Paris
Africa
Sicily
France
Belgium
Holland
White
No Man's Land
Roer
Rail and industrials rally to seven year highs on market day
Markets in New York show rails and industrials reclaim seven year highs though motors and steels lag. Prices firmed late with many gains. trading volume reached about 1.5 million shares as the session closed with widespread profit taking and scattered advances.
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Wall Street
New York
Cotton futures trade dull as new incentives awaited
New York cotton trading was extremely dull as fresh incentives were awaited. Small mill buying and covering lent a steady tone with limited offerings. Late afternoon prices showed gains of 5 to 15 cents per bale with Dec at 21.75, Mar at 21.85, and May at 21.78.
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New York
Chicago Market Prices Report on Butter and Eggs
Chicago market notes show butter receipts totaling 171 743 with grade distributions and values for AA and A and B categories. Eggs receipts reach 7 025 with U S extras and standards ranges. current receipts and cement figures are listed for other commodities.
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Chicago
U. S
Nashville Livestock Prices Steady to Strong in Cattle and Hog Markets
Nashville market report shows cattle 1 500 head with opening fairly active and most classes steady to strong. Calves good to good minus dealers active. hogs 700 head with high demand above 160 pounds and sows up. lambs trading steady with good and choice quality dominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Meat dealers vote to close for Christmas holiday week
About 3,500 New York City meat dealers plan a business holiday from Christmas Day until OPA regulations are adjusted. They will close about 10,000 butcher shops that handle 80 percent of the city s meat trade, joining a coordinated shutdown across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Office of Price Administration
New York City
MPs Battle Pilfering Behind Front Lines in WWII
War weary Americans in Paris help police supply trains guarding ports and rails against theft. Veteran MPs curb rations and gasoline pilfering, while bootleg currency and black market trades flourish, with 500 france notes facing counterfeit risk and gasoline hijackings in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Werner
Paris
France
New York
United States
Decatur Rotary Club Marks Sixteen Years Of Civic Service
Decatur Rotary observed its 16th anniversary with a noon program at the Cornelian Hotel. James L. Rankin presided. guests included Lt. Commander H D Barnum and Rev Branscomb. John Peach recalled the charter night, while Morgan County supporters urged leadership in the Sixth War Loan and funding for a Crippled Children’s hospital in Birmingham.
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Decatur
Walker Darrah
John McGehee
Frank Yaney
Erskine Chenault
Roscoe Howell
Seaman Rankin
Navy
Wilson
Kimbrough
Rotary
John Peach
Decatur Club
Peach
Sheffield
Morgan County
Crippled Children's Hospital
Birmingham
Death toll climbs for Japanese admirals in World War II
Tokyo reports Vice Admiral Chiuchi Nigumo killed in action on Saipan. Totals show 74 Japanese admirals and 18 generals dead since May. List includes Hanju Izaki Teruo Akiyama and Rear Admirals Iwagami Miyasaki Nakaka Amano. General Taneo Iwabuchi praised for Hong Kong and Guadalcanal campaigns.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Chiuchi Nigumo
Saipan
Omei
Yokosuka Naval Station
Domei
Hanju Izaki
Teruo Akiyama
Hidehisa Iwagami
Takeji Miyasaki
Shinki Nakaka
Senkichi Amano
Taneo Iwabuchi
Hong Kong
Sumatra
Guadalcanal
Bish Gilbert Dies After Long Sheriff Service in Jefferson County
Bish Gilbert aged 71 a longtime deputy sheriff in Jefferson county died at his Pratt City home. Born in Carroll County Georgia he moved to Birmingham in the 1880s worked in a coal mine before entering law enforcement. He started as deputy in 1907 serving through seven sheriffs administrations until 1942 except for a period when health forced him from duty.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gilbert
Jefferson County
Pratt City
Carroll County
U. S. Policy to Be Aired in Senate Caucus Room
U S policy faces grilling in the senate caucus room this week as Edward R. Stettinius Jr and six nominees endure questions on foreign policy and economics. Senator Chandler says the public recognizes the need for State Department reforms but questions the method and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Chandler
D-Ky
Stettinius
Greeit Relations
State Department
Kentuckian
Roosevelt
Joseph C
Ae Oecies Wlcleish
Nelson Rockefeller
W. Teat
James C. Dunn
Julius C. Holmes
Dunn
Holmes
Cordell Hall
Clayton
Italy forms new cabinet under Bonomi coalition
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi forms a broad coalition government with Palmiro Togliatti and Giulio Dirodino as vice premiers. Portfolios split among liberals Christians labor democrats and communists while socialists and actionists stay out. Alcide De Gasperi becomes foreign minister with interior retained by Bonomi.
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Rome
Ivanoe Bonomi
Palmiro Togliatti
Giulio Dirodino
Christian Democrats
Bonomi
Actionists
Committee of National Liberation
Carlo Sforza
Britain
Alcide de Gasperi
Interior
Remarked on retirement and survivors in obituary note
The fragment notes a retirement two years earlier and lists survivors including his own sons and a daughter.
Rural phone bill proposed to extend service nationwide
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama introduced a 100 million dollar bill to create a Rural Telephone Administration with a 50 million dollar annual appropriation and a 50 million dollar RFC line. The plan would finance construction and modernization of rural lines with loans to individuals, coops, municipalities, and mutual companies, prioritizing small subscribers and existing systems serving up to ten thousand users.
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Lister Hill
Alabama
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hill
Gordon Persons
Alabama Public Service Commission
United States
Middle Atlantic
Rcent
East South Centraltates
Persons
Alabama Commission
Rural Electrification Administration
Battle at Balaton Lake Could Reshape Eastern Front
The piece argues a Russian victory at Lake Balaton would threaten the Nazi front from Warsaw to the Vistula, forcing German retreats and shaping the wider Eastern Front. It notes mud and weather slowed Red forces but winter frost could unleash full striking power. It warns an Austrian breakout would be a catastrophe for Hitler amid potential Austrian revolts.
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Hitler
Lake Balaton
Europe
Warsaw
Vistula
Alaton Lake
Hungary
Red Command
Austria
Marine Private Accused of Second Slaying in DC
Marine Pfc. Earl McFarland 24 faces indictment for the murder of 63 year old Margaret Fitzwater whose nude body was found in a lagoon near the Pentagon on September 24. He had earlier been indicted for the October 5 Potomac Park slaying of War Department clerk Dorothy H. Berrum.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Pfc
Earl McFarland
Margaret Fitzwater
Army
Pentagon
McFarland
Potomac Park
Dorothy H. Berrum
War Department
Chippewa Falls
Wis
John W. Fihelly
United States Attorney
Marine Veteran of South Pacific Action
Fidelly
President Taylor as a long-untouched voter in 40 years
The statement notes that Zachary Taylor had not voted for four decades before his presidential campaign, highlighting a rare lapse in electoral participation for a candidate.
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Zachary Taylor
Forces clash in Haguenau area amid heavy Allied advances
Allied units pushed through Haguenau region as the First, Third, and Seventh Armies pressed from Dhorn to Niederbronn, Merken, and Schophoven. American infantry fought house to house near Gey and Dillingen while German armor contested Griesbach and Mertzwiller. Heavy bomber support complemented the operations as floods hindered some advances.
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Haguenau
Reichshoffen
Niederbronn
Dhorn
Duren
Obergeich
Ewitz
Pier
Schophoven
Lucherberg
Merken
Roer
Gey
U. S
Forbach
Dillingen
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Griesbach
Mertzwiller
Kaltenhouse
Bischwiller
Seventh Army
First Army
Alsatian
Colmar
First Major Snowstorm Hits Midwest and Great Lakes
A heavy snowstorm moved from Colorado to Missouri Iowa and Illinois bringing 1 to 12 inches in places and icy highways. Skidding caused many accidents and airline schedules were canceled as travel grew hazardous across the region.
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Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Ohio
Ration stamps validity dates and types across categories
The notice lists extended validity for wartime ration stamps including Meats and Fats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and fuel oil. It specifies indefinite validity for many stamps with expiration adjustments through February 28, 1945, and through December 31 for some categories.
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The
Associated Press
Shrine initiation marks new entrants at Birmingham convention
A large group of candidates for initiation with Decatur Zamora Temple members attended the Shrine convention in Birmingham Saturday. Initiated were Joe Elliot Dr. E J Chenault W J Moore D E Frederick B J Nelson. tenderemony honored members included Frank Chenault Harry Porter J E Pierce P H Sandlin and W S Lamon.
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Decatur
Zamora Temple
Birmingham
Shrine
Joe Elliot
E. J. Chenault
W. J. Moore
D. E. Frederick
B. J. Nelson
Hon
Tre ‘Ding
Tenderemony
Frank Chenault
Harry Porter
J. E. Pierce
P. H. Sandlin
W. S. Lamon
Change in tax date extends final 1944 filing deadline
Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr reminds individual income taxpayers that Congress moved the final date for filing estimated tax declarations and paying installments from December 15, 1944, to January 15, 1945. Farmers may file by January 15 or use their 1944 return as both return and declaration. those who owe the 1944 final installment may ignore notices if they file and pay by January 15. Filing for 1945 declarations remains due March 15.
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Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Sioner
Internal Revenue
Tod
Congress
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RED Cross
Johnson & Johnson
Decatur Flying Service
Courtland Road
Johnston St
Universal Concrete Pipe CO
Box
Agen
Mayflower Transit Co
Elliott
Vern Haugland
John W. Sapp
Highway
Johnston
Robinson—Furniture
Rotary Club
Bish Gilbert
City Park Flower Shop
Dewitt MacKenzie
Marine
Pettey’s Cleaners
Yanks
James L. Bankinsurance
Mare N&at. Bank
Carter Dobbs
Public Accountant
Morgan County National Bank
MR. Couch
Western Union
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines
Ist Ave
Blue Network
Sci. 610
Be News-Age-Herald Station
Charlies Done and His Orchestra
Breakfast Club
My True Story
Jock Berth
Star Time
Marton Downey
Crooker
Children’s Hour
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