Community notes and weather mix from Decatur area
The weather outlook calls for generally fair skies tonight and Thursday with light freezes and low values around 28 to 32, 36 on the coast. John H Howland has arrived on leave from Pensacola to visit before reporting to San Diego for duty. Various local notes include church events, college visits, cotton ginning figures for Morgan County, and reminders about school attendance after snowfall. Local medical transfers and ambulance moves are listed along with a breakdown of automobile tax distributions by region and school districts. Continued on Page Two.
Russian guns on outskirts of Budapest decisive battle in progress
Russian assault forces moved toward Budapest from Godollo 10 miles northeast as artillery advanced on the city outskirts. Fires lit the capital while inhabitants fled westward and German defenses held. Godollo’s fall opened a wide gap, with 400 Germans killed reported. Soviets also claimed several towns nearby. Izvestia said Czechoslovak republic liberation near.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Budapest
Godolla
Red Army
Godollo
Sajoszentpeter
Miskolc
Slovakia
Danube
Hungary
Izvestia
Czechoslovak Republic
Decatur Daily Publishes December Circulation Policy
Due to paper shortage the Decatur Daily outlines December policy. Renewals only by mail. no new subscriptions. Check expiration date on your paper and note renewals if expired become new subscriptions. Armed forces subscriptions remain open. carrier circulation is frozen with address updates allowed.
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Decatur Daily
Armed Forces
Alabama veterans at Northington General Hospital urge Sixth War Loan
Dear fellow Alabamians at Northington General Hospital in Tuscaloosa thank you for support in past drives. We were wounded in battle and praise the care received while urging participation in the Sixth War Loan to finish the war and assist recovering troops. Signed by multiple service members from Alabama towns.
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Northington General Hospital
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Northington
Thomases
Charlie D. Turner
Thomas D. Lloyd, Jr
Mobile
Wm. M. Lee
Whistler
Arvil Reed
Winfield
Bomber raid torches Essen as Allied air forces strike
London reports RAF fire bombers set Essen alight in a major raid alongside four other German cities. In 24 hours 4,000 Allied planes dropped 10,000 tons of bombs. Losses include several Allied aircraft and German fighters as U S and British forces step up night and daylight attacks.
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London
Essen
Krupp Armament Works
The
Reich
Germany
U. S
Britain
Italy
RAF
Witten
U.S
Eighth
15Th
Merseburg
Seafood price ceilings set for frozen and fresh fish
Washington December 1 sets community wide retail price ceilings on fresh and frozen seafood. Office of Price Administration announced that cents per pound mark ups for frozen species are fixed, completing preparations for the program. Frozen fish prices rise one to three cents per pound for low cost varieties while higher priced types such as swordfish cost one to four cents more.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Mrs James Elkins Passes Sud
Mrs Jamies 5 Elkins dies suddenly in Clarkton North Carolina while visiting relatives. She is mother of Mrs W W Glass and Dee Glass. other relatives include Peter Ruth of Decatur. The family announced the death as they arrived in Clarkton and planned services later this week.
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Jamies
Elkins
Clarkton
N. C
W. W. G Glass
Dee Glass
Peter
Ruth
Decatur
North Carolina
Mary
ELAS Attacks Athens. British Reinforcements Respond
ELAS troops launched a strong but ineffective assault on central Athens and a British barracks on the Kifissia road as leaders debated ceasefire terms. Maj. Gen. Scobie pressed for ELAS disarmament in Attica while British airpower silenced a 75 millimeter gun.
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Athens
ELAS
Kifissia
Piraeus
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
George Papandreou
Scobie
Militiades Porphyrogenis
EAM
National Liberation Front
Papandreou
Porppyrogenis
Svolos Tsirimakos
Attica
Gullible's Travels war bond show boosts local quota
An all soldier cast performs Gullible's Travels at Riverside High School Friday night to raise Series E war bond sales. County figures show Series E sales at 351,300 toward 501,000 quota and total bonds at 1,703,000 against 2,142,000 overall.
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Riverside High School
Decatur
Hartselle
Falkville
County War Finance Committee
Morgan County
Former Decatur Resident Mrs. Phelan Sr Dies in Louisville
Mrs. Martin Phelan Sr., a former Decatur resident and former Margaret Dupont, died this morning in Louisville after a two year illness. The body will be brought to Decatur for interment and services will be held at sister Miss Sabine Dupont’s home on Jackson Street, time to be announced.
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Martin Phelan Sr
Decatur
Louisville
Phelan
Margaret Dupont
Sabine Dupont
Jackson Street
Nagoya raid by American B 29s hits Nip Airplane Center
The American Superfortresses attacked Nagoya on Honshu delaying repairs at the city’s large air parts plants. Japanese reports claim damage on the ground and heavy Allied losses were noted with B 29 formations striking Tokyo Shikoku and other areas. Allied convoy actions and Philippine engagements are also reported along with Nimitz planning Pacific operations.
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Eldon Ottenheimer
Associated Press
Nagoya
Japan
Honshu
Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Shikoku
Korea
Tokyo
Aichi
Shizuoka
Philippines
Ponson Island
Ormoc Bay
Philippine
Baybay
Ormoc
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Central Pacific
Aleutian
Nantan
Kwangsi Province
High Command
Hochin
Liuchow
U. S
Inflammable Nagoya Hit By Large Superfortress Raid
Saipan dispatch reports Nagoya, a major target among Japan's inflammable areas, was attacked by a force of B29s numbering up to the largest so far. The raid feinted toward Tokyo, then struck Nagoya, with 80 planes reported as taking part and flying at lower altitudes to reduce vapor trails.
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Vern Haugland
Saipan
Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya Bay
Radio Tokyo
Honshu
Shikoku
Korea
Burden of War Shared by Allies Says Editor Column
An American newspaper editor asks if Uncle Sam bears the brunt of military load in Europe and the Orient, but the column argues all Allies contribute fully. It cites Stimson’s statement and notes periods of strain, with reference to Britain and Russia’s trials and demands during the war.
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Uncle Sam
Western
Europe
Orient
Munich
Stimson
John Bull
France
Hitler
Russia
Britain
America
Snow stalls Charleston to Grafton passenger train
A two coach passenger train leaving Charleston for Grafton was halted by snow drifts after 45 miles, with a switch run sent out to locate it stalling at Rouzer. Passengers, including Rocco J. Gorman Kanawha county school superintendent assistant, were reported safe in Elkhurst.
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Charleston
W. Va
Tor Gratton
Elkhurst
New York Central
Rouzer
F. P. Fultz
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
NYC
Here
Grafton
Rocco J. Gorman
Kanawha County
Youth Admits Bank Robbery In Tacoma Case
A 16 year old youth confessed to robbing Puget Sound National Bank in Tacoma using a five year old boy as a shield. Police report $5 000 of the $5 050 loot recovered and a written confession obtained. The suspect Gerald Wayne Barnes was arrested at his home with no charges filed yet.
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Tacoma
Wash
Tom Ross
Puget Sound National Bank
Ross
Gerald Wayne Barnes
Albert Farrar
Sunny” Fisher
Shannon Mitchell
New Envoy to Spain Named
The White House announced Carlton Hayes will resign as ambassador to Spain and Norman Armour will replace him. Armour is currently acting director of the State Department Office of American Public Affairs and is a former ambassador to Argentina. Laurence A. Steinhardt, then ambassador to China, is nominated for another post while Fay Desportes has died.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
White House
Carlton Hayes
Spain
Norman Armour
Argentina
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chamber
Will Clayton
Stettinius
Archibald MacLeish
Librarian of
Congress
Armour
Office of American Public Affairs
United States-Argentina
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Solarity
C Na Rina Eee
R Oing Fay Desportes
Sun Brings Relief as Warm Weather Expected
The sun today offered relief with warmer weather forecast by Friday. Snow lingered in shaded areas while the nation counted a mounting death toll from the cold wave sweeping large regions.
Relief In Sight As Storm Eases Across Nation
The weather bureau forecast relief from the severe snowstorm with many areas resuming removal of deep snow. Death tolls rose to 58 in the U S and 18 in Canada as the storm moved from the Midwest to the East and South. Heavy snows hit New York Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio with record depths in Randolph County West Virginia and temperatures plummeting in the 20s to eight below in New Mexico.
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Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Midwest
Colorado
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Ontario
Pennsylvania
New York State
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida
Miami
Ohio
Missouri
New York
Empire State
Rochester
Jamestown
Oleanpence
Randolph County
W. Va
Otto, N. M
Postoffice Plans Sunday Service At Main Office
Parcel post windows at the main office and postal station will be open Sunday from nine A.M. to six P.M. as a public convenience. Postmaster R. T. Sheppard announces the hours to accommodate workers with unusual schedules and to serve the community.
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R. T. Sheppard
Fe Mein
Drive Toward Bonn in Fifth Week Of Rhine Campaign
American forces push toward Bonn as First Army clears five miles of the Roer river’s west bank and advances up to two miles toward Duren. Seventh Army fights mud and blown bridges near the Palatinate while Third Army gnaws through the Siegfried line in Saarland. St. Jeanine d Arc surrenders. total Allied losses reach 78,860 with 765,000 since D-Day.
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Paris
Roer
Duren
U. S. Seventh Army
Palatinate
Wissembourg
Seltz
Karlsruhe
Rhine
Restatt
Seltzbach
Third
Saarland
Dillengen
Saarlautern
First Army
Gory Hurtgen Forest
Bonn
Cologne
Courtney H. Hodges
Rollesbroich
Hurtgen
Monschau
Rotgen
First
Germany
Meuse
Roermond
Second
Seventh
German Palatinate
Niederroedern
Seltzback
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Penascola
San Diego
Grady Baldwin
Associated Service Department
Business Today
Eugene M. Chapman
St. John's Iscopal Church
Hotel Ryans
W. B. Neher
Ivy Dean Shirley
Craughan
Charles E. Howell
Marie Edwards
Ann
Travis P. Lott
Winter Haven
Central Methodist Church
Louis Hoff
Texasity
Texas
Julian Bibb
First Presbyterian Church
Decatur Streets
Railroad Street
Church Street
T. A. Caddell
Colonial Apartments
Decatur General Hospital
Brown's Ambulance
FE. O. Ange
Decatur Gen Hospital
Crown's Ambulance
Truman Farrar
Hamil Clinic
West Gordon Drive
Brown's
Charles G. Hardick
State of
Alaama
Austinville
Trinity
Albany
J. C. Cannon
State Vocational Agriculture Department
Mildred Hart
Morgan County Office of Education
Luda May Hill
Decatur 3
Decatur General
Joe F. Bean
Willie Ruth Smith
Somerville
Willie Lott
Martha Iline Reeves
Decatur Oral Hospital
Ken Reynolds
Guiz
Fred C. Foy
Foy
House
Orton
D-N. J
House Labor Committee
Senate
James Elkins
Pacian
Carigora Bay
Camotes. Sea
SAMAR
Leyte Gulf
Abuyog
Leyte
77Th Division
Leyte Island
U. S. Seventh Division
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Postoffice
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