Army Expansion On Draft Basis Is Plan
The War Department plans to expand the Army to the greatest strength needed and will rely on selective service. All voluntary enlistments will end after the current rush subsides, with an immediate rise of over 150000 men already recommended pending a bill on Roosevelt’s desk.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Roosevelt
Senate
Hose
House
Barkley
Pepper
Pla
Army
Downey
Cal
Miliary Committee
Confuon
Axis Retreat Gains Ground As War Shifts
A.P. report says Britain declares the Axis front in North Africa shattered and Russia reports German, Italian, and Romanian troops fleeing in chaos. A Soviet broadcast notes Axis factions in Donets basin clash while Romanian troops aid Italians against Germans. Britain marks one month since Libya counteroffensive with Axis retreat in Eastern Cbenaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Europe
Britain
Africa
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Red Army Recaptures 200 Communities on Moscow Front
On December 18 reports say the Red Army struck the center west of Moscow and recaptured 200 communities. The vanguard neared Ruza near Mozhaisk as the offensive widened along the Moscow front after German salients were cleared from the north and south flanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Army
Moscow
Ruza
Mozhaisk
Front lines surge as allies push in Africa and Russia
British and Russian fronts report accelerated advances with pursuing forces breaking enemy lines. Advances span nearly 30 miles in Africa, while Russian forces claim major gains and disruptions of German divisions around Kalinin and near Orel as the Ukraine fights back.
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Joseph Stalin
Geeorge Nees
Moscow
Havas
Kalinin
Ukraine
Death claims James Bragg prominent Trinity resident
James Paul Bragg aged 53 died Wednesday at his home on Trinity Route One. Funeral services were held at his residence with Rev. WillWare and Rev. Dan Praytor officiating. Interment followed at Smiley cemetery. Highsmith of Moulton directed. Pallbearers included Judge Charles E Bragg Tom Hill Elvin Moore Ernest Wilkerson Lee Tucker Flake Tucker Alvie Reed Jim Singleton. Survivors: wife Lucy Bragg mother H A Bragg sister Pelham Delashaw. Bragg was a Mason, Baptist, and longtime state highway supervisor.
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James Paul Bragg
Trinity
Route One
Will Ware
Dan Praytor
Smley
Highsmith of
Moulton
Charles E. Bragg
Tom Hill
Elvin Moore
Ernest Wilkerson
Lee Tucker
Flake Tucker
Alvie Reed
Jim Singleton
Jack McDowell
Clyde Horton
G. N. Pruett
J. C. Bragg
E. 8. Loyd
Mr. Cash
A. O. Reed
Leonard Terry
Neal Montgomery
L. W. Gentry
G. H. Grisham
H. D. Barnum
Howell Cunningham
Lucy Bragg
H. A. Brage
Pelham Delashaw
Bragg
The
Masons
Baptist Church
Highway Department
Nimitz Takes Pacific Fleet Command Amid Pearl Harbor Shakeup
The United States names Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to supreme command of the Pacific fleet replacing Admiral Husband E. Kimmel as the Pearl Harbor investigation unfolds. Simultaneous shifts move Short and Martin from Hawaii, with Emmons and Tinker replacing air command roles to reinforce island defenses. The changes come as Roosevelt and Knox urge better alertness and rapid air defense reorganization.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Bureau of Navigation
Harold R. Stark
Husband FE. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Navy
War Departments
Kimmel
Hawaiian Military Department
Frederick L. Martin
Air Forces
Hawaii
Delos C. Emmons
Air Combat Force
Honolulu
Short
C. L. Tinker
Air Corps
Air Command
Stimson
Knox
Japan
Pearl Harbor Tragedy Touches Morgan County Sailors
Telegrams confirm three local sailors William Ryker Charles Harvey and Charles Lippincott were killed in action in the Pacific. Ryker from Hartselle route 3 and son of George W Kyker, Harvey 25 from Massey area and Birmingham transplant, Lippincott from Philadelphia and Cullman link noted.
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William Lazarus Ryker
Charles Harvey
Charles Lippincott
Morgan Countians
Cullman Counetian
United States
Pacific
William Kyker
George W. Kyker
Hartselle
Falkville
Travis
Eugene
Joe Ryker
Velma
Vera
Navy
Massey
Birmingham
Morgan County
John H. Harvey
Ida Morris
Sallie Parker
Della Tucker
Edie Parker
Cullman County
Arthur Glasscock
Homer Turner
Berlin
Lippincott
Philadelphia
Carollers to Be Heard Promoting Christmas Cheer
Adjutant Frank Longino announces a group of sixteen young girls directed by Mrs. Paul Boubanks and Mrs. Frank Longino. They debut at Grant and Second Avenue Saturday at 7 30 PM and later visit the hospital. A candlelight service follows Sunday at 2 30 PM in the Salvation Army Hall. They will tour shut ins Monday and invite calls to The Decatur Daily with addresses and candle requests.
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Frank Longino
Paul Boubanks
Grant and
Second Avenue
Siai
Eubanks
Ation Army Hall
4Th Ave
Gardners
Decatur Daily
Japs Train As Allied Reinforcements Delay
War analysis notes Japan trains while Allied reinforcements delay decisive action in the Pacific. It warns Hitler may strike on another front, testing Allied resources and potentially aiding Japan. An AP dispatch from the Moscow front reports no signs of Nazi air power, seen as ominous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Far East
Associated Press
Moscow Front
Japs Trailing In Race For Time Air Power Dominates War View
A newspaper column notes air control as decisive in early war phases and cites Rear Admiral Yarrell on the U S victory through air power. It discusses air bases in the Philippines Singapore Hong Kong and the impact of fighter reinforcements on outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Yarnell
United States
Philippines
Singapore
Hongkong
Kesser
Axis retreat in Eastern Libya reshapes North Africa war
London reports the Axis front in Eastern Libya has collapsed after five days of heavy fighting. German panzer forces and remaining Italian units are in full retreat as the British Middle East command says they are in relentless pursuit. The Vichy authorities withdrew charges accusing a British submarine of sinking the French freighter St. Denis.
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Britain
Libya
Middle East
Cbenaica
London
Vichy
St. Denis
Cairo
Egypt
Japanese Forces Retreat From Shansi Districts
Chinese dispatches report Japanese troops abandoned five districts in Shansi province as they rethink operations in the North China sector. A separate Havana notice says 18 men posing as fishermen were jailed for espionage near Batabano with boats seized and some believed to be naval officers.
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Chungking
China
Shansi Province
North
Havanna
Caribbean Sea
Batabano
Havana
Atabano
Scar-faced Tom Penney convicted of Miley murder in Lexington
Scar-faced Tom Penney, 32, became the last of three men tried in the $130 robbery slaying of golf star Marion Miley and her mother Mrs Elsie Miley. A Fayette circuit court jury sentenced him to death after earlier verdicts sentenced Robert Anderson and Raymond Baxter to death in the electric chair. Penney testified against both, while attorneys argued mercy citing his assistance to the prosecution. Trials on the three men began earlier this year.
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Lexington
Tom Penney
Marion Miley
Fayette
Robert H. Anderson
Louisville
Raymond
Skeeter) Baxter
Lexington Country Club
Miss Miley
Elsie Ego Miley
Country Club
Penney
Anderson
Baxter
Fifty Below No Stranger To Alabama Troops In Alaska
First Lieutenant Cresselle B. Jackson of Company C, 151st Engineers, leads Alabama troops stationed at a far north weather station in Alaska. The unit, among the northernmost Alabama forces, has endured temperatures often reaching 50 below and adapts well while performing exemplary soldiering far from home.
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Cresselle B. Jackson
151St Engineers
Alabama
United States
Jackson
Alaska
New Southern Hydroelectric Projects Funded in Defense Bill
The third supplemental national defense appropriation bill signed by President Roosevelt authorizes $154.2 million for the steam plant project and $76.7 million for two other Southern dams. Army engineers receive $3 million toward the Allatoona dam project and $200,000 to start Prattville flood control, with TVA applying $2 million for a Sheffield steam plant. Completion targets align with power production dates in 1944, and work is expected to begin promptly once funds are available.
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Roosevelt
Army Engineers
Allatoona
Etowah River
Prattville
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sheffield
Army, Engineers
TVA
Roosevelt signs major construction bill into law
President Roosevelt signed a vast defense appropriation totaling 10.077 billion dollars to expand the Army and Navy production program. The measure funds large increases in ordnance equipment and essential supplies for an Army of 2,000,600 men and authorizes contracts for 800 naval patrol vessels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
White House
Japs Launch New Attacks on Wide Area
Lisbon reports Premier Salazar to convene extraordinary assembly with an important statement planned. Allied war chiefs consider a supreme authority to direct strategy against the Axis as Japanese offensives press from Burma to Malaya and New Guinea.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
National Assembly
Associated Press
Axia
Japan
Burma
Dutch New Guinea
Malayan
Singapore
London
Washington
Grand Council
British Press Association
United States
Britain
China
Russia
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Charles Hardwick
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Hamil Clinic
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Dr. W. Bethany
University of Alabama
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J. W. Resell
Tuscumbia
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Auburn
King’s Daughters
Central Baptist Church
Dober
Eee Ebchee
A. B. Pickens
Albert White
Harold Waugh
Decatur Daily Today
Ft. Stephen Decatur
American Legion Post
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
State Armory Commission
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Sarasota, Fla
May Kinnebrew
Waugh
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Brooksville
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Bennie H. Russell
Field Artillery
RTC
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Air Force
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War Secretary
Selective Service
Congress
AXIS
James Bragg
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Tojo
Tokyo
Siberia
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Melbourne
Australia
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New Command
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Burma Road
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Malaya
U. S
mid-Pacific
Manila
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Philippine Army
United States Army of the Far East
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Zablan
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