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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
4
The page blends devotional verse with wartime commentary. It references the Atlantic Charter, Dumbarton Oaks, Teheran, and a Belgian Luxembourg offensive while noting public fatigue with explanations for the German attack and a belief that Germany remains capable of pushing back Allied forces.
Observers acknowledge tight censorship on Western front reports and note German counterattacks carry dangerous possibilities. The piece discusses Germany’s large reserves and Hobsonesque choice, and ponders whether compulsory military training may be adopted despite public misgivings about peace and readiness. It includes a Nashville Tennessean letter arguing training is necessary to win wars.
The Alabama Journal notes Montgomery sunshine contrasts with winter weather and highlights United Charities agencies including the Salvation Army Community House Morgan County Welfare Department Morgan County Crippled Children’s Society and Morgan County Cancer Control unit. These groups use donor dollars to help people unreachable by individuals.
Washington reports on Roosevelt facing a vetoable bill raising Social Security taxes. Byrnes signals a veto, while factions in the New Dealers revolt against Stettinius appointees. The piece weighs Roosevelt’s conservatism and the CIO influenced upheaval shaping wartime policy and politics.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Christopher Columbus' body and a possible location in the Dominican Republic. The readable words are unclear and offer no verifiable facts or dates.
Malia reports surpassing 3500 air alerts and 1200 actual cards during World War efforts. Officials say the figures reflect extensive civil defense activity and public participation.
The column recalls French communist conduct during France's fall and WWII, criticizing Moscow influence. It cites Shirer’s views, and notes Rene De Chambrun's pro France stance, while highlighting Sumner Welles and De Gaulle on the strength of French communists and traitors shielded by Moscow. It warns of Soviet tied factions undermining war effort.
Dr. Clendening explains liverish as a common but unfounded belief in liver illness. He decries misattribution to the liver, notes livers rarely fail, and argues lifestyle factors cause perceived symptoms. He describes liver function, regeneration, and cautions against self-treatment with laxatives or stimulants.
Describes Nazi deportations on death trains from multiple Europe regions to camps in Poland and Germany. Includes killings by gas, shootings, and starvation. baby tossed from train. women and girls abducted for forced labor and sexual exploitation. brutal marches and mistreatment of POWs and civilians across occupied areas.
Accounts describe extreme abuses under the Nazi regime including torture and murder of women and girls. Inowroclaw Poland reports 40 youths aged 14 to 20 shot by guards as they left jail. In Prague, Czech universities are raided as Nazis carry lists of students’ names and drag girls from homes.
Descriptions from Riga and Holland camps detail slow death tactics used by guards. Victims endured devices like a painful cradle restraint with beatings while another guard pressed on their head. In Holland, prisoners were buried with only their heads exposed as guards stomped nearby.
Eye witnesses recount brutal forced exercise at the Oswiecim camp in Poland where more than 90 000 prisoners perished by July 1942. Inmates arrive emaciated on crowded trains and endure hours long runs on gravel with bleeding feet and beatings for lagging.
A Viennese prisoner was publicly forced to climb a 130 foot pine by SS man Schubert. When slow, he was shot forward. At the treetop he was made to sing while bullets flew. Overseers sawed down the tree as bullets struck. The prisoner died when the trees fell.
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