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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1944
Page
1
Weather outlook notes cloudy and cold with rain in the south and central areas and low temperatures. The page lists military training updates, births, hospital transfers, family visits, and a memorial service for Seaman Fred Hoyt White with various local residents and addresses referenced.
General Douglas MacArthur announced a decisive Leyte island victory after a double amphibious landing and land pushes. American forces seized Palompon Puerto Bello and San Isidro, inflicting massive Japanese losses while suffering heavy casualties themselves.
Navy Secretary Forrestal said Japanese air attacks have not disrupted U S plans for heavy offensives in the Pacific. He noted some naval losses in the Philippines but stressed the need for silence to prevent revealing ship hits and recovery timelines. He cited Leyte and Mindoro landings as proof of ongoing American advantage and denied rumors of unrevealed losses from the October Battle of the Philippines Sea.
Morgan countians face a $282000 shortfall in the Sixth War Loan quota with a $791000 target and $509000 raised. War Finance Committee chair Ewell K Gregg plans a Decatur and county canvass between Christmas and New Year as thousands of rural residents and town residents are urged to buy extra bonds to reach the goal.
Ellis Gowen of 1701 North Madison Street Athens was killed instantly Saturday afternoon when his car sped away from pursuing highway patrol officers, lost control, left the road and crashed. The 1940 Ford coach was driven at high speed for about ten to twelve miles before the fatal crash. The body was taken to Coma Funeral Home in Ath-
Anson W. Allen, 72, longtime assistant superintendent at the Ensley works of the Tennessee One Iron and Railroad Co., died in Birmingham after a short illness. He moved to Birmingham in 1908 from Walpole, Massachusetts, and retired a we.
Moscow reports quick armistice talks between the Soviet Union and Hungary's Debrecen government. U S Ambassador Harriman and British Minister Balfour to attend the impending talks with leaders Bela Miklos and Jarose Veresc heading the provisional regime. The move mirrors Romanian and Bulgarian patterns as urgent steps aim to deploy Hungarian troops against Nazi forces.
In Athens Prime Minister Churchill and Anthony Eden arrived amid street fighting as British troops guard ELAS and government forces. He aims to convene talks with Field Marshal Alexander and Harold Macmillan to end fratricidal strife and restore Greece to UN participation. Archbishop Damaskinos to preside. ELAS given safe conduct.
Montgomery officials say many wartime juvenile delinquents live for today but law enforcement foresees tomorrow. C T Donaldson cites need for postwar planning and closer coordination between state, federal agencies and the FBI to meet future problems.
Washington officials of the War Production Board announce that basic newsprint consumption quotas for newspapers will be the same in the first quarter of 1945 as in 1944. Quotas must be figured without the leap year extra day allowance from last year.
Allied reports indicate German forces are pressing with renewed effort in Belgium toward the Meuse and Sedan as Eisenhower maintains control. German officers claim plans to reach Paris by January 17 amid heavy casualties on both sides in a desperate last ditch attempt.
Washington reports a January tire quota cut to 1.8 million passenger tires from 2.0 million and a drop in small truck and bus tires to 216,000. Heavy truck and bus tires fall to 110,000 amid backlogs, with A motorists waiting until late 1945. OPA urges full use of recapping facilities as demand swamps ration boards.
Eleanor Roosevelt has adopted Gabrielle Dore a French war child aided by Foster Parents Plan for War Children. The plan executive chairman Edna Blue said Gabrielle is among 25 cared for by an abbe in a Normandy house amid illness harsh conditions.
Three men named J. D. Armstrong 33 Rey Sanders 32 and Hilliard Sanders 30 were arrested and charged with robbing a coal firm's Palmer Tennessee office over the holiday weekend by Internal Revenue Officer Logan Stroud and Traceh Tenn.
From Moscow dispatches the Red Army pushes toward Budapest with German and Hungarian forces encircled and fleeing by night corridors. Shelled airports, air sorties, and panic within the capital signal a widening drive toward Vienna and Bratislava as 14 enemy deaths and 5,468 captures are reported in five days of combat.
Edward Robinson 18 James Rogers 16 and Elvid Burts 15 were jailed on suspicion of attempted shooting of Jett of Trinity. Deputies Humphrey and Phillips arrested them minutes after the 9 o'clock Monday incident near the tuberculosis sanatorium road toward Hartselle. Jett reported his windshield was struck as his car neared the trio and fled to Hartselle. Sheriff Willoughby led the investigation with his son Loren. No gun trace was found.
Nashville Tenn. Dec. 26. Dr. William Pinkerton Ott, 72, University of Alabama mathematics professor, died during a Christmas visit to friends in Tennessee. Ott, a Virginia native, headed the mathematics department at Alabama and formerly taught at another university.
German forces pushed into Belgium reaching four miles from the Meuse river and forming a 35 mile wide bulge. Supreme headquarters said two to three Nazi armies launched a planned counter offensive to break the Allied west front. A battle raged near Bastogne as American units stubbornly held key road hubs.
Allied air units pressed the offensive against German lines with a four day campaign targeting rail networks and bridges near Coblenz. The strikes involved about 150 Liberators and Flying Fortresses with 300 Mustangs and Thunderbolts, aiming to curb Luftwaffe strength and support American ground troops.
In Stavelot Belgium on December 25 a war dispatch reports eight days of intense combat with Allied air forces launching a massive assault. The piece highlights dozens of individual American heroics amid overall tactical momentum in the sector.
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