Community notes and obituaries from Decatur area
Local items report weather outlook warm in the north tonight and Thursday. Re elected Grand Master James M. Jones of Dothan announces Oscar P. Spiegel as grand chaplain. Multiple minor fires in the city with slight losses. Wounded in action in Europe Pfer C. Nelson, son of Leander H. Nelson Athens. Births, hospital transfers, and hospitalizations noted among Decatur residents. City docket includes several fines and bonds. Visits and holidays noted for families around Hartselle and Decatur. Church invitation extended for John son Bible College student Lynn Matlack to Piney Grove Christian church.
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James M. Jones
Dothan
Magons
Alabama
Oscar P. Spiegel
Lynn Matlack
Johnson Bible College
Kimberlin Heights
Tenn
Piney Grove Christian Church
Falkville
Miss Gorgas Dies at Gorgas Home on University Campus
Mary Gayle Gorgas, member of a long prominent Alabama family, died today at the historic Gorgas home on the University of Alabama campus. Her father, Gen Josiah Gorgas, served as the university’s seventh president and earlier as chief ordnance for the Confederate Army.
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Scaloosa
Ala
Mary Gayle Gorgas
Alabama
Gorgas
University of Alabama
Josiah Gorgas
University
Confederate . Army
Steeanee
Conte
Superforts raid Tokyo sparks new air assault
Tokyo faced another B 29 raid as a sizeable force hit the industrial area during the noon rush. This marked the first Superfortress visit since December 3 with prior raids on Nagoya and Iwo Jima. A Tokyo broadcast noted a B 29 plume into Tokyo bay, with no further loss or damage details.
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VE Haugland
Tokyo
Nagoya
Iwo Jima
Here
Saipan
San Francisco
NBC
Tokyo Bay
American Subs Sink Japanese Carrier and 20 Other Vessels
The Navy reported American submarines destroyed a large Japanese aircraft carrier and six additional warships, plus 20 more Nipponese vessels in Far Eastern waters. Details were sparse, but included a converted light cruiser, a destroyer, two escort vessels and two destroyer transports, along with multiple transports and cargo ships.
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Washington
Navy
Far
Forrestal
Bombs Strike Tokyo As Diet Session Interrumpted
About 50 B29 Superforts bomb Tokyo interrupting war reports in the Japanese diet. The raid levels intensified the Pacific air war as 74 Japanese planes were claimed destroyed over the Philippines into China.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Tokyo
Philippines
China
Eighth Route Army
Loyang
Henan
Leyte
Japan
Sugiyama
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo Okohama
Tokyo Radio
German Spies Behind American Lines Reported by Stars and Stripes
The Stars and Stripes says a German parachutist force wearing American uniforms was dropped behind Allied lines on the Western front. They carried acid-filled matchboxes for face attacks and number about two battalions. The operatives allegedly wore captured U S uniforms and planned sabotage as part of a German offensive.
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London
Stars and Stripes
Western Front
Ward Store Riot In Detroit Suburb Demands Lead to Damaged Goods
In Dearborn a Ward store riot disrupted a Montgomery Ward department store as more than ten carloads of demonstrators, members of the Flying Squadrons of the UAW CIO, overturned counters and destroyed merchandise. Police restored order within ten minutes. two men were arrested, no injuries reported.
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Detroit
Homeard & Co
Dearborn
R. L. Estabrook
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Uaw-Cio
Montgomery Ward
CSO
Ward
War Labor Board
Eastabrook
Erving Nielson
TVA Liked by Indians in Knoxville Visit
A five member Indian science delegation praised the Tennessee Valley Authority during a Knoxville stop. Sir Jnan Chandra Ghosh said TVA shows how to reduce poverty through wealth gains, while Prof. S. K. Mitra noted India seeks guidance from the TVA model. They planned to tour Fort Loudoun and Douglas dams and then visit Muscle Shoals.
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Knoxville
Tenn
India
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
America
Jnan Chandra Ghosh
Indian Institute of Science
TVA
S. K. Mitra
Calcutta University
England
Douglas Dam
Fort Loudoun Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Edmundson 22 Dies After Illness. Rites Held Today
William Boyd Edmundson, 22, died Tuesday afternoon at his parents home on Hartselle Creek after an extended illness. Funeral services were held with Burial directed by Mutual Service. He leaves a sister Mrs Beulah Lang and numerous relatives.
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William Boyd Edmundson
Hartselle
Creek
Vcrow
Dmundson
Beulah Lang
Soviet Troops Close on Budapest as German Resistance Grows
Red Army spearheads move into the western Budapest district as Soviet and Ukrainian armies encircle the capital. German defenses burn stores and utilities while tanks and field guns push house to house toward Danube bridges. News says large German garrison, many prisoners, and danger to Nazi forces with Austrian fronts in focus.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Danube
Buda
Szekesfehervar
Téddorphin
Pest
Ireland dies in Birmingham at age 51
Ireland a leading figure in Birmingham and Montgomery industry died unexpectedly at his residence in Birmingham yesterday at the age of 51. The prominent businessman invested in several local concerns and was well known in trade circles. His death leaves a gap in the regional industrial community.
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Ireland
Birmingham
C. Oe Ireland
Montgomery
ELAS Rejects Greek Peace Terms Amid Conference Crisis
ELAS members reject terms offered to end civil strife as Prime Minister Churchill’s conference reaches a stalemate. Stylianos Gonatas says the proposals would dissolve the state while British forces resume action near Omonia square. ELAS insists on a regency a new cabinet and purges before any settlement.
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Athens
ELAS
Churchill
Stylianos Gonatas
Grand Bretagne
Omonia
Newvernment
George Fapandreou
George II
National Assembly
Oresse
Es Con
Eisenhower braces for major counterattack to test Rundstedt
The report outlines Allied expectations as General Eisenhower prepares a decisive counter thrust against Von Rundstedt's German offensive. News is delayed by censorship, with potential to reclaim territory and end the prolonged struggle.
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Eisenhower
von Rundstedt
Morgan County Seeks Boost in Sixth War Loan Series E Bonds
The Sixth War Loan drive in Morgan County shows a dark picture with a $268,000 shortfall in Series E bonds. With a deadline of midnight Saturday, December 30, residents have purchased $523,706.25 in Series E bonds toward a $791,000 quota, while overall bond sales total $1,929,527.25 against a $2,142,000 county goal. Lenders urge every citizen to invest, from $25 to $5,000, to meet the victory target.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Nazis Running Short of Gas
U S First Army reports German tanks in several sectors running out of fuel as Allied air strikes widen. Nazi forces abandon vehicles in Belgium after exhausting fuel. 12 self propelled guns and 17 tanks found without supply.
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Hal Boyle
U. S
First Army
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Butcher Shops Reopen in New York After Protest
On December 27 police counted 264 retail meat shops in Manhattan's lower East Side. Ninety six remained closed while 136 had reopened after a butcher-sponsored Christmas shutdown protesting the lack of ceiling prices on livestock.
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New York
OPA
Lower East Side
Veteran British statesman to retire on medical advice
A long serving member of parliament, described as the father of the house of commons, plans to retire as his term ends and on his physician's advice. He has sat in the Commons for 54 years, marking a historic departure.
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the &l
House of Commons
U. S. Bracing For Long War As War Aims Shift
Allied generals warn fighting may extend into next winter, pushing plans to crush Germany and Japan earlier targets. Eisenhower could win a decisive Western front victory, while vitally timing with Russian action. 1944 service vote totals and draft reevaluations also noted, as three major wartime conferences loom with Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Japan
Eisenhower
Pacific
Bomb kills UP reporter and soldiers in Belgian raid
United Press war correspondent Jack Frankish, 30, and three Belgian soldiers died when dive bombers attacked a hotel housing American newspapermen. About 20 soldiers and reporters were wounded by blast, shrapnel, and glass as the raid struck unexpectedly.
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Belgium
Dee
Jack Frankish
United Press
Hicks
Ankish
U S Army Breaks Through to Bastogne Cut-Off Troops
A single U S Army vehicle breached the German ring around Bastogne and reached American forces isolated for over a week, signaling a key breakthrough in the siege.
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U. S. First Army
U. S. Army
Bastogne
Allied push halts Rundstedt guard in Belgium sector
In Belgium the Allied drive reports a deep salient into the German bulge after 24 hours of fighting. Weather stays clear as Thunderbolt bombers hit tanks and transport while Allied fighters strike a German spearhead, destroying at least two tanks and damaging several more. Casualty and operational details remain limited due to news restrictions.
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Wes Gallagher
Stavelot
Belgium
von Rundstedt
German Bulge
Maj
Albert Trearse
Landsdowne
Doughboys Stem German Drive Near Meuse Front
Paris dispatch reports American forces halting a German armored thrust within four miles of the Meuse. Christmas Day battles see doughboys regain initiative on the flanks as U.S. armor and infantry slow the attack and stem gains in the 20 mile gap between Hotton and Ciney.
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Belgium
St. Vith
Meuse River
Meuse
U. S
Bastogne
Roer River
Winden
James M. le Ana
Paris
Cena
Doughboys
Therman
Celles
Ciney
Supreme Heads
Supreme Headquarters
Karl von Rundstedt
German Counter Action Holds in World War I Report
Washington dispatches describe a German counter attack that has been contained and a temporary halt allowing Allied forces to strengthen lines. Officials caution it is too early to declare a German shift to defense with signals of continued river operations on the Meuse.
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Washington
Ces
Meuse
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A. H. Garnett
Third Street
Sixth Avenue South
War Department
Pfer C. Nelson
Leander H. Nelson
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Tennis Odom
Ninth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
Oliver P. Talley
Toney
Decatur General
Bank
Decatur General Hspital
William Lewter
Ardmore
Baugh’s Infirmary
Maggie Baldwin
Baugh's Infirmary
Thelma Williams
E. K. Henson
Mutual Service Ambulance
Grant Street
Horace Clements
Greenville
Marvaline
Tommy
Oaks Field
Texas
Clyde Murphy
Tenth Avenue East
Roy McCaig
Trinity 1
Hamil Clinic
Pat Coney
James Bell
Decatur 3
Somerva J
J. L. Jones
Moulton 2
Miss Jewell Smith
Pulaski
H. M. Smith
Somerville
Miss Gorgas
Ken Reynolds
Wm. Edmunson
Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Bratislava
Vienna
Hron
Garam
Malinovsky
Czechoslovakia
Danubian
Kassa
Lake
Balaton
Austria
Peage
Winston
By Dewitt MacKenzie
France
Bond
G.I
House
War Mobilization Office
United Nations
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