Weather and war news mix in Decatur daily notes
Weather outlook reports rain tonight and Friday with freezing rain in the north and colder temperatures across the south and central portions. Local bureau records show a maximum of 55 and a minimum of 34. War Department releases wounded Pfc Mabry Elders of Athens in Europe. Census shows 40 965 bales of cotton ginned in Morgan county from 1944 crop by December 13 compared with 33 786 in 1943.
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War Department
Ancones
Mabry Elders
Louise B. Elders
Athens
Morgan County
Leg EB. Howell
Ward's Ward and Company seized by order in labor row
The Army took possession of Montgomery Ward and Company properties in Chicago Detroit St Paul Denver Jamaica L I N Y Portland and Santa Rafael under an executive order amid CIO protests over Ward's handling of war labor directives. President Roosevelt said wartime strikes cannot be condoned and a federal injunction was sought to restrain other Ward operations.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Ward
Detroit
Kansas City
CIO United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Sewell Avery
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward
Joseph W. Byron
Army
Special Services Division
Avery
Naval
Justice Department
Washington
Department of Commerce
Byron
War Department
Montgomery Ward and Company Inc
St. Paul
Denver
Jamaica
Portland
Ore
Santa Rafael
Calif
National Warror Board
Baby girl dies after Christmas birth in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan a baby girl born Christmas Day to Mrs G Hobart Hitchcox died last night. The infant weighed three pounds and died from hemorrhages of the nose and skin blamed on a congenital defect. The mother, wife of an Army captain on the Western Front, suffers from infantile paralysis.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Iva Hitchcox
Ground Loss by Fifth Army in Serchio Sector
Allied reports say Fifth Army and Eighth Army units faced German counterattacks in the Serchio valley, with Barga enveloped on a six mile front and Adriatic sector forces driving into German positions near Alfonsine. Several attacks near Monte Sole and Bologna areas were repulsed with casualties. American withdrawal extent in Serchio was not clear.
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Rome
Serbia Valley
Fifth Army
Barga
Serchio
Lucca
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Senio
Alfonsine
Ravenna
Monte Sole
Bologna
Serchio River
Pacific Air War Expands As Mindoro Iwo Jima Attacks Continue
Allied bombers press the assault on Japanese targets from Mindoro to Iwo Jima with heavy losses to the Japanese fleet. U S air forces claim success at Clark Field as B 29s raid Tokyo and the Nipponese face persistent counterattacks from PT boats and Allied fighters.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
U. S
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
Mindoro Islands
Mindoro
Saipan
Manila
Clark Field
Douglas MacArthur
Spencer Davis
Oro
Leyte
Morotai Island
MacArthur
Honshu Island
Clark
Civilian goods face pinch from war demands
The Associated Press reports mounting civilian goods strain in 1945 as WPB lists copper and lead shortages. Half of copper brass mill output may be recalled for civilian use next quarter due to dwindling lead stocks. Also notes possible recognition of Poland’s Lublin committee by Russia and Western allies, amid wartime diplomacy. Stalin aims for winter offensive. Dies committee may dodge interment. Rep Rankin to introduce a resolution in January.
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Washington
WPB
Office of Civilian
Polish Committee of Liberation
Poland
Russia
Lublin Group
London
Britain
U. S
Stalin
Lublin Committee
Rep. Rankin
Miss
Congress
Regency Pact Approved By Two Factions in Athens
In Athens Greek factions agreed to form a regency as a step toward peace while ELAS forces withdraw from central areas. Churchill narrowly escaped a sniper shot outside the British embassy as Allied efforts to resolve the Greek question continue amid tense combat in Attica.
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Athens
ELAS
Damaskinos
Piraeus
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Attica
George Papandreou
Greece
Anthony Eden
Reginald W. A. Leeper
Britain
George II
Lupe Velez Buried Amid Disorder at Mexico City Funeral
Lupe Velez was laid to rest in Mexico City as crowds caused disturbances similar to those at Adolph Valentino’s funeral. Her sister Ana, also an actress, fainted and fell into the crush after the casket was lowered, with several bystanders pulling her from danger.
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Mexico City
Lupe Velez
Adolph Valentino
Newark
Lupe
Ana
Mexico
Allied cause on broad highway to victory in war’s end
The piece argues the Allies are on a broad high road to victory globally despite European setbacks and Japanese advances in China. It cautions the war will be hard and protracted, notes German counterattacks threaten delays, and urges hard-boiled resolve and continued full effort.
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Rman
United Nations
Europe
Orient
China
Rhine
Doomed Nazis Reeling as Soviet Push Presses Budapest
Soviet forces pressed into Budapest with air superiority and river crossings. German and Hungarian defenders fell back under heavy bombardment, suffering thousands of casualties as Red Army units advanced on both the eastern Danube and surrounding towns. Local combat centered in Buda house to house fighting and river crossings near Szentendrei island.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Budapest
Red Air Force
nearWest
Danube
Buda
Szentendrei
Meara
Een
Feodor Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Danube Berih
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Hron
Garam
Austria
Ipoly
Ipolysag
Losonc
Kiwanis Set For 1945 Officers Installation
Decatur Kiwanis Club prepared to install officers for 1945 at a Lyons Hotel meeting led by Sam C. Alexander. Dwight L. Mixson becomes president replacing Lloyd L. Lively as guests and officers acknowledged retirees and committee chairs. Entertainment featured Mary Wallace Hogan and others with Lt. Atlee Hoff home from Pacific duty after 18 months.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Dwight L. Mixson
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Lloyd L. Lively
Alabama Hosiery Mills
Kiwanis
Sam C. Alexander
Lyons Hotel
Pearson Dick
Birmingham
Arthur A. Jones, Jr
Atlee H. Hoff
USNR
Pacific
Ewell K. Gregg
Elmer S. Loyd
Serensty
William Armng
Rogers
George Goderi
Ard Smith
Charles Winston
John B. Harlow
B. T. Gardner
E. E. Anderson
Alexander
Mary Wallace Hogan
Gene Reeves
Wanda Truett
Ruth McCulloch
Jack McCulloch
Lively
Homeward bound telegrams to cost 25 cents
Wounded soldiers and those discharged for disabilities will not have to slip up on loved ones. Telegrams from their point of departure will be sent at a flat rate of 25 cents. The service was discontinued earlier in the year.
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Atlanta
Senate
Bastogne siege breaks as American forces reply Nuts to surrender ultimatum
Edward D. Ball reports from U S forces on the Bastogne frontline where the garrison countered the German ultimatum with a curt Nuts reply. The siege tied up five divisions and 87 German tanks. relief linked the town after seven days as medics and troops endured shortages and bravely pressed on.
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Edward D. Ball
U. S
Bastogne
Pvt
Leonard Candelora
Charlestown
Mass
Supreme Headquarters
Ourthe
Mourtheuville
Marche
Charles Phalen
Sparta
Wis
Mississippi
New Jersey
Deadline Nears as Sixth War Loan Short of Victory Quota
Morgan county edges toward the sixth war loan deadline with only $210,000 left to reach the $2 142 000 victory target. Series E bonds reached $526 743 75 and total investments stood at $1 932 564 75. Mor gan county faces a shortfall amid sparse activity and a broad investor base.
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Morgan County
Flank drives bulge nearing 20 miles from junction
American forces push into both sides of the Von Rundstedt bulge to within 20 miles of a junction. Doughboys and tanks cross the Sure river at four points and drive toward Echternach as Bastogne holds. German pockets around Celles and Ciney face encirclement while the northern edge near Namur recedes.
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James M. Long
Paris
von Rundstedt
Bastogne
Reich
Echternach
Attac
Grandmenil
Marche
Pane
Bulge
Belgium
Celles
Ciney
Namur
Verre
Great Air Assault Over London and Eastern Germany
Allied air forces led a massive strike with five hundred British bombers and 1,200 American heavies targeting rail yards and bridges between the German salient and the Rhine. RAF and US forces faced German air opposition, while Italian based US 15th Air Force supported operations and heavy losses were reported on both sides.
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London
Germany
Spi
Elevao
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Britain
U. S
Gran Man Salient
Belgium
Rhine
RAF
Opladen
Reich
Bre
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Americans Press Across Sure River Front Near Bastogne
Allied forces pushed across or reached the Sure river line from Bastogne toward the German frontier while holding on the southern bank near Bonnal. The counterattack faced stiff obstacles as Nazi efforts for a December victory showed signs of trouble after more than 48 hours of contention.
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Sure River
Bastogne
Bonnal
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