Man of 1944 named top newsmaker in a year of war
Warren H. Bennett reports annual choice honors across categories. Eisenhower is Military Man of 1944, Clare Booth Luce is Outstanding Woman, Eleanor Roosevelt runner up, Henry J. Kaiser Outstanding Industrial figure, Sidney Hillman Labor Man, Fleming Scientist, Ernie Pyle Outstanding Literary, Luke Sewell Outstanding in sports, and Bob Hope top entertainer for civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dorothy Thompson
Henry J. Kaiser
Organized Labor
CIO
Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Philip Murry
John L. Lewis
Alexander Fleming
London
Ernie Pyle
Luke Sewell
St. Louis Browns
Bob Hope
Personalities of 1944 managing editors vote leaders
The 1944 voted lists show Roosevelt leading as Year’s Newsmaker with 132 votes, Eisenhower 19, Hitler 2. War category favors Eisenhower 137, Patton 19, Arthur 4. Woman of the Year Clare Booth Luce 98, Eleanor Roosevelt 18. Industry Kaiser and Johnston 35, Wilson 8. Labor Hillman 149, Lewis 8. CE names drift to Dr Alexander and Vannevar Bush. Ernie Pyle leads in 1944 in culture and Luke Sewell and Marty Marion shine in sports. Sinatra tops entertainment with 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigaat
Amer- Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
War — Eisenhower
George S. Patton
Ere poseArthur
Cs—Fdr
Thomas Eo Dewey
Sidney Hillman
Clare Booth Luce
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dorothy Thompson
Henry J. Kaiser
Eric Johnston
Charles E. Wilson
Hillman
Philip Wee
John L. Lewis
Dr. Alexander
Vanne- War Bush
Ture
Ernie Pyle
Aee Brooks
Lillian Sports
Luke Sewell
Nelson
Marty Marion
Bob
Frank Sinatra
Roosevelt Named Nation's Top Leader in AP Poll
In an AP News poll editors named Franklin Delano Roosevelt the standout personality of the year, honoring the nation’s Commander-in-Chief for his leadership during a challenging period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
AP Newstores
Tenancy Problems of Alabama Noted in Report to Gov Sparks
An exhaustive report to Gov. Sparks by state officials outlines tenancy evils in Alabama farms, linking tenancy to soil erosion and social decline. It calls for written lease agreements, better adult education, rural small industry expansion, and a minimum standard for housing and sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biem
Sparks
Ak R. Broadway
Frtment of Industrial Relations
Airman
Laula Dunn
Miss. of Public Welfare
A. J. Browder
Alabama
Air Corps Plans Personal Shift
The Eastern flying training command will transfer about 4000 enlisted student mechanics to maintenance or administrative work due to a manpower shortage. Trainees chosen for pilots bombardiers and navigators remain awaiting preflight school assignments on seniority. The transfer to permanent party status does not affect chances to enter air crew training. Open trained men who return after combat and those under 27 years six months before next June 1 will be excluded from the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berton K. Yount
AAF Training Command
Fort Worth
Tex
Gravely
Characterful Chinese Fans Reflect Class Distinctions
In China fans are described as varied by color and ornament to suit every social class from mandarins to peasants, with custom distinctions prominent in many cities and districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Confession Is Doubted In Hollywood Murder Case
Police said the alleged confession by John Lehman Sumter to killing Georgette Bauerdorf in Hollywood is met with skepticism. He claimed he killed her after being brought to her apartment, but investigators noted discrepancies and that he cited a detective magazine for details. Sumter, jailed for transfer to Los Angeles authorities, previously served in the Navy and Leavenworth for forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
FBI
Georgette Bauerdorf
Hollywood Oil
Frank Ahern
John Lehman Sumter
Ahern
Sumter
Tim
Miss “Pai
Albany
Lunsford
Inspector Ahern
Navy
Army
Leavenworth
Los Angeles
Morgan County Florette Club Christmas Meeting Notes
The Morgan County Florette Home Demonstration club held a Christmas dinner hosted by Mrs. M. G. Peck. Miss Rowe presented an at home nursing lesson and sick meal planning. Attendees included Mrs. J. W. Lynn Sr. and several local members.
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Bruce Dunn
Talladega
Center Grove
Jim Gurley
Jimmie
Decatur
Freeman Free
Sherill Tapscott
Will Fowler
Aaron Smith
Winfrey Day
Pines
Prisoner of War Thomas Thurman Johnson Sends News Home
Cpl. Thomas Thurman Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Johnson of Hart seller, writes from Germany after more than a year as a prisoner. He reports good health and abundant food, notes weekly Red Cross parcels, and sends love to his parents and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Johnson
Hartseller
Cpl
Thomas Thurman
Bud” Johnson
Germany
American Red Cross
Thomas
Courtland Flier's Brother Missing
Nashville dispatch reports Lt Arthur Dealy 23, the second of five Dealy brothers, listed missing in action by the War Department. The Courtland Ala based family says three brothers are pilots and Arthur is a bombardier with the Army Air Forces. James and Robert are back in the United States after overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
James
Italy
John
Robert
Arthur
Best Stories of 1944 Compared With 1943 Highlights
The year’s top war narratives show Allied advances and strategic moves versus 1943’s defining events. Highlights include blueprint planning, Russia’s offensive turn, bomber campaigns, Italy’s fate, Pacific pivots, Mussolini’s fall, and major wartime issues like taxes, U boats, and attacks on Rome and Ploesti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hance
A.P
Russia
Germany
Italy
United States
Pacific
Guadalcanal
Gilberts
Mussolini
Harry Oakes
Atlantic
Attu
Kiska
Aleutians
Detroit
Rome
Ploesti
India
Congressional Limited
Invasion of Normandy Tops 1944 News Poll
AP News reviews 176 editors choice of the year 1944 stories. Normandy’s Allied invasion conclusion as history’s greatest amphibious operation leads the list, followed by the U S wartime election campaign, MacArthur’s return, B 29 raids on Tokyo, Hitler plot, V weapons, Hartford circus fire, and related war turning points.
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W. G. Rogers
AP News Review
Normandy
AP News
le Havre
Atlantic Wall
London
Cherbourg
St.Lo
France
Mediterranean
Rhone
Rhine
U. S
Mr. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Organized Labor
Roosevelt
Dewey
Gen. MacArthur
Philippines
Ste
Luzon
Formosa
Japan
China
Pacific
Saipan
Guam
Tokyo
Gen. Doolittle
Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Reich
Britain
Pas de Calais
Hartford
Conn
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Wisconsin
Balkan
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Philippine
Germany
Wendell Wiltkie
Gen
Stilwell
Paris
Rome
Corenaasestnimaesie AG
Cleveland
Fireman Dies After Train Derailment Near Detroit
Rescue teams fought snow and wreckage after a Toledo to Detroit train derailment near Trenton Michigan. Fireman R D Harmon 36 died in hospital after being trapped beneath the tender. A freight porter burned and two passengers hurt were hospitalized as crews freed the locomotive and extinguished the blaze.
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Detroit
New York Central
Here
R. D. Harmon
Fotarand Ok
Ofylvania
Ohio
Hayward
Harmon
Toledo
George Frische
Birdie Rainey
Cleveland
Riverside Osteopathic Hospital
Trenton
Cosmo Tohazcuk
Bedford
Mass
General Hospital
Wyandotte
Patton Drives Slashing Thrust Threatening Von Rundstedt
Army leaders push to exploit a German bulge as Eisenhower pressures the base of the Nazi lines. Patton again takes center stage, driving a corridor through enemy territory to aid Bastogne and threaten the German south flank, possibly the war’s greatest single threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terial
Siegfried
Eisenhower
Ike
Patton
von Rundstedt
Bastogne
Admiral Nobumasa Sugetsugu Dies At 64 In Tokyo
London dispatch reports Admiral Nobumasa Sugetsugu former chief of Japan's grand fleet and a leading advocate of expansion and conquest died at 64. As fleet commander in 1933 and 1934 he was known for belligerent statements and opposition to naval limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nobumasa Suyetsugu
Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
Sugetsugu
United States
Britain
Food inventories ordered by OPA for institutions
The War Price and Rationing Board announces that all institutional users must take December 31 inventories to adjust new allotments. Forms were mailed from the Birmingham district. No January or February allotments will be issued until inventories are returned, due by January 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Morgan County
Soldier brothers meet in Belgium
Miss Mable Hamilton of Falkville writes in The Daily about her two brothers, T Sergeant Hollis Hamilton and Corporal John D Hamilton, meeting somewhere in Belgium. Cpl Hamilton has served two years and one month overseas and has not seen family in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Hamilton
Falkville 2
Belgium
Hollis Hamilton
John D. Hamilton
Cpl
Hamilton
Growing Navy Now Is World's Biggest
The Navy reports 1,167 warships with 39,971 new vessels added in the past year, totaling 61,056 ships. Emphasis shifted toward landing craft and auxiliary attack vessels, aiding Allied offensives in Europe and the Pacific amid a wartime build-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton W. Faron Washington
de O
Navy
Europe
Pacific
Lt Powell Leads Alabama Claims Detachment at Holabird
Lieut Newton B Powell solicitor of Morgan County Court and Alabama University Law School graduate, now serves with a JAG Claims Detachment at Holabird Signal Depot. The unit handles original and on appeal claims for the U S Government and reports to 1st Lt Albert S Gerstein with Major T J Ford coordinating post activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Alabama
Newton B. Powell
Morgan County Court
Armed Services
Holabird Signal Depot
Lt. Powell
University of Alabama Law School
Army
Powell
Holabird
Judge— Advocate General
War Department
Albert S. Gerstein
JAGD
U. S
T. J. Ford
Risen
Crosby St In Box Office Appeal
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby leads the box office in the annual Motion Picture Herald exhibitors poll. The film Going My Way boosted his top ranking, with Gary Cooper second, Bob Hope third, and Betty Grable Spencer Tracy Greer Garson Humphrey Bogart Abbott and Costello Cary Grant and Bette Davis also listed among the 10 leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Motion Picture Herald
Bing’s
Gary Cooper
Bory Hope
Betty Grable
Spencer Tracy
Greer - Garson
Humphrey Bogart
Abbott and Costello
Cary Grant
Bette Davis
Ward Fight Into Court Over Seizure Of Ward Stores
Chicago December 29 The government seeks an immediate oral court ruling on the legality of President Roosevelt's seizure of Montgomery Ward and Company facilities in seven cities. Sewell Avery says he will not recognize the seizure, while Hugh B. Cox asks for fast hearing to declare legality and restrain Ward offices. Avery arrives at HQ and challenges presidential authority, as the War Labor Board dispute moves to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sam
Sewell Avery
Roosevelt
Hugh B. Cox
Philip L. Sullivan
Ward
Avery
Joseph W. Byron
Lean
Explosion sinks tug and barge in Houston ship channel
A tug boat and a barge sank after a powerful explosion in the Houston ship channel east of the city. Another barge and a fireboat were damaged but no lives were believed lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Here
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