Reeducation of 1000 Chinese prisoners in Manchuria camp
Report by Richard Bergholz describes Maj. Gen. Liu Kuang-Ying overseeing a camp near Chinhsien where 1,158 former Communist prisoners undergo daily political instruction. Lectures push loyalty to Chiang Kai-Shek, anti communism, and reverence to the central government and United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Bergholz
James D. White
Chinhsien
Manchuria
Kuomintang
National Army
Chiang Kai-Shek
Liu Kuang-Ying
Central
Liu
Communist Party
Kwan Ksing-Hua
Communist Police Guard
Kwan
China
United States
Liu Cheng-Wu
Tientsin
Tu Li-Ming
United States of America
Glimpses of Wartime Decatur People and Events
A collage of local life notes from Decatur: births, military discharges and decorations for residents including Catherine Carol Davis born in Birmingham. Arthur Veal serving aboard a naval ship. Parachute school training for Carl McDonald. Purple Heart and Good Conduct awards for Thomas Reynolds. household visitors and community group activities. health notices urge diphtheria shots. Rotary program on The Philippines announced. several local officials and citizens mentioned in daily business and social visits.
General Motors wage ruling sparks debate on efficiency and costs
A discussion on wage increases probes whether a government board may assess a company's ability to pay. General Motors offered to supply data on wages and employment after the board indicated it would consider the firm’s financial capacity in wage decisions, implying a shift of cost appraisal into management. The piece also lists local naval discharges, births, hospital admissions, and community notices from Decatur area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
GM wage dispute ends as talks break after profits argument
Reuther warned the corporation’s stance mirrors American business views. The panel opened with a Commerce Department report showing cars could absorb up to 15 percent wage rises. Officials planned to seek nonconfidential data from the OPA and SEC. CIO-UAW spokesmen testified on GM profits and its capacity to pay a 30 percent raise, prompting GM to withdraw from the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuther
Lloyd K. Garrison
Commerce Department
Automobile Rapid
Garrison
Office of Price Administration
Securities and Exchange Commission
Cio-United Automobile
Shortage of Crews Keeping Ships Idle
New York reports 121 vessels idle in Atlantic ports due to crew shortages. The War Shipping Administration notes added ships and port breakdowns with New York 38 cargo ships and four troopships idle, Boston 12 cargo ships, Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 14, Norfolk six troopships and 23 cargo vessels, Charleston Savannah and Jacksonville six ships, Providence four cargo. Hewlett R. Bishop says recruitment up but 11,000 men needed and two weeks to restore normal movements.
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New York
War Shipping Administration
Atlantic
WSA
East
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Charleston
Savannah
Jacksonville
Providence
Hewlett R. Bishop
Atlantic Coast
Board Died Atlanta War Labor Board Ends Existence
The Fourth Regional War Labor Board ceased to exist today after handling 957 dispute cases across eight Southeastern states. Most cases were settled through labor agreements, closing a chapter in wartime labor mediation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Southeastern
Candy consumption in peacetime shows 16 pounds per person
Americans eat about 2.05 billion pounds of candy annually in normal peacetime, averaging roughly 16 pounds per caput.
Paul Newsom Rites Today
Funeral services for Paul B. Newsom former Decatur resident will be conducted by Rev Paul Roberts at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Brown's Chapel. Burial will be in city cemetery. He died at 3 o'clock Saturday morning in a Nashville hospital at age 73. A former L & N railroad employee he had lived with his brother Percy in Nashville the last six years. Surviving are sisters Mrs W M Elis Mulberry Fla Mrs H W Crawford Jasper Mrs A Dunnavent Eldorado Ark and Mrs J W McMilton Birmingham one brother Percy Newsom Nashville and a number of nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Newsom
Decatur
Paul Roberts
W. M. Elis
Mulberry
Fla
H- W--Crawford
Jasper
A. Dunnavent
Eldorado
Ark
Birmingham
Percy Newsom
Nashville
Byrnes notes next Big Three foreign ministers meeting
Byrnes said no date set for the Washington session with Bevin and Molotov likely to attend, with quarterly meetings projected after Yalta. The trio may meet in London at the UN assembly and Byrnes will outline atomic power and governance accords for Japan, China, Korea, Romania and Bulgaria. The Williamsburg neared Mount Vernon as the White House faced cold rain and the president prepared a radio address and state of the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael McDermott
State Department
Moscow
Washington
Yalta
Roosevelt
United Nations Assembly
London
Williamsburg
Mount Vernon
White House
Congress
Byrnes
Japan
China
Korea
Romania
Bulgaria
Bevin
Britain
Molotov
Russia
Ration Tire Board Roles in 1942 Morgan County
The January 1942 tire quota for Morgan county listed 54 tires and 45 tubes for passenger cars and 76 tires and 66 tubes for touchs or busses. Applications for tires were granted only to doctors, law enforcement officers, and those in public service or transportation. The board handled tire allocations and also rationed 1942 automobiles and bicycles. Members Peach and Sample served on the board which became the OPA tire panel, with Malone and Rankin filling posts, and Stone and Smith joining late. Jane Royer was senior tire clerk with Charles Clark as assistant. The Decatur ration board will cease to exist Tuesday, four years after its start.
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Morgan County
Tire Board
Peach
Sample
Ration Board
OPA
Malone
James Rankin
Frank Stone
F. O. Smith
Jane Royer
Charies Clark
Decatur
Coast Guard to Return to Treasury January First
President Truman directed the Coast Guard to revert to Treasury control on January 1, reconverting the force toward peacetime duties after wartime service across Europe and the Pacific. The service piloted landing craft, trapped saboteurs, guided convoys and fought ships during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Truman
Navy
Coast Guard
Hitler Eva Braun Marriage Report and Testament Details
The article describes the wartime marriage between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, noting their Aryan declarations and a formal banns publication. It reports on the wedding oath, the signing of the contract, Braun adopting Eva Hitler, and mentions Hitler’s political testament and the shift of power to Doenitz and Goebbels, plus the later discoveries and arrests related to Bormann and Paustin near Munich.
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Eva Braun
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Goebbels
Bormann
Eva
Eva Hitler
Geboren
Fuehrer
Heil Hitler
Paustin
Tergensee
Third Army
Leinbeck
Brigal Zander
U.S
Paustir
Vilshofen
Munich
Infants Die in Mobile County From Flu
Three infants died in Mobile County from influenza and complications last week. The Health Board reported total flu cases fell to 16 from 33 the prior week. Victims were aged one year, 11 months, and two months.
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Mobile
Ala
Board of Health
State Patrol Seizes Suspect in Louisiana Slayings
In Mobile Alabama inspector C T Barret said a man described as hitchhiker Blackie, wanted in Louisiana for two killings and a wounding, was in custody in Baldwin county. A suitcase matching one missing from the car yielded a photostatic army discharge copy. Victims include Smith of Los Angeles, Irvin A Pincus of New Orleans, and Seabee Gordon ao of Electra Texas.
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Mobile
Ala
C. T. Barret
Alabama State Highway Patrol
Blackie
Louisiana
Barret
Baldwin County
Army, Issued & Co
Arrest in double killing near Lutcher La linked to st Louis man
In New Orleans on December 29 police arrested an unidentified man tied to a roadside double shooting near Lutcher La. The suspect used various names including one of a St Louis resident who owned a pistol found at the scene. Seabee Gordon W. Ray, wounded, remained in critical condition.
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New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Lutcher
John J. Grosch
Grosch
St. Louis, Mo
St. Louis
Seabee
Gordon W. Ray
Naval Hospital
Ray
Blackie
Corp
Irvin Pincus
Camp Planche
Walter J. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Wives to Get U S Passage
London reports plans for free transportation of wives of American soldiers to the United States. The first group, about 1,200, is to sail by end of January. The Army has processed 26,866 wives and children as of December 20, with eight to ten passenger liners and hospital ships to be used for transport.
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London
United States
United Kingdom
Truman
U. S. Army
Transportation Corps
Giant Python Under X Ray at Zoo in San Diego
Sahib the 20 foot 160 pound Borneo python was X rayed to become the first snake in the local colony photographed. A Christmas Day bump on her midriff puzzled staff as two exposures revealed a carbuncle like spot beneath thick skin. Sahib showed no pain and was returned to eating mice.
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San Diego
Calif
Sahib
Emily Burlingame
Zoo Hospital
C. B. Perkins
Zoo
Perkins
Town isolated in terrorist search in Palestine
In Ramat Gan on December 29 British sixth airborne division troops armored cars and RAF planes isolated the community as police and military authorities hunted those behind explosions and shootings in Tel Aviv. Thirty eight men aged 16 to 40 were detained and held in a barbed wire enclosure during a six hour roundup. Jerusalem patrols continued in battle dress amid ongoing unrest and deaths in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
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Ramat Gan
Palestine
Sixth Airborne Division
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Back to Oblivion Pear Harbor In Oceanic Report
Ulithi atoll once a vast secret repair and supply base for the U S Pacific Fleet is being decommissioned. The Navy announced the atoll command was closed two days ago leaving only a weather station to mark one of the war s largest naval operations.
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Oblivion
Pear Harbor
Ulithi Atoll
Guam
U. S. Pacific
Atoll Command
Navy
Scout Registration Deadline Highlighted at Troop Meeting
Judson Hawthorn announced registration must be completed by January 31 during Week ly Troop 11 gathering at Central Baptist Church. Bobby Bell led the Scout Oath, Ed Clark read a Bible passage, and David Byars outlined Scouting benefits for life while teaching compass knife and hatchet use. Karl Mittwede led the Scoutmaster’s benediction as games followed the brief advancement period.
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Judson Hawthorn
Central Baptist Church
Bobby Bell
Ed Clark
David Byars
Byars
Karl Mittwede
Japs Facing Rud e Shock Sailing for Yokohama
Portland dispatch reports the largest postwar repatriation voyage sailing on the General W. H. Gordon to Yokohama. About 4500 Japanese and their families left for home, many believing Japan won the war and misreading U S news, with some deported from segregation centers in North Dakota New Mexico and California.
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Portland
Ore
Yokohama
W. H. Gordon
Japan
North Dakota
New Mexico
California
Kazuhiro Yoshida
Stockton
Calif
United States
Red Sox Release Two Veterans Bob Johnson Dolph Camilli
Boston Red Sox announce unconditional releases of outfielder Bob Johnson and first baseman Dolph Camilli. Johnson, 38, a 10 year Athletics and a few seasons with Washington before joining Boston, boasts a .296 lifetime batting average with 1,283 RBIs and 288 homers in 1,863 games. Camilli, who joined late this season, owns a .279 career mark. in 1937 he led the league with a .339 average with the Phillies after starting with the Cubs and later playing for Brooklyn and Oakland.
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Boston
Boston Red Sox Today
Bob Johnson
Dolph Camilli
Johnson
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington
Red Sox
Camilli
Oakland
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Phillies
Brooklyn
Thirty Die in Bus Accident Near Puebla Mexico
A bus carrying 73 passengers plunged into a deep gorge south of Puebla leaving at least 30 dead and 35 injured. The dead include 21 men, seven women, and two babies aged three and six months. Initial reports cited a head on collision and 36 killed, 29 injured. The bus had 40 seats.
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Puebla
Mexico
Gorgo Lles
Here
Veteran terminates life attempt in downtown Denver
Discharged veteran Isaac Parrish thirty, tried to kill himself by leaping in front of nine cars at a downtown intersection. A pedestrian tackled him, four cars struck but caused no serious injuries. Parrish, with his wife Ora, had arrived from Beaumont Texas and was en route to Portland Oregon when held at Colorado General Hospital.
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Denver
H. L. Goode
Isaac Parrish
Colorado General Hospital
Goode
Ora
Beaumont
Tex
Portland
Ore
Cure Found for Bacterial Endocarditis by Penicillin
Prof J H Biggart of Queens University Belfast reports an apparent cure in 12 patients with bacterial endocarditis using penicillin. The condition, a heart valve infection, typically carries a poor prognosis with death within two years. The British Press Assay quoted the dean on the breakthrough.
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Belfast
J. H. Biggart
Queens University
West Virginia verdict tops 100000 in child injury suit
A federal court in Charleston returned a verdict of 100000 for Charles Daniel Armentrou, the father of a 19 month old child who lost both arms when struck by a Virginian company locomotive. The suit sought 200000 and was believed the largest personal injury award in West Virginia to date.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles Daniel Armentrou
West Virginia
Government's 1945 surplus tops for disposal.
The government became the world's largest merchandizer in 1945 with about 11.5 billion dollars in surplus property for disposal. It disposed of 2.6 billion dollars worth.
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Washington
Farm Bureau drive boosts Alabama membership target set
The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation reports 48,985 members enrolled as a cooperative drive began November 1 led by Organization Director E. E. Hale. Membership is up about 10 percent from the prior year but trails the 52,531 at the end of the fiscal year. The 1945-46 goal remains 60,000 with Cullman County leading at 1,805 members.
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Montgomery
Aid
Alabama Farm _ Bureau Federation
Coe
E. E. Hale
Hale
Cullman County Farm Bureau
Cullman
Henry
Houston
Dallas
Cherokee
Lawrence
Coffee
Marstall
Tuscaloosa
Baldwin
Elmore
Pike
Talladega
Franklin
Pickens
Calhoun
United China declaration praised by Yenan leaders
US dispatch indicates Chinese communist headquarters in Yenan hailed the push for a United China that includes democratic elements. A central committee spokesman cited Russia and the United States agreeing to withdraw troops soon. General Marshall entered his second week in Chungking as envoy and planned to visit Peiping and Tientsin to assess North China tensions.
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Yenan
China
Communist Central Committee
Russia
United States
Marshall
Chungking
Peipion
Tientsin
Rescue (Continued) From Page One
Huey Miller and eight other miners were trapped after an explosion and found with a wooden log note recounting their barricade at 10 30 a m on Wednesday and their movement until rescue at 8 p m Friday. Secretary Ward notes miners hesitate to volunteer due to lack of family protection in case of accident.
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Huey Miller
Four Mile
George Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Police Seek Second Hit and Run Driver in City
Police hunt a second hit and run driver after a cattle truck struck Claude Taylor’s 1938 Dodge on Second Avenue at Johnston Street and fled. Taylor, of 1303 Nineteenth Ave East, reported stopping for a red light when the Navy-uniform driver’s truck struck the left rear fender. Nearby, J P Hooper of 225 Wilson Ave suffered a compound leg fracture and injuries on Highway 31 near Pope’s, and is hospitalized at Decatur General.
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Claude Taylor
Second Avenue
Johnston Street
Taylor
Ninteenth Avenue
Lhe
Lou
McCall and
Parker
J. P. Hooper
Wilson Avenue
East Lafayette Street
Pope
Hooper
Decatur General Hospital
May ask extension of food subsidies may ask extension
Washington December 29 the administration may ask Congress for authority to continue two parts of its 1 785 000 000 yearly food subsidies beyond June 30 the authority expires then and a schedule for removal of subsidies has been announced. The Agriculture Department reported farm prices at the highest in 26 years.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
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Drtemale
MIME
Catherine Carol
Jim Davis
C. W. Hannah
Decatur 1
Joe Pettey
Jackson Street
Arthur Leo -Veal
Carmen
R. M. Phillips
Trinity
H. G. Williams
Pasadena
Mrs. S. B. Edmondson
Twelfth Avenue East
F. H. Hogan
Danville 1
Gilbert E. Marks
Sixth Avenue South
Co.c
Gilbert A. Johnson
Somerville 2
Mass
Carl M. McDonald
Decatur 2
McDonald
Corpus Christi
Pensacola
Bank Street
William Holden, Hartselle
Cpl
Thomas E. Reynolds
Maine Corps Reserve
Reynolds
W. W. Reynolds
G.O. Spencer
Danville
A. A. Roberts
Mrs
H. S. Roberts
Ottis Hopper
Hartselle
Andy C. Roper
Morgan Chapter
American Red Cross
L. R. Murphree
Morgan ,County
Morgan Area Price Control Board
International Service Committee
Rotary
Cornelian Hotel
James H. Johnson
Philippines
Talmadge R. Barnes
SP ‘Y 3-c
Trinity 1
Pacific
C. H. Bardford
Caturl
Catur
William K. Cartee
Holly Street
Army
J.W. Hampton
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Thomas E. Langley
Warren. G. Newman
Mrs. Hollis Sheats
Berea
Mrs. Hudson Sheats
Lydia
Edward W. Summers
Redie Robertson
Vineman
W. E. Rose
Fifth Avenue West
Mary Linda Hodges
West Gordon Drive
Jimmie Wayne Adams
Eighth Avenue West
O. N. Legg
Fifth Avenue South
Baugh Infirmary
M. E. Busby
The
L. L. Blizzard
Leo
Dolly Jane
Margaret Teague
Bossier City
C. W. Wilson
Seventh Avenue West
Hamil
Brown's Ambulance
Grady Parker
Hamil Clinic
J. W. Suchs
Ellen Josephine
Third Avenue West
J. E. Sherrod
Ferry Street
Brown's Ambulance Priday
J. E. Matthews
Howell
Moss’ Chapel
Willodean
Ruth
Chattanooga
Blake Thompson
Montanes
Paul Newsom
Larry Lowe
Flint
Mich
Neeil Lowe
Doenitz
Nuernberg
State Patrol
U. S. Passage
Ascouis
Boy Scouts OF America
Nottory
Farm Bureau
James L.rankin Insurance
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