Weather Outlook and Local Notices Mixed in Decatur
Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and cooler temperatures in the state. Local reports show a high around 69 and a low near 44. The column also lists deaths, hospital moves, arrests, and local society notes from Decatur area.
Nazis Refuse Surrender as Budapest Battle Enters Final Stage
Moscow announced Soviet forces broke into the eastern city side while linking with the Danube western invasion wing. A new Soviet backed Hungarian government declared war on Germany and vowed security and postwar paths for Hungarians and Germans. The German commander in Budapest faced a December 30 deadline for surrender with assurances of aid and safe return for civilians after the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kasischke
London
Budapest
Red Army
Moscow
Danube
Bela Miklos
Germany
Debrecen
Hungary
Russia
Dapest
The
Japs Attack Yank Convoy Off Panay In Night Action
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said Japanese aerial thrust against a U S convoy off Panay in the Philippines cost the attackers eight planes shot down. Tokyo claims 20 transports sunk from a 30-ship convoy. Leyte campaign losses to date reach 116.
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Clyde Bartel
United States
Panay Island
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindoro Island
Tokyo Radio
MacArthur
Leyte
Airways Wins New Maintenance Deal at Decatur
Southern Airways president Frank W. Hulse said the Army Air Forces contacted them to form a maintenance contract at Decatur. He expected the agreement to take effect immediately and require 40 to 50 personnel, mainly mechanics, with details to be settled in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Hulse
Southern Airways
Army Air Forces
Decatur
Regent will rule Greece
King George II appoints Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens as regent amid Greece's crisis. The regency moves to restore order as a plebiscite looms, with Churchill reported to back the step despite the king's opposition.
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John A. Parris, JR
London
George II
Greece
Archbbishop Damaskinos
Athens
Damaskinos
Steel Wage Hike Approved by War Board for Iron and Steel
Stabilization Director Fred Vinson announced War Labor Board wage increases for iron and steel workers totaling about 5 to 7 cents per hour for more than 400,000 employees. OPA said these raises would not trigger broad steel price rises, though some product prices may rise. The WLB had set the case for November 25 and waits OPA findings before implementation. The ruling could indirectly affect up to 500,000 additional workers in related firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Peacock
Washington
Fred Vinson
War Labor Board
Vinson
Office of Price Administration
Iron and Steel
OPA
WLB
Decatur Plans Postwar High School With Stadium Complex
Decatur prepares a modern junior and senior high school with vocational training and a stadium, backed by a 25 acre site purchase from Decatur Land Company. Cost estimated at 750000 to 1000000 dollars, funded from earmarked school lands and bond proceeds. site deeds and improvements to be finalized within ninety days.
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Decatur
City Board of Education of
Decatur Land Company
Prospect Drive
7Th Street
Uth
Somerville Road
9Th Streets
H. R. Summer
Roy
Land Company
The
School
Washington
Arthur A. Jones
F. L. Chenault
Julian Harris
Bruce Spencer
Renin McClary
Man Killed in Birmingham Train Collision
James Henry Minyard aged 72 of Irondale, a filling station attendant, died after his car was struck by a train at a Birmingham crossing. A separate truck-train crash at the same crossing killed another man about two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
James Henry Minyard
Irondale
Metcalf to Speak at Decatur Chamber Dinner on Jan 9
J T Metcalf of Louisville Kentucky general attorney for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad will headline the Decatur Chamber of Commerce annual membership dinner at the Lincoln Hotel. Only 200 reservations are available and ballots for five board seats must reach the chamber by noon January 9. Metcalf, a noted Kentucky lawyer and orator, has served as U S district attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky and has long been active in Rotary and Chamber work.
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J. T. Metcalf
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Lins Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors
Metcalf
Kentucky
Pineville
U. S
Winchester
U.S
Rotary Club of
Rotary
State of
Predictions for 1945 Flood Public Mind In AP Survey
The Associated Press survey gathers varied forecasts for 1945 from leaders and the public. London’s Churchill vows Europe’s liberation, Mitscher predicts a weakened Japanese navy by next summer, and critics warn on wartime production while optimism focuses on victory, peace, and rebuilding.
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London
Churchill
Europe
Russia
Ehrenburg
Marc A. Mitscher
Philippines Sea
Pearl Harbor
Empire
Jim Goodman
Germany
Japan
Dev
Astralore T Cal Research
Ralph W. Sockman
Bond totals at 2 million rise in sixth war loan drive
Morgan county nears the two million dollar milestone with 1 983 627 25 raised toward the sixth war loan. Alabama reports passed official quotas for series E bonds and total sales as of Saturday, with series E at 569 306 25 and state totals over 34 million for E bonds and 135 million overall.
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Morgan County
War Finance Committee
Hartselle
Falkville
Decatur
Alabama
Leigh McMillan
Germans Use 3 Divisions in New Attacks
Paris dispatch reports three German divisions under Field Marshal Von Rundstedt attacked both sides of the Bastogne corridor held by Patton's U S Third Army as American forces countered along the bulge. Allied counterblows recaptured about a third of overrun territory, with heavy shelling across Bastogne and near Rochefort as Kurzhelds pressed toward Sedan.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
Karl von Runstedt
Bastogne
George S. Patton
U. Third Army
Bulge
von Rundstedt
U. S
Merde
Sedan
Libramont
Three Armies
Boyes
Supreme Headquarters
Heey
Moircy
Bastongne
St. Hubert
Von.Runstedt
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Rochefort
Brussels
Patton
von Runstedt
Lejeune Promise Delays Execution With Revelations
Albert Lejeune, former manager of Petit Ni cols, won a postponement of his execution in Marseille by promising sensational revelations as he faced a firing squad. He requested a final statement as guards prepared to carry out the sentence amid a Paris purge court context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseille
France
Albert Lejeune
Petit Nicols
Paris
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