Local Notices and Cinema Listings Blur With Community News
The item lists movie attractions at Princess and Roxy theaters and mentions Atlantic Convoy at the Capitol. It reports Pvt. Lewis C. P. Poore enlisting at Keesler Field airplane mechanics school and notes American Auxiliary meeting on Monday at 7 30. Other notices cover residents visiting, illnesses, transfers, and local civic updates.
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Princess/ “Flying Fortress
Roxy
Carhitol
Pvt
Lewis C. P
Frank Poore
6Th Avenue North
Decatur
Keesler Field
Morgan Scrap Drives Surpass Seven Million
Morgan county residents contributed generously to the scrap drive with Jimmy Williams as salvage chairman reporting a county total of 7,175,000 gathered to date.
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Morgan County
Jimmy Williams
Decatur Iron & Steel Announces Large Contracts and Jobs
Decatur Iron and Steel Co signs contracts worth several million dollars with Inland Waterways Commission U S Army Engineers Maritime Commission and Bureau of Ships. About 1 000 to 1 200 workers to be employed this year across main plant and shipbuilding division with 700 plus at the main plant and 500 plus at the river yard.
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Decatur Iron & Steel Company
Inland Waterways Commission
U. S&s. Army Engineers
Maritime Commission
Bureau of Ships
First Avenue
Cisco Construction
U. S. Engineers
Navy
Cisco
Steel Company
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
British forces capture Tripoli and push toward Tunis
Allied troops under Montgomery reach Tripoli early today after a rapid 5 AM assault. British and French units push west toward the Tunisian border while Rommel's forces reel along the Libyan coast. Axis parachutists and retreating columns complicate the advance as Allied air and naval action targets Zuara and coastal routes.
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Nolan Norgaard
North Africa
Britain
Eighth
Tripoli
Mussolini
Rommel
Tunisia
Montgomery
New York City
Plains of Nebraska
Zuara
Admiralty
London
Royal Navy
Ousseltia
Kairouan
O Ousseltia
Keb
Robaa
Pont du Fahs
Qusseltia-Kairoan
Tunisian
Marshall Ramel
Tunnis’ el- Aouina
Air Patrol to Visit Decatur Flying Service Field
Birmingham Civil Air Patrol units will visit Decatur Flying Service Field on Courtland Highway Sunday, arriving about 11 30 a m. The party includes headquarters staff, all aircraft and flying personnel, and ground crews. Decatur flight command was asked to meet them for plans and possible new member induction.
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Birmingham
Civil Air Patrol
Decatur
Courtland Highway
Laurens J. James
Southern Aviation Training School
Ges
Deferment Plan Bared for Agricultural Workers
Selective Service boards may grant deferments to farm workers whose production meets at least eight war units, down from the previous 16-unit rule. Senator Russell said the change, made with the approval of Bankhead and other agencies, aims to ease essential agricultural staffing.
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Washington
Selective Service Boards
Senator Russell
D.-Ga
Russell
Bankhead
D-Ala
Murphy Fights For His Country In Three Wars
A Bradford PA native and former WWI top kick, William H. Murphy now serves as a private at the Army Air Forces Basic Flying School Courtland Alabama at 51 as he fights in his third war alongside a Purple Heart and other recognitions. Separate report from Montgomery Alabama notes Dr. E C Ray announcing strict Alcoholic Beverage Control rules after a Sparks administration meeting. The ABC board imposes license revocation for violations including dancing, dim lights, and extended drinking, with a February 1 renewal review and detailed licensing criteria.
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William H. Murphy
Army Air Forces
Courtland
Alabama
Bradford
Pennsylvania
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Rio Grande
Texas
Murphy
Army
Montgomery
Ala
E. C. Ray
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Ray
Sparks
Chauncey Sparks
ABC Board
John E. Toomey
Mobile
Lee Monroeville
Mrhat
Japanese Surrender Ends New Guinea Campaign
Allied reports from Australia say 117 Japanese prisoners were taken after surrender in the Papuan jungle, ending a campaign that once numbered 15,000. Night air raids targeted Rabaul and Madang with heavy bombers damaging transports and vessels, while recon aircraft hit a 12,000 ton transport.
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Tom Yarbrough
Australia
New Guinea
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Failoro
Koepang
Madang
Finschhafen
Lae
Salamaua
New
Port Moresby
Itheast
Vunaksnau
Allied daylight raid and submarine pen hits reported
American Flying Fortresses bombed Lorient and Brest submarine pens in double daylight blows while RAF Mustangs struck inland German transport. Five Fortresses were lost in the Lorient Brest raid as Allied fighters supported operations from Dover to Brittany.
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London
English Channel
Europe
Lorient
Brest
U. S
Britain
Air Ministry
Dover Strait
Brittany
New Classification Cards Sent By Draft Board
Sam Wheat of Morgan county draft board No. 1 announced Saturday that every man will receive classification form 57 labeled classification 1 A pending physical examination. Registrants must carry form 57 at all times and note the text indicates the status is not permanent.
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Sam Wheat
Morgan County Draft Board No. 1
Mr. Wheat
Bride Slain Aboard Train in Berth No 13
The body of Martha Virginia Brinson James 21 wife of Ensign Richard F. James was found slain in berth 13 aboard a Southern Pacific West Coast Limited train near Oregon. A dark husky waiter John Finches 30 Oakland California was arrested for questioning as investigators search for motive and details.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
E. W. Tichenor
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Virginia
Tichenor
John Finches
Oakland
Calif
James
Oregon
San Francisco
John Beeman
Harold R. Wilson
Eugene
Richard F. James
Southern Pacific
Marine Pvt
Harold ‘R. Wilson
San Diego
Commanding General Royce Inspects Southern Aviation Training Site
Major General Ralph Royce, commanding general of the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center, visited Southern Aviation Saturday. He was met by Commander James L. Curnutt and crews and reviewed the 6th Army Air Force Training Detachment at the primary training center before continuing his inspection tour.
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Ralph Royce
Southern Aviation Training School
6Th Army Air Force Training Detachment
Southern Aviation
Royce
Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
James L. Curnutt
Philippine Islands
Maxwell
Missing Navy Plane Sought After Bay Area Search
San Francisco January 23 Hopes dim for Rear Admiral Robert H English commander of the Pacific fleet submarine force and 18 others aboard a Navy transport plane missing since Thursday The search continues Navy officials said Three captains three commanders and two lieutenant commanders are among the missing including Navy nurse Lieutenant Edna Owella Morrow The plane was last heard from Thursday morning over the bay area en route possibly toward Clearlake or sea at weather stalled landing sites.
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San Francisco
Robert H. English
Pacific Fleet
Navy Trans
Thursay
Navy
J.G
Edna Owella Morrow
South Pacific
Bay Area
Clearlake
Three Black People Held on Serious Charges in Morgan County
Three Black people Lola Orr Ellis Lampkin and Lester Morris were jailed Saturday afternoon on charges connected to a public safety incident in Danville area. Deputies Humphrey and Pittman made the arrest after a Morris injury from a 20 gauge item in Lampkin s hands. Cause of the incident remains unclear.
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Morgan County
Lola Orr
Ellis Lampkin
Lester Morris
Humphrey
Pittman
Morris
Lampkin
Danville
Baptist Executive Meeting Plans County School Of Missions
The Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association executive committee will meet January 27 at 2 p m at Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Decatur. Plans will be made for a countywide school of missions. All committee members are urged to attend.
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Morgan County Missionary Baptist Association
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Decatur
D. C. Prince
Red Army advances seize key Russian targets in January drive
Soviet communique reports Volokonovka captured near Belgorod with 12 000 prisoners in nine days taking total to 64 000. Armavir fell, opening routes to Maikop oil fields as Red armies press toward Rostov and Kursk Kharkov axis threatening Belgorod and Rostov positions.
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Associated Press
London
Russia
Volokonovka
Belgorod
Kursk-Kharkov
Moscow
Armavir
Maikop
Rostov
Voronezh
Yelets
Valuiki-Kupyansk
Kursk
Kharkov
Valuiki
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Caucasus
Taganrog
Sea of
Azov
Kuban River
Tuapse
Black Sea
Kropotkin
Red Army
Donets River
Flynn to Deny Charges in Stand Tuesday
Errol Flynn announced he will deny the statutory rape accusations made by two teenage girls as his trial before Judge Leslie Still continues in Los Angeles. Flynn said he plans to tell his story openly and rebut the allegations by Betty Hansen and Peggy La Rue Satterlee. The case entered a weekend recess after prosecution rested, with Flynn promising frank testimony next week. Public reaction ranged from letters to the studio as the judge fixed a Thursday deadline for further actions.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Leslie Still
Flynn
Jerry Giesler
Betty Hansen
Miss Hansen
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Opinon
Parkville Soldier Alive After Jap Prisoner Report
George Alford of Parkville Road One is alive and a Japanese prisoner is reported dead in the Philippines. The report reaches Pleas Alford and his family via wartime dispatches.
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George Alford
Parkville
Philippines
Alford
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Melba Call
Panama City
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Wall Street
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Tom D. Brooks
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Simons. O An
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Bowling Green
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B. L. Drinkard
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J. M. Holt
County Board of Revenue
Limestone County
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W. G. Ward
James Stewart
Hopkinsville, Ky
Board of Resistrats
la Regge
Roy V. Copeland
Town Creek
Moody Field
Air Corps
Morgan
Berlin
AIR Patrol
Baptist Executive Group
Key City
Reds’ Drive
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