Little temperature change Sunday noted in local forecast
Glimpses of community life mix with weather and local economy news. The Tennessee River fell to 19.10 feet while temperatures ranged from 53 to 79. Cotton prices posted midday: strict middling 19.35, middling 19.10, strict low 18.35, low 17.60. Local entertainment featured The Gold Rush at the Roxy, Tombstone at the Tombstone and The Falcon Takes Over at Capitol. Charity drives near completion with the Berean Club receiving $5 and total campaign nearing $27,000. Community notices include travels of military personnel, shipyards work in Pascagoula and visits by residents to Nashville and Memphis. Continued on Page Two.
British Close Jaws of Trap on Axis Army
Cairo dispatch reports about 100000 Axis troops captured or pinned behind the front as Montgomery’s British Eighth Army advances toward the Libyan border after breaking Rommel’s armor. The tally includes 20000 prisoners and several Italian divisions, with hundreds of guns and thousands of vehicles in British hands.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Marshal Rommel
Eighth Army
Montgomery
North
Africa
Rommel
al Alamein
Matruh
Bologna
Trieste
Trento
Brescia
Folgore
Fl Daba
U S Forces Join In Aussies Buna Drive
General MacArthur reports American combat troops in action near Buna on the North New Guinea coast while Allied forces seize Good Enough Island northeast of New Guinea off Collingwood Bay. Milne Bay units clear remnants from surrounding islands and occupy adjacent strategic points.
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General MacArthur
Headquartlers
Australia
Buna
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Oivi
Papua
Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Milne Bay
Thousands of Nips Slain In Solomons
American forces report at least 5188 Japanese killed in Guadalcanal Tulagi area since invasion began three months ago. Navy communiques note 369 enemy planes destroyed in October and total 529 since Solomons campaign began. Japanese air attacks resumed briefly, but caused no damage as U S aircraft continued bombing and strafing Jap concentrations.
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Washington
Guadalcanal-Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Knox
Navy
South Pacific
Solomons
Guadalcanal
U. S
Farm Bureau Week Observed Across Alabama
S R Long Mor gan County Farm Bureau president announced the week of November 16 as Farm Bureau Week in Alabama. county leaders will contact farmers to explain services past efforts and future plans and Morgan county farmers are urged to support leadership and membership. The speech cited farm price protections boosting Morgan county cotton earnings and quotes from state and national leaders stressing organized farmer influence.
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Farm Bureau
Alabama
S. R. Long
Morgan County Farm Bureau Federation
Morgan County
State Farm Bureau
Mr. Long
National Congress
Long
James A. Simpson
State Farm Bureau Convention
Birmingham
Stegall
Senator Bankhead
Ed O'Neal
Walter Randolph
Decatur to build 56 defense housing units in Enolan Oaks
Decatur Homes Inc with Andrews-Wood Realty Co plan to invest about 2000000 in constructing 56 houses in Enolan Oaks East Decatur. Homes for rent to defense workers and Army personnel will span nine months with first occupancy in about eight weeks. City will grade streets and install all weather surfacing. Project backed by Decatur Chamber of Commerce and led by John Patterson with support from Mayor Harrison and defense plant heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Homes Inc
Enolam Oaks
Decatur
Andrews-Wood Realty Company
Birmingham
Andrews
Wood
Spragins, Fletcher, Beard & Knight
Decatur Land Company
Andrews-Wood Company
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Defense
John Patterson
Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
T. R. Harrison
Big US offensive opens in North Africa landings
Allied forces led by Lt Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower begin a large scale invasion on the French North Africa coast to break Axis hold on the Mediterranean. American Rangers and airmen joined Marines and sailors with British naval and air support in the dawn assault.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Hitler
Mediterranean
Tall
Dwight D
Ike) Eisenhower
Axis
America
United States
Washington
Africa
Rock of Gibraltar
British Isles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
European
Britain
Eisenhower
French North Africa
Paithatrie
Christmas fund drives Decatur area for boys' party
Decatur area readers are urged to contribute to a Christmas fund to sponsor a party for local boys serving abroad. Major Frederick S. Hunt Jr. will oversee the gift program, with donations sent to The Decatur Daily. The drive shows growing totals and asks for early contributions due to mail delays. Readable donor list totals reach 91.00 with multiple individuals contributing varying amounts.
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Decatur
Decatur Daily
Nelson
Price
Floyd Hill Ma
T. J. Adcock
A. T. Downs
C. H. Bradford
Edward Teague
Martha Mae Cole
M. V. Grant
Peretti
Fuel ration sessions set for Morgan county meetings
A sequence of four o clock meetings will be held this week for school principals and registrars to learn the gasoline rationing program. War Price and Rationing Board representatives will attend. Attendees come from Falkville Massey Hartselle Eva Cotaco Danville Neel Moulton Heights Austinville Flint Pleasant Hill Priceville Trinity and Union Hill communities.
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Morgan County
War Price and Rationing Board
Falkville
Massey
Hartselle
Oak Ridge
Plainview
Eva
Gum Pond
Lawrence Cove
Cotaco
Cotaco Florette
Valdermose
Lacey's Spring
Winton
Ryan
Union
Union Hill
Danville
Neel
Moulton Heights
Austinville
Flint
Pleasant Hill
Priceville
Trinity
Mrs. Emma Holland 91 Dies at Somerville Home
Funeral services planned for Mrs. Emma Holland of Somerville at the Methodist church at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev. J S Martin and Rev C P Hamby officiating. Burial in Somerville cemetery. Pallbearers listed. flowers by noted volunteers. She had no immediate survivors after a long illness.
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Emma Holland
Somerville
Somerville Methodist Church
J. S. Martin
C. P. Hamby
Drinkard
Dick, Thomas
Jack Ransom
Howard
William Smith
Grady Maxwell
Louise McGee
Cleo Ransom
Annie B. Campbell
Mary Parker
Ella Frances
Orleta Maxwell
Holland
Prices Up On Potatoes Onions And Turkeys In Washington
Stores won permission from Price Administrator Leon Henderson to raise prices on potatoes onions and turkeys in Washington as temporary price freezes placed on October 5 begin to lift. The action marks the first move toward permanent price controls amid a broader review of food costs.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Dr John S Crutcher Sr Dies in Athens
Funeral services are set for this afternoon in Athens for Dr John S Crutcher Sr longtime Athens physician who died yesterday morning at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville He practiced in Athens for about 50 years and was active in civic and church affairs He is survived by two daughters Mrs Lucille Crutcher of Denton Texas Mrs L L Wallace Athens and a son Lieut Col John S Crutcher Jr stationed at Camp Forrest Burial will be in the city cemetery with McConnell directing Six nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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Athens
John S. Crutcher Sr
Vanderbilt Hospital
Nashville
First Methodist Church
B. T. Waites
City
McConnell
Crutcher
Alabama
Limestone County
Crutcher Springs
Texas
Lucille Crutcher
Denton
L. L. Wallace
John S. Crutcher Jr
Camp Forrest
Speeders Pinched in Montgomery as Octover Arrests Rise
Alabama reports 601 speeding arrests in October the first month under the 35 mile limit. State Department of Public Safety released figures showing Montgomery and other counties enforcing the new limit. motorists face fines and possible license penalties.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Department of Public Safety
Crack-down begins on unlicensed windshield stickers
In Birmingham on November 7 the district attorney filed its first criminal action against a violator for failing to purchase internal revenue windshield stickers. Federal attorneys warned of possible 60 day jail terms and $100 fines and pledged vigorous prosecution of all future cases.
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Birmingham
Ala
District Attorney’s Office
Africa as Second Front in Roosevelt Era Vision
J M Roberts Jr writes that Africa becomes the second front as U S and British forces disembark on French African coasts to crush Axis power, sever supply lines to Rommel, and deter a German invasion of Africa amid Allied plans for future European thrusts. The White House notes no territory is sought. Britain joins the operation soon.
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Mediterranean Sea
United Nations
Egypt
Roosevelt
War Department
White House
America
Africa
Russia
J. M. Roberts, JR
Associated Press
United States Army
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Europe
Washington
Germany
Taat
Britain
United States
Middle East
Hitler
France
Flanders
Rommel
English Channel
Sheriff's Prohibition Roundups Reported in Alabama
Sheriff's deputies Pitman and Humphrey conducted raids in Decatur and Hartselle targeting violations of the prohibition law. Several Negro defendants were arrested on liquor charges and a whisky case was seized. bonds released all suspects. Police described transports and confiscations with no further details.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Pitman
Humphrey
Contract Awarded for Williams Paving in Alabama
War Department announces four contracts including J T Williams and Company of Ozark Alabama for paving and grassing in Dale county and supervised by Mobile district engineers.
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Washington
War Department
J. T. Williams and Company
Ozark, Ala
Dale County
Ala
Mobile District Engineers
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Aoe
Tombstone
Roxy
Capitol
Decatur United Charities
Berean Club
Alt H
William FE
Pinky) Johnston
Mrs
B. E. Johnston
Camp Beauregard
Earl Jones
Sidney Chenault
Ralph Caudill
Tippercanoe City
J. M. Cagle
Route Three
Ben E. Johnston,Jr
Camp Bowie
B. P. Coll
Memphis
Johnnie Meadows
Pascagoula, Miss
A. B. Dodd
Chattanooga
Guinnie Puckett, Sr
Fifth Avenue, West
B. Briggs
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Pascagoula
Miss
Boyd R. Beveridge
The
Benevolent Hospital
Brown's Ambulance
Oak’ Street
Mabel Davis
Bosin Brown’s Ambulance
Frigo
T. S. Lott
Baugh’s
Leon Hardin
Brown
Fifth Avenue
West
George Schweppe
Information Division
TVA
Wilson Dam
Gilbertsville
Kentucky Dam
Mr. Schweppe
Mobile
J. A. Blankenship
15Th Avenue
East
Fen
Harvest Queen
Margaret Whitmire
J. B. Whitmire
Decatur High School
Whitmire
National Honor Society
Victory Corps Council
Bernard L. Montgomery
U.S
Buna Drive
By John M. Hightower
DR. Crutcher
Sheriff's Men
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