Still Is Hope Victory Near
War analyst Kirkel notes no conclusive signs of a decisive front, as Eisenhower plans a West push before bad weather. Roosevelt and Churchill avoid predicting a German collapse while Arnhem shows mixed results and Moscow remains the unanswered clue shaping the war’s duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Churchill
Arnhem
Neder Rhine
Maas
Waal
Eisenhower
Holland
Swiss
Germany
Normandy
Europe
Moscow
Stalin
East
Baltic
Danube Es Pee
Balkans
Polish break widens again over Warsaw leadership row
In London and Moscow, fierce statements target Gen Bor Komorowski newly named commander in chief of Polish forces. The Moscow based Committee of National Liberation denounces Bor as a criminal and accuses him of not engaging in Warsaw fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Singleton
London
Tadeusz
Bor) Komorowski
Committee of National Liberation
Moscow
Wladyslaw Raczkiewiczky
Kaz- Sosnkowski
Raczkiewicz
Bor
Osubka Morawski
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Mihail Rola Zymierski
Warsaw
Wski
Rola Zymierski
Morawski
Alabama Sees Possible Delay in Whiskey Ration Increase
Montgomery Sept 30 E W Gunn administrator of the Alcoholic Beverage Control said the quarter a month whiskey ration in Alabama likely will not be raised before December 1. He noted supplies have not increased much and more blending and processing will be needed after the distillers holiday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
E. W. Gunn
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Markets End Week Mixed Amid Aircraft Gain and Cattle Slump
Stocks edged higher as aviation shares led a broad advance that capped a generally strong week. The 60-stock average rose .2 to 54.7 while the month saw a retreat on fears of peacetime transition. Bond activity was steady as wheat and cotton posted gains and cattle markets showed varied strength across grades in the Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor O
New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Cotton futures fall on parity price plan details
New York cotton futures eased after government parity price details were announced. Traders noted aggressive buying limited by hedging and profit taking as the Commodity Credit Corp price of 21.90 cents per pound for 15/16th inch middling becomes effective November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
China Alarm as City Faces First Air Raid Alert in Months
The article notes an air raid alert in China, the first in nearly nine months, triggered by unidentified planes later found to be friendly. It also mentions Tokyo radio reporting Manila residents fleeing after the U S third fleet strikes on Japanese shipping and airfields near the Philippine capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo Radio
Manila
U. S. Third Fleet
Philippine
Grain futures hold gains as short covering seen
Chicago grain markets show steady advances with profit taking on bulges while broad short covering absorbs offerings. Wheat December trades up to 1.63 1 2 3 4, Corn December near 1.14 5 8 3 4, Oats December 64 1 4, Rye December 1.08 1 2 5 8, Barley December 1.04 3 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Futures surge in grains with near day high closes
Wave of buying lifts traders as wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley end the day with gains. Wheat closes 15 8 higher to 3 cents, December 1 63 1 2 to 1 63 3 4. Corn up 1 to 2, December 1 14 5 8 to 1 14 3 4. Oats up 1 1 4 to 2, December 64 1 4. Rye +2 7 8 to 3 3 4, December 1 08 1 2 to 1 08 5 8. Barley up 1 1 2 to 3 1 4, December 1 04 3 4.
Southeastern cattle market review shows steady supply vs last week
Supplies of cattle and calves at plants held near week-ago levels yet remained higher than a year earlier. Eight major plants reported 2,114 calves for the four days this week versus the same period in 1943. Terminal markets in the middlewest saw only small gains in cattle numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Area
Middlewest
Pope Sends Benediction to Ill Ex-Governor Smith
Archbishop Spellman conveyed a cablegram from Vatican City with Pope Pius XII’s benediction and affection to Alfred E. Smith 70 who is seriously ill at Rockefeller Institute Hospital. The message was read by Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Smith
New York
Pius XII
Alfred E. Smith
Rockefeller Institute Hospital
Francis J. Spellman
Vatican City
Raymond P. Sullivan
Coffee rationing scare debunked by OPA official
Washington reports that coffee would not be restored to rationing at 12:01 a m Sunday. An OPA spokesman called the claim erroneous while noting rationing is under consideration to counter South American shipment suspensions. Households already rushed to stores as word leaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Krug Takes Over WPB As Nelson Exits To China
Krug Sears Roebuck reads Nelsons resignation letter and outlines reconversion aims. He became acting WPB chairman after Nelson departed for a China mission, promising to lift production controls on V E Day and end 350 of WPB’s 500 orders.
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Sears Roebuck
Washington
Europe
WPB
Nelson
Cap
Krug
Charles E. Wilson
Krug Outlines His Conversion Plans For Reconversion
J A Krug new WPB chairman unveiled a plan for reconversion without spoon feeding and a V E Day project to scrap 350 of 500 WPB orders. He urged no curtailment of private initiative and aimed to end most controls after Germany falls. The plan, prepared by a special committee, seeks to remove rules where feasible to speed re employment and industry return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. A. Krug
WPB
War Production Board
Krug
Germany
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
Nelson
Japan
Presta Peor
Cemenenti
Re . M
War Department reports wounded and commendations in service
The War Department announces several updates from the European theater including Clyde A. Reid wounded in action, Pfc Harold Pruitt commended for fine work in the supply division at an air service command depot in England, and Pfc Lowell E. Strickland wounded in action. Other items note visits, arrests, hospital admissions, a birth, and a drunkenness charge in Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Clyde A. Reid
Lena Reid
Holly Pond
Harold Pruitt
Minnie B. Pruitt
West Moulton Street
Air Service Command
England
Lowell E. Strickland
Davie A. Stricklin
Cullman
British Submarines Sink 37 Ships in Offshore Operations
An admiralty communique reported British submarines have sunk 37 German and German-controlled ships and damaged ten others in operations from the Arctic circle to the Aegean. The list includes one large supply ship one R boat and six medium supply ships. No British losses were mentioned.
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London
Arctic Circle
Aegean
Admiralty
Hall Resigns Deputy Director Post to Lead Virginia Merit System
W I Hall resigns as deputy director of the Alabama state personnel department after two years to become supervisor of Virginia state merit system. State Personnel Director I J Browder announced the move.
WPB plans major reductions and simplifications of orders
The War Production Board outlines massive curtailments of chemical, textile, and forest product orders, removing about 100 of 200 and 250 of 300 remaining orders. About 150 regulations will be greatly simplified, with metal product controls nearly eliminated. WPB will keep emergency tools, information sharing, and industry liaisons to permit swift action if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
Teachers to Earn Credits at Hartselle Meeting
Morgan County teachers and residents seeking additional credits gathered at Hartselle High School for the Florence State Teachers College sponsored workshop. Miss Tidwell led the session, with three hours credit awarded on completing the series, next meeting set for October 7 at the school. Mrs. E G Hamilton represented the county office of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Hartselle High School
Florence State Teachers College
Tidwell
E. G. Hamilton
Decatur
Morgan County Office of Education
German and Allied Forces Clash Across Fronts in Europe
Allied and German forces fight across the Vosges and Lorraine front as American units inch toward the Siegfried line while weather hampers progress. North of Belfort and near Le Thillot, German counterattacks push back. In Holland British and American parasites hold Nijmegen corridor. Cap Gris Nez is cleared by Canadians with 1,300 German captives.
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Vosges
Belfort
le Thillot
Bussang Pass
Rhine
First
Siegfried Line
Prum
Germany
Sittard
Aachen
France
Haute-Kontz
Luxembourg
Saar
First Army
Third Army
Nancy
Saar Basin
George S. Patton
Lorraine
Holland
Nijmegen
French
Cap Gris Nez
England
Dover
Folkestone
Calais
RITES HELD TODAY FOR MRS JONES
Mrs. Sarah Jones aged 83 who died Friday afternoon at her adopted daughter Mrs Milton Vest home in Hartseller will be buried in Basham's chapel at 2 30 this afternoon Rev Thelmer Moscow of Flint and Rev Slosser of Belle Mina church will conduct services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Jones
Milton Vest
Hartseller
Enrollment at Alabama reaches 2541 students this term
Enrollment at the University of Alabama totals 2 541 students, up 321 from last year, as the first week of the new term ends. Less than one third of the total, 747, are men.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Bette Davis Seeks Privacy During Deep South Visit
Film star Bette Davis faced crowding and prying fans during a three week stay with a soldier friend near Fort Benning. She denied plans to wed Cpl. Lewis A. Riley and took steps to secure privacy by padlocking gates, disconnecting phones, and releasing guard dogs.
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Columbus
Bette Davis
Deep South
Cpl
Lewis A. Riley
New York
Fort Benning
Star
Phenix City
Davis
Bette
British Lose Bridgehead in Italy Near Rimini
Rome Sept 30 Allied reports say British Eighth Army lost a small bridgehead across the Fiumicino river northwest of Rimini as rain and floods hindered river crossings. American forces pressing west held firm as they pierced German lines though attacked. Both sides reported moderate gains and capture of high ground overlooking routes into the Po valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Eighth Army
Fiumicino River
Rimini
Fiumicino
Po Valley
National business women's week proclaimed in state
Gov Chauncey Sparks proclaims October 8 to 14 as national business women's week in cooperation with the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Chauncey Sparks
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Eleven year old left parentless after father’s heart attack
An eleven year old boy, Harry Feldern Jr., is said to be left without a living relative after his father collapsed on Canal Street in New Orleans Memphis Tennessee. Authorities report the boy’s mother, who is divorced from his father, hurried to New Orleans with him. The boy does not remember who will take him to live in Memphis.
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Harry Feldern, Jr
Canal Street
New Ordf Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Memphis
Allies Ready for Hard Job on Western Front
Allied troops move to breach Germany’s last defense line in the fifth phase of the invasion. They face heavy German resistance and expect victory possibly not until spring 1945 with two to six months of hard fighting ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Arnhem
Germany
Churchill
France
Unusual Nazi Order Urges Officers to Die for Morale
HAL BOYLE reports a German army document instructs all officers to sacrifice themselves to maintain morale while superiors save their skins. It calls junior officers to die heroically and directs NCOs to identify dissidents and place them at frontline posts or send them home for Gestapo or SS arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Ingany
First Army
Reich
Army Command
France
Gestapo
Tito Liberty Drive Authorized by Marshal Tito
Moscow claimed Nazi tiers were active days earlier while Berlin reported a crossing in force on Thursday as Marshal Tito announced the liberation committee granted permission for the army’s drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Berlin
M Tito
Position of Ball Is Praised by Hill
Washington September 30 Senator Lister Hill praised Senator Ball for delaying support of Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Hill called Ball a man of intellectual honesty and courage who will speak forthrightly in a time of crisis.
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Hill
Washington
Lister Hill
D.-Als
Ball
R.-Minn
Thomas E. Dewey
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