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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1944
Page
1
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. News items list local people including Captain J H Jones and A C Arthur Jones visiting, cadets from Maxwell Field, and locals joining Blackfriars at the University of Alabama. Mentions Naval indoc at Great Lakes, church activities, city council, and local court docket.
Russian fighter bombers raid Yugoslavia while ground troops push along a curved front southeast of Belgrade. Soviet gains bring it within 43 miles of the Belgrade Nis railway as 50 enemy batteries are silenced and trains, trucks, and tanks are hit. Budapest reports say Soviet Romanian forces move toward Budapest, less than 100 miles away.
Anti rabies treatment has been issued to 14 people in the Hillsboro area and to three people north of Courtland after Tennessee Valley Laboratory reports on the heads of a dog and a cow. An exam was underway on the Lime stone county dog. The Hillsboro dog owned by John D. Corum died Friday night and was sent to the lab Saturday after likely April inoculation. The lab chief C C Johnson said the demand exhausted medicine but additional supplies were expected from Montgomery by Tuesday. The Limestone dog may have bitten animals though no people were believed bitten.
Associated Press reports Japanese losses last month reached 1,220 surface craft destroyed or damaged, including 303 ships sunk. Most were small craft. 201 of the sunk ships were transports and warships. American and British forces, plus China-based planes, contributed to the defeats around the Philippines, Tanchuk, Kweilin, and Peleliu areas.
The article discusses two possible Japanese war strategies as the Philippines could be invaded. First, Japan might pour major force to defend the islands, crucial for resources and shipping routes. Second, Tokyo could conserve industrial capacity and shift away from large-scale operations.
Courtland Alabama reports four crew members were killed when a B 24 bomber on a training flight from Courtland Air Field crashed near the field. Five crew members were student officers and several others were injured including Lt William R Hill. A board of officers was appointed to investigate the accident.
The Decatur district Methodist churches led by the Evangelistic club plan extensive campaigns across the area. Dr Foster K Gamble district superintendent leads the drive with first events at Priceville where a church is hoped to be built. A tent revival began with about 100 attendees and runs ten days to two weeks with daily services and two next Sunday. Rev J T Nolen opened the revival and a different Methodist pastor will lead each service.
Oct 2 reports most of France's national art treasures including Bayeux tapestry Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo are safe as a supreme court commission reassures public amid wartime uncertainty.
London reports three prominent Germans including editor of WN Zeitung face treason charges. Also named are Dr Gessler former war minister and General Wagner who allegedly refused to fortify Bavarian Austrian sectors. Sources cite Heinrich Himmler's plan for three crews to keep Nazism alive with Youth camps and underage recruits.
American forces of the Fifth Army repulsed German counterattacks on Monte Battaglia near Imola for the fourth straight day and seized nearby Monte Cappella after a fierce clash. Clear weather aided Mediterranean Allied air activity as air forces supported advancing ground units.
Allied air forces massed over 2,700 planes in daylight and night operations supporting the American drive against the Siegfried line in the Aachen sector. Gen Hodges’ troops led the assault with 1 000 medium and fighter bombers, while 900 Fortresses with 500 escorts struck Cologne and Kassel and 300 Liberators hit Hamm freight yards. No aircraft were lost.
In Montgomery Alabama R S Ferguson of Trinity is appointed to the Morgan county tax board to fill a vacancy. Bostick Winfield is named to the Marion county board to replace E C Hollis who resigned. Appointments announced by Revenue Commissioner H G Dowling.
Captain Charles D. Cross announced a five week extension of training at Southern Airways affecting all pilot training phases from pre flight to advanced. Eastern flying training command pilots will remain in current phases from Oct 16, delaying graduation to Nov 20. The War Department cited pilot reservoir needs amid global war and warned the period could be reviewed if Germany is defeated. Lt. Gen. Barton K. Yount stated the extra five weeks will maximize graduate proficiency under the extended curricula.
The report analyzes heavy German counterattacks along the Western front as a defensive move to disrupt Allied scheduling of the anticipated great offensive against the Reich. It notes German resolve and cautions against assuming an immediate end to the war, suggesting a possible continuation into 1945 despite Allied pressure and a muted Arnhem breakthrough.
U S first army drives two miles deep on a six mile front near Aachen as infantry and tanks push toward Geilenkirchen with Hodges leading the attack. Americans breach the Siegfried line amid heavy resistance while skies and artillery bombardment aid the advance. 200 000 German troops potentially trapped as Belfort gap fronts loom, Eisenhower cautious on official word.
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