Parole Board Under Scrutiny By Jefferson County Grand Jury
Circuit Judge Robert J. Wheeler impaneled a new Jefferson county grand jury and urged scrutiny of recent paroles by the State Pardon and Parole Board. He highlighted a Birmingham News story alleging 20 percent annual release rate and pressed focus on hospital facilities for the insane, while the board welcomed inquiry but noted lack of legal jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Robert J. Wheeler
Jefferson County
E State Pardon and Parole Board
Theirmingham News
Serra
Bires News
Ex Smith
Parole Board
Grand Jury
Judge Wheeler
Montgomery
Seek More Hostesses for Decatur Service Club
The Decatur Service Men's club on Bank Street appeals for Decatur girls at least sixteen to become junior hostesses for USO activities. Officials note more service men in the area and a decline in junior hostesses as many girls go to college. A meeting is set for Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to plan the October Tete event and recruit applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland Air Base
USO
Decatur Service Men's Club
Bank Street
Decatur
Leather-soled moccasins racioned by OPA
The Office of Price Administration ordered rationing of leather-soled moccasins imported from Mexico and other places. Existing stock may be sold without ration coupons, and future imports will be subject to rationing rules. Previously these moccasins were treated as nonrationed house slippers.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Mexico
OPA
Col James H Blackwell Becomes Post Surgeon at Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Oglethorpe Ga Oct 2 Col James H Blackwell assumed duties as post surgeon succeeding Lt Col Jay G Warner who was transferred to Asheville N C Blackwell a Birmingham Alabama native and University of Alabama graduate previously served as post surgeon at Camp Tennessee
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Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
James H. Blackwell
Howard Clark
Jay G. Warner
Asheville
N. C
Blackwell
Birmingham
Ala
University of Alabama
Camp , Tenn
Markets Start New Month With Cautious Bullishness
New York traders opened October with modest optimism and doubt about a sustained rally. Aircraft shares led gains followed by steels and other industrials while low quoted issues moved in large blocks but made little progress. Volume topped 800000 shares as late day prices fell 15 to 25 cents from earlier levels with contracts for Oct 22.09 Dec 22.03 and Mar 22.10 noted.
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New York
Steels
Sprint
CCC
Mixed stock and commodity markets on October 2
Trading across major markets showed gains in steels and aircraft, steady rails, and quiet cotton as government buying prospects loomed. Chicago wheat mixed amid profit taking, corn weak with light activity, oats weak from weak demand, hogs active and steady with top at 14.75, cattle steady with top at 18.35. In New York cotton was quiet as government buying developments sat unresolved with hedge selling absorbed and spot demand strong at parity or better.
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New York
Chicago
Hlite
Allied Offensive Prospects Amid War Weather And Calais Gain
The speaker forecasts possible Allied success if Eisenhower can stage a grand offensive soon, despite worsening weather in winter and extended supply lines. Hitler’s regime faces Allied bombardment of manpower, bases, and industries, with Calais’s capture by Canadian forces noted as a potential windfall aiding logistics toward France.
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Ike
Hitler
Reich
Gestapo
Germany
Eisenhower
Calais
England
France
Training drawn up for pilot trainees to start Oct 16
The War Department announced new training for undergraduates in pilot training to begin October 16. The directive excludes bombardier and navigator training and programs for air transport command, foreign, and women pilots. Graduate pilots in transition programs remain on schedule.
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Training Command
Gen. Yount
War Department
Air Transport Command
Senator Hill says Alabama Mills ordered to supply fabrics
In a telegram from Washington Senator Lister Hill says the War Production Board ordered Alabama Mills Inc to accept Treasury procurement orders for 3,000,000 yards of fabrics to be produced at mills in Jasper Haleyville and Russellville. The orders are for preparation in November and December.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham News
U. S
Lister Hill
Alabama Mills Inc
War Productin Board
Treasury
Jasper
Haleyville
Russellville
Washington
Mental Hospital Patient Figures Reach 400000 Mark
The National Committee on Mental Hygiene estimates more than 400000 patients are confined in mental hospitals across the United States, highlighting the scope of institutional care.
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The
National Committee On Mental Hygiene
United States
Butter and Eggs Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago market update shows butter receipts at 241 281 with various grade scores and pricing points from 88 to 93, including AA 41 1 2 and 90 40 3 4. Eggs receipts total 6 113 with U S extras 41 to 47 1 2 and current receipts 34 to 36 1 2.
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Chicago
U. S
Nashville Livestock Market Report October 2
In Nashville Tennessee cattle run 2000 with slow but steady trade from last week. Prices show light weight baby beef steers at 12.00, common to medium steer 10.00-11.00, cows 7.25-9.00, canners 4.00-7.00, bulls 7.00-10.40, calves 9.00-15.50, hogs 800 head active with 180-240 pounds at 14.50, 120-160 pounds at 12.50. sheep 100 head with lambs 13.50-14.50 and mowers 8.25-13.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Attorney Shot Dead In Birmingham Street
Birmingham attorney Thomas Dozier Sr., 55, was shot to death on a downtown street. D. M. Griswold, 72, a former joint-law-office partner, surrendered and claimed Dozier threatened him. Griswold described a self defense firing after an alleged confrontation near the courthouse.
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Birmingham
Ala
Thomas Dozier Sr
D. M. Griswold
Dozier
A. J. Coggins
C. B. Golden
Golden
Griswold
Coggins
Allied forces tighten grip as Calais falls and German counterattacks stall
Canadian first army units capture Calais, taking 5,000 prisoners including the enemy commander Colonel Schoeder. British and American lines repel German thrusts from Aachen to Belfort with Typhoons aiding armored units. Supreme HQ urges Austrian residents to prepare for Allied administration and to purge Nazis as liberation proceeds in Europe.
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Supreme Headquarters
Austria
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Canadian First Army
Calais
England
Schoeder
U. S
First Army
Aachen
Prum
Jal- Cat
Nancy
Seventh Army
Belfort
Theorthern
Neder Rhine
Huissen
Arnhem
Holland
Hertogenbosch
Eindhoven
Nuland
Berlicum
Senbosch
Arthem
Jjssel Neer
Zuider Zeel
Byrnes says coffee rationing not to resume now
War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes announced that there is a 312 month supply of coffee on hand or en route and Brazil will provide 1,000,000 bags monthly, easing fears of rationing resumption as observers note stockpiles and imports shift.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Brazil
U. S
Office of Price Administration
Fiel
Strike notices withdrawn in coal labor dispute action
Southern coal operators withdraw their petition to block the War Labor Board and the National Labor Relations Board from hearings and strike ballots. UMW says it will participate in War Labor Board hearings as withdrawals render strike ballots moot.
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Washington
Southern Coal Operators
Federal District Court
United Mine Workers
UMW
War Labor Board
WLB
National Labor Relations Board
Tax Rush Begins as Morgan County Tax Year Opens
On Sunday October 1 Morgan County marks the official start of the tax year driving citizens to the Tax Assessor and Tax Collector offices to file assessments and pay property taxes. Officials say the morning flow was heavy but as expected and may ease later. delinquency is set after December 31 1944 and city taxes resume this year for the first time in seven years.
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Morgan County
Training Course To Begin Here In Decatur
The Tennessee Valley Council will start training courses in Decatur on Thursday at 7 30 pm led by Rev B B Burks Morgan District Leadership Training Committee chairman. Basic Training for troop leaders is the main emphasis with Troop Camping and First Aid also taught. Instructors will be announced later.
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Tennessee Valley Council
Decatur
B. B. Burks
Morgan District
Local Hospital Admissions And Birth Announcements
Dias nallse AS John McKelvey was removed from Decatur General hospital to his home on Sixth Avenue East in a Brown's ambulance Sunday. Mrs. Jackie Baker was removed from the Hamil clinic to her home in Trinity Sunday morning in a Brown's ambulance. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Hurst announce the birth of a son at Decatur General hospital Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lovelady announce the birth of a daughter named Carol at Baugh's infirmary Sunday. Simon Davidion, first speaker in the Institute of International Understanding, addressed Decatur High School on Russia East and West.
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John McKelvey
Decatur General Hospital
Sixth Avenue East
Brown's
Jackie Baker
Hamil
Trinity
Charles Henry Hurst
Ninth Avenue West
Norman Lovelady
Carol
Baugh's Infirmary
Simon Davidion
Institute of International Understanding
Decatur Rotary Club
Decatur Senior High School
Russia
Davidion
Rutledge Thomas
James Rankin
Justice Brown and wife Injured in Alabama Car Crash
Justice Joel B. Brown of the state supreme court and Mrs. Brown were treated at St. Margaret's hospital in Montgomery for injuries from a weekend automobile accident. Neither was seriously hurt. Mrs. Brown suffered deep head lacerations while Justice Brown had chest injuries. The couple were en route from Selma to Montgomery when their car struck a vehicle stopped for repairs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joel B. Brown
Alabama Supreme Court
Suez Canal Links Port Said and Port Thewfik
Historical note describes the Suez Canal connecting Port Said on the Mediterranean with Port Thewfik on the Red Sea, a distance of about 100 miles apart.
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Suez Canal
Port Said
Mediterranean Sea
Port Thewfik
Red Sea
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Hit List
Puzzle text lists across clues and solutions for a crossword plus a cryptogram quotation. It includes oil wells terms and various short clue answers with a mix of abbreviations, arid wordplay. The page also repeats the cryptogram WE MUST NEVER ASSUME THAT WHICH IS INCAPABLE OF PROOF LEWES.
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Lewes
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Court Opens Term As War Powers Affect High Court
The Supreme Court begins a potentially historic term with more than 500 cases on the docket. Wartime litigation dominates the agenda as Justices Roberts and Stone near key anniversaries and retirement considerations. The court will rule on federal ballots for service members and War Labor Board review questions, and reexamine a narrow insurance interstate commerce decision in Sherman.
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A M. Yost
Washington
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Roosevelt
Harlan Fiske Stone
Circuit
War Labor Board
High Tribunal
Philippines Laboring Toward Imminent Invasion Report
Carson Taylor notes an imminent Philippine push as Japanese resistance stiffens in Southwest Burma. Indian troops reach the chocolate staircase toward Tiddim base while Chungking reports near Kweilin strongpoint losses and intensified street fighting around Hingan and Paoching.
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Philippines
Carson Taylor
Manila
Burma
Tiddim
Chungking
Kweilin
Hingan
Paoching
Tokyo
Red Java valley route boosts Belgrade Greece railway claim
Aerial observations from Yugoslav Partisans identify German reinforcements in the Serbian invasion sector. Sturmoviks and light bombers attack troop movements as fires mark burning enemy transport east of the Morava valley.
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Java
Belgrade- Greece
Sturmoviks
Morava
Major Nethery Returns to U S After Overseas Duty
Major Sidney J. Nethery Jr. 39 of Belle Mina arrives at Army air forces redistribution station No 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after 21 months as a group flight surgeon in the China Burma India theater. He will rest about two weeks before new assignment. wife Letty Nethery lives at Arcadia Florida.
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Sidney J. Nethery, Jr
Belle Mina
Army Air Forces
No. 2
Miami Beach
Continental
United States
AAF Personnel Distribution Command
AAF
Major Nethery
S. J. Nethery
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
University of Alabama
University of Colorado
Letty Nethery
Walnut St
Arcadia
Fla
Two City Cases Set for Hearing in Circuit Court
Two murder cases and a grand larceny case head the Monday docket in circuit court with State of Alabama v Baker v Elliot v Slatten and v Robert Teny listed. Tuesday’s docket includes embezzlement cases State v Troup and State v Wilks with Representation by Hutson Lynne and Britnell. Special AG representatives from Montgomery and circuit solicitor W H Long will prosecute.
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State of Alabama
Tom Baker
J. H. Elliot
Carl Slatten
Robert Slatten
Herman Troup
Melvin Hutson
S. A. Lynne
John Wilks
Ben Britnell
Attorney General's Office
Montgomery
W. H. Long
Bomber Miss Ponca City Shot Down Over Germany
The Flying Fortress Miss Ponca City was shot down in flames near Ruhland Germany on September 12 during its 55th raid. All crew members are reported missing in action. Among the crew is Flying Officer Curtis M Barber co-pilot from Florence Alabama.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Miss Ponca City
Ruhland
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Curtis M. Barber
North Royal Ave
Florence
Ala
Growing Good Wheat On The Mountain
John C. Parker of Rescue Community grows wheat on mountain soil using nitrogen top dressing. He runs twenty acres and will plant two more this Fall with five pecks of wheat and twelve pounds of vetch seed per acre to yield grain and vetch. Parker cooperates in the Extension TVA Demonstration program in Rescue Demonstration Area.
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John C. Parker
Rescue Community
E. P. Thornhill
Parker
TVA
Pullman to Build Cars and Sell Sleeping Car Unit
Pullman Inc announced it will sell its sleeping car servicing business and keep its railroad car manufacturing unit to comply with a May antitrust decree. The plan, to be reviewed by a three judge court, would create a new Railroad owned company Railway Pullman Sleeping Car with officers split between the two firms.
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Philadelphia
Pullman Inc
U.S. District Court
Pullman Company
Pullman- Standard Car Manufacturing Company
Pullman
Railway-Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Sleeping
Negro woman held for assault with intent to murder
Stacey Mae Mitchell, a Black woman, is jailed in Morgan County on charges of assault with intent to murder after a fight at about 2 a.m. with Curtis Wilson. She claims Wilson forced entry, dragged her, and she used a knife in self defense. bond not set as of Monday.
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Stacey Mae Mitchell
Morgan County
W. T. Willoughby
Curtis Wilson
Third Avenue North
Wilson
Third Avenue
Rufus Dra
Storm signals begin in England in 1863
A fragmented note recalls signals beginning in England around 1863. The brief mentions a storm context and early signaling efforts without detailed dates or names.
Views on Japan war endurance and strategic choices
Observers debate whether Japan will seek a drawn out war relying on vast prewar stockpiles or face an altered course as Allied advances shrink supply lines. They cite stockpiles, naval strategy, air power limits, and the potential role of B-29s versus bases in China in shaping final outcomes.
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Japan
China
Isaac Pike Sought Here In Missing Person Case
The Daily seeks help locating Isaac Montgomery Pike a 52 year old Cisco employee who disappeared Tuesday morning He left his home on East Moulton Street saying he would search for housing He is five feet five inches tall about 145 pounds with a ruddy complexion He wore overalls a blue grey shirt a brown felt hat and a Disco employment button Police or family contact Mrs Vie Pike at 2521 2 East Moulton Street.
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the Daily
Isaac Montgomery Pike
Pike
Cisco
East Moulton Street
Vie Pike
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