Voices of the People at Camp Cooke Defend Labor Strikes
A soldier writes to Decatur Daily defending civilians striking for higher wages while praising GI labor, noting shortages at Camp Cooke and soldiers working long hours, drills, ocean landings, and weekend shifts to support families and the war effort. He contrasts civilian strikes with GI sacrifice overseas and urges support for supplies for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelton
Camp Cooke
G. I. Joes
G. I. Joe
Beauty Only Skin Deep Morotai Travelogue From War Front
SGT Henry Mclemore reports Morotai as a tropical paradise in the eye of a cameraman yet a nightmare for MacArthur’s forces. Soldiers suffer rain and pests, fight daily from sunrise to dusk, sleep in muddy fox holes, and endure jungle rot while performing duties from guarding lines to KP and latrine digging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
Associated Press
MacArthur
Morotai
National Geographic Magazine
Keller Seeks More Aid For Poor Deaf Blind
Helen Keller urged a House subcommittee to increase federal aid for the poor deaf blind and Negro blind, arguing the Social Security Act omits their needs. She proposed 50 50 federal state funding, trained teachers, a census and local agencies to tailor help.
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New York
Helen Keller
House
Polly Thompson
Keller
Tuscumbia
Ala
G I Joe Never Quits War Propaganda Letter
A reader praises the steadfast G I Joe who endures shortages and hardship, contrasts him with defense workers, and asserts that soldiers' sacrifice ensures freedom. The letter thanks Mr Shelton for publishing and hints at sending more from abroad in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Joe
Mr. Shelton
Japan
E. Weir Pot
Sherrell
Use of Mail Frank Probed
Congressional records reveal 13 Republicans mailed 3,116,000 copies of a Busbey speech at government expense. Names cited include Moore, Luce, Reed, Talle, Bennett, Carrier, Taber, Rowe, Woodruff, Kates, Knutson, Maas and Bisbey. Costs estimated near $50,000 for postage at 11.2 cents per copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Lemay
Washington
Anderson
D-N. M
House Campaign Expenditures Committee
Representative Busbey
R-Ill
CIO
Political Actions Committee
Congressional
Senate
House
Moore
Okla
Clare Boothe Luce
Comm
Reed
N. Y
Talle
Iowa
Bennett
Carrier
Taber
Rowe
Ohio
Woodruff
Mich
Kates
Mass
Knutson
Minn
Maas
Bisbey
Bristol “Board
Emilurja
Pathfinder Magazine
M. W. Pickering
Steffan
Decatur City Council Vows Steady Progress After Session
After an executive session on city affairs the Decatur council spoke of guiding Decatur at a steady pace. The mayor thanked residents for their trust and urged cooperation with county government and civic groups to make Decatur a better place to live and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Oe
All Iis
Decatur
Morgan County
Harvey Enloe Promoted to Deputy Regional Director
Atlanta October 3 The War Manpower Commission named Harvey Enloe Jr as deputy regional director and chief of operations succeeding Frank A Constangy Enloe had been WMC area director in Savannah and previously served as assistant regional representative for the Social Security Board within the old age and survivors insurance bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Commission
Harvey Enloe, Jr
Reni Mloe
WMC
Savannah
Social Security Board
Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance
Enloe Appointment Draws Interest in Decatur
In Decatur the choice of Mr Enloe attracts notice as he once lived there and served in the state highway department during Governor Mil ls term. He formed many friendships in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enloe
Decatur
State Highway Department
B. M. Milee
Rites Wednesday for John Woods
Funeral services for James H. Woods age 81 who died Monday at his Falkville home will be held Wednesday at 3 p m at Brown's Chapel Gandy's Cove with Rev E Toon officiating Interment at Childers cemetery Drinkard of Falkville directing He survived his wife four daughters including Mrs Puckett Mrs Nettie Cloer and Mrs Margie Feldman and Miss Frieda Wwall all of Falkville two sons Jay Woods of Falkville and John D Woods of Falkville twenty two grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren He lived near Gandy's Cove most of his life and was among the area’s earliest teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Woods
Falkville 1
Brown's Chapel
Gandy's Cove
Rev. E. Toon
Childers Cemetery
Drinkard
Falkville
Puckett
Nettie Cloer
Margie Feldman
Frieda WwWall
Jay Woods
Falkv
John D. Woods
Mr. Woods
Back to Norfolk James E Roberts on 5 day leave
Seaman 2c James E Roberts has returned to Norfolk Virginia after a five day leave spent with his wife and parents. He was accompanied as far as Chattanooga by his wife and sister Miss Betty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
James E. Roberts
Seaman
Chattanooga
Betty
Allied Cooperation Under Strain as War Nears End
Washington notes growing strains in Allied unity as postwar planning takes shape. Britain Russia tensions heighten Balkans policy clashes and Poland dispute. Polish National Committee clashes with exiled leader Bor draw Western concern. Diplomats push for continued Russo-British cooperation amid regional flashpoints and wartime exits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Russia
Britain
India
Poland
Polish National Committee
Tadeusz Komorowski
Bor
United States
Cairo
Bulgaria
Market roundup shows mixed buying and profit taking
New York stock trading today featured special ties mainly in low quoted issues with profit taking slowing the late September rally. Volume eased after morning activity, transfers about 700000 shares, and declines prevailed as aircraft shares were abundant and prices edged lower late in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bouyant
Market Report Shows Mixed Movements Across Commodities
New York stocks irregular with specialties in demand. Bonds mixed as changes narrow. Cotton quiet amid mill and local purchases. Chicago wheat firm with mill buying and light offerings. Corn firm with cash buying amid bad crop weather. Rye firm on eastern buying and light offerings. Hogs active and fully steady with top at 14.75. Cattle steady with top price 18.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Cotton futures hold steady amid buying demand and government program uncertainty
New York traders saw a steady tone in cotton futures on October 3 as small volume reflected confusion from government cotton buying. Southern reports noted critical labor shortages, with picking far behind last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern Advices
Soldiers Get Hot Showers in Dutch Mine
U S Second Armored Division troops received hot showers after a Dutch coal mine opened its facilities to them. A coal mine foreman praised the liberation and arranged baths for thousands. Sgt. Waldo B. Tinley of Atlanta recalled his long period without a real bath since England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Second Armored Division
Europe
Waldo B. Tinley
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Tragedy on Bankhead Highway Claims Three Lives Near Hamilton
Three people die in a collision on the Bankhead highway near Hamilton Alabama early today. Victims are Homer Lambert 19 Evelyn Lawrence 18 both of Birmingham and E S Dyer 31 of Hamilton. Five others including Sgt James F Dyer brother of E S Dyer are injured. Sgt Dyer recently returned home after being a prisoner of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ala
Bankhead
Here
Tose
Homer Lambert
Evelyn Lawrence
Birmingham
E. S. Dyer
James F Dyer
Dyer
Browns Name Gatehouse Opening World Series Starter
Manager Luke Sewell of the St. Louis Browns announced Dennis Gatehouse will start Game 1 of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals tomorrow. Gatehouse, 32, is a right handed pitcher slated to pitch the opening contest in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Luke Sewell
St. Louis Browns
Dennis Gatehouse
St. Louis Cardinals
Chicago Market Summary Hits Butter Eggs Data
Butter firm with receipts 229 017 and market unchanged. Eggs receipts 10 040 with current receipts 34 1 2 to 36 1 2, other market unchanged.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Cattle and Hogs Trade
Federal State Market News notes a moderate cattle run with steady early prices for common grades. Calves sold steady with good vealers at 14.50 to 15.50. Hogs were active and steady with buyers paying 14.50 for 180 to 240 pounds and 12.50 for 120 to 160 pounds. Sheep market steady with lambs 13.50 to 14.50 and culls to 6.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Alabama milk price talks cite federal review
In 1944 Alabama milk producers met in Birmingham to discuss prices. James F. Stoner and Walter Randolph then met with the War Food Administration in Washington. Representative John Sparkman received a copy of the WFA response via the Decatur Chamber of Commerce dairy committee. The WFA promised further consideration once additional fluid milk market data is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
James F. Stoner
Walter Randolph
Washington
War Food Administration
Alabama
John Sparkman
Farm Committee of
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
WFA
Alabama Milk Producers
Walter Rand
Alabama F. U
James F
Alabama Trol Board
Cooper and trio freed in juvenile case at South Bend
Jackie Cooper 22 and three co defendants were acquitted by Juvenile Referee Albert L. Doyle of contributing to the delinquency of two teen aged girls. The group included George Bender 24 Pauline Frederick 19 and Olie Lowery. The case stemmed from a party at a South Bend hotel last July. Cooper and Bender were Naval V-12 trainees at Notre Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Jackie Cooper
Albert L. Doyle
Cooper
George Bender
Ofheffield
Ill
Pauline Frederick
Olie Lowery
South Je
Doyle
Bender
University of Notre Dame
Naval Training
Allied Forces Press To Rhine As Winter Campaign Looms
Allied commanders forecast a long bitter battle as Patton's third army nears Trier and Grevenmacher while the seventh and first armies push toward Belfort and the Rhine. German defenses tighten with SS units and strong reserves backing Siegfried Line positions. Winter coats and supplies are ferried to troops as terrain freezes limit armored moves.
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George S. Patton
Third
Grevenmacher
Moselle
Trier
Gremecey
Nancy
Seventh Army
Ronchamp
Belfort
Germany
Aachen
Rhine
First
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. First Army
Yanks Fight to Hold Siegfried Line in Holland
American forces described brutal defense of Siegfried line near Rimstraat Ubach Rimside and Rimberger castle. German troops warned of execution for retreat while doughboys pressed forward amid winter bombardment and close range combat to keep fortress positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rom
Ubach
Rimside
Russian Aid Predicted In Late War Talk
Simon N. Davidian, a Russian affairs authority, spoke to a large Decatur Rotary audience at Riverside auditorium on Russia's position East and West. He argued communism is dead in Russia and that Stalin wields power with commissars approval, predicting post Nazi era Russians will aid against Japan. The talk ended with a Q&A and plans for a second session by No Yong Park on China in the Pacific.
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Russia
Simon N. Davidian
Institute of International Understanding
Decatur
Rotary Club
Riverside Auditorium
Davidian
James Rankin
Soviets
Stalin
Japan
Mr. Davidian
No-Yong Park
Kirksville
Missouri
China
Pacific
Nelson to steer Latin American industrial growth task
Washington Oct 3 Donald M. Nelson Roosevelt's economic liaison may next head Latin American industrial development to broaden industry in Mexico and other countries and China with aim of boosting trade with the United States He may also assist in postwar European rehabilitation and war production planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Donald M. Nelson
Roosevelt
War Production Board
China
Nelson
United States
Europe
Americans Break German Siegfried Line Defenses at Rimberg
Allied forces pierced heavy Siegfried Line fortifications 15,000 yards deep near Rimberg castle. U S troops hit with artillery and a tank aided assault, flanking pillboxes and using engineers to bridge gaps. German prisoner recalls unexpected bombardment and lethal American marksmanship.
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Rimberger Castle
Daniel Quinn
St. Tine
Fla
Rimberg
Hassenfelt
Wurmyl
Allied pressure grows as Baltic campaign nears end
The piece argues Allies can press the Western front while Soviet gains in Riga are reported by Pravda. It notes Hitler’s stretched reserves and air superiority for the Allies, and suggests renewed Red troop availability to strike the German Vistula line as Warsaw feels intensified pressure.
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Bigs
Ike
Hitler
Western Front
Moscow
Pravda
Riga
Baltic
German Vistula Line
Warsaw
Air Power to Fore Again in Winter War
London reports air power likely to lead Allied effort this winter due to supply limits weather hazards and German resistance. American strategic air forces and RAF Bomber Command could shoulder the offensive with up to 2000 heavy bombers and thousands of fighters available near the borders. Germans concentrate fighters around cities and test jet fighters as preparations for a renewed air war intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Metz
Nancy
Germany
Russia
London
Strategic Air Forces
RAF Bomber Command
Reich
Red Army lands on Hiiu Island near Estonia coast
Berlin reports that Soviet troops landed on Hiiu Island, Estonia, as German broadcasts state Red forces crossed from the mainland. Polish commander Moromorski remains undisclosed in battle areas while a Soviet backed committee calls the new chief a criminal amid Baltic fighting.
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Red Army
Berlin
Hiiu
Estonia
Komorowski
National Liberation Committee
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
German International Information Bureau
Associated Press
Berln
Saare
Osel
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Joe
Foreign Legion
THE
Calif. Co
P.O
Mr. Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Poeme Boccorta
Ria
Loyd’s
Phone
Miss Keller
M.r.rankin
Harvey Enloe
John Woods
By John M. Hightower
Dumbarton Oaks
Wall Street
Ulletin
Food Production Administration
D.C
House of Representatives
Mr. Sparkman
Cooper and
Trio Freed
Don Whitehead
Idillehay
Johnston
Bong
Appoi
Bank
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