Goebbels on War Aim and Allied Elections
The official DNB report from Berlin quotes Joseph Goebbels claiming allies seek a speedy European victory and a pre winter end to the war to suit Roosevelt. He warns British public fatigue and German resolve on frontiers and Reich survival. Heinrich Himmler’s Das Schwarze Korps cites tougher rear defense and harsher measures in occupied zones. The broadcast says traitors will be shot. continued on page two.
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DNB
Berlin
Goebbels
Europe
United States
Roosevelt
Western Front
Churchill
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Red Army drives toward Belgrade as Partisans aid advance
Russian spearheads with Yugoslav Partisans move toward Belgrade within twenty miles, spreading along the Danube from Transylvania foothills. Tito’s forces ferried across the river to guide the advance, seizing Petrovgrad and Vrsac corridors while German resistance melts.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Danube
Belgrade
Tisza
Red Army
Transylvania Alps
Danubian
Iron Gate
Marshal Tito
Bela Civka
Petrovgrad
Balkans
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Hungary
Transylvania
Mureshui
Reghin
Budapest
Romania
Finland
Lawodine
Baltic
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Hiiu
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
Saare
Osel
Bela Crvka
Vrsac
Ulma
Mar
Nazi Trains Bombed in Allied Air Strikes
Allied air actions target rail hubs and transport links across Germany and occupied Europe. Bombers attack Munich railyards Brenner line and other routes into Northeastern Italy while Ruhr valley remains paralyzed. Mosquito raids hit trains barges and transports as American daylight bombers hit southern Germany.
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Rome
Munich
Brenner
Italy
Henry B. Jameson
London
Hitler
Ruhr
Germany
Reich
Holland
RAF Heavies
China Calls for Major Allied Invasion to Open Supply Routes
Chinese military spokesmen in Chungking argue that despite American aid China lacks materiel and must rely on determination. They urge a large Allied operation to open a supply route into China, potentially via a Southeast Asia coastal invasion or through Siam and French Indochina into China proper.
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China
Churchill
America
Chinese Military Council
Chungking
Chumgking
Contin
Aviral
Malay Peninsula
Indian Ocean
Siam
French Indochina
Fukien Province
Hankow-Canton
Sam
the Youbes
City records shown jury in embezzlement case
Original records and samples of handwrits linked to Herman Troup’s embezzlement case were shown in circuit court as witnesses testified. The jury was seated with Morgan County residents including Sam L. Jones and Basil Ford Wear among others, after a ruling on grand jury eligibility. No action yet in State of Alabama versus John Wilkes.
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Decatur
Herman Troup
Troup
Joe Pettey
Prent
T. R Harrison
Alabama
Morgan County
Sam L. Jones
Hartselle
General B. Jones
Lonnie H. Winsett
Falkville
David Speake Warren
Tom Woodard
Basil Ford Wear
A. Homer Woodall
Eva
Floyd Wigginton
Somerville
W. C. Hamilton
Thomas B. Hudson
Leroy McEntire
Charles D. McCulloch
S. A. Lynne
Melvin Hutson
A. A. Griffith
Cullman
Thomas M. Elrod
State of Alabama
John Wilkes
Lift Ban Plea From FDR to End Recording Prohibition
President Roosevelt urged James Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians to lift the recording ban. He argued the war effort does not rely on the ban and that ending it would aid the country despite union losses. Roosevelt sent a telegram to the head of the union, addressing War Labor Board concerns and Stabilization Director Fred Vinson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Jong
Labor Board and Stabilization
Fred Vinson
Series Fight Opens Today in St. Louis World Series
In St Louis the first all local World Series opens with Cards manager Billy Southworth facing Browns boss Luke Sewell. Morton Cooper and Denny Gatehouse named as starters. Weather delays dampen mood as gatelines form and officials monitor rain.
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Jack Hand
St. Louis
Billy Southworth
Luke Sewell
Browns
Morton Cooper
Denny Gatehouse
Leslie O'Connor
K. M. Landis
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
Landis
Frick
Major Joseph Voreck Killed in Courtland Army Crash
Major Joseph A. Voreck 26 of Beaver Dam Wisconsin director of flying at Courtland Army air field died after his car left the road and plunged into a drainage ditch on the post. He lost control striking a rock. He died of chest injuries. He is survived by his wife Gloria and a young son.
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Joseph A. Voreck
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin
Courtland Army Air Field
Voreck
Gloria L. Voreck
Cedar Beecet
Florence
Army
PLANES ATTACK JAPANESE COLUMNS AND BALIKPAPAN RAID
American warplanes pressed attacks on Japanese columns in Southeast China while U S bombers expanded from more fields to strike Balikpapan in Borneo, a major aviation fuel center. Gen Douglas MacArthur announced Liberators scored major blows, with 74 tons of explosives on refineries and towers. seven escorts and three bombers were shot down.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
China
U. S
Pacific
Borneo
Balikpapan
Tokyo
Domei
Jose P. Laurel
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
13Th Air Force
Pandansari
Donald E. Bone
Garlana
Utah
MacArthur
Survey on Morgan County postwar employment aims to map future needs
Thomas H. Fitzpatrick invites about fifty industry reps to a Thursday 7 PM meeting at Hotel Lyons assembly room. The session seeks a county wide survey of postwar employment opportunities and the scale of public works projects under study, with managers urged to cooperate in a concise briefing and discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Fitzpatrick
Morgan County
Committee For Economic Development
Hotel Lyons
Fifth Army Gains Across Front Near Rome
Fifth Army infantry made slight gains on a 20 mile front through stiff German resistance near the Apennines north of the Po. Brazilian division keeps pressure along its front while Adriatic crossings are limited behind the flooded Fiumicino. East of highway 65 near Boschi Americans reach within 15 miles of Bologna. Imola junction advances about 1,000 yards.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Apennines
Po O
Adriatic
Fiumicino
Eighth Army
Borghi
Florence-Bologna
Boschi
Bologna
Po Valley
Imola
Campeggio
Hartselle Women Ride Board News Note
Thirteen Hartselle men volunteered as price panel assistants in response to the Morgan County War Price and Rationing Board appeal. The list includes Mrs. E. L. Drinkard Jr and others, with several women named among the volunteers.
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Morgan County War Price and Rationing Board
Hartselle
E. L. Drinkard, Jr
Pate Bryant
Walterin
T. E. Eaton
Zula -Montgomery
Robin Lyles
Hal Orr
Florence Tanner
D. R. Bibb
A. W. Benefield
Death Ends Career Of Happy Warrior
Alfred E. Smith, 70, lifelong New Yorker and four term governor, dies at Rockefeller Institute at 6 20 A M EWT. Cause listed as lung congestion and acute heart failure after recent hospitalization for intestinal and liver disturbances. He was nicknamed the My Warrior by Roosevelt, who sent roses. Smith later split from Roosevelt in 1936 and again opposed the New Deal in 1940. President Roosevelt and former President Hoover paid tribute. Smith had retired from politics.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
New York City
East Side
New York State
Rockefeller Institute
Raymond P. Sullivan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Smith
Warrior
Smith Took What He Called “A Walk” From Mr. Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Alfred Smith
America
First Army breaks beyond Siegfried Line near Aachen
U S first army tanks breached three miles of Siegfried defenses above Aachen and pushed toward Cologne and the Rhine. American units also attacked east of Ubach as Hodges forces widen the wedge in the Westwall. Dunkirk evacuation civilians moved during a 48 hour truce as British and Canadian forces prepare final assault.
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James M. Long
London
Siegfried Line
Aachen
Cologne
Rhine
U. S. Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Supreme Headquarters
Moselle
Mazieres Les Metz
U. S. First Army
Air
Westwall
First
Aach
Courtney Hodges
Ubach
Gladbach
Aix- La-Chapelle
Doughboys
Dunkerque
Fighting Is Savage Near Siegfried Line
American infantry pressed a breach in Nazi defenses along the Siegfried Line with Lt Gen Courtney Hodges’ First Army driving through Ubach to Merkstein and Hofstadt. German counterattacks and artillery efforts failed to halt the advance as both sides suffered heavy fire in bitter, near-heroic combat amid chill winds and bombardment.
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Don Whitehead Rimberg
Germany
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Courtney Hodges
First Army
Ubach
Merkstein
Hofstadt
U. S
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Walter Lusk
Court House
First Christian Church
Wallace J. Bradley
Canal Street
Great Lakes
Ruby B. Moore
Baugh’s Infirmary
Moulton
A. Baggett
Railroad Street
Cecatur General Hospital
Brown's
Doris McAlister
OPA
W. F. Rauschenberg
Birmingham
Milton Jarrett of
Hartseller
Business and Professional Women's Club
Bank Street
Dan Johnson
James Edward Pearson
James Crow
Crow
Pfc
Lehman “Sweet” Smith
W. T. Smith
Jean
Martha Dale Norris
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Bs
War Department
Ralph E. McDaniel
Nora C. McDaniel
Union 1
Harry D. Trimm
Earlene F. Trimm
Hackelburg
Raymond Richardson
Chicago
Euel Thompson
Richardson
Delhart
Texas
Grand Rapids
Nebraska
Pvt
B. T. Howell
Birming
Round Top
Avanell Lawrence
Decatur General Hospital
Paul Rusbon
Vinemont 1
Bobby Young
Russellville
Pere
SCW
Utrecht
Belgium
Hasselt
LIEGE
Apm
Eupen
Lessen
Forefelds
Ken Reynolds
RED
By Dewitt MacKenzie
South China
James H. Suddeth
Randolph Dickins, Jr
Statler
Teamsters’ Union
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