Weather outlook and local notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with showers and scattered thunderstorms in extreme south portion Sunday. Lt. and Mrs. Davis announce birth of son Carl Berry on Oct 4 at Star General Hospital. Rev Adrian DeYoung to conduct services at Oakland Chapel starting Monday. Rotary meeting to feature No Yong Park on international understanding. Pvt Laborn Hanes wounded in action in the European theater. John A. Caddell to Nashville for Dallas assignment as chief counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl A. Davis
Star General Hospital
Carl Berry
Davis
Eileen Berry
Germany
Adrian de. Young
First Presbyterian Church of
Kia
Ory
Oakland Chapel
Decatur
DeYoung
W. Glass
John A. Caddell
Nashville
Tenn
Dallas
Texas
Mr. Caddell
Rotary
International
Rutledge
War Department
Laborn
E. Hanes
Usband
Bernice R. Hanes
Cullman 2
No-Yong Park
Rotary Institute of International Understanding
Riverside High School
China
Pacific
Russian tanks roll toward Budapest as war widens
Russian prewar Hungary is reported to have overrun hundreds of localities and pushed toward Budapest through weakened German and Hungarian defenses. Soviet units also press across East Prussia and Lithuania as they strike along multiple fronts, with large tank losses claimed by Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Hungary
Budapest
Moscow
Koros
Bekescasaba
Croshaza
Austria
Germany
Marshal Tito
Austrian Freedom Front
Yar-Austrian
Ser
Belgrade
Belgrade-Nis
Yugoslavia
Albania
Greece
Red Army
German East Prussia
Siauliai
Lithuania
Narew River
Pultusk
Warsaw
Riga
Berlin
East Prussia
Siauliai- Taurage
Raseiniai
Greeks Liberated as Allied Forces Overrun Peloponnesus
British invasion troops have overrun most of the Peloponnesus and Allied aviators strike Athens air fields signaling imminent cross to the Greek mainland. A Greek government in exile representative began administering the peninsula amid crowd proclaims of meeting wishes. German troops flee from Greece leaving air forces without land protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Peloponnesus
Athens
Corinth
Reuters
Cairo
Greece
Patras
Albania
Man Slain in County Fight as Coroner Investigates
Coroner Bev Howell said William Blankenship died from four stab wounds after a fight in the Friendship area. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Baugh's Infirmary after witnesses in a Davis family truck found him and called for help. Funeral services are set for Monday at Friendship Church with burial there. Survived by father W O Blankenship Brooksville three brothers and two sisters.
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Bev Howell
William Blankenship
Old River
Howell
Olan
Baugh’s Infirmary
Carl Lott
Rube Davis
Miles Eubanks
Davis
Blankenship
Friendship Church
W. O., Blankenship
Brooksville
W. E
J. H
O. H. Blankenship
Carrie Blankenship
Mary Taylor
Record air blow hits Reich in largest Allied raid
London dispatch reports 6 000 to 7 000 Allied planes struck Germany targeting oil supply armament works air plane factories and explosives plants. U S strategic air forces call the operation the greatest coordinated aerial assault of the war. The Eighth Air Force reports 51 heavy bombers and 15 fighters missing. German cities burn as 16 000 tons of bombs fall in 24 hours across Germany Austria Hungary and the Western front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry B. Jameson
London
Germany
Reich
U.S. Strategic Air Forces
Eighth Air Force
Austria
Hungary
Last Rites Held for Alfred E. Smith
Alfred Emanuel Smith was buried beside his wife Catherine after a service attended by immediate family and close friends. The former governor of New York and Democratic presidential nominee rose from New York City sidewalks to Albany and national political prominence.
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New York
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Catherine
Albany
United States
Perp
Francis
New Defense Line Erected Behind Gothic Front North of Bologna
Allied dispatch reports German forces opposite the American Fifth Army struggle to stabilize fronts in central Italy as U S troops push two miles beyond Soiano toward Bologna. Advances along Florence Bologna and Bologna Rimini corridors continue with Alpine and Adriatic sectors seeing limited action amid mud and floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Italy
Soiano
Bologna
Germany
Albert Kesselring
Alps
Fifth
Eighth
Florence
Loiano
Sassoleone
Castel San Pietro
Bologna-Rimini
Monte Vigese
Pistoia-Bologna
Eighth Army
Fiumicino
San Martino
Rimini
Sogliano
Tezzo
Adriatic
TROUP GIVEN THREE YEARS
Herman O. Troup was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by a Mar county circuit court jury after a four day session. Appeal was granted with the judgment suspended and bond set. State’s case rested Thursday. defense rested Friday after testimony from the defendant’s wife.
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Herman O. Troup
State of Alabama
H. O. Troup
Circuit Court
Mar
Suage A. A
Bowen Simmons
22Nd Circuit
W. H. Long
Morgan County
W. H Long
S. A. Lynne
Melvin Hutson
Harris
Japs talk of air power as Yanks use it
Allied commanders report widespread aerial strikes against Japanese island bases from the Kuriles to the Southern Pacific. MacArthur notes 152 tons dropped on Celebes and the Moluccas with attacks on Zamboanga and Dutch New Guinea. Nimitz reports raids in the Northern Kuriles sinking a cargo ship and destroying interceptors. Chinese news says a second Nippon landing near Foochow and a Japanese drive near Kweilin, Liuchow, and Hingan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cronin
Associated Press
United States
Pacific
Kuriles
Equator
Douglas
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Moluccas
Zamboanga
Philippines
Dutch New Guinea
Chester W. Nimitz
Yap Island
Truk Atoll
Panalu Islands
Peleliu
Babelthuap Island
Palaus
Radio Tokyo
Nippon
Japan
FCC
China
Foochow
Min River
Kwangsi Province
Hingan
Kweilin
Liuchow
Preston Grover
U. S
Sanapore
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Grover
East China
Manchuria
Canton
England
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Roosevelt to Make First Campaign Speech in New York
President Roosevelt agreed to speak in New York on foreign policy October 21 marking his first campaign address outside Washington. Dewey rebutted Communist support while urging a permanent world security organization and leadership in foreign policy.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated
Roosevelt
Washington
New York
Gdv
Thomas E. Dewey
Madison Square Garden
Earl Browder
Communist Party In America
Foreign Policy Association
Frank R. McCoy
Dewey
Louisville
John W. Bricker
GOP
Budget Bureau
St. Cloud
Minn
Bricker
Wallace
Midwest
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michin
Illinois
Missouri
Americans Break Through German Lines North of Aachen
Doughboys of the U S First Army breach defenses along a six mile front north of Aachen, overrun six towns including Beggendorf Bosweiler Herbach Merkenstein Hofstadt and Alsdorf, driving 5 to 6 miles into Germany amid weaker resistance. U S Third Army also pushes toward Metz and forces near the Siegfried Line as Allied offensives converge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bunson
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Forge
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Beggendorf
Bosweiler
Herbach
Merkestein
Hofstadt
Alsdorf
Germany
U. S
Land-Dorane
Lameembourg
Wo Jan
Moselle
France
Rhine
Ruhr
Bagweiler
Dusseldorf
West Wall
First Army
Cologne
Hurtgen Forest
Hame
Geremany
Siegfried Line
Third Army
Fort Driant
Metz
Cel
U. S. Seventh Army
le Thillot
Rhineland
Marine Held for Slaying in Washington
A 21 year old Marine Pvt Earl McFarland is accused of murdering 18 year old Dorothy Berrum a War Department clerk found strangled at Potomac Park golf course. Police say a service belt lipstick-stained cigarette and a jackknife linked to him. McFarland admitted leaving his barracks with two men and borrowing the knife but denied possession on the night of the killing. Miss Berrum of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin left a mother two brothers and a sister. Home given as New Market Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guadalcanal
Dorothy Berrum
War Department
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Potomac Park Golf Course
Edward J. Kelly
Metropolitan Police
Earl McFarland Kelly
McFarland
Marine Guard
Ashington
Miss Berrum
Tennessee
Kelly
Robert J. Barrett
Barrett
New Market, Tenn
Gin Fire Causes Heavy Loss at Danville Gin
A Friday midnight blaze at the Paul Pickens gin in Danville caused total loss of the gin and 15 to 18 bales of cotton. Loss estimated 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. only about a third covered by insurance. Decatur fire equipment arrived but too late to save the gin which had run day and night to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Pickens
Danville
Decatur
Construction record set at Alabama Dry Dock yard
Workers at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. marked a new record as the 22,400 ton S. S. Guilest Hill slid into Mobile River after 72 days since its keel was laid. The vessel, co sponsored by Turner, aims to boost tanker capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co
S. S. Guilest Hill
Mobile River
Ca Ae
Jedeh
Ney
Turner
Resignation Leads Fred Taylor to Public Relations Post
Fred Taylor, formerly a correspondent for The Birmingham News and Age Herald, resigned months ago to take a public relations position with the Spixis etiture in the nation’s capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Taylor
Birmingham News and Age Herald
Spixis
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