Weather notes and local society highlights in Decatur
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. Local servicemen and families noted including First Lt. Morris D. Kendrick Auburn alumnus serving in France and Mrs Kendrick at 1911 Eighth Street East Decatur. Community updates cover bank closures for Columbus Day, arrests for public drunkenness, and Navy WAVES recruiting in Morgan County.
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Morris D. Kendrick
Billye Kendrick
Eighth Street East
Decatur
States
France
Army Air Forces
Auburn
Churchill Arrives for Talk With Stalin in Moscow
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in Moscow with Anthony Eden for a first meeting with Premier Stalin since Tehran. The group includes Sir Alan Brooke and Lt Gen Ismay. Molotov and Vishinsky greet them at the airport as a Russian band plays God Save The King and the Soviet hymn.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Tehran
Anthony Eden
Alan Brooke
Hastings Ismay
Eden
Stalin
Vyacheslav Molo
London
Roosevelt
Germany
Dumbarton Oaks
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Forecast on cotton crop raises 1933-averaged yield
The Agriculture Department forecast the 1934 cotton crop at 11,953,000 bales of 500 pounds, up from last month and above last year. The Census Bureau shows running bales at 3,984,761 with five states posting higher yields. October 1 conditions run near 79 percent of normal.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
States
Willkie Death Triggers Nation to Remember His Courage
Wendell L. Willkie, 52, former Republican presidential candidate, died at Lenox Hill Hospital after heart issues. His body lay in state at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and will be buried in Rushville Indiana after funeral services. President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey offered tributes to his forthright, courageous public service.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lenox Hill Hospital
Indiana
Rushville
Ind
Buri
Mr. Willkie
J. G
Philip Willkie
USNR
Atlantic
Alexander Ghiselin
Benjamin Salzer
Lamoyne Jones
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Naval guns rake Marcus in heavy Pacific bombardment
A strong U S battleforce silenced the major Marcus island coast defenses with deliberate gunfire. Adm Nimitz said no planes were mentioned in the outpost attack, while Halsey’s third fleet pounded the Palau and Peleliu area as part of wider operations in the Pacific war.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
U. S
Japan
Marcus Island
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
William F. Halsey
Third
Philippines
Palau Islands
Transocean
Koror
Palau
Selsi
Gattien
China
Kweilin
New Russian Drive Begun
A massive new Russian offensive pushes 62 miles along the Baltic front and reaches toward Memel, with gains of 60 miles on average. Russian columns drive into Hungary reaching the Tisza river as Belgrade falls under pressure from combined Russian and Yugoslav units.
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Daniel Deluce
Moscow
Memel
Hungary
Romania
Budapest
Siauliai
Lithuania
East Prussia
Pravda
Baltic
First Baltic
Leipaja
Baltic Zone
Bagramian
Siauliai Memel
Tilsit
Tisza
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Paris
Belgrade- Athens
Serbia
Balkans
Plans for Security and Peace Organization Outlined
A detailed plan for a postwar peace system led by the United States Britain China and Russia and Roosevelt envisions a permanent world peace organization with a security council a general assembly an economic and social council and an international court of justice Armed forces would back the council including special air detachments ready to act The blueprint awaits formal acceptance and may lead to an early four power summit to finalize details.
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Washington
United States
Britain
China
Russia
Roosevelt
Organization of the World
United Nations
Security Organization
General Assembly
International Court of Justice
Security Council
The
Economic and Social Council
France
Council
Organization
Hitler
Dumbarton Oaks
Allied push in Aachen and Lithuania boosts war outlook
The war report notes continued Allied success in the Aachen battle and a strong Russian advance in Lithuania. Forecasts hinge on favorable weather for air power and operations, with Eisenhower pressing a major assault to break Siegfried and Rhine defenses. Weather conditions remain a critical factor for rapid progress.
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Aachen
Lithuania
Wood
Western Front
Hitler
Eisenhower
Siegfried
Rhenish
Jupiter Pluvius
Cotton Picker Seen by Hundreds and Market Models
Two models showcased a market cotton picker to a large crowd Monday while a Marine veteran Earl McFar is held in Washington police headquarters after Major Edward J. Kelly filed a formal charge in the slaying of Dorothy Burrum, a government worker.
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Earl McFarand
Guadalcanal
Washington
Edward J. Kelly
Dorothy Burrum
Germans Leave Athens as Allies Close in on Corinth
German forces reportedly evacuating Athens as British troops push toward Corinth, threatening to seal off the Peloponnese. Allied advance from Nauplion gains ground with strikes on Athens and Salonika airports. about 2,000 Greek troops join the Allied drive amid heavy air and naval patrols.
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Rome
Athens
Peloponnesus
Corinth
Greece
Nauplion
Salonika
Cardinals Name Lanier to Start World Series Game Six
At Sportsman s Park St Louis Billy Southworth named Lefty Max Lanier as the Cardinals starter to face Nelson Potter of the Browns in game six. The manager had weighed Lanier against Blix Donnelly who won relief in game two. Weather was chilly in the low fifties and crowds were sparse two hours before first pitch.
Mechanical cotton picker showcased across Alabama display
The front page feature shows the International Harvester H-10-H picker demonstrated at Mooresville with 400 people from Northern Alabama counties. Officials and farm agents attend as the machine moves toward mass production, cost $3750 FOB factory with tractor. smaller model $1850. Demonstrations continue in Prattville and the Mississippi Delta.
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Tennessee Valley
Alabama
Withers Peebles
Mooresville
Prattville
Mississippi
International Harvester Company
R. I. Prichard
Curvey
Clarksdale
Miss
International Harvester
Fowler McCormick
The
Harvester Company
Yanks Advance Near Bologna in Bad Weather
Allied reports say American troops pushed about two miles along highway 65 toward Bologna, closing to within 10 miles of the city though facing reinforced German positions. In the Adriatic sector, forces crossed the Fiumicino river and repelled counterattacks as British and Italian units pressed near Monte Gallo and Gattona.
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Rome
Bologna
Po Valley
Castellari
Barbarelo
Imola
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumicino
Monte Gallo
Brienat Sea
Gattona
Americans advance near Metz and Aachen in World War II drive
The Third Army pushed two miles further toward Metz and Letricourt as the First Army sealed the Aachen garrison by driving from Cracifix hill and severing major roads to Julich and Cologne. Canadian forces crossed Schelde estuary, aiding a bridgehead near Antwerp and pressing pocketed German forces on Walcheren.
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Third Army
Metz
Nancy
Letricourt
James M. Long
London
U.S
First Army
Aachen
Courtney H. Hodges
Adolf Hitler
Julich
Cologne
Bardenburg
Wurselen
Anid E
Seventh Army
Belfort
Switzerland
George S. Patton
Fort Driant
Schelde
Hoofdplaat
Antwerp
Suspreme
Leopold Canal
Walcheren
Zuid
Bevel
Cologna
Duseldorf
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Decatur General Hospital
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American Legion
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Heart Academy
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