Morgan County War Plans and Local News Bulletin
Weather outlook notes fair conditions statewide with some showers in the far south. From Morgan County comes a youth’s look at My Weekly Reader and Alaskan trail history. War Loan chairmen to meet at Hotel Lyons at three for Sixth War Loan planning. The next war starts November 20. Pfc John C. Pace, 20, returns from overseas to Miami Beach awaiting reassignment after six months in the Eurean theater and wounds. Pvt Marjorie M. Smith returns to Morris Field after visit with relatives. Pvt Thomas Reynolds wounded in action. aviation cadet John H. Ellis transfers for training. Sgt Harold Leon Stephenson lands in France. Local officials and veterans gather for service commissioner duties. Decatur government meetings and Chamber of Commerce sessions scheduled. Various national guard and naval personnel noted with family visits and transfers. Continued on Page Two.
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Morgan County War Finance Committee
Hotel Lyons
Ewell K. Gregg
Mance
Morgan County
John C. Pace
J. C. Pace
Decatur 3
Miami Beach
Pfc
Pace
Eurean
Armed Forces
Americans seal off Aachen as Nazi counterattacks fail
Allied forces enclose Aachen in a Siegfried Line breakthrough, linking from north and northeast to trap the garrison. US First Army reportedly knocked out up to 60 German tanks after repelling multiple counterattacks, while patrols cross the Neder Rhine and advance in the Vosges.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Aachen
Wurselen
U. S. First Army
Eisé
Neder Rhine
Holland
Antwerp
Belgium
Vosges
Rhine
Moselle
Ft. Driant
Metz
Siegfried Line
U. S
Netherlands
Supreme Headquarters
Sixth Army Group
Vosges Mountains
Belfort Gap
Baccarat
Glenville
Fontenoy
Fremifontaine
Berlin
Verlautenheide
Knopp
State Begins Campaign for Fund Tuesday
Alabama counties launch the Alabama War Chest drive with a Decatur quota of 34 000 for United Charities. Co chairmen Rankin Crow urge 320 volunteers to canvass and collect donations Tuesday morning at Hotel Lyons while teams report to the Morgan County National Bank.
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Alabama
Alabama War Chest
Ami
My Sountians
Decatur
United Charities
James L. Rankin
James H. Crow
Rankin
Hotel Lyons
National Bi
Morgan County National Bank
Times Endorses Roosevelt for Reelection in Editorial
The New York Times backs President Roosevelt for a second term, praising his foreign policy leadership during Britain’s stand and the push for a new world peace framework. It criticizes Governor Dewey for vague foreign stance and isolationist pressures while affirming confidence in Roosevelt on domestic matters.
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New York
New York Times Today
Roosevelt
Een
Wendell L. Will
New International Organization
Thomas E. Dewey
the Times
Dewey
Britain
Supreme Court拒否 ケント英国機密違反判決
ワシントン十月十六日 ロンドンの米大使館勤務のタイラー・ケント被告が英国機密法違反で有罪となり七年の禁錮刑を受けた件で最高裁は再審理を求める請願を棄却。ケントの母アン・ケント夫人が帰国要請を提出していた。
Air Chief Marshal Leigh to Southeast Asia post
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory relinquished his post as Allied expeditionary air force commander under General Eisenhower to become Allied air commander in the Southeast Asia theater. Air operations in Western Europe will come under Eisenhower's deputy, Air Chief Marshal.
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London
Trafford Leighorn
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Allied
Southeast Asia
Europe
Eisenhower
Postoffice Flooded With Holiday Boxes for Overseas Troops
Decatur postoffice reports a flood of Christmas boxes destined for men overseas. Postmaster R T Sheppard estimated about 500 boxes arriving today as total mail volume nears 4500. The deadline for mailing to the troops fell on Sunday with Renee Rapala noted in the final tally.
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Decatur
R. T. Sheppard
Renee Rapala Ane
Severe Caribbean hurricane threatens Western Cuba and Florida
A powerful hurricane in the Caribbean, centered about 90 miles west southwest of Grand Cayman, moves west northwest at 6 to 9 mph. It brings hurricane force winds, gales, and squalls across a wide area, with dangerous conditions forecast for Western Cuba, the Yucatan channel, Yucatan Peninsula, and Southern Florida with rain squalls and strong northeast winds over the next 36 hours.
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Miami
Fila
Caribbean Sea
Ees
Cuba
Yucatan Channel Sea
Yucatan Pen
Yucatan Channel
Yucatan Peninsula
Florida
South Florida
Florida Keys
Straits
Prisoner totals on Western Front pass 570 thousand
Allied forces report at least 570 185 prisoners captured on the Western front since D-Day with 400 165 held by the four American armies. Totals by army include First Army 194 718 and Third Army 96 155 with Seventh 90 000 Ninth 19 312 Second 78 681 and First Canadian Army 72 392. Two other allied formations are in the field but their counts are not yet announced.
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London
First Army
U. S. Seventh Army
U. S. Ninth Apm
US Aaa
Holland
Belfort Gap
U. S
Marine Indicted on Three Counts
Marine Pfc. Earl McFarland was indicted on two counts of first degree murder and one count of criminal assault in the rape of 18-year-old Dorothy Bertherian of the west. See, Sey Halbes Peins poll.
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Washington
Earl McFarland
Dorothy Ber- Therian
West
Sey Halbes Peins Poll
Governor Sparks Appeals for Alabama War Chest Drive
Governor Sparks urged every Alabama family to donate to the Alabama War Chest benefiting 22 agencies including USO, War Prisoners Aid, and aid for Allied victims. He tied the drive to supporting service members, prisoners, and civilians abroad, aiming for total victory and a sound peace.
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Alabama
Sparks
National War Fund
Alabama War Chest
USO
Campaign War Chest Set To Start In County Tuesday
Judge James H. Crow Jr. unveiled community chairmen as War Chest drives move into gear. Oak Ridge leader Olan Cooper Danville Neel Eva Ed Me Ellis Falkville Duard Sivley Lawrence Cove Otis Self Gum Pond Herman Joe Flint G H McClellan Meentee Co O Bone Florette M B Bowling Flo Center lead the push in their areas.
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James H. Crow Jr
Oak Ridge
Olan Cooper
Danville
Neel
G. Me Ellis
Eva
Donald
Falkville
Duard Sivley
Lawrence Cove
Otis Self
Gum Pond
Herman
Joe T. m. Flint
G. H. McClellan
Meen Tee Co
O. Bone
Florette
M. B. Bowling
Bill Lemmond
Center
Road to Berlin Front Distances From Key Points
The page lists distances for multiple fronts: 1 W of Duren 302 miles and 310 miles from Warsaw. 3 Italian front 560 miles from Livergnano. These figures reflect Allied advance metrics reported by The Associated Press.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Livergnano
Nazi Sea Escape Route Cut Off in Arctic Port Gain
The capture of Petsamo in Northern Finland cuts the German sea escape route as advancing Soviet tanks seize an important road junction near the Norwegian border. Pravda hails the newly won highway center as the key to Norway.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Finland
Arctic
Petsamo
Pravda
Moscow
Norway
Hill Town in Yank Hands Near Bologna
American forces captured Livergnano, ten miles south of Bologna, after days of German defense. Canadian units seized Bulgaria oak Day on highway 9, and advanced on Gambettola, Rialto canal area. Indian troops moved near Cesena with 300 German dead reported. OSSOLA valley restored control of Simplon line by Germans aided by Italian blackshirts.
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Rome
Livergnano
Bologna
U. S
Bologlia
Bulgaria
Gambettola
Scola Rigossa Canal
Cesena
Carpineta
Dio la Guardia
Della Vacche
Ossola
Italy
Simplon
Grenade kills two boys in California playground
In Half Moon Bay California a hand grenade found at an abandoned Army field exploded killing Maurice Grant Loader Jr. 14 and Fredric Milton Loader 12 and wounding two other children who had been using the grenade as a hammer to fix a toy wagon.
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Half Moon Bay
Calif
Maurice Grant Loader Jr
Fredric Milton Loader
Roosevelt campaign laws none ready for announcement
Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said at a news conference there is nothing ready for an announcement on Roosevelt campaign speaking laws beyond next Saturday when a major foreign policy address will be delivered in New York.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
New York
War front reports major Pacific battles near Formosa Forosa
Reports claim a large air and sea clash off Formosa as American forces press attacks across Luzon Formosa and Ryukyu islands. Japanese claims of sinking ships contrast with U S tallies of planes destroyed and ships damaged in the aftermath of heavy fighting in the Pacific theaters.
Japan Claims Major Naval Losses for U S in Pacific Battles
Tokyo broadcasts claim U S naval forces suffered heavy losses off Formosa and the Philippines with 40 to 52 ships sunk or damaged, including 11 aircraft carriers. Imperial communiques say 16 American warships were sunk or damaged and one fleet may have pursued. Allied reports are unconfirmed.
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Nimitz
Formosa
Philipmeng
Luzon
Ryukyu Islands
Japan
Halsey
Associated Press
Tokyo
Faro
Philippines
U. S
Imperial
War Department
Marc A. Mitscher
Okayama
Arsenal City
Kuniakikoiso
Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Seman
Canton
14Th U. S. Air Force
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Linchow
Pines
Makassar Strait
Kuriles
India
Scream Heard On Night Of Slayin In Hollywood
A neighbor heard Georgette Bauerdorf cry Stop Stop Youre killing me during the night she was strangled. The 20 year old Hollywood canteen hostess, daughter of mining magnate George Bauerdorf, was found dead in a bathtub on Thursday.
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Hollywood
Georgette Bauerdorf
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Donald Orr
Morgan County High School
Alaska
Young Orr
Alaskan
Marjorie M. Smith
Morris Field
Charles N. C
Bunns Cox
Athens
W. H. Lowery
Navy Department
Thomas Reynolds
Marine Corps
Ella P. Reynolds
Jackson Street
John H. Ellis
Souther Field
Americus
Albany
Ellis
R. H. Ellis
Hartselle
Ue East
Chanute Field School
P . Earl W. Lamon
S. H. Lamon
W. C. Stephenson
Hartselle 2
Sgt
Harold Leon Stephenson
France
Wo Lo Berkley
U. S. Navy
John Nelson
Berkley
South Pacific
Surgeon General
National Capital
Butler P. A. Hine
American Legion
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Cornelian Court Hotel
Jimmy Williams
Albert Alford
Gon
Loyd
Leon Alford
Birmingham
John Alford
Howard
Betty
Ralph Pence
Thayer General Hospital
Nashville, Tenn
Barbara Ann
Yeoman
Doris J. Campbell
Navy
Young
YES
Yeoman Campbell
Bob Schlink
Decatur General Hospital
Pol
Ken Reynolds
Horthy
Hungary
Wade Werner
Nicholas Horthy
Budapest
Count Ferencz Szalasy
Arrow Cross
Stockholm
Red Army
Vienna
Ore
Regent Horthy
Ferec Szalasi
Orers
Ankara
Gestapo
Lille
Germany
Vitez Voeroes
Piraeus
Corinth
M. W. Williams
Cammila
Warren
National Peanut Council
Supreme Court
Tyler Kent
Kent
Ann H. P. Kent
High Tribunal
United States
Gulf
Marine
Yank Hands
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