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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1944
Page
2
Division veterans of World War I publish a resolution via Henry C. Wood urging no public V Day demonstrations. They call for individuals to stay at their tasks and renew zeal toward ultimate victory while giving thanks and rededicating efforts to restore peace.
Funeral services for A B Harvey Sr were held Sunday at Central Baptist Church with Rev Ted Brannen officiating. Interment followed at Bar Cemetery. Harvey, a Franklin Tennessee native, lived in Decatur fifty years and worked with L and N Railroad and McGough Bakeries. He was a Primitive Baptist deacon for twenty years and is survived by his wife five daughters five sons ten children four sisters and one brother. Two daughters Lena in Africa and Mrs Henry Kendall Greensboro NC and son Walter M Harvey in France could not attend.
NO CHANGE LIKELY ATLANTA Oct 16 Col Blake R Van Leer president of Georgia Tech said he did not believe Tech would be seriously affected by the Navy announcement that no trainees would be enrolled in Navy college training programs for the term beginning March 1 1945 Since Tech has an established naval O T C program we have every reason to believe the Navy will continue sending students here.
Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher overruled twelve motions to end or postpone the trial of 26 defendants charged with conspiring to undermine military loyalty.
Cotton futures in New York see small gains on mill buying and scattered covering while hedge selling reins in gains. Traders eye Washington Conference plans on cotton subsidy and export policy as prices drift.
Chicago grain markets showed irregular movement with rye posting fractional gains and barley varying between gains and losses. Wheat closed 1 4 higher to 1 8 lower than Saturday, December at 1.63 5 8. Corn unchanged to 1 4 higher at 1.12 1 2. Oats down 1 4 to 1 4 lower, with December 1.08 to 1.07 7 8. Barley ranged 1 8 higher to 5 8 lower, December 1.03 1 4.
Butter receipts 170764 with grade splits AA 41 1 2, A 41, B 40 3 4, C 40 1 4 and cookings 39. Central carrots 40 3 4. Eggs receipts 2502 for the firm U S 8.
M P Greenwood Adams actor newspaperman and lecturer spoke briefly to the Decatur Rotary club at Cornelian Court Hotel He is the Ro tary Institute of International Understanding speaker from Australia He airs tonight at Riverside High school at eight oclock on Australia New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific.
Funeral services for R H Lively a former Decatur resident who died Saturday in Louisville will be held Tuesday afternoon at two at the home of his sister Mrs Alma Bass in Pulaski Tennessee Interment will be at Wood Cemetery Lynnville Tennessee He is survived by his wife two daughters Mrs De Gobble of Lawrenceburg Tennessee and Mrs Glyn Miller of Louisville Kentucky and two grandchildren.
Former ambassador Joseph E. Davies said the Republicans harmed their bid for independent voters by violent rhetoric and character attacks. He named Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Rep. Clare Boothe Luce when asked who he had in mind at a press conference.
Keep salad pieces bite size and avoid long ribbons. Ribbons are awkward to handle and harder to eat. Aim for uniform small chunks for easy tossing and bite sized portions.
Nashville market report shows cattle activity with 2100 head, steers and heifers steady to uneven, various grades trading from 4.00 to 12.50 per cwt. Calves steady with good and choice from 14.50 to 15.50. Hogs 700 head active and steady with buyers at 12.50 to 16.25 per cwt, sheep 150 head steady with lambs 13.50 to 14.50 and mutton 4.00 to 8.25 per cwt.
Funeral services for John Q Prater 53 a former Decatur resident who died October 6 at his Corsicana Texas home were held Sunday at Blooming Grove Baptist Church with Rev D P Cagle officiating Interment was in Emmett cemetery He is survived by his wife seven daughters one son and one grandson His nephews served as pallbearers.
Arrows with plane symbols indicate a naval task force and Superfortress air strikes on Formosa and the Ryukus in recent days. Open arrows point to possible invasion of the Philippine Islands as a follow up. AP Wirephoto.
Allied dispatches report a third major German counterattack within 24 hours aimed at Aachen was beaten back by noon. U S forces destroyed 17 enemy tanks on the day and 30 overall with fighter bombers adding to losses as Germans pressed Cruci fix Hill known as Dawson Ridge.
Local notices report several court appearances and jail detentions for public drunkenness with bonds set at 300 dollars. Fire damage from a defective flue caused by 618 Second Avenue North. Various hospital admissions and dismissals at Decatur General and Baughs infirmary. Community prices set by OPA for produce. Nine city docket cases include drunkenness driving and minor offenses. Wayne Culver seriously ill at 1030 Sherman Street.
Military reports describe German forces under heavy pressure along critical lines with repeated shouts of Heil Hitler and mounting casualties. Despite the fierce resistance, there is no clear sign of a collapse in their defense as winter battles intensify.
Moscow disclosed advances as Red Army units pushed near Memel and Riga and claimed successes against German forces in Latvia Lithuania and Transylvania. Belgrade fighting persisted with Soviet and Tito partisans advancing into the city while operations continued around Petsamo and Krusevac.
Berlin radio indicates Germany will evacuate Greece while British naval units anchor at Piraeus to begin troop disembarkation. Transocean notes Balkan front shifting as Bulgarian and Russian forces attack German positions to slow retreat. Liberation of Athens and Piraeus announced earlier.
The text suggests Allied efforts depend on the result of current battles with the Japanese home fleet. If true, operations would aid MacArthur's Philippines recapture and prepare for a Southeast China invasion and the day advancing into Japan proper.
Auburn Alabama October 16 The center crisis deepens as Howard Calhoun Hueytown 175 pounds suffers three broken ribs and is sidelined for the season Charley Crump Birmingham hospitalized after an operation also out Tex Warrington remains the lone original varsity pivot man Barton and McDaniel both from Birmingham move to center to fill gaps
About 550 workers at the Combustion Engineering company plant in Chattanooga continue their strike. Union officials urged a return to work, but the strike persists as reported to the regional War Labor Board.
Field dispatches say the remaining Nazis in Greece are heading toward Yugoslavia to escape the Russian advance closing in from the north.
An advisory panel from all cotton industry branches met with Community Credit Corporation officials to discuss subsidizing export sales of surplus cotton at world prices. The CCC cited 10.5 million bales in stock and outlined three proposed plans to move cotton into international markets following new surplus property legislation signed by President Roosevelt. J D Hudson CCC chief noted the group agreed action was needed to facilitate exports.
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