Lt Burnum Writes Home From Arnhem Front
A World War II letter from Lt. Burnum with paratroops near Arnhem describes moving to the front, cold English climate, a four hour flight, seeing flak and flooded land, and troops aiding civilians. He notes gladiolas in a field, washing socks, buying two chickens, reading Time and Readers Digest, and asks for pocket editions for Christmas.
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Arnhem
Burnum
Ober
Fel
England
Readers Digest
MacArthur’s Philippines return pledge recalled on anniversary
The piece recalls General MacArthur’s 1942 vow to return to the Philippines and notes that two years and six months later his promises were fulfilled. It mentions Chinese reception of Japanese broadcasts and compares his planned Leyte invasion to earlier operations, with quotes about resilience and salvation.
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Australia
Philippines
MacArthur
Chungking
Nimitz
New Guinea
Bataan
Leyte
Morotai Island
MacArthur Said To Be On Way Back
The report states American forces are invading the Philippines, with Domei citing combined sea power under Admiral Halsey and land-based aircraft from Morotai Palau and China. The Tokyo radio says reinvasion began Tuesday, two years and six months after Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s pledge to return.
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MacArthur
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Domei
Douglas
Hur
Australia
Adm
William F. Halsey
China
Palau Morotai
Manila Time
Caplore
Markets and Cotton Trends Lift and Drag Prices
New York stocks show mixed movement with rails advancing while bonds hold steady. Cotton futures fluctuate in a narrow range amid export program anticipation with mill buying and covering. late values show small gains. Hogs and lambs provide steady to varied livestock quotes as grain markets in Chicago stay dull with mixed December futures.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago Market Report Butter and Eggs Prices
Chicago market report notes butter firm with receipts 225,874 and eggs firm with receipts 6,601. U S standards and current receipts range from 38 42 1-2 to 44 48.8 and 36 to 40 1-2 respectively.
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Chicago
U. S
Market News Cattle Prices Mixed as Demand Narrows
Nashville reports a thin market with about 800 cattle trading weak demand. Common to medium steers and heifers hold steady, calves mostly 9.00 to 15.50 for good to choice dealers, with sparse action on canner and cutter cows and sausage bulls selling little.
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Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Tug Roaring West Sails Toward Key West Aboard Patrol Units
A tug named Roaring West headed for Key West radioed yesterday then cut communications. The navy reported three patrol chasers a submarine chaser and two auxiliary mine sweepers were assigned to locate the missing vessel.
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Key West
Ound
Naval War Update From Pacific Front Near Leyte Gulf
Allied forces report advances as carrier air power and naval bombardment target Nipponese positions around Leyte gulf. British troops seize Tiddim in Burma as U S amphibious units capture Ngulu atoll in the Western Caroline Islands amid ongoing Oceania operations and Tokyo-broadcast briefings note disputed enemy actions.
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Nicobar Islands
Indian Ocean
Louis Mountbatten
Singapore
Tiddim
Burma
Japan
India
Ngulu Atoll
Carolines
Ngulu
Ulithi
Palau
Philippines
Tokyo
U. S
Leyte Gulf
Long
Gulf
Peeer
Manila
MacArthur
Samar
Leyte
Suluan
Formosa
Ryukyu Ands
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Camiguin Islands
Mantisa
Nimitz
Severe hurricane nears Jacksonville with high winds
The weather bureau bulletin says the severe hurricane center is approaching Jacksonville with winds up to 60 mph in gusts and higher gusts in Dunnellon and Orlando. Center will enter the Atlantic near Jacksonville and push full hurricane force winds along the Atlantic coast from Daytona Beach to Hatteras today and tonight with higher tides. Radio broadcast requested.
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Jacksonville
Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Daytona Beach
Hatteras
Storm Hits Jacksonville as Winds Reach 70 MPH
First reports describe 35 mile per hour gusts causing broken windows and ripped awnings downtown. Duval County schools closed and several factories including Johnsverping Co and Gibbs Gas Engine Co suspended operations. Meteorologist predicts strongest winds by mid afternoon and Camp Blanding personnel moved to sturdy buildings.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Duval County
Dr. Seuane Aver
Johnsver Ping Co
Gibbs Gas Engine Co
Walter J. Bennett
Camp Blanding
Watson Farm Tragedy Sparks Community Grief
In Morgan county a farmer died after a bull attack in the Watson pasture. The deceased leaves a wife and three sons, with services at the First Christian church in Hartselle Friday at 11. Interment in Hartselle Cemetery. P A Peck directing. The death stirred widespread sorrow across the county.
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Watson Pasture
W. A Vestof
R. L. Benson
Savannah
Leslie Watson
Valdermosa
Lemuel Watson
Lacey
P. T. Watson, Jr
South Pacific
First Christian Church
Hartselle
E. N. Anthony
Peck
Morgan County
Fire deaths claim about ten thousand yearly in the United
The article notes roughly 10,000 deaths each year from fires across the United States. It discusses the scale of fire hazards and calls for improved prevention measures and safety awareness. It mentions cities and agencies seeking stronger codes and public vigilance.
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The
United
CBI Roundup Responds to Stars Criticism
The Army newspaper CBI Roundup rebutted film stars Ann Sheridan Joe E Brown and Paulette Goddard over remarks about overseas theater tours. It defended Sheridan stating she had access to good food and noted others shared it. It said Brown’s praise for the editor’s energy reflected his popularity and cited Brown’s 37 of 120 contracted CBI days. It charged Goddard with underperforming her promised tour and halting near the front.
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New Delhi
CBI Roundup
Ann Sheridan
Joe E. Brown
Paulette Goddard
Miss Sheridan
CBS Roundup
CBI
Army
Brown
Miss Goddard
Battlefront
China
Teachers Visit Florence State Teachers College Trip
About thirty Morgan county teachers will travel to Florence on Tuesday or Wednesday to tour the Florence State Teachers College training school as part of the two weeks teachers visitation program begun October 16. The trip is open to all elementary and county teachers, with supervision by Mrs. E. G. Hamilton.
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Morgan County
Florence
Hamilton
War Today Outlook On Pacific Fronts After Manila Action
The piece argues that South of Manila fighting will mirror prior island campaigns with Luzon possibly seeing full scale clashes. It notes Japanese supply attrition may lessen force, and that Manila’s recovery could open base operations toward Japan. It emphasizes the Philippines as Pacific war’s key and Japan’s Indies access being cut off.
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Manila
Luzon
Solomons
New Guinea
Japan
Philippines
Indies
Sumatra
Malaya
America
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
Local notices and war updates from Decatur area
Miss Josephine Wilson returns from Atlanta with Reeves family visiting. Reeves son Pré Leon wounded and in hospital. Four city docket cases include drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Birth announcements for William Henry Stewart II and a daughter at Decatur General. Ted Martin and Mrs. Gene Weaver discharged from Baugh's infirmary. Former city schools chief W. W. Benson visits. Pvt. Herman N. Yates killed in action. Pythus R. King wounded in Europe. Spurgeon Roberson wounded in Europe. Mrs. Tannie Mitchell to undergo operation in Memphis. church pulpit filled by Rev. Luther Rowe. Navy draftsman L. W. Johnson to Yorktown. 149 civilian production applications in Southeast. Paterson rally speech by Congressman John Sparkman.
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Josephine. Wilson
Atlanta
Georgia
Miss Wilson
L. Reeves
Pré
Leon Reeves
State Department replies to Dewey on Romanian armistice
The State Department said the United States participated at all stages in Romanian armistice negotiations and that the armistice was a military document, not a peace settlement. It noted Malinovsky signed for Soviet Russia and referenced Hull and the 1940 frontier and Transylvania terms.
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Washington
State Artment
Gao v
Romania
Bessarabia
Transylvania
Europe
White House
Dewey
Hull
Rotary
Stephen Early
Roosevelt W
Bosim
France’s rationing a jumbled system with many coupons
Paris reports that four years of rationing for food clothing fuel and wine have created a complex, shifting system. Coupons must match local rules and dates with specific colors and numbers. shortages turn everyday purchases into a lottery with special tickets for children infants pregnant women and manual laborers.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
France
Frances Ransom Weds Lt I A Rumler in Decatur Ceremony
Frances Ransom, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ransom, married First Lieutenant I A Rumler of Kenosha Wisconsin on October 8 at the Central Baptist parsonage in Decatur. The groom served as a B 24 pilot in England with 38 missions. After a honeymoon the couple will reside at Miami Florida. Local society notes include visits and church group meetings.
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William R. Ransom
Frances
I. A. Rumler
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Central Baptist Church
Decatur
T. R. Brannen
Morgan County High School
Montgomery
Rumler
Anton Rumler
Maxwell Field
U. S. Army Air Force
England
Surprise luncheon honors Mrs Schnell after twenty years at Southern Bell
A downtown cafe hosted a surprise luncheon for Mrs J E Schnell in celebration of twenty years of service with Southern Bell. D L Mixson presented a twenty year pin and gifts from friends Hilda Terry, ah Sanders, Birdie and Bess Boteler, Margaret Schnell, Rita Thornhill hosted a football party afterwards for the Morgan Bradley game crowd.
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J. E. Schnell
Southernl Telephone Company
D. L. Mixson
Schnell
Hilda Terry
Ah Sainders
Birdie
Bess Boteler
Margaret Schnell
Mixson
Rita Thornhill
E. P. Thornhill
Russians push toward Insterburg from Schirwindt frontline
Soviet forces reportedly crossed the East Prussian border into Schirwindt nine miles northeast of Eydtkuhnen as the Berlin radio described a rising, intensified battle. The advance, led by 30 year old Russian Jewish General Ivan Cherniakovsky, aimed at Insterburg with fighting spanning about 30 miles from Schirwindt to Kalvarija in Lithuania.
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Schirwindt
Eydtkuhnen
Moscow
Isterburg
Kaupas
Lithuania
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Uhnen
Berlin
Estonia
Bae
Theos
Ivan D. Cherniakovsky
Insterburg
Kalvarija
Death Kept Secret as Mother Hopes for Son in Belgium
Mrs John Cheever of Boston believed her son John serving with the 3rd Army in Belgium was alive. A letter from him arrived saying he was well, but the family later learned he had been killed a month earlier on German soil while in the service.
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Boston
John
John Cheever
Cheever
Belgium
Decatur Kiwanis Hear City Affairs Postwar Finance Plan
The Decatur Kiwanis Club met in the main dining hall at H Lyons at noon to hear Rutledge 8 outline current city finances and postwar plans. Speakers included city council members and guests from the Seebees and other organizations. aldermen covered departmental costs and a projected postwar program up to 3,000,000 dollars, with audience questions welcomed. The meeting ended with the Star Spangled Banner and a prayer by Rev. E M Chapman.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
H Lyons
Rutledge 8
Kiwanis
Mason Pearce
Seebees
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
Pfc
George Mann
U. S. Omni
Anzio
Rome
Mann
Ray Frederick
Bob Sittason
Key Club
George White
Chapman
Birmingham
Louis Hoff
Galveston
Texas
Ray
Huntsville
Decatur
Barr Shelton
Knox McRae
Russell
Harlan Hunter
A Dillehay
Tri-Cities
H. R. Summer
Thomas
Mayor Summer
E. M. Chapman
Eisenhower Announces Venray Sector Developments
General Eisenhower reports Allied seizure of Venray region near the German border with advances two miles south of Venray Deurner and gains along the northern railway east of Deurne. German dispatches describe heavy fighting east and northeast of Helmond as evacutions are acknowledged. Helmond lies five miles west of Deurne.
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Dwight D. Eisenhow
Siege Progresses as Americans Hold Half of Aachen
Aachen reports slow siege progress on the eleventh day as American forces grind through debris strewn streets. Doughboys sustain low casualties by using building cover to advance, while German counterattacks at Crucifix Hill press the line northeast of the city.
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Aachen
Rmans
Germany
End Near in Aachen as Allies Push Toward City Center
Berlin radio reports Americans reach the main Aachen station and press toward the heart of the city while the Nazi garrison resists and fighting concentrates in the Northwest section.
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Aachen
Berlin
Spelling Bee Delights Decatur Civitan Club
Decatur Civitan members and guests enjoyed an old fashioned spelling bee at the Lyons Hotel. Dr. E. J. Chenault led the program, using an old Blue Back spelling book as questions sparked protests over modernized spelling. Civ L. C. Buchanan won a black derby donated by Dave Mendelson for excellence. visitors included Dr. J. A. Dinsmore, Louis Mann, George Mann, and L. J.
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Decatur Civitan Club
Lyons Hotel
E. J. Chenault
Civ L
Louis Mann
George Mann
Italy
L. J
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Madison
Decatur General Hospital
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Jack Sanger
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Ted Martin
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Baugh’s Infirmary
Gene Weaver
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W. W. Benson
Navy Department Today
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U. S. Marive Corps
Rosie C. Yates
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Ava W. Roberson
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War Department
Tannie Mitchell
Memphis
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C. L. Dobbs
Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church
Luther Rowe
Columbiana Baptist Church
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L. W. Johnson
Navy
Purdue University
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John Sparkman
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Masters OF Transportation
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Sam Nelson
J. B. Orr
T. C. Cash
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Courtland
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H. E. Orr
H. R. Currier
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