NEW LANDING IN HOLLAND IS BARED TODAY
Berlin reports Allied forces landed on Beveland South in fog with a bridgehead near the Schelde estuary. Canadian and British units push through waterlogged terrain from Bergen op Zoom to S Hertogenbosch and Tilburg as Montgomery closes in on Antwerp.
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William Frye
London
Berlin
Antwerp
Beveland Island
Schelde
Walcheren
North Sea
Arshal
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rmans
Holland
Bergen Op Zoom
S Hertogenbosch
Gederen
Oe Saitt Ie
South Beveland
Rilland
Oostburg
Cadzand
Groede
Beveland
Dorp Op Pindorp
Montgomery
Breda Box
Maas
Meuse
Nijmegen Sailent
Orten
Tilburg
Box
Zorgen
Fla
Hertogenbosch
Moergestel
Rman m
Guderian Leads Nazi Forces on the Eastern Front
Nazi broadcasts report Field Marshal Heinz Guderian has taken command of the Russian front as army chief. The Foreign Office confirmed Guderian’s role while Field Marshal von Rundstedt is stated as Western front commander.
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London
Heinz Guderian
Foreign Office
Gerd von Rumdstedt
Hitler
Eisenhower
Western Front
Comrshal
Erwin Rommel
Ander
Get
Iig
Arctic
Theaes
Navy Day Proclaimed in Alabama for October 27 1944
Governor Chauncey Sparks proclaims October 27 1944 Navy Day urging Alabama citizens to pay tribute to the American Navy. The proclamation notes the Navy's expanded power since Pearl Harbor and its role in the war against the Pacific enemy.
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Chauncey Sparks
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
State of
Alabama
Strength of Nazis is cut as Allied forces advance
The Allied press dispatch from Paris on October 26 reports Germany now fields barely a third of its 1918 Western front strength, with under 100 divisions and 150 000 men cut off in pockets at Lorient St Nazaire La Rochelle and the Gironde. German casualties run about 4 000 daily while pockets deny Allied use of several ports.
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Edward Kennedy
Paris
North Sea
Switzerland
Franceigs Ban
Siegfriedlin
Western Front
France
Lorient
St. Nazaire
la Rochelle
Gironde
Bordeaux
Soviets Push Deep Into Arctic and Norway Front
Soviet forces drive deeper into Norway beyond Kirkenes amid Arctic storms as Stalin cites rapid advance against German units. The Kremlin reports capture of Mukacevo area and satellite towns near Warsaw as Red Army pockets grow, while East Prussia resistance slows due to Nazi food shortages.
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Moscow
Norway
Kirkenes
Red
Warsaw
Kremlin
Vistula
East Prussia
Berlin
Transylvania
Mukacevo
Poland
Rokossovsky
Decatur to Activate City Police Radio Patrol Sunday
Decatur plans to launch a police radio patrol with three patrol cars and central dispatch at Railroad Street city hall. Equipment cost about 4000 dollars with antenna atop Delano Park water tower. 24 hour operation requires two new desk sergeants and added personnel. Chief J B Whitmire will be on day duty and assistant chief Joe Weatherley on night duty from Railroad Street.
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Decatur
Delano Park
H. R. Summer
Railroad Street City Hall
J. B. Whitmire
Joe T. Weatherley
Veteran dies at Biloxi home after being struck by car
J. W. Castles aged 96 and the last surviving Confederate veteran at the Jefferson Davis Soldiers' Home in Beauvoir died of injuries from an auto crash yesterday. He was hit while about to board a Biloxi bus.
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Biloxi
Miss
J. W. Castles
Jefferson Davis Soldiers
Beauvoir
War Today Sees Japan Crippled in Pacific Sea Battle
Describes a major Allied victory near the Philippines with Australian forces aiding. Proclaims a potential decisive defeat for Japan, risking loss of sea power, while noting ongoing Allied mobilization in the Orient. Mentions MacArthur, Stilwell, British forces, and Burma operations as the war moves to new stages.
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Philippines
Nippon
Japan
The
Orient
United Nations
MacArthur
Australia
Royal Air Force
Far East
Hitler
England
Oriente
Stilwell
Escumeet
Burma
Mrs Hannah Neher 94 Dies in Grand Rapids
Mrs Hannah Neher 94 died Wednesday in Grand Rapids Michigan Funeral services are planned for Saturday W M Neher and I R Neher of Decatur left by train for Grand Rapids to attend the funeral The obituary notes many friends will mourn her loss and that she was a well known resident.
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Hannah Neher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Archbishop William Temple Dies After Heart Attack
London date line reports the Archbishop of Canterbury Most Rev. William Temple died at 63 from a heart attack. He had led the church since 1943 in Canterbury and previously served as Archbishop of York and Bishop of Manchester. Earlier he was confined by gout and an infection delayed engagements through November.
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London
Canterbury
William Temple
All England
Teakle
Queen Victoria
Temple
Church of England
Frederick Temple
Edward VII
Cosmo Gordon Lang
York
Manchester
Princess Beatrice Dies in London at Old Age
Princess Beatrice, youngest child of Queen Victoria and great aunt to King George, died in London at 5 10 AM. Her death draws royal mourners including Queen Victoria Eugenie who travelled from Switzerland. Her son the Marquis of Carisbrooke and other children were noted as survivors.
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London
Beatrice
Britain
Victoria
Victoria Eugenie
Spain
George
Duke of Windsor
Europe
Switzerland
Marquis of
Carisbrooke
Vic
Beatrice Magietoria Feodore
Princess Beatrice
Isle of Wight
Heron Rae Henry of
Battenberg
World War Fronts Distill 301 Miles From Western Front
The report outlines distance markers along key fronts. Western front notes 301 miles from a central point near Duren. Russian front cites 304 miles south of Bologna, highlighting distances in ongoing campaigns.
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Duren
Bologna
Fate of Leyte Invasion Hung in Balance One Hour
General MacArthur’s headquarters reports the Leyte invasion hung in balance for an hour as Vice Admiral Kinkaid split the Seventh Fleet with Australian forces and pursued two decoyed Japanese armadas while U S Third Fleet planes attacked south of Formosa. Japanese losses included carriers and battleships. U S forces engaged multiple enemy ships in a major carrier based battle near Leyte Gulf region.
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Leyte
C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
MacArthur
Philippines
America
Seventh Fleet
U. S. Third Fleet
Formosa
Ernest J
SA Ag
Thomas C. Kinkaid
State official threats crack down on jail conditions
E P Russell director of the Alabama Department of Corrections warned of a crackdown on local authorities failing to remedy unsanitary unsafe jail conditions. He cited leaky plumbing lack of hot water and poor inmate care while noting some jails are well run amid wartime strain.
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Montgomery
Ala
E. P. Russell
State Department of Corrections and Institutions
Russell
Division of Records and Reports
State Prisons Department
Dundes
Alabama
Valmon J. Stewart
Three Men Released on Bond After Assault Incident
Prentis Brown Herman Brown and Olen Smith were released on $750 bond each from Morgan county jail on charges of assault with intent to murder stemming from an altercation at J. T. Kirby home. Kirby reported the Browns and Smith beat him with a blackjack when he refused to go for whiskey. Bond for Kirby case not set yet.
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Prentis Brown
Herman Brown
Olen Smith
Morgan County
J. T. Kirby
Kirby
Brown
Smith
Herman
Bond
Chamber appeals Decatur residents to solve housing problem
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce this afternoon urged patriotic residents to assist in solving a housing crisis that has baffled the office. The appeal emphasized urgent action and asked for broad public support.
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Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Naval Battle Dramatizes Philippine War Losses
Allied communiques report the Pacific fleet crushed the Japanese three day sea battle near the Philippines. More than 26 Japanese warships were destroyed or crippled including carriers, battleships, and cruisers with several destroyers damaged. Tokyo conceded losses of battleships, cruisers and a destroyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Pacific Fleet
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
China
Watt
Tokyo
Night naval battle off Leyte Gulf sinks Japanese fleet
U S surface ships sank two battleships one cruiser and three destroyers as a Japanese force eight warships attempted to reach Leyte Gulf from the South via the Sula sea and Surigao strait. A cruiser and a destroyer escaped damaged heavily while night action began at 4 am and day light confirmed most vessels were sunk.
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Dro Bay
Sulu Sea
Surigao Straits
Genet
Kinkaid
Adm
Daniel Barbey
Leyte Gulf
Philippines
United States
Sula Sea
Surigao Strait
U. S
Decisive War Stage Reported as Japan Faces Defeat
A battered imperial navy suffers a crushing setback amid island gains, Samar occupation, and a Superfortress raid. Gen Koiso calls the stage decisive as U S third fleet carrier planes and submarines trap a major Japanese carrier flotilla south of Formosa en route to the Philippines in a 48 hour siege.
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Samar
China
Japan
Kuniaki Koiso
Formosa
U. S
Tila
Philippines
Ameri
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