Burleson Addresses Decatur Civitan on South’s Political Influence
E. Burleson spoke to the Decatur Civitan Club at the Lyons Hotel on the political and economic impact of the Solid South. He argued that national policy and defense spending shape the region’s fortunes and urged leaders to push for greater southern influence to gain favorable economic treatment.
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Decatur Civitan Club
E. Burleson
Lyons
Leson
Politi
South
Democratic Party
Republican Party
SI Econom
South Oys
Prof
Burleson
Civitan Club
Dave Mendelson
American Red Cross
U S Carriers Clash Near Leyte as Kinkaid Blockades
Allied forces under Kinkaid press attack near Leyte and Luzon in fierce carrier battles. Several escorts and destroyers suffer damage while one escort carrier sinks and planes from Princeton join in sinking the Japanese carrier and damaging others. Nimitz confirms 150 Japanese planes shot down and Princeton sunk after magazines exploded.
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Cort
Kinkaid
Samar
Alana
Leyts
Sibuyan Sea
Luzon
Leyte
Ge Setege
Dewere
Ess
Tacloban
Dulag
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Princeton
Formosa
Manila
Harriman Says Nazi Atrocities Cannot Be Exaggerated
Ambassador W Averell Harriman states German mass killings on the Eastern front in Poland and Russia are unbelievable in scale and brutality. He asserts the American public understates the savagery and methods used against Polish and Russian captives.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Poland
Russia
Harriman
Cotton futures weaken as profits prompt light hedging
New York price declines follow previous gains as commission house profit taking dampens markets. Dec cotton slips to 21.66 while March and May fall to 21.79 and 21.78 respectively amid mill buying and government price parity programs. Nashville cattle hogs and sheep show mixed to steady gains with steer and heifer prices up to 15.50 for calves and hogs around 14.75 for heavy weights.
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New York
Commission House
Belk Speaks on Youth Delinquency at Kiwanis
Rev. William Belk, director of religious education for Alabama and Tennessee Presbyterians, addressed the Kiwanis club at Hotel Lyons. He warned youth face one of their toughest periods, cited 1940-42 increases in juvenile crime, and urged united efforts by schools, civic groups, homes, and churches, including using churches as community centers.
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William Belk
Alabama
Tennessee
Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
W. W. Glass
Gordon Payne
Atlanta
C. A. Irby
Ft. Valley
James Rankin
Decatur Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Lloyd Lively
Rotary
Institute of International Understanding
Henry Fleming
Rev. Belk
Miss Agnes Suckfull Dies at 83 in Decatur
Miss Agnes Suckfull 83 died at her home 1210 Fourth Avenue East after a short illness. A native of Arglaize County Ohio she had lived in Decatur for 58 years. Daniel Yore to officiate at a Requiem Mass at St Ann's Catholic Friday at nine. Interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery Cullman Brown directing. Pallbearers listed. Survived by nieces and several relatives in Ohio Indiana Tennessee and Decatur.
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Agnes Suckfull
Fourth Avenue
Arglaize County
Ohio
Suckfull
Decatur
Daniel Yore
St.Ann’s Catholic
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Cullman
Brown
T. R. Covey
J. D
J. A
oOlman
Bertha Comerford
John Ez. E. Babler
Laurence H. Babler
Kathleen and
Clovis Babler
Decaturi
Men Return to Work at Plant in Chattanooga
All departments of the Combustion Enginee Company were in partial operation as 550 union machinists ended a 15 day strike that had tied up war production in the two plants. A company official said workers would stay on duty through the morning with hopes of near full production by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
The
Combustion Enginee Company
AFL threatens wage case boycott over little steel formula
The American Federation of Labor warned it will refuse to participate in WLB wage cases that exceed the little steel formula until an overall policy decision on the formula is reached. George Meany said WLB Chairman William H. Davis invited a change or withdrawal, but the AFL plans no action yet. The stance affects several CIO disputes including United Steel Workers seeking a 17 cent increase.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
George Meany
ALF
AFL
William H. Davis
WLB
Meany
CIO
United Steel Workers
General Motors
Confessed Slayer Slashes Self in Kilby Prison
Theodore L. Hornaday, 38, jailed on murder charges for a shotgun killing of clothing clerk John Curtis Vaughn, slashed his throat with a razor at Kilby prison hospital but sheriff said his condition was not serious. He surrendered at the county jail without explanation.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. A. Mosley
Theodore L. Hornaday
Kilby Prison Hospital
Hornaday
John Curtis Vaughn
Mosley
Hillman Denies Taking Over Democratic Party
Sidney Hillman chairman of the CIO Political Action Committee says he has never met Earl Browder and rejects claims that he and Browder took over the Democratic Party. He calls the charges a Republican campaign tactic and asserts CIO PAC will remain independent leaders.
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Rochester
N. Y
Sidney Hillman
Jean
Earl
Democratic Party
Hillman
CIO
Browder
United States
Republican Party
PAC
Reporter Ace Bush Killed by Bomb in Tacloban Philippines
Asahel Ace Bush 31 an Associated Press war correspondent was killed by a Japanese bomb at Tacloran the liberated capital of Leyte island in the Philippines yesterday.
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San Francisco
Asahel
Bush
Associated Press
Tacloran
Leyte Island
Philippines
Casualties rise in U S armed forces report
Washington reports total United States military casualties at 472,779 with the Army at 403,074 and Navy at 69,705 through October 14. The Army and Navy show increases since October 6, including Italy ground force totals up to October 16.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Navy
United States Army
Italy
Filipinos Aid MacArthur In War Effort In Philippines
In Mackenzie’s war column Mountbatten leads preliminary strikes on Japan positions in Indonesia while General MacArthur gains crucial support from about 17 million Filipinos. Guerrilla fighters provide military help and materials, but the biggest impact comes from covert intelligence and local spying to guide Allied advances into Luzon.
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Lord Mountbatten
Japan
Indonesia
Mikado
MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
Luzon
Gadsden Fire Chief Slugged and Robbed in Alley
Capt. I J Landers of the Gadsden fire department was found injured in an alley in Birmingham on October 26. He reported being slugged and robbed of 65 dollars after an man who claimed to be an officer led him to the alley. He was taken to a hospital with non serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Apt. I
J. Landers
Gadsden Fire Department
Landers
Williams to Speak at Baptist Association Sunday School
Dr. Jerome O. Williams will be the principal speaker Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Hartselle Baptist church for the association’s Sunday school meeting. He is an Alabama native and Howard College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate who served as a World War One chaplain with the AEF in Europe. He has held several pastorates and remains a widely known pulpit speaker.
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Jerome O. Williams
Baptist Associational
Hartselle Baptist Church
Williams
Alabama
Howard College
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
AEF
Europe
Stimson to Report Inquiries On Pearl Harbor Findings
Secretary of War Stimson said he would deliver the Army board report on the Pearl Harbor disaster with the required consideration to carry out the duties of the law ordering separate Army Navy inquiries. He spoke at a news conference addressing potential court martial action for Major General Walter Short and whether a postwar trial plan changed, and if the report would be published. He began by reading the act that ordered the investigation and directed proceedings as facts justify.
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Washington
Stimson
Army Board
Pearl Harbor
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
War and Navy Secretaries
New War Policy Promises Aid for Surviving Sons
Secretary of War Stimson announced a new policy offering sympathetic consideration to families with only one surviving son after losing two or more boys in battle. The rule covers returning or retaining the sole son in the United States unless that son is on non hazardous duty.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Artificial moonlight aids British advance in West Holland
The Allied forces use synthetic moonglow to illuminate enemy positions at night while keeping movements concealed. Focused floodlights from mobile batteries brighten targets ahead of advancing units in West Holland, a technique previously secret after Caen.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
West Holland
Caen
Governors cabinet opposes repeal of state income tax
A cabinet committee led by Finance Director Hayes Tucker and including Revenue Commissioner H. G. Dowling and Labor Director W. E. Brooks urged against repealing the income tax. They argued revenues are needed and taxation should adapt to debt obligations, noting $14.8 million still owed on bonds though $12.2 million in bonds and about $4 million in cash are available for next spring.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hayes Tucker
H. G. Dowling
W. E. Brooks
Sparks
Treasury
Warships Repel Enemy Fleet at Leyte Gulf Clash
At Leyte gulf entrance a 25 minute broadside exchange sank or badly damaged the entire enemy force including two battleships two cruisers and four destroyers.
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Leyte Gulf
Yanks' Audacity Beats Japanese Navy At Leyte Gulf
In the Leyte Gulf action the task force under Vice Admiral Kinkaid met Japanese boldness with force. PT boats reported the enemy near Surigae Strait just after midnight and were repelled as destroyers and battleships under Rear Admiral Endorf returned fire. Some battleships had been salvaged from Pearl Harbor.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Thomas Kinkaid
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
San Pedro Harbor
Leyte Gulf
Surigaé Straits
Adm
Jesse Endorf
Pearl Harbor
Gratitude From Nimitz to Pacific Fleet for Victory
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz expressed pride and gratitude to the U S Pacific Fleet for its aggressive victory over Japan in Philippine waters. He praised officers and men across air surface and subs and paid reverent respect to those who gave their lives for the United States, urging continued effort to defeat the enemy.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Oct
Chester W. Nimitz
Philippine
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
United States
Japanese naval battle off Surigao and Leyte reported
U S forces report Japanese battleships were set afire and left dead in the water as destroyers attempted to pluck survivors. Japanese forces broke off as Navy Avenger torpedo bombers pressed home attacks while a second battleship burned and steamed into the Sulu sea. Rear Adm Sprague signaled his carrier group engaged off Samar as Japanese force approached Leyte.
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Sulu Sea
Surigao
Thomas Sprague
Samar Island
Leyte
Leytegui
Kinkaid
Sprague
MacArthur
Decatur News Briefs From Local Courthouse and Infirmaries
Local Decatur residents visit and conduct affairs at the Morgan county courthouse. A 300 dollar bond is set for Curtis Eubanks on assault charges. Several residents are noted at Baugh's infirmary for operations and illnesses while Clyde Bradshaw is reported safely in England.
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Curtis Eubanks
Morgan County
War Labor Board lets maintenance of membership clause stand
Washington October 26 The War Labor Board ruled it could order a maintenance of membership clause in a contract to settle a war related labor dispute despite state law. The board and Dr Edwin E Witte said the provision remains valid for establishments crucial to the war effort, even if Wisconsin employment peace act prohibits it.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Cudahy Brothers Company
Cudahy
Wis
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Edwin E. “Witte
Crippled Tirpitz Shifts Anchorage Near Tromso
The Crippled German battleship Tirpitz escaped its Altensjord anchorage as Russian forces pressed in Northern Norway. It moved temporarily near Tromso about 100 miles south, with heavy antiaircraft defenses reported at Tromso.
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Stockholm
Tirpitz
Altensjord
Norway
Tromso
Legation
Presbyterian church appoints educator as manager
The Reverend Charles A. Anderson, president of Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa, was named manager of the department of religion for the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States. He died last December.
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Philadelphia
Charles A. Anderson
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Department of Re
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In
United States
Thomas Clinton Pears Jr
Second Day of North Alabama Methodist Conference in Bessemer
In Bessemer Alabama the North Alabama Methodist conference entered its second day with invites to the First Methodist Church of Ingham. Dr Fred R Chenault led afternoon sessions on a crusade for Christ aiming to raise 000 000 in four years for rehab and missions. Miss Ruth Lawrence described persecution of Poles and Jews in Poland. Rev Paul Haley was named treasurer and Mrs S T Slayton reported 1000 raised for temperance work. tonight’s theme is The crusade for Christ and training our people.
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Bessemer
Ala
North Alabama Methodist Conference
Ingham
Fred R. Chenaul
Costen J. Harrell
Ru Lawrence
Metodist
Poland
Miss Lawrence
Birmingh
Temperance Committee
Cists
Lance
Allied Part Push Forges Ahead In Dutch Theater
Allied forces tightened the wedge between the battle line and the Maas as air raids target Dordrecht and the Moerdijk bridges. Canadians took Fort Frederik Hendrik and advanced near Schoondijke and Breskens while German positions at Cadzand remained strong. Farther east, Epinal progress slowed by German resistance and Vosges counterattacks were repelled.
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Maas
Dordrecht
Europe
Breda
Rotterdam
Geertruidenberg
S Hertogenbos
Vosges Mountains
Warfront Movements Hint at Berlin Threats
Analysis notes operations developing on the Eastern front that could overshadow other actions. A breakthrough near Warsaw would carry psychological value and threaten Berlin from the air and push north toward East Prussia.
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Warsaw
Berlin
East Prussia
Three Negro Children Burned to Death Near Montgomery
Fire on a Montgomery area farm destroyed a barn home killing Johnnie Mae 14 months Charlie 3 months and Sonny 7. Their mother Burtie Chambless was critically injured after entering the blaze multiple times to try to save them. Fire Chief R L Lampley reported the fire was found at about 4 AM and burned for five hours.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. L. Lampley
Johnnie Mae
Charlie
Sonny
Burtie Chambless
G. W. Covington
Truman Calls Opposition Lie A Fabrication In Campaign
Senator Harry S. Truman, Democratic vice presidential candidate, denounced as a lie out of the whole cloth the charges that he sought to bar opposition newspapers from operating a former member of the party said.
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Peoria
Harry S. Truman
Improve Your Denture Comfort With PF Powder
An alkaline non acid denture product claims to hold false teeth firmly without sliding or rocking. It avoids pasty taste or feeling and checks plate odor or denture breath. Available at any drug store.
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Princess Theatre
Dick Lawrence
Robert Hutton
Nolan
Dick Erdman
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Belk
PRT
Bill's Hr
Dewitt MacKenzie
Gadsden
Dr. Williams
S. S
Stimson Ducks
Sally
Pegatur
AMD
In Brown of
Lacey
Springs
Aes Infirmary
I. M. Carr
Quartermaster Corps
Decatur Senior High School
A. L. Woodall
Eva 1
Drinkard
Eva
Charles Haridley
Danville
Oscar Napps
Montevallo
Jack Tucker
E. R. Ray
Hartselle 1
Aene 1
Penerees
J. D. Bush
Melvin Hutson
Het
Clarence E. Allred
Decatur 2
Baugh’s Infirmary
B. B. Harper
Athens
Baugh's Infirmary
John Ledion
Decatur 3
Mary Bradshaw
Tech. Sgt
Clyde Bradshaw
England
W. A. Stidger
Somerville 2
Grady Smith
Moulton
A. W. Griffin
Hartseller
Soviets
Bahia
Helen
Dillehay
Pia Ed Een
Tennessean
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Memphis
Southern Railway System
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