Weather and community notices in midweek Alabama page
The item reports a warm spell forecast for today through Tuesday across northern and central areas while detailing local events. Mrs. Roy C. Black of Houston visits relatives. Boy Scout Troop 60 plans a meeting. Rotary Kiwanis Lions Civitan hold a joint meeting at Somer Road school with Frank Rushton as speaker.
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Rotary
Kiwanis
Lions and Civitan
Somer Road School
Frank Rushton
Ent
Birmingham Chamber of Erce
Escape Route for Nazis Cut by Soviet Unit
Soviet forces blocked the last rail escape route for Germans in Northeastern Hungary by capturing Csap on the upper Tisza river. Moscow announced heavy fighting, with hundreds of Germans killed, while Berlin reported Soviet gains in Latvia and advancing near Liepaja as they press to Budapest amid persistent resistance in Hungary.
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London
Hungary
Csap
Cop
Tisza
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Ruthenia
Ivan Petrov
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Latvia
Priekule
Baltic
Liepaja
Auce
Leipaja
Ebenrode
Gumbinnen
Missing in Action Lieut Gaines R Stuart Over Austria
Mrs Gaines R Stuart reports War Department notice that her husband Sec ond Lieut Gaines R Stuart is missing in action since October 16 over Austria. He enlisted October 2 1942 and has been overseas since August 6 1944. He trained at Miami Nash ville Maxwell Camden Greenville Miss George Field and Tyndall Field before earning wings March 12 1944 and serving with B 17 then B 24 crews in Italy since August 6 1944.
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Gaines R. Stuart
War Department
Austria
Stuart
Miami
Fla
CTD
University of Tennessee
Nashville
Maxwell
Camden
Greenville
Miss
George Field
Lawrenceville
Tyndall Field
Weston Field
Springfield
Mass
Mitchell Field
Italy
War Chest Savings Pace Near Thirty Thousand
The Morgan County drive to contribute 41500 to the Alabama War Chest and United Charities has reached 30000 with a hard fight ahead to raise the remaining 11500. Decatur advances push the county total to 4776.80 while Falkville 821.75 Massey 878 Eva 248.60. Decatur has raised 25208.17 toward its 34000 quota. county total 7500 helps reach the 41500 combined appeal.
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Morgan County
Alabama War Chest
United Charities Financial
Decatur
James H. Crow, Jr
Falkville
Massey
Eva
War ‘Chest-United Charities Appeal
Mrs F A Howard Claimed By Death
Mrs. F A Howard died suddenly at Decatur General Hospital where she had been a patient for only a short time. Funeral arrangements were pending today as neighbors and relatives mourn the loss of the well known local resident.
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F. A. Howard
Decatur General Hospital
Rotten Wood and Sunshine Food Reported by German News Agency
The German news agency cites Japanese chemists as creating a new edible food from rotten wood sawdust and starch seasoned with sunshine. The process involves fermenting plant matter then drying in the sun to yield a product that can be mixed with flour for noodles.
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San Francisco
Ase
Dispatch
Rescue of Bataan flier ends long guerrilla stretch in Philippines
Second Lt. Joseph F. Saint John of Philadelphia describes three years in the Philippines, evading Japanese forces after the Bataan fall. He was rescued on Leyte by Lt. Claude Hornbacher and Ensign Edwin Beattie, after surviving guerrilla life, malarial cures, and a perilous sea journey.
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AL Dopking
Leyte
Bataan
Philippines
Joseph Francis Saint John
Sydenham St
Philadelphia
Claude Hornbacher
Sebewaing
Mich
Abuyoged
Edwin J. Beattie
Columbiaville
Saint John
Malabang
Mindanao
Cornell
Australia
Couit Point
Saint John’s
Guards Slay Nip POW Trio at Fitzsimmons Hospital
Three Japanese naval prisoners shot and killed at Fitzsimmons general hospital after attempting an uprising. Brig. Gen. Omar Quade announced a board of officers would investigate. one guard held in technical detention. Readiness to stock milk led to confrontation, resulting in fatal injuries to two prisoners and a severe welt on another.
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Denver
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Omar Quade
Quade
UT Plans New College Program For Returning Servicemen
University of Tennessee will admit armed forces members who interrupted high school during the war without a diploma. Dean Fred C. Smith announced short term and regular curriculums in vocational subjects to help returning servicemen enter college.
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Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Fred C. Smith
Manila hit by waves of American carrier planes
Allied forces report sweeping Manila area as U S carrier planes strike from nearby waters. Nimitz indicates major Japanese losses in the second Philippine naval battle, with 24 ships sunk and several more damaged. MacArthur reports Leyte and Samar secured, and guerrillas controlling parts of Leyte. North Burma and China theater actions also noted.
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Luzon Island
Manila
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Leyte
Samar Islands
Douglas MacArthur
China
Kweilin
Bhamo
Mandalay
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
The
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nippon
Tokyo
Lamon Bay
Luzon
Leyte Valley
MacArthur
Carigara
Panaon Island
Leyte Island
Samar
Myitkyina
Myothit
China Bar
Louis Mountbatten An
Allied gains in Italian mountains slow mud slows advance
American and British Fifth Army forces push north of Marano and near Casalecchio while weather improves. Mud from rains keeps fighting bogged down in Northern Italy as patrols stay active around the Adriatic coast near Ravenna.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Italy
Marano
Casalecchio
Rimini
Castel San Pietro
Bol
Bosco
Forli
Adriatic
Ravenna
Rogers Pushes End to Army News Filtering for Troops
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers demands end to Army filtering of news for soldiers overseas. She notes troops are hungry for information and calls Stars and Stripes access to Associated Press United Press and International News Service without Army intermediary. She argues military discretion cannot judge what boosts morale.
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Washington
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Stars and Stripes
Associated Press
United Press and
International News Service
United States
Apperson Dies in Birmingham Hospital at 44
B C Apperson secretary of the Alabama Independent Merchants Association since a brief illness led to his death in a Birmingham hospital. He was born in Chilton County and was a Mason Shriner and member of Southside Baptist church. Three brothers survive.
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Birmingham
Ala
B. C. Apperson
Alabama Independent Merchants Association
Chilton County
Southside Baptist Church
War Today Focuses on Antwerp Breakthroughs and German Defenses
The Allied effort pushes toward Antwerp as major German fortifications west of the Rhine tighten. Reports say preparations for a broader assault remain ongoing while Hitler seeks to delay and sustain his control. The piece notes stiff resistance in Holland and hints at a forthcoming decisive drive by the Allies.
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Holland
Antwerp
Belgium
Jor
Gretenne
Hter
Hitler
Reich
Rane
Morgan county cotton crop near 75 percent ginned
The Morgan county cotton crop, one of the largest in recent years, is about seventy five percent gathered and ginned. The season will be about 20 percent larger than 1943 with good grade and staple, though warehouses are congested and oil mills face labor shortages and strained ginning facilities.
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Morgan County
New Pastors Named for Decatur and Surrounding Posts
Conference announcements place Rev. J. S. Blackburn succeeding Dr. Henderson at Memorial Drive First Church and Rev. G. C. Corley at another Decatur post. An assistant pastor, Rev. Thad L. McDonald Jr., joins First Methodist. Dr. R. M. Howell remains pastor. Dr. Stevenson moves to Guntersville First Church. District appointments list extends to Cullman, Athens, Moulton, Danville, and numerous churches with various assigned pastors and assistants.
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Decatur
J. S. Blackburn
Tuscumbia
H. M.eerenson
Ook
G. C. Corley
Memorial Drive
First Methodist
Thad L. McDonald Jr
R. M. Howell
Stevenson
Guntersville First Church
Corley
Come Mills
Alexander Ity
Foster K. Gamble
Addison
W. H. Killen
W. W. Stephenson
Arkadelphia
E. O. Hinkle
Athens
B. T. Waites
James D. Fincher
Austinville
R. N. Moore
Belle Mina-Mooresville
Fred J. Schlosser
Bremen
Cambridge
D. W. Akins
Courtland
E. L. McFee
Cullman
First Church
O. K. Lamb
M. Manderson
Danville
Thelmer Vaughn
First
Thad L. McDonald, Jr
Central
C. A. Rice
Ninth Street
J. T. Nolen
Elkmont
C. T. Stovall
Eva
Falkville
J. O. Ray
Flint
F. M. Weston
Hynceville
W. K. Grove
J. Leeler
Hartselle
R. E. Branscomb
Logan
Woodrow Williams
Y. Maynard H. Harper
Moulton
H. E. Weston
Moulton Circuit
Ralph Graham
Mount Zion
Aachen Captured by Famous First Division
The famous fighting first division under Maj. Gen. Clarence E. Huebner earned praise for capturing Aachen in a spectacular invasion operation. The division, part of the seventh corps, helped seal the victory with minimal battle losses and significant combat achievement.
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U. S
Clarence E. Heubner
Aachen
Huebner
War Production Board relaxes newsprint loss charges
The War Production Board reiterates that damaged or lost newsprint in transit to publishers need not be charged against their consumption quota. A publisher in 1942 had been obliged to charge against the quota only the print paper actually used in publishing the newspaper.
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Washington
War Production Board Reiter
French Ruler Crisis Sparks Nationwide Demonstrations
Paris reports predict broad protests as De Gaulle's decree bars armed groups outside the regular army and police. The National Resistance Council opposes the order, demanding legal status for the Militia, while De Gaulle insists the decree must be followed and offers militia members military training options.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
National Resistance Council
Ece Milice
Saisa
9Sulting
Heifers Sold To 4H Boys In Morgan County Tennessee
Twenty registered Jersey heifers from middle Tennessee herds were distributed to Morgan County 4-H club boys in a move to improve dairy cattle. County farm agent B G Hall led the distribution with input from Dr Ray Ashwarider H L Sutton D D Marshall and L V Dobbs as they arranged verification and future trips to Lewisburg to select calves.
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Middle Tennessee
Morgan County
B. G. Hall
Hall
Tennessee
Is County
Lewisburg
Ray Ashwarider
H. L. Sutton
D. D. Marshall
L V. Dobbs
Thirteen Airmen Die in Two Crashes at Chatham Field
Thirteen airmen were killed in two bomber crashes at Chatham Field Savannah Georgia. A B 24 Liberator crashed on takeoff Saturday night killing four and injuring six, an official report said.
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Savannah
Chatham Field
Lost ear found chase ends in Maplewood incident
Patrolman Herman Schmidt chased a fleeing car after it ran a red light. He fired four shots during a 70 mile pursuit, nearly losing an ear in the effort. He rested after the chase as detectives followed the trail under bright lights to recover the missing ear.
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Maplewood
N. J
Herman Schmidt
Schelde Push Near Success in Holland
Allied columns pressed toward Rotterdam as tanks and planes led advances across flooded Zeeland and along the Maas and Hollandsch Diep. RoosenDAAL fell and Breda’s sector neared collapse while German resistance frayed under constant bombardment and counterthrusts near Antwerp.
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William Frye
London
Maas
Hollandsch Diep
Holsland
Berlin
Rotterdam
Roosendaal
Breda
Beveland Island
Icheren Island
Beveland
Belegium
Schelde
Tilburg
Loon Op Zaid
In of Vel
Tharee
Geertruiidenberg
Antwerp
Walcheren
Flushing
Middelburg
Sentrootnes
Meuse
Maas Bulge
And
Comer Tasten
Meije
Walther von Model
Holland
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E. R. Love
Seventh Avenue East
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Sam B. White
Ft. Monmouth
John Felix White
U. S. Navy
J. C. White
Oak Street
First Methodist Church
W. A. Pence
Linda Gail
Memphis, Tenn
Ralph Pence
Hazel Pence
Clio Lovin
Alabama Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
J. F. Lovin
O. B. Smith
Alabama Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Parker Skinner
Loriie Collins
Coleman Gray
Ollie Alvis
Got
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Tommy
Knoxville Tenn
Sheriff
W. T. Willoughby
Mrs. King
O. Y. Hammett
Navy
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Tenn
Food and Commodity Board
Elizabeth Royer
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P and H
First Avenue
Charlie Kirk
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David Drinkard
Ken Reynolds
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Leonard Milliman
Soldier Field
Chicago
Roosevelt
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