Dewey Fepc Speech Sparks Political Row Across Papers
The Associated Press reports a revised text of Dewey's Seattle speech mentions the FEPC, with Chicago St Petersburg and St. Petersburg Times noting changes. Wallace accuses him of double talk while Dewey supporters defend a permanent FEPC, linking to Republican platform pledges.
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Associated Press
Wblican
Omas E. Dewey
Seattle
Fair Loyment Practices Committee
Ign
Chicago
Walla
Phil
Dewey
FEPC
Lock
Wallace
Florida
Crea
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
The
St. Petersburg Times
J. Z. Howard
Memphis Press-Scimitar
Cen
Vie
Tiecvar
Mem
Gov. Dewey
Howard
City Commission to rescind meeting site rule after fire
Gham Alabama Oct 30 city commission plans to meet in city hall but must first rescind a post fire ordinance that made the municipal auditorium the official meeting place. Rescinding that ordinance is the first order of business when the commission assembles at the auditorium.
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Gham
Ala
City Commission
Teg
City Hall
Markets show mixed movements as October cotton slips in New York
Cotton futures eased with light selling amid hedging and waiting on the government purchase program. Prices in later trade were down up to 20 cents a bale while nearby months shed ground. Beef calves hogs and sheep also posted varied losses or unchanged figures across the reported ranges.
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Courney
New York
Chicago Market Receipts Show Mixed Dairy and Egg Prices
Butter firm receipts 183 916 with AA 41 1 2 and A 92 scores. cooking and carrots around 88. Eggs receipts 3 436 with U S extras 46 to 49 8 and U S standards 40 1 2 to 44. Current receipts 41 to 43 1 2 with dirties 30 1 2 to 34.
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Chicago
U. S
Nashville Livestock Market Report Oct 30 Cattle Trade Steady
Federal state market news notes 2000 head run moderately heavy in Nashville Tennessee. Mostly top cutters to medium steers and heifers and common or lower cows. Opening slow but steady across classes. Truck load 1000 lb steers and baby beeves priced around 12.50. Prime grade steers 8.00 to 10.50, heifers 7.25 to 10.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Allied Romeward push to Rhine threatened by heavy fighting
Veritas, a British commentator, warns that crossing the Rhine will be hard and the weather and mud favor Germany. He says once crossed, Allied artillery can strike Ruhr and Saar industrial centers, potentially destroying a large share of Germany’s heavy industry. He also notes threats to Silesia and Czech centers from the Russian offensive.
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Hitler
United Nations
West Bank
The
Rhine
Veritas
Ruhr
Saar
Germany
Silesia
Czechoslovakia
Grain prices in Chicago market on October 30
Wheat prices quoted for No 2 hard No 1 red and No 2 red with ceiling levels. Corn bids show No 5 mixed No 4 yellow and sample grade white with varying late quotes. Oats values listed for No 1 late and No 2 white with fractions.
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Chicago
Allied push advances in Holland and France fronts
Allied forces in Holland reach four to ten miles south of the Maas and Hollandsch Diep as British Canadian American and Polish troops press the lower coast. In France near Luneville Allied forces take Fraipertuis and hold against counterattacks while air forces attack Rhineland targets.
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Holland
Maas
Hollandsch Diep
Rhineland
France
Luneville
Fraipertuis
Osges
Motes Hurt In City Bus Collision
J W Motes of 1708 Eighth Avenue East was admitted to Decatur General Hospital after a Saturday evening bus collision on Second Avenue at Johnston Street. He remained listed as resting comfortably with serious injuries not fully disclosed. Brown's ambulance responded but he had left the scene en route to the hospital.
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J. W. Motes
Eighth Avenue East
Decatur General Hospital
Motes
Second Avenue
Johnston Street
Brown
Mote
First typewriter design patented in 1714
The earliest typewriter on record was designed by an inventor who received a patent in 1714. The text credits the designer for creating an early machine aimed at printing characters onto paper.
Mitchell Named Assistant Executive Officer at Avon Park Army Air Field
Major Billy D. Mitchell of Hartselle has been named assistant executive officer at Avon Park Army Air Field a B 17 training base with a unique bombing range. He joined the service in 1941 and arrived at the field in 1942 after serving as base adjutant. His mother Mrs W A Mitchell lives in Hartselle. He previously worked in the personnel section of E I DuPont in Birmingham after attending Morgan High School Hartselle Decatur Riverside High and the University of Alabama.
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Billy D. Mitchell
Hartselle
Avon Park Army Air Field
Glint T. Johnson
Mitchell
APAAF
W. A. Mitchell
Birmingham
E. I. DuPont DeNemours, Inc
Morgan _ high school
Decatur Riverside High
University of Alabama
Allied forces clear 2000 square miles in North Burma drive
Allied troops reportedly cleared about 2000 square miles in North Burma in two weeks near the Myitkyina Mandalay Rangoon railway corridor as they prepare for a new offensive. General Stilwell withdraws from the China Burma India theater for a potentially pivotal coastal China invasion role.
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Ushin
Sa Valley
Myitkyina
Mandalay Rangoon
Burma
Stilwell
China-Burma-India
China
Southeast Asia
Orient
China Faces Crisis as Stilwell Is Recalled to Washington
General Joseph W. Stilwell is recalled from the China Burma India theater triggering a political military crisis in Chu ngking. Officials fear delays in reorganizing Chinese high command may affect the war against Japan and broader Allied strategy. Roosevelt confirms an important new assignment for Stilwell.
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China
J. M. Hightower
Washington
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chungking
Chiang Kai Shek
Japan
Philippines
Freea
East Asia
Stilwell
China- Burma-India
White House
War Department
United States
New Delhi
India
Associated Press
Preston Grover
Grover
New York
Chiang
Roosevelt
Losses by Nip Fleet Rise in Pacific Battle Report
The Associated Press reports heavy U S losses rise while American Navals claim a decisive victory off the Philippines. Admiral Nimitz says 24 Japanese ships including four carriers and two battleships were sunk in recent action with 13 damaged. Australia cruiser damaged. Japanese raids on Manila and Clark noted.
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Pr U
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Navas
Manila
Tokyo
Istory
U. S
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Australia
Clark Airfield
Ench
Theaval Pane Nava
Alabama considers aviation development and regulation plans
Montgomery officials say an interim Alabama legislature committee will discuss aligning state and federal airways policy. Gov. Sparks notes anticipated rapid postwar aviation growth and urges study of transportation forms while noting Alabama lacks a state air regulation agency.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Chauncey Sparks
Sparks
Public Service Commission
Authecy “Ter
Oe Group
Hunt lands safely from overseas as troops return
Word received from Lt. Col. Fred S. Hunt Jr. says he has landed safely. The 15th Battalion combat engineers, with Decatur Hartselle and Huntsville troops, under Hunt, served in Alaska. They returned to Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, on brief furloughs before regrouping at the camp.
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Fred S. Hunt, Jr
Decatur, Hartselle
Huntsville
Hunt
15St
Batallion
Combat Engineers
Alaska
Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri
Alabama men commissioned as second lieutenants at camp Lee
Two Alabama men, William S. Priddy of Sulligent and Leron St. Julian Gaillard Jr. of Birmingham, completed assignments as students at the Quartermaster School at Camp Lee and were commissioned as second lieutenants.
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Camp Lee
Quartermaster School
William S. Priddy
Sulligent
Leron St. Julian Gaillard, Jr
North First Street
Birmingham
Second Philippine Sea battle hailed as overwhelming Allied victory
Nimitz reports four Japanese carriers sunk or damaged and a sweeping American victory in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. He notes heavy U S losses include light carriers and destroyers, while Japanese claims of larger American losses persist.
One Man War Medal Hero Mills at Fort Meade
Pvt James H Mills of Fort Meade Florida earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for a front line assault against Nazi positions. He charged a drawn enemy line firing from the hip and reloading under fire while drawing fire to cover his platoon, resulting in twenty two Germans captured without casualties to Americans.
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James H. Mills
Fort Meade
Fla
Mills
Money
Amercans
Mrs. Ruby Black Moore Dies at Trinity Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruby Black Moore 44 were held at Moulton Baptist church with interment at Shoemaker cemetery. She is survived by husband E. W. Moore two daughters Mrs. Edward Borden and Mrs. Ellis Humphreys a son Herbert Moore three grandchildren four sisters and three brothers. Pallbearers were R B Henderson L W Kenny H E Hill J L McCarty T G Terry and Ernest Wilkerson.
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Ruby Black Moore
Trinity 1
Moulton Baptist Church
Shoemaker
Higch
Moulton
E. W. Moore
Edward Borden
Austinville
Ellis Humphreys
Trinity
Herbert Moore
R. B. Henderson
L. W. Kenny
H. E. Hill
J. L. McCarty
T. G. Terry
Ernest Wilkerson
Eight year old saves lives in Chicago fire
An eight year old boy, Vance Norum, with an Army father, wakes his mother and seven others, carries two younger brothers downstairs, calls the fire department, and helps evacuate during a house fire. Firemen praise his quick thinking that saved six lives.
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Chicago
Vance Norum
Vance
Rebels Advance in Leyte: Jaro Siege and Cavite Bridge Action
On Leyte the 24th Division presses toward Jaro as Japanese forces in the area face a decisive clash. A sharp engagement at the Cavite road junction yields capture of the vital Cavite bridge in a bayonet charge, though the bridge is damaged and requires repair. American losses are moderate while enemy casualties are heavy amid bypassed positions trapped near Pastrana.
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Siampc
Leyte
P. L
Jaro
Pastrana
Hampson
N. Fred Irving
24Th Division
MacArthur
Cavite Road
Cavite
Bronx
Mrs. Lucy Warren Laid to Rest at Aldridge Grove
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Lucy Warren 83 widow of D. P. Warren at Aldridge Grove church after a brief illness. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery with Brown directing. She is survived by three daughters, four sons, a brother and a sister, along with sixteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Grandsons served as pallbearers.
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Lucy Warren
D. P. Warren
Danville
Aldridge Grove
Brown
Rs. O. W. Dunn
Moulton
Elmer Payne
Hartselle
Frank Morgan
Decatur
W. T. Warren
Cocoa
Florida
H. D. Warren
Rufus
James Warren
R. F. Willis
Wren
Laura Alexander
Birmingham Cafe Damaged by Second Floor Fire
Fire on the second floor of the Dr. Gus Barbecue Gardens in Birmingham Southside caused 8 000 to 10 000 dollars in damage. About 20 employees and several customers were inside. one firefighter was cut by glass but none seriously hurt. The restaurant has operated 17 years.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dr. Gus
P. D. Lankford
Gus Constantine
Heavy bombers strike Hamm and Hamburg area targets
RAF daylight raids hit Hamm and Hamburg Harburg with oil refineries and processing plants as Fortresses and Liberators faced strong Luftwaffe opposition. Another Berlin attack followed, involving 950 escort fighters and transport-hunting missions.
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London
Hamburg-Harburg
Hamm
Munster
Hamburg
Berlin
RAF
Girl Sentenced in Bludgeoning Death Case
In Dothan Alabama Mrs Irell Fancher aged 18 was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the fatal bludgeoning last June of her 64 year old grandfather. She pleaded innocent to the charges.
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Dothan
Ala
Irell Fancher
Local births and hospital updates in Decatur area
Lt and Mrs Joe L Ford announce the birth of a daughter at Decatur General hospital. Several residents, including James E Clem, Mrs J R Letson, and Mrs Wilson Hobbs, were admitted or treated at Decatur General. A meeting of junior hostesses at the Service Club was postponed. Miss Lillie May Glasscock and Miss Corine Luker underwent tonsil operations or were discharged from Baugh's infirmary. Mr and Mrs Artie Roy announce a son born at Baugh's infirmary. Herschel McClain is held in Morgan county jail on a charge of threats to kill. Postwar foreign missions of the Presbyterian church were noted in Nashville. Bobby Halfacre leaves for the U S Navy in Atlanta. Local Farm Committee representatives will attend a joint meeting in Birmingham.
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Joe L. Ford
Decatur General Hospital
Farm Committee of
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Alabama Pension Service
Alabama Farm Bureau
Birmingham
Casto Jarvis
Earl Glenn
Maynard Layman
Frank Martin
A. M. Mitchell
Mr. Owen
Hartselle
Liberty judge weighs motion to quash in Ryder murder case
Judge R E Bennett of Amite county held under advisement a defense plea to quash the indictment of Noble Ryder. Ryder is one of six white men to face trial for murder in connection with the March slaying of Isaac Simmons, a 65 year old gro preacher, at Liberty Mississippi.
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Liberty
Miss
R. E. Bennett
Amite County
Noble Ryder
Isaac Simmons
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J. R. Letson
Wilson Hobbs
Catal Street
W. A. Stidger
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Baugh's Infirmary
Corine Luker
Walter Taylor
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Morgan County
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