Weather and local notices mix in Decatur daily
Partly cloudy Tuesday with scattered afternoon thunder showers in the south. Cpl and Mrs Robert A Dukes of Fort Riley Kansas visiting relatives here and in the Tri Cities. TVA chairman Dav id E Kenthal ill postpones Huntsville visit set for September 5. Inter club meeting hosted by Rotary postponed to September 12. Auditorium re decoration at First Presbyterian Church to be done this week under Albert R Frahn supervision. Mrs Maynard Layman and Anne return from Sewanee vacation. United Charities board meets Wednesday at four to discuss 1944 1945 budget. Rev and Mrs W W Glass and daughter Ruth return from Virginia. Numerous local visits and hospital appointments noted.
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Robert A. Dukes
Fort Riley, Kan
Tri-Cities
David E. Kenthal
TVA
Huntsville
Rotary
First Presbyterian Rch
Albert. R. Frahn
Decatur
United Charities
Finland and Russia Cease Hostilities End War Claims
Finland and Russia announce cessation of hostilities at 8 am after three years of conflict. President Mannerheim orders breaking diplomatic ties with Germany, disarming or interning remaining German troops by Sept. 15, with German withdrawal demanded. Tass criticizes Helsinki's stance while Berlin cites a cooperative severance.
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Associated Press
Helsinki
Finland
Hanti Hackzell
Tass
Hackzell
Germany
Russia
Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Mannerheim
Bemis
Berlin
Helsingin Sanomat
Heatwave grips the South on Labor Day
A hot dry Labor Day across the Southeast with 10:30 a.m. readings around 90s in Augusta Georgia Wilmington North Carolina and Columbia South Carolina. Temperatures elsewhere in the East and Midwest ranged to the mid 70s to upper 80s with some rain reports in Pulaski Tennessee and nearby areas.
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Associated Press
A. J. Knorr
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Augusta
Wilmin N. C
Columbia
Midwest
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pulaski
Tenn
Moultrie
Vero O Fla
Albany
Tallahassee
Fla
Mon Ala
Richmond
Greek Patriots Take Large Area Along Turkish Frontier
Cairo dispatch reports Greek patriots have taken control of a large area along the Turkish frontier while German troops thin out in the Balkans. Bulgars evacuate parts of Peloponnesus and Crete as forces concentrate in North Greece. talks may hinge on a possible Bulgarian government change.
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Cairo
Balkan
Peloponnesus
Crete
Greece
Aegean
Turkey
France Executes Darnand Militia Members in Grenoble
France's purge of collaborators continues with a court martial under De Gaulle condemning six members of Joseph Darnand's militia in Grenoble and executing them. Officials say traitors face punishment and property confiscation as mass justice gives way to orderly local panels.
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Paris
France
Niles
Charles de Gaulle
Joseph Darnand
Grenoble
Rona
Charlés iLuizet
Henri Chamberlain
la Font
Pierre Boni
Gestapo
de Gaulle
Highway Plan Advocated For Postwar Public Works
Washington reports a $3.375 billion road construction program as part of reconversion efforts to curb unemployment. Senate action is requested before recess, with state legislatures needed to authorize funding and match federal totals of about $2.075 billion. Leader Barkley aims to push passage within two weeks for three postwar years of federal contributions.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Barkley
Rabid Dog Suspect Killed by Police in Athens
Athens faces a mad dog scare after a car dog from Florence road bit several dogs. No humans were bitten. The animal was killed on the Elkmont road and its head sent to the Tennessee Valley Laboratory for rabies testing.
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Athens
Florence Road
Elkmont
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
Allies Drive On In Italy
British and Canadian troops of the Eighth Army pierced a 20 mile gap in the Gothic line and pushed 12 miles, nearing Rimini on the Adriatic coast. The Fifth Army cleared high ground overlooking the Pisa Florence road while Polish forces closed in near Pesaro, as Allied advances threaten German lines across Emilia and Lombardy.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Rimini
Fifth Army
Pisa
Florence
Reich
Balkans
Italy
Reds prepare new assault against Nazis
Soviet forces renew pressure on Romania as Gen Malinovsky’s second Ukrainian army pushes into the Transylvanian Alps near Ploesti and Brasov. Reports say Rasvada fell beyond the Ploesti oil fields as other units clear Germans south of Bucharest.
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REDS
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Carpathians
Poland
Estonia
Baltics
Hitler
Romania
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Transylvanian Alps
Ploesti
Brasov
Rasvada
Marshal Tito
Bucharest
Danube
Bulgaria
Oltentia
Ciurgiu
Malinovsky
Third Ukraine
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Stalin
Warsaw
East Prussia
Poles Abandon Warsaw Battle In Lacking Supplies
Polish resistance forces quit the month long fight in Warsaw and evacuate the capital as food and weapons run short. The Polish press bureau reported an epidemic threat amid the city’s destruction and the decision to abandon the old city and the Sadbga district west of it.
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London
Warsaw
Nes
Bor
Old City
Bombs Rake Brenner Pass and Genoa Submarines
The 15th Air Force conducted widespread bombing in northern Italy. Liberators hit Brenner Pass bridges between Bolzano and Verona and targets in Genoa including submarines. Additional flights damaged the Latisana and Casarsa bridges on other rail lines near Milan.
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Rome
Brenner Pass
Germany
Italy
Genoa
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Bolgano
Verona
Latisana
Trieste- Venice
Casarsa
Udine-Treviso
Milan
Encoun
Finland accepts armistice with Russia amid German withdrawal
The article reports Finland’s armistice with the Soviet Union effective soon, prompting most German troops to retreat by September 15 or face internment. It notes Helsinki’s mixed feelings, reparations rumors, and strategic concessions, with Berlin signaling harsh penalties for any German wavering. The piece frames the move as reducing German risk and easing German consciences over Finland’s fall into alliance.
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Finland
Hitler
Russia
Norway
Iaw
Moscow
Helsinki
Germany
Ely
Reich
Berlin
Fara i
ComUinese
Weather Delays Allied Air Attacks Across Europe
Miserable flying weather closed in over the continent as Allied airmen logged nearly 5,000 sorties including a 1,700 ton American strike on Brest. British and American bombers hit targets in Germany Holland France and Belgrade while rail and road targets in Belgium were damaged. The lull ends Britons longest V 1 free stretch since the attacks began and reports say V 1 sites near Paris may have been hit.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Brest
Germany
Holland
France
Italy
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Romania
Netherlands
Gilzerijen
Venlo
Eindhoven
Volkel
Soesterberg
Deelen
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Boulogne-Ostend-Brussels-Antwerp
U. S
Belgium
MAAF
Gothic Line
Britain
Paris
Zovennas
Air Ministry
Seine
Telegram to Norris Family Honors Senator Norris
The Decatur Chamber of Commerce sent a telegram to Mrs. George W. Norris of McCook Nebraska expressing gratitude for the senator's courage and vision. The message notes Norris, described as the "father of TVA," died Saturday at age 83 at his McCook home.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
George W. Norris
McCook
Nebraska
Norris
John A. Caddell
TVA
Registration higher than year ago in local schools
City schools report 2950 registrations today, up from 2709 a year ago. Superintendent S. E. Alverson notes ongoing teacher shortages with 96 current teachers and a need for about 100. Enrollment expected to rise to around 3200 for 1943, and 8:30 a.m. start with students classified and given book lists.
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S. E. Alverson
Alverson
Patel Cca
aE _Gordon-Bibb
Sem
Lafayette
Joe Wheeler
Tete Ee
Negro High
CRI
Aes
Grand Total
Wagons and cars collide on Decatur Courtland highway
Two weekend accidents near Decatur involved wagons carrying people and cars. One car struck a wagon near Courtland with one person hospitalized after minor injuries. A separate wreck at Fish Pond branch involved a wagon traveling to church and a car. damage was minor and no arrests were reported.
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Berdie Anna Randolph
Decatur General Hospital
Decatur
Courtland
Hale
Edgeman
Fish Pond Branch
Allied advance reaches Mechlin Antwerp and Lille fronts
Allied forces push north from Brussels reaching Mechlin and Boom within 10 miles of Antwerp and 15 from the Dutch border. British columns seize Oudenard and Alost near Ghent while pushing toward Lille Calais Boulogne and Dunkerque. Brussels liberation announced and two American spearheads reach the Reich.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Brussels
Mechlin
Boom
Antwerp
Holland
Schelde
Oudenard
Alest
Gent
Calais
Lille
Boulogne
Dunkerque
Berlin Propaganda Exults In Total War Message
Propaganda boasts an invincible home front army within the Reich and a vow to starve the enemy of grain and information. The Transocean broadcast declares German bridges will be destroyed and every road blocked to ensure brutal, uncompromising victory.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reich
Transocean
Antwerp Falls to British Forces Amid Fast Allied Advance
The report describes Antwerp’s seizure by British forces in a rapid advance from the Belgian border. American units reportedly reach Namur and probe routes toward Blogne Dusseldorf and Duisburg as Western Belgium and northern France shift under Allied momentum. The swift Southern France campaign nears its final phase.
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Antwerp
Calais
Kerque
France
Belgium
Brussels
Namur
Blogne
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Berlin
British Columns Nearing Holland
British tank units advanced toward the Netherlands after capturing Brussels and reaching within about 30 miles of Holland. Unofficial reports place American First and Third Army spearheads inside Germany at two points 100 miles apart as German forces retreat from Dunkirk area. Abbeville fell to the Allied First Army as you cross the Somme toward the sea.
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James M. Long
IME
Allied Expeditionary Force
Brussels
Holland
Germany
Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
France
Belgium
French
Abbeville
Caan First
Somme
Queer Money Ring Broken By Allied Agents
Allied intelligence agents in Rome report a major Sicilian counterfeit operation halted. They recovered nearly $500,000 in queer currency intended to flood larger salianes. details say the effort was thwarted as the ring was liberated by ho it was cent.
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Rome
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