Army Plans Slow Demobilization After World War II
The War Department announced a plan to start demobilizing the large American army after victory over Germany, with Japan's war taking priority. Four factors determine individual release: service time, overseas time, combat awards, and number of dependents. Most cuts will come from ground forces. air and service units will shrink less and be needed in the Pacific.
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William Frye
Washington
America
Germany
War Department
Japan
Pacific
Europe
United States
Decatur Deb Pilot Honored With Distinguished Flying Cross
Captain Robert H. Hubbell, 24, of Decatur, led the Eighth Air Force bomber crew in multiple missions over Nazi Europe aboard the Decatur Deb. He previously earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and has logged over 30,000 miles in combat flights from Berlin to the French coast.
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Robert H. Hubbell
Pamphelia Hubbell
Decatur
Eighth Air Force
Nazi Europe
England
Germany
Occupied
Europe
Hubbell
Berlin
Ruhr Valley
England-to-Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Lightning damage hits Steppville area in Alabama storm
An early morning wind and lightning storm caused damage near Steppville in Cowan County. A barn and contents owned by W. M. Gantt were burned, with Mrs. Gantt shocked by lightning through an electric stove. Cullman reported severe lightning but no damage discovered.
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Steppville
Hanceville
Eeman County
Jeffers Lumber Company
Lee
W. M. Gantt
Reported killed untrue in Decatur family telegram
The family of Orbon B. Smith of Decatur received word of his death in a Key West accident. His brother Pvt William T Smith at Columbia Army air field was notified, then a second telegram said the death report was untrue and the Red Cross confirmed the correction.
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Orbon B. Smith
Third Avenue South
Decatur
Key West
Fla
William T. Smith
Columbia Army Air Field
Columbia
S. C
Morgan County
American Red Cross
Cross
Smith
Pyle Reflects On War End and Return Home
Ernie Pyle writes from Europe that he is heading back to America after 29 months abroad. He describes a long rest ahead and explains his decision is driven by a need to stop and recharge, not homesickness or whim, noting his extensive dispatches and time in the war.
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Ernie Pyle
Paris
Europe
America
Ernie’s War Exhaustion and Brief Return Hope
The writer expresses war fatigue after years of combat coverage. He contemplates a few months of peace to restore spirit and hints at possibly returning to the Pacific. He wishes to share more about the vast military supply system and transportation corps and air engineers.
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Pacific
New Mexico
Transportation Corps Air Engineers
Bulgaria seeks armistice after Soviet declaration of war
Bulgaria appeals to Moscow for an armistice hours after the Soviet war declaration. Sofia ministers consider decisive measures against Germany after Nazi troops attacked Bulgarian units while Bulgaria kept neutrality. Moscow and Berlin broadcasts echo uneasy shifts as Bulgaria confronts its wartime stance.
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James F. King
London
Bulgaria
Moscow
Russia
United Nations
Romania
Oslo
Red Army
Sofia
Bulgarian Council of Ministers
Germany
Legnenta
Weques
United States
Britain
Hitler
Balkan
Hungary
Berlin
Red Star
Paris
Transocean
Konstantin Muraviev
Brazzaville
Ankara
Mihail Antonescu
Wife Held After Brookes Shooting at Red Hill
Mrs. Edna Brooks is jailed in Lawrence County after shooting her husband Oscar Brooks at their Red Hill Moulton home following an argument over a calf. Oscar Brooks is in Irwin-Dyer Infirmary in serious condition with two gunshot wounds, one to the chest and one to the lung. the shooting used a 32 S and W pistol. Sheriff Ben Corum arrested Edna Brooks after the incident.
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Edna Brooks
Lawrence County
Moulton
Oscar Brooks
Irwin-Dyer
Brooks
Solon Brooks
Red Hill
Moulton 2
Moulton-Decatur
Spees
Ben Corum
Decatur Soldier Reported Missing in Action
Mr and Mrs H O Hathcoat of Decatur announce their son, 24, is missing in action in France. They received word from the War Department that he has been missing since August 10.
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W. W. Smallwood
Hartseller
K. A. Hill
Sgt
Elmer B. Hill
Newman Hill
France
Navy Department
Pvt
Windle L. McDonald
U. S. Marine Corps
Winnie McDonald
Hanceville
Harold K. Aday
L. M. Aday
Decatur
England
H. O. Hathcoat
War Department
24. Hathcoat
Russians Cross Narew River in Major Offensive
Russian troops pushed across the Narew north of Warsaw and moved toward East Prussia in a broad advance. Soviet forces also pressed in Romania near Craiova and advanced toward Belgrade, Sofia, and the Hungarian border as German resistance dissolved.
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London
Narew River
Ostroleka
Warsaw
East Prussia
Stalin
Mg Arnt
Associated Press
Moscow
Narew
Craiova
Romania
Wallachian
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Bulgaria
Greece
Aegean
Iron Gate
Danube
Transylvanian Alps
Belgrade
Hungary
Red
Russia
Oslo
Berlin
Transylvania
Pitesti
Sofia
Death Takes Noted Bishop James Cannon Jr
Bishop James Cannon Jr 79 Methodist churchman dies in Wesley Memorial hospital Chicago after arriving for Anti Saloon League meeting. He long fought liquor and opposed Al Smith in 1928 amid scrutiny of stock ventures and campaign funds. Exonerated in 1930 Dallas conference on stock dealings.
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Chicago
James Cannon, Jr
Alfred E. Smith
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Anti-Saloon League
Cannon
al Smith
Smith
Carter Glass
Virginia
John J. Raskob
Tammany Hallard
Democratic Party
Gene
Dallas
Tex
Senate Lobby Committee
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Bishop Cannon
Amoniswér Questi
Aes
Log
Oradour village massacre described by survivors
Oradour sur Glane in western France was burned in a Nazi atrocity on June 10. Between 1,200 and 1,500 villagers mainly women and children were crowded into a church and school before German SS units opened fire and set the buildings ablaze.
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Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Nantes
France
Kennedy
Brooklyn
Washington
Paris
Rome
Cairo
Budapest
Balkan
Greece
Africa
Italy
Oradour-Sur-Glane
Oradour
Limoges
Glane
Chi
Das Reich SS
Commandant Marchel
Ridge Taken by 8th Army Forces in Italy
Allied forces announced the Eighth Army captured a ridge from Coriano to the Adriatic Sea after furious fighting below Rimini. German defense remained strong on high ground near Coriano as Allied patrols probed the town but failed to enter in force.
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George Tucker Rome
Eighth Army
Coriano
Adriatic Sea
Rimini
Pisa
Tokyo loses six admirals in harbor action
The Associated Press reports six Japanese admirals killed by enemy action at Yokosuka guarding Tokyo Bay. Tokyo radio suggested American submarine shellfire as the likely cause, with no Allied bombing near Tokyo since 1942.
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Associated Press
Yokosuka
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
James Doolittle
War Today: Soviet Declaration Deepens Balkan Crisis
Russia declares war on Bulgaria linking the move to Hitler's downfall and peace negotiations. Bulgaria's balancing act between Allies and Axis, its armistice efforts in Cairo, and Bulgaria's strategic Dobruja wheat dispute with Romania are highlighted as Moscow warns Sofia and the conflict spreads across the Balkans and Europe.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Hitler
Balkan
United States
Britain
Cairo
Balkans
Rusia
Romania
Dobruja
Sofia
Moscow
Stalin
Europe
Patton Probes Metz Invasion Front As Forces Close In
American patrols move near Metz highlighting intensified action as units reach four miles from the city after breaking stubborn resistance. In France the Saone valley is swept by French troops taking Chalon sur Saone, signaling progress toward Germany with Seventh Army nearing contact with American forces.
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Metz
George 8. Patton Jr
Rome
Saone
France
Chalon-Sug-Saone
Germany
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Bar-Sur-Seine
Troyés
Third Army Reaches Moselle as Berlin Front Tightens
U S third army crosses the Moselle near Nancy and drives toward Strasbourg as Eisenhower says battle of Germany begins. Patton forces push over a Moselle bridgehead while British Second Army advances in the Netherlands and Namur is liberated.
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Third Army
Offic
Third
Moselle
Rhine
Metz
Nancy
Supreme Headquarters
U. S. First Army
Mons
Pas de Calais
Boulogne
le Havre
George S. Patton
Strasbourg
Netherlands
Paris
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Namur
Meuse Sambre
Liege
Germany
Nea
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Crystal Plunge Pool
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Marie Higdon
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