Community News and War Updates From Huntsville Area
Weather outlook notes slightly cooler conditions tonight with scattered thundershowers this afternoon in the south. Local theater listings include Once Upon A Honeymoon at the Princess Tonight We Raid Calais at the Roxy and Sabotage Squad at the Capitol. Cotton prices posted with middling at 20.50 and strict low at 19.30. Church activities include Methodist board meeting and mid week prayer service at 7 30 PM. Several local residents and visitors are named with moves, travels, and assignments connected to wartime service and community events.
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The
Princess
Calais
Capitol
Death Toll Rises in Wreck to Sixty Two and Counting
Rescue workers pull four more bodies from the No 8 coach of the 16 car Washington to New York Express. The disaster after a hot box crash killed at least 62 with 123 injured among 541 passengers. Marines and a sailor guard the scene as officials fear more bodies remain buried in the tangled wreckage.
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Philadelphia
Sept.a
Pennslyvania Eittenas Congressional Limited
Washington
New York
Robert Calvert
Birmingham
Ala
North Africa
Three Crewmen Die In Century Limited Wreck
The Eastbound 20th Century Limited boiler explosion killed three crewmen in the cab near Canastota New York. Seven others injured as the locomotive derailed and cars scattered, with 173 passengers aboard.
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Robert C. Wilson
Canastota
N. Y
New York
Syracuse
Joseph Endres
George Pierce
J. Christian Larsen
Clarence Wicker
Albany
Wicker
E. O. Hirsch
Chicago
P. D. Weis
Batavia
Central
New York State
Alliance leaders weigh Europe plans as Italy peace talks loom
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill renew war talks amid signs of a possible Italian peace bid. Vatican official Galazsi travels to Washington as rumors swirl about a broader Allied strategy with Marshall slated to command the European theater and a cross channel operation under discussion.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Italy
Radio
Rome
Enrico Galazzi
Vatican
Atlantic
England
United Nations
George C. Marshall
U. S
Europe
British Isles
Morgan County Draft Board Faces Unusual Induction Issue
Morgan County Draft Board No. 1 encountered an unusual situation when Marvin Wells was inducted and sent to service from the county, with orders returning him to Ft. McPherson following induction.
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Morgan County Draft Board No.1
Marvin Wells
Morgan County
Ft. Mc
Delinquent Tax Sale to Be Held
The public sale of property for delinquent 1041 taxes will be advertised beginning Friday September 10, announced by city clerk Joe Pettey. Persons wishing to pay off their delinquent taxes may do so any time before 10 o clock Friday morning.
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Joe Pettey
Still Destroyed in Limestone County
A 60 gallon still and 100 gallons of mash were destroyed east of Mooresville in Limestone County yesterday. Deputies and investigators Lamon and Pierce led the action. the owner of the still was not located.
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Limestone County
Mooresville
ATU
Lamon
ABC
Pierce
DOG MUZZLE LAW TO BE ENFORCED IN CITY
Chief J B Whitmire announced strict enforcement of the city dog muzzle ordinance tonight. The rule, long in effect locally, was reinstated after a year, due to war conditions and complaints about dogs at large. Dogs found off premises without muzzles will be shot. residents urged to keep pets confined to their property.
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J. B. Whitmire
Decatur
Whitmire
Workers Pick Cotton on Montgomery County Farm
About 70 state employees gathered on a Montgomery county farm and picked 4 176 pounds of cotton. Most volunteers came from the Department of Industrial Relations with others recruited from additional agencies.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Department of Idustrial Relations
British Push On In Italy From Calabrian Coast
Allied forces drive inland from the Calabrian beachhead extending 60 miles along the coast toward Palmi and Delianuova as the Eighth Army and Canadian columns press from Reggio Calabria. German reports indicate limited resistance during the advance with Axis evacuations denied.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Italy
Santo Stefano
Delianuova
Palm
Melito
Palms
Bernard L. Montgomery
Reggio Calabria
Palmi
Calabria
Berlin
Associated Press
Calabrian
Allied invasion plans loom as U S chief eyed for invasion command
The Evening Star reports that General George C. Marshall may be named commander in chief of any Allied invasion of France across the English Channel. The piece notes heightened prep and cautions invasion timing remains uncertain while Soviet forces press the Nazi right wing toward a pivotal industrial hub.
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France
English Channel
Evening Star
Star
Constantine Brown
George _C. U
Hitler
Kiwanis Rally Pushes War Bond Drive in Decatur
Decatur Kiwanis announces a fast start for the third war loan drive with $389,000 in bonds sold toward a $500,000 club goal before the Thursday rally at Benson Field. Morgan County aims $1.5 million. Kiwanis pledges $500,000 amid a Courtland Army Air Field revue and prominent performers.
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Benson Field
Sam Alexander
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Morgan County
Kiwanis Club
Alexander
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Alabama Hosiery Mills Inc
Stella
Courtland Army Air Field
Jack Goldenberg
Peter+ Clyde He Jewell
Rhythm Boys
Samuel Pando
Edwin J. Hill
George K. Johnson
John Philip Sousa
Kern
Berlin
403Rd Army Air Forces Band
Harry Herforth
Benny Cohen
New York
Jack D. Steele
Folyd A. Stanford
Leroy L. Maloney
D. L. Mixson
Decatur
Munich Again RAF Target in Sixth Straight Day Raid
Allied aerial offensive intensifies against Munich with large RAF daytime raids by Flying Fortresses and Marauders following a heavy night attack. Mosquito bombers participate as daylight forces strike Munich and Northern Italy. Berlin radio cites London report on the new raid.
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Europe
RAF
Munich
Berlin
London
Italy
Reporter Paratrooper Recalls Jump With MacArthur Troops
1st Lt. Monte Kleban of San Antonio Texas assisted General Douglas MacArthur's press unit and made a parachute leap with the paratroopers who took the western approach to Lae in the Markham Valley. He describes the rapid descent and the smallest mass jump on record as 17 men lined up for the drop and the bell sounded to jump.
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Allied
Australia
Monte Kleban
San Antonio
Tex
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
Markham Valley
Kleban
Charles S. Galbreath
Tuscola, Tl
Tang
Strike Hits Eight Birmingham Truck Lines
Truck drivers from eight Birmingham lines went on strike crippling North Alabama freight. Robert Borden said 500 men walked out over wage requests pending before the War Labor Board since last November without action. Affected lines include Southern Motor Express Gordon Transfer McDonough Hoover Malone ABA North Alabama Dixie Freight. Virgil Finch of the labor department reported the walkout to Washington authorities.
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Birmingham
Ala
North
Alabama
Robert Borden
Internationls
Teamaters
Sree Warenenman Fae ‘Helpers
AFL
Borden
War Labor Board
Southern Motor Express
Gordon Transfer Co
McDonough
Hoover Transfer Line
Malone Transfer Co
ABA
North Alabama Truck Line
Dixie Freight Lines, Inc
Virgil Finch
U. S. Labor Department
Washington
Reds Retake Mining Areas in Donets Basin
Soviet forces in the Donets basin near complete recapture of key mining districts as they push toward Bakhmach. Russian units advance toward Kiev after seizing Konotop rail junction, with air force pounding German lines to clear the way. Heavy rain and formidable obstacles persist as troops close on Krasnoarmeyskoye and Stalino exits.
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Moscow
Red
Donets
Kiev
Ukraine
Konotop
Bakhmach
Red Army
Donets Basin
Krasnoarmeyskoye
Stalino
Reuters
State orders end to private department bank accounts
Montgomery Sept T he state Finance Director Hayse Tucker decreed an end to private department bank accounts as far as practicable and ordered all expenditures to go through the state treasury after an employee in the Health Department was found short. An audit of the employee’s books is under way to determine the amount.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Finance
Hayse Tucker
Tucker
State Treasury
State Health Department
Surprise Raid Destroys Lae Salamaua Supply Lines
American paratroopers and Australian troops seized an enemy airfield in the Markham valley New Guinea cutting off about 20 000 Japanese in Lae and Salamaua. The field lay unused by months and was quickly secured as Allied forces poured in by air and land under MacArthur watching.
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Vern Haugland
Southwest Pacific
Lae
Salamaua
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Douglas MacArthur
Markham
General MacArthur
General MacArthur watches paratroopers seize Lae positions
General Douglas MacArthur, piloting a Flying Fortress over New Guinea, observed hundreds of American paratroopers bail out and capture strong positions in the Markham valley behind Lae. His plane circled as troopers jumped, with allied air cover and varied parachute colors visible in the descent.
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Dean Schedler
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Markham
Lae
Cigar
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R. M. Howell
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
E. T. Tonn
Lois Tonn
Silas Alexander
Wilder Place
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Silas
Huntsville Arsenal
Fred Casteel
Athens
Gallic Casteel
Andaunt
P. 8. Patterson
Henry Berry
Horton
Etowah, Tenn
Capt
Frank Rowden
Cpl
Douglass Casteel
Gulfport
Mias
Patterson
O. B. Richardson
Jane Chunn
Waldermose Springs
Hamil Clinic
Warner Fussell
New Orelans
Ben F. Martin
Jack C. Colville
Charisse Mae Patterson
Lieutenant Colville
Oklahoma
Tampa
Fla
Co. E. Layman
Flint
U.S. Air Forces
Lewis Brown
J. T. Jones
Brown
J. R. Wilson
H. D. Barnum
Clyde Hendrix
L. L. Lively
E. W. McLeod
H. C. Terrill
Somerville
Baugh’s Infirmary
Thomas Parker
Wallace Church
Donald
James A. Hellman
Loyd Tribble
Chattanooga
Mra
Morrie
L Eon
Knoxille
Deganr
Huntsville
Gift Herbert Farrish
U .S. Army
Plattsburgh Barracks
Lou Jean Johnston
O. B. Smith
Montevallo
Alabama College
Washington-New York Congressional Limited
Marshall
Galazsi
Thea
Messrs
By Edward Kennedy
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Parther Metibe
SRD
REDS
By Henry C. Cassidy
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Richard
Auhsiand
Crveral
Anney
Congress
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