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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1944
Page
1
Cloudy weekend with some rain in southern and central areas. Local reports note several residents visiting, returns from service, and updates on jail releases and bonds. Community announcements cover military service, education plans, and a new public service office in the courthouse annex.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes lays out broad steps for peacetime transition including a return to the 40 hour work week, continued price ceilings for civilian goods, and expansion of unemployment relief. He warned against prolonged unemployment fears and outlined shifts in industry, labor, and government policy to meet postwar demand.
President Roosevelt rushes preparations for the Quebec victory conference with Prime Minister Churchill and reviews information on European political and economic issues. Talks with aides and Marshall era military leaders set the stage for decisions on postwar Europe and the war in the Pacific.
Three sergeants from Decatur maintain fuel and maintenance roles with the B 29 Marauder Fightin Cock after missions over Nazi targets in Western Europe. Vi vian H Johnson of Decatur Illinois and Hildreth A Johnson of Decatur Alabama operate gas trucks while Donald T Lough of Decatur Indiana serves as mechanic crew chief. The Fightin Cock has 78 missions over France Belgium and Holland and is part of The Annihilators Ninth Air Force Marauder group in the European Theater of Operations. Sgt Hildreth Johnson is son of F A Johnson of Decatur Alabama and worked as a TVA mechanic before enlisting June 30 1942.
In Lugano, Mussolini believed to have summoned a priest to hear his confession. Reports say the ailing former dictator at Lake Garda home has grown so frail that he refuses further medical care and only accepts injections when meeting people.
The Navy Department announced Private James K. Russell, U S Marine Corps reserve, is dead. He is the son of Mrs Annie M Russell of Decatur. No further details were provided.
Russian forces occupied Burgas the Black sea port 52 miles from Varna as Moscow announced an end to the war with Bulgaria. Gen Tolbukhin led the advance toward Greece aided by the Black Sea fleet under Admiral Mktyabrsky.
Marshal Tito's Partisan armies stormed Zajecar in Eastern Serbia within six miles of the Bulgarian border, routing 4,000 German and puppet troops and capturing more than 1,000. Villagers greeted the 14th Serbian corps with flowers as the units pressed toward the Danube.
Berlin reported a new southern Poland offensive aimed at a key bastion guarding German Silesia while Soviet forces moved fast in Romania toward Hungary. Malinovsky's Ukraine army crossed 34 miles in 24 hours from Sibiu, capturing Alba Iulia, 108 miles from the frontier. Across the northeast Russians seized 100 villages as they battered Carpathian defenses, with Turnu Severin reached in western Romania.
A Chamber of Commerce survey shows Decatur industrial payrolls at over one million dollars monthly for 6,908 workers across 69 industries. Weekly payroll totals hit 248 610.98 dollars and yearly payroll 12 927 770.96 dollars, with a February comparison showing growth and noting iron and steel shipbuilding activity.
Republican nominee Thomas Ewey, born in Owosso, spoke to about 12 000 locals at the city hall about unity beyond party lines. He rode Main Street with his mother and wife after meeting Gov. Kelly and labor leaders in Lansing. He forecast an early German war end and said foreign policy talks focus on postwar security, not strategy.
Representatives of milk producers from Texas Louisiana Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Alabama and Georgia will meet federal agencies in Washington to request higher milk prices. L F Friend secretary manager of the Mid-South Milk Producers Association says current prices do not cover feed and labor costs to keep cows in production. The dairymen plan price increases rather than subsidies.
Associated Press veteran Joseph Morton portrays Romania’s break with Germany, King Mihai and Queen Mother Helen guiding a palace coup, the royal family aiding Allied ties, and the suicide of Baron von Killinger as Soviet troops advance.
Allied forces press toward Japanese positions in Palau Yap and Halmahera as MacArthur's troops seize Soepiori island near Biak. Air and naval bombardments hammer Manado and Arakabe san, with new strikes on Bonin and Volcano islands and continued raids on Iwo Jima Pagan Truk Nauru.
Allied reports say U S third army troops held a Moselle bridgehead south of Metz amid heavy artillery and German counterattacks as British forces crossed the Albert Canal in Belgium. American and British spearheads pressed toward the Reich from Liege and Ardennes while fighting intensified along the Moselle front near Pompey and associated positions.
News from London reports a captured German general confirms Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge is dead and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously wounded. The Norwegian radio cited Berlin papers naming Walter von Model as Western front commander.
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