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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1944

Page

12

Bricker Launches GOP Presidential Campaign at French Lick

Ohio Governor Bricker formally opened his campaign for vice presidency at a Republican gathering in French Lick Indiana. He argued the GOP must offer fresh leadership to restore liberty at home and promote social progress while Dewey returns to Michigan after a Kentucky speech and faces mixed reactions over foreign policy.

Associated Press United States Ohn W. Bricker Ohio Vice Press Bricker French Lick Ind America Republican Party Thomas F. Dewey Michigan Louisville Owosso Mich George Dewey Tom Connally Texas Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Sidney Hillman National Citizens Political Action Committee Connally Dewey International Organization Illman Roosevelt

The Road to Berlin Front Distances

Russian front shows 312 miles from outside Pultusk. Western front 355 miles from an unspecified point. French front 460 miles from Besancon to Bel. Italian front 583 miles from Rimini area. Distances outline Allied advance across Europe.

Associated Press Pultusk France Besancon Bel- 4 Rimini

Knox McRae Campaign Pledge for Decatur City Needs

Knox McRae pledges efficient city management to lift the debt and provide adequate schools parks fire and police protection and other services. He promises aviation transportation development and to attend all city council meetings be accessible to citizens and take an active interest in government. Paid political advertising by Knox McRae Decatur Ala.

Tur Knox McRae Decatur Ala

Allied Pressure Is Too Much For Nazis

Allied and Russian offensives across East West and South push German lines toward collapse. Tehran plans and Stimson signals point to a quick break in Europe as fronts thin from Norway to Belgium and German forces struggle to respond.

Kirkel. Simpson Associated Press Hitler Reich Europe United Nations Berlin Teheran Stimson North Cape Norway Scheldt Belgium Scandinavia Meuse Mosselle Rhine Eisenhower Vistula-Bug-Narew Poland Warsaw Danzig Masurian Lakes East Prussia Norin

Bryant Misses Only Sixth Mission Captured by Germans

Edward Norman Bryant, American pilot, reported missing in action after his sixth flight over Germany, later listed by the War Department as a prisoner of war. He is the son of Mrs. Jeffrey E. Bryant of Birmingham and grandson of Mrs. Fannie Lee Dunaway of Decatur, both former Decatur residents.

Edward Norman Bryant War Department Germany Jeffrey E. Bryant Birmingham Fannie Lee Dunaway Decatur

Knox McRae Buys Building Housing Local Firms

Knox McRae, automobile dealer, bought the building on lower Second Avenue from Mrs. Frank Harris of New Orleans. The $21,000 sale will leave first floor as is for the Morgan County Health Department, with plans to use the lower floor for a Dodge and Plymouth dealership and service shop in the future through Russell Speake.

Knox McRae Frank Harris New Orleans Smallwood Motor Company Morgan County Health Department Second Avenue Russell Speake McRae Dodge Plymouth

Salter Transferred from Bainbridge Airfield Service

Capt. Elmer G. Salter former publicity director for Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburns and public relations officer at Bainbridge Army airfield for over a year has been transferred to Maxwell Field Alabama Eastern flying training command.

Salter Bainbridge Elmer G. Salter Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburns Bainbridge Army Airfield Maxwell Field Ala Eastern Flying Training Command

First decisive rupture feared on German lines in Poland

The report notes a potential breakthrough in North Central Poland where German defenses on the Reich's approaches appear strained. It mentions an Allied news blackout and hints at rapid developments on the Moselle Meuse Scheldt fronts in France and Belgium over the weekend, signaling important portents.

Vistula Poland Reich Mosselle-Meuse-Scheldt France Belgium

Alabama Farm Machinery Outlook Brighter for 1945 Says Industry

Alabama farm machinery makers report 65 percent of 1945 quota ready by January 1 and prioritize harvest and crop production machines. Yet farmers face $5 to $10 loss per bale from careless cotton handling. Officials urge harvesting mature dry cotton, careful ginning, and wilt resistant varieties with higher potash fertilizer to improve 1945 yields.

L. O. Brackeen Auburn Alan Alabama Alabama Aaa Birmingham J. T. Belue Extension Cotton Improvement Specialists

Tame Unruly Hair With Waroline Hair Tonic

Promote a well groomed look with lustre by using Waroline Hair Tonic. Large bottle offered for 25 cents. Available for sale everywhere.

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Knox Morae Aviation Transportation Elopment Garrison Horace C. Narmore Flora Narmore C W. Narmore Camp Peary James H. Hollimon E. G. Hollimon Eighth Ave. W England Cpl Arthur H Hank) Kirby H. L. Kirby Sibert South-West Line 2Nd Ave Johnston St East Goodyear Decatur Transit Tick Genu Rocker Steachi Bros
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