Yanks Smash Into Germans Fortified Lines At Borders
Decatur area wartime update notes American forces pressing into fortified German lines at the borders. Also reports weather outlook cloud cover with rain in east and north tonight and Tuesday. Local service members receive awards and postings, including Good Conduct medal for Clyde B. Smith and others assigned to air warning units and aviation training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde B. Smith
James M. Smith
Seventh Avenue South
Decatur
Sgt. Smith
Mediterranean
Allied Coastal Air Force
Commodore Stephen Decatur
Associated
P Press
Alabama
Ae Ki
FDR and Churchill Meet for Quebec Victory Talks
In Quebec the President and Prime Minister begun a victory conference, signaling Pacific war emphasis. Roosevelt and Churchill arrived with top aides to discuss Allied strategy amid historic citadel setting and greetings with Canadian officials.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Quebec
R Velt
Churchill
Britain
Fmet
Canada
Ephen Early
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Aleutians
Admiral Nimitz
MacArthur
Haliee
Yesteray
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
Earl of Athlone
W. L. MacKenzie King
Mr. Roosevelt
Trinity House
Eleanor
Wolfes Cove
Wolfe
Plains of Abraham
Montclamn
Princess Alice
Beres C. Marshall
Army
E. M. Watson
Ross T. McIntire
Wilson Brown
Stephen Early
Grace Tully
Yule
Everywhere
Fala
Scottie Pup
Washington
International
Wolfesve
Citadel
Navy
I. R. G. Eastman Andian Navy
Eastman
Mansi Churchill
War Today: Allies Press Siegfried Line in Fierce Fighting
The battle for the Siegfried line grows fierce as German resistance stiffens near the Reich’s defenses. Allied forces push through France while supply lines lengthen slowing advance, with Canada’s First Army tasked to clear positions as the drive toward Germany continues.
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Hitler
Reich
Siegfried Line
France
le Havre
16Th Centry
First Army
Eisenhower
Germany
Anti-German tide rolls on in Balkans as Pavelic reportedly arrested
Balkans anti German movement gains momentum with reports Ante Pavelic, Croatia’s dictator, arrested and handed to Tito’s partisans. Tito’s forces advance near the Bulgarian frontier while Partisans attack near Zagreb and southern zones. Moscow radio urges Hungary to overthrow Nazi regime as Red Army pushes toward Transylvania. Allied operations in Yugoslavia described as national liberation efforts.
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London
Balkans
Hitler
Europe
United Nations Radio
Algiers
Ante Pavelic
Quisling
Croatia
Tito
Zajecar
Romania
Bulgaria
Zagreb
Pavelic
Italy
Alexander of
Yugoslavia
Marseille
Mussolini
Greece
Hungary
Moscow
Red Army
Transylvania
Marshal Tito
National Liberation Army of
Rome
Adriatic
State of Alabama v Herman Troup trial date set
State of Alabama versus Herman Troup charged with embezzlement has been set for Tuesday morning October 3 at 9 a m in circuit court. Warrant for Troup's arrest served Saturday night and bond approved by Sheriff Willoughby. Immediate notice of trial given to W H Long solicitor general and attorneys. Subpoenas for witnesses are being issued.
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State of Alabama
Herman Troup
A. A. Grif
Troup
W. T. Willoughby
Willoughby
Griffith
W. H. Long
Plan Amended on Surplus Property Sale Policy
A joint congressional committee amended the surplus property disposal bill to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell agricultural surpluses abroad at world prices. The change would let domestic processors buy cotton and wheat from CCC at world prices for processing and export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Commodity Credit Corporation
Toel
CCC
Fifth Army Gains Ground Along Adriatic and Florence Front
Allied forces press German withdrawals north and northwest of Florence reaching the Gothic line and Asella while American units push into Pistoia outskirts and Zezzera near Lucca. Serchio and Vecchiano river crossings bring doughboys into mine fields as air attacks continue near Pisa. Heavy resistance slows the eighth army drive toward the Po valley.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Adriatic
Rimini
U. S
Fifth Army
Florence
Asella
Great Po Valley
Bologna
Pistoia
92Nd
Zezzera
Lucca
Apennines
Monte Mignano
Italy
Serchio
Vecchiano
Pisa
Eighth Army
Ini
Coriano
Gemmano
Rege Tve
Greatest Air Battle Over Europe Claims 130 German Planes
American fighters escorting 1,000 heavy bombers attacked Nazi oil targets in Germany, delivering a record 130 enemy planes destroyed. The two day total reached 255 with 1,000-plus bombers striking Germany for a fourth straight day.
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London
Germany
Reich
Luftwaffe
England
Italy
France
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Rhineland
Merseburg
Lutzkendorf
Misburg
Berlin
le Havre
Siegfried Line defense design analyzed by Lochner
Louis P. Lochner explains the Westwall Siegfried line built to thwart air bombing and artillery by diffuse, bulkhead style fortifications. The line includes staggered bunkers and armored doors, with major infantry zones extending about 35 miles behind the first defenses.
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Associated Press
Westwall
Siegfried Line
Krosno Evacuated as Reds Push Toward Silesia
Berlin radio reported Krosno in South Poland evacuated by Germans as Soviet forces advanced toward Krakow and Beskide Pass. Russian offensives were described with heavy artillery and tank use, with the town changing hands multiple times since Friday.
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Krosno
Berlin
Silesia
London
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Carpathian
Krakow
Geerman Silesia
Vistula
Beskide Pass
Red
Carrier Raids Smack Japanese People In Pacific War
United States carrier strikes from Palau to the Philippines reported in Axis broadcasts as land based bombers hit Formosa and Halmahera. Japanese ships sunk or damaged listed, with Koror ablaze and Palau and Yap targeted. no American ships harmed. Gen. Stilwell announced 2,000 Japanese casualties as operations continued in Burma and China theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
U. S
Palau
Philippines
Ae Axis
Formosa
Halmahera
Celebes
Yap
Tokyo
Berlin
Mindanao
Douglas _MacArthur
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Carolines
Koror
MacArthur
China Sea
Zamboanga
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Bougainville
South West Pacific
Victory Gardens
Tongan
Kweilin
Key Point
China
Arakan
Burma
14Th Army
Joseph W.stilwell
Axis Allies Driven From Carpathians
Moscow reports the Red Army drives German and Hungarian troops from the Eastern Carpathians and approaches Cluj as part of a broad offensive. Soviet and British broadcasts describe rapid gains, river crossings, and plans for a double sweep into Hungary and Austria with cooperation from Tito’s partisans.
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Moscow
Red Army
Eastern
Carpathians
Transylvanian Alps
Office of War Information
Russia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Cluj
Hungary
Austria
Danube
Iron Gate
Serbia
Turnu-Severin
Feodor Tolbukhin
Aegean Sea
Marshal Tito
Transylvania
Upper Vistula
Warsaw
German Silesia
Sesupe
East Prussia
Insterburg
Tilsit- Insterburg-Konigsberg
Sergeant Childs Reported Missing From War Service
Mrs. Floyd L. Childs, 707 Sherman Street, was notified by the War Department that her husband S- Childs has been missing since the 25th. S-Sgt. Childs has served overseas twenty-two months and is now with his parents.
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Charleston
S. C
Navy Yard
Robert Roper
Civil Service
Floyd L. Childs
Sherman Street
War Department
S- Childs
British Force Drives Route Into Holland
U S first army pushes into Siegfried line sectors in Holland area near Eindhoven and Limburg while British units cross toward the Dutch frontier. Allied air forces attack gun emplacements and oil refineries as Patton and Hodges advance from Metz to Luxembourg and Aachen looms near the frontier.
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London
U. S
First Army
Siegfried Line
Holland
Albert Canal
Geremans
Luxembourg
Rhineland
Saarland
Aachen
Germany
George S. Patton
Moselle
France
Nancy
Metz
Patton
Limburg
Netherlands Apperdix
Courtney H. Hodges
Liege
Normandy
Eindhoven
Antwerp
Associated Press
Schelde-Meuse
Bourg-Leopold
Bechtel
Duchy
Saar
Saarburge
Trier
U. S. First Army
Second
Nern
Hasselt
Kleve
Westwall
Rhine
Dusseldorf
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