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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1944
Page
1
Mostly cloudy with showers in the north and east. High 69, low 65. Community updates include visits, travel to Detroit and Chattanooga, military postings, and local events. EMS and public safety notes mention a raid in Salem and local court fines.
Allied forces press assaults across the Pacific and Southeast Asia. U S carrier planes raid the Philippines for a second time while Mindanao and central Philippines are hit, and carrier units strike Palau and Iwo Jima as ground fighting continues in China and Burma with Gurkhas advancing toward Akyab.
Allied forces from the Fifth Army and British Eighth Army press the main Gothic line above Florence with two to three mile advances through Apennine passes. Heavy action continues along the Adriatic near Rimini where Poles, British and Canadians clash in sight of coastal defenses.
Secretary Hull warns Austria that time is nearly up to revolt against German control. He notes Allied advances on Fuehrer soil and East Prussia, while urging Austrians to act amid rising anti Nazi sentiment. He cites Moscow talks, Nazi arrests, and new anti Nazi groups in Britain and the United States.
TVA Chairman David E. Lilienthal told Huntsville civic groups that postwar conversion of war plants to peacetime industry will be a regional challenge. He warned the South risked losing ground industrially and urged communities to retain war-time industries and plan conversions with TVA help to ensure local use and regional strength.
Mayor Ros Richardson Jr of Athens was thought somewhat improved today at St. Vincent's Hospital Birmingham after a major operation begun Monday. He entered the hospital a week ago with a gallbladder issue and has completed two full terms as Athens’ mayor.
Only 42 absentee ballot applications filed for the De catur city election set for September 18. Four years ago 139 ballots were cast. The final day to apply is Wednesday, September 13, five days before the vote.
Soviet forces report a second patrol into East Prussia across the Lesape river as Red Army thrusts intensify. 16 Hitlerites killed. reconnaissance info cited. Simultaneously, a major Red Army advance pushes from Lomza toward East Prussia, while Malinovsky’s units near Transylvania and the Danube valley drive toward Romania and Hungary.
A string of petty thefts around the city Monday caused $70 in cash, gas line coupons and two bicycles to go missing. Miss Nathan McMillan of Moulton 2 reported her car near Goodyear mill entered through a ventilator, glove compartment forced open, coupons tagged 4201451 stolen. A Goodrich red white bicycle with bent basket vanished from Decatur junior high, owned by Wo Roberts. a Western Flyer wine white bicycle with large basket and serial 231813 taken from Princess theater. Contact D L Murphy 1724 Ninth Avenue South.
Governor Ellis Arnall led a state inspection at Reidsville Prison on September 12 with four Department of Corrections advisory board members. The delegation includes L. Moore of Atlanta Jules Frank-Gabriels Clarkes Turner Price of Quitman and Mrs J C Blalock of Atlanta. They planned a comprehensive tour of the facility and its operations.
Cincinnati report says John L. Lewis leader of the United Mine Workers denounced President Roosevelt as having kicked coal miners in the face during last year's wage disputes. He urged members not to vote for him in November and warned of more if reelected, as delegates debated Roosevelt resolutions and Dewey endorsements.
An Interstate Commerce Commission source said a decision on the long-pending Southern freight case may come in October. The interterritorial rate dispute, described as the largest case before the ICC, involves assertions of southern and western discrimination that hinder regional development. The evidence and arguments are now in the hands of commissioners after years of consideration.
The Highway Patrol office reports no accidents or wrecks for Monday or this morning, noting a quiet period with no incidents logged by patrol units.
The Roosevelt Churchill meeting focuses on military planning for the Pacific war against Japan with emphasis on real business sessions and informal talks. The conference marks strides in the Pacific theater, noting the Philippines air attack and realignment of Allied power, as Stalin is absent.
Allied forces advance toward Germany with American columns pushing from Luxembourg and Belgium toward the Siegfried Line. British troops seize the port of Le Havre to support supply lines for the invasion while U S First and Third Armies break through the frontier and Maginot line toward Thionville and Eupen.
General Eisenhower announced from Allied headquarters that the Ruhr and Rhineland will become war zones and urged civilians to leave immediately to avoid devastation. He said remnants of the German army retreating into Germany will face bombing equal to Normandy and that wartime facilities aiding the Nazi machine are targets. Atrocities in the region will be tried as crimes.
American forces captured Malmedy and Fort Eben Emael as the push into the Lowlands continued. Prisoners of war rose to 169,706 for the first army with Allied totals well over 300,000, while Spa and Malmedy fell on the Liège axis. The Third Army breached Moselle defenses as German positions retreated from Pont-a-Mousson to near Nancy.
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