General Helps Put Nazis In Tank Trap
An American command post in Holland reports that on September 2 at Marchiennes France a major general with four officers and ten enlisted men trapped a German column in a tank ambush near the Belgian border. The counterattack destroyed vehicles and weapons, with 60 Nazis captured and over 300 killed. one Free French fighter was the only casualty.
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Holland
Marchiennes
France
Reich
Les Boches
Roy Craft
San Francisco
Maj. Craft
Tragedy of War Hits Family in Marion
Navy Seaman Second Class Samuel Donaldson England is listed as missing in action per Navy notification to Parents Mr and Mrs Frederick England of Cunningham community. Brother Lt Arthur Eugene England was killed in the South Pacific in 1942 and Lt Fred England is a prisoner of war in Germany. The family includes two other boys and a girl who are high school students.
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Marion
Ala
Navy
Samuel Donaldson England
Frederick England
Cunningham
Army Air Forces
Arthur Eugene England
South Pacific
Fred England
Germany
Air Forces
West Limestone Social News and Local Notes
Friends of Dr. D E Jackson report he is improving and may return home soon though not back at full hospital duties yet. Cotton picking is underway as residents share visits with relatives including Gill, Tennison, Piggy, Jackson, and Stinnett families. The Dnepr Dam in Russia, destroyed by patriots during the war, stretches over 5 000 feet.
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D. E. Jackson
Jonnie
Bobbie Gill
Concord
J. D. Gill
Jim Piggy
Pulaski
Tenn
Henry Jackson
Stella
Ten
Dnepr
Russia
Awakening in a sleepy town opens new ties
Mrs. Eunice Reynolds, a ridged elder in Chesapeake Bay Village, hires Anne Wilson, a New York arrival, as a helper sparking a quiet domestic drama. Russell Smith, a lawyer, confronts his younger brother Dan, recently released from jail, returning to their mother's dying guidance.
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Eee Paw
Chesapeake Bay Village
Eunice Reynolds
Laura
Anne
Russell Smith
Maryland Street
Talbot
Weston
Morgan County Somerville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Althea Bean returns to Cullman from a visit with sister Mrs. W S Watkins. Residents tour Decatur and Hartselle for business. relatives from Birmingham Decatur Louisville and Huntsville mingle in Morgan County. Households, shopping, and family visits mark the week.
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Althea Bean
Cullman
W. S. Watkins
Bob Orr
Charles Terry
Hartselle
Don J. Mikell
C. B. Brindley
Decatur
Robert Strickland
Birmingham
O. O. Waugh
Route Two
M. D. Johnson
Bill Brindley
Van
Harold
Homer Sullivan
J. W. Winton
G. Mikell
R. M. Winton
Fanny
B. M. Cuthrell
Olen Mooneyham
California
Cpl
Olenooneyham
Will Mooneyam
Glen Watkins
Gary
Hubert Mitchell
W. T. Wade
Mary Simpson
Mollie Brindley
J. R. Ransom
E. J. Johnston
Huntsville
Howard Smith
Wilburn Wade
Jane
Louisville
Morgan County
Marceline Hollaway
Route One
W. P. Gilchrist
Pauline Lyle
Gilbert Lemmond
Jerry Wayne Lyle
Aline Lemmond
Jean
Lawrence County Echoes Social in Ellisville
Community notes recount Sunday singing at Neel with Ruth Livingston reporting. Local visits include Mrs. Jim Lowery with Mrs. Marvin ay and James Edward Livingston's return from Camp to his parents. Families from Addison Johnson Chapel and Johnson Chapel area share time with Collins and Teague households.
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Neel
Jim Lowery
Marvinay
James Edward Livingston
J. R. Livingston
Grady Legg
Murl
Len Dora Teague
Helen
Earnest McDonald
Matherlean
Garrie Pitts
Johnson Chapel
John Collins
Janny
Loyd Collins
Shelton Gillbreath
Addison
Prentis Collins
Community News From Morgan County
Morgan County residents are busy with harvests and family visits. Mr and Mrs Roy Edwards and sons from Laceys Spring spent the weekend with relatives here. Verlin Helms improves after injuring her foot. Emmet Helms visited his son Harvey. Mrs Vera Black and Mrs Ella Pettit visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Edwards
Paul and
Junior
Lacey's
W. G. Whisenant
Ella Pettit
Verlin Helms
Imogene
Gordon Baily Taylor
Decatur
Flora Helms
Mary Compton
Ruth
Union
Alta Curry
Homer Hornbuckle
Cleve Hornbuckle
Emmet Helms
Harvey Helms
Owen Edwards
Claudie Edwards
Henry Edwards
Gilbert Criscoe
Pine Ridge
Harvey Curry
Vera Black
Alabama doctors named to state executive committee
Dr. John Day Peake of Mobile and Dr. French Craddock Sr. of Sylacauga join seven other Alabama physicians on the state executive committee of the American Cancer Control Society's women's field army. The term Marine derives from the French word marin meaning sea soldier.
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Montgomery
Ala
John Day Peake
Mobile
French Craddock
Sylacauga
Women’s Field Army
American Cancer Control Society
Alabama
Tax on Aliens Enters U S, 8 Dollar Charge Except Young
A new policy imposes an eight dollar levy on each alien entering the United States, with an exemption for children under sixteen who arrive with a parent. The measure outlines enforcement and collection rules for border authorities.
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The
United States
Sanders Unit Record Good
Corporal James G. Sanders of Decatur serves in an eighth fighter command P 51 Mustang group that surpassed 450 victories over Nazi planes becoming the third American fighter group in the European theater to reach the mark. Sanders, a driver in the squadron’s transportation section, contributed to the high combat efficiency as the group destroyed 44 enemy planes on the ground and seven in the air in one mission. The unit, under Colonel William J Jr of Lawrence, achieved a record for American units by averaging more than 29 planes destroyed per mission over occupied Europe. Sanders previously worked at the C Hosiery Mill in Decatur before enlisting in July 1942.
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James G. Sanders
Decatur
Eighth Fighter Command
Sanders
Luftwaffe
Europe
William J. Jr
Lawrence
Decatur 2
Plagiarism Through the Ages and Its Early Meanings
The article notes that plagiarism today means copying from another's work but in ancient times it referred to kid napping or stealing. It contrasts modern intellectual theft with historical acts of taking others’ writings and ideas.
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