Ill and missing in action dominates Decatur notices
War Department announcements report multiple local service members killed or missing in action in the European theater. Pvt. James P. Brake Id Tech 4th Grade in Decker and Pfc. Robert L. Smith, both from local families, are named among the dead. Staff Sergeants James W. Raley and Hassie Segueson are reported missing. Others listed include Pvt. Calvin Sapp and Pvt. Delmer Sparks declared killed in action. The page also notes a prisoner of war situation for Mor Markham and community updates on local fire, weather, and events.
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War Department
James P. Brake
Sarah Eefield
Athens
Tech
Decker
Zorner
Jow
James W Raley
Annie
Raley
Vinemont
The
Calvin Sapp
Luke C. Sapp
Decatur 3
Robert L. Smith
Christine G. Smith
Athens 5
Pfc
Delmer J. Sparks
B. D. Sparks
Hillsboro
Germans Beaten as Bradley's Army Advances in Germany
In 102 days of break through fighting Lt Gen Omar Bradley's infantry and air support have shattered German defenses from Normandy to the Siegfried line. The German army, once feared, has been beaten on the battlefield with no effective initiative since American troops landed. The article notes Allied progress and hints at near collapse, with continued offensives expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitehead
U. S. First Army
Germany
Omar N. Bradley
Coe
Essasy
Europe
Bradley
Normandy
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Paris
Belgium
von Rundstedt
Hitler
Berlin
CBS
Manila
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
Davao
Decatur Water Taste Odor Issue Prompt Actions By Officials
Water department head George Godwin says taste problems in Decatur water persist despite ongoing treatments and scientific study. Agencies including Alabama Department of Public Health and Tennessee Valley Authority coordinate with local officials while engineers assess taste and odor through activated filtration begun August 6 following odor complaints since July 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Godwin
Water Department
City of
Decatur
Godwin
Alabama Department of Blie Health
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wallace & Tiernan Company
Water Purification of Engineers of
Newark
N. J
Polglaze & Basen Waterworks
Birmingham
Tennessee’ River
City Water Department
H. Milford
Bureau of Sanitation
Alabama Department of Public Health
L. R. Murphree
Morgan County
Alabama
Murphree
F. L. Chenault
B. F. Austin
Dr. Austin
Decatur Elks Club Seeks Addresses of Members in Service
The Decatur Elks Club asks the public for the mailing addresses of lodge members currently in the armed forces to send Christmas packages. People with address information are asked to write to Postoffice Box near phone 9155 after two P M daily.
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Decatur Elks Club
Decatur Lodge
Decatur Elks Lodge
Yanks Break Gothic Line, Push Toward Bologna Gateway
Allied reports say American forces smashed the German Gothic line in Italy driving toward the Lombardy plain near Bologna. Brazilian expeditionary troops advance toward La Spezia as Leese’s Eighth Army clears the Marecchio river area and expands the Po valley bridgehead.
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Fortes
Italy
Eighth Army
Sid Feder
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Rncan
Lombardy
Bologna
Duta Pass
Pisa
la Spezia
Oliver Leese
Eighth
Marecchio
Rimini
Po Valley
Roosevelt opens fourth term bid with sharp anti GOP speech
President Roosevelt, addressing AFL Teamsters, attacks GOP claims credit for the New Deal and accuses Republican leaders of fraud and misleading the public. He defends antiwar plans and jokes about Fala while warning against campaign smears and attacks on his administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hih
AFL Teamsters Union
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Teamsters
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
War Department
Fala
Aleutians
Red Army seals off Germans as Estonia Latvia fall
Soviet forces and Estonian troops push through Estonia and Latvia trapping thousands of German troops. Parnu falls as Riga braces for capture, with Baltic naval efforts and air power aiding evacuations and sinking German transports at sea.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Estonia
Gesnu
Gulf of Riga
Red Army
Parnu
Paide
Tallinn
Opnersity
Ermans
Finland
Riga
Latvia
Red
East Prussia
Poland
Hungary
Red Fleet
Baltic Sea
Joseph Stalin
Berlin
Cluj
Slovakia
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Hos
Govorov
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Second Baltic
Parau
Etin
Red Naval
Gulf of Finland
Kronstadt
Ngrad
Absentee Ballot Applications Rise Ahead of City Election
City Clerk Joseph M. Pettey reports 100 absentee ballot applications received for the upcoming city election on September 28, more than the 75 filed for the September 18 vote. About half of the 75 voted in the first election, and four years ago absentee votes totaled 139. Voters will choose the mayor for the next four years.
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Joseph M. Pettey
T R
Morgan County Names Its First Woman Doctor
Dorothy Grace Finley of Decatur becomes Morgan County’s first woman doctor after graduating from University of Alabama pre medical work and University of Alabama medical school. She will start a two year internship October 1 at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
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Dorothy Grace Finley
Rex Finleyy
Decatur
Graduate University Medical School
Morgan County
Finley
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
University of Alabama
German plan splits Roosevelt cabinet over Morgenthau plan
President Roosevelt's cabinet committee on German policy is divided over Morgenthau's plan to destroy Germany as an industrial power and convert it to small-farm agriculture. Hull and Stimson oppose. Morgenthau backs. Churchill, Eden courted. Stalin's stance unclear as long-range postwar plans stall.
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John & Hightower
Roosevelt
Easury
Morgenthau
Germany
European
England
Quebec
Churchill
Hull
Stimson
Treasury
War and State Department
Britain
Russia
European Advisory Commission
Anthony Eden
Eden
Stalin
East Prussia
Peleliu Near Northern End Seized by Marines
Two thirds of Peleliu Island now in American hands as Marines push northward amid heavy fighting. Admiral Nimitz said three fourths of Peleliu controlled by day’s end. 7,020 Japanese killed on Peleliu and 950 on nearby Anguar. Also, Yap raid focused on minor targets with carrier planes. Philippine puppet government mobilizes Filipinos for Japan.
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Dean Schedler
Associated Press
Peleliu Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Peleliu
Anguar
Wildcat
Navy
Yap
Palaus
Alert
Pelelius
Ngesucbus Islands
Philippine Republic
United States
Great Britain
Tokyo Radio
Jose P. Laurel
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Pacific
Imperial Army
Morgan Lawrence Farm Program Talk Set in Decatur
Morgan Lawrence farm agents B G Hall and J E Carter will speak to bankers from Decatur Hartsel Hartsville Falkville and Moulton Monday night at 7 30 in Decatur Chamber offices about improving the local dairy program. Hall will report on conditions from a Tennessee breeder trip with Dr Ray Ashwander Casto Jarvis and Maynard Layman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Hall
Morgan County
J. E. Carter
Lawrence County
Decatur
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Hartseile
Falkville
Moulton
Middle Tennessee
Hall
Tennessee
Ray Ashwander
Casto Jarvis
Maynard Layman
Two Army Supply Ships Commissioned At Decatur Yard
Inland ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding Decatur marks the joint commissioning of two Army supply ships. High officials from the fourth zone Transportation Corps, city leaders of Decatur, and officers join in a 3 30 p m dedication with a master of ceremonies from the yard.
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Decatur
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
Fourth Zone Transportation Corps
Decatur City
Glider Force Brought Into Arnhem Area
Allied dispatches say British and American glider troops with supplies were flown into Arnhem to reinforce Dempsey's rescue force amid heavy fighting. The Second Army widened the corridor toward the lower Rhine, capturing Beek and nearby towns as Germans launched counterattacks. Morale in Arnhem reportedly high after six days of isolation despite continued Luftwaffe opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Agnew
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Second Army
Arnhem
Holland
Miles GC. Dempsey
Rhine
U. S. Third
Burnville
Baccarat
Nancy
Cance
Itheer
Arnhem Bridge
Ruhr
Berlin
Dempsey
Eindhoven- Nijmegen
Lower Rhine
Beek
Nijmegen
Eindhoven
Moselle
Aachen
Metz
Third Army
Pournoy
Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Calais
Boulogne
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
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Seaman 2-c
Norfolk, Va
J. H. Hendon
Alice Sharp
Peers
Third Avenue
Uth
Fred A. Anderson
Bradenton
S. .Andersen
T. E. Crow
P. T. Turner
Barbara Ann Norris
Third Avenue South
Will Dyer
Elbert L. Julian
Eva J
Bite Department
James D. Tribble
B “Ogi
Louise Cox
Havas
Turday
Hassie Sergueson
Marrie
Fergueson
FE. Street
Thens
Theuropean Rea
James T.mccleskey
F. Mely
Mowlton 2
Guo
Theta Department
Herman V. Owens
William M. Owens
Pisgah 9
Ion
Institutes of
Decatur Rory Club
Cornelian Mag
Riversideigh School
A. B. Markham
Mor Markham
Tur
Cisternaveral
Lahleen Kinney
Rae
Si Leeks
Opelik
Fifth Ave East
C. D. Baker
de- General Hospital
Seventh Avenue West
Mutual Service
Irwin Ryan
Ken Reynolds
L. R. Murphee
Wilcox
Henderson
OPA
Health Department
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