WFA to Buy 1944 Cotton and Wheat at Parity Prices
Washington reports Food Administrator Marvin announced WFA will buy all 1944 crop cotton under loan schedules when storage is possible, through June 30, with CCC handling purchases. WFA will also buy unredeemed 1944 crop wheat under parity prices plus carry, through end of storage year, via CCC.
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Washington
Marvin
WFA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Jones
CCC
Congress
Agriculture Department
German Resistance Fails as Allied Landing Breaks Through
Allied air and ground forces overwhelmed German defenses after the invasion. Rommel and other commanders pleaded for air support and more anti tank weapons as fuel shortages and reinforcements hampered the Atlantic wall. Patton’s corps pierced the Cherbourg region while Von Kluge discussed strategy with Hitler’s envoy amid rapid German withdrawals.
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Air High Command
Romimel
Jhes
Rmmel
Atlantic Wall
Turingnents
Peninsla
Viver
B4th Corps
Urg
Seventh Army
Brittany
Panzer Grenad
St. Lo
Joseph L. Collins
Seventh Corps
Cherbourg
Patton
von Kluge
von Rundstedt
Hitler
Browns Win Again to Stay in Pennant Race
The St. Louis Browns won again to stay in the American pennant race. Gatehouse pitched six hits allowed while Black relieved him. Berry was involved as the Mackmen’s starter with relief in the game.
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Browns
ST. Louis
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia
Black
Char
Markets by Victor Eubank New York week ends with steady bonds and varied farm prices
The market ends a mixed week with gains in specialities and equipment. Liquor demand rises on holiday expectations and grain sorghum loosening. Locomotive shares rise on French talks of a $100 million order, while war and politics keep volume light. Chicago wheat gains, cotton rises, cattle prices vary across regions with lower grades weak but higher quality stock showing strength.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Cotton futures rally on mill buying with distant months up
New York Sept 23 Cot ton futures rallied as mills and commission houses bought while scale up hedging limited gains. Traders focused on price raising proposals pending at Washington and noted rapid Brazilian price increases. Futures closed 20 cents to 1.15 a bale higher.
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New York
Washington
Cattle Market Review Sees Large Midseason Supplies
Southeast area cattle market review notes liberal mid season marketings at plants. Four day totals show 2707 cattle and 2300 calves with a sharp rise in calf supplies creating a sizable selection of medium and good quality cattle.
Grain futures edge up on cash wheat price boost
Chicag o markets saw broad gains as government doubled the cash wheat price expected east of the Mississippi. December wheat rose to 1.56 5 8, corn to 1.14 1 4, oats to 59 1 8, rye to 1.00 1 8, and barley to 99 3 4.
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Eee
Chicago
Mississippi River
German Plan Could Shape Postwar Europe Policy
The discussion outlines Morgenthau’s plan and allied strategy showing Britain, United States, and Russia shaping postwar Germany. Proposals include removing German industry, closing mines, ceding Saar and eastern areas to France and Poland, breaking large estates, long Allied control, and no outright reparations.
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Silesia
Poland
Soviet Union
Russia
Germany
Britain
United States
Hull
Europe
Morgenthau
Saar
France
United Nations
FDR Attacks Republicans and Outlines Postwar Plans
President Roosevelt discusses reconversion to peacetime, vowing to lease or dispose of plants to maximize jobs and maintain wage power. He accuses GOP leaders of propaganda, defends New Deal policies, and calls for democratic victory and international peace machinery. The speech follows a Teamsters convention endorsement of a fourth term.
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Republican Party
Roosevelt
Old Guard
Goebbels
Congress
Teamsters Union
Daniel J. Tobin
Democtatic Nation
Ttee
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Person estimates 6088 steps or 778 miles daily
A person is estimated to cover 6,088 steps or about 778 miles each day. The figure suggests an extraordinary daily distance, likely based on a provocative or fictional premise.
Nazi planes downed in daring Arnhem relief airlift
Allied airlift counters German defenses as at least 27 German aircraft are destroyed while American and British transports deliver thousands of troops to aid the Arnhem front. RAF Mitchells and Boston Bombers strike Calais as escort fighters swarm the skies.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
Arnhem
Reich
Supreme Headquarters of
Allied Expeditionary Force
Netherlands
Boston
France
Calais
German Host Opens Gulf as Tallinn Graveyard Action Moves
Soviet sappers attacked the wrecked ships in Tallinn harbor while Germany opened Gulf access and Berlin predicted quick use of the port. Soviet progress pressed north as German defense collapsed with resistance fading in the north and evacuations feared on west coast ports. Guerrillas and Warsaw underground reports claim Soviet forces crossing the Vistula and engaging German and Polish fronts.
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Gulf
Tallinn
Berlin
Estonia
Riga
Warsaw
Vistula
Praga
Allied Press Moves In Burma And China Theater
Southeast Asia headquarters reports the British 14th army advancing seven miles beyond Tiddim Burma a key Japanese base. Allied air units under Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault sunk an 8000 ton Japanese troopship in the Formosa straits and bombed Hankow with fires visible for miles as coastal ships were sunk.
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Southeast Asia
14Th Army
Tiddim
Burma
India
Claire L. Chennault
Formosa Straits
Hankow
OPA checks auto parts dealers in North Alabama
Enforcement division of the local OPA begins a survey of automobile parts and accessories dealers in North Alabama as part of a nationwide push to enforce record keeping and price control requirements. Complaints allege many dealers and repair shops failed to furnish duplicate price copies from the base period of 1942 used for ceilings. Numerous local notices record hospital admissions and births, plus Red Cross drives for Christmas gifts to POW families and volunteer needs in Morgan County.
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OPA
North
Alabama
Morgan County
American Red Cross
CIO Chief Decries Unauthorized Strikes at Alabama Meet
HAM Sept 23 300 delegates attend the sixth annual CIO Alabama Council convention where Seal Bedeoe r urges that unauthorized strikes violate the sacred word of Philip Murray and a union contract binds both sides. John Brophy warns a Republican victory in November could hurt organized labor and its progressive wing.
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John Brophy
Industrial Union Council
National Cio
Roosevelt
Germany Doomed as War Enters Fifth Year on Western Front
Allied reports state German fortifications near Stolberg Aachen held little hope of repelling Allied gains as the front shifted east and west. Eisenhower declared Germany doomed, noting manpower losses and the failed counteroffensive while Brest fell with 36 389 prisoners. Dutch floods isolated Rotterdam as Britain and allies push across Holland.
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Stolberg
Aachen
Third Army
Lorraine
Nancy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Germany
Gestapo
Reich
Eisenhower
Brest
Holland
Hitler
Arnhem
Eindhoven
Wessem
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Breda
Rotterdam
Weiner Roast Planned by Decatur High Club
The Diversified Occupations club at Decatur Senior High hosted a Friday night weiner roast at seven. Members and guests listed include Charles Woods Gladys Hodge Louis Safley Carol Peck Bill Jones William Edgeman Oscar Vaughn Kathryn Moore Thelma Bishop Edith Davis Nolene Brown Bertha Timberlake Jerry Nelson Mavis Smith Sarah Glenn Clements Martha Jean Blizzard Carlton Mann Bettye Akers Roy Dodson Carlton Kelley and their sponsor.
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Diversified Occupations
Decatur Senior High School
Charles Woods
Gladys Hodge
Louis Safley
Carol Peck
Bill Jones
William Edgeman
Oscar Vaughn
Kathryn Moore
Thelma Bishop
Edith Davis
Nolene Brown
Bertha Timberlake
Jerry Nelson
Mavis Smith
Sarah Glenn Clements
Martha Jean Blizzard
Carlton Mann
Bettye Akers
Roy Dodson
Carlton Kelley
Funeral for Week-Old Jerry Leon Coble
Funeral services were held for week-old Jerry Leon Coble at Decatur cemetery after his death Friday at home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coble 109% West Church Street. Dr. Jesse Rodgers conducted the service with Brown directing the interment. He is survived by his parents and other relatives. Mr. Coble serves overseas with the armed forces.
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Jerry Leon Coble
J. H. Coble
West Church Street
Decatur Cemetery
Jesse Rodgers
Brown
Coble
Armed Forces
Mutual Service ambulance and local notices
The annual singing at Oak Ridge will be Sunday at ten with dinner on the grounds and open invitation. James W. Tyler 22 of Lacey's Spring commissioned an ensign in the U S naval reserve after graduating from the naval reserve midshipmen school at Abbott Hall Northwestern University Chicago. Second Lieutenant Jack T. Re Mine Florence 5 awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious service in aerial flight over continental Europe.
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Oak Rdige
James W. Tyler
Lacey
U.S. Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
Abbott Hall
Northwestern University
Chicago
Jack T. Remine
Florence 5
Air Medal
Europe
Atch
Water Plant Tests Improve Taste in Decatur Supply
Officials describe steps at the Decatur plant to mitigate taste and odor in finished water. Prechlorination and activated carbon treatment reduced palatability issues, though distribution remains sensitive to chlorine levels. A carbon unit was moved to the coagulation basin and fed ahead of chlorination. subsequent samples showed no taste or odor.
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Chenault
Godwin
Gerry Kavanagh
John Dobson
Wallace & Tiernan
R. A. Polglaze
Polglaze
Basenberg
Birmingham
A. N. Beck
State Health Department
Johnson
Wallace
Tiernan
Alabama
Tennessee
Decatur
Tennessee River
Guntersville
Shel 4G
Tennessee Valley
Nevity’s
Wilson Dam
Planes Hit Borneo Again In Allied Air Offensive
Allied headquarters report the first air assault in weeks over Borneo with raids on 13 Nipponese targets from the Moluccas to Bougainville. Catalina crews sank a 1 000 ton freighter near Darvel Bay and a 2 000 ton vessel off Davao, while land bombers hit multiple points and naval craft sank five barges north of Morotai.
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New Guinea
Borneo
Moluccas
Banda Sea
Morotai ‘Strait
Morotai Island
Halmahera
Morotai
Ope
Allied Forces Push North Toward Rimini and Milan
Canadian troops rounded up more prisoners as eighth army units advanced north toward Ravena and four miles beyond Rimini. They struck at enemy concentrations blasted by the Loyal and breached rail lines toward Milan, amid reports of a Milan strike and German retreat signals.
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Eighth Army
Ravenna
Rimini
Loyal
Milan
Piedmont
Brenner Pass
Funeral Sunday for William King
Funeral services for William Ernest King 68 will be Sunday at 4 PM at Memorial Drive residence with Rufus Underwood and Alfred Thompson officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Survived by two daughters Myrtle King Decatur and Mrs Howard Spiegle Dona Arkansas two sons Edward L King Decatur and Joseph C King US Army two brothers Hobart King Decatur Hunter King Mississippi one sister three grandsons nephews as pallbearers nieces in charge of flowers former L and N Railroad employee. Brown director.
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William Ernest King
Rufus Underwood
Alfred Thompson
Brown
Myrtle King
Decatur
Howard Spiegle
Dona
Arkansas
Edward L. King
Joseph C. King
U. S. Army
Hobart King
Hunter King
Mississippi
Flowers
King
L. and N. Railroad Company
Heights School Set to Open Monday At New Term
The Moulton Heights school under Briscoe principal will open Monday morning. Patrons were reminded that junior high fees are due the first year. Faculty includes Arthur Owens, Helen H Fil mons, Frances Ryan, Marjorie Rob erson, Lala Yarbrough, Elizabeth Penn, Ophelia Campbell, Dottie Lamon and Mrs Joe Burt in music.
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Moulton Heights
Vis Briscoe
Femin
Briscoe
Chers
Arthur Owens
Helen H. Filmons
Frances Ryan
Marjorie Roberson
Lala Yarbrough
Elizabeth Penn
Ophelia Campbell
Dottie Lamon
Joe Burt
Local authorities and engineers plan region wide water projects
Municipalities and the Tennessee Valley Authority, Wallace and Tiernan Consulting Engineers, and other stakeholders discuss an extensive set of water and infrastructure improvements affecting multiple communities.
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Tennessee Valeley Authority
Wallace & Tiernan, Consulting Engineers
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Pearl Harbor
SCO Sur
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Earl Gossip
Phil Pointer
Decatur General Hospital
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Brown’s
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Jeff Weaver
Hartselle
Aennee General Hospital
Edgar Baker
Union Grove l
Glertaiea Tee Decatire Penal Hospital
Clara Smith
Courtland
Baugh's Infirmary
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Richard James Brinkley
Baugh’s Infirmary
Jacob Pierce Clark
Gary Kent Clark
Eula May Roberts
Mrs. Lonnie Tolbert McLemore
Callie Downs’ McLemore
Fanny Terry
W. L. McCutcheon
Carmen McCarley
Falkville
Avis Bateman
Sixth Avenue West
Evelyn Robinson
Jewel Smit
Martha Minatra
Pulaski
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Morgan County Red Cross
Veola White
Priceville
Flip Timberlake
J. L. Dempsey
Beatrice Steinburg
First Presbyterian Church
Churc
Knox McRae
Claude McRae
Clyde McRae
Memphis, Tenn
Lawrence McRae
the Baptist Memorial Hospital
Wendall Watson
Decatur Clinic
Ninth Avenue South
Mr. Watson
Bill Davis
Baby
General Hospital
Austinville
Charles E. A
A. E. Winton
Wanda Dan
Wanda Dean
Decatur General Ho
CIO
Mutual Service Ambulance
John F. Stewart Sr
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Wille
Fourth Avenue West
J. R. Havener
Hart- Boringe
Seaphot Eay
O’cloe
Ione McCall
Jackson Street
Iss McCall
Nate Serious
William King
T. H. Milford
Dj Bureau of Sanitation
Decatur Elks Club
P. O
Earl Lee
Joe Cottrell
Newton B. Powell
Richard
Pete
Ryan Seybourn
Lynne Hollis Sharpe
T, J. Donahue
Joe D. Curry
Es . T. Sharpe, Jr
Case
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Paul Robinson
James R
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John M. Clark
J. W. Lake
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H. D. Cheatham
W. G. Wilkinson
W. B. Loosier
Hudson Sheats
R. A. Ande
Ralph G. Fisher
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