Anti Roosevelt Vote Urged by Cotton Ed Smith Led Group
A New National Agricultural Committee of anti Roosevelt demonstrators urged farmers to vote against a fourth term in November. Led by Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, the group sought to recapture the government from New Dealers Hillmanites and communists. Fewer than a dozen attended the two day session in Waslington.
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Lington
New
National Agricultural Mittee
Toote
Frida
Ellison D
Cotton Ed) Smith
South Carolina
Sidney Hillmans
OPA Issues Butter and Cranberry Price Alerts
Birmingham office distributes news releases on blue ration tokens and prices for butter forms. Blue tokens expire Saturday and housewives urged to spend remaining supply. Creamery butter carries 16 point value vs four for country butter, with cranberry price ceiling expected near 40 cents per pound.
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Birmingham
Ala
OPA
Faulty Munitions Report Shows German Ammunition Defects
Allied release notes German captured documents revealing 1312 of 4372 rounds faulty and a firing test found 500 of 1000 shells dud. The report suggests sabotage risk linked to conscripted foreign workers aiding the Reich, while Allied officials withheld conclusions.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Western Front
Allied
Germany
Reich
New JWB Southern Section Elects Pugin President
Jules Pugin of New Orleans was elected president of the newly organized Southern section of the National Jewish Welfare Board at the final session of the Southern YMHA and YWHA conference. Delegates from 19 cities across nine states attended the meeting in Atlanta. Donald Oberdorfer of Atlanta was named chairman of the board of directors.
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Atlanta
Jules Pugin
New Orleans
National Jewish Welfare Board
YMHA
YWHA
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Donald Oberdorfer
National Jwb
Marauders Schedule Home and Away Games
Montgomery Alabama reports two more games added by the Maxwell Field Marauders a home and home series with the fourth infantry regiment at Ft Benning The Marauders will host the fourth infantry here Sunday November fifth and travel to Ft Benning on November twenty second.
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Montgomery
Ala
Ft. Benning
Maxwell Field Marauders
Fourth Infantry
Athenian Officer Heads Oversee Hospital Record Surge
Lt Col John Crutcher Jr of Athens leads a Vanderbilt built General Hospital in Italy with a 2000 bed capacity and 3000 expansion. In five and a half months over 12 000 patients, mostly battle wounded from Anzio Cassino and Rome, were admitted and deaths run two tenths of one percent. Crutcher, a 1925 Vanderbilt medical graduate, has served since 1941 and earned the European Theater Campaign Ribbon with bronze star.
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Peninsular
Italy
John Crutcher Jr
W. Hobbs Street
Athens
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tennessee
Camp Forest
Vanderbilt Hospital
Vanderbilt
George W. ‘Reyer
Medical Corps
Bizerte
Tunisia
War Department
The
Col. Crutcher
John S. Crutcher Jr
Crutcher
Vanderbilt N
Cabbage Jobs and Ferry Crews Amid Loire Crossing
Soldiers in France report unusual tasks after the Paris retreat. Cabbage collection from German dumps amuses troops while Army engineers improvise ferries across the Loire using treadway bridges and small motors. Notable passenger Major General Erich Etter and a list of crew members from several states are named.
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France
Paris
Hal F. Crouse
Maiden
N. C
Loire
42Nd St
Brooklyn
Hoboken
Corp
Michael Suprock
St. Clair
Erich Elster
Benjamin Sims
Sugar Grove O
Frank Davis
Rutherford
Frank Gray
Ration Stamp Validity Dates and Types
The notice lists ration stamp validity for various categories including meats and fats, processed foods, sugar, shoes, gasoline, and fuel oil. It specifies stamp ranges and expiration dates such as Oct 1 1944 for certain stamps and Feb 28 1945 for home canning sugar, with different regional coupon values and limits.
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Associated Press
Dewey Promises Harder Hit In Final Campaign Push
Dewey vows a harder response tonight at Oklahoma City after Roosevelt accuses Republicans of fraud and falsehood. He says Roosevelt lacks a future program and attacks him as quoting from Mein Kampf. Campaign notes include Schoeppe predicting a bigger Kansas GOP majority and Ickes calling Dewey a New Dealer.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Oklahoma City
Hitler
Paul Porter
AFL Teamsters Union
Washington
Andrew F. Schoeppe
Kansas
Wendell L. Willkie
Ickes
Pittsburgh
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Chicago
Earl Browder
Union Springs Man Fatally Struck by Bus Near Troy
P W Grimes a 44 year old insurance agent and farmer from Union Springs was fatally injured Saturday night several miles south of Troy. He had alighted from one bus at his farm near here and was struck by another bus according to a state highway patrol report.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. S. Grimes
Union Springs
Troy
State Highway Patrol
Grimes
Frontline Distances Reported Across The War Fronts
The report lists major corridor ranges for Allied and Soviet theaters. Western front about 305 miles from Arnhem, Russian front about 310 miles from Warsaw, Italian front about 575 miles from south of Bologna.
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Associated Press
Western Front
Arnhem
Warsaw
Bologna
Heating season coupons extend validity into new period
The notice states that coupons remain valid for the current heating season and that the new period one coupons are now valid and usable throughout the heating year.
Laura Reynolds Faces Family Tensions At Home
In Chapter Six Laura Reynolds, a poised Talbot woman, clashes with her grandmother Mrs. Reynolds over hiring a nurse Anne Wilson. Russell, Laura's fiancé, maintains calm while Laura fears losing control as Dan returns and Beth Anderson lurks as a distraction.
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Sx Wuesis
Wakes
Chesapeake Bay
Eunice Sete
Laura
Russell
Laura Reynolds
Mrs. Reynolds
Reynolds
Dr. Banning
Talbot
T*he University
Weston
South America
Crimson Tide to host two games for soldiers at Denny Stadium
Army's Northington General Hospital patients will receive free tickets to Alabama's Crimson Tide games at Denny Stadium. The contests are against Millsaps College on Oct. 14 and Mississippi State on Nov. 18. Brig. Gen. W R Dear thanked university officials for the gesture.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Army
Northington General Hospital
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Denny Stadium
Frank Thomas
Millsaps College
Mississippi State
Thomas
W. R. Dear
May Close Mills in Gadsden
The Republic Steel Corp plans to close finishing mills in Gadsden Alabama by late September, affecting about workers and raising questions about regional steel production and employment.
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Gadsden
Ala
Republic Steel Corp
Company shutdown may close plant midweek
The facility could shut down near the middle of the week as a result of the company's shutdown measures affecting operations.
Open hearth furnaces resume after labor dispute
Southern district manager E. I. Evans announced that open hearth furnaces will resume operations following a labor dispute.
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E. I .Evans
CIO Selects New Leader in Alabama Union Council
The CIO Alabama Industrial Union Council elected Carey E. Haigler of Birmingham as president to succeed New Beddow. Haigler was advanced from secretary treasurer as the two day convention closed in Birmingham. Allan S. Washington of CIO spoke about labor aims while officers from multiple unions attended. Two vice presidents at large, Robert McGruder and Frank Allen, were named.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cio-Alabama Idustrial Union Council Teat
Carey E. Haigler
New Beddow
Washington
Haigler
Allan S. H Washington
CIO
G. I. Joe xxx
Vice Press
Interna
Wees
Ruben
Farrim United Steelworkers of America
M. C. Anderson
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
W. T. Adcock
Huntsville
Textile Workers Union of America
Charles W. H Mobile
International Union Marine and Shipbuilding
Clyde Gannaway
Mobile
Nazi Maritime Union
Horace Lowery
Gads
Death of Rebecca de Monaes, Knoxville mother of former Decatur man
Mrs Rebecca de Monaes 84 mother of John a former Decatur businessman now in Knoxville died in Knox ville Services were held Thursday at Fifth Avenue Baptist Church and burial was in Old Hickory Cemetery Friends extend condolences and notes.
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Knoxville
Rebecca_ de Monaes
John
Decatur
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Old Hickory Cemetery
First of five calf sales opens in Ep es Alabama
The Alabama Black Belt Fi Cattle Association held the first of five calf sales in Ep es Alabama. The sale expected to market between and 7,500 animals with subsequent sales planned at Denn, Selma, Montgomery, and Union Springs on successive days.
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Epes
Ala
Alabama Black Belt Fi Cattle Association
Denn
Selma
Montgomery
Union Springs
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