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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1944
Page
1
Considerable cloudiness remains through tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers and local thundershowers in the extreme south this afternoon near the coast tonight and Wednesday. Winds on the coast will be occasionally fresh. The maximum temperature reaches 78 and the minimum 64.
Sgt William Ross Reed and others report moves and health updates. Births are announced for Decatur General Hospital and local clinics. Public service notes cover Civitan meeting, OPA board actions, and personnel movements from Camp Blanding to Fort Leonard Wood.
American B-29 Superfortresses struck Anshan in Manchuria, targeting steel and chemical plants as part of a three month air offensive on Nippon’s mainland. Intercepted by Japanese fighters, the raid followed two prior assaults and also hit Dairen while reporting broader operations across the Philippines, Burma, and Palau.
Montgomery Alabama will host the United Confederate Veterans for its 54th annual meeting starting tomorrow with additional gatherings by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in its 49th session and the Confederate Southern Memorial Association in its 45th, all overlapping in the cradle of the Confederacy.
General Eisenhower urges organized actions among foreign labor in Germany as Allied forces near Germany. He notes widespread restrictions on laborers and hints at internal resistance possibly aiding a major push on the Ruhr and near Arnhem. The piece contrasts Soviet and German employment of workers and emphasizes imminent large Allied operations.
Decatur's two oil mills Southern Cotton Oil and Home Oil Mill warn of severe labor and storage shortages as a bumper cotton crop moves to gins. Additional seed houses are delayed, keeping mills at under half capacity while aiming to handle seed daily in coming weeks. Managers urge patience and extra labor if available.
James Hill, a Negro, was held in Decatur city jail to await Maury county Tennessee authorities about a shooting Sunday in Columbia. He allegedly shot another Negro after a baseball game with a .45 automatic. the wounded man was hospitalized.
James E. Caldwell, prominent industrial organizer, died at his home in Caldwell Tennessee today at age 90. He had led the Fourth National Bank which he organized since 1930.
Allied and Axis air actions span Germany and nearby fronts as 1,100 bombers target Osnabruck Hamm and Bremen while RAF Lancasters raid Calais. In Holland Arnhem area fighting with over 200 German craft and Spitfires and Typhoons shield troops. British Mosquitos strike Mannheim. Italian fields hit Salamis and Piraeus. Balkan air force disrupts Yugoslavia Albania and Northern Greece with rail and road attacks.
John M. Franklin of 205 West Wilson Avenue sustained a broken leg and minor bruises at 4 40 p m Monday when struck by a motorcycle driven by an unidentified operator.
The Eighth Army smashed the Rubicon near Rimini as Allied forces widen the advance from the Gothic line. American and British units reported multiple bridgeheads and captured towns while German casualties mounted, with hopes the crossing signals a decisive Italian campaign victory.
Clay Pitts remains critically ill at Baugh infirmary after a Saturday gunshot wound to the right side. Albert Zills, arrested in connection with the shooting, posted a $2,000 bond and was released from Morgan county jail. The shooting occurred at the G W cafe at Bank and Vine Streets, with Zills later captured at his home.
UNRRA moves relief funds from 44 nations through the conference to aid 20 million Europeans returning home and rebuilding. Italy gains up to 50 million dollars in relief with aid to refugees, displaced persons, and camps, while Denmark is invited to join after reconstitution.
German prisoners at Fort McClellan Alabama ended a two day bread and water diet after demanding concessions. Lt Col Laurence D Smith, camp command officer, announced the action and noted rations were cut when refusals occurred and later resumed with regular rations.
Soviet forces pound the final German pocket in Estonia and push toward Riga from multiple axes. The Leningrad and Baltic fleets are cited in action as Haapsalu and Parnu fall, while fronts report near Riga within 40 to 65 miles on several lines.
Lewis B. Hershey reported the inductions are ongoing at about half a month rate and are proceeding steadily. The statement reflects a measured pace in the process.
Allied secrecy cloaked the Arnhem fight as German broadcasts claimed 1400 wounded and 600 paratroopers surrendered West of Arnhem. British and American forces pressed toward Kieve as Siegfried line defenses stiffen. Berlin radio said U S troops moved toward Epinal Remiremont Belfort in prelude to a winter push.
Sept 26 report puts German casualties since D-Day near one million. Estimates include about 100,000 killed, over 200,000 badly wounded, more than 500,000 captured, with others cut off in the Channel Islands, coast areas and the Bay of Biscay.
Allied press reports describe parts of three or four Nazi divisions hammering the pocketed Red Devil airborne troops west of Arnhem. Reinforcements and supplies are ferried across the upper rivers by British second army units as Eisenhower imposes news blackout to curb information leaks. The crisis marks a rare quiet while the battle around the Neder Rhine continues with little public detail.
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