Hull Is Winner In Debate On Germany
Hull wins bitter debate on Germany policy as Roosevelt orders a postwar push to curb German power. The president directs State guided studies and accelerated efforts with FEA, aiming to prevent a future German war through economic controls and continued lend lease to defeat both Axis powers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Leo T. Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration
Morgenthau
Stimson
Hull
State Department
Crowley
Department of State
Foreign Service
United Nations
FEA
Japan
FDR
Cabinet Committee
Reer
Ferguson to Accept Place on Morgan County Board
R 8S Ferguson formerly of Trinity now in Decatur will be appointed to the Morgan County Board of Equalization. He replaces Rutledge S Thomas who was elected to the Decatur City Council and must resign. The choice follows an Attorney General ruling that vacancies must be filled from the original nominees list. Other board members are Phil Orr and Minor Russell.
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Board of Equalization
Ferguson
Phil Orr
Hartselle
Minor Russell
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Pvt Ed Purser Killed in Action in France
The War Department announced Pvt Edward W Purser formerly reported missing in action has been killed in France. He served in an infantry reconnaissance unit after basic training at Camp Wheeler and Fort Meade and saw action in Italy before France. He was born July 9 1925 in Lesles and was a Riverside high school graduate class of 1942.
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War, Department
Edward W. Purser
France
Purser
Joseph H. Purser
East Vine Street
Edward H. Woolard
Loseles
Riverside High School
Phi Chi Mu Fraternity
Auburn
K. A
Camp Wheeler
Fort Meade
St. Pa Episcopal Church of Decaur
Allies Press Balkan Limits as Greece Factions Realign
The article notes limited Allied activity in Albania with airborne and commando operations to block German retreat routes. It reports tensions among Greek partisan groups, including ELAS and EDES, over command and control, and hints that Allies may assume overall leadership with both sides’ approval. ELAS reportedly fields about 25,000 fighters.
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Albania
Greece
Italy
Austria
Balkan
Russia
Partiseh
Party of Influence
Elas
Eam
Edes
Eles
Yanks Seize New Heights in Po Valley Advance
American fifth army troops pushed northeast through mud and rain to seize Mount Battaglia 11 miles from Imola and three key heights along a direct route to Bologna. British eighth army gains edged the Po valley as forces pressed despite heavy German counterattacks. The offensive yielded 9,000 prisoners, 73 armored vehicles, and 43 anti tank guns with air support limited by weather.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mount Battaglia
Imola
Po Valley
Bologna-Rimini
Doughboys
Bologna
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Fiumeino
Highway 65
Fifth
New Zealand
Gatteo
Savignano
Bellaria
San Mauro di Romagna
Rimini
Savi
Canom
Tribola
Ganomica
MAAF
Patton
Pont-Amousson
Metz
Nancy
Port-Sur-Seile
Nance
Pettoncourt
Bezange
Coincourt
Fragmentary AP item notes location details near Bologna
An AP report fragment mentions distances from Bologna and other places with uncertain direction and unclear context. The exact event, dates, and names are unreadable in the fragment.
Red Army Presses Hungary Front as Allies Drive Toward Riga
Russian three army offensive across Romania and Yugoslavia widens the war front toward Hungary. Russian advances include Lupkow Pass and Danube crossings, while Tito’s partisans reach Belgrade outskirts and Riga braces for a further German front split in the Baltic region.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Red Army
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hitler
Marshal Tito
Lupkow Pass
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Wydraw
East Beskid
Frantisek Nemec
DNB
Danube
Iron Gate
Turnu
Europe
Asse
Enem
Marshal Rodion Y
Reuters
Belgrade
Berlin
Vydran
Ivan Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Beskid
Lupkow
Riga
Lode
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorovy
Virtsu
East Prussia
Lithuania
Latvia
Riga Gulf
Argentina Warned Again Over Nazi Influence
President Roosevelt criticized the Argentine government for growing Nazi fascist influences while Nazi forces face defeat in Germany. He cited Argentina's repudiation of the inter American system for defense and echoed Churchill on nations’ wartime roles amid Nazi broadcasts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
Argentina
Churchill
Great Britain
Switzerland bans arms exports to take effect Sunday
Berne announced a countrywide ban on weapon exports in a decision made today. The prohibition applies to all nations and aims to curb arms shipments starting this Sunday.
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Berne
Switzerland
Eer
Sinatra backs Roosevelt for a fourth term after White House visit
Frank Sinatra met with President Roosevelt at the White House and endorsed a Roosevelt fourth term. Bing Crosby supports Dewey through Hollywood for Dewey, while Sinatra and the President joked about swooning girls and revived feminine saints.
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Washington
Bing Crosby
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Roosevelt
Crosby
Hollywood
Dewey
Everett
Bing
Bingeay
France
Voice
White House
City Ballot Underway in Decatur Mayor Race
Decatur voters elect the next four years of city leadership with Mayor Tom Harrison facing H R Sandy Summer. Polls open 8 AM to 6 PM as absentee ballots rise but total counts wait on the final tally. The Decatur Daily will publish results as soon as counts are completed.
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Decatur
Tom Harrison
H. R. “Sandy” Summer
Bowman Field Bombardiers Game Cancelled
A football game scheduled for Sunday October 1 at Camp Campbell has been cancelled. The Bowman Field Bombardiers and the 220th Engineers Battalion of the 20th Armored Division were to meet, according to the public relations office.
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Camp Campbell
Bowman Field
220Th Engineers
20Th Armored Division
OPA Ends Premium for Small Ammunition Purchases
The Office of Price Administration ruled that hunters no longer pay a 25 percent premium for ammo sold in less than box lots. The maximum price for single shells will be set by dividing the box price by the shells per box.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Central Philippines Raided Again By Yank Bombers
U S carrier forces report a sweeping raid on Cebu Leyte Negros Mactan and Southern Luzon destroying ships and planes. Nimitz notes 22 ships sunk 36 planes destroyed with eight airmen killed as seven interceptors fall.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
China
U.S
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Adm
William Halsey
Pacific
Cebu
Leyte
Negros
Mactan
Luzon
Nimitz
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Jolo
Tanchuk
U. S
Kweilin
Liuchow
Claire L. Chennault
14Th Airforce
Kunming
Chungking
Paoching
Bombers Rally in Spotlight Over Siegfried Line
British and American medium bombers attacked Siegfried line defenses and rail yards at Saarbrucken and Goldern on the Dutch border. Marauders hit Saarbrucken junction and Webenheim fortifications while weather allowed daylight raids across the channel with no enemy fighters encountered.
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London
Germany
Siegfried Line
Saarbrucken
Goldern
Ninth Airforce
Britain
Webenhein
Brunswick
The
Reich
Large Agreement Reported By World Security Talks
Washington dispatch reports a large measure of agreement among the United States Soviet Union and British delegations on a world security organization during talks tied to the Russian phase at Dumbarton Oaks. The three sides will report to their elements and issue a joint statement later.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Chai
Conso Eencm
Dor Andrei A. Tee
United States
United
Soviet Union
World Security Organization
Requiro
Belfort Gap Nears as Allied Armies Drive Forward
Allied forces on the southern sector push toward Belfort and advance to within 11 miles of the Belfort passes. Patton and Patch troops gain several miles, bag 82 German tanks, and capture multiple villages. British forces press toward the Maas as raids across the Rhine signals intensify.
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James M. Long
London
Dough
Belfort Pass
Yours
Rhine
Germany
Aachen
U. S. First Army
Echterbosch
George S. Patton
Third
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Patton
Belfort
Rambervillers
Nancy
Maas
Meuse
Holland
Siegfried
Sit Ard
First Army
Luxembourg
First
Remich
Britain
Cap Gris Nez
Calais
Moselle
Af Er
Cologne
Bernard L. Montgomery
Army Group
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Hamil Clinic
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Cullman
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James Blake
Morgan County
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Cullman Hospital
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Idell Turner
Pearlie Hardin
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Camp Shelby
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Tanner
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