Shortages of Labor May Develop in Decatur Area
War Manpower and Employment Service officials met with Decatur industrial leaders to discuss looming labor shortages as many young men enlist. Jim Anderson and H. P. Still reviewed labor sources and ways to put people to work, with Robert T. Harris presiding. Women may be urged to fill jobs as men join the armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Jim Anderson
WMC
H. P. Still
U. S. Employment Service
Robert T. Harris
Chamber of Commerce
Armed Services
Liberator air raid strikes Germany for first time without Fortresses
Swiss reports describe Schaffhausen near Lake Constance as a war zone after a Liberator bombing raid into Germany. The incident sparked Swiss investigations and possible U S apologies and indemnities. Bombing faced heavy anti aircraft fire with limited fighter opposition as crews reported cloud penetration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaffhausen
Lake Constance
Friedrichshafen
Germany
U. S
United States
Switzerland
RAF
Europe
France
Pas-De- Calais
Inspector Grange Investigates Cynthia Lane Murder
Inspector Grange and his team question Mrs. Carstairs and Argus links to blackmail as they piece through the murder of model Cynthia Lane. Clues include a .32 revolver, dried green paint on a mink coat, and hints of a New Jersey weekend. The case centers on connections between Cynthia Lane, Dorry Carstairs, and the Carstairs family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inspector Grange
Grange
Flagg
Argus
Cynthia Lane
Steele
Flage
Miss Lane
Dorry
Cynthia
Bill Carstairs
Mike
William Carstairs, Jr
O.K. Dll
Carstairs
Bill
Syria
Penguin Club
Models
Derry Carstairs
Ellen
New Jersey
Peruvian Envoy at Washington Dies After Long Tenure
Manuel De Freyre Y Santander, aged 71, Peruvian ambassador to the United States and dean of the Washington diplomatic corps, died today. He had served as ambassador since July 1930, the longest tenure among current foreign diplomats. Born in Washington, he entered the Peruvian service in 1903 and held posts in Japan, China, Argentina, Great Britain, and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manuel de Freyre Y Santander
United States
Freyre
Great Britain
Legation
Japan
China
Argentina
Markets Turn Higher After Slow Week On Wall Street
After a slow week, the stock market steadied to end irregularly higher led by rails and specialties. The week saw a sharp Tuesday selloff, a mild Wednesday recovery, and a 60-stock average up 0.1 to 52.2, with earnings and dividends aiding sentiment amid limited buying. Farmers and traders noted tight feed and mixed grain moves though wheat and oats finished near unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Bernard S O'Hara
New York
Associated Press
Chicago
Cotton futures ease under liquidation in New York
New York April 1 cotton futures eased under light commission house liquidation and hedge selling closing unchanged to 45 cents a bale lower. May and July found support from trade buying while new deliveries lacked demand. Selling cited war developments and textile wage talks as factors with futures closing unchanged to 48 cents lower.
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New York
Light Commission House
Owen
Average price for cotton at Southern markets unchanged
Average price for middling 15-16 inch cotton at ten designated Southern spot markets held at 21.06 cents per pound for the past 30 market days and middling 7-8 inch averaged 19.92 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Grain futures hold steady in narrow Chicago Saturday trade
In restricted Saturday activity grains traded within a tight range and closed with no meaningful price changes. May prices showed little movement as market observers noted limited activity and stable valuation across grain types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Two Athens Men Charged With Impersonating FBI Agents
Two Athens men James A. Burchell and Homer Goover were charged with impersonating FBI agents and forcing three persons to ride at gunpoint for 20 miles. They were arraigned in Huntsville and bound over to the federal grand jury with Burchell at $1,000 and Goover at $500. The victims were Henry Marks Talmadge Downs and Geneva Sanford of Athens. Burchell tried to cash a $25 check related to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Henry Marks
Talmadge Downs
Nine Arrested In The Theft Of Roscoes Mobile
Nine men were arrested in Mobile and Flomaton as part of an FBI led probe into the theft of 91 slot machines from the Escambia County courthouse in Brewton last November. They were arraigned on federal stolen property charges and released on bonds from 500 to 900 dollars. Police recovered machines linked by serial numbers as investigations continue.
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Mobile
Ala
Escambia County
Brewton
Flomaton
R. J. Abbaticchio Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Birmingham
U. S
Alex T. Howard
Brewton Court House
Dudley McFadyen
GOP Tactics Under Fire
In a prepared address Boston April 1 House Democratic Leader McCormack accused Republican leaders in Congress of undermining price controls while paying lip service to them. He warned inflation could lengthen the war and derail peace, urging vigilance as Congress debates renewing the price control act and resisting amendments that would exclude essentials and favor luxury goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
House
McCormack
Congress
Massachusetts
Senator Bone Named Judge in Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington April 1 President Roosevelt named 61 year old Senator Homer T Bone Democrat of Washington to the ninth circuit court of appeals and the senate quickly confirmed the nomination. Bone will leave the senate upon taking the oath as judge, potentially delaying a Republican replacement and shifting Democratic strength to 58 37 and one progressive. He is in a naval hospital and did not state when he would assume the new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Homer T. Bone
D-Wash
Ninth
Chrcit Court of Appeals
Senate
Bone
Bert E. Haney
Arthur B. Langsle
Naval Hospital
Congress
Fifth Army Takes Peak Near Cassino In Italy Fight
Fifth Army troops advanced one mile to seize Mt Marrone near Cassino and push the front line, while fighting continued in the Cassino area. New Zealanders repulsed German thrusts near the railway station as heavy guns pounded the Benedictine monastery atop Cassino. Allied planes conducted 650 sorties targeting bridges and German positions along the Italian coast while reports noted patrols and shelling along the front. Also included are local notices and social items from Decatur and Huntsville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Naples
Fifth Army
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Rocchetta
Verrechhia
Alfedena
Chestnut Mountain
Pizzone
San Michele
Mt Cassino
Anzio
Eighth Army
Dalmatian
Filetto
Orsogna
Aerial Push Toward Tokyo Gains Momentum
General statements from Marine Corps commandant Van Degrift note good weather aiding Northern Kurile operations and amphibious landings aimed at Tokyo. Griswold reports on Bougainville fighting, stating about 3,000 killed since Nov. 1 and 3,508 killed in the last three weeks of March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurile Islands
United States Aleutian
Tokyo
Alexander A Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Japan
Department of
Bougainville
Solomons
Oscar W. Griswold
Island
82 Nip Planes Are Bagged By Yanks
Allied air and ground actions in the Southwest Pacific report 82 Japanese planes destroyed at Hollandia and other bases. MacArthur’s heavy bombers smashed 57 enemy aircraft on the ground at Hollandia and 14 fighters shot down. Ground pressure toward Bogadjim continued with advancing Australian and Allied columns. Griswold’s Bougainville forces report continued Japanese losses as operations push inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Truk
Caroline Islands
MacArthur
Aitape
Wewak
New Guinea
Greenwich Islands
Kapingamarangi Islands
Kavieng
New Ireland
Greenwich Group
Nunakitsu
Neru Islands
South Pacific
Woleai Island
Carolines
Guam
Woleai
Bogadjim
Madang
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Astrolabe Bay
Oscar W. Griswold
Legal Office to Be Filled in Alabama Counties
Circuit Solicitor George C. Johnson of Athens resigns to join the armed forces prompting an appointment by Governor Sparks. W H Long of Decatur seeks the post with legislative and Sparks committee backing. Lawrence County shows a vacancy for county solicitor as Earl Proctor leaves for Navy and J P Miller also departs. Bob Almon and John Forney of Moulton are the only lawyers left in Lawrence County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Johnson
Athens
Morgan
Limestone
Lawrence
Cullman
Chauncey Sparks
W. H. Long
Decatur
Sparks
Morgan County
Lawrence County
Earl Proctor
Navy
Williamsburg
J. P. Miller
Bob Almon
John Forney
Moulton
Street Fighting Rages Near Kamenets Podolsk and Stanislau
BBC quoted German radio reports that Russians were fighting in Stanislau streets. Soviet forces pushed west along the Dniester, entering Khotin and engaging Germans in street fighting. They captured Podganets, 27 miles from Tarnopol and 65 miles from Lwow, as twelve locations were seized. no word of a crossing into Romania yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krymidov
Stanislau- Lwow
BBC
Stanislau
CSB
Kamenets-Podolsk
Middle
Dniester
Khotin
Fallen
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Old Poland
Podganets
Tarnopol
Lwow
Moscow
Rumania
Red Army
Senate panel rejects claim against Wedowee postmaster
April 1 to 4 report that the senate claims committee turned down a payment request by J. H. Kerr of Wedowee Alabama. The claim sought $211.96 for official funds and stamps allegedly stolen from the Wedowee post office while he served as postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Claims Committee
J. H. Kerr
Wedowee, Ala
Wedowee
Island forces cut in half since American landing
General Griswold estimated that at least 15,000 troops garrisoned the island, with about 8,900 deaths. He declared the Japanese had had about enough, noting the drastic reduction in enemy strength since the November 1 landing.
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Griswold
Fast Talker Saves Skin in Sicilian Action
Pfc. Gerald McCarthy of New York, a Silver Star recipient, recounts a battlefield moment in Sicily where his captain used a ruse to mislead German troops. The improvised ruse stalled surrender, driver killed, captain wounded, McCarthy unscathed, later earning the Silver Star. He fought in Africa and Italy, home address 118 E Fourth St, New York.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Gerald McCarthy
New York
Sicily
McCarthy
War Department
Northington General Hospital
MccCarthy
McCarthyr
Africa
Italy
E. Fourth Street
Troops Chfer Victory in Air Over Burma
Ground troops cheered as 26 Japanese planes fell in an Assam battle securing Allied air superiority over Burma. Over two days more than 30 enemy aircraft were shot down with key gains including 13 bombers and 12 fighters destroyed in the Chabua Ledo raid. American pilots Lt. Herbert H. Goughty and Capt. James J. Englad led the patrols with multiple destructions.
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P. Clydf
A. Farnsworth
CFN
Fral Stilwell
India
Assam
Burma
Chabua- Ledo
Herbert H. Goughty
Ladysmith
Wis
Goughty
James J. Englad
Westwood Garden
Jackson, Tenn
Mobile Girl Wins Contest In Alabama Legions Oratorical
Wanna Joyce May a 16 year old Murphy high student from Mobile won $200 in the sixth annual Alabama American Legion oratorical contest in the state capitol. She will compete in regional tests at Gadsden April 11 with Florida Tennessee and Mississippi winners before a national final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Joyce May
Murphy
Mobile
Alabama American Legion
Senate
Miss May
Gadsden
Florida
Tennessee
Mississippi
Clyde Donehoo
Gadsden High School
Frank Lokey
Phillips High
Birmingham
Joe M. Dickerson
State Legion Adjutant
J. D. Samuels Gadsden
Laula Dunn
Alabama
B. F. Austin
Handy Ellis
Frank Tripp
First Baptist Church
Legion Department
Erwin R. Lehmann
Langdale
D. S. M. Unger
Alabama poultry income hits record high in year
U S Department of Agriculture figures show Alabama earned 6.831 million dollars from chicken sales last year, doubling the income from poultry. Overall poultry and egg revenue reached 15.486 million dollars, marking the highest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Front-line Life in a Warzone: Trench Woes and Tales of Endurance
A first-person account describes ceaseless shelling and patrols on harsh front lines. Soldiers endure waterlogged foxholes, trench foot, and freezing conditions, learning rapid sock changes and improvised sleep aids while medics rush only the worst cases. The sergeant’s remark underscores resilience over illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassino
Solons Work for Summer Holiday
Washington April 1 Congress may spend the third summer of war at home as leaders push major legislation for a June or July recess. Majority Leader Barkley said a recess could be taken if the legislative situation allows with the Republican convention on June 26 and the Democratic meeting July 19. Easter recess ends April 12. Most members seek a vacation through the November 7 general election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Barkley
House
Poles Withdraw Red Co operation in Poland
The Sunday Observer reports the Polish military underground canceled instructions to cooperate with advancing Russian armies in Poland. Polish forces under London orders will not seek contact with Soviet commands, citing futility of previous cooperation in Volhynia. The underground also demanded administration of liberated districts in Eastern Poland, a move likely rejected by the Russians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Sunday Observer
Poland
Polish Volhynia
Egg sales boost 76 percent over 1942 in state report
The report shows gross income of 33.78 million dollars, a new high, with egg sales up 76 percent from 1942. The state’s chicken population is estimated at 50,582,000 birds producing over 65,000,000 dozen eggs according to the figures.
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Babs Lee
Chapter
Mr. Sturgis
Red Head
Bing Features Syndicate
Ing
Board OF Revenue and Control
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
John B. Sewell
Trinity, Ala
Tames
Morgen County
Morgan County Board OF Education
County Board of Education
Wesley M. Patterson
Lacon, Alabama
R. S&s
Rob) Ferguson
Trinity
Board OF Revenue & Control
Fourth District
Board of Revenue & Centre
Tom Russell Vathermose Springs
Democratic Nations Convention
Eveners
T. B Brindley
Barteolle
Als
Senator Bone
Jack Ware
Ware
R. J. Baker
Corpus Christi
Texas
L W. Crenshaw
Selma
Mrs. W. T. Simpson
Martha Fettig
Pauline Lamon
W. E. Patterson
University of Alabama
North Alabama
C. S. Lindsey
Camp Belvoir, Va
Pfc
Bartley A. White
Mary White
Waterloo 1
Central Pacific
Harold F. McMillan
Nona B. McMillan
Trinity 1
Mediterranean
Service Men's Club
Mary Wallace Hogan
TF. Long of
Decature
Mary Tindall
Will Rogers
Thuroline Stalling
Cullman 4
Baugh’s Infirmary
B. L. Livingston
Falkville 1
Moses Kelley
Roy W. Dodson
Decatur 3
Benevolent Hospital
DeWitt Crawford
Ryan’s Crossroads
Ee Marlin Spencer
Recatur
Charye
Hubert Loosen
Mell Street
Auburn
Pyle
Solons
Raat
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