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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1944
Page
1
The forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon and tonight into Tuesday with cooler air. Interior areas may see light to locally heavy frost as the Tennessee River dips to 21.8 feet. Maximum temperature reaches 61 degrees and the low drops to 35.
Prices paid today for cotton ranged from strict mid dling 20.99 to low 16.90. Movie listings include Career Girl at the Princess, Thank Your Lucky Stars at the Roxy, Thunder Birds at the Capitol. Local church and social events feature Weslyan Guild tonight at 7:30 and guest speaker Miss Louise Robinson, a returned Orient missionary. Several local residents and service members are mentioned with updates on health, visits, and assignments. Cpl Kenneth M. Markham is reported missing in action in the Mediterranean.
Moscow dispatch says Red Army crossed Prut into Romania at several points and advanced to headquarters on Romanian soil. Molotov frames action as pursuit not conquest, with no desire to seize Romanian territory. Rumanians claim Russians pushed back across the Jijia River near Iasi.
British war factories face production cuts as government orders 10 percent electric and 25 percent gas reductions due to coal shortages from miners strikes. Public transport in Northwest England cuts 20 percent, with 2,000,000 tons of coal lost last month. Some Yorkshire locals vote to return to work.
Cincinnati court martial opens for Lt Col Frank C. Greulich Maj William Bruckman and Maj Walter A. Ryan charged with neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming an officer. Proceedings stem from inspection practices at Wright Aeronautical Corp plant in Lockland.
Dr. William Nelson Thomas a Baptist minister and professor emeritus at Howard College died after several months illness. He taught ancient languages at Howard from 1922 to 1939 and authored Gleanings From The Classics. A Walnut Hill Ohio native, he leaves a widow and a son.
Defense testimony was resumed in A. S. district court today in the trial of DeKalb County Chief of Police Joseph T. Daily and three officers on charges of violating the civil rights of two Negroes.
Ernie Pyle reports from the Anzio beachhead about four platoon sergeants of the 45th division. Sergeant Samuel Day of Covington Kentucky weighs 240 pounds in combat and shares a trench-foot incident and daily hardships in Italy.
Ernie visits frontline medics for help with a trench foot problem. The medics advise to keep feet dry and rest them for two weeks, a dry irony that elicits a chuckle from Sergt Day. The anecdote links trench-foot treatment with a wartime humorous note.
Sergt Eugene Bender of Stroudsburg Pa sits on a C ration box between battles and gets a barber haircut from a fellow soldier. He asks if the writer covers news stories, and the narrator notes they aim to describe daily life rather than seek hero tales.
Funeral services for James Ozro Miller who died Saturday March 25 at his Cherry Street home will be held Tuesday at 10 30 am at Mutual Service Funeral Home with Rev G C Corley officiating He is survived by his father Dexter Miller and three brothers Russell Miller Murfreesboro Ernest Miller Tuscaloosa and Oscar Miller Nashville Interment in Roselawn cemetery Mutual Service directing
Allied reports from New Delhi say Imphal remains under threat as Japanese patrols cut roads around the Manipur capital. Mountbatten’s HQ notes air drops unnecessary, crisis to be overcome. In Burma and the Pacific, Allied forces push on Bougainville, Madang, Ponape, Truk, and Rabaul with sustained air and naval strikes.
Wendell Willkie urged a "tough war" with civilian sacrifice and full mobilization to shorten the conflict, save lives, and shield the nation. He spoke at a Hastings breakfast meeting, accusing the present administration of fighting a war without civilian sacrifices.
Stockholm April 3 Finnish parliament to hold extraordinary session to hear government report on Russian peace proposals obtained by Paasikivi after a two day Moscow mission. Terms reportedly spare Hangoe and Viipuri while Moscow aims for internment of seven German divisions. Parliament to vote on war or peace likely tomorrow before Easter adjournment.
A sailor en route to his Navy base dies with his wife and two brothers and a companion when their car leaves a highway near Irondale and plunges into a 50 foot railroad fill. Victims are Steve Read Jr 19 Mildred Read 17 Jonell Read 14 and Nathan Stevens 16 all of Quinton Jefferson County. Coroner Gip Evans notes furlough papers found on Read Jr and that top of car was crushed. Louisville and Nashville passenger train delayed during wreckage removal.
Allied headquarters said French ships scored a marked success by wiping out an enemy convoy and its escort in the Adriatic. Both freighters and warships were sunk, with the light French forces withdrawing without damage or casualties.
In Montgomery on April 3, Gov Chauncey Sparks and the Public Service Commission prepared to discuss whether Alabama would oppose an Interstate Commerce Commission order raising train passenger rates. The meeting aimed to determine state stance and potential actions.
The Supreme Court ruled 3-1 that Negroes may vote in Texas Democratic primary elections for congressional nominees. Justice Reed authored the majority, upholding that the 15th Amendment secures the right, while Justice Roberts dissented. The decision affects Southern states where primaries determine elections, with Lonnie E. Smith of Houston as the plaintiff.
Detectives Grosch and Arnold identified a beheaded body in a wooded plot near Gentilly, believed to be Tommy Siracusa, a murder suspect missing since Feb 10. The Mano case and a third body from the Mississippi River are linked to a shakedown racket. Siracusa and Vitale were indicted in the Mano slaying. both were released on bond.
City police search for the burglar who broke into J. M. Jones’s garage on Ferry Street Sunday evening. The thief slit the canvas top of a convertible and removed items from the back seat, including an Argus camera valued at about $17.50. A slender build is suspected. the car was left in the garage and the damage discovered Monday morning. Mr. Jones offers a liberal reward for information leading to the camera’s return or the arrest of the culprit.
Secretary Hull announced the United States will provide reparations for damage from the bombing of Schaffhausen Switzerland on April 1. Ambassador Winant and General Spaatz conveyed deep regret to the Swiss legation in London as officials communicated expressions to Zurich.
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes Allied and Soviet moves as Red troops push toward Romania and the Carpathians. He notes Moscow’s nonannexation stance to reassure Rumanians, Bulgaria’s vulnerability to German pressure, and the drive toward Iasi Jassy and the Ploesti oil complex while Odessa endures Axis demolitions near the Black Sea port.
A large formation of American heavy bombers attacked Budapest from Italy, marking the first U S raid on the Hungarian capital. The target included the Budapest railway center and an aircraft factory south of the capital. Berlin and London reported violent air battles as U S and Allied bombers and German fighters clashed over Hungary and central Europe.
More than 100 German aircraft were shot down by U S bombers and escorts over Steyr in Austria, the largest raid of the theater. Estimated 300 enemy planes faced the attackers, with intense anti aircraft fire and rocket use. Thirty three Allied planes were lost, while the fifth army repelled a German thrust near Rome as Cassino actions continued.
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