Wisconsin in Spotlight as primary buzz grows
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin's pivotal primary as national candidates seek momentum. Willkie frames it as vital while Dewey leads delegate counts. Stassen and MacArthur are also named. Democratic turmoil includes Harry Woodring's resignation and calls to reschedule the national convention amid conflicting primaries in California and Texas.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Maine
California
GOP
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold FE. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Willkie
Frederick E. Schluter
Trenton
N. J
Dewey
North Carolina
Harry H. Woodring
American Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Douilas
Tex
Robert E. Hannegan
Molotov Announces Frequent Press Conferences
Molotov spoke with calm gravity as he announced future press conferences by the foreign commissariat. Reporters applauded at the end, noting similar Soviet briefings had occurred briefly after the 1941 German invasion, with Lozovsky hosting meetings twice weekly until evacuation to Kuybyshev in October.
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Foreign Commissariat
Soviet Union
Germany
Russia
S. A. Lozovsky
Soviet Information Bureau
Kuibyshev
Soybean Meal Used in Plastics and Glues
Soybean meal is used in making plastics, glues, casein, and cellulose substitute products, indicating a versatile feedstock.
Markets Cotton News in New York April Report
Markets show uncertainty abroad and ease in other markets spark 75 cent bale moves. Nervous liquidation flows through New Orleans and commission houses toward distant months while price fixing supports nearby. Spot cotton quiet. Texas crop prep favorable. late day quotes May 20.83 July 20.48 Oct 19.94. Locales 34 to 35, U S extras 33 to 34, standards 1-4 0, current receipts 28 1-4, dirties 27, checks 26 1-2.
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New York
New Orleans
Commission Houses
Texas
Iall
U. S
Chicago Market Receipts Outline Dairy and Egg Totals
Chicago market notes show butter receipts near 747 389 pounds with AA 41 and 1 2 92 A 41 scores and B 40 3 4 89. cooking butter 39. centralized carrots 90 40 3 4. eggs receipts 31 382, U S spec.
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Chicago
U. S
Miss Louise Robinson recalls China mission on Rotary program
Miss Louise Robinson, a Methodist missionary to China returning aboard the Gripsholm, spoke to the Decatur Rotary Club at Cornelia Court Hotel. She described wartime experiences, internment by the Japanese, camp life, and how they learned of the war declaration. New member Victor DeBree joined Ingalls Shipbuilding in Decatur. guests included Mrs. Howell, Phil Werner, and Holmes Turner.
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Louise Robinson
China
United States
Gripsholm
Decatur Rotary Club
Cornelian Court Hotel
Lawson Davidson
Victor DeBree
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp
Decatur
R M. Howell
Phil Werner
Holmes Turner
Athens
James Rankin
O. S. Hagerman
Florida
Miss Robinson
Japan
Record war plane output in March hits new high
Washington April 3 JP Record smashing war plane production in March with 9 118 planes delivered and previous weight records eclipsed by nine per cent was reported today by Charles E Wilson executive vice chairman of the War Production Board The month of March as far as
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
War Production Board
Nashville Livestock Market Report April 3 1940s
Cattle steady with good steers and mixed yearlings at 14.65 to 15.65. Calves dealers unchanged with good to choice 15.00 to 16.00, common 10.50 to 14.50, light culls about 8.00. Hogs 1000 head, weights varied. good to choice 200 to 250 lbs at 13.55, 250 to 330 at 13.50, 160 to 195 at 12.80, lighter 11.30. most sows around 11.45. Sheep 100 head. fat lambs 60 lbs plus at 16.50, wooled lambs to 15.50, fat ewes about 7.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Allied air offensive hits Steyr in Austria and German cities
Allied heavy bombers based in Italy attacked Steyr ballbearing works on Sunday while RAF Mosquitos struck Hannover Krefeld and Aachen. Berlin claimed 51 American planes down, including 41 four engined bombers, as German and Italian fighters coupled with anti aircraft fire intercepted raids. Swiss authorities reported 35 dead and 55 injured from a Saturday bombing near Schaffhausen amid navigational difficulties.
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Steyr
Old Austria
RAF
Mosquitos Aginst
Berlin
Schaffhausen
U. S
War production figures cited by Wilson at press conference
Wilson told reporters that peak month for aircraft production may be underway and that April schedules for Army and Navy call for fewer planes, signaling shifting output during the conflict.
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Wilson
Army
Navy
Farm Bureau backs postwar farm program plank
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged that the 1944 Republican farm plank call for a postwar plan with a crop adjustment system run by a national bipartisan board. It would preserve reserves, adjust output to demand, and stabilize prices against industrial costs through government price supports and mandatory commodity loans. The recommendation was made ahead of a conference of Republican agricultural advisers drafting the party plank for the June national convention. Governor Bourke Heckenloper of Iowa chaired the talks. Earl C. Smith outlined the Federation's proposal as the party seeks farmer backing for the ticket and future policy.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Senate
Federation
Republican Agricultural Advisory Committee
Congress
Bourke B. Heckenlooper
Iowa
Earl C. Smith
Republican Party
War Today Views on Evacuation and Finnish Peace
War Today reports evacuation prep and stubborn defense in a frontier town. It notes potential Finnish peace terms from Russia and possible Finnish retention of Hangoe peninsula Viborg, suggesting Allied benefits if Finland exits the war. The piece links German strain Dunkirk era to current East Front pressure and hints spring mud could slow Red offensives for a month.
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Odessa
Finland
Stockholm
Russia
Moscow
Hangoe
Viborg
Helsinki
Europe
Fuehrer
Hitler
Dunkerque
Holland
Decatur News in Brief Local family updates and notices
Mrs George Hubbard and infant moved home from Benevolent hospital. Mrs Haywood Tapscott and children return from Decatur after visit with Rogers family. E R Gray held in Morgan county jail on vagrancy charge. bond $300. Billy Orman guest of Lamon grandparents. Lamons recently received Purple Heart for son Macon Lamon killed in action. Robert Taylor charged with reckless driving. Lillian Burch charged with vagrancy. bonds $300. St Pauls Lutheran vestry to meet. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services planned. Staff Sgt Roland V Vickery missing in action in the Mediterranean. Rev E T Town conducted communion in Huntsville. Easter service planned. Business Women’s Circle to discuss mission study. Junior hostesses reminded of meeting for officer election. Ninth Street Methodist choir to practice. Dr Jesse M Rogers spoke at Decatur Senior High chapel: "I Dare You." Mr and Mrs Paul Conley of Scottsboro weekend guests. Catherine Webb of Scottsboro visiting. Grady Parker, C A Chambers, Milford Roan, Mr Acker at Cullman county singing. James and Gene Crane visited grandparents in Hartselle. Edd Crane returned from Knoxville and Louisville. Farm Committee members to Montgomery for Alabama Cattlemen’s Assoc meeting. includes Layman, Jarvis, Scales, Hardwick. Meeting runs through Wednesday.
Drafted Dads May Get Tax Returns
New York April 3 One silver lining appeared in the father draft clouds today as income tax experts calculated many drafted dads would be eligible for a windfall of folding money in addition to their mustering out pay. If entering by July 1, they may recover much of the tax withheld, with government refunds likely by mid 1945 after the tax form is processed.
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Hudson Phillips
New York
Research Institute of America
Armed Services
Supreme Court on primary voting rights and party membership
The court held that citizens may not be barred from voting in a party primary on racial grounds, asserting that restricting participation in primary elections is effectively state action when a party privilege governs voter eligibility. Rep West criticized the ruling, arguing the court oversteps its authority in determining who may vote in a primary.
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Capitol Hill
Rep. West
D-Tex
Supreme Court
Texas officials weigh ruling on Negro voting in primaries
COMMENT RESERVED AUSTIN April 3 State officials reserved comment pending study of a U S Supreme Court ruling recognizing Negroes have the right to vote in Texas Democratic primary elections. Governor Stevenson and Attorney General Sellers awaited a copy of the opinion while the party's secretary was unavailable. Gerald Mann had argued before the court that the constitution blocks courts from intruding in party affairs yet does not bar white Democrats from organizing. In 1935 the court upheld Negro exclusion from Texas Democratic primaries.
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Austin
Tex
Supreme Court of the
United States
Congress
Coke R. Stevenson
Grover Sellers
Charles E. Simons
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Sellers
Gerald C. Mann
U. S Supreme Court
Mann
High Court
Texas
Georgia Democrat Chief Declares Black Voters Unqualified
J Lon Duckworth chairman of Georgia state democratic committee said he considered Negroes unqualified to vote in Georgia's July 4 democratic primary despite a decision that could affect voting rights.
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Georgia
Atlanta
J. Lon Duckworth
State Police To Patrol Weirton In Steel Town
Governor Neely ordered West Virginia state police to take over law enforcement in Weirton, directing cooperation from the sheriff and county officers. Troopers will have full power to enforce the law as arrests of CIO United Steel Workers organizers were reported.
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Charleston
W. Va
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Weirton
CIO United Steel Workers
Supreme Court Vote Sparks White Primary Debate Across States
Georgia and Mississippi leaders react to a Texas ruling on voting in Democratic white primaries. Duckworth notes the decision does not alter Georgia’s white primary rules. Mississippi and Louisiana officials call the ruling serious and pledge study and statements.
Georgia Supreme Court Hears Three Claimants for Solicitor General
The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments today in Muscogee Circuit for the office of solicitor general. Arvil, Wohlwender, Copp land, and Stephens all claim the position with conflicts over appointment, special election results, and qualification. The court took the case under advisement after arguments from Copp land and Stephens. Both Wohlwender and Copp land seek the July 4 Democratic primary.
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Co. Iard’s
Stephens Wohlwender
Stephens
Cowland
General Assembly
Hubert Calhoun
Supreme Court
Copland
Conland
Wohlwender
Italians Reach New Peak On Front Near Cassino
Italian troops advancing with Allied forces seized a new peak labeled point 1,344 in the center of the main fifth army front near Cassino. German flame throwers attacked the beachhead near Carro cheto but were held or routed as mortar barrages continued through the night.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Carrocheto
Mt Castelnuovo
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Cessino
Adriatic Cactor
Garigliano
Deficiency Bill Seeks $490 Million for Government Spending
President Roosevelt to sign a deficiency appropriation bill totaling $490 million to cover government department expenses above prior estimates. The act allocates $115 million for the Federal Works Agency’s community facilities program in war industry areas. Congress also declined to extend extra funds for the school lunch program beyond the current term.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Works Agenery
Congress
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Cullman County
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Edd Crane
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Supreme Court of the United States
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