Communists shift stance on wartime leadership in Italy
Palmiro Togliatti announced a new Communist policy favoring collaboration in a "new war government" led by Marshal Badoglio and delaying any push for the King’s abdication. He said King Vittorio Emanuele is an institution not to be changed until after the war, prompting speculation on royal succession and the fate of anti-King coalitions.
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Naples
Communists
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Moscow
Palmiro Togliatti
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
anti-Badoglio National Liberation Committee
Togliatti
Umberto
Lyon
Washington men face trial for assault and armed robbery
Bessemer court prepared to hear Daniel Reedy aged 18 and Joe Hockenberry aged 20, both of Washington DC, as they are called today on charges of criminal assault and armed robbery in circuit court.
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Bessemer
Ala
Daniel Reedy
Joe Hockenberry
Washington, D. C
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE
A mixed page of crossword clues and a cryptoquote puzzle presents across and down hints, including terms like FIRST MAN and BEAST OF BURDEN plus a cryptogram quote attributed to Wordsworth. It also lists various thematic and filler entries typical of a daily puzzle.
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook
George Tucker reports with Maj Samuel H Hamp Lyon commanding military police in the Fifth Army sector in Italy. Read about patrols at night, dangerous roads, shellfire, and the personal reflections of the writer and a Roanoke surgeon among the fighting men.
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George Tucker
Hal Boyle
Fifth Army
Italy
Samuel H. “Hamp” Lyon
Alexander City
Ala
Lyon
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Norman Halprin
Quincy Ave
Scranton
Raining bullfrogs teased in Alabama city note
Enterprise Ledger records a heavy rain fall that brought a large bullfrog to East Le Street near Carmichael, stopping before the Ledger office. The paper jokes about whether it really rained bullfrogs and invites reader speculation.
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Enterprise
Ala
Enterprise Ledger
Eastle Street
Carmichael
Ledger
The
Alaska Sale Price Reveals Cheap Harvest of Land by Russia
The United States paid Russia about two cents per acre for Alaska, a bargain that historians note as a tiny price for vast territory. The brief item highlights the purchase terms and reflects on the scale of the acquired land.
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United States
Russia
Alaska
Vote record reviewed on TVA and related issues
Washington April 3 Alabama senators Bankhead and Hill split on nine roll calls in the TVA controversy. They voted for the ruling overturning an amendment to strip TVA’s revolving fund, against amendments abolishing the fund, and against requiring audits for federal employees earning $4500+, while supporting others on committee exemptions and reconsideration votes.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Alabama
Wallace
TVA
Bankhead
Hill
Moe Kellar
D-Tenn
Buck
Sen. McKellar
Dtenn
Sen. Aiken
Rvt
Ride of the G I Bill debates over veterans benefits
Ahern reports the Comptroller General request and a 34 to 19 defeat of a motion requiring two thirds for adoption. The $3.5 billion GI Bill of Rights for veterans passed unanimously. A roll call on an amendment to bar federal salaries for those demanding AAA farm program deferments or machinery priorities was adopted 171 to 135. The note recalls the first oil well in 1859 on Oil Creek, Pennsylvania.
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Bankhead
Hill
House
Rep
Harness
AAA
Andrews
Boykin
Grant
Hobbs
Sparkman
Jarman
Newsome
Starnes
Manasco
United States
Oil Creek
Questioning laxatives and a recommended choice
A brief Q and A discusses laxatives noting not all are alike and not all are herbal. It mentions saline and emollient types, and identifies Black Draught as purely herbal, usually satisfactory if directions are followed. It claims the remedy has been a best seller in the South for four generations, priced 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents with caution to use as directed.
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South
Newsprint Ruling Allows Light Weight Press Paper
The Office of Price Administration announced that lightweight news print under 31 pounds per 500 sheets may be sold at up to four dollars per ton above standard ceiling prices. The lighter paper yields similar costs due to greater yardage, per OPA. Purchases from non continental U S. producers may occur April 1 to July 31 with negotiated differentials, not exceeding the producer's increased production costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
OPA
U. S
Coffee plants first yield in their fourth year
Coffee plants typically produce their initial crop in the fourth year of growth. This demonstrates the maturation period required before harvest and the time to establish productive plantation cycles for reliable yields.
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