Emperor Hirohito birthday report boosts Allied gains
Allied leaders marked Hirohito's forty third birthday by reporting Japan's battlefield difficulties. In China the Kwantung army thrusts paused, and in India Allied operations around Kohima continued. In the Pacific, Allied airfields were hit across Hollandia and Truk area with several Japanese bases bombed.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Hirohito
China
India
Pacific
Tokyo
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Tami
New Guinea
MacArthur Declines Presidential Run In War Context
General Douglas MacArthur dijo hoy no buscar ni aceptar la candidatura presidencial y que cualquier movimiento para nominarlo dañaría el esfuerzo bélico. Reiteró que no covetaba ni aceptaría la presidencia, pidiendo que no se vincule su nombre con la nominación, tras recientes llamados desde Nebraska y debates sobre su papel ante la guerra en Nueva Guinea.
Red Cross helper boosts morale aboard hospital ship
ERNIE PYLE recalls Miss Percy Gill of Palo Alto guiding wounded sailors through recovery aboard a hospital ship near Naples. She distributes Coca Cola cigars and toothbrushes, shares books in multiple languages, and supplies musical instruments to lift spirits during long Atlantic runs.
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Ernie Pyle
Naples
Red Cross
Percy Gill
Palo Alto
Cal
Castilleja School
America
Merchant Marine
Miss Gill
Coops Will Get Systems In Nine Alabama Counties
Montgomery Alabama April 29 Pi Gordon Persons associate member of the Alabama Public Service Commission said transfer of electrical properties of the Alabama Water Service Co in nine South Alabama counties to public cooperatives was apparently assured The deal under which rural electric administration cooperatives would take over 2500000 dollars worth of properties followed an order of the securities and exchange commission for Federal Water Service of New York to divest itself of its Alabama holdings Persons statement was based on a telegram he said had been received by Sen Lister Hill from Harry W Slattery administrator of the Rural Electrification Administration He added the Alabama commission had no jurisdiction over transfer of stock in such instances The properties involved are in Covington Barbour Pike Geneva Coffee Dale Crenshaw Conecuh and Monroe counties Persons said that when it was learned that this big electrical system had to be sold all of the Alabama cooperatives which were not in the TVA Tennessee Valley Authority area decided that their best interest would be served by the purchase of the electrical properties of the AWSC
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Montgomery
Ala
Pi—Gordon Persons
Alabama _ Public Service Commission
Alabama Water Service Co
South
Alabama
Rural Electric Administration Cooperatives
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Water Service of New York
Persons
Lister Hill
Harry W. Slattery
Rural Electrification Administration
Alabama Commission
Covington
Barbour
Pike
Geneva
Coffee
Dale
Crenshaw
Conecuh
Monroe
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
AWSC
MacArthur Declines Republican Presidential Bid
Washington leaders reacted with silence or relief after Gen Douglas MacArthur said he would not seek the Republican nomination. Senator White praised the move while Senator Connally congratulated him. leaders Spangler and Hannegan were away when the statement surfaced.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
MacArthur
Rep
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Miller
White
Senate
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Spangler
Hannegan
Court ruling bars life policy payout after felonious death
Alabama Supreme Court remanded a Jefferson County case involving Mrs. Pinkey Linson who had been awarded $1,500 from Protective Life Insurance. The court ruled that a beneficiary who feloniously kills the insured cannot collect under the policy, invalidating incontestability clauses for such cases. Mrs. Linson was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to four years in prison.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Jefferson County Circuit Court
Pinkey L. Linson
Protective Life Insurance Company
Troops Withdraw From Ward's Chicago Plant Amid Labor Dispute
The Chicago Ward's dispute with the government and CIO union moves toward a bargaining election by June 7. A civilian manager oversees operations under a presidential seizure, while soldiers have withdrawn from the properties after earlier occupation. Representatives from Ward's and the union agreed on eligibility for the upcoming vote, with previous certifications noted and a history of conflict over representation amid wartime pressures.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
Wayne C. Taylor
United Mail Order
Samuel H. Jaffe
National Labor Relations Board
John Barr
Francis Heisler
NLRB
Ward
Sewell L. Avery
Roosevelt
Chicago Ward
Avery
Taylor
Francis Biddle
Soldier dies by own hand near Cleveland Tennessee
Cleveland Tennessee April 29 A 25 year old soldier George Whitmire died by suicide while being removed to hospital after arrest on AWOL charges. He had carried a vial of poison for about two years and asked officers for help before dying en route to a hospital. Fort Oglethorpe officials will send for the body for autopsy. Whitmire was drafted last January and stationed at Fort Jackson, DC.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Cleveland
A. M. Trotter
City
George Whitmire
Trotter
Whitmire
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Jackson
D. C
Allied air pressure nears invasion as Europe brews
As May Day weekend nears, Allied bombing tightens on Hitler's fortress, striking rail hubs, air fields, and factory centers to soften defenses. Analysts note no clear invasion point yet, though massive air power may shift to key landing areas soon.
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Associated Press
Europe
Hitler
Britain
Atlantic Wall
England
Germany
Eschelon
Berlin
Warehouse for drive selected in Alabama campaign
Montgomery April 29 7 Warehouses in Birmingham Mobile Tuscaloosa Decatur Gadsden and Montgomery have been set up as state clearing houses for collections in the drive to gather clothes for Russia's needy Dr W L Spencer Alabama campaign head said the goal is four pounds of clothes and a pair of shoes per school child He urged support and the state motor tariff bureau will transport material to the warehouses Next week has been designated main part of the campaign.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Decatur
Gadsden
Russia
W. L. Spencer
Alabama
State Motor Tariff Bureau
Spencer
General's Son to Receive Present at Rockhampton
General MacArthur's seven year old son Arthur will receive a goat harness and cart from residents of Rockhampton and Longreach Queensland. Justice Brennan had seen him ride a wooden horse and said the boy would enjoy a goat. A broadcast appeal raised funds within thirty minutes with a police officer presenting the goat cart and local traders supplying the harness.
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Sydney
Australia
MacArthur
Arthur
Rockhampton Longreach
Queensland
Rockhampton
Justice Brennan
Near Normal Vote Expected In Democratic Primary
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone and Cullman counties foresee a normal turnout on Tuesday for the Democratic primary, driven by interest in the Hill Simpson Senate race. Campaign committees in each county have energized voters while local races remain quiet. Decatur Daily will compile returns, with AP wires providing broader results, and a sample ballot appears on another page.
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Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Lister Hill
James A. Simpson
Hill
Decatur
Decatur Daily
Daily
Alabama
Associated Press
Bitter Senate race tightens in Alabama voting week
In Birmingham April 29 1944 Alabama’s bitter democratic senatorial contest nears its close as Sen Lister Hill and state Senator James A Simpson complete county campaigns. Each claims momentum for May 2 polls with Hill accusing Simpson backers of selfish Republican spending and Simpson retorting that Hill exaggerates issues.
Germans Act As If Crazy Pilots Defend Berlin
U S Fortress base in England reports April 29 1944 that German pilots attacked without clear plan in the Berlin battle. Captain William A Reynolds of Walters Oklahoma recalls hornet like swarms diving between forts. Lt Dale J Hanks of Kane Pennsylvania says a fighter rammed his tail assembly.
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Henry B. Jameson
U. S
England
Berlin
William A Reynolds
Walters
Okla
Reynolds
Dale J. Hanks
Kane
Red Army Seems Set for New Push in Europe
Soviet high command said 800 to 1,000 Axis troops were killed in repulsed counterattacks southeast of Stanislawow, with Berlin noting reinforcements and renewed assaults. Hungarian reports added Soviet attacks near Kolomyja as massed forces prepare toward Hungarian held territory. A midnight bulletin credited air raids destroying 100 supply trucks and 23 German planes, plus 11 on the ground, while four Axis ships were sunk in the Crimea siege. No essential land front changes reported.
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London
Soviet High Command
Red Army
Stanislawow
Poland
Berlin
Carpathian
Kolomyja
Sevastopol
Crimea
Toulon
Italy
Hitler
Mediterranean
North Sea
Kjeller
Oslo
High Command Strategy Center
Europe
Seven Die In Plane Crash In Memphis
Seven people were killed when a twin engine Army bomber crashed into a Memphis house. The victims include Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Cobb and their 20 month old daughter, Miss Beatrice Withers, plus airmen Capt. Ralph J. Quale Flight Officer Glen V. Trickel and Second Lt. Leon Kleinman. Gas tanks exploded igniting the house and plane, burning five bodies beyond recognition. Two adults were recovered earlier. nearby residences were also burned as witnesses described the crash after engine trouble. Children Francis Eugene Sheppard and William Hart Payne, playing in a tree, narrowly escaped as wreckage rained down.
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Memphis
Norman C. Cobb
Beatrice Withers
Ralph J. Quale
Washington, D. C
Glen V. Trickel
South Bend
Ind
Leon Kleinman
Dallas
Texas
Francis Eugene Sheppard
William Hart Payne
Sheppard
Berlin Air Blitz Puts City in Central Spotlight
US warplanes and RAF bomb the German capital in daylight attacks described as the fiercest of the war. 88 German planes destroyed, 63 American bombers lost, plus strikes on Rennes and Toulon. Oslo and Berlin radios report heavy fires and damage as long-range raids press the invasion crisis.
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London
U. S
Berlin
U.S
British Press Association
RAF
Europe
Vichy
Oslo
France
Oschersteben
Bernburg
Rostock
Thunderbolt
Rennes
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Five Points
Grace Terry
Pvt
Paul Terry
Ft. McPherson, Ga
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Hartselle 3
George B. White
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Katherine Landers
Fourth Avenue East
Army Training School
Amarillo
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Salinas
Calif
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Fort Ord
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C. E. Maples
Somerville
Cpl. Stringer
R. N. Stringer
Valdermosa Springs
Helen Maples
Louisville, Ky
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R. E. Puckett
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Morgan County
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Hamil
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Fifth Avenue
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Truk
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