Weather and local notices mix in daily Ledger item
Weather outlook notes cool temperatures with frost interior regions tonight and warmer conditions by Thursday. Local cotton prices reported with strict mid and low grade figures. Movie listings include Best Foot Forward Life Begins At Eight Thirty and Terror House at three theaters. Community updates cover hospital transfers promotions births and wedding of Lt. Gamble Edith Long. Public notices mention war loan totals Morgan County bonds and ongoing civic events at Kiwanis DeMolay and police activity.
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The
Princess
Roxy
Capitol
MacArthur Leads In Admiralty Invasion In War Front
Allied forces landed on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands within the Bismarck Sea and captured an airfield with little resistance. MacArthur announced the operation puts the Bismarck campaign near its end as 50,000 Japanese forces are encircled in New Britain and Rabaul, while the new beachhead advances reach within hundreds of miles of key Japanese holdings.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Douglas MacArthur
Sixth Army
Bismarck
Solomon Islands
New Britain
Rabaul
Los Negros Island
Admiralties
Momoto
Kavieng
New Ireland
Truk
Caroline Islands
New Guinea
Lorengau
Manus Island
Momote
MacArthur
First Cavalry Division
William C. Chase
Philippines
Green Islands
Hansa Bay
Wewak
New Delhi
India
Louis Mountbatten
Arakan
Burma
Pskov Battlefront Reports Red Army Advances Near Pskov
Russian troops fight on the outskirts of Pskov as they push toward German positions and claim capture of Pogorelka and Kutuzovo. Soviet forces press along Lake Peipus, near the Latvian border, and seize Novorzhev as part of a broad offensive.
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London
Pskov
Baltic
Red Army
Pogorelka
Kutuzovo
Helsinki
Stockholm
Peipus
Malkova
Polotsk
Pskov-Ostrov
Moscow
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Ingulets
Nikolsevka
Vitebsk
Nevel
Pripet Marshes
Kerch Peninsula
Crimea
Excellent Start Seen In Limestone War Fund Drive
Limestone County totals in Athens reach 3955 by noon for the Red Cross War Fund nine Special Gifts committees. County-wide reports from outside Athens not yet received. Limestone's quota is 15600 with Price W Hendricks as chairman.
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Limestone County
Red Cross War Fund
Athens
Limestone
Price W. Hendricks
Radio Tank At Nazis Is Flop On Anzio Beachhead
Reports from Md I P describe the German defense around the Anzio beachhead in Italy. Despite heavy shelling and night raids yesterday the attack appears limited to steady pressure, with reduced activity today as fighting continues along the perimeter.
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Richard G. Maslock
Naples
Anzio
Carroceto
Cisterna
U. S
Italy
MD. I—P
MacArthur seals Momote airstrip in Admiralties
Allied push in the Pacific tightens around Jap bases as General MacArthur captures the Momote airstrip in the Admiralty Islands. The seizure cuts Japanese supply lines to New Guinea and Rabaul, surrounding about 50,000 Japanese troops and advancing toward the Philippines and East Indies.
Acquittals in Death Trial For Two Named Defendants
Charlotte dentist Dr Henry C Parker and Lee Sikes co owner of S S dental laboratories were acquitted of murder in the death of Indian wrestler Jim Clinstock. The judge ruled the state failed to prove strangulation or a blow and suggested heart ailment as the cause. Mrs Clinstock testified finding her husband dying in a downtown lab with Sikes holding a towel. Pathologist Dr W M Summerville said autopsy showed likely death from a heart condition.
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Charlotte
N. C
Henry C. Parker
Lee Sikes
S & S Dental Laboratories
Jim Clinstock
William H. Bobbitt
Clinstock
Jet propulsion to speed planes in training mode
Captain Ezra Kotcher of the Army Air Forces engineering division says jet propulsion can add about 100 miles per hour to fighting planes. In Air Force, he notes the jet plane is in production for training purposes, not yet combat ready, and details remain highly secret.
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Washington
Mar
Jet Propulsion
Uncle Sam
Ezra Kotcher
Army Air Forces’ Engineering Division
Air Force
Decatur C C group weighs dairy cattle show plan
A sub committee of three from the Decatur Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee will study a dairy cattle and small seed show for Decatur in late spring or early summer. Plans for better livestock poultry and egg marketing and related agri initiatives were reviewed with Luther Fuller urging regional dairy development and Alabama cattlemen links.
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Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Decatur
Lyons Hotel
Maynard Layman
Luther Fuller
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company of Birmingham
Alabama
Fuller
Morgan
Alabama Dairy Products Company
Cattlemen’s Association
Agricultural Extension Service of
Auburn
Cattlemen's Association
B. G. Hall
Frank Martin
John W Pennell
G. M. Russell
Chas
T. Rountree
Gordon Payne
Mr. Martin
Hall
Layman
Pennell
Sewell, Howell Enter Morgan County Revenue Chair Race
John B. Sewell, Trinity farmer and businessman, announces his bid for Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control chair. Incumbent Sim L. Howell filed earlier. Sewell serves on soil conservation, production credit, and farm bureau boards and is a Methodist church steward with five children. He pledges sound county financing and progressive vision.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue & Control
John B. Sewell
Trinity Farmer
Sim L. Howell
Hartselle
Sewell
Morgan County Soil Conservation Association
Production Credit Association
Morgan County Farm Bureau
Trinity High School
Congress Unshaken on Renegotiation Statutes
Washington reports no immediate plan to revise renegotiation laws after a Jack and Heintz dinner opposing profit limits. About 50 representatives and four senators attended the Mayflower event while WPB exhibit guests were under 12 lawmakers. Jack and Heintz pressed for firms to keep five percent profits after tax. Vice President Wallace praised labor management cooperation and wartime production strides toward peacetime goods.
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Washington
Congress
Jack & Heintz
Cleveland
War Production Board
Mayflower
War Plant
WPB
Commerce Department
Bill Jack
Wallace
OPA Regulations Sent To Local Board For Ration Tokens
The local OPA announced a new price regulation for all who sell country butter and other produce. It allows small distributors to request points to obtain ration tokens for making change and merchants to seek permanent grants of 250 points from the board. Tokens are exchanged at the bank.
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OPA
State Ballot Point Wins In Washington
Advocates for state ballots for armed services voting push back against federal ballot plans. A conference committee approved a provision allowing federal ballots only for overseas service voters. The compromise requires governors to certify the federal ballot as a bona fide absentee ballot before use. Senate conferees planned to take up the measure early next week.
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Washington
Armed Services
United States
House
Conference Committee
Senate
Congress Moves to Cite Officials for Contempt in Testimony
Washington reports lawmakers in both chambers seek contempt citations against federal employees who refuse to testify before committees. Dies leads House action over claims of a whitewashed FCC probe, with farm state senators eyeing Rural Electrification Administration aides and Wickard. Meat experts warn normal meat access remains distant despite brief consumption easing. Conferees reach a compromise in the service vote wrangle.
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Washington
Congress
House
Dies
UN American Activities
Federal Communications Commission
Wickard
Rural Electrification Administration
United States
Canada
Senate
Fight Pay for Combat Soldiers Proposed by Soldier Leader
In Italy a correspondent outlines a plan to grant combat soldiers overseas a "fight pay" supplement similar to flight pay. He notes current overseas adds: enlisted 20 percent, officers 10 percent, airmen 50 percent more for flight pay, yielding higher boosts for officer and enlisted fliers than for ground troops. The idea targets recognition for actual combat service among the vast overseas force.
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Italy
Pay For Fighters Is Ernie's Idea
The piece argues for combat pay to honor front line fighters and distinguish them from support staff. It notes the need to recognize the sacrifices of soldiers in combat, while stressing that extra pay should not be the sole motivation or reason to fight.
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Ernie
Rio de Janeiro
Reds Believe Negotiations Open Soon
Britain agreed to peace terms submitted by Russia to Finland, demanding ceasefire, break with Germany, reopen 1940 borders, and intern all Nazi troops. Paasikivi to be received. Helsinki silent. Moscow says negotiations could begin shortly. Finns may resist or seek delay amid German presence.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Finland
Germany
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandria Kollontay
Juho K. Paasivski
Alexandra Kollantay
Paasikivi
Baltic
Italy
Harsh terms named in Swedish press on Finnish peace proposals
Stockholm dated report says Morgen Tidningen called the Russian peace proposals to Finland harsh but notes the terms could serve as a negotiation basis. The paper, organ of Sweden's Social Democrats with Finnish ties, views the comment as significant.
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Stockholm
Finland
Morgen Tidningen
Social Democratic Party
Sweden
Social Democrats
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