Weather and local notices from Decatur area
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with showers and cooler in northern areas. Cotton prices posted: strict mid 21.00 middling 20.80 strict low 19.30 low 16.30. Films showing include Best Foot Forward at the Princess Ravaged Earth at the Roxy and Days Of Old Cheyanne at the Capitol. Community events cover worship services, prayers, sermons and a zoo exhibit traveling from Hartselle to Cullman with 5000 visitors this week.
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The
Princess
Roxy
Hartselle
M. Ingham
U S. Society of Zoology of
Washington, D. C
Har Eelle
Cullman
Roosevelt says one third of Italian fleet to Russia
President Roosevelt said discussions are half completed on transferring roughly one third of the surrendered Italian fleet to Russia. He noted Stettinius will go to London to discuss questions with British officials and that Allies may use Italian tonnage now, with distribution roughly one third to each ally. Some ships to Italians or Spaniards, details on tonnage undisclosed. Stettinius to travel soon after Hull's Southern vacation. not a full dress conference expected.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Edward R. Stettinius
London
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Marshall Stalin
Washington
Balearic Islands
Stettinius
Hull
Moscow
Red advance hit by thaw slows Baltic drive
Moscow reports a spring thaw hindering operations but confirms the Red army pushes to liberate the Baltic republics. Frontline lines say Russian troops gain ground between Lake Peipus and the Finnish gulf Niw tighten hold on Narva communications. In Pskov region fierce fighting as Red forces push toward Ostrov along a major railway junction. German forces in Rogachev and Krivoi Rog areas remain contested with limited updates.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Soviet Baltic Republics
Tony
Lake Peipus
Finnish Gulf
Narva
Pskov
Soshikino
Ostrov
Velikaya
Rogachev
Berlin
Bobruisk
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Reval
Novosokolniki
Los Negros unit grows with heavy reinforcements
Gen Douglas MacArthur disclosed that heavy ground reinforcements landed on Los Negros island in the Bismarck Sea Admiralty group to back the first cavalry division which invaded the Japanese held stepping-stone. The Memote airdrome fell to the Texas-trained cavalrymen and now awaits Allied planes.
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Douglas MacArthur
Los Negros Island
Bismarck Sea
Admiralty
First Cavalry Division
Momote
Los Negros
Manus Island
Al’y Group
Bach Manus
New Guinea
Hansa Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
Finland Likely to Counter Russia Armistice Terms
Stockholm reports that Helsinki's Social Democrat newspaper indicates Finland will propose counter conditions to Moscow's armistice terms. The piece reflects parliamentary support and notes Britain and Finland may seek negotiation to preserve freedom and independence amid Nazi divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Helsinki
Social Demokratti
Moscow
Social Democrat Party
London
Strikes in Italy to bring arrests Naples protest
Italian labor leaders told Allied authorities they would stage a 10 minute strike tomorrow to protest Prime Minister Badoglio and Churchill. An American official warned arrests would follow if the protest proceeds, as Allied proclamations ban strikes in war zones under military government.
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Naples
Churchill
Badoglio
Callaway urges southern growers postwar leadership change
Vanderbilt University conference hear Cason Callaway of Hamilton Georgia urge long-term low-rate credit more machinery soil improvement and new processing plants for Southern farmers. He said leadership and capital are being organized and predicted greater use of the region s natural advantages through cooperation of agriculture business and education.
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Callaway
Nashville
Tenn
Cason Callaway
Hamilton
Vanderbilt University
Turkey Spain and the Allies in wartime limelight
The piece weighs the diplomacy around Turkey and Spain amid World War II. It notes Ankara's hesitation to join the Allies, Franco’s alignment with Hitler, and suspected shifts in lend lease and supply deliveries. It discusses potential ripple effects on Bulgaria, Russia, and the Axis, with ongoing pressure from the Big Three to mobilize Turkey while gear and equipment debates continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Spain
Ankara
Generalissimo
Franco
Hitler
Britain
Balkan Peninsula
Bulgaria
Russia
America
Alllies
Poles to Get Cargo Vessel in Inland Ship Milestone
A large ocean-going cargo ship built at the Decatur yards of Ingalls Shipbuilding will be handed to a Polish crew and depart to aid the United Nations war effort. The event marks a landmark in inland ship construction, with a press tour planned under military censorship as the ship begins its sea journey via two locks.
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Decatur
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
United Nations
High Seas
Allied High Command
Poland
Tennessee Valley
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
Striking Bus Men Return to Work in New Orleans
Officials of the Tech-Greyhound lines announced that 200 bus drivers station attendants and maintenance personnel who had paused work in the Southeast yesterday agreed to return today. H V Greenslit vice president said buses began moving again from affected cities four hours after a meeting with War Labor Board officials concluded last night.
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New Orleans
Tech-Greyhound Lines
H. V. Greenslit
War Labor Board
Feeder air routes linked to Dixie cities proposed
Southern Airways of Birmingham seeks postwar CAB approval for a 15 route feeder network linking Birmingham and 12 Alabama cities with major hubs across the Deep South and lower East Coast. The plan covers 7,291 miles using regular aircraft and would connect cities including Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, Selma, Gadsden, Decatur, and Anniston with routes spanning Nashville to New Orleans, Memphis to Columbia, and New Orleans to Birmingham among others.
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Washington
Birmingham
Alabama
Deep South
Lower East Coast
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southern Airways, Inc
South
Frank W. Hulse
John Newsome
D-Ala
Newsome
Aeronautics Board
Southern Airways
Mobile
Montgomery
Andalusia
Auburn
Opelika
Muscle Shoals
Decatur
Huntsville
Gadsden
Anniston
Tuscaloosa
Selma
Airways
Nashville
New Orleans
Columbia
Tenn
Meridian
Laurel and
Hattiesburg
Miss
Bogalusa
Memphis
S. C
Jackson
Spartanburg
Sci
Wilmington
N. C
Corinthy Miss
Atlanta
Athens, Ga
Greenwood
Ss. C
Sumter
Florence
Qyr
Fayetteville
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Pensacola
Fla
Ala
Columbus
la Grange
Jacksonville
Panama City
Tallahassee
Thomasville
Valdosta
RAF strikes Meulan and Albert target French factories
Allied air forces conducted night bombing on aircraft factories near Paris at Meulan-Les-Mureaux and in Albert Northern France and struck Western Germany targets with Mosquitos. The operations, carried out without losses, aimed to reduce German aircraft output as Allied forces prepare for the invasion. Subsequent daylight sweeps hit Chartres and other targets in France and Germany, with several aircraft missing from the missions.
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London
RAF
Paris
Albert
France
Air Ministry
Europe
Meulan-Les-Mureaux
Amiens
Germany
Britain
Chartres
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Farm Solons Seek Relief From Selective Service Rules
Washington March 3 farm state senators plan to ask President Roosevelt to modify draft deferment rules that could push about half of 7 770 000 agriculture workers into service. They warn tighter deferments would slash food output as a senate agriculture subcommittee plans to carry the appeal to the White House next week. Also a service vote compromise bill allocating state priority in balloting was sent to Congress by a house senate conference committee. Washington Dewey backers expect him to outline positions on postwar foreign policy possibly April 27 in New York.
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Associated Press
Washington
Farm State
Roosevelt
Farm Organization
Senate Agriculture
White House
Congress
House-Senate
Senate
Washington Friends of
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Mediterranean Air Force In Italy Push From Foggia Aims South
The Mediterranean Allied air force led by Lieut. Gen. Ira Eaker covers a vast theater from Casablanca to Cairo. It is predominantly American with British and French units. The aim is to place heavy bomber bases near Italy to strike Germany from the south, with Foggia’s plains seen as a pivotal base. The heavy bomber program is still ramping up as planes cross the South Atlantic this winter.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Ira Eaker
Casablanca
Atlantic
Cairo
Asia
Germany
Great
Foggia
South Atlantic
Major Happy After Leading His Mission
A wartime update from Italy highlights the 12th Air Support Command and the 47th light bomber group. The unit, including A-20 Boston aircraft, supports ground troops by bombing dumps and strafing roads behind enemy lines. The 47th, a veteran outfit, fought in Tunisia and starred at Kasserine, Souk el Arba, Cape Bon, Malta, and Sicily, now fronting in Italy.
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12Th Air Support Command
Italy
47Th
Tunisia
Kasserine
Soukel Arba
Cape Bon
Malta
Sicily
German Drive on Beachhead Held Failures Reported
Allied headquarters in Naples reports a costly German thrust into the Anzio beachhead failed to break defenses. American forces, led by the third infantry division, repelled two tank and infantry assaults with heavy Allied air support and artillery, sustaining no lasting losses.
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Richard G. Maslock
Naples
Anzio
Pacific
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Carroceto and
Cisterna
Carroceto-Velletri-Cisterna Line
Italy Elevated To Major Front
London dispatch reports Hitler pressing the Anzio beachhead into a major front with German strength about 22 divisions. The high command moved troops from Calais and Tunisia tactics echo last winter as Italy becomes pivotal. With Wilson, Alexander, Clark and Churchill confident, March may test the advance and holding power of Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Anzio
Italy
Tunisia
Calais
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Churchill
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