Weather outlook and local news from Hillsboro area
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday cooler Sunday night. Tennessee river at 22.30 feet. Cotton prices for here today: strict mid dling 21.00 middling 20.80 strict low 19.30 low 16.30. Movie notes include O My Darling Clementine at the Princess The Man From Down Under at the Roxy and Other Woman at the Cap. Mrs W E Sabotka moved from Baugh's infirmary to home in Hartselle. Several local notices of births moves and military updates follow.
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Tennessee
Clementine
The
Princess
Roxy
Aoner
Capi 1
Reds Push On Despite Moscow Says Front Advances
London report says Soviet troops near Pskov captured Panevo and pushed toward the Pskov Warsaw railway while Red forces widened their Baltic bridgehead near Narva. Soviet gains in Ukraine included seven towns south of Krivoi Rog after crossing the Ingulets river. Berlin notes thaw slowdowns affecting both sides on the Eastern front. Moscow also announced the Moscow Leningrad railway restoration and upcoming passenger service.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Moscow
Pskov
Warsaw
Panevo
Red Army
Narva
Monitor
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Ingulets River
Zagradovka
Berlin
Hitler
Moscow-Leningrad
Lepke and Two of His Accomplices Die In the Chair
In Sing Sing three members of Murder Inc. died in the electric chair after 11 p m tonight. Louis Buchalter known as Lepke and accomplices Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone were executed for the 1936 murder of Joseph Rosen of Brooklyn. Capone died first followed by Weiss, then Buchalter. Capone entered at 11 02 p m, Weiss at 11 07, and Buchalter at 11 13. all were accompanied by rabbis. Capone displayed a carefree expression, Weiss declared he was framed, and Buchalter remained silent. Lepke was pronounced dead at 11 16 p m. His wife Betty said he denied guilt and sought a commission to review the case. The piece notes prior appeals discussions as the court of appeals considered their fate.
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Ossining
N. Y
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss
Louis Capone
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing Prison
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Capone
Weiss
Buchalter
Bernard Martin
Jacob Katz
Rabbi Katz
Lepke
Supreme Court
Betty
Rosen
N. Y. State
Court of Appeals
Harlan W. Rippey
Gulty
Americans Stand Firm On Island In Pacific War
Allied dispatch from the Southwest Pacific reports Americans hold Los Negros and Momote airfield after fierce fighting on Friday night and Saturday. About 3,000 Japanese casualties were tallied, with 61 American deaths and 244 wounded. American destroyers bombarded Seadler harbor as Solomons-based planes resumed raids on New Britain, demolishing several buildings in weakened defense zones.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Texas
Los Negros Island
Admiralties
Douglas MacArthur
Calvary
Momote
MacArthur
Manus _ island
Los Negros
Seadsler
Lorengau
William F. Halsey
Rabaul
Caroline Islands
Japan
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Kusaie
Carolines
Ponape
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Caroline
Burma
Maingkwan
China
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea Admiralty Group
Seadler
Campaign Set Up Aimed At Morgan County Red Cross Drive
Morgan County prepares a one day Red Cross drive on Monday March 6 to raise 26000 of the 200 million county quota. Marvin R Rankin leads a county wide prep in six weeks of work with kick off breakfasts in Decatur and Hartselle. Alan Hall Red Cross official will speak at Hotel Lyons as volunteers receive instructions on aims and needs.
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Morgan County
Seven Seas
Decatur
Rankin
Hartselle
Hotel Lyons
Red Cross
Alan Hall
Hall
David Hall
Syd
American Red Cross
England
Baltic Flank Nazi Menace in March Front News
War analyst Kirke L. Simpson reports ominous signs on the Baltic front as German hopes fade of delaying pressure until spring. Russian breakthroughs near Pskov threaten entrapment of Nazi forces in Estonia while Finland risks isolation. The Black Sea theater also grows, with plans to transfer Italian warships to Russia intensifying the Russian campaign against Romania and Bulgaria.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Baltic
Germany
Pskov
Narva
Baltic States
Estonia
Finland
Hitler
Black Sea
Italy
Russia
Turkey
Rumania
Rail Reservation Ring Held by Hoover in Miami
J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of 31 people in Miami and Miami Beach on railroad reservation trafficking charges. Among the detainees were 16 railroad employees, 14 hotel workers, and one taxi driver. He said the ring profited about 15000 to 20000 dollars monthly by selling scarce railroad bookings to tourists at inflated prices. The actions violated a federal law barring sale of rail reservations for more than the standard price.
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Miami
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami Beach
Hoover
Wilma Jean Coffee Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Wilma Jean Coffee fifteen months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Coffee were held Saturday at Wheeler Grove Baptist church. Rev W W Coffee and Rev Dan Praytor officiated. She is survived by her parents and four grandparents. Pallbearers were Cecil Coffee Parker Morris Clarence Loosier and Wilburn Loosier. Interment followed at Jones Chapel cemetery Brown directing.
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Wilma Jean Coffee
Red Cross War Fund Appeal Calling for Gifts
Morgan County War fund chairman M. R. Rankin urges generous gifts due to the war’s scale and suffering. A worker will visit homes on Monday March 6 to collect contributions for the Red Cross to provide comforts and necessities for soldiers overseas.
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Red Cross
Morgan County
M. R. Rankin
War Fund
Morgan County Red Cross Drives for $26,000 Campaign
Attorney General Hall oversees vast duties while American Red Cross serves millions weekly. Hall handles all food purchases and supplies from tea cloths to automobiles. Dr Eugene Chenault leads Decatur drive with Earl Glenn and Joe Lipscomb supervising first district. Luther Roberts directs Hartselle district, Elbert Drinkard Falkville district, John J McCutcheon Eastern county. Campaign goals set on a quota basis totaling $26,000.
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Joe Lipscomb
Luther Roberts
Hartselle
Elbert Drinkard
Falkville
John J. McCutcheon
Morgan County Red Cross
Germans Hint Anzio Sector Fight Is Lost
Allied HQ reports solid hold on the Anzio beachhead south of Rome after repelling three German attacks in two days. Bad weather and air operations constrain action as 3,500 prisoners are said taken since January 22. Goering division and 715th infantry used in last week’s assault amid continued mud and snow in the Eighth Army sector.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Rome
Allied
Mediterranean Air Force
Italy
Anzio
Hermann Goering
Mrs J H Pettey Dies in Memphis
Word was received of the death of Mrs J H Pettey at the Memphis home of her daughter Mrs John D Lyle. She is survived by a daughter Mrs John D Lyle and four sons Forrest and Henry Pettey of Decatur Elliott Pettey of Chicago and Earl Pettey of Greensboro NC and nine grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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J. H. Pettey
John D. Lyle
Memphis
Forrest
Henry Pettey
Decatur
Elliott Pettey
Chicago
Earl Pettey
Greensboro
North Carolina
Local Marine Wounded in Action in Southwest Pacific
Mr and Mrs Robert Stevens of Second Street West report their grandson Pfc Oscar S Tee Marine Corps was wounded in the left arm and left hand in action against the enemy on January 14 in the Southwest Pacific area.
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Robert Stevens
Second Street West
Pfc
Oscar S Tee
Marine Corps
Southwest Pacific
A-20 Bombers Base In Italy Built In Vineyards
Pyle describes a 47th group A-20 bomber field in Italy bulldozed from a vineyard in three days by British engineers. A mile-long dark runway, taxi paths to planes among grapevines, volcanic soil draining well, frost on vines in morning, and guards watching mechanics as operations proceed.
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Ernie Pyle
Italy
Wireless
Breakfast Early At Busy Airfield
The scene at a busy airfield shows American and Italian workers amid vineyards. Tents lie among grapevines, housing four to six men each, who sleep on cots with warm sleeping bags. Personalities shape the tent interiors, ranging from neat to shoddy and rugged home comforts created by the occupants.
Finland May Ask U S Aid For Peace Talks
Finland may seek United States mediation to soften Soviet peace terms but likely faces rejection. Washington views Moscow terms as closed to arbitration, while Stettinius hopes Finland continues talks with the Soviet Union. Paasikivi says no travel plans amid renewed discussions as Finnish diet prepares to meet.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Finland
United States
Soviet Union
American State Department
U. S
Russia
Britain
America
Stettinius
Washington
Juho K. Paasikivi
Helsinki
Stockholm
Moscow
Oil executive Gilland dies in Birmingham hospital
Pouard L. Gilland aged 64, a native of Albertville, Alabama, and general manager for the Wofford Oil division of Pure Oil, died yesterday in a Birmingham hospital. He led operations for the Alabama region and was widely known in the oil industry.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pouard L. Gilland
Albertville
Alabama
Wofford Oil Division
Pure Oil Company
Life term given for murder in Alabama case
The spring term of circuit court concluded with Theodore Yates found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying near Lawrence Cove. He received a life imprisonment sentence after jurors deliberated from Friday night to Saturday morning. Yates testified to cutting the victim's jugular vein during a poker dispute and claimed self defense.
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Circuit Court
State of Alabama
Theodore Yates
Tennessee Valley
Yates
Marvin Pridmore
Lawrence Cove
Pridmore
Cullman
Morgan Counties
A. A. Griffith
Julian Harris
Now Chapter in Aerial War Shocks Nazis
London dispatch reports the first American daylight raid on Berlin by the Eighth Air Force with Fortresses and Mustang escorts. One bomber formation reached Berlin despite extreme cold and snow, with heavy losses reported and vague enemy retaliation. Many airmen feared they might not survive.
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London
Berlin
Germany
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Reich
Flier Rewards At British Base After Berlin Raid
Flying Fortress crews returned from the first American bomber raid on Berlin district to English bases. Two rations of Scotch whiskey and second helpings of steak awaited them as a special welcome. Mess Sgt. H. J. Hakes from Des Moines Iowa described the meal as a special reward for the crews.
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England
Flying Fortress
Berlin
H. J. Hakes
Des Moines
Iowa
Berlin Bomb Run Amid Snow Falls in Daylight Raid
Allied bombers attacked Berlin under heavy snow and thick clouds led by Col. Harry G. Mumford from San Jose. Among fierce Luftwaffe defense five Focke-Wulfs and Messerschmitts engaged in a desperate dogfight as crews reported hits while American gunners felled at least two German fighters and the raid ended with jubilant returns to base.
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Berlin
Col
Harry G. Mumford
San Jose
Calif
Germany
Luftwaffe
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W. W. Johnson
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