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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1944
Page
8
Washington veteran Rep. Adolph Sabath, dean of the House, laments record lobbying activity. He proposes licensing or registering lobbyists, noting big corporations spend heavily to sway lawmakers and officials, yet will not push wartime legislation. He says he refuses to meet lobbyists.
Washington March 7 Rear Admiral Edward L Cochrane testified before the House appropriations committee that the United States Navy plans to take over the Japanese naval base at Truk. He said that entry into Truk would require difficult work and that most repair facilities would be needed by January 1, 1945.
In a wartime shift, official data show almost 17,000 fewer people died in traffic accidents in 1942 than in 1941. The year-over-year decline reflects broader changes in mobility and safety patterns during the period.
Old fashioned mutton suet base with modern medicine. grandma’s care revived. Parents rub on Penetro to ease colds coughing and aching muscles. Pack includes two applications for 25c or double supply for 35c.
San Francisco Chinatown hosts a novel recruit drive for an all-Chinese Air WAC unit. Betty Cooke directs enlistment on Grant Avenue after Army approval to lower height and weight limits. Early recruits Hazel Toy of Sacramento and Jit Wong of Oakland train as Six Companies back the effort and Chinese women groups endorse the program.
Jonathan Daniels administrative assistant to President Roosevelt testified before a senate investigating committee that he urged Harry E Slattery to resign as head of the Rural Electrification Administration after an inquiry he conducted at the President's request. Daniels noted Slattery resisted quitting and described the confidential relation with the President while stating he acted within the law.
Mrs. Lorene B. Chandler, 21, a Navy bride eight months, died after being hurled from a second story window in an explosion at the Bureau of Standards in Washington. Four others injured include Dr. Frank L. Howard, 30, with a broken leg, Mrs. Roberta Cleaton, 42, and Miss Marie F Whitesell, 22, plus Thomas Woods Mears, 25, all from nearby areas. The director Dr. Lyman J. Briggs said the group was working on an urgent war project to improve aviation gasoline and a reacting mixture caused the blast. Chandler had worked in the lab only 12 days. her husband Ensign Lawrence F. Chandler was on temporary duty in Washington. The couple married last June.
New Cumberland Army reception center revealed that corporals and sergeants sold weekend furloughs to green inductees. The noncommissioned officers were punished, reduced in rank, and reassigned. Authorities say the scheme exploited rookies and violated pass rules.
In Washington Admiral Chester W. Nimitz says American submarines are increasingly crippling Japanese shipping and could decide Pacific outcomes. He warns Japan’s subs remain a future menace as lines lengthen and emphasizes readiness for an early clash with the Japanese fleet.
Washington reports Selective Service estimates three million men will be sent to examination stations during five months starting February 1 to be inducted at about 1.2 million. The figures were disclosed in testimony to a deficiency supply bill during hearings before the house appropriations committee.
Permits submarines to deal heavier blows against enemy shipping by shortening the time spent traveling from bases to war patrol areas and returning after missions, increasing contact time and impact at sea.
To The People Of Lawrence County announces T. I. Irwin Holland of Sulphur Springs Rt. 1 as a candidate for County Board of Revenue in the north eastern district. A county native and lifelong Democrat, he has led local Democratic activities and supervised Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Sunday School for twenty years. He and his wife raised seven children, two in the military. He plans to meet voters before the May 2 primary and will strive to serve all constituents if elected.
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