Weather and community notices from Decatur area
The forecast calls for fair and continued cold tonight with frost in the interior, and cloudy, moderate temperatures Friday. Tennessee River levels reach 20.75 feet, high 47 and low 26 degrees. Cotton prices posted: strict middling 21.00, middling 20.80, strict low 19.00, low 17.00. Films today include Salute To Marines at the Princess Honeymoon Lodge at the Roxy They Came To Blow Up America at the Capitol. Community events include a junior prayer meeting at Fairview Baptist and sermons by Dr Jesse M Rogers. Military family notes cover letters from 2nd Lt Ruby C Nance in England and Sgt Gene Jones overseas. Local prayer services, spring festival travel for Mrs Ratliff, and operas Barber of Seville Othello previewed. Births and promotions reported at Hamil Clinic and Camp Shelby. Docket shows fines for Prohibition and traffic violations. Continued on Page Two.
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Tennessee
Princess
Roxy
America
Capitol
Tom Ratliff
Peggy Ratliff
Bob Jones College
Berlin Raidled Again Today 16 More Nip Ships Sunk By Subs
American submarines sunk 16 Japanese ships in enemy waters, including one large tanker and five transports, boosting totals to 627 sunk by submarines and 1,989 vessels by all causes. Navy release notes areas not disclosed. Admiral Nimitz says shipping toll may force strategic limits on Japan.
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Washington
Navy
Japan
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy Department
Two Jap Attacks Reported Broken in Pacific Skirmishes
Allied communiques report two Japanese counter-attacks in the Bismarck Sea campaign. One on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands was smashed, the other on New Britain’s Willaumez peninsula is being bitterly resisted near the beachhead at Talasea. Marines fight to hold the position five miles from the beach, 170 air line miles from Rabaul.
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Bismarck Sea
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
New Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Associated Press
Marlin Spencer
Southwest Pacific
Talasea
Rabaul
Red Cross Drive Nears Morgan County Goal
Morgan county residents report progress toward a 26700 target with Decatur totals at 17007 55 and countywide contributions from seven communities. Southern Aviation Training School surpasses its quota with Army personnel aiding funds in Morgan and Limestone counties. Flint Lacey's Spring Union Hill Center Grove and Florette report varied progress toward their stated goals as final checks loom Friday and Saturday.
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Red Cross
Morgan County
Decatur
Southern Aviation Training School
Morgan
Limestone
Southern Aviation
Flint
G. H. McClelan
Lacey
Union Hill
Center Grove
Florette
Frankie Sinkwich to join U S Maritime service
Frankie Sinkwich former Georgia All American halfback and Lions player plans to enter the U S Maritime service if Army rejection stands. The post public relations office announced the potential career move amid ongoing military service plans.
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Fort Mcpherson
Frankie Sinkwich
University of Georgia
Detroit Lions
U. S. Maritime Service
Army
Post
Appeal Planned to Supreme Court in Antitrust Case
The Associated Press reports that on March 9 the government won permission to appeal directly to the United States Supreme Court from a lower court ruling in its civil anti trust suit against the non profit news cooperative.
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New York
Associated Press
United States Supreme Court
News Cooperative
A-20 Boston gunners guard the skies in Italy
In Italy on March 9 the 47th group of A-20 Boston light bombers relies on two gunners per plane. Sergeants man rear seats with a top glass bubble and a bottom trap door gun. Their missions face little air combat but heavy flak. Gunners live in pyramidal tents, some nicer than officers' quarters.
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Italy
Ane
Ernie Spends Time With Gunners In War Service
The account describes gunners sharing chow, cleaning tents, and collecting trash while awaiting missions. It notes a fanatical tally of missions, with daily flights increasing amid heightened air activity. Life in the combat air forces is informal with rare salutes.
Casualty totals for World War II pressed by War Secretary
Washington reports American casualties in World War II total 162,282 with 37,853 dead. Army losses as of Feb. 23 total 121,458 with 20,592 killed, 47,318 wounded, 26,326 missing, 27,222 POWs. Navy 40,824 with 17,261 killed, 9,910 wounded, 9,239 missing, 4,414 POWs. Marine Corps and Coast Guard included. The War Department lists theater losses through Jan. 31 across Asiatic Pacific European Latin American Middle Eastern North African North American Philippines South Pacific Southwest Pacific with detailed killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners totals. Philippines figures include 12,506 Filipino scouts.
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Washington
Wer Trusor
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Marines
Stimson
War Department
Philippines
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Latin America
North America
Aleutians
Atlantic
Precious Tire Lost By Local Firm
A missing 600-16 tire with a bright red wheel was reported yesterday after it vanished from a Dodge pickup between Decatur and Austisville. Hunter Furniture offered a life long reward for the finder who reports the tire to police or the company.
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Hunter Furniture Company
Decatur
Austisville
the Daily
Allies claim Nazi losses in Italy soar to 40 thousand
Allied headquarters reported 9,000 German casualties in and around Cassino since January end, bringing total German losses in Italy for that period to about 40,000. Cassino casualties included 1,500 captured with rest killed or wounded amid renewed German thrusts near the American beachhead southeast of Carroceto.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Italy
Carroceto
Garigliano
Eighth Army
Tollo
Ateleta
Santo Stefano
Rome
Orte
Montalto di Castro
Adriatic
Thenian
Ostiense
Littorio
Tiburtina
Bureau Heads Visit Capitol
Federal agency heads led by Stabilization Director Vinson and Bowles visited Capitol Hill to mend ties with Congress. Bowles and Jones met lawmakers while Morgenthau pressed against the tax bill. The clash over continuing OPA in current form looms large despite the talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
White House
Vinson
Bowles
Senate
House
Marvin Jones
Treasury
Morgenthau
Rep
Doughton
Dn.c
George
OPA
Senate panel eyed to curb executive agency funding
Senator Russell of Georgia predicts Senate appropriations committee will approve a measure prohibiting financing of agencies not currently under congressional review. The plan targets President Roosevelt and his use of executive orders to form independent agencies outside congressional control.
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Russell
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Holcomb Nominated as Minister to South Africa
Gen Thomas Holcomb former commandant of the Marine Corps has been nominated by President Roosevelt to serve as minister to the Union of South Africa. The appointment follows his recent retirement from military service.
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Holcomb
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Union of South Africa
Fly Hearing Rebutts FCC Role in Pearl Harbor Leaks
FCC Chairman James L. Fly testified before Congress to deny agency responsibility for any military intelligence leaks to Japan before Pearl Harbor. Representative Miller inserted a Vinson letter alleging Fly opposed wire tapping and failed to stop Japanese broadcasts in Hawaii, aiding enemy intelligence.
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Fly
Armed Forces
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Rep
Miller
R-Mo
Vinson
Dga
House Naval Committee
Soviets Drive Toward Junction in Ukraine Mud
Naval echo-sounding devices used to detect submarines and mines may revolutionize commercial deep-sea fishing. Interior Secretary Ickes announced rapid tests off California to see if the detector can locate fish, estimate their size and direction around the clock in all weather.
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Washington
Navy
Interior
Ickes
California
TVA Attack Is Renewed in Senate Action
In Washington March 9 the senate appropriations committee approved an $8,557,943,978 independent offices bill with amendments to tighten congressional oversight of Tennessee Valley Authority funding and personnel. The panel backed McKellar’s plan to put TVA revenues into the Treasury general fund and require annual congressional appropriation, abolishing the revolving fund. it also approved a measure to require Senate confirmation for all appointments paying $4,500 or more.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
D-Tenn
TVA
Treasury
General Fund
Congress
McKelnar
McKellar Attacks TVA Over Rates and Spending
Senate appropriations critic McKellar charges TVA with outrageous rate discrimination and unapproved expenditures. He accuses Lilienthal of using funds for ads and speeches to unseat him, while Lilienthal denies politics influenced TVA policy. The dispute centers on aluminum industry rate gaps costing Reynolds about $7,000,000.
Russians Tighten Grip On Ukrainian Front In New Offensive
Stalin announced a major Soviet push across the Ingulets river aimed at Nikolaev and Kherson. Four days of fighting yielded 19 to 37 miles of gains on a 195 mile front. Proskurov looms as a key junction to disrupt the Odessa Warsaw railway, with fierce battles around Cherni Ostrov and Staro Konstantinov. German forces reportedly pull back on several sectors as Soviet tanks and infantry press the advance.
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Tondon
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Tocauv
Rodion Malinovsky
Ingulets
Nikolaev
Kherson
Bug
Dnieper
London
Marshchukov
Red Army
Ukraine
Proskurov
Odessa-Warsaw
Volochisk
Ured Cherni-Ostrov
Staro-Konstantinov
Lwow
Cernauti
Rumania
Zhmerinka
Cherni-Ostrov
Gruzhevitsa
Thes
Volosovtsy
Fritz von Mannstein
Tenor Aroldo Lindi Dies On San Francisco Stage
European opera tenor Aroldo Lindi collapsed during Pagliacci at the San Francisco Opera House. He died backstage shortly after saying he would share health news in five minutes. Cardiovascular failure is listed as the cause. Born in Sweden, he had sung across Europe before joining Chicago and later San Carlos opera companies.
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San Francisco
Aroldo Lindi
San Francisco Opera House
Pagliacci
Mario Palermo
Findh
Lindi
Sweden
Europe
Chicago Opera Company
San Carlos Opera Company
Bombing Berlin's two justifications in World War II
The piece argues Berlin, as a major industrial center and a rail hub, is vital to Germany's war effort. It notes the city contains extensive military targets from edge to center, making it vulnerable if key transportation and production lines are destroyed. The writer warns against sparing such towns as Allied invasion nears.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Europe
Hitler
Fourth bombing days for Nazi capital
London reports another heavy U S eighth air force attack on Berlin marking the fourth raid in six days. Fortresses and Liberators aided by escort fighters struck noon in hazy weather, adding to the 30 000 tons of bombs dropped since mid November. Berlin admitted some damage and civilian losses while tallying enemy planes lost at 301 in two big sorties Monday and Wednesday.
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London
Berlin
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Monay Mach
Eighth Airforce
Eighth
Ninth Airforces
Yvesterd v
Germany
Hitler
VU. S
Describing Berlin Raid by Huffman and Lehto Staff Sgts
In their own words, Huffman the tail gunner and Lehto the radio gunner recount a Berlin mission, stating it was twice as rough as Regensburg. They describe continuous dogfights with MB-109s and FW190s, long strafing runs, and waves of enemy fighters sweeping the bomber group.
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Edward E. Huffman
Reuben I. Lehto
Huffman
Berlin
S. Oakland Ave
Indianapolis
Lehto
Ironwood
Mich
Associated Press
Britain
Regensburg
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