Ex prisoner fights Reds report on exchanges
Pravda accuses German and British forces of violating international law by remobilizing exchanged prisoners for service on the Russian front. Corpl Karl Wilde recounts being swapped after capture near El Alamein in 1942 and sent to Barca after Swiss and Swedish officials checked the lists.
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Moscow
Pravda
Karl Wilde
257Th Regiment
Britain
Germany
Wilde
el Alamein
Port Said
Barcelona
KES Accused Ickes Of Flagrant Pledge Violation
Senator Moore of Oklahoma accuses Interior Secretary Ickes of violating a pledge to the Truman committee by moving ahead with plans for a pipeline from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean. He calls the conduct impeachable.
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Washington
Moore
R. Okla
Interior
Ickes
Truman Committee
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Feared Loss of Job Now Praises Retonga
Defense workers and others praise Retonga for relief from weight loss weakness and debility from vitamin B-1 deficiency and related stomach issues. J D Robertson of Birmingham credits Retonga for restored appetite weight sleep and constipation relief after months of suffering. Retonga available at Caddell Drug Store.
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Retonga
J. D. Robertson
First Ave
Eagle Iron Company
Birmingham
Caddell Drug Store
Aircraft Carriers Shape Pacific Sea Battles
Aboard a U S aircraft carrier in the Pacific February reports carriers won key Pacific battles by aiming flights from Saratoga Enterprise and Essex. The Enterprise fought through damage, sank ships at Guadalcanal and led the fleet with a long flight deck and teakwood recovery deck. The Sara and the Essex set records in landings and air actions, while lead crews boast about speed and resilience.
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U. S
Pacific
Coral Sea
Midway
Solomons
Santa Cruz
Saratoga
Enterprise
Essex
North
Africa
Harold A
Rollie) Robinson
Jutland
Guadalcanal
Cmdr. Skooter Coffin
Nebraska
Dunlap
Pearl Harbor
William N. Halsey
Wake
Utah
Tokyo Radio
Essex Air Group
Bougainville
Jane
Navy
Cmdr
Joseph Clinton Clifton
Paducah
Jumping Joe
United States
Polo Ground
Many Mips Die By Own Hand In Pacific Battle
Eyewitness accounts from Los Negros report Japanese troops preferring suicide over capture after failed assaults on American First Cavalry Division lines. Pvt. Wilbur Resler and Pvt. Dan Burnett describe officers wielding swords, flag bearers, and mass grenade self-destruction as Japanese forces attacked with grenades and bayonets amid a rough night engagement near Fort Bliss-inspired naming.
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Asahel Bustii
First Cavalry Division
NEGROS _ISLAND
Midako
Los Negros
Japan
Wilbur Resler
Dan Burnett
Franklin
N. C
Fort Bliss
Texas
Corp. J. L. Licon
el Paso
Carl Chiles
Fe] Paso
Chiles
Ralph Slate to Represent Morgan County in Oratorical Contest
Ralph Slate of Morgan County High School Hartselle is county champion in the Birmingham News Age Herald oratorical contest. He will represent the county in the district finals at Decatur Senior High School on April 3. The district winner advances to the state finals at Birmingham Southern College on a Friday night in Birmingham.
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Ralph Slate
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Birmingham News-Age-Herald
Decatur Senior High School
Birmingham Southern College
Birmingham
Caravan Visit at Courtland Army Air Field March 17
Ellen Sutton nicknamed the Sophie of radio headlines a Camel Caravan Campshow at Courtland Army Air Field on March 17 at 8 p.m. The Pittsburgh native, a 19 year old with a hot yodeling style, gained fame on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch and in Smoky City radio. Also featured are the Morgan Sisters, famed GI favorites, and Clyde Hager, the renowned pitchman known for That’s all, brother. The event is presented under the auspices of the special service office.
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Ellen Sutton
Sophie
Tiny
Ellen
Courtland Army Air Field
Pittsburgh
California
Gene Autry
Melody Ranch
Sophie Tucker
Camel Caravan
Courtland
Morgan Sisters
Clyde Hager
Billy Rose
Diamond Horseshoe
Broadway
Special Service Office
Beaver Patrol Meeting Notes From March 8
The Beaver Patrol of Troop 20 met at Jimmy Garnett’s home on Wednesday March 8. Lee Stockton, patrol leader, called the meeting to order. Thomas Craig led the Scout oath. Business was discussed and refreshments served. The meeting closed with the Scoutmaster’s benediction.
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Beaver
Troop 20
Jimmy Garnett
Lee Stockton
Thomas Craig
Coal strike stalemate tests wartime resolve in Britain
London reports the government may seize mines to end the coal strike that idled 100000 Welsh miners. Welsh Miners Union chief Arthur Horner urged a return to work while wage talks continue, as delegates plan Saturday talks and a Sunday mass meeting to parse recent concessions.
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London
British War Cabinet
South Wales
Arthur Horner
Welsh Miners Union
Cardiff
Gwilym Lloyd George
State fruit crops damaged by cold in Alabama
The Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station reports fruit crops in the area were damaged by a recent cold spell. Apples grapes and muscadines survived well while most peaches outside low areas or pink bud stage suffered some damage. L M Ware head of horticulture estimates 75 to 80 percent of peaches in full bloom or beyond were killed.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station
L. M. Ware
Miners Accept Scale Concessions Under Political Push
Thirteen labor MP delegates will tour mining districts this weekend to explain new concessions tying to a piece rate scale and extra allowances for workers in water or heavy dust. Officials say the agreement could net miners seven to eight million pounds annually, while Britain faces a daily coal shortfall of about 80,000 tons from the strike.
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Britain
Morgan County Rock Creek Singing Convention Invitation
The Mor gan county singing convention will be held here Sunday March 12 with public invitation. Sunday visitors include Harden Oden at Rev. Dewey Crowe’s near Hartselle and several locals from Decatur Courtland Eva Holly Pond and Holly Pond relatives.
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Morgan County
Harden Oden
Dewey Crowe
Hartselle
Dewitte Creel
Wanda Self
Ezelle Ryan
Decatur
O. J. Self
Rheba Martin
Courtland
Delorese Smith
Plums Hard Hit and Pear Crop Battered in Lowlands
Dr. Ware reports hail damage in the lowlands with plums severely affected and 75 percent of the pear crop destroyed yet enough fruit remaining to yield a fair harvest.
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Dr. Ware
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