YANK LEADS TITO'S UNIT IN PACIFE CAPTURE
Yugoslav partisans under a U S officer seized Pacife on Brac island near Split in the Dalmatian coast. The action, announced by Free Yugoslav radio, followed Allied reports of raids and naval actions around Lissa Korcula and Hvar as heavy fighting raged from Ljubljana to Banja Luka.
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London
United States
Pacife
Brac
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Split
Free Yugoslav Radio
Berlin
Churchill
Lissa
Italy
Korcula Island
Neretva
Korcula
Hvar
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Banja Luka
War Spending in U S Reaches Ninety Billion Direct Expenditures
The article notes that this year the United States is allocating about 90 billion dollars to direct war expenditures, outlining the scale of military spending and its implications for national budgeting and policy decisions.
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U. S.s
Black Draught Laxative Promoted Across the South
An old advertisement presents Black-Draught as a best selling laxative across the South for four generations. It claims the product is purely herbal and easy to take, with satisfactory action when directions are followed. It notes 25 to 40 doses cost 25 cents and urges use only as directed.
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South
Draft deferments narrowed to essential workers on home front
Washington dispatch notes War Manpower Commission will restrict occupational deferments to essential and irreplaceable roles. About 910,000 nonfathers under 26 hold deferments, with 500,000 in agriculture, and overall need is estimated at 1.2 million more men by July.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Lawrence Appley
Execu
The
Manpower Commission
Roosevelt
Selective Service
Mickey Rooney
Eight-Year-Old Richard Myers Donates Eight Cents to Red Cross
In Cortland N Y on March 13 eight-year-old Richard Myers says he wants to give to the Red Cross himself. He reaches into his pocket and presents his entire fortune of eight cents. His mother is not home at the moment.
Local Notices From Conway Lane Mississippi Area
Mr and Mrs Phil Shelton were Saturday night guests of her brother Mr and Mrs Roland Bates. Mrs Ola Mae Townson was Tuesday guest of Mrs Magaline Townson. Syble Garner ill. Jerry Shelton and family were Sunday night guests of his parents. Amos Garner of Decatur visiting. Illa Fare of New Market Ala spent days with her sister Mrs Herbert Daniel. Ennis Shelton lost a mule when lightning struck his barn. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at Pine Grove near Conway. Bethlehem Christian Endeavor every Sunday night. bring someone.
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Phil Shelton
Roland Bates
Ola Mae Townson
Magaline Townson
Syble Garner
Jerry Shelton
O. P. Shelton
Amos Garner
Decatur
Illa Fare
New Market
Ala
Herbert Daniel
Ennis Shelton
Pine Grove
Conway
H. Garner
Olan Shelton
Bethlehem
Thurman
John Kelley
Vernon Kelley
Thelma
Virginia Dotson
Eldean Staples
Pleasant View
Lorene Turntine
Faye
Vivian Hampton
Andrew's Chapel
Guy Williams
Jerry Durand
Toxy Hogan
Phil White
Speake
Bill Penn
Annie Yates
FSA Target of New Bill in House Action
Legislation offered by agriculture subcommittee would abolish the Farm Security Administration by transferring its assets and duties to the Farmers Home Corporation and related Farm Credit programs. The bill sets loan caps, expands farm tenant purchases, and seeks to curb supervision while ending long 99-year government leases. It also envisions transferring public facilities at resettlement projects to public or semi public bodies.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
House
Agriculture
Cooley
D N.C
Farmers Home Corporation
FSA
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Credit Organization
Farmers’ Home Agency
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Resuming Kentucky Lock Operations Expected Tuesday 14 March 1944
Nashville Tennessee dispatch reports Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River No 14 is anticipated to resume operations on Tuesday 14 March 1944 unless rains intensify beyond forecasts. District Engineer H E Pannabaker Major Corps of Engineers serves as executive assistant.
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Ordno Navigation
Kentucky Lock
H. E. Pannabaker
Corps of Engineers
Pleasant View Court Notes and Local Visits
Morgan County Pleasant ViewMrs Hearl Woods is mentioned in a false alarm incident as a fireman saved a figure from a downtown department store fire. The column reports Thurman Kelley, John Kelley, and families visiting relatives, plus prayer meetings and local visits at Andrew's Chapel and surrounding homes. Several residents are ill with flu and family visits are noted locally.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Miners Return to Work Split Intensifies UK Coal Crisis
London March 13 The week-long strike by about 100000 miners shows early signs of ending as a third return to work is reported though some pitheads vote against resuming. North Wales and Scotland begin normal output while South Wales remains disrupted. Welsh leaders urge caution as government concessions are reviewed and warn further coal losses could threaten the UN’s invasion timetable.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Fuel
Wales
North Wales
Scotland
Great South Wales
South Wales
Pare
Dare
United Nations
Pope Plea for Rome Peace in World War II
Pope Pius XII appealed to Allied and German leaders to spare Rome and seek a liberty filled peace on the fifth anniversary of his coronation. He spoke from St. Peter's Square and to radio listeners urging a peace that ends violence so humanity is remembered with benediction, not malediction.
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London
Pope Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Catalonia Seeks Independent State at 1919 Paris Peace Talks
A Catalonian delegation arrives in Paris to press for recognition as an independent state at the 1919 peace conference.
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Catalonia
Spain
Paris
Cadet Whitten Dies in Training Plane Crash
Aviation Cadet Menta Edward Whitten age 26 of Birmingham died in a training plane crash 15 miles southeast of Selma. Army public relations at Craig Field announced the death. Whitten was stationed at the field base.
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Selma
Ala
Menta Edward Whitten
Birmingham
Craig Field
Yester Whitten
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