Desperado Returns to Jail in Anderson Extradition
Desperado Roy Blackstock, who vanished from Kilby prison last November while serving 119 years, has been arrested by Anderson police in South Carolina. Prisons Director E. P. Russell said Blackstock will waive extradition, with a transfer agent to follow. Details on charges were not disclosed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Roy’ Blackstock
Kilby
Anderson
S. C
E. P. Russell
Russell
Blackstock
Roy Blackstock
Walter Orville Meinkle
Leakesville
Miss
Roy
Troy
J. C. Dunn
Alabama
Wilcox County
Merikle
Mississippi
Blackstock Brothers
Mobile
Soviet forces seize Galganovka near Nikolaev in push toward Black Sea
Soviet troops under Malinovsky captured Galganovka on the Ingulets river, 35 miles east of Nikolaev as they press toward the Black Sea coast. Beside this, Stilwell’s forces advance from the Hukawng valley and Mountbatten recently visited his advanced headquarters.
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Black Sea
Malinovsky
Galganovka
Ingulets River
Nikolaev
Kherson Ward
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Stilwell
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Allied Push Halts Massive Japanese Attacks on Bougainville
Allied reports describe heavy Japanese assaults on Bougainville in the Solomons repelled with hundreds of Japanese dead. The 37th Division, under Maj. Gen. John Hodge, counted 500 Japanese bodies on Empress Augusta Bay defenses, as American casualties remained light.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Solomons
37Th
Cape Torokina
Empress Augusta Bay
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Empress An-gusta Bay
John Hodge
Navy
Marine Corps
Piva
Torokina
Femey Augusta Bay
Rabaul
New Britain
Tokyo
New York
Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
Cormunique
Army
Vunapope
First Cavalry Division
Los Negros Island
Admiralties
Hauwei
Butjo Luo
Manus Island
Admiralty Group
Wewak
New Guinea
Fifth Army Air Force
Gripsholm Brings 663 Repatriates Home
The diplomatic exchange ship Gripsholm will reach New York tomorrow with 663 repatriates from Germany and France. Navy officials expected arrival around 8 A M but say docking will occur at noon or later.
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Gripsholm
New York
Germany
France
Navy
Markets Recap on March 14 Amid Slips and Gains
New York markets saw profit taking after a bulge with leaders retreating fractions while earnings and dividends plus political optimism supported overall sentiment. Morning activity was brisk but slowed late, transfers totaling about 1 million shares. late day declines were common though a few 1944 high records appeared. Hog prices varied with bulk and lighter weights quoted, and sheep figures showed ewe and wether lambs holding around 15.50.
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New York
Cotton prices ease after hedge selling in New York
Cotton futures traded in New York at up to 65 cents a bale as hedge selling and war- related optimism capped gains after a steady rise of over 3.00 this month. Prices softened late, with nearby contracts down about 49 to 50 cents. May and July quotes moved to 20.74 and 20.13 respectively.
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New York
Grain futures drift lower in quiet Chicago trade
Grain futures in Chicago on March 14 eased as traders ignored bullish news. Wheat fell 3-8 to 7-8, May at 1.71 1-8 and July 1.68 1-4. Rye slipped 1-2 to 1 cent, May 1.28 3-4 7-8. Oats down 3-8 to 3-4, May 81 1-4. Barley lost 1-2 to 1 cent, May 1.25 1-2.
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Chicago
Butter and Eggs Market Report Chicago March 14
Butter receipts 530,288 and firm market unchanged. Eggs receipts 31,110 and about steady with no change in the market.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary
Nashville Tennessee March 14 cattle prices indicate scarce supply early with mixed demand. Steers and heifers average 12.50 to 14.25 for medium to good quality. good beef cows around 12.00. canners and cutters 5.75 to 8.50. native stock calves 13.50 to 15.00. Hogs steady near 900 head tally. Slaughter calves 11.50 to 14.00. lightweight culls under 800.
Budget Lines Eyes Florence Sheffield Area for Expansion
Budget Lines Inc may extend lines into Florence Sheffield area and possibly into Decatur as efforts continue. Budget pledged for 1944 to the Chamber of Commerce totals 10186.50, the largest in the region, with plans to boost agricultural and industrial advertising and broaden committee work. Secret ary John M Nelson reports heavy office activity and wide requests for services from members and the public.
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John M. Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
Norris Opposes Plan to Handover TVA Revenues
Former Senator George W. Norris who helped found the Tennessee Valley Authority opposes Senator McKellar’s proposal to transfer TVA power revenues to the U S Treasury. Norris notes he has not seen the amendment and questions its approach.
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Norris
Plan McCook
Neb
George W. Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
Dtenn
TVA
U. S. Treasury
Roosevelt to clarifiy draft memo and push federal ballot plan
The Associated Press reports Roosevelt is expected to clarify his Feb 26 memo on deferments and seek a hard boiled policy to draft fathers. Debate on the service vote continues toward its likely final day with federal ballot supporters led by administration Democrats optimistic about holding their line against a state ballot plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Sant
Republican hopefuls face first NH delegate test
Willkie Dewey and Mac Arthur compete in New Hampshire's first convention delegate selection while Democratic delegates uniformly back President Roosevelt in the contest.
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New Hampshire
Willkie
Dewey
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Births and visits noted in Decatur area society page
Mr and Mrs John Russell Mosley of Hillsboro announce the birth of a daughter at Benevolent Hospital Monday. Mrs Tom Ratliff returns from Cleveland Tennessee after visiting daughter Peggy Ratliff at Bob Jones College. En route home she visits Rev Elmer D Piper and baby in Chattanooga. Miss Earl Glover of Hartselle is a patient at Baughs infirmary. Mrs Joe Smith of Decatur is admitted to Baughs infirmary Monday. Mrs O J Harwell of Elkmont is admitted to Baughs infirmary Monday. Mr and Mrs Jim Robertson visit Birmingham today. W S Russell is ill at 720 Line Street. Maurice Shipper of Florence in Decatur on business Monday. Mrs Joe Phillips of Trinity1 is here on business. Floyd W Ferguson promoted to second class seaman stationed at Daytona Beach Fla. Son of Addie B Tapscott. Clyde Tapscott able to be out after illness with mumps at 1317 5th Avenue South. Mr and Mrs G T Edmonson of Hartselle3 visit Sunday with Arlene Edmonson of Decatur. Mr and Mrs A J Moore Mr and Mrs Howard Sparkman and son Bobby of Hartse le and Mr and Mrs Bill Sneakman and son Hugo of Cullman. Tone McCall slightly improved at home after severe illness last week.
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Tom Ratliff
Cleveland
Tennessee
Peggy Ratliff
Bob Jones College
Floyd W Ferguson
Daytona Beach, Fla
Addie B. Tapscott
5Th Avenue South
G. T. Edmonson
Hartselle 3
Arlene Edmonson
Decatur
A. J. Moore
Howard Sparkman
Bobby
Hartselle
Bill Sneakman
Hugo
Cullman
Plan to extend good neighbor policy meets opposition
Rep Wadsworth of New York, a top House minority leader, warns the administration that extending the good neighbor policy will face a rocky road. He signals opposition will rise when funding for the plan is requested.
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Rep
Wadsworth
R. N.Y
House
House Leaders Predict Swift Renewal of Lend Lease Program
House leaders forecast a quick renewal of the lend-lease program for another year. The sole unsettled issue is the duration of wind down. Senator Barkley of Kentucky joined opposition to a compromise bill that would leave ballots for service members largely to the states, while Senate supporters of a federal armed forces ballot remained in the minority.
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House
Shell
Senator Barkley
Senate
Gas ration changes trigger sharp rise in consumption
Bowles warned gas use will climb by as much as 18 to 20 percent reflecting last year’s patterns. He urged rapid honest action and said cutting civilian quotas is necessary. The A-11 revision extends three month validity for all regions except the Atlantic coast and alters driving limits and eligibility for B and C rations. In Pacific states top B driving drops to 400 miles monthly, with restorations limited to war plant workers and other eligible groups. Middle states may receive B coupons up to 475 miles monthly to cover A ration losses through car pooling. East coast rations stay at reduced levels with tightly tailored B and C quotas.
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OPA
Pacific
California
Oregon
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Bowles
Fly predicts unified American system for international communications
Chairman James L. Fly of the Federal Communications Commission told a House committee that Congress would eventually authorize a unified American system of international communications.
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James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commisson
House
Congress
Ingalls Shipbuilding Donates Two Red Cross Checks
At noon in Ingalls Shipbuilding wards two checks were presented to the Red Cross war fund. Mrs Norris and Mrs Nelson, nurses aides, accepted on behalf of the organization. One check came from Ingalls members and the other for 50 dollars from the machinery department which donated its absenteeism contest prize.
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Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Red Cross War Fund Campaign
Norris
Nelson
Ingalls Organization
Machinery Department
Red Cross
TVA Reform Sparked by Opposition Voices
A speaker voices strong opposition to proposed TVA changes arguing the move is a sad mistake and urging those with TVA interests to oppose it. The remarks emphasize safeguarding current operations and caution against altering the agency’s course.
Black market rations blamed for Alabama fuel cuts
Birmingham March 14 Joe Short district OPA director said Alabama gasoline ration cuts follow black market operations. A survey showed 56 percent of coupons properly endorsed. He cited enforcement finds of loose coupons on a man from another state and a book of coupons for another person and fake coupons in the area.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe Short
OPA
Alabama
Army Bookkeeper Loses This Hero in 13 Month Furlough
Staff Sergeant John B Zealor a Roxbury Conn tail gunner decorated after 26 combat missions in the African theater says Army bookkeeping lost track of him and he received a 13 month furlough during which he fished hunted and waited. His aunt Miss Alice McGovern says two other gunners shared similar furlough pay gaps and letters from NYC and PA. Zealor currently at redistribution station No 1 awaiting a new assignment after returning home and earlier spending ten days in Torrington hospital last August.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John B. Zealer
Army
Connecticut
Roxbury
Zealor
Alice McGovern
New York City
Pennsylvania
Torrington
Conn
Katherine Zealor
Bridgewater
War Department
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
Italy Restores Ties with Russia Amid War Realignments
An Italian official framed resumption of relations with Russia as closing one chapter and opening a new phase in Italian international life. He said Russia’s actions against Germany grant Moscow a clear leadership role in both current war and forthcoming peace. The spokesman praised Italy's six months as a co belligerent with the United Nations, citing strong goodwill and total cooperation.
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Russia
Red Army
Germany
Italy
United Nations
March snowstorm buries Utah cities record depth
Northern Utah was buried under 128 inches of snow in the heaviest March storm since 1884. Auto traffic stalled, airline schedules canceled, and trains delayed. The storm extended into southern Idaho, eastern Nevada and southern Utah, piling snow on watersheds with below normal precipitation.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Nevada
Hero’s Medal Award Amid Romance Tangle in Pittsburgh
As Sergeant Charles Kelly receives the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in Italy, it’s revealed his former childhood sweetheart Mae Lucille Connelly has married Everett Poole, a merchant seaman, one month earlier. All three families reside in Pittsburgh.
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Charles
Commando) Kelly
Italy
Mae Lucille Connelly
Everett Poole
Pittsburgh
Dot Makes House Debut As Democratic Secretary
Washington March 14 Mrs Dorothy Vredenburg 27 year old new secretary of the democratic national committee made her debut in the house today as honor guest at a luncheon given by Speaker Sam Rayburn D Texas In the speaker s dining room the young Alabamian was introduced to old time democrats including 80 year old Chairman Robert I Doughton D NC of the house ways and means committee Chairman Joseph Mansfield D Texas of the rivers and harbors committee and Chairman Andrew May D Ky of the military affairs committee Other guests included Majority Leader McCormack D Mass Reps Vinson D Ga Whittington D Miss Cannon D Fla Bell D Mo Lea D Cal Sumners D Tex and Lanham D Tex Alabama delegation members present were Senators Bankhead and Hill and Representatives Boykin Grant Sparkman and Starnes Robert Hannegan Democratic national committee chairman Oscar Ewing vice chairman and James McCraney assistant Attorney General were also guests
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Washington
Dorothy Vredenburg
Democratic National Committee
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Robert I. Doughton
DN. C
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph Mansfield
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Andrew May
D-Ky
Military Affairs Committee
Democratic Committee
McCormack
D-Mass
Vinson
D-Ga
Whittington
BP. Miss
Cannon
D-Fla
Bell
Lea
D-Cal
Sumners
Dtex
Lanham
Alabama
Bankhead
Hill
Boykin
Grant
Sparkman
Starnes
Robert Hannegan
Oscar Ewing
James McCranery
Red Army advances surround Tarnopol and Odessa rail lines
Soviet dispatches report 28 miles north of Nikolaev and a panicked German retreat into Kherson. Malinovsky’s forces claim 20,000 Nazis killed and 2,500 captured in a week as Russians menace newly taken Skalat and Tarnopol region, threaten the Odessa Lwow trunk line, and liberate 60 villages near Proskurov while probing Dnieper bend west of Krivoi Rog.
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Red Army
Nikolaev
Moscow
Kherson
Malinovsky
Rumania
Skalat
Tarnopol
Old Poland
Proskurov
Ukraine
Gaivoron
Bug River
Odessa-Lwow
Vinnitsa
First Ukraine
Dnieper
Krivoi Rog
Britain coal miners begin return to work amid strike
About 65,000 of Britain's 100,000 striking miners had returned to work by early afternoon. Alf Davies of the South Wales Miners Federation said the situation was improving. Prime Minister Churchill declined to speak to the Commons, saying it would be unwise to debate until a settlement is reached.
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London
Britain
Alf Davies
The
South Wales Miners Federation
Churchill
Commons
War Today: Stilwell Drives Jap Base Pendulum Southward
The article describes Stilwell’s forces advancing into the Maungkwan area with Major General Frank Merrill’s jungle assault, trapping about 2,000 Japanese and surrounding another 2,000. American and Chinese troops push south through Hukwang valley while British troops move from Assam toward Myitkyina. Objectives include linking Ledo and Burma roads, building new air bases, and preventing Japanese movement into Yunnan while Chiang Kai-shek’s forces hold.
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Maungkwan
Frank Merrill
Maingkwan
Hukwang
Associated Press
Stilwell
Myukdang
Hukwang Vally
Assam
Burma
Myitkyina
Ledo
Yunnan
Chiang
Courage Under Fire Realities From Two Gunners In War
A veteran sergeant from Steubenville and another from Gold Hill share the private burden of combat. Both completed missions and were wounded yet pressed on. Their calm, pragmatic outlook contrasts with fear and shows a veteran’s resolve to keep flying when ordered.
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Sergt
Alban J. Petchal
Steubenville
Charles Ramseur
Gold Hill
N. C
Sergeant Petchal
Buck Eversole
Petchal
Ramseur
Dozen Soldiers Killed by Blast at Camp Robinson
Dozen Army enlisted men died in an accidental surface mine explosion at Camp Robinson Afri. on March 14 during a demonstration. Four were injured critically, 14 others hospitalized. The 652nd tank destroyer battalion members were handling anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. cause not determined.
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Camp Robinson
Afri
Bace Hospital
652Nd Tank Destroyer
Fugitive executive held in Vancouver on theft charge
Ralph M. Wilby a 39 year old executive and assistant treasurer of the William T. Knott Co Inc was arrested in Vancouver British Columbia awaiting transfer to New York. He faces an indictment charging theft totaling 275984 from stores run by the firm across the United States. Police captured him aboard a ferry between Victoria and Vancouver and he is held for New York authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vancouver
B. C
United States
Ralph M. Wilby
William T. Knott Co. Inc
Victoria-Vancouver
Frank S. Hogan
Germans Hold Five Day Bitter Battle In Push
German forces have sustained a fierce five day engagement, trading heavy shelling and ground assaults as both sides press for gains. Reports indicate continued fighting near key front-line positions with mounting casualties and no clear breakthrough.
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Desperado
Green Island
New Zealand
U. S. Navy
Green Islands
Wall Street
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
T. R. Harrison
Appropriations Committee
Stewart
D.-Tenn
Dasa Ae Is
Dulimale
John Russell Mosley
Hillsboro
Benevolent Hospital
Joe Smith
Decatur 3
Baugh’s Infirmary
O. J. Harwell
Elkmont
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Jim Robertson
W. S. Russell
Line Street
Maurice Shipper
Florence
Mr. Shipper
Joe Phillips
Trinity 1
Clyde Tapscott
Tone McCall
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond
Virginia
Truk
U. S
Japan
Truk Island
Aviation
Gene S. Berg
Jamaica
N. Y
John J. O'Sullivan
St. Louis
Raymond FE
South Bewick
Maine
Dot
Pyle
M.r.rankin
Moana
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