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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1944
Page
1
Weather outlook shows fair conditions with some showers in the extreme northwest Thursday and continued mild temperatures. Local figures report the Tennessee River at 17.50 feet, high 71 and low 52, cotton prices posted for today include strict mid dling 21.06 middling 20.85 strict low 19.05 and low 17.05.
Buenos Aires reports confirm a rancher Franco Diligenti and his 42 year old Italian wife Valleta welcomed three girls and two boys on July 11. The quintuplets weigh 20 to 25 pounds each and were kept secret to avoid public excitement, with a midwife present at the birth.
A South Pacific naval sweep failed to sight any Japanese ships or combatant planes, while Allied air forces near Wewak New Guinea claimed up to 65 enemy planes shot down during a three day offensive. Gen MacArthur HQ lists heavy strikes with some losses on the American side. Marines move on Willaumez and Manus Island as Sixth Army closes on Manus after routing nearby islets.
Mr and Mrs George Brown of 601 Commercial Avenue were advised by the War Department that their son Private George W Brown is missing in action since January 1945 in Italy. The telegram promised further details as they are received.
War summary reports Nazi army of 400000 to 500000 troops bogged in muddy battles in Russia. Russians claim near 100000 German casualties in ten days, with towns like Tarnopol under fierce pressure. Von Manstein’s Bug river defense falters as Nikolayev and Kherson fall.
U S heavy bombers in medium sized forces hit targets in central Germany under strong escort marking the eleventh operation this month for four engine bombers. Marauder medium bombers of the Ninth Air Force attacked Northern France and Belgium as RAF and Allied fighters supported the effort.
Soviet dispatch reports Red Army forces encircling and destroying Nazi units in Southern Ukraine near Nikolaev. They claim harbor control at Nikolaev, with Kherson and surrounding towns seized or isolated. Crossings of the Bug River and advances toward Vinnytsia widen the front as Germans retreat.
New York March 15 Army investigation continues into a two engine Army transport plane crash at La Guardia Field that killed two civilian mechanics who had flown the aircraft without authorization.
An editorial cites a 1944 letter from Senator Kenneth McKellar to Mayor Tom Harrison denying a charge against him over TVA policy. The piece defends TVA's leaders including Roosevelt and Norris and calls for McKellar to name the intended target or withdraw his amendments. It urges accountability for accusations viewed as power play.
Senator McKellar from Tennessee launches a bitter attack on TVA Chairman David Lilienthal as debate opens on the eight point five billion dollar independent offices appropriation. McKellar denounces the TVA directors claims and warns the amendments threaten the agency. Administration leaders may back Lilienthal while Barkley defends the TVA project against frequent congressional scrutiny. Roosevelt says he is not familiar with the amendments. The plan would end the TVA revolving fund and move about 70 million dollars to the Treasury, with further cuts to TVA funding for 1945.
Allied dispatch from Naples reports the Lehr regiment from Doeberitz Elsgrund Prussia, famed for training troops and testing weapons, suffered heavy losses in the last two Nazi offensives against the Anzio beachhead. Prisoners blamed parade ground style drill and officER leadership for the high casualties while an order of the day boasted of lessons learned at home.
The House Military Committee reopened its draft deferment inquiry and voiced concern over continued deferment of fathers and use of younger men in war plants. Chairman May threatens to ban 18 to 26 deferments. A new Selective Service order bans occupational deferments for under 26 with exceptions for critical war industries.
A United Nations food constitution approved by the State Department as generally satisfactory was prepared for submission to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Quick passage was practically assured today as the senate backed a compromise measure granting states most control over when to bring in the vote of the fighting forces.
Chairman Truman warns the Senate War Investigating Committee must stay apolitical or lose its usefulness. He says if the committee ever enters politics its value ends, stressing restraint amid ongoing inquiries.
Treasury experts from Russia Britain the United States and Canada expect a multi billion gold based fund to stabilize foreign exchange. Senate republicans ratified officers and formed a Taft led steering committee. War Labor Board panel heard Philip Murray and John A Stephens discuss a 17 cent an hour wage rise. Murray accused steel firms of avoiding the hearing while Stephens said the panel lacks authority to act.
Shelby County political leader F E Crump criticizes Senator McKellar over TVA operations. Crump says McKellar wrongly seeks federal control of TVA, calling the agency beneficial to Tennessee. The two allies have clashed before, backing rival gubernatorial candidates in 1936.
Senator Bankhead and Senator Hill announce a floor fight against the McKellar amendment claiming it clashes with Congress intent in creating the Authority. TVA directors including Lilienthal warn the proposal would demobilize the agency and threaten its existence. McKellar counters in a telegram calling TVA a dishonest, improvident billion dollar project and accuses Lilienthal of joining a private power trust.
Washington March 15 The War Labor Board today rejected American Federation of Labor demands for a higher wage ceiling.
ERNIE PYLE details Maj. Burt Cochrane executive officer of a squadron in Italy. A 55 year old grandfather, he farms 300 acres north of San Francisco, raises 75 head of beef cattle yearly, and lives near Kenwood. He keeps a soldierly demeanour, calling all “sir,” earning respect from both enlisted men and officers. Also profiles Lieut. Leroy Kaegi from Ashland Oregon, a trusted pilot who survived a double mission day and a wheel trouble incident during a routine flight.
Allied air power unleashed a record bombing of Cassino with over 1,400 tons of bombs on less than a square mile, followed by a coordinated ground assault as Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker’s air forces and Fifth Army sought to crush German resistance on the Rome gateway.
Stockholm dispatch reports the Finnish parliament rejected Russia final armistice terms and chose to remain at war. Premier Linkomies reportedly urged rejection at a secret session as Moscow warned of intensified bombings if terms are not accepted soon.
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