Weather and notices from Decatur local mews
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with showers Friday in the north portion and cooler conditions. Cotton prices quoted: strict mid dling 21.05, middling 20.85, strict low 19.05, low 17.05. The Week features Thousands Cheer at the Princess, The Traitor Within at the Roxy, and Melody Lane at the Capitol. Sermon on Jesus, a Man of Sorrows, to be given by Dr. R. M. Howell at vesper service. Morris memorial singing set for Sunday at McKendry Chapel, 11 a.m. to afternoon. bring books and basket lunch. Dr. Jesse M. Rogers to speak on The Better Message. Russell Travis of the Navy leaves for Norfolk, Va. after visit home. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Strother return from Mariana Fla. attendance at son Robert Strother’s Army Air Forces graduation. Rev. E. F. Stidham to assist at Willoughby Presbyterian meetings April 2–9. Sgt. Philip F. Roberts reports landing in North Africa. Army-Navy test results for 20 senior high students. Various home moves and ambulance transfers noted. Morgan county Boy Scouts meet March 21 at Lyons Hotel. Numerous hospital-to-home ambulance transfers listed. Continued on Page Two.
Finland told to quit hateful partnership with Nazi Germany
Washington and London appealed to the Finnish people to sever ties with Germany and accept Soviet peace terms. Roosevelt called the alliance with Hitler's forces a hateful partnership and urged Finns to withdraw before further sorrow and suffering. Officials warned of wider European consequences as neutral and satellite states watch Helsinki's moves.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Soviet Russia
Finland
Germany
Stephen Early
Helsinki
Moscow
Turkey
Spain
Rumania
Bulgaria
State Department
Cassino Falls Under Allied Control Efforts Continue
Allied forces push into Cassino amid heavy German resistance and massive bombing. Air and ground units strike Sofia, Durazzo, and coastal targets as two enemy strongpoints near Carroceto come under attack. Casualties include six Allied planes lost in 2,500 sorties. prisoners taken in patrol actions on fifth and eighth army fronts.
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Edward Kennedy
Napples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Italy
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rome
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Carroceto
Eighth Army
Durazzo
Albania
Jim Simpson Speaks Here on States Rights Tour
State Senator Jim Simpson of Birmingham will address crowds at the Morgan County Courthouse in Decatur Friday at eight. He campaigns for the United States Senate seat held by Listerill. His talk is titled States Rights and White Supremacy. He continues to Moulton and Athens on Saturday with 10 30 a m and 2 30 p m start times respectively.
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Jim Simpson
Birmingham
Morgan County
Decatur
Simpson
United Ce Ge Senate
Listerill
North Alabama
Moulton
Lawrence County
Athens
Limestone County
Hopkins at Mayo Clinic In Rochester For Medical Checkup
Hopkins, close associate of President Roosevelts, arrived in Rochester from Florida with influenza and is at Mayo Clinic for a physical examination and rest. A clinic spokesman said he will stay for some time.
Service Vote Bill Passes Headed to White House
Washington reports the service vote bill clearing a long wrangle and headed to President Roosevelt, with governors’ poll to decide alignment with state laws. The House military committee also reveals labor renting firms profit up to 250 percent on government work, with one firm allegedly earning 4.24 million dollars in a year.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
House Military Committee
Draft Boards Urged to Boost Induction of Fathers
Draft boards were urged to step up the induction of fathers and to seek out men deferred in industry as the two main methods to meet lagging draft quotas, disclosed today.
North Carolina Republicans Set 25-Man Slate at Convention
A North Carolina Republican convention meets to approve a 25-man slate for the national convention and to approve a resolution urging New York Governor Dewey to become an open candidate for the presidential nomination.
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North Carolina
New York
Dewey
Senator Bilbo Drops Plan to Require Swimming Training
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi says he abandons a proposal that all fighting men learn to swim. He cites lack of War Department approval and admits he cannot swim more than 50 feet himself, joking he would need bloomers to manage that.
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Bilbo
D.-Miss
War Department
Minister Defends Atlantic Charter in Commons
London March 16 Prime Minister Churchill responded to an attack on the Atlantic Charter in the House of Commons with a bold challenge to the opposition to test the government's strength. He defended the charter saying it was late to condemn it after its initial cordial reception and noted Labour's Rhys John Davies pressed for a debate amid questions over alleged abandonment of its principles by Churchill and Eden.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Rhys John Davies
Anthony Eden
Finland faces tough choice on Soviet armistice terms
War daily editorial argues Finland must reject Soviet terms, warning of harsher Red occupation and broader Allied setback. It says Helsinki risks bombardment and a land push, boosting Hitler’s position and morale while delaying Allied coup de grace against Germany. Kruskal.
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Helsinki
Russia
Associated Press
Moscow
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Red
Germany
Hitler
Baltic
Balkans
Spain
Red Air Fleet
Uncle Sam
State Department
Secretary in War Review Highlights Allied Italy Gains
Secretary of War Stimson defended Italian campaign progress, listing six strategic objectives achieved by the Allies. He cited Mediterranean shipping, Italy’s defeat as Axis partner, air-base seizures in Southern Italy, Adriatic control, aiding Soviet winter operations, and higher Allied casualties inflicted. Weather delays Cassino and terrain hindered progress, while Burma, Southwest Pacific, Bougainville, and German air force weariness were noted.
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Washington
Stimson
Italy
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Faibyn
Cassino
Burma
India
China
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Germany
Nazi helper is sentenced in wartime espionage case
Federal Judge Edward J. Moinet sentenced Detroit obstetrician Dr. Fred W. Thomas to 16 years in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the wartime espionage act. Thomas, among eight indicted, was convicted. six pleaded guilty and await sentencing. eighth, Bertrand Hoffman, was dismissed due to mental incapacity. He was accused of supplying espionage information on war production and troop movements and ingredients for invisible ink to Grace Buchanan-Dineen, leader of the ring.
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Detroit
Edward J. Moinet
Fred W. Thomas
Dr. Thomas
Bertrand Stuart Hoffman
Thomas
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt appoints Brig. Gen. Young as acting ODT director
President Roosevelt named Brig. Gen. Charles D. Young retired to act as director of the Office of Defense Transportation until a successor to Joseph B. Eastman, who died yesterday, is named.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles D. Young
Office of Defense Transportation
Young
Joseph B. Eastman
Congressman James A. O'Leary Dies in New York
Rep. James A. O'Leary of New York dies at 34 after more than a year of illness. He had represented the 11th district since November 1934.
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New York
James A. O'Leary
D-N.y
U S Bombers Follow RAF Raid On Nazis
British and American air forces broadened the attack on Germany with a major daytime strike by U S heavy bombers following the RAF bombardment of Stuttgart Munich and other targets. The night raids involved over 3 600 tons dropped by more than 1 000 four engined bombers.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Germany
U. S
RAF
Stuttgart
Munich
U. S. Strategic Air Force
France
Brunswick
Berlin
Amiens
Air Ministry
English Channel
Naples
Italy
Sofia
Bulgaria
Dairy program set at Belle Mina Substation
Fred Stewart, superintendent at Tennessee Valley Substation in Belle Mina, announced a dairy program for farmers on Friday April 7 at 1 PM. The event features a farm sized experimental dairy unit, discussions on lowering milk production costs, a tour of barn, pastures and herd, plus a short program with M. J. Funchess and P. O. Davis as speakers.
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Fred Stewart
Tennessee Valley
Belle Mina
Mr. Stewart
M. J. Funchess
Agricultural Experiment Station
P. O. Davis
Agricultural Extension Service
Hill Fighting to Keep TVA Intact
A telegram from Lister Hill to the Decatur Chamber of Commerce expresses strong support for preserving the Tennessee Valley Authority and opposition to the McKellar amendments. He asks fellow supporters to stay informed and united in the effort.
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TVA
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
Beard
Lister Hill
Uss
Collapse of Nazi Lines Near London Reported
Stalin announced that Red Army troops captured Vapnyarka cutting the Lwow Odessa railroad. An intense tank and infantry assault smashed into the railroad junction about 25 miles east of the Bulgarian border, per a Moscow broadcast order of the day.
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London
Vapnyarka
Lwow- Odessa
Marshall Stalin
Moscow
Soviet forces drive toward Romania amid German collapse in southern front
Moscow reports the central German front in southern Russia in collapse as Marshal Ko thev's second Ukraine army advances toward the Romanian border. Red Army units push toward Nikolaev and Odessa with some forces within 30 miles of Bessarabia as German lines fall back. Soviet offensives threaten key rail routes into Bessarabia while Stormovik dive bombers strike near Konev's cavalry.
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Moscow
Russia
Ivan S. Koyev
Second Ukraine
Rumania
Bessarabia
Red Army
Bessarabian
Nikolaev
Odessa
Black Sea
Bug Lake
Slobodzeya
Odessa-Lwow
Red Star
Stormovik
Konev
Russians Smash Across Bug River
London reports Red Army forces crossed the Bug river, widening a drive toward the Romanian border and threatening German positions in lower Russia. Soviet communique says units under Marshal Ivan S. Konev advanced along a 62 mile front, seized 100 villages, and crossed toward the Dniester frontier, with rail-cutting success near Tarnopol and gains near Nikolaev.
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London
Middle Bug
Moscow
Bug
Russia
Ukraine
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Snigerevka
Kherson
Ivan S. Konev
Second Ukraine
Dniester
Bessarabia
Konev
Nemirov
Vinnitsa
Gaivoron
Uman
Olgopol
Odessa-Warsaw
Tarnopol
Japs defense line ripped by 500 ton air smash
Allied air forces in the Southwest Pacific blasted a 350 mile stretch of Japan s defense line with a 500 ton raid. From New Guinea to Bougainville, raids hit supply bases and installations. Wewak endured four straight days of pounding with 690 tons dropped. Other strikes hit Rabaul Ponape Kusaie and four Eastern Marshalls bases while Chinese troops advanced in Burma near Walabum and Mogaung valleys.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Oroluk Atoll
Carolines
Wewak
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Empress Augusta Bay
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Robert Richardson
Washington
Navy
Oroluk
Truk
Ponape
Kusaie
Marshalls
Burma
Hukawng
Walaubum
Mogaung
OPA Announces Extended Use of Additional 10-Point Stamps
The Office of Price Administration outlined future validity windows for extra stamps. Red stamps G8 H8 and J8 cover meats and fats from March 26 to June 18. Blue stamps F8 G8 H8 J8 and K8 apply to processed foods from April 1 to June 20.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Air Group Great Lovers Of Dogs
In Italy a humorous tale recalls a rifle grenade test before generals and colonels. The grenade failed to detonate and a retriever seized it, prompting a scramble to the rear. Lieut. Reginald Clizbe, now a colonel, commands Tarfu a coal black Labrador with a storied service history.
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Great Lovers of Dogs
Ernie Pyle
Italy
Air Force
Reginald Clizbe
Clizbe
Colonel Clizbe
Tarfu
Mystic Air Force
England
Tunisia
Speaking of dogs the 47th bomb group boasts most dogs yet
A terse remark from a service member notes the 47th bomb group owns more dogs than any outfit he has served with, highlighting morale and companionship in military life.
Debris covers Cassino town in recent fighting
LYNN HEINZERLING reports from Cassino where Allied soldiers face a shattered town buried under rubble. Engineers Jona h and O Leary describe hollow shells and hidden mines as rain drenches the scene after one of history’s largest air actions, leaving streets undetectable under mud.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Fifth Army
Cassino
Maxwell Jonah
Jonah
Robert O'Leary
Howard R. Mardin
O'Leary
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