Price control debate in Senate banking committee
Washington March 16 The Senate banking committee debated OPA price controls affecting apples hats and other goods. James F Brownlee described progress on stabilization while senators Tobey Taft and Danaher urged broader simplification and tighter limits on consumer prices in food textiles and services amid concerns over quality and enforcement.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
Tobey
N.H
Price Administration
James F. Brownlee
Brownlee
New Hampshire
Iowa
Taft
Ohio
Canada
Danaher ‘R
Conn
University Foremanship Class Begins Tonight at Riverside High
The University of Alabama announces an additional Foremanship and Supervision class at Riverside high school tonight at 7:00. Charles W. Young of Goodyear-Decatur Mills will teach. Supervisors and foremen may register at the high school. Previous University classes in Decatur covered Industrial Accounting by Daniel D. Burleson and Ship Production by Werman H. Evans. For details contact University Center, Box 1495, Decatur, or call 219.
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University of Alabama
Riverside High School
Charles W. Young
Goodyear-Decatur Mills
Decatur
Daniel D. Burleson
Werman H. Evans
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
University Center
Markets Edge Higher On Opening Trade In 1944 Futures
New York stock market opened with a brisk 2 million share session as leaders rose on 1944 or longer maturities before profit taking trimmed gains. Volume tapered after the first hour but total transfers reached about 1.6 million shares, with steels and rails driving swings and near close prices showing 10 to 30 cents a bale higher.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago Summary
Markets at a Glance reports New York stocks rising with leadership from steels and rails as steady overall sentiment persists. In Chicago wheat and rye firm on commission house buying. hogs active 10 to 15 cents higher with top at 14.40. cattle steady to strong with steers and yearlings reaching 16.75.
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New York
Chicago
Eastern Commission House
Cotton futures rise on mill price fixing and rebuying
New York March 16 cotton futures edged higher amid mill price fixing and commission house rebuys. Prices advanced to modest gains as market activity steadied.
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New York
Carlisle May Be Given Post By Frank I Well er
Horace Carlisle, 73, hopes to be named poet laureate as congress considers the idea. Factotum in the capitol architect's office, Carlisle has penned verses about Congress for two decades and drawn sharp reactions for earlier jests. Representative Bill Cole notes Carlisle's long Congression al Record contributions.
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Frank I. Weller
Washington
Horace Carlisle
Congress
Horace
Capitol
John L. Lewis
Alabama
Senate
House
Bill Cole
R-Mo
Carlisle
Cole
House Library Committee
Bankhead
John W. Crabtree
National Education Association
America
Troy
Ala
Wade Family News From Lawrence County
Miss Dorothy Terry wed John McKay of Danville Rt 2 on a March 11 Saturday evening. Miss Nell Wade and Miss Imagine Stewart visited. Lonnie Hoppers’ family hosts relatives. Joe Wade ill at home with a cold. other visits among local families noted.
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Glenda
Margaret Ann Wade
Orlan Wade
Joe Wade
Dorothy Terry
E. T. Terry
John McKay
Danville
Rt. 2
Boyd Hopper
Cullman
Lonnie Hoppers
Nell Wade
Imagine Stewart
Mary
Sybie Hill
Mildred James
Near Speake
Linnie Terry
Ruth Bert Crow
Decatur
Lula Crow
Cattle and hog prices steady in Nashville market report
Nashville market notes show a steady tone with limited cattle volume. Heifers to 1450, some steers to 15.00, beef cows 11.50-12.00, canners 6.00-8.50, calves 14.50-15.50, hogs 200-250 lb 13.90, 250-330 lb 13.50, 160-195 lb 12.95, sows 11.50, sheep 82 lb lambs 16.00, ewes and wethers 15.50 dow n.
Butter and Eggs Market Totals for Chicago
Butter receipts total 293 739, market unchanged. Eggs receipts 22 446, market weak then unchanged. Transacted on March 16, 4. Source notes show firm butter and weak egg activity in Chicago market report.
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Chicago
Concert Here Friday Night by Violinist Benno Rabinos
Civitan club presents Benno Rabinos at Riverside High School Friday night at 8 pm. Born in Manhattan, Rabinos trained under Leopold Auer and has performed with major American orchestras. He will debut his Del Gesu Guarnerius violin from 1742, once owned by Fritz Kreisler.
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Benno Rabinos
Civitan Club
Riverside High School
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Leopold Auer
Elman
Heifitz
Auer
Benno Rabinof
Fritz Kreisler
Leslie Baker and Vermel Jacobs wed in Cullman county
Mr and Mrs J D Law note a local marriage as Leslie Baker and Vermel Jacobs were married Tuesday night. The event is recorded among a series of visits and gatherings at the Law home with neighbors and relatives from Trade Jones Chapel Childersburg and Akron Ohio mentioned in attendance.
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Preston Kilgore
Akron
Ohio
Logan
Cecil Jones
Alvis Jones
Jones Chapel
Leslie Baker
Vermel Jacobs
Ervil Baker
Childersburg
C. M. Baker
C. A. Law
J. D. Law
Allied air attacks widen aims in Europe and Balkans
Cassino continued assault targeted San Benedetto railway station while Kittyhawks bombed lines west of Terni near Rome. This morning RAF Wellington raid struck Sofia for the sixth time, adding to Allied bomber pressure on the Bulgarian capital.
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San Benedetto
Italy
Adriatic
Terni
Rome
Sofia
RAF Wellingtons
Negro division reports War Fund for Morgan County
The Negroes of Decatur and Morgan County report War Fund Campaign receipts for the American Red Cross at First Baptist Church Vine Street. Total Morgan County collection is $794 with Decatur $535.07 and rural areas $258.93. Anticipated total may reach $1,000 before March end.
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Decatur
Morgan County
War Fund
American Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Vine Street
Haematozylon campechia numb grows in southern Mexico
The haematozylon campechia numb is a tree that supplies a dye weed and is most abundant in southern Mexico, indicating its regional distribution and potential economic relevance.
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Mexico
Army sales investigated in Utah depot probe
Rep. Cochran said preliminary Army reports show a civilian employee at Ogden Utah depot bought salvage items for 15 27 000 the sale approved by ninth service command. Batteries over age were purchased 1943 and later many more were received. The inquiry found no fraud or collusion and changes were made to enforce disposal rules.
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Washington
Cochrane
D-Mo
House
Ogden
Utah
Inspector General’s Office
Ninth Service Command
Cochran
J. W. Harbertson
Ninth Service Command Headquarters
Harbertson
Septemor Bountiful
W. W. Grethe
Home County Backing Hill for Second Senate Term
Montgomery Alabama residents including 22 officials across county and city signed a united endorsement urging Senator Lister Hill to be retained as United States Senator from Alabama. Led by Walter B. Jones and Cyrus B. Brown, the pledge cites Hill’s war leadership and seeks swift victory and lasting peace. Katherine A. Gayle also signed in place of overseas city commissioner W A Tackey Gayle, with William P. Screws among endorsers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lister Hill
United States
Senate
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
Circuit Court
Montgomery County
Cyrus B. Brown
W. A. (Tack
Tarfu the dog in Colonel Clizbe’s tent
A humorous wartime vignette describes Tarfu the dog sharing a tent with Colonel Clizbe. Tarfu obeys bedtime routines, sleeps in the Colonel’s sleeping bag, and enjoys face washing. The narrator notes the bond between soldiers and their dogs as a rare civility in the foreign life.
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Tarfu
Colonel Clizbe
Tarfa
Liver essence and a brave doctor in the service
The writer, low on hemoglobin, receives weekly injections from Capt. John R. Grant, a medical officer from a Pittsburgh unit. Grant drives a jeep marked Pitt Panther and operates near 105 Harwood St. The dispensary displays a sign promising quick relief, yet the writer finds the process unsettling and uncomfortable.
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John R. Grant
Captain Grant
Harwood St
Pittsburgh
Pitt Panther
Finland urged to exit war and sever ties with Germany
A government comment describes disappointing news and reiterates hope Finland leaves the war and its association with Germany. The aim is to cut Finland from German support and to curb the German war economy, as Finland supplies nickel molybdenum and cobalt alloys used to harden steel.
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Finland
Germany
Church and community notes from a small town
ECATUR'S Mrs. F. F. Carswell moved from Benevolent hospital to her daughter's home on Sherman Street in a Mutual Service ambulance this morning. Lieut. Robert Strother is on a ten day leave at home. First Methodist Weslyan Guild members will hear Dr. R. M. Howell review The Church After The War by Bishop McConnell Monday at 7 30 P M. Cave Spring Baptist church hosts a weekly prayer and praise service Friday at 8 with old church songs. Lawrence Pruitt couple will give a chalk talk during the event blessings.
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F. F. Carswell
the Benevolent Hospital
Sherman Street
First Methodist Church
Weslyan Guild
R. M. Howell
Church
McConnell
Cave Spring Baptist Church
Lawrence Pruitt
Finland urged to quit pact with Hitler and face stark choice
The War Today column argues Finns should withdraw from the unholy alliance with Germany, noting Secretary Hull’s strong warning and Britain’s BBC final warning that failure could mean national death. The piece questions Finns’ awareness of the stark facts and the BBC's appeal.
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Hitler
Hull
Britain
British Broadcasting Company
B. B
Finland
Russians claim success in trap near Nikolaev and Narva region
Soviet troops reported exterminating trapped German forces near the Snigerevka trap northeast of Nikolaev as German withdrawal stalled. They claimed capture of Bereznegovatove and Snigerevka, advancing to Kopany rail station within 17 miles of Nikolaev, threatening the city from land and water. Additional gains included Pisarevka near Vinnitsa and heavy German losses on the Proskurov front, with Tarnopol omitted from current reports.
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Moscow
Snigerevka
Nikolaev
Ermans
Bereznegovatove
Snikerevka
Ingul
Ingulets
Kopany
Nova Ukrainka
Odessa
Bug River
Red Army
Pisarevka
Vinnitsa
Proskurov
Soviet advance through 62 mile gap near Bug river
Reports say Soviet forces press through the 62 mile gap on the Western Bug river with fronts 20 miles beyond the river and up to 25 miles from the Dniester, the Bessarabian boundary. Indications point to a German stand on the Dniester as the likely focal defense.
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Bug River
Dniester
Dnieper
O'Daniel Declines Roosevelts Fourth Term VP Bid
Senator W Lee O Daniel of Texas said he was approached to run for vice president on a Roosevelt fourth term ticket but he turned them down He refused to identify who approached him and did not name any backers or details of the offer.
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O'Daniel
Houston, Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook In Britain
War diary notes highlight small acts that endure for soldiers The memory centers on an American chaplain who buried German dead under shellfire in the Mediterranean theater He urged grave digging and burial as shells fell The piece also details a regiment’s branding with AAAC insignia and the colonel’s motto Anything anytime anywhere but nothing The insignia spreads to helmets jeeps and canteens under his leadership
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Britain
Hell
Mediterranean
War Department
Eight new members tapped into Decatur Honor Society
At a candlelight ceremony at Decatur Senior High School Chapter of the National Honor Society eight students were inducted: Evelyn Blackwell, Charlie Burt, Cheri Chandler, Donna Hill, Betty Holesanple, Marguerite South, Frances Milton West, and Robbie Winton. President Judson Hawthorne spoke on the society ideals, then the new members were pinned with a white carnation and recited the pledge.
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Decatur
National Honor Society
Judson Hawthorne
Evelyn Blackwell
Charlie Burt
Cheri Chandler
Donna Hill
Betty Holesanple
Marguerite South
Frances Milton West
Robbie Winton
Martha Witt Rogers
David Allen Gibson
Margaret Ann Brooks
Robert Allen
Time Inc to appeal regional WLB ruling on Guild clause
Time Inc outlines appeal to the National War Labor Board over a regional decision mandating union membership maintenance in its contract with the New York Newspaper Guild. Roy E. Larsen says the directive pressures editors to stay in the Guild or lose their jobs, opposing outside control over editorial independence.
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New York
Time Inc
National War Labor Board
WLB
New York Newspaper Guild
Roy E. Larsen
Time, Inc
Time, Life and Fortune
Larsen
Son of President Divorced by Wife in Fort Worth
Ruth Googins Roosevelt filed for divorce custody of three children and half community property from Col. Elliott Roosevelt son of the president. She accuses harsh and tyrannical conduct during their marriage while he served with the Army Air Forces in the European theater. The couple separated on or about Oct. 1, 1948.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
District
Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
London Hails Yank Troops After Fire Raid
Londoners praised American troops who helped victims after a German air raid. About 50 men entered burning homes to salvage furniture and belongings and even carried out a refrigerator before vanishing without thanks.
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London
Ilene Parsons
Bombing Blitz Cuts Key Rail Links and Targets Stuttgart
Dispatches from Naples indicate the railway network was severed at least temporarily. A record 2,800 short tons were dumped on Berlin on February 15, with Stuttgart, a hub for ball bearings engines and electrical gear, likely hit harder. The United States armadas surpassed the 1,000 heavy bombers mark during the late February spurt, while the German air force also attacked southeast England and its counties. London escaped bombardment though the capital faced another alert and only two enemy planes reached the outskirts.
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Russia
Naples
Berlin
Stuttgart
Daimler-Benz
Bosch
Air Ministry
United States
Eighth Air Force
Germany
England
Home Counties
London
British Press Association
Roosevelt divorce petition filed after 1933 marriage
Robert K. Hanger said waivers for Mrs. Roosevelt’s signature had been sent to Roosevelts APO address and the petition would be a routine divorce petition. The Roosevelts’ three children are Chandler Tony and David Boynton Roosevelt. The couple married July 22 1933 after meeting at a Dallas party following a rodeo. Roosevelt had filed for divorce July 14 1933 in Minden Nevada but allowed Elizabeth Roosevelt to decree on a cross claim charging extreme cruelty July 17 1933.
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Robert K. Hanger
Roosevelt
APO
Roosevelts
Chandler
Tony
David Boynton Roosevelt
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Minden
Nev
Decatur Kiwanis hears Polish naval officer talk on ship to sea
Decatur Kiwanis noon meeting at Hotel Lyons featured Captain Tadeusz Szczggielski of the Gdynia American line who will sail the ocean-going Judah P. Baker soon. He spoke on his naval experiences and concluded with Long Live America.
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Decatur Kiwanis Club
Hotel Lyons
Tadeusz Szczggielski
Gdynia-American Line
Judah P. Baker
Ingalls
Frank M. Martin
JA. Noel Carpenter
Robert C. Palmer
Ingalls Company
Decatur
L. Mack Livingston
FE. W. Meleod
America
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