Weather and community notes from local paper
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Wednesday slight ly warmer Wednesday. Tennessee river at 18.85 feet. max 55 min 38. Cotton prices paid locally: strict mids 20.90 middling 20.75 strict low 18.90 low 16.90. Movie attractions include Frisco Kid at Princess Nobody's Darling at Roxy Tonight We Raid Calais at Capitol. Several local residents and service members are mentioned with visits and duties. A city docket lists nine cases. vagrancy fines and other penalties noted. A city-wide drive to combat vagrancy begun by police.
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Tennessee
The
Princess
Calais
Capitol
J. B. Whitmire
Allied forces sink 27 Japanese ships in new strikes
Allied headquarters announced the sinking or damaging of at least 27 Japanese vessels, 22 by submarines, bringing total to 642 ships sunk or damaged by U S and Allied forces. The report details attacks around the Marshalls, Dutch East Indies, Wewak, and Rabaul with carrier and battleship support.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Japan
Marshalls Islands
Pacific
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Wewak
New Guinea
Fifth Airforce
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Mili Atoll
Marshalls
Nimitz
Tokyo
Wewak's
Rabaul
New Britain
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Jap Base Taken By Burma Forces
Allied troops have captured the Sumprabum communications center in Northeast Burma. Gurkha and Cochin native troops with Chinese-American forces under Lt. Gen. Stilwell retook Sumprabum and reoccupied Pinsa Ga to the southeast. The front reports a double-pronged Japanese offensive in the upper Chindwin area while repulsing two attempts near Tid dim.
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New Delhi
India
Sumprabum
Burma
Chindwin River
Southeast Asia
Joseph W. Stilwell
Pinsau Ga
Mai Kha
China
Yunnan
Mali Kha
Myitkyina
Hukwang Valley
Jambu Bum
Mogaung River
Myit
Southeastern Asia Command
Upper Chindwin
Chin Hills
Tiddim
Charity Unit Board Meeting in Decatur Highlights
At the March session of United Charities directors T. H. Fitzpatrick led in Neher's absence. The group asked Dr. L. R. Murphree to discuss transport costs for cancer patients to Birmingham. A national funds request was sent to the Alabama War Chest. A committee resolved a garden canning cost dispute amicably. Treasurer Stanley Wyatt reported through expenditures and fund dispositions.
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Decatur
United Charities
T. H. Fitzpatrick
W. B. Neher
L. R. Murphree
Birmingham
Alabama War Chest
Montgomery
Stanley Wyatt
Community Fund
Invasion prep bans on coast and Firth of Forth area
London reports a ban on non residents from a 10 mile belt along over 700 miles of England's southern and eastern coast and from the Firth of Forth naval base as part of preparations for Western Europe invasion. The restriction takes effect April 1.
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London
Western
Europe
England
Firth of Forth
British Escort Carriers Delivered Under Lend Lease
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under the lend-lease program. He said the fleet will join the Allied antisubmarine effort.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
United States
Great Britain
Ernie Escapes Blast at Anzio Beachhead Villa
Ernie Pyle recounts the near miss of a villa bombing on the Anzio beachhead. He describes a four story waterfront house sheltering American and British correspondents, with shells constantly landing nearby and nightly raids. He reflects on luck running out and the sense of impending danger.
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Ernie Pyle
Fifth Army
Italy
Anzio
Vesuvius Eruption Surges 40 MPH Hazards Rally Evacuation
Mount Vesuvius belched lava at about 40 miles per hour cutting through the Northwest slopes. It buried San Sebastiano and Massa Di Somma, threatening Cercola with a 150 foot approach to its town hall as 5,000 Cercola residents were evacuated and 7,000 from two other villages were moved by U S Army trucks. A refugee food depot was set up in Pollena with bread and soup distributed, while medical supplies were readied. Lt Col James L. Kincaid directed rescue efforts from the slopes and Lt Col Charles Poletti oversaw Allied military administration in Naples.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
San Sebastiano
Massa di Somma
Cercola
U. S Army
Pollena
James L. Kincaid
New York City
City of
Kincaid
Charles Poletti
New York
Germans Move Into Hungary as Russians Advance
German occupying forces mass into Hungary with over 100000 troops reportedly advancing from Austria and Romania to shore up a Balkan line. Hungarian leaders resist and a collaborationist government is rumored. regent Horthy may be targeted while Budapest and key centers come under German control. Reports spoke of Hungarian and Romanian divisions fighting near Arad and calls to troops to resist.
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William Smith White
London
Hungary
Hitler
Balkan
Bessarabia
Denube Basin
Stockholm
Ston Gans
Carpathian
Nicholas Horthy
Chrreetenr
Russia
Balkans
Arad
Bela Imredi
Germany
Imredi
Marshall Feketehalmy
Grassy
Dekak
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Rumania
Jeno von Ghyczy
Franz Szombathelyi
Army General Staff
Witness Describes Vesuvius Eruption
Edward Kennedy reports from Mt Vesuvius slopes on March 21 describing a great lava flow moving slowly yet powerfully. He notes lava destroying bridges and buildings in San Sebastiano as panic spreads among Italians exhausted by war. A black pall hangs over the volcano as dust rises from the lava.
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Edward Kennedy
MT. Vesuvius
San Sebastiano
Vesuvius
RAF Wrecks Nazi Plant in Southern France Raid
RAF heavy bombers hit the Angouleme explosive works in Southern France in a nocturnal campaign against specialized German factories. Mosquito planes bombed Western Germany for the eleventh straight night with negligible German resistance and no RAF losses. Additional strikes targeted Bergerac, Clermont Ferrand, a bearing factory in Southern France, and a precision instrument plant in Hengelo, Netherlands.
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Gladwin Hill
London
RAF
Angouleme
France
Germany
Bordeaux
Bergerac
Michelin
Clermont-Ferrand
Precision Instrument
Hengelo
Holland
Nazi Slaughter Reported From Polish Ministry
London dispatch says the Polish ministry of information reports over 500,000 killed at the Oswiecim camp near Krakow. It cites three crematoria capable of handling 10,000 bodies daily with gas chambers attached, detailing truck arrivals and executions taking 10 to 15 minutes.
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London
Ministry of Information
Osweicim
Krakow
Toll rises to 13 in Passaic bus plunge disaster
The interurban bus plunged from an ice covered bridge into the 18 foot Passaic river channel, killing 13. Six passengers and one rescue worker survived in good condition. Rescue efforts continued as authorities feared more victims in the water.
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Passaic
N. J
Passaic River
Declines to Run Atlanta March 21-44
Former Governor Eugene Talmadge announced he received a cablegram from his son Navy Lt. Herman Talmadge saying he prefers to stay in the Navy rather than pursue a Congressional bid. The suggestion had come from farmers and businessmen who met last week at Waycross.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Navy
Herman Talmadge
Congress
Waycross
Negroes First Negro Crew Ship Mason Commissioned
The destroyer escort USS Mason, the first U S naval vessel with a predominantly Negro crew, is commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard. Naval authorities report a crew of 160 Negroes and 44 whites serving on the Mason.
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Boston
Mason
United States
Boston Navy Yard
McKellar predicts TVA reform fate mirrors two years past
Senator McKellar forecast Senate action would mirror its 1943 vote to abolish TVA revolving fund and give directors tighter admin control over revenues. He sees a good chance in the House, despite opposition from Barkley Hill and Bankhead allies. Debate stalled amid fights over the $8.56 billion appropriation bill and related limits on TVA spending and activities.
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Washington
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
McKellard
Tenn
McKellar
House
Barkley
Hill
Bankhead
Alabama
Ford predicts war ending in two months
In a copyrighted Atlanta Constitution interview Henry Ford envisions peace within eight weeks. He hedges on the reasons, notes Hitler’s growing weakness, and argues the German leader’s strongest weapon is his army now engaged on the Russian front. The piece previews a broader wartime read of the war’s prospects.
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Henry Ford
The
Atlanta Constitution
Ford
Hitler
Cassino
Hungary
Russia
Luftwaffe
England
Nazis Fail to Plug Gap in Lines Near Soroki Front
Soviet forces advanced within 50 miles of the Romanian border after seizing the highway west of Soroki in Bessarabia and driving back one Romanian division. Red Star dispatches say the Dniester crossings were expanded, tanks and heavy artillery crossed on German pontoons, and Mogilev-Podolsky fell as part of a broader push across the Dniester.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Soroki
Bessarabia
Prut
Yampol
Igor Agibalov
Red Star
Dniester
Bessarabian
Mogilev-Podolski
Charge Made Against FCC in Alaska Task Force Row
Rep Miller asserts two sailors will corroborate a tale that a U S task force was trapped off Alaska due to FCC bungling. He cites Admiral Hooper as silenced by executive order and accuses amateurs at the FCC of providing unsafe information to the unit. Denny denies the charges and demands specifics to pursue.
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Washington
Rep. Miller
R.mo
U. S
Stanford C. Hooper
Pearl Harbor
Miller
Federal Communications Commission
Alaska
Denny
Admiral Hooper
Jesse Rackley Dies At Home In Hartselle Area
Funeral services for Jesse Kyle Rackley, 35, who died Monday at his home on Hartselle 2, will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Neal Methodist Church with Rev. Walker Bynum officiating. He is survived by his wife, two daughters Nagatha and Peggy Joe, a son John Leonard, his mother Mrs A C Rackley of Hartselle 2, and sisters Mrs Mineola White of Niagra Falls NC and Mrs Nora Roberts of Hartselle 2. Pallbearers: Edwin Puckett, Coy Puckett, Ray Puckett, Guhl Maddox, Roy Roberts, Dee Ledlow. Burial in Johnson's Chapel Cemetery Peck direct.
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Jesse Kyle Rackley
Hartselle
Neal Methodist Church
Walker Bynum
Nagatha
Peggy Joe Rackley
John Leonard Rackley
A. C. Rackley
Mineola White
Niagra Falls
N. C
Nora Roberts
Hartselle 2
Edwin Puckett
Coy Puckett
Ray Puckett
Guhl Maddox
Roy Roberts
Dee Ledlow
Crop Insurance Losses Reach 28.6 Million in Wheat and Cotton
Washington March 21 The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation reported losses on wheat for five years and cotton for two totaling 28 649 974 and expected to reach 31 million by year end June 30 Manager J Carl Wright told a House agriculture appropriations subcommittee The cotton loss for the 1942 crop year was 4 715 863 and will rise for 1943 Wheat losses in 1943 were 6 036 358 about twice 1942.
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Washington
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
J. Carl Wright
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Wright
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