Earhart Alive? Rumor Circles in Marshall Islands
A native's tale revived by Lieutenant Bogan links Amelia Earhart Putnam to a 1930s disappearance. Ajima the trader allegedly said an American woman pilot landed between Jaluit and Ailinglapalap, was picked up by a Japanese boat, and taken to Japan. No confirmation exists from official sources.
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Eugene Burns
Mashall Island
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Marshall Islands
Japan
Eugene T. Bogan
New York City
Bogan
New York
Marshall Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Elien
Ajima
Rita Island
Jaluit
Ailinglapalap
J. G
William J. Bauer
Long Pine
Calif
Bauer
Lae
New Guinea
Howland Island
Gilbert Islands
Marshalls
League of Nations
U. S
Lexington
Colorado
Central Pacific
Dinner Honors Local Soldiers Amid Community News
A dinner at the Gillispie home honored Pvt. Elbert Compton and Pvt. Guy Shelton as they prepare to join the Army. Rev. Joe Yates preached in the afternoon. a large crowd attended. Local visits included Nelson Ready and Lawson Clark from Sulpher Spring. News notes mention Parker Sparks's illness and the Compton family moving from Decatur.
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F. D. Gillispie
Elbert Compton
Guy Shelton
Joe Yates
Nelson Ready
Lawson Clark
Sulpher Spring
Parker Sparks
Decatur
Leon Roden
Baby
E. D. Sparks
Morris Chapel
Hobson
Coleman Gillispie
Alice Hames
Schoolboy Hurt In Tumble At Mitchell State School
Mitchell State Union Hill student suffered a broken arm and bruised hip after a fall from a ladder while tightening a wire at the school. Principal E C McDaniel, just out of hospital from a prior car crash, saved the boy by turning his body to cushion the fall, injuring his shoulder and arm in the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell State
Union Hill
E. C. McDaniel
McDaniel
Young Slate
Father of Local Resident Dies in Rogersville
J. F. Whitehead of Rogersville died last night leaving a widow and children. He was the father of Mrs. B. C. Ezell of Decatur and grandfather of Mrs. W. E. Sivley Jr. Funeral arrangements were not yet set but rites likely Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Whitehead
Rogersville
Whitehead
B. C. Ezell
Decatur
W. E. Sivley
Escape recaptured in Birmingham arrest
Herbert Leroy McAnnally aged 26 held in city jail after being arrested on a Birmingham street by four city detectives. He had escaped Kilby prison last month while serving a burglary and grand larceny sentence in Jefferson county and faces return to the state institution.
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Birmingham
Ala
Herbert Leroy McAnnally
Kilby
Jefferson County
H. V. Early
McAnnally
Prosecution Plans Confession Evidence in Lonergan Murder Trial
In New York on March 21, prosecutors said Wayne Lonergan's purported confession will be admitted as evidence as jurors are chosen for his murder trial.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Markets Rally as Rails Lead Morning Ticker Rally
New York stocks surged with railroad shares powering gains while others lagged. Transfers for the full session reached about 1,300,000 shares as prices firmed and certain sectors like rubbers and utilities showed strength. In Chicago Butter held firm with receipts at 418,100, while eggs weakened with U S specials at 35 1 2 to 36 and standards at 33.
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New York
Chicago
U. S
Cotton futures rise on demand and hedge selling pressure
New York March 22 cotton futures rallied as aggressive trade and commission house demand met scale-up hedge selling and profit taking. Prices gained 25 to 75 cents per bale with May at 20.82, July 20.23, Oct at 19.73 amid expected lower next season acreage and price fixing influences.
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N. Y. J New York
Trade and Commission House
Wheat and rye futures rise as crop outlook bolsters demand
In Chicago trading on March 2, both wheat and rye markets advanced toward the close, with prices near the day’s high as investors priced in tight cash markets and a bullish crop report. May wheat closed around 1.73 per bushel, July 1.69 1 2, oats up to 81 7 8, rye about 1 2 to 3 4 higher, and barley 0.75 to 1 cent higher.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Report March 21 195? Prices
In Nashville Tennessee for March 21 cattle numbers show 200 head with slaughter classes scarce and steady. Good steers around 15.25, common to medium beef cows 8.75-10.50, canners 6.00-8.50, strong weights bulls to 11.50, replacement trade active. Calves 150 head with heifers steady to higher, good to choice 14.50-15.50, lightweight culled calves slow around 8.00. Hogs 800 head moderately active steady with 200-250 Ibs at 14.15, 250-330 Ibs at 13.75, 160-195 Ibs at 13.20.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Lava blaze and village ruin near Naples in Italy
The lava stream overwhelmed San Sebastiano and Massa Di Somma, rivers of fire and sulfurous fumes replacing streets as a four story building collapsed. American soldiers guarded the area with Lt. Col. John A. Warner directing emergency operations as ANMG oversaw Naples province safety.
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Naples
San Sebastiano
Massa di Somma
AMG
John A. Warner
New York
Alfred E. Smith
ANMG
Halifax scoffs at Ford prediction on war end
In Columbia South Carolina Lord Halifax British ambassador dismissed Henry Ford's forecast that the war would end in two months. He met Governor Johnston and spoke to a Rotary club luncheon while touring the state capital and Charleston. He noted the war is four and a half years nearer its end than it began.
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Columbia
S. C
Lord Halifax
Henry Ford
Atlanta Constitution
Halifax
Lady Halifax
State Capitol
Charleston
Olin D. Johnston
Rotary Club
Ford
Lions Club Shower Planned for Morgan County TB Sanatorium
Plans were finalized at the Hotel Lyons for a Lions Club shower to gather furnishings for twenty beds at the Morgan County T B Sanatorium. The event runs Friday to Monday with Dinsmore Furniture donating space. about $60 worth of items, totaling $1200, are needed including linens silverware and hospital furnishings. Cash gifts will buy additional equipment.
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Lion’s Club
Morgan County
T. B. Sanatorium
Hotel
Lyons
Dinsmore Furniture Company
Lion's Club
Hungary’s Resistance Grows as German Occupation Deepens
A Bern dispatch reports Premier Nicholas Kallay organizing resistance while German troops press to seize the country. The London Daily Mail cites a Hungarian radio outlet claiming Hungarians will fight the Germans who betrayed their ally. Noted sources from Stockholm and Istanbul discuss occupation motives, potential security benefits for Germany, and Hungary’s role as a vital communications hub behind the Carpathians and Danube as Nazis consolidate in the region.
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Bern
Nicholas Kallay
London Daily Mail
Stockholm
Louis Koussuth
Hapsburgs
Kallay
Hitler
Hungary
Germany
Yugoslavia
London
Bulgaria
Rumania
Istanbul
Associated Press
William B. King
Frank O'Brien
Carpathian Mountains
Dinaric Alps
Danube
Greece
Translyvanian Alps
Serbia
Croatia
O’brien
House rejects 50 million lunch program in farm bill
Washington March 21 The house appropriations committee refused to include 50 million dollars for operating the school lunch program in the agriculture department supply bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 noting the fund is not authorized by law The panel also cut funds for the Farm Security Administration and for the revival of the crop insurance program while eliminating the lunch item and opposing emergency rubber project expansion The committee’s cuts total 93.5 million below budget estimates and the reorganization pending in the house blocked further appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Allied commanders face Japanese attack and test near Imphal
In a continued report from Page One, Allied leaders note two main Japanese actions an in force assault and an attempted infiltration of Allied lines. They caution on the threat to Imphal and India’s communications bases yet see a decisive test against Japanese forces as a positive indicator. The communique omits details on the airborne force that landed 150 miles behind Japanese lines near Myitkyina on March 5.
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Imphal
India
Agein
Myitkyina
Tennessee land purchases stir constitutional questions
Tennessee debate centers on land purchases made without congressional authorization and public opposition to Memphis Democratic leader Ed Crump. When asked about the amendment, McKellar said he hopes there is no public split, indicating tensions but seeking unity.
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Ed Crump
Memphis
McKellar
Sugar supply forecast for 1945 in United States
Approximately 8 609 000 tons of sugar are expected to be available in the United States this year, against foreign and export needs of 6 200 009 tons. The figures were announced during hearings on the Agriculture Department 1945 annual supply bill.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Appropriations Committee
Department
German Occupation Expands in Balkans Threatening Romanian Independence
Washington dispatch reports diplomatic officials predicting full German military control of the Balkans will erase independent civil government in Romania Bulgaria and Hungary. The drive follows Hitler's southeastern expansion as Russian forces push into Romania and fears grow that neighbors may surrender to the Allies to avoid becoming a war theater. Rumania and Bulgaria have floated peace feelers, signaling possible desertion from Germany if they can escape a direct war role.
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Washington
Balkans
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumania
Hitler
Europe
London
Germany
Italy
Goodyear Decatur Mills Adopts New Vacation Plan
Charles W. Young, Goodyear Decatur Mills superintendent, announced a change in vacation rules at the Decatur mill. Since 1933, vacations of one week with pay have been offered to employees with five years of service. The new plan grants one week paid vacation to those with two years plus, and two weeks for those with five years plus continuous service.
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Charles W. Young
Goodyear Decatur Mills
Decatur
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Allies Hold Monte Cassino Ridge Amid German Counterattacks
Emergency medical and food drops to Allied troops on Monte Cassino succeed as 96 parachute bundles reach half way up Monastery Hill. British raids near the western beachhead inflict heavy casualties while sharp clashes persist on the Eighth Army front. Allied medium bombers and fighters press port and rail targets with day-long dive bombing on Cassino fronts.
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Monte Cassino
Fifth Army
Monastery Hill
Eighth Army
Cassino
Auburn Delays Grid Announcement For New Coach
Auburn, Ala March 21 Dr L N Duncan president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute said no head football coach announcement would be made until week end Carl M Voyles athletic director and head coach at College of William and Mary is the leading candidate for the Auburn postVoyles was in town for talks with UPI officials and Duncan declined to confirm an offer noting the school is eager to choose a coach.
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Auburn
Ala
L. N. Duncan
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Carl M. Voyles
UPI
Voyles
College of William and Mary
Virginia
Duncan
OPA Deputy Hopes No More Rationed Articles Needed
Col. Bryan Houston, the OPA deputy in charge of rationing, told senators he hopes no further items will have to be rationed. Testifying to the senate banking committee on extending price control for another year, he guaranteed other items will follow coffee off the ration list when supplies permit.
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Washington
Bryan Houston
OPA
Senate Banking Committee On Legislation
Houston
Mrs Carter and infant moved home by Mutual Service ambulance
Mrs. A. B. Carter and her infant son were transported from the Hamil clinic to their home at 1402 Eighth Avenue East in a Mutual Service ambulance on Tuesday.
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A. B. Carter
Hamil Clinic
Eighth Avenue East
Pettusville social notes and illness update
Little Thomas L. Moore is improving. Mrs. Aaron Harlow is ill at home. Wayne and Paul Hasting have measles at their home. Church of Christ pastor Geo F Hook from Athens preached Sunday. Families from Courtland Birmingham Detroit and Athens visit Pettusville. Various Pettus relatives share meals and greetings.
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Thomas L. Moore
Aaron Harlow
Wayne
Paul Hasting
Geo. F. Hook
Athens
Church of Christ
Charlie Davie
Johnnie Gates
Florida
A. L. Spence
Courtland
Spence
W. B. Spence
Anna Dew Pettus
Veto
Ivan Pettus
Nashville
Tenn
G. C. Buck
Birmingham
Joe Holt
Pettus
Gilbert Eaves
Price Eaves
Detroit
Mich
W. A. Eaves
Obituary notes and local visits from Morgan City area
Obituaries and social notes report Ordly McDaniel passing away at home near Morgan City after a long illness. The column lists furloughs and visits by Pvt Perry Clark, Mrs Wellie Thomas, Mrs Nannie Couch of Arab, Mrs J D Whisenant, William Jackson of Huntsville, Miss Marvaline Thomas, M C Lemley, Darren Ditto and Jack Lemley with relatives and employers. It mentions ball games attended at Union Hill and ongoing family visits, with several residents reported as ill or improving.
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Ordly McDaniel
Morgan City
Perry Clark
Mt. Olive
Wellie Thomas
Baugh's
Nannie Couch
L. M. Prince
E. L. Thomas
J. D. Whisenant
William Jackson
Huntsville
Marvaline Thomas
Nashville
M. C. Lemley
Waldermose
W. B. Lemley
Darren Ditto
U. S. Navy
Jack Lemley
W. B Lemley
Jack
East Decatur
Union Hill
Georgia Pritchett and
Daugh
Army Rank Plan Studied Shows Promotion Debate
Washington march 21 committee session considered a bill to ban permanent rank increases above colonel for the duration of the war. Patton and Somervell nominations linger unresolved amid objections linked to Sicily and potential chief of staff prospects. Several generals were listed for temporary to permanent promotions, with Wainwright, Stilwell, Kenney, Spaatz, Bradley, Harmon, Harmon, Handy, Clark and others referenced in the ongoing discussion.
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Washington
Reynolds
D-N.c
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
George S. Patton, Jr
Brehon Somervell
Patton
Somervell
Sicily
George C. Marshall
Chandler
D-Ky
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
Burma
India
China
Joseph T. McNarney
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Carl Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Europe
Air Corps
Army of the United States
Omar N. Bradley
Ira C. Faker
Allied Air Force
Mediterranean
Millard F. Harmon
Sixth Air Force
Caribbean
Robert L. Fichelberger
Thomas T. Handy
Walter B. Smith
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Two More Negro Naval Officers Appointed Ensigns
Great Lakes Ill March 21 Two more Negroes have been appointed ensigns in the U S naval reserve bringing the total to 11 Negro line officers in the reserve Frank Ellis Sublett Evanston Ill and James Edward Hare Fort Pierce Fla received the rank of ensign Charles Byrd Lear Canton Mo has a warrant officer rating All three have reported or will report to Great Lakes for temporary duty
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Great Lakes, Ill
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Frank Ellis Sublett
Evanston
Ill
James Edward Hare
Fort Pierce
Fla
Charles Byrd Lear
Canton
Navy
Great Lakes
Local residents visit relatives as rains limit church attendance
Lois ter and Mrs Flora Boyd spent time with their daughter near Pine Ridge. Charley Ellenburg and a family moved to J D Whisenant's farm. Due to rain a small crowd attended church and Sunday school. Miss Helen Lemley visited her Aunt Grace Chunn of Waldermose. Pvt James Prince returned to a U S camp after furlough with his parents.
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Ter
Lois
Flora Boyd
Pine Ridge
Charley Ellenburg
J. D. Whisenant
Helen Lemley
Grace Chunn
Waldermose
James Prince
U. S
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Lawrence County
Audrey Jenkins
Merrill
Don Frank Merrill
Wall Street
Chicago Grain
Clark
Georgia
George E. Patterson
Macon
Anzio
Paul B. Benson
St. Louis
W. F. Ayers
Wilmington
Del
Patterson
Duke University
Tennessee
By John M. Hightower
Red Cross
Signal Corps
Aene
Scott
BY R.J. Sco
Kcrapp
Jesus Nino
Nino
Ako
Obregon
Mexigo
Cuba
Amestone County
Pretusville
Mamie Pettus
Archie Davis
Davis
Albert Blackwell
Dera King
Roy King
Benton Pettus
G. F. Hook
H. F. Dunnavant
Magdalene Putman
Jewett Furline
Elkmont
Frank Harris
Ruby Jo Pettus
Thomas W. Pettus
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