Weather and daily notes from Morgan county
Showers tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Tennessee river at 18.95 feet. max 56, min 48. Cotton prices posted: strict middling 20.90, middling 20.75, strict low 18.90, low 16.90. Films shown at Princess Roxy Capitol: Above Suspicion Nobody’s Darling Footlight Serenade. Army air forces graduate Howard M. Fowler becomes aircraft mechanic at Seymour Johnson Field. Fowler’s parents Mr and Mrs E M Fowler Somerville 2. Mrs K L McRae and children return from Huntsville. A rare eyeless dog pup born to Herman Free’s dog. Mrs Ruby E Maples visits from Amity Ga. Sgt Otto Holliman on furlough from Lubbock Field. New son Billy Sherrill born to Mr and Mrs Lowell Via Somerville. Kiwanis program Thursday at Hotel Lyons noon. Arthur Floyd Johnson on ten day furlough from Camp Swift. City docket lists three cases no major issues. Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs Guinnie Puckett at Benevolent hospital. Mrs Raymond Knight and infant moved home by Mutual Service ambulance. William Roberts of Somerville listed as stable at Baugh’s infirmary. Miss Mary Louise Otte in Birmingham for business. Dr J A Bryan to speak at Morgan Federated clubs meeting. to address Pan-American relations. Mrs Melvin Williams undergoes operation. Mrs B F Higdon dismissed from infirmary. North Alabama counties to meet in Morgan courtroom Thursday. Decatur band performs at Decatur High. Seaman 2-c Joseph Dwain Curry returns to Great Lakes after two weeks’ furlough. Continued on Page Two.
Fierce Cassino Fighting Rages Over Hotel and Castle Hill
March 22. At Cassino the battle for the ruins intensified with two German counterattacks on Castle hill behind the town as New Zealanders fight in the streets. Allied and German fire rained on the Continental hotel area and south end of town. German planes attacked rear communications while Allied planes pursued them. The first German assault on Castlehill at 5:30 a.m. was repelled by heavy artillery and mortars, and about 30 German prisoners were taken.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Fifth Army
Cassino
Castle Hill
New
Monastery Hill
Castlehill
Nazis Claim Rome To Be An Open City
London dispatch reports the German controlled Rome radio declaring Rome would be withdrawn from by German forces and declared an open city to shift bombing responsibility to the Allies. The claim faces Allied skepticism as open city status requires Allied acceptance and complete demilitarization.
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Rome
London
Radio Today
Badoglio
Italy
U. S
Cordell Hull
Soviet forces Near Prut River Again in Balkans Drive
Soviet and Russian bulletins report rapid advances from old Poland toward the Prut river and the Balkans with folds toward Uman and Odessa. General Malinovsky’s third Ukrainian army pushes through 92 villages as German lines crack near Nikolaev and Bessarabia.
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London
Bessarabia
Balkans
Prut
Romania
Moscow
Odessa
Dniester
Cernauti-Baltsky
Odessa-Tiraspol
Tasi
Old Poland
Black Sea
Lwow
Denmark
Kovel
Warsaw
Berlin
Britain
Soroki
West Bank
YANK HEAVIES BLAST CITY IN DAYLIGHT RAID
The United States bomber force attacked Berlin in daylight from London, flying 1,150 miles round trip with 1,000 planes and 500 to 750 heavy bombers. The raid involved thousands of fighters and marked the fifth major U S heavy bomber attack on Berlin, with extensive destruction and no reported RAF losses. London also faced a heavy German air assault with about 100 warplanes causing casualties and damage across several districts.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Berlin
U. S
Germany
RAF
Air Ministry
France
Paris
Pas de Calais
East Anglia
England
New Zealanders Make Progress In Cassino Fight
Allied headquarters report slow but steady progress by Fifth Army troops in the southern Cassino area amid savage hand to hand fighting. German artillery and mortars pounded the ruined town as Monte Cassino slopes remained fiercely contested. Casualty reports say German reinforcements including parachute troops and armored grenadiers helped bolster defenses.
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Richard G. Maslock
Naples
New Zealand
Fifth Army
Cassino
Monte Cassino
Allied push seals trap in St Matthias islands
Allied forces report rapid occupation of Emirau and Elomosa islands 84 miles NW of Kavieng closing in on more than 50,000 Nipponese troops in the Bismarck archipelago. MacArthur notes reach of Truk bombing range via Eniwetok. Japanese raid into India described as small, with a larger offensive planned.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Japan
Southwest Pacific
St. Matthias Islands
Burma
Indian
Douglas MacArthur
Emirau
Elomusao Islands
Kavieng
New Ireland
Noose
Bismarck Archipelago
Truk
Emirau Island
Carolines
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Eniwetok
India
Old Indestructible Ernie Feels Lucky After Bomb Ruin
Ernie in the Fifth Army beach head in Italy recounts a near miss when a raid dropped 500-pound bombs within 30 feet of his house. He describes a shambolic scene with ceilings down, debris everywhere, and a miraculous survival as comrades reacted with disbelief and humor.
Stewart Opposes McKellar Plan on TVA Funding Reform
In Washington on March 22 Senator Stewart of Tennessee said he would oppose Senator McKellar's proposal to abolish TVA's revolving fund and require annual funding from Congress. Stewart condemned the move as wasteful and unbusinesslike, urging against centralizing control from Washington. The amendments to the independent offices appropriation bill, supported by the Senate appropriations committee led by McKellar, face continued debate.
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Washington
Stewart
D-Tenn
Senator McKellar
Tennessee Valley Authority
McKellar
TVA
Congress
Independent Offices Appropriations
Senate
United States
Volving Fund
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hill
Bankhead Praises Speech In Senate Debate
Telegram from Senator John H. Bankhead reports Senator Hill opposing McKellar's Amendment. Bankhead and Senator Barkley plan to speak before the debate closes. Outlook described as not favorable.
TVA Power Aid Faces Amendments In Congress Debate
A lawmaker argues for government agency accountability for funds while noting strong TVA backing for wartime plants. He cautions that the Tennessee Valley public sees the amendment as potentially harmful to TVA at present due to its power contributions.
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Congress
TVA
Tennessee
Hill Voices Against Proposals on TVA Power Plan
Senator Hill of Alabama denounces as an unholy mess a bill to tighten federal control of the Tennessee Valley Authority. He warns it would disrupt TVA war power production, harm taxpayers, and destroy the TVA power system. He opposes Senator McKellar's amendment to divert TVA revenues to the Treasury and seek direct appropriations.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Hill
Senate
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
David E. Liffenthal
Treasury
General Fund
Nazis Extend Balkan Move Into Bulgaria and Romania
Nazi troops already ruling Hungary moved to extend occupation into Bulgaria and Romania as Turkish radio quoted plans for a single command over the three nations to aid the Southeast Europe war effort. Bucharest and Sofia faced German demands while Romania’s Ion Antonescu reportedly considered an armistice with Russia as German forces solidified control in Hungary.
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London
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hitler
Europe
Ankara
Russia
Britain
United States
Ion Antonescu
Romania
Bessarabia
Budapest
Berlin
Balkans
Foreign Office
All Male Jury Selected for Lonergan Trial
New York march 22 an all male jury empowered to impose death penalty was set to hear Wayne Lonergan's murder trial for life. Assistant district attorney Jacob Grumet promised brief opening remarks while defense counsel Edward Broderick suggested delaying statements until after the state's case. Grumet sought to use Lonergan's confession from a Canadian airman to support the claim he strangled and bludgeoned his wealthy wife last October 24. The prosecutor acknowledged during jury selection that Lonergan did not sign the statement.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Jacob Grumet
Edward V. Broderick
Grumet
Lonergan
Farm charge charges stir in Congress and war policy
Two Republican lawmakers Rizley of Oklahoma and Harness of Indiana allege farmers are pressured to join federal programs under threats of military service gas rationing and loss of farm machinery. House committees plan investigations while Roosevelt ponders special draft considerations for skilled war industry workers and War Food questions probe rationing and butter status.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Rizley
Okla
Harness
Ind
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
New York
Dewey
General MacArthur
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Appleton
Wis
House Banking Committee
28 Jap-American Soldiers Arrested at Fort McClellan
Fort McClellan Alabama March 22 28 Japanese Americans who refused to take military training at the replacement center have been placed in camp stockage to await court martial Brig Gen Wallace C Philoon announced that the men were part of a battalion that began training recently and all other members of the group had accepted training willingly
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Fort Mcclellan
Ala
Camp Stockage
Wallace C. Philoon
Philoon
War Today War aims in Hungary show Nazi strategy and risk
Germany seizes Hungary as a mixed military political move. Hitler seeks to block Danube gateways and defend the Balkans while preserving Ploesti oil and providing refuge for shattered forces. Hungary sits as a key transport hub linking Germany with the Balkans, shaping Southeast Europe’s war posture.
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Germany
Hungary
Balkans
Finland
Fuehrer
Russia
Balkar Peninsula
Hitler
Danubian
Romania
Ploesti
Bessarabia
Crimea
Romanian
Europe
Morgan County Health Center plan gains ground
Outlook for a proposed Morgan County health center brightens as the Board of Revenue and Control prepares to act next Monday. Dr Frank L Chenault notes a letter from O T Ray regional director Federal Works Agency authorizing distribution of Lanham Act application forms. Earlier talks contemplated tearing down the old jail for a new facility near the courthouse.
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Morgan County
Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Frank L. Chenault
Morgan County Board of Health
Morgan County Health Department
Tennessee Valley Laboratory
O. T. Ray
Federal Works Agency
Atlanta
Board of Revenue & Control
Chenault
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