Roosevelt pledges aid as refugees face death threats abroad
President Roosevelt urged free nations to open frontiers to persecuted refugees amid reports of Nazi oppression. He also marked the tenth anniversary of the Tydings McDuffie Act and affirmed that the United States will fulfill its pledge for Philippine independence while urging Germans to shelter victims and oppose Hitler’s crimes.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
America
Europe
Asia
Philippines
United Nations
Hitler
Balkans
Philippine
North
Africa
Funeral today for Town Creek citizen C C Gray
Funeral services for C C Gray were held at 2 30 today at Town Creek Methodist church with Rev Blythe officiating. He died Wednesday evening at his Town Creek home and is survived by three daughters L D Almon of Atlanta Ga Herbert P Sivley of Trinity and Paul Houston of Towns Creek two sons Floyd H Gray at Maxwell Field Alabama and Marvin M Gray of Athens two grandchildren Thelma Almon Charles Houston a brother Arthur C Gray and a sister Liza Smith among others
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C. C. Gray
Town Creek
Town Creek Methodist Church
Blythe
L. D. Almon
Atlanta, Ga
Herbert P. Sivley
Trinity
Paul Houston
Towns Creek
Floyd H. Gray
Maxwell Field
U. S. Army Air Corps
Marvin M. Gray
Athens
Thelma Almon
Atlanta
Charles Houston
U. S. Navy
Arthur C. Gray
Liza Smith
Russellville
Roosevelt cites 5 million abroad as reason for more farm exports
President Roosevelt said the United States would have 5,000,000 men overseas by July 1 and that this figure alone justifies sending more agricultural machinery overseas. He spoke during a press radio conference on farm machinery exports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Markets at a Glance and Cotton Futures Rally
New York markets report mixed gains and steadys across stocks rails and bonds with firm cotton led by trade buying and government textile program influence. Cotton futures rise to near seasonal highs while cattle hogs and sheep show mixed changes. beef cattle steady to high and hogs largely higher, wheat and rye hold steady with light offerings in Chicago trades.
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New York
Chicago
N. Y
Trade Commission House
New Orleans
Cattle Market Mixed With Moderately Active Trade
In Nashville on March 24, cattle prices showed a generally steady trend from the prior week with a moderately active trade. Good steers and yearlings ranged from 14.50 to 15.50, with some at 15.65, while medium to good short feds brought 12.75 to 14.50 and good beef cows 11.50 to 12.50. Canners and cutters were 6.00 to 8.50, beef bulls up to 12.50, sausage offerings 11.50 down, and stockers and other classes noted in market reports.
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Texas
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-state Market News Service
Miss Berry testifies on Chaplin affair and hotel visit
Joan Berry details encounters with Charlie Chaplin in Beverly Hills and New York, including visits to his home and the Pierre hotel, a later broken window break in, and a $50 payment after a confrontation. Prosecutors press for sexual history while defense objects to prior details. The case centers on alleged transport for immoral purposes and Berry’s repeated meetings with Chaplin in 1941 and 1942.
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Chaplin
Pierre Hotel
Giesler
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Romanoff's
Miss Berry
New York City
New York
Jerry Giesler
Joan
Hollywood
U. S
Charles H. Carr
J. F. T. O'Connor
Carr
Mexico City
A. C. Blumenthal
Mexico
Chicago market report on dairy and eggs totals
Chicago market update notes butter receipts of 664,609 with little change in price, while eggs show weakness with receipts of 24,394. U.S. specials total 34 cars, locals 33–34, standards 30–32, current receipts 28.5, dirties 27.5, and checks 26.5.
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Chicago
U. S
VU. S&s
Grain futures soar as May oats hit ceiling in Chicago market
In Chicago futures trading March 24, May oats rose to 82 cents a bushel, the ceiling seen since December highs. May wheat reached 1.7438 dollars, May Bailey at 1.28. At close, wheat up 1 8 to 1 2, oats up 1 8 to 11 8, rye near unchanged to 3 4 higher, May 1.30 1 2 to 5 8, barley up 1 8 to 1 27 7 8.
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Chicago
May Bailey
McKellar Amendment to TVA Revolving Fund Scrutiny
The remaining McKellar amendment would abolish an eight million dollar revolving fund and require TVA to turn its receipts over to the Treasury. It won backing from most Senate Republicans and some Democrats, making adoption seem likely though conference fate remained uncertain. Senator Bankhead and allies signaled strong opposition, arguing it would cripple TVA operations.
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McKellar
TVA
Treasury
Senate
Bankhead
Dala
Fly Defends Policies Before House Committee
FCC Chairman James Lawrence Fly faces sharp questioning from the House committee investigating the FCC. He defends his record while noting other wars demand attention and denying charges of bungling by radio amateurs that allegedly trapped a U S naval task force. He also denies billing the government for food or seltzer on a trip to Atlanta.
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Washington
House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
James Lawrence Fly
Fly
Harry S. Barger
Rep
Wigglesworth
Mass
Miller
FFC
Navy
Atlanta
British counter Japanese moves in Imphal theater
Delayed dispatches indicate Japanese forces suffered 600 to 700 killed as heavy fighting raged north of Tanzan and near Tiddim. British 14th Army reported lighter losses while emergency supply drops continued after road blocks cut the Tiddim Imphal road and defenses held with a box system.
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Imphal
Kabaw
India
Tamu
14Th Army
Chin
Tanzan
Tiddim
Manipur
Tiddim-Imphal
Arekan
Montgomery Sees War Continuing Big Tug Of War Metaphor
London reports General Sir Bernard Montgomery told a home front address the European war may last a year or longer. He saluted British ground forces and urged full civilian cooperation, saying the coming invasion will be the biggest tug of war the world has seen.
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London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Ra ymond Rouser Testifies In DeKalb Officers Trial
Atlanta March 24 Raymond Rouser 25 year old Negro testifying in the civil liberties trial of DeKalb County Police Chief J T Dailey and three subordinate officers said in federal court he was beaten continually when he denied knowledge of a robbery.
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Atlanta
Raymond Rouser
DeKalb County
J. T. Dailey
Local Profiles and Church Sermon Highlight
Mrs Y J Johnston of Austinville visits sister Mrs A F Parker of Decatur. Rev John T Nolen sets Sunday sermon on A Call To Go Forward at Ninth Street Methodist. Aviation Cadet David H Hoppers, son of Mrs William A Hoppers, completed basic training at Gunter Field Alabama. Pvt Lonnie McDaniel, son of Mrs J W McDaniel, entered B 24 Liberator bomber mechanics school at Keesler Field Biloxi Miss.
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John T. Nolen
Ninth Street Methodist Church
David H. Hoppers
William A. Hoppers
Fifth Avenue West
Gunter Field
Montgomery
Ala
Lonnie McDaniel
J. W. McDaniel
East Moulton Street
Keesler Field
Biloxi
RAF Raids Halt Berlin Industry Amid Fire Raids on London
British reports say German defenses failed to rise to the air as raids continued. Nazi incendiaries fell on sections of London before dawn with some damage and casualties. After 15 heavy RAF raids that dropped 26,000 tons on Berlin from Nov 18 to Feb 15, Germany’s industrial activity was largely halted though some production resumed in the Southeast.
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Reich
London
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Soviet advance drives toward borders of Romania and Czechoslovakia
Zhukov’s guards pushed south of Tarnopol passing Kopchintse after capturing Miku lintsi and Trembolova. The drive neared the Prut river boundary with Romania and within about 70 miles of the Czechoslovak frontiers, leaving German escape railways limited. Malinovsky’s third Ukrainian army fought near Voznessensk on the Bug river, 50 miles north of Nikolaev and 80 miles northeast of Odessa, as Nikolaev faced pressure from Kontantinovka and defenses along the port.
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Zhukov
Tarnopol
Kopchintse
Prut River
Rumania
Mikulintsi
Trembolova
Frisco the dog tracks back to his owners in Decatur
Frisco a seven year old Charlotte resident owned by Mr and Mrs B T Wilson found by returning to them after a long misplacement. Railway agent Thomas Brooks and a search across Decatur failed until Frisco barked at his owners eight in the morning ending a sixteen hour hunt.
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Chreri Chandler
Fido
Frisco
Charlotte
N. C
B. T. Wilson
Decatur
Thomas Brooks
Railway Express Agency
Spitz
North Carolina
Brooks
Wilson
Ex Governor Jared Sanders Dies in Louisiana
Former Louisiana governor Jared Young Sanders age 75 died in a Baton Rouge hospital. Widely known as the father of good roads in Louisiana he was a persistent foe of Huey Long and once exchanged blows with the Kingfish.
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Baton Rouge
Jared Young Sanders
Louisiana
Good Roads
Huey Long
Churchill Visits American Paratroopers in England
Prime Minister Winston Churchill surprised American airborne troops in the English countryside, praising their training and promising they will soon land in Nazi-occupied Europe. He toured with Eisenhower Bradley and Brereton, witnessed paratroopers leaping from planes, and expressed confidence in victory as he spoke with the soldiers.
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Roger Greene
London
Churchill
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
United Kingdom
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Ninth Air Force
Laddie Valek
Cleveland
Valeri
Nazism expands grip in Eastern Balkans as Hungary falls under puppet rule
An AP dispatch reports Istanbul awaiting confirmation over German moves in Romania and Bulgaria while Ankara expects a step by step reoccupation of the Eastern Balkans. Neutral sources say Hungary has installed a Gestapo‑backed Quisling regime, tightening borders and pursuing anti Nazi and Jewish purges.
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Associated Press
Istanbul
Romania
Turkey
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Sofia
Ankara
Rumania
Balkans
Hitler
Bessarabia
Black Sea
Hungary
Quisling
Gestapo
NZ forces renew attack near Castel Hill amid shelling
News from the Castel Hill area reports New Zealanders resuming assaults after a failed counter-attack earlier in the week. German artillery intensified fire toward Allied rear areas on the Anzio beachhead as a German raid on the left flank was repulsed.
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Castel Hill
Anzio
Washington church leaders seek Bilbo removal as DC chair
Washington leaders demand the ouster of Senator Bilbo as chairman of the Senate District of Columbia committee. They cite his race relations speech to the Mississippi legislature, which Mrs. Katherine Shryver of the National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax called vicious and un American.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
District of Columbia
Mississippi
Katherine Shryver
National Committee
CIO Campaign Opens In Steel Workers Demand Drive
Washington report details the CIO United Steel Workers launching a major campaign to press 14 demands in their steel contract talks. President Murray outlines goals including a 17 cent hourly rise, a guaranteed annual wage, vacations, dismissal pay, and a workers’ service fund.
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Washington
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Philip Murray
War Labor Board
Agai
Editors Urged to Conserve Newsprint in Wartime
A War Production Board representative urged editors and publishers, including high school paper editors in New York, to join the nation in conserving newsprint amid wartime demands.
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New York
War Production Board
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