Weather and war era notices mix in Decatur page
Partly cloudy weekend outlook with cooler turns, and a detailed weather readout shows the Tennessee river at 18.55 feet, high 71 and low 41. Cotton prices paid Saturday include strict middling 20.95 and middling 20.80 as local film listings name Souls At Sea Flying Tigers and Drums Of The Congo among attractions. Army student Waverly B. Loosier joins Ft. Knox radio electric course. census notes 34,017 bales of Morgan county cotton ginned in 1943 before March 1, vs 34,259 in 1942. Community notes cover hospital moves, furloughs, visitors, and local club programs, with personnel updates and a Rotary Club film on steel manufacture.
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Tennessee River
Morgan County
North Burma war base imperiled as Allied pressure grows
Allied forces pressed toward the North Burma Japanese base at Myitkyina from two directions while British troops repelled a three fingered Japanese penetration into India. Wake Island faced its 16th raid as American liberators met heavy anti aircraft fire during bar rack and oil storage attacks. In the Pacific, Ponape and nearby islands faced bombardment by Mitchells from Marshall Field air bases, while Marshall Islands strikes continued on four atoll targets.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Burma
Myitkyina F
India
Wake Island
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Ant Islands
Marshall Stoms
Southwest Pacific
Pityilu Island
Admiralty Group
United States
Lorengau
Hauwei Island
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Alexishafen
New Guinea
Buka
Kahili
Solomon Islands
William F. Halsey
Frank Merrill
Shaduzup
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Mashtongka
Imphal
Five American Negroes Sentenced by Army Court Martial
In Townsville Australia on March 26 five American men were convicted and sentenced to death by Army court martial for raping a white American Red Cross nurse near the city outskirts. A truck driver and four companions abducted the woman seeking a ride, then assaulted her out of town. The sentence awaits review. four convicts are American soldiers and one is a merchant seaman.
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Townsville
Australia
Red Cross
Historic voyage begins aboard S S Kutno voyage
The S S Kutno, built by Ingalls, sails from inland waterways on the first leg to combat zones with a Polish crew. Coast Guard pilots foresee no major difficulties but anticipate tight squeezes through several locks as the all welded steel ship presses onward.
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S. S. Kutno
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Coast Guard
Man Found Dead in Chair in Decatur Home
James Ossley Miller a 58 year old Decatur resident was found dead in his front room chair at 6 45 this morning at 108 West Cherry Street. The Morgan county coroner ruled death by self action due to des pondency and a self inflicted .32 caliber pistol bullet wound. Police reported a note in his coat explaining the act and directing his father’s fate. Miller’s father 95 slept through the event as Miller awaited breakfast. The body was taken to Mutual Service funeral home with investigations ongoing by city police.
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James Ossley Miller
Decatur
West
Cherry Street
Bev Howell
Morgan County
Miller
Robertson
Showgirl to Take Stand in Murder Trial
New York March 25, the showgirl Wayne Lonergan arrived from Miami to testify as a state witness in the Royal Canadian aircraftman's first degree murder trial. He identified actress Mrs Jean Murphy Jaburg as the woman he escorted to a musical comedy and clubs before Patricia Lonergan's nude body was found. Lonergan, in custody, said he also took her to lunch the day after the slaying.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Miami
Royal Canadian Aircraftman
Lonergan
Toronto
Jean Murphy Jaburg
Patricia Burton Lonergan
Beekman Hill
Edward V. Broderick
Ernie Pyle Reports Surging Allied Boats To Anzio Beachhead
From the Allied beach head at Anzio Ernie Pyle describes the transport by daily ship convoys and front line conditions. He travels aboard an LST amid uncomplicated red tape, noting how troops are supplied and replaced as the war effort advances.
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Ernie Pyle
Italy
Anzio
Tunisia
Ernie Goes On LST To Reach Beachhead Invasion Tale
A reporter recalls riding an LST during the Sicily invasion and later the Anzio operation. He describes the ship as a massive amphibious landing craft with a wide flat deck and a rear cargo area. The narrative notes the loading process at a dock and mentions prior experiences aboard warships and landing craft.
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Ernie
Beachhead
Bizerte
Sicily
Anzio
Attacks on Cassino Press On Despite German Defense
Allied reports say New Zealand troops are pinned in the southern Cassino sector by German paratroopers. Berlin and Rome radio broadcasts claim strong Allied assaults in the western and northern Cassino sectors. Germans reinforced Abbey hill tunnels, while Continental hotel and Monastery hill remain focal points. Anzio actions include tank clashes and rail-yard bombings near Rimini and Ancona, with air losses on both sides.
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Naples
New Zealand
Cassino
Berlin
Rome
NBC
Continental Hotel
Hotel Des Roses
Verdun-like
Anzio
Corroceto
Cisterna
Rimini
Ancona
Leghorn
Castle Hill
Colosseum
Sibenik
Yanks Improvise Odd Aerial Accessories Behind Lines
Washington reports a humorous wartime dispatch detailing improvised gear by American fliers. A rheumatic donkey with scarce weather instruments, a Burmese pagoda, and a water squirt gun turret engage in improvised defense and spoof battles over Guadalcanal. The story notes Lt Col Kleuver and Capt Sydney Newcomb amid jungle danger.
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Washington
Official Service
Air Force
G. I
F. A Kleuver
Sydney Newcomb
Newcomb
Guadalcanal
RAF Bombers Strike Berlin in Heaviest 60 Hour Raid
Royal Air Force heavy bombers, nearly 1,000 strong, pummeled Berlin with over 2,800 tons of explosives, the heaviest assault to date, as part of a 60 hour period that also targeted Kiel Frankfurt and Schweinfurt. U S Marauders backed by Thunderbolts attacked Hirson, France, while German defenses claimed heavy losses and London endured a long barrage.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
English Channel
Austin Bealmear
RAF
Germany
RAF Bomber Command
Baltic Sea
Kiel
Leipzig
Weimar
U. S
Thunderbolt
Hirson
France
Frankfurt
Schweinfurt
Reich
Yugoslav Army Ready to Strike on Allied Signal
Maj. Voislavy Lukatchevic said Gen. Draja Mihailovic commands 30,000 troops in Serbia's mountains, prepared to move on a signal from the Allies to clear a path for invasion.
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London
Voislavy Lukatchevic
Draja Mihailovic
Serbia
TVA Battle Ends In Senate Vote On McKellar Amends
The TVA controversy lingers as Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee pushed crippling amendments through the Senate 39 to 26, defeating Fair Employment Practices. Alabama's Bankhead and Hill opposed, while Barkley supported. Conference with the House looms as Alabama legislators rally to block McKellar.
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Tennessee
Kenneth McKellar
McKellar
Senate
Bankhead and Hill
Alabama
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
House
House of Representatives
Congress
Valley
Joe Starnes
Guntersville
Starnes
House Appropriations Committee
John Sparkman
Conference
Sparkman
Military Affairs
Hill
Bankhead
South
Senator McKellar
TVA
Senate Appropriations Committee
Another Ship Is Launched by Ingalls Shipyard
The Harry Barber, a large ocean-going cargo vessel for the Maritime Commission, was launched at noon Saturday in the Decatur yard. Mrs. Holden B. Norwood served as sponsor in a brief ceremony, with the ship named for an early American clipper captain who helped establish the merchant marine’s world-wide stature. Due to security limits, only a small crowd attended.
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Harry Barber
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Maritime Commission
Holden B. Norwood
Decatur Yard
FDR Term Chance Questioned by Union Organizer
Au brey Williams of the National Farmers' Union told The Atlanta Journal Roosevelt would likely skip a fourth term. Williams, a former National Youth Administration head, said after a White House dinner he left with the impression the President would not run again, noting Roosevelt looked tired. He spoke in Carrollton, Ga, advocating for the union and relaying that Roosevelt praised Marshal Stalin.
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Atlanta
Aubrey Williams
National Farmers’ Union
White House
Atlanta Journal
Roosevelt
Williams
National Youth Administration
Carrollton
Marshal Stalin
House balks at Senate pay and TVA funding controls
In Washington March 25 members balked at a Senate plan to require Senate confirmation for all federal workers earning 4500 dollars a year or more and to force the Tennessee Valley Authority to seek annual operating funds from Congress. Rep. Woodrum said the salary amendment could delay appointments and hinder agencies. TVA provisions would require turning over receipts to the Treasury to justify yearly funds. Final action unlikely until after Easter recess with expectations of House approval but strong opposition from TVA supporters.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Woodrum
D-Va
TVA
Treasury
Representative Tabor
R-N.y
Appropriations Committee
Younger Men Will Be Drafted Soon
Speeded-up draft machinery pushes men 25 and under toward Army service while those over 25 with de ferments will be resumed and reviewed. Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt asks agencies to report deferment needs by March 29 so young workers may be called. The plan targets all able-bodied men ages 22 through 25, with deferrals only for irreplaceable workers, affecting industries like radio radar and rubber production.
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Max Hall
Washington
Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
McNutt
Donald Nelson
Rep
Fulbright
D-Ark
Nelson
Enue
Loss of rail backbone of Nazis looms for Germans
Moscow announced a Russian push to Czernowitz near the Dniester with the Bucharest–Lwow line at risk. Proskurov fell, thousands of Germans fled into woods, and Soviet forces seized rail hubs and escape routes from Proskurov toward the Danube. Russians advancing on multiple fronts threaten key Romanian and Ukrainian rail junctions and oil regions.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Red Army
Romania
Dniester
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Balkans
Moscow
Carpathian
Hitler
Bucharest
Lwow
West Ukraine
Proskurov
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Prosekurov
Old Poland
Tarnopol
Poland
Byeltsi- Iasi
Bessarabia
Danube
Slobodzega
Odessa
Mogilev Podolski
Kamenets Podolsk
Radio France
Algiers
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Ploesti
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Cernauti
Byeltsi
Balti
Reutsel
Iasi Jassy
Prut
Lwow- Odessa
Slobodzeva
Ksendzovka
Balta
Odessa-Tirasnol
Rumania
Gregory K. Zhukov
First Ukraine
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Third Ukraine
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Marvin Baker Bowling
Benevolent Hospital
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Camp Peary
L. L. Jones
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Red Bay
the Benevolent Hospital
Harold Carter
Baugh’s Infirmary
Fairview
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Baugh’'s Infirmary
T. E. Stone
Baugh's Infirmary
Ella Bailey
Ninth Avenue East
F. E. Evans
Fifth Avenue South
Charles FE. Brock
Waxahachie
Texas
Pearl Cox
Danville Road
Arthur Matthews
Mary Francess Matthews
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Alton R. Leathers
R. L. Ponders
Birmingham
W J. Briscoe
Joppa
Tank Destroyer Training Center
North Camp Hood
William E. Johnston
Sherman Street
Decatur Rotary Club
Tom Fitzpatrick
Leroy Holt
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
John E. Ryan
Letha Forrester
Panama City
Fla
Ernest E. Ryan
Louisville, K
Neely E. Ryan
Dearborn
Mich
Jack Cole Pamplin
W. W. Glass
Oak Street
Winchester
Virginia
Pamplin
Washington, D. C
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China- Burma-India
North
Peril
Kutno
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FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Committee
Independent Offices Appropriations
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