Air Tragedy Explained by Memphis Sailor Account
Gordon B. Manley, boatswain's mate second class, recalls guiding gunners who shot down 23 U. S. transport planes at Gela Sicily last July. Smoke blanketed the coast as enemy bombs fell. he details 35 German bombers, a burning cargo ship, and a near miss with a plane that dove toward the ship, all amid a deadly air battle. Manley, wounded at Salerno, says Navy gunners fought to live and denies any blame on them for the tragedy.
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Memphis
Gordon B. Manley
Navy
U. S
Gela
Sicily
Salerno
Philadelphia
Manley
Press-Scimitar
Eldon Roark
Mrs Lowber Dies Sudden at Home
Funeral services for Mrs. H. L. Lowber, 67, who died suddenly Saturday morning at 416 East Walnut Street, will be Monday at 4:30 PM at Brown's Chapel with Dr. R. M. Howell officiating. Survived by daughter Miss Francis Painter. four sons Charlie Painter, Harry J. Lowber, Cpl. William G. Lowber, Pvt. Clarence P. Lowber. sister Mrs. Jim Day. brother Willoughby Hall. five grandchildren. pallbearers listed. interment in city cemetery. Brown directing.
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H. L. Lowber
East Walnut Street
Brown's Chapel
R. M. Howell
Francis Painter
Charlie Painter
Sheffield
Harry J. Lowber
Decatur
William G. Lowber
Monroe
N. C
Clarence P. Lowber
Italy
Jim Day
Calhoun
Georgia
Willoughby Hall
Carl Hendon
Herbert Norton
Robert B. Harrison
Maxie Lesser
Carl Arantz
O. O. Sims
City
Brown
Death penalty reimposed in Palestine after police killings
London reports British authorities reinvoked death sentences for discharging firearms and placing bombs after nine police officials were killed by explosions wrecking police stations in Jerusalem Jaffa Tel Aviv and Haifa. Six of the victims were British. Other offenses include carrying firearms and damaging transport or utilities under the Palestine defense order.
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Jerusalem
Jaffa
Tel-A-viv
Haifa
Palestine
Number of 4-H Club Members Across United States
About 1,700,000 members participate in 4-H clubs nationwide, reflecting broad youth engagement and program reach across communities. The figure highlights the program’s extensive scale and potential impact on education, leadership, and community development.
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United States
Local Navy Sailor Returns From Furlough
Fredd ie Lee Carpenter, second class seaman, has returned to Great Lakes after a furlough with relatives in Decatur and Nashville Tennessee. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E L Carpenter of Decatur. Marvin R Sims, private, son of Evie Sims of Trinity, is with the Battalion Radio School at Ft Bragg North Carolina and was pictured in the training center paper. He formerly worked at Milan's Radio Shop in Decatur.
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Freedie Lee Carpenter
Great Lakes
Decatur
Nashville
Tenn
E. L. Carpenter
Decatur 1
Marvin R. Sims
Evie Sims
Trinity
Battalion
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Milan
Pfc
Leroy S. Smith
Huntsville Road
Birmingham
Mechanics School
Keesler Field
General Motors
Detroit
Audry Smith
S. F. Smith
W. M. Marshall, Jr
W. M. Marshall
Pensacola
Fla
Leon Lowell Maner
G. O. Maner
Navy
Floyd Chambers, Jr
Floyd Chambers
5Th Avenue South
Barkley Comments On Leadership In War And Peace
Charleston March 25 Senate Majority Leader Alben W Barkley gave a cryptic remark at a Jefferson dinner that continuity of leadership in war and peace is unnecessary to emphasize He did not clarify whether he would back Roosevelt if he sought a fourth term The veteran Democrat recently reconciled with the President after a tax bill veto crisis.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Mr. Roosevelt
Barkley
State Shares in 7 Projects
Washington March 25 Seven rivers and harbors in Alabama from the Tennessee Valley to the gulf have been approved by the house for a sixty seven million dollar postwar revamping. The Alabama items join the national river and harbor plan and move to the senate where opposition is not expected. The nine foot Alabama river channel from Montgomery to Mobile and the Coosa dam were approved in the house with an estimated sixty million for the Alabama Coosa waterway. Other Alabama items include Demopolis lock and dam six point seven five million dollars Chickasabogue creek and Mobile harbor improvements four hundred seventy five thousand dollars Warrior Dam one hundred fifteen thousand dollars Dauphin island bay channel deepening eighty eight thousand dollars Bayou Coden and Bayou La Batre improvements totaling twenty seven thousand five hundred dollars. If the senate agrees the projects will await postwar consideration.
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Washington
Alabama
Tennessee
Gulf
House
Senate
Tombixabee
Bankhead
Hill
Alabama River
Montgomery
Mobile
Coosa
Alabama- Coosa
Demopolis
Chickasabogue Creek
Mobile Harbor
Warrior
Tuselooosa
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
Decatur Royal Arch Masons to Dinner with Birmingham Guests
Decatur chapter No. 38 Royal Arch Masons will host a dinner for the Woodlawn degree team Friday at seven. A class of 15 will be initiated after dinner. J C Trimble, high priest, urges all Royal Arch Masons and applicants to attend. the chapter will pay expenses. Four Birmingham carloads will attend.
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Decatur
R. A.M
Woodlawn
J. C. Trimble
Royal Arch
Birmingham
Willkie Warns GOP To Embrace Liberal Reform
Wendell L. Willkie told voters in Waukesha that millions of tired New Dealers could join the Republican Party if it pursues a right course. He urged economic liberalism, individual initiative, and broad international cooperation to secure peace after the war. Willkie campaigns for Wisconsin delegates, appealing to independents and dissident Democrats in 30 talks across eight days.
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Herbert D. Wilhoit
Waukesha
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
Willkie
United States
Wisconsin
Patrolmen HUNT FOR OWNER OF CAR
Investigations by Highway Patrolman Julius Hale target two cars in a Friday hit and run about 8 15 PM, 114 miles north of Hartseile. One car struck the other and escaped before the driver could be identified, but the tag number was recorded and the owner is being traced. Full details awaited Monday per local troopers.
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Julius Hale
Hartseile
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Slerchi
America
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M. C. Sharp
Hartseller
R. L. Webster
Somerville
Camp Croft
S. C
Roosevelt
West Virginia
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S .i
BEE Fine
Grane
Bayou la Batre
Congress
Decatur Chapter
Will Entertain
Lions Club
Dinsmore Furniture Co
John W. Sandlin
Second Ave
Moulton St
Rial
Sterchi
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