Mine Blast Traps 15 Men in Shinnston WV
In Shinnston West Virginia an underground fire in Katharine Coal Company’s No 4 mine released deadly gases and methane. A massive explosion followed, tearing through half an acre of surface. Fifteen miners died while trying to contain the blaze as crews faced dangers of carbon monoxide and further blasts. Seventy five miners escaped earlier. Fire raged 3800 feet below the town as flames charred poles and melted cars.
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Shinnston
W. Va
Katherine Coal Company
West Virginia
TVA funding fight spills into independent offices bill
House debate on curbing TVA continues with calls to restrict its revolving fund and limit expenditures to congressionally appropriated funds. Senate support for McKellar amendment faces opposition from Hill and Hill’s question of efficient operation under annual appropriations. Votes listed show a split across party lines with several notable defections and unrecorded members.
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House
Woodrum
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Congress
Taber
McKellar
Senator Hill
D.ala
TVA
Hill
Army
Navy
Decatur
Ala
Independent Offices
LST Kahrs Crew Marks One Year In Navy Service
Captain Joseph Kahrs of Newark and his green crew celebrated the LSTs first birthday after crossing the Atlantic three invasions and 23 perilous trips between Africa Sicily and the Anzio beachhead. The crew includes few sailors with sea experience, replacements arrive, and Italian children assist with heavy barracks bags amid vivid scenes of wartime deployment and humor.
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Joseph Kahrs
Newark
N. J
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Kahrs
Africa
LST
Atlantic
Sicily
Anzio
America
Spices Preserve Food in China and North Africa
Spices remain used to preserve foods in regions across China and North Africa. The practice highlights traditional methods where aromatic seasonings extend shelf life and flavor in local cuisines.
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China
North
Africa
Markets wrap after volatile week with quiet strength
The stock market ended a fluctuating week with mixed gains and losses. Rails led a Tuesday rally on stronger February carrier revenues, but a Wednesday downturn and Thursday sharpest drop since Feb. 7 trimmed commitments. Volume slipped and the Dow sat near the July peak, while specialists and investment demand supported some favorites.
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Wall Street
Bernard S. O'Hara
New York
Rails
Churchill
Associated Press
Cotton futures slip after early gains in New York
In New York on March 25 the cotton market closed 5 to 15 cents per bale lower after earlier gains as high as 30 cents. Trade reported slight improvement in spot inquiry and larger primary market sales. May 20.90, July 20.47, October 19.99, December 19.80. Middling spot 21.76. N-Nominal.
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New York
Grain futures rise on cash scarcity and strong demand
Grain prices in Chicago edged higher as cash grain remained tight at terminals while feed manufacturers demand stayed strong. Deferred wheat advanced to 1-2 to 5-8, oats rose to 3-8, rye held firm to 5-8 higher, and barley gained 1-8 to 15-8 with May at 1.26.
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Chicago
British plane missing with five presumed dead
A British embassy attache announced that two Royal Air Force wing commanders and three WAAF officers are missing and believed killed after failing to complete a Charleston South Carolina to Miami Florida flight. Wing Commander H G Gaubert, air attache to Colombia and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, was among the missing.
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Washington
Royal Air Force
WAAF
Charleston
S. C
Miami
Fla
H. G. Gaubert
London
Gaubert
Colombia
German police killed in Rome assault by Italian patriots
Bern radio reported 32 German policemen were killed and many hurt in Rome on Thursday after an attack by Italian patriots. CBS-recorded broadcast said Nazi authorities decree that for every German slain ten hostages will be shot.
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New York
Bern
Rome
CBS
Community News Mixed with War Updates in Local Briefs
Mrs. Henry C. Lemmond of Somerville was admitted to Be labeled hospital Saturday. Horace Standridge and daughter Nell visited Frank Johnson in New Albany, Ind., and toured Great Lakes to see Apprentice Seaman Horace Johnson recovering post operation. C. M. Crow of Moulton visited in Decatur Saturday. Chamber of Commerce urges listing available homes, apartments, and rooms due to heavy housing demand. Fairview Baptist juniors plan prayer meeting at John Kizziah home led by G. C. Cook. Pvt. Grady James reported missing in the Mediterranean area. Pvt. Odie Cavnar injured at Camp Wheeler hospital. Shelley Eubanks visits relatives. C. E. Layman improving after flu. Mary Elizabeth Burleson’s tonsils removed in Decatur clinic. Mrs. B. M. Hocomb and Mrs. W. C. Martin visiting Flint. Pvt. Frankie W. Jacobs wounded in action in the Mediterranean. Mrs. B. T. Howell visits Coal Springs. Ora Chenault and daughter Bettie return from Champaign to see Pvt. Martin S. Chenault at Chanute Field. Howard B. Berry on leave from Naval Seabees in Williamsburg. G. W. Lawhorne slowly improving at home. Zeromen club meets at Elmer Bussey’s in Austinville. Mason Crow leads. Lorraine Worthington of The Daily attends funeral of Thomas L. Beauchamp in Tuscaloosa. Rev. Josh Collier of Athens visits. Moulton Heights PTA to hear Supt. S. O. Maner on Federal Aid For Schools Monday night.
Younger deferments shape draft authority and risks
Draft directors may endorse key men ages 18 to 21 but without inter-agency backing such endorsements will be rare. Selective Service aims to reclassify about 240,000 men on job deferments to meet a July 1 target of 11.3 million in service. 26-year-olds on 30 will wait for reviews while 1-A men stay unaffected. new orders grant immediate exams for under 26 in non farm deferments and allow deferral for essential work if unfit or limited service.
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Inter-Agency Committee
Selective Service
Kwajalein
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
American Legion
William Green
AFL
Labor
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
House of Representatives
Harry Bridges
National Executive Committee
The
Robert Moses
New York State Park
New York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paul Caldwell Wilson
Suzanne
David Meredith Hare
New York
America
Hull Fires Back At Garbled Conference Reports
Washington reports quote Secretary Hull criticizing garbled accounts of his talk with 24 Republican congressmen. He disputed published summaries while legislators said the meeting yielded little definite detail on the Atlantic Charter, postwar Germany, Polish border tensions, and Moscow talks.
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Washington
Hull
Re.o’kenski
R.wise
State Department
Britain
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Florida Gators to Play Vols in October Clash
Gainesville Florida March 25 Tom Lieb head coach at the University of Florida announced the Gators will meet the University of Tennessee at Knoxville October 14. This adds a second conference game for the 1944 season for a young team with unknown capabilities. Lieb previously announced a game with the University of Georgia in Jacksonville on November 11.
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Gainesville
Fla
Tom Lieb
University of Florida
Gators
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Lieb
University of Georgia
Jacksonville
Weekend Guests From Columbus Visit Locally
The meeting begins at 7 30. Mr and Mrs Al Harvey and son Bert Mrs A B Harvey Jr and son Don of Columbus Ga are weekend guests of relatives here.
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al Harvey
Bert
A. B. Harvey Jr
Don
Columbus, Ga
Leaves From A War Correspondent's Notebook Kwajalein Tale
The piece surveys Micronesian natives across Ellice Tarawa Makin and Kwajalein islands during World War II. It notes their isolation and self sufficiency, limited impact of the war, and rare cooperation with Americans. Natives show friendliness after entering American lines, though some fear retaliation.
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Kwajalein
Ellice Islands
Makin
Tarawa
Gilberts
Carlson
Frances Perkins Defies Critics as Labor Secretary
Washington March 25. Frances Perkins, longtime ally of the Roosevelts and first woman cabinet officer, remains under fire over the Labor Department role amid calls to reduce bureaus. AFL CIO critics fault the cost of living index while Perkins stresses coordination among agencies and expansion of labor functions.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
FDR
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
AFL
CIO
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Standards
Roosevelts
Hull
Interior
Ickes
American U for Negroes Advocate From War Widest View
Lt. Donald G. Harper a 49 year old Negro interpreter for the British maritime service notes in Philadelphia that no country offers a better future for Negroes than the United States. He recounts wartime dangers and his years abroad including time in Japan where he watched a 1923 earthquake. He cautions that Japanese racial attitudes remain superior and warns against false beliefs of kinship.
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Philadelphia
Donald G. Harper
British Maritime Service
Harper J
London
England
Germany
Japan
South Africa
M-'ta
University of Berlin
German forces under pressure as Russians push toward Nikolaev
Soviet advances threaten Nikolaev on the Bug river as bridgeheads form on the west bank above the city. German divisions retreat toward the Dniester as Russian forces overrun nearly 250 localities. Himmler travels to Kishinev to stabilize Nazi control amid the front line in Romania.
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Vodopol
Nikolaev
Bug
Long River
Russia
Odessa
Black Sea
Dniester River
Rumania
Monitor
Moscow News
Moscow Radio
Heinrich Himmler
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Turcves and Nipponese clash with India fronts diverging
Mixed signals mark the frontier as Allied forces report small gains toward Akyab while Japanese and Turkish fronts in India push in opposite directions. A drop in the rupee’s black market value accompanies an army paper claiming Japan seeks to divert attention from wider troubles. The Nipponese have completed a military railway from Thai.
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Akyab
India
Thai
Ford breaks NCAA triple crown mark in Yale swim
Alan Ford of Yale won the 100 yard freestyle in a world record 49.7 seconds as he completed the NCAA triple crown by also taking the 50 yard free and 150 yard backstroke. Mert Church of Michigan offered the closest challenge while Ford earlier set an NCAA standard in trials with 51.2 seconds.
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Lou Black
New Haven
Conn
Alan Ford
Yale
Ford
Balboa
Mert Church
Michigan
Jack Medica
University of Washington
al Schwartz
Northwestern
Craig Wood Leads Durham Open After 36 Holes
Craig Wood of Mamaroneck New York shot 67 67 for a 134 total to lead the Durham Open after 36 holes. Byron Nelson and Jimmy Hines each carded 67 68 for 135 totals one stroke back, with Harold McSpaden 69 72 141 and Tony Penna Johnny Bulla tie for fourth at 141. The field features veterans facing early pressure as Harold McSpaden, Johnny Bulla, and Tony Penna compete closely.
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Fritz Littlejohn
Durham
N. C
Craig Wood
Winged Foot Club
Mararoneck
N. Y
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Jimmy Hines
Amsterdam
Wood
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Johnny Bulla
Atlanta
Tony Penna
Dayton
Mamaroneck
Py Ton Nelson
Harold (Jug) McSpaden
Philadelphia
Rule Changes Get Support From College Coaches
New York March 25 The National Association of College Basketball Coaches voted to raise personal fouls per player from four to five and consider curbing goal tending. Two dissenters opposed the foul rule change while Hank Iba and Harold Anderson pushed for measures to check tall centers. Three tactics to limit big men will be proposed to the national rules committee. Ed Hickox was elected president, succeeding Ed Kellner.
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New York
National Association of College Basketball Coaches
National Rules Committee
Hank Iba
Oklahoma Aggies
Bob Kurland
Harold Anderson
Bowling Green
Don Otten
Iba
Lew Andreas
Syracuse
Ed Hickox
Springfield College
Ed Kellehr
U. & Military Academy
Worker Injured At Shipyard In Birmingham
W M Duffey a Knight Electric Company employee suffered a fractured scapula and other injuries after slipping six feet at Ingalls Ship yards early Saturday. He was taken by ambulance to Chenault clinic then admitted to Benevolent hospital in stable condition.
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W. M. Duffey
Knight Electric Company of
Birmingham
Ingall’s
Brown's
Duffey
Chenault Clinic
Benevolent Hospital
Burma Siam railway strike noted in Southeast Asia communique
The report describes a first low level strike at the Burma Siam railway as part of a Southeast Asia communique. It notes rail lines and stock in Indo China were hit by China based planes in the context of the conflict.
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Land
Siam
Burma
Indo-China
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