Churchill's Talk Is Flat and Cautious in London
London newspapers greeted Churchill's one year after address with restrained approval. He forecast victory, praised Soviet advances, and outlined postwar Britain while avoiding diplomacy and forecasting likely overruns and feints before the anticipated invasion. He credited American air power and the United States Navy, and praised Stalin while noting Italy’s slower progress toward Rome’s rescue.
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London
Churchill
Hitler
Britain
Europe
RAF
Pacific
United States
Stalin
Churchill radio address overview from Pravda brief
Pravda reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke on a radio address reviewing the war and commenting on domestic issues with no details provided. The brief appeared in Moscow on March 27.
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Moscow
Pravda
Churchill
Pyle Observes Ragged Italian Crowd During War Bond Show
A wartime reader recalls a muddy quay scene with a boy in military garb performing handstands for sailors and soldiers. He notes the hungry, ragged children and dejected old women, describing poverty and sanitation as harsh sights in the crowd.
Markets Plod in Quiet New York Session
timid buying tempered rails liquors and specialties while lenders faced reluctance to commit in light of Churchill warning on invasion hour approaching. scattered earnings aided some issues but overall dull with volume near 700000 shares. cattle calves hogs and sheep prices and ranges listed with modest steady trends and selective gains.
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New York
Churchill
Cotton market rises on military orders then trims gains
New York March 27 The cotton market advanced as much as 80 cents a bale on trade and commission house buying driven by heavy military textile orders. Prices eased later on hedge selling and profit taking with spot May pressured by liquidation as positions shifted to later months. Late afternoon values ranged 15 cents lower to 45 cents higher with May at 20.87, July 20.51, October 20.08.
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New York
Chicago market report shows varied butter and egg receipts
Chicago markets list butter receipts at 496,713 with grade AA 41 1-2 and other grades down to 40 1-4. Eggs receipts 28,009 with weak conditions. U. S. specials and locals quoted at multiple price points including 33 1-2 and 34 1-2 for cars.
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Chicago
U. S
Grain Prices Slip After Profit Taking In Chicago
In Chicago on March 27 grain prices fell as profit taking followed last week’s gains. Rye eased about a cent at times while feed grain supplies remained tight. Corn bookings were 26,000 bushels with wheat near steady to down 5-8, oats mixed, rye down, and barley mostly unchanged to lower at May futures.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Market Cattle Prices Report
Nashville Tenn March 27 Federal-State Market News Service cattle actions show 800 head with slaughter classes scarce and steady. Early sales list medium to low good steers and heifers at 12.75 to 14.50, late arrivals around 15.50. beef cows 1200 pounds odd head, common and medium 8.75 to 10.60. Bulls scarce. Texas bred 425 lb calves at 16.00. native steers and heifers 13.50 to 15.00. common and medium 10.00 to 13.00.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State Market News Service
Texas
Hunger Riot On Deck As Sailor Throws Nabisco Box
A crowd fights over a single box of Nabisco crackers tossed by a sailor to a starving elderly woman. Kids and adults tear at the box, clawing and shoving until it is emptied. The woman clings to the box in tears, while the scene mixes greed and desperation aboard a ship bound for sail that night.
Bridgeport Pastor Has One Busy Day
Bridgeport Alabama teacher coach and preacher Robert Stover 36 moved through multiple churches on a busy Sunday He preached at Kimball Methodist at 0 45 am Wesley Methodist at 1 pm and South Pittsburgh Methodist at night while coordinating Golden Glove boxing weigh ins and preparing for preinduction medical at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia He leads Bridgeport High School physical education and math and citizenship classes.
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Robert Stover
Bridgeport
Ala
Kimball Methodist Church
Wesley Methodist Church
South Pittsburgh
Stover
Bridgeport High School
Fort Oglethorpe
Estimated $36 Billion In Excess Cash In Civilian Pocket
The estimate suggests the United States will see about 36 billion dollars of extra cash in civilian pockets this year. Officials attribute the figure to tax changes and stimulus measures, though distribution may vary by income level and region.
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Its
U. S
Indians in World War I Service Exceeds Eight Thousand
More than 8000 American Indians served in World War I with the majority volunteering. The figure reflects Native American participation across branches and theaters, highlighting civilian-to-soldier transitions and wartime recruitment efforts.
Indians Granted Citizenship by 1924 Congress Act
The text notes that citizenship was extended to all Indians in the United States by an act of Congress in 1924, marking a significant legal expansion of civil rights for Native Americans across the nation.
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United States
Congress
Population figure for Kwa Jalein atoll in Marshalls
Pre war population of the Kwa Jalein atoll in the Marshalls was about 1,000.
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Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Hull calls Dewey claim on censoring news inaccurate
Washington reports Secretary of State Hull dismissed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s charge that the State Department urged British censors to suppress political news for American papers as 100 percent wrong. He recalled efforts to keep the press free and cited prior correspondence with Byron Price Eden Wirant and Stettinius supporting open reporting.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Press Photographers’ Association
Fneland
Byron Price
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Fden
Price
Eden
Florida
Stettinius
London
AERIAL Raids Extend From France to Holland on Air War
Aerial operations continued along the French and Dutch coasts with Thunderbolts attacking airfields near Paris and bombers striking Pas-De-Calais Cherbourg and Ijmuiden docks. Flying Fortress and Liberator formations delivered heavy bomb bursts while Marauders hit Ijmuiden docks. American losses totaled five bombers and one fighter.
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Pas-De-Calais
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Ijmuiden
Holland
Rotary Club Views the Steel Industry in Decatur
Decatur Rotary Club heard a program on the vast steel industry at a meeting held today at the Cornelian Court Hotel. Wallace Meadows presided as Corporal W N Norris of Southern Aviation presented the industry picture. Guests included Lt McClendon of the transport command in Italy and Sicily, Victor DeBree, Dr M E Edwards of Decatur, and H J Forbes of Huntsville.
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McClendon
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Italy
Sicily
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M. E. Edwards
Decatur
H. J. Forbes
Huntsville
Pulse of New-born Infants Beats Fast
The newborn heart rate ranges from 130 to 140 breaths per minute as doctors note rapid, rhythmic pulses in early life.
Hot political fight brews over Truman war committee
Washington March 27 Republican charges that Senator Truman Missouri is using his chairmanship to aid a Roosevelt fourth term sparked a political storm over the senate war investigating committee. Senators Bushfield Ball Brewster Burton accused Truman of political aim while Truman defended leadership and unity. House members questioned the proliferation of investigating committees during wartime and joked about coordinating panels.
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Liberators Strike Kuriles and Allies Pound Pacific Targets
NIPS Liberators hit Onnekotan and Paramushiro in the Kuriles marking first strike on that isle group. Shimushu saw a bomber attack while Mitchells hit Ponape near Truk for the 14th time this month. In the Marshalls, three enemy positions were bombed and strafed. In India Kohima near the Bengal Assam railroad faced pressure, and Allied air raids extended into Indo China and Burma along the Burma road.
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Truk
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Imphal
U.S
Chungking
Indo-China
Burma Road
Burma
Progress Report on India Invasion March 27
Japanese push toward Kohima and Imphal face stiff resistance in Ukhrul and other areas inside India. Allied forces, including Gurkhas and Chinese units, advance toward Myitkyina- Mogaung corridor while air power harasses Japanese columns and tanks on Imphal Tiddim road. Wingate commands operations deeper in Burma as British and Gurkha troops push 200 miles inside enemy territory.
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India
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Naga Hills
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Ukhrul
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Assam
Tiddim-Imphal
Mogaung
Shaduzup
Frank Merrill
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Burma
Mandalay
Myitkinna
Sumprabum
Tingpai
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Myitkyina
Burma Road
Sumphrabum
Shadurup
Kamaung
Orde Charles Wingate
Kunming
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R L Murphy Dies in Decatur After Short Illness
Raymond Lynn Murphy a Decatur resident died Sunday morning at his home following a brief heart attack. He leaves parents Mr and Mrs C H Murphy two brothers Huel and Charles and several aunts and uncles. Funeral at Mutual Service Funeral Home on Grant Street at 3 30 P M Tuesday with cremation in Birmingham and later interment. He was a 1936 Decatur High School graduate and former proprietor of the Princess sweet shop.
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Huel
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Sedalia
Nell Large
Juanita
Birmingham
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Decatur Senior High School
Missouri
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Two Men Overcome By Fumes At Pipe Plant Pit
In Birmingham Alabama two workers were overcome and five others affected by noxious fumes from fuel pipe lines in a pit at the National Cast Iron Pipe Co plant in Tarrant City. Six were hospitalized and one released after treatment.
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National Cast Iron Pipe Co
Tarrant City
Flint School seeks two new classrooms under federal grant
S O Maner, Morgan county Superintendent of Education, said the regional Federal Works Agency has established a definite need for two additional classrooms at Flint school. Materials will be obtained once final details are settled with the regional office. Memorial Drive Methodist church board of stewards to meet Tuesday at 7:30 p m at the church.
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Morgan County
Federal Works Agency
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Court narrows wage act scope on contract work hours
The court rejects using policy to reduce minimum wage and allows contract or custom to govern work hour calculations when precise computation is hard. Dissent argues miners were paid by time at mine sites and the act should not redefine what counts as work.
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Justice Roberts
Roberts
Allied Bombing Strikes Hit Key Italian Rail Yards
Royal Air Force units targeted Vicenza Rimini and other Adriatic axis rail hubs last night. Wellingtons Liberators Marauders Mitchells and Spitfires attacked rail yards bridges harbors and camps from Vicenza to Durazzo with incendiaries and explosives, disrupting lines toward the Balkans.
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County department to move to new Tennessee Valley Lab building
County department and the Tennessee Valley Laboratory would occupy the new building, removing from present quarters on lower Second Avenue regarded as wholly inadequate for present day needs.
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Chaplin May Be Witness In Mann Act Case
Charlie Chaplin may testify this week to deny transporting red-haired Joan Berry to New York for immoral purposes. Trial resumes in Judge J F T O Connor's court as the government rests its case.
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Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York City
J. F. T. O’connor
Jeff Giesler
Charlin
Giesler
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Waldorf Astoria
Carnegie Hall
Roberts Dissent Critics Delegation Of Lawmaking Power
Justice Roberts dissented on rent control under the price control act arguing Congress unconstitutional as delegating lawmaking power to an administrative official. He said war emergencies do not justify abdication of legislative power to an executive.
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Roberts
Justice Roberts
Congress
United States
Storms Leave Medina and Edwards Areas Damaged
A wind and hail storm struck Medina causing the Bethel hotel area to remain occupied with no injuries. Across the street a two story home was uns roofed as damage spread to the railroad depot and several homes. Town Marshal Roy Hargrove reported one house demolished eight more damaged and barns blown away. A separate storm near Edwards, Mississippi produced a tor nado like sweep five miles long and a quarter mile wide destroying or damaging several houses and three large barns.
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Medina
Roy Hargrove
Edwards
Miss
Reds Push Toward Lwow Amid Nazi Center Claims
German broadcasts claimed a massive Russian push of 100000 troops into a new Mogilev sector drive in White Russia. The report had no Soviet confirmation and highlighted ongoing Soviet-German combat mentions in wartime coverage.
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Mogilev
White Russia
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