Dalton Ga Race Shows Georgia Politics Turn Heavy
In Dalton Georgia on March 28 a local political contest unfolds between Judge J M C Red Townsend and challenger C Hunter Dalton. Townsend, appointed by Gov Ellis Arnall, faces Dalton who says he announced a year ago and will pursue re election. Both candidates are described as red haired as observers note a subdued contest with Dalton stating no ax to grind and respect for Townsend.
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Dalton
Dade County
Georgia
Dade
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Alabama
Townsend
Cherokee Circuit
C. Hunter Dalton
Judge Townsend
Lamar Ball
Atlanta Constitution
Ellis Arnall
John C. Mitchell
Mitchell
Scout Troop 208 Plans Ball Knob Mountain Campout
Boy Scouts Troop 208 met at the old Fairview schoolhouse at 7 30 PM on Monday. Jr Assistant Scoutmaster David Feid led ten minute patrol meetings and dues collection. The group discussed a camping trip starting Friday at 6 PM on Ball Knob Mountain through Sunday noon, with a detailed activity schedule and food supplies. Kenneth Welles, the troop bugler, performed various calls. Taps and the Scoutmaster’s benediction closed the meeting led by the Junior Assistant Scoutmaster.
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Fairview
David Feid
Ball Knob Mountain
Kenneth Welles
Scribe
J. W. Haynes
Marriage of Miss Grace Bullard and William Lorance
Miss Grace Bullard wed William Edward Lorance at the groom’s home with Rev. S E Berry officiating. The couple is the child of W D Bullard and Mrs. Bullard, and Marvin Lorance and Mrs. Lorance of Priceville are the groom’s parents. Local society notes include visits and gatherings among families from Knoxville Hart selle and Oak Ridge.
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Grace Bullard
W. D. Bullard
William Edward Lorance
Marvin Lorance
Priceville
S. E. Berry
Leona Montgomery
Barton
Homer Montgomery
Tentative contract for Morgan county road project
Morgan county Board of Revenue and Control signed a tentative contract Monday with Mitchell Brothers of Birmingham to equip the new road between Hartselle and Danville. The 4 1 2 mile route runs from the Morgan and Lawrence county lines east to Danville. The plan, tied to a December 13 agreement, splits costs equally. Morgan county covers its share. If weather cooperates, completion is expected in sixty days.
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Morgan County Board of Revenue and Control
Mitchell Brothers
Birmingham
Hartselle
Danville
Morgan and
Lawrence County
Morgan County
Across Daily Crossword Clues From A Puzzled Page
A dense list of crossword clues fills the page fragment from Across Daily Crossword. Entries include 21 Perch 22 Tryingly 3 Floral 1 Remove print and many numbered hints across and down such as River and Therefore We also see entries like Vehicle Prophet Obtained Mend Look askance and several more obscure terms alongside classic crossword fodder.
Markets slide after brisk session as volume rises New York
Markets in New York show overall weakness as heavy volume on March 28 pushes prices lower after a morning rally in rails liquors amusements and specialties. Turnover tops 1,000,000 shares while the tick tape lags. cattle hogs and sheep prices vary with calves and lambs showing mixed gains and losses across classes.
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New York
Cotton futures rise to seasonal highs on demand
New York cotton futures climbed to seasonal highs as war textile orders and steady buying influenced markets. May delivery led gains amid hedge selling and May liquidation, with New Orleans demand focusing on new crop. Late values added 38 to 45 cents per bale, May at 20.95, July 20.61, Oct 20.14.
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N.Y
New York
Commission House
New Orleans
Grain futures slip as ceilings curb gains
Chicago March 28 Wheat and rye futures closed with a weak undertone after firmness earlier. Oats fell on news of forthcoming permanent ceilings about a month away, causing a slight rollback from current temporary maximums. Wheat ended unchanged to 3-4 lower, May 1.73 1 4, July 1.69 5 8. oats down 1 8 to 1 1 4, May 81 7 8. rye down 3 4 to 1 1 8, May 1.28 3 4 to 7 8. barley off 5 8 to 1 1 4, July 1.24.
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Chicago
Nashville Livestock Cattle Prices Signal Tight Slaughter Offerings
In Nashville Tennessee on March 28 federal state news service reports scarce slaughter offerings to test the market. Undertone steady with medium to good steer and yearling prices at 12.75 to 14.50, late Monday some lots reaching 15.50 to 15.75, odd heads to 16.00, and weaker classes down to common and medium grades.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal-State News Service
Allied Air Operations Near Rome and Adriatic Targets
Allied action details include missiles at Masisciano north of Rome and at Perugia and Grosseto, a Baltimore strike 35 miles southwest of Ancona, a direct hit near San Valentino southwest of Pescara, airacobras bombing bridges at Monte Pescali and Montalto di Castro, and Kittyhawk strafing runs against grounded aircraft at Rimini and Forli.
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Masisciano
Rome
Perugia
Grosseto
Baltimores
Ancona
Neaer San Valentino
Pescara
Airacobras
Monte Pescali
Montalto di Castro
Kittyhawks
Rimini
Forli
Negro Surgeon John H Hale Dies in Nashville
Dr. John Henry Hale, 65, Negro chief of Meharry Medical College's surgical staff and a leading Black physician, died last night in Nashville. He was slated to receive a Distinguished Service Medal at Tuskegee Institute next month for outstanding contributions to the Negro medical profession.
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Nashville, Tenn
John Henry Hale
Meharry Medical College
John A. Andrew
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Aztec slave trade noted in cocoa bean payment
Historical account states slaves were bought by the Aztecs for 100 cocoa beans, reflecting a form of currency in pre Columbian society. The brief excerpt highlights a barter system using cacao as a medium of exchange within the empire.
Chocolate as currency in Central America by 1880
The note recalls chocolate functioning as currency in isolated Central American communities through the late 19th century. It also mentions ancient Olympic divers earning livelihoods by sponge diving and states Cuba as the only current chrome ore source available to the United States.
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Central America
Cuba
United States
Rites Wednesday for G. E. Langley
Funeral services are set for Wednesday morning for George Ed ward Langley 71 who died March 24 at his home 1326 Third Avenue South Survived by his widow three sons W H and Fred die of Decatur and Thomas E of California three daughters Mrs James A Lentz Mrs A L Askenburg of Decatur and Mrs Earl Harvey of Gulfport Services will be at 1030 at the home of Mrs Askenburg 1601 Eighth Street East with Rev B B Burks of Southside Baptist Church officiating Interment in Roselawn cemetery Mutual Service directing Pallbearers Tennis Teague Lonnie Gibson Woodrow Chapman Northern Levell Finch James Roberts and Bill Call.
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George Edward Langley
Third Avenue South
W. H. and
Freddie
Decatur
Thomas E
California
James A. Lentz
A. L. Askenburg
Earl Harvey
Gulfport
Askenburg
Eighth Street East
Advertising bill urged for wartime small papers ads
Washington March 28 A Doughton House Ways and Means chairman urged the Rules Committee to clear early House action on a bill by Representative Cannon to let the government spend 12.5 to 15 million dollars in the new fiscal year for paid advertisements in small newspapers to promote war bond drives. The Senate already passed a similar Bankhead measure.
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Washington
Doughton
N.C
House
Ways and Means
Rules Committee
Cannon
Bankhead
D. Ala
Senate
Rate Discrimination Decreed by Senator Caraway
Senator Caraway declares discriminatory freight rates harm Arkansas manufacturing and vows to fight uniform rates. She cites furniture shipments from Fort Smith to Indianapolis at $1 per hundred pounds versus 79 cents in the Eastern territory for the same mileage, illustrating the disparity.
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Washington
Senator Caraway
D-Ark
Senate Today
Arkansas
Senate
Caraway
Fort Smith
Ark
Indianapolis
Material Awaited by Red Cross Unit
The Morgan County Red Cross chapter dressing room will not open tonight because needed materials for dressings have not arrived. Work on dressings is expected to begin soon, and the public will be notified immediately when materials arrive.
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Morgan County Red Cross Chapter
Protest to Great Britain on leakage of information
United States officials protested to Britain over leakage of information on mutual problems. A State Department spokesman said Washington opposes political censorship. Michael J. McDermott, public relations aide to Secretary Hull, spoke with reporters after Hull faced questions at a press conference for the second day.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
Hull
Child Passes Away in Athens Family Mourns Loss
Little Barbara A Broadway three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Broadway of Athens died March 26 at 630 pm at home. Funeral services were held at the residence at 1 pm conducted by Rev Tingley of Athens with interment in Galtin cemetery near Ardmore Mutual Service directing. She is survived by her parents a brother Herman and a sister Ida.
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Barbara A. Broadway
Athens
Herman Broadway
Rev. Tingley
Galtin
Ardmore
Herman
Ida
Local Clinic Reports and City Docket Updates
Mrs Tom Williamson of Athens 5 is a patient at Baughs infirmary. Mrs FE E Darnell underwent an operation at Baughs infirmary Tuesday. Four cases were listed on this mornings city docket. Two persons charged with violating the prohibition law were listed, one fined 25 dollars and the other 100 dollars, in addition to one violation of the traffic law fined 1 dollar and a 50 dollar fine issued on a charge of vagrancy. Norman Burleson of Fairview underwent a tonsilectomy at the Decatur clinic Monday. Mrs L R Cagle of Elkmont 1 underwent an operation Monday at Baughs infirmary.
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Tom Williamson
Athens 5
Baugh’s Infirmary
FE. E. Darnell
Norman Burleson
Fairview
Decatur Clinic
L. R. Cagle
Elkmont 1
Baugh’'s Infirmary
Russians tighten siege of Czernowitz garrison amid drive on Nikolaev
Dispatches report the Nazi garrison inside Czernowitz still clinging to a ring around the city as the Red Army encircles the fortress. In the east, Gen Rodion Malinovsky’s Third Ukrainian Army fights in the outskirts of Nikolaev as Russians breach German defense lines and slaughter hundreds of defenders.
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Czernowitz
Red Army
Russia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Nikolaev
Black
Davis denies OWI employes communists
Elmer Davis war information director told the house rules committee that OWI does not employ communists or fellow travelers and has halted nearly all direct news dispatches to service members. He opposed a bill to form a congressional committee to review OWI activities, saying it would keep them busy testifying and delaying work.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
War Information
OWT
House Rules Committee
OWI
Armed Services
Davis
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Congressional
OWII
Congress
Rep. Cox
D.-Ga
Cage Rules Are Changed In National Basketball Rules
New York March 28 The national basketball rules committee announced four major changes effective with the 1944 45 season. Personal fouls rise from four to five unlimited substitutions officials may suspend play at any time and defensive players may not touch the ball on its downward flight toward the basket on a try for goal except when the shot is obviously short.
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New York
National Basketball Rules Committee
Parker Family Hosts Dinner in Honor of Corporal Cross
Mary Clarke Parker of Lawrence County hosted a dinner in honor of Corporal Roland Cross. W T Parker and Alfred Reeves visited Odell and Alvis Hallmark of Town Creek. A large crowd attended New Hope church Sunday school. Bro D Montgomery will preach there April 2. Lester Glenn, employed in Sheffield, visited home. Arthur Reeves of Town Creek visited with J D Reeves and family.
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Mary Clarke Parker
Lawrence County
Matthew Cross
Roland Cross
W. T. Parker
Alfred Reeves
Odell
Alvis Hallmark
Town Creek
New Hope Church
Bro. D. Montgomery
Lester Glenn
Sheffield
Arthur Reeves
J. D. Reeves
Pilot Arrives at Miami Beach Air Station
Pi-Capt. A'Delbert Bowen, a B WY pilot from Tuscumbia Alabama, arrives at the redistribution station in Miami Beach. He has flown 40 sorties in North African and European theatres and holds the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He will be reassigned after a rest period.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Delbert Bowen
BWY
Tuscumbia
Ala
Air Forces
Domestic lend-lease proposal aims at war surplus use
Senator Clark of Missouri proposed a domestic lend-lease program to loan or lease surplus war materials to states counties and municipalities for land improvement soil conservation flood control road construction and health betterment.
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Washington
Clark
Tarnopol and Kovel in focus as Russian drive nears Warsaw
A London commentator notes that Tarnopol may soon fall, signaling a major shift on the Eastern front. Reports claim Kovel is under Berlin concern as Moscow expands pressure toward Poland while Turkey faces a pivotal neutrality decision.
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Berlin
Kovel
Warsaw
Moscow
Balkans
Turkey
Measles and pneumonia hit Limestone County people
Harold Holt son of Mr and Mrs Dale Holt has measles and pneumonia at home. Others with measles include James Field Robinson Madge Holt Fay Willis Evelyn Willis Mathlene Wallace Robbie Ann Wallace Price Wayne Allen and Julian Andrews. Mrs Joe Holt improving after a week in bed. Dr V C Mayhall from Athens called to see her Thursday. Mrs Jessie Willis asked Dr Mayhall to see Fay and Evelyn Willis at the Harlow home. Born to Mr and Mrs Roy Holt a girl on March 20 and to Mr and Mrs Robert Daly a son on March 21. Mrs Beulah Spence visited Mrs Carl Robinson in Elkmont Wednesday. Virginia Allen expected home Monday from Huntsville after Redstone work since January. Mr and Mrs H F Dunnavant visited Athens Thursday. Mr and Mrs W B Spence improving after illness. Mrs Thomas W Pettus Miss Anna Dew and Ruby Jo Pettus from Veto visited W B Spence Sunday. J A Robinson stayed with Thomas W Pettus at Veto Saturday night. Mrs Ernest Hargrove visited Friday night with Pink Rochell family then returned to Erle Hargrove in Athens. Mrs Hillis Stanford able to attend Sunday school after illness.
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Harold Holt
Dale Holt
James Field Robinson
Madge Holt
Fay Willis
Evelyn Willis
Mathlene Wallace
Robbie Ann Wallace
Price Wayne Allen
Julian Andrews
Joe Holt
V. C. Mayhall
Athens
Jessie Willis
Mayhall
Fay
W. B. Spence
Thomas W. Pettus
Anna Dew
Ruby Jo Pettus
Veto
J. A. Robinson
Ernest Hargrove
Pink Rochell
Erle Hargrove
Hillis Stanford
War Secretary Stimson urges continued wartime price controls
Secretary of War Stimson testified before the Senate banking committee urging continuation of price controls beyond June 30 to protect soldiers and dependents purchasing power and to prevent price rises that would inflate war costs. He noted stable prices and government purchases support defense industry and warned against lifting controls now.
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Washington
Stimson
Senate Banking Committee
Anzio shelling and fear from a frontline correspondent
A frontline account describes German artillery at Anzio with 88s and multimodal shells striking near and far. The writer notes variable shelling, difficulty judging distance or direction, and the physical toll of fear, shaking joints, and quick breaths during night raids and flare-lit bombardments.
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