Weather and local notices from Decatur area
Weather outlook says tonight cool with frost inland and a fair Friday. Tennessee River rising to 23.15 feet. high 61 and low 31 degrees. Local cotton prices posted. Movie listings include I Deed It Princess Riding High Roxy Iceland Capitol. Several local notices cover military family visits and reunions, church events, baptist services, hospital births, awards, and arrests. Continues on page two.
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Tennessee
The
Princess
Roxy
Iceland
Capitol
Stimson opposes 4-F labor corps induction as last resort
Secretary of War Stimson said using 4-F men in an Army labor corps should be a last resort and urged Congress to craft national service legislation. He noted the Army is short about 200,000 of its 7.7 million manpower goal and potential 4-F inductions would shift personnel and job assignments domestically.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Robert P. Patterson
Congress
Canitol Hill
War Secretary
Army College
United States
Brother and Sister Meet in Britain During WWII Service
Lt Marjory Scruggs and her brother Pfc Burleson Scruggs, both in service, are stationed in England and discovered they were not far apart after a reunion. They had not seen each other in two years and learned they were on the same transport ship before landing. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Scruggs of Decatur.
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Marjory Scruggs
Pfc
Burleson Scruggs
England
Scruggs
J. H. Scruggs
Decatur 3
Secretary In Frank Confession Of His Disappointment
Secretary of War Stimson discussed Cassino saying the Germans stopped the Allies and the attack subsided without achieving hoped results. He noted German defense on steep hills, rubble as cover, and rain hindering tanks, while promising lessons learned will aid future operations. He also reviewed air and naval actions against Japan and Germany, noting Luftwaffe strength and ongoing Allied losses and countermeasures.
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Washington
Stimson
Cassino
England
Germany
Luftwaffe
Berlin
Southwest
Pacific
Stimeon
Burma
City Falls as Prut River Defensive Breached
London March 30 Red Army forces stormed Czernowitz the third largest prewar Romanian city, after crossing the Prut river and breaking into the city from north and west. Stalin proclaimed the fall and cited strategic value, while Berlin noted German disengagements elsewhere as Russians push through the Carpathian foothills toward Czechoslovakia on the Lwow Bucharest railway front.
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London
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Balkans
Red Army
Stalin
Berlin
Rumania
Prut
Lwow
Old Poland
Iasi Jassy
Galatz
Danube
Ploesti
Poland
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Kolomea
Baltics
Vitebsk
Chausy
Gregory K. Zhukov
Chaplin to Take Stand in Mann Act Trial
Los Angeles March 30 The nation's press reports Charlie Chaplin's Mann Act case moves forward as defense calls witnesses before nightfall. Jurors hear about Miss Joan Berry and alleged transport to New York for immoral purposes, with evidence detailing Berry's November 1942 visits and related payments.
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Chaplin
Charles Edward Chaney
Charlie Chaplin
Los Angeles
Joan Berry
New York
Beverly Hills
Miss Berry
Chaney
James Lindsley
Jerry Giesler
Harry Cooper
Cooper
Giesler
Cole A. Car
Hollywood
J. F. T. O'Connor
Hans Ruesch
U.S
Charles H. Carr
Ruesch
Carr
Tulsa
Anzio Beachheadfront: flat land reshapes U S fighting
Ernie Pyle reports from Fifth Army beach head in Italy on March 30 describing the flat, open terrain that makes the beachhead the front line. He notes the lack of cover and the claustrophobic feel of near distances, contrasting with desert warfare experiences.
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Ernie Pyle
Fifth Army
Italy
Anzio
Tebessa
Anzio Beachhead Described With Rough Realities of War
A wartime narration portrays the Anzio beachhead as a place with little cover and shared danger for all ranks. Front lines and rear areas blend under shellfire, with hospitals, finance offices, and mess halls all exposed. The terrain includes small rises, groves, and trenches, while the article notes ongoing combat conditions.
Urgent Draft Deferment List for 22–25 Year Olds Announced
The War Production Board, with Army Navy and Maritime Commission, issued a list of urgent manufacturing programs needing deferments for men aged 22 to 25. Items include amphibious “ducks” tires radar rockets and trucks for the Army, landing craft and radar for the Navy, and tanker and cargo ship components for the Maritime Commission. Deferments are limited to individuals with extreme specialized skills who cannot be replaced within the plant.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
WPB
Army
Navy and Maritime Commission
Navy
Maritime Commission
Rising Rivers Still Menace Across the South
Flood waters swirled over low lands in Georgia Alabama Mississippi and North Louisiana causing heavy property damage blocking highways and drowning at least five people The American Red Cross sheltered 30 in Gadsden Alabama and expected numbers to rise to 200 if streams kept rising Montgomery Alabama prepared to move 25 to 30 families from low areas Two Georgia towns Dover on the Ogeechee and Newton on the Flint were inundated A 7500 horsepower hydro plant on the Flint at Albany was shut down Reeichholds Chemical plant at Fox Alabama suspended as the Warrior rose Five people died in Mississippi and Louisiana including Crown George Hickman and two Black youths near Aberdeen Mississippi and a man from Columbus Georgia The Tombigbee rose to 40 feet flooding thousands of acres Leaf river topped 18 feet near Hattiesburg Mississippi and a 22 foot flood stage was forecast for the Pearl and Chattahoochee waters Meanwhile Jackson Mississippi prepared sandbags and mass evacuation plans for Doodleville as Red Cross aid moved toward North Georgia and coastal areas
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Associated Press
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
American Red Cross
Gadsden
Ala
Montgomery
Dover
Ogeechee River
Newton
Flint
Albany
Reeichholds Chemical Company
Fox
Warrior
George Hickman
Aberdeen
Miss
Tombigbee
George Mathews
Columbus
Chattahoochee River
Shreveport
Willis W. Delaney
Athens
la., Planter
Hattiesburg
Meridian
Jackson
Walter A. Scott
Doodleville
South Jackson
Red Cross
Atlanta
North Georgia
Coosa River
Hawaii in imminent danger says Nimitz and Richardson
Admirals Nimitz and Richardson state in affidavits filed in federal court that Hawaii has been in imminent danger of invasion by Japanese forces since December 7, 1941, and remain under threat. They filed the affidavits with their answer to a habeas corpus challenge to martial law in Hawaii.
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U. S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Robert C. Richardson
Federal District Court
Hawai
Hawaii
Nimitz
Pacific Ocean
Richardson
United States Army
Central Pacific
Air Commandos Hit Japs Burma Blow
Allied Air Commandos struck Mohnyin Burma in an effort to isolate Myitkyina base as Stilwell and Chinese forces advance. Glider borne commandos damaged Mohnyin headquarters and disrupted railway connections. Chinese forces cut main road inside Mogau ng valley, establishing a road block near Laban while claiming about 2,500 Japanese killed at Myitkyina.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Allied
Mohnyin
Burma
Myitkyina
Joseph
India
Stilwell
Mogaung
Laban
Mountbatten
Shadurup
Tiddim
Imphal
New Delhi
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Pakin Island
Pakin
Churchill Wins Fourth Confidence Vote in Wartime
London March 30 Winston Churchill tonight won his eighth vote of confidence in four years a strong display as the House of Commons backed the government on the eve of a new Allied phase. The division stood 425 to 23 in a packed chamber amid tension over a separate equal pay for teachers amendment proposed by Mrs Cazalet Keir.
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James M. Long
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Sim Howell Seeks Post as Board Chairman
The announcement of Sim L. Howell's candidacy for chairman of the Board of Revenue and Control details his Mor gan county roots and World War I veteran status. It notes progress in debt retirement without tax increases, continued operations, new jail at 115000, courthouse annex, welfare building remodeling, and a plan to retire bonds in eight years with the goal of removing the one mill tax. Howell credits shared achievements and asks for public support.
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Sim L. Howell
Board of Revenue and Control
Mr. Howell
Danville
Morgan County
American Legion
Howell
Welfare Department
Tokyo Predicts Air Raid On City
Tokyo radio reported by U.S. monitors that Gen Kensuke Fujiye warned Allied air raids on Tokyo are inevitable and the capital faces a truly urgent state of affairs. Fujiye, new head of the Eastern defense command, urged government and civilian residents to unite and defend Tokyo to their best efforts.
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New York
Kensuke Fujiye
Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Fujiye
Eastern Defense Command
Allied air and ground actions over Italy and Balkans report
Allied forces repelled two small attacks on the Anzio beachhead as Fifth Army operations continued. Allied aircraft conducted widespread raids across Rome Turin Bolzano and the Adriatic region sweeping to Sofia. Bombing targeted rail lines Viterbo airdrome harbors and rail installations in Northwest Italy. Twenty two enemy aircraft were destroyed.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Anzio
Italy
Rome
Turin
Bolzano
Adriatic
Sofia
Cassino
Bulgaria
Viterbo
Churchill’s push for a confidence vote shocks Commons
The British prime minister shocks MPs by demanding a blanket vote of confidence in wartime and postwar policies after a domestic defeat. Critics say the move masks broader discontent and questions about international strategy among the Big Three and Allied conferences.
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Britain
United Nations
America
Russia
RAF and USAAF Bombardments Hit France and Germany
RAF Halifaxes struck railway targets at Vaires near Paris and Lancasters hit an engine works at Lyon, while Mosquitos bombed Kiel. US Eighth Air Force bombers attacked Brunswick and Pas de Calais as 48 German planes were downed. Nine US bombers and fighters did not return.
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London
Vaires
Paris
Lyon
France
Kiel
Air Ministry
RAF
Hitler
Reich
Berlin
Germany
United States
Eighth Air Force
Brunswick
Pas-De-Calais
U. S
Enem
Greu
Pas- De-Calais
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