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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
3
Associated Press reports Democrats in six states choose delegates as President Roosevelt nears a four term bid. With 415 of 510 delegates pledged or claimed, Missouri Wyoming and Ohio primaries loom as votes align to back a fourth term.
The report notes likely heavy support for the president's fourth term. Delegates from Missouri Wyoming Ohio North Dakota Washington state may join, while Bricker leads in Ohio with 50 GOP votes. West Virginia awards 19 Republican delegates. Taft expected renomination in Ohio as voting continues.
Tokyo says it is ready to dispatch a vessel to Vladivostok to collect supplies sent from the United States for American war prisoners and civilian internees in Japanese hands. The plan is tied to Japan's reply to US charges on mistreatment of prisoners, delivered to the Swiss minister on May 3.
Two Army airmen died when an advanced trainer crashed six miles from Craig Field in Selma Alabama. Victims were Second Lt. John E. Devine of Albany New York and Aviation Cadet Jerome Charles Carine of Lemoyne Pennsylvania.
North Carolina and Virginia together produce 84 percent of the 170 billion cigarettes manufactured annually, highlighting the dominance of two states in major tobacco output.
Rev Harold Green, vicar of St Nicholas Ipswich, says he verified a startling sky vision seen by hundreds of residents. The apparition lasted about 15 minutes forming a white cross then a bowed Jesus with crossed feet. Some residents offered light on ice crystals as a possible explanation.
Washington preview of Senate tactics on the anti poll tax bill. Filibuster could block passage as Southern senators vow nonstop debate while cloture votes remain unlikely. House rule limits talk but Senate allows endless debate with two thirds needed for cloture.
British empire premier conference advances Allied global strategy with focus on Pacific victory after Germany's defeat. Prime Minister Curtin and Churchill push for a unified empire approach while Eden joins, signaling coherence with U S wartime policy and postwar planning.
In Montgomery Alabama on May 8 a heavily laden oil truck driven by Arthur Richardson of Birmingham was struck at a grade crossing by a Louisville and Nashville Pan American train. The truck exploded and fire scorched two train cars but no passengers or crew were injured.
The Senate uses amendments and corrections to the journal as privileged actions. Until finished no motions to consider the antipoll tax bill or cloture can be offered. A filibuster can block the process as members like Bloke and Blank clash over journal readings and amendments.
A dense listing of crossword clues for across and down with theme hints and a provided cryptoquote segment. The page includes a standard cryptoquote quotation attributed to Shakespeare and a note that the solution was distributed by King Features Syndicate.
In Kansas City, delegates from Northern and Southern Methodist churches complete integration of finances and polity at the quadrennial general conference. They back a united program to raise 25 million for reconstruction and world evangelism, urging prohibition of liquor production and sales.
The fragment mentions wartime emergency powers and an approval for Sunday hikes under Boy Scout direction, with an aside about ocean water color far from land described as nearly pure blue. The text is sparse and lacks additional named entities or concrete events.
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