Torrid West Virginia GOP fight shapes primary
In West Virginia a heated GOP battle over party control and Dewey backed delegates intensified the Republican primary. Funkhouser leads a Dewey faction opposing Hallanan backed by the state organization and miners union. 19 delegates will be chosen from 49 candidates. Democratic Race centers on Roosevelt bid with Holt Meadows and others contesting the governorship. Moody details on Bricker and Taft appear in surrounding coverage.
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Associated Press
Republican Party
West Virginia
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Raymond J. Funkhouse
Charlestown
GOP
Walter S. Hallanan
Funkhouser
Dewey
Hallonan
Roosevelt
Rush D. Holt
United States
Clarence ‘W. Meadows
Beckley
J. Blackburn Watts
Charleston
Grover G. McPeek
Meadows
M. M. Neely
Holt
Neely
D. Boone Dawson
United Mine Workers
William McKinley Garrison
Wayne
Robert E.hannegan
Bricker
Hio
Mr. Roosevelt
Deleoem
RAF Night Raiders Batters European Targets Again
The first airmen home from Igium report a hit on a night fighter field at Florennes with damaged hangars runways and planes. British Lancasters and Halifaxs dropped explosives on multiple targets last night while heavy Mediterranean bombers were grounded. Night Raiders bombed rail yards near Haine Pierre Belgium and an air field seaplane base near Brest.
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Igium
Florennes
Channel
Folkestone
Mediterranean
Balkan
RAF
Haine
Pierre
Belgium
Brest
Markets drift with scarce gains amid cautious trading
New York stocks showed ultra cautious behavior with few favorites attracting support at year peaks while most leaders eased. Turnover ran about 600 000 shares as prices moved irregularly. Nashville cattle and hog markets were slow to steady with moderate demand for good beef cows and varying weights of hogs and lambs listed.
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New York
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Tenn
Federal State Market News Service
Plea for TVA Turned Down in Flood Control Debate
In Washington on May 8 the House defeated efforts to exempt the Tennessee Valley Authority from postwar flood control regulations. Amendments by Reps Rankin and Gore to make the TVA inapplicable failed 52 to 18 and 65 to 26 respectively. An Army Engineers usage amendment and a change removing “conservation and other facilities” were approved.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Secretary of War
House
Rankin
Miss
Gore
Tenn
TVA
Army Engineers
Whittington
Lieutenant Hubbell Awarded Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster
First lieutenant Robert H. Hubbell a 24 year old B 17 Flying Fortress pilot with the Eighth AAF has received the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement. He is the son of Mrs K H Hubbell of Topeka Kansas and his wife Mrs Pamphelia Hubbell resides in Decatur. The Black Hills are described as domed mountains.
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Robert H. Hubbell
Hubbell
K. H. Hubbell
East 7Th St. Topeka
Kan
Pamphelia Hubbell
Decatur
Allied Air Blitz Hits Berlin and Western Germany
American and Allied air forces conducted heavy nighttime and daytime raids across Berlin Brunswick and western Germany with about 4500 planes involved over two days. Losses included 36 bombers and 13 fighters, while Liberators Fortresses Marauders and Mitchells bombed rail yards coast defenses and rail centers.
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France
Germany
Osnabruck
Ruhr
Berlin
Brunswick
Channel
U. S
Brussels
Calais
Cherbourg
Hitler
Mills fix prices lift cotton futures amid demand shifts
New York traders fixed prices against government textile awards today, giving a firm tone to cotton futures. New Orleans acted as a steady buyer for distant deliveries amid an unfavorable crop outlook. May liquidation continued and shifted to later months. Prices closed around May 21.18, July 20.68, October 20.05 per bale.
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New York
New Orleans
Butter and Eggs Market Report from Chicago
Butter firm with receipts 588 019 and market unchanged. Eggs receipts 33 574 and market unchanged.
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Chicago
Masked Girls Slay Student in Harlem School
Two masked 12 year old girls attacked nine year old Margaret Patton at a Harlem public school gym injuring her with a letter opener. Police detained the girls at a bonfire where report cards knives and a mask burned. Motive unknown, police link feud dating to last October.
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New York
Harlem
Margaret Patton
Joseph Haeser
Margaret
Patton
Mother's Day program at Carey Baptist Church
Care y Baptist church will present a Mother's Day program after Sunday school Sunday. Bro. Steelman, pastor, preaches the 1st and 3rd Sundays. Relatives here note Mrs A L Wright is improving and will return to Redstone Arsenal. S/Sgt Freddie Bumpus visits from New York. Pvt Jim Clutts home on furlough from New York for 15 days. Many local visits and family news during the period.
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Carey Baptist Church
Bro
Steelman
A. L. Wright
Redstone Arsenal
Sidney McMunn
Camp Stewart
Junior Eaton
Birmingham Hospital
Freddie Bumpus
Medical Corps
New York
Jim Clutts
Emma Clutts
Kate Clark
Cross Keys
J. P. Wallace, Jr
Tennessee
Earl
Matt” Bumpus
L. C. Bumpus
Buddie
S. A. Sharp
Cornersville
Tenn
A. D. Culps
Martha Ruf
Powers Hospital
Athens
Earl Bumpus
Robert Broadway
Helen Broadway
Haskel Bains
Victory garden output in New York City tops 200 million pounds
NYC Victory gardens produced an estimated 200 million pounds of vegetables in the summer of 1943. The effort involved four hundred thousand gardens across the city, reflecting widespread home front food production during World War II.
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Victory Gardens
New York City
Slavery Import Estimate Cited for 1808 Context
By 1808 when import of African slaves was prohibited it was estimated that Negroes were being brought to the United States at about 20 000 per year. The figure reflects contemporary concerns over the slave trade and the scale of enslaved labor in early American history.
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U. S
Italian Boy Is Adopted In Atlanta War Aid Effort
In Atlanta on May 9 1945 Italian boy Mario Pullo aged 11 orphaned by an air raid may attend the University of Georgia someday through the Uncles Club a group of American soldiers. Capt Eugene Phillips who found Mario in Naples led the plan with Morris Rosenberg to send him to school and later to Georgia. The club raised funds, enrolled Mario in music lessons and English tutoring, and arranged for him to work as an office boy while awaiting wartime permissions for formal schooling.
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Atlanta
Mario Pullo
University of Georgia
Eugene, Phillips
Royston
Mario
Morris W. Rosenberg
Phillips
Naples
Army
Uncles Club
William B. Gunter
Commerce
Allen R. Kenyon
Gainesville
Royal Conservatory of Music
Uncles
Georgia
University
M. D. Phillips
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Salerno
Weather favorable for invasion operation in Western Europe
An expert predicts the driest, sunniest spring since 1940 will keep invasion terrain firm through May and June. Low rivers and usable airfields aid Allied ground and air forces under Eisenhower, but a single bad day could erase months of favorable weather and cost thousands of lives on D-day.
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London
Adolph Hitler
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
France
Airways Club Opens Season With 7 3 Win
Southern Airways defeats St Bernard College 7 to 3 in Cullman to start the baseball season. 18 players under Sgt Harry Pieper traveled for the opener. Kostrzewa hits at .500 while Ques fans nine in a two hit, two walk effort. St Bernard schedules a return game with the Decatur Flyers May 14 if the home field is open.
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St. Bernard College
Southern Airways
Sgt
Harry Pieper
Cullman
Kostrzewa
Sgt. Willett
Ques
Decatur Flyters
Yarbrough to Meet Decatur Chamber on Priority Problems
Thomas R. Yarbrough will be in the Decatur Chamber of Commerce office Wednesday to discuss priority problems with those inter.
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Thomas R. Yarbrough
Decatur Chambers
Commerce
Two Honored at Dinner Here
The Why Not But Here Cafe hosted a farewell dinner for Mrs. J Q Trim and Miss Bonnie Lou Jones, assistant clerks to the local gasoline board. Mrs. Trim departs for Fort Myers Florida with her husband Pvt Trim, while Miss Jones will enroll at Alabama College Montevallo for the summer term. Geraldine Briscoe organized the event attended by the honorees and local families and friends.
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Second Avenue
J. Q. Trim
Bonnie Lou Jones
Trim
Pvt. Trim
Fort Myers
Fla
Miss Jones
Alabama College
Montevallo
Geraldine Briscoe
A. C. Bailey
Allison Bailey
H. R. Ross
Hubert Ross
E. W. Strother
Mary Kathryn Strother
Raymond Britain
George T. Woodruff
Limestone Used in Steel Blast Furnaces to Remove Silica
Limestone is used in steel blast furnaces to remove silica and alumina during ore processing. The process helps purify molten iron by binding impurities and producing slag.
Allied Air and Ground Offensives Hit Japanese in Pacific China Fronts
Allied forces blasted Hollandia and other New Guinea targets with 295 tons of explosives and struck Truk, Woleai, and Loyang as Japanese positions at Cape Hoskins and Loyang faced pressure. Central Pacific bombers hit Guam while Kohima Imphal fighting continued with substantial Japanese casualties. Chinese defenses repelled a Yellow River crossing attempt as Loyang neared.
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Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press
Japan
China
Henan
Wake Island-Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Slapan
Hollandia
Schouten Islands
New Guinea
Woleai
Carolines
Truk
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Central Pacific
Guam
U. S
Philippines
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Navy Ventura
Allied Southeast Asia
India- Burma
Kohima
India
Imphal
Loyang
Yi River
Chungking
Yellow River
Shans Province
Lovang
Tokyo Radio
Honan
Negro voters surge as Towns inspires registrations in Georgia
George A. Towns, retired Atlanta University professor, says he helped about 1,000 Negroes register at Fulton County Courthouse ahead of the July 4 Democratic primary. He recounts questioning by a detective and sheriff and a threat of arrest by a police lieutenant, while noting large-scale registrations statewide after the Supreme Court ruling.
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Atlanta
Georgia
George A. Towns
Atlanta University
Fulton County
U. S. Supreme Court
Trio of Negroes File Complaints With ICC Over Dining Car Service
Three Negroes filed complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging Gulf, Mobile and Ohio and Texas and Pacific railroads refused dining car service. They seek $2,500 damages each and orders to stop such actions. Plaintiffs include John L. Le Flore and Alfred S. Crishon of Mobile Alabama and Yolanda Barnett of New York City.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
ICC
Commission
John L. le Flore
Alfred S. Crishon
Mobile
Ala
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Pullman
Meridian
Miss
Yolanda Barnett
New York City
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Texas
Truman T. King Dies From Heart Ailment
Truman T. King aged 28 died Monday night at 11 30 at his home 1010 Tower Avenue Decatur after a brief illness from a heart ailment He is survived by wife Margaret Oliver King two children Tommie and Jaanita his father Wilson King two sisters Ollie Mae King Huntsville and Mrs J E Fowler Roanoke NC and one brother Pvt Howard King overseas Funeral services will be announced by Mutual service awaiting advices from relatives.
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Tuman T. King
Tower Avenue
Decatur
Mr. King
Margaret Oliver King
Tommie
Jaanita
Wilson King
Ollie Mae King
Huntsville
J. E. Fowler
Roanoke
N. C
Pvt
Howard King
Mutual Service
Uproot Nazism and consider postwar Germany
The text argues that Nazism and Prussian militarism must be eradicated and many guilty faces should face death or imprisonment. After that, Germany could be helped to rebuild as a democratic nation, with some dismemberment possible as debated by a Soviet journal. It questions Allied attitudes after a future invasion and notes American troops will land in Western Europe.
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Germany
War and
Bosil Stein
The
Foreign Commissariat
Europe
Return to England After Night Flight Over Ocean
The narrator recalls a perilous midnight flight over the sea in a large plane. Engines faltered and the crew warned of danger as anticipation and fear mounted. Dawn revealed a red sunrise over mountains of clouds before landing in England and a warm reception from RAF and USAAF personnel.
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Colonel Donaldson
England
RAF
USAAF
London
Farm Bureau Day to Highlight Decatur Agriculture
Maynard Layman urged Decatur retailers to back Farm Bureau Day on August 4 a major event to showcase Morgan County agriculture Governor Chauncey Sparks to speak at the Farm Bureau annual session in the morning with a dairy and beef calf show and small grain display in the afternoon Layman cited the Alabama Dairy Products and Arrow Provisions ventures as drivers of local farming and merchant support urged actions to boost dairy and beef cattle production for community prosperity.
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Decatur
Maynard Layman
Agricultural Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Morgan County Farm Bureau
Chauncey Sparks
Morgan County
Layman
Alabama Dairy Products Company
Arrow Provisions Company
Yanks Stage Short Blitz At Anzio Beachhead
Anzio Beachhead Italy May 8 a small American force and three Sherman tanks routed a German strong point in 30 minutes. They knocked out four Panzer IV tanks a self propelled gun and captured two machine guns. One American infantryman wounded one Sherman damaged.
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Daniel DE Luce
Anzio
Italy
Infantes
Fred Clark, Jr
Anniston
Ala
Dead Woman's Carrier
Cisterna
William Campbell
Jackson Heights
New York City
Charley G. Haggerty
Senate filibuster tests poll tax ban next Monday
Senate debate over an anti poll tax bill heats up as Southern senators plan a test vote next Monday to invoke cloture. They expect a minority to block via the gag rule while allowing the majority to pass the measure if cloture fails.
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Washington
Senate
U S
Barkley
Soviet says Red Star reports heavy German losses on hill positions
The Red Star notes that three storied German fortifications near the bay entrance were difficult to capture. Russians took the first two hills after a fierce fight and pushed to seize a third hill deeper in enemy defenses. German casualties were heavy under air raids artillery fire and infantry assaults, with about 500 Germans killed on one hill.
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Red Star Dispatch
Red Star
Plans to recruit nine new industries for Decatur after the war
Nine new industrial prospects for location in Decatur were contacted in the past month. Representatives of several prospects visited Decatur for inspection and investigation. The industrial brief is being revised and an up to date informative brochure will be prepared for prospective new industries and distributing concerns.
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Decatur
Shelton
John M. Nelson
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