Weather and cotton prices and local notices
Scattered thundershowers expected tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. State highs near 19 and lows around 67. Cotton prices across grades reported. Local movie listings include See Here Private Hargrove at the Princess The Good Fellows at the Roxy Variety Show at the Capitol. Numerous local notices follow including visits, awards, medical admissions, and public safety updates.
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Did Russians Get Cruiser Rumor Stir Senate Inquiry
Senator Bridges asked the senate to verify reports that an American cruiser was transferred to Russia amid wider lend lease claims. He warned such naval transfers would clash with wartime policy while noting the United States fights Japan at sea. President Roosevelt had indicated Russia would receive an equivalent of Italian fleet assets without detailing implementation.
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Washington
Bridges
R.N. H
Senate
Russia
New Hampshire
Japan
Roosevelt
Liquor Imports Hit Second-Highest April Total
Liquor imports in April reached 5 183 000 gallons, the second highest monthly total on record, based on internal revenue stamp sales reported by the Treasury. It fell 685 000 gallons short of March’s record volume.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
The
Treasury
Tire Explosion Breaks Man's Arm in Decatur
James Sandlin of Pulaski Tennessee was injured at 2:30 am when a truck tire exploded at a Shell Station on Sixth Avenue. He was taken to Decatur General Hospital by Brown's Ambulance and released after treatment.
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James Sandlin
Pulaski
Tenn
Shell Station
Sixth Avenue
Sandlin
Decatur General Hospital
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Brown
Soviet Front Lull Persists as German Attacks Reported
Moscow reports a lull on the Long Eastern front with small German reconnaissance in the Tiraspel area and no major changes along the land front. The Soviet bulletin says 300 Germans were killed in recent Dnestr clashes and 23 Nazi planes were destroyed in two days.
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London
Tiraspel
Dnestr
Moscow
Ernst von Hammer
Berlin
Siret
P. P. Voronin
Chief pilot Bill Collins Leads Marauder Crew in England
Lt. Bill Collins known as Chief is a bold B-26 Marauder pilot in England. His crew trusts his aggressive flying under flak as they complete missions and celebrate by returning to their home field with a dramatic landing.
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Ernie Pyle
England
Bill Collins
Chief
America
Marauder Pilots and Their War Time Feats
Marauder pilots fly at 250 miles per hour just above ground level and fire red flares like a Christmas tree. Chief, formerly with Aetna Life Insurance in Hartford, is 25 and weighing future with war offers. Lieut Red Dog Jack Arnold, 22, trained as infantry before bombing duties, believes he has killed thousands of Germans and praises his bombing roles. (Continued on Page Five)
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Aetna Life Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
Jack Arnold
Red Dog
Army
Bombardier
Priest Relates Execution Tale From New Guinea Capture
August Beuers, a German mission brother, recounts to a journalist how a Japanese guard named Torino delivered a Christian Bible message to two American airmen near Madang New Guinea before their execution. The prisoners were bound, fed little, and their captors reportedly killed them days later.
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Madang
New Guinea
August Beuers
Muenster
Germany
Beuers
Arnold M. Manhs
Tilleda
Wis
Torind
Maj
Natehara
Torino
Rev
Luttmer
Greyhound Bus Crash Kills Driver and Teen in Kentucky
A Southeastern Greyhound bus carrying 60 passengers crashed into a stone pillar near Fort Mitchell Kentucky after veering off the road. Driver Hugh Conlee 42 of Cincinnati and a 17 year old Crossville Tennessee girl Sue Hodge died. Thirty eight others were injured, many residents of Kentucky and Tennessee.
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Covington
Southeastern Greyhound
Fort Mitchell
Crossville, Tenn
Hugh Conlee
Cincinnati
Sue Hodge
Conlee
Kentucky
Tennessee
House prepares tax bill for Roosevelt signature
May 23 report that the House moved to speed the tax simplification bill to President Roosevelt for enactment. Earlier plans to finish yesterday with minor Senate amendments were delayed by other matters.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
Invasion Tenseness Grips Britain As Trains Sparse
Britain faces drastic cuts in main line train schedules causing civilian stranding at stations. Troops receive priority on remaining services while verses of invasion threat loom. Reports say German air scouts patrol skies as Berlin and Vichy broadcasts claim Allied movements and threats from Corsica.
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James’ F. King
London
Britain
Senre
Stockholm
Daily Express
Stalag Luff II
The
Express
England
Berlin
Ritter von Schramm
Bersen Zeitung
Dwight D Eisenhower
France
Denmark
Roosevelt
Europe
Vichy Radio
Corsica
Air Armadas Hit German Defenses in Allied Assault
Allied air forces conduct a day long offensive against German targets in France and Germany. About 3,500 Allied planes drop more than 5,000 tons of explosives on airfields rail yards and military objectives. Losses include 3 bombers and 3 fighters from the daylight raid and 35 RAF planes from night attacks targeting Dortmund Brunswick and other targets.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Hitler
Europe
Fort- Segre
Dortmund
Brunswick
Germany
Epina
Chaumont
Avord
Orleans-Bricy
Bourges
Etampes
Chateaudun
Pilots to Face Trial in German Courts
London reports a Svenska Dagbladet transcript that German peoples courts may try Allied airmen shot down during fighter plane attacks on trains and communications in Germany. The threat echoes Germany's December 23 declaration that captured Allied airmen would be tried as war criminals in response to Soviet trials.
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London
Germany
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Kharkov
Chinese Army Launches Counter-offensive in Henan
Field dispatches report the Chinese army began a major counter-offensive in Henan province, retaking a number of strategic points. Details were not immediately available.
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Chungking
Henan
Monsoon Slows Allied Drive on Myitkyina and Marcus Island Raid
Monsoon rains slow the Burma offensive against Myitkyina as Gen Stilwell pushes to link Burma and Ledo roads. Radio silence conceals details of a Marcus Island raid by Allied forces as Tokyo reports seven carrier strikes. In India, British troops halt Japanese attempts to disrupt Brahmaputra lines near Kohima.
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Myitkyina
Marcus Island
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
Ledo
China
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Marcus
India
Brahmaputra Valley
Assam-Bengal
Southeast Asia
Kohima
No Doubt President Will Sign Congress Says Streamliner Tax Bill
Congress sent to the White House a simplification measure for 59 million taxpayers dubbed the streamliner. The House passed it unanimously and the Senate by voice vote, with President expected to sign. The plan replaces the wartime tax and shifts to a two tax system with new exemptions and withholding changes starting January first.
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Congress
White House
House
Senate
Doughton
D-N.c
Ways and Means Committee
Metaan
Armed Services
Planes blast Nazi targets around Rome in major Italy offensive
Allied forces launched a multi-pronged assault around the Rome area. The Eighth Army pushed from the east while Fifth Army coastal actions and air attacks hammered Nazi lines, with heavy bombers and fighters targeting positions near Cisterna and the Appian Way.
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Liri
Pontecorvo
Acquino
Piedimonte
Fifth Army
Appian Way
Pontine Marshes
Berlin
Pico
Rome
Hitler
Italy
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Cisterna
Lake Fogliand
Littoria
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Atta Berlin
Nt Sour
Aprilia
Cisterna-Littoria
Battle in Italy Intensifies As Allied Pushes Grow
The war in Italy tightens as German reinforcements arrive to halt the Allied assault. Berlin hints at a possible retreat to Northern Italy while the Allies vow to destroy the German army and press toward a finish. The Anzio beachhead and Corsica troop concentrations raise concerns of a new coastal operation. Continued on Page
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Hitler
DNB
Somme
Verdun
Flanders
Brendan Bracken
Britain
Harold Alexander
Berlin
General Kesselring
Fifth Army
Marshal Kesselring
Anzio
Corsica
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