Finland Finns and Sweden discuss Finnish act amid war rumors
Swedish event reports at 11:30 with Prime Minister Edvard briefed officials on whether Finland had acted. Stockholm says government weighs if Finland has taken steps in the Finland–Russia situation. Press reaction optimistic but no decisive action shown yet and no shift in alliance stance.
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Wei Ghanee
OLM
Sweden
Finland
Rasela
Reilabisio
Broedt i London
Micas
Ration cuts on pork ribs and beef spread nationwide
The Office of Price Administration announced Sunday that beef rib cuts and pork items would see reduced ration point values while veal mutton butter cheese lard and most fats would stay the same until March. Overall pork and beef points drop with pork products and canned meats affected.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Delegates Named From Third Alabama District
W L Rae of Columbia and W M Wien Dothan qualified as delegates from the Third Alabama Congressional District. Secretary Turner certified their qualifications as delegates to the Democratic convention, per party rules.
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W.L Lae
Columbia
W. M Wien
Ae Turner
Alabama Con- Orman
Bal Mery
World Today Me Assenseennnads Fragmentary War Update
Fragmented wartime notes describe German bombing raids and Soviet actions on multiple fronts. The text mentions air operations, Red Army movements near a Baltic front and a breakthrough near Anzio beachhead, with unclear details and several garbled phrases. Names and places are partially legible but many specifics are unreadable.
Senators Spurn Board Report On Draft Needs
By Jackson Elliott Washington AP Senators Johnson and Wheeler challenged the medical commission report that current physical standards need not be lowered renewing calls to review 5,000,000 occupational deferments. With draft quotas unmet in many states they criticized the fitness rules and the ongoing father draft. The armed forces require lower manpower thresholds, they argued, noting 45g players in sports are capable of military duties and urging action.
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Jackson
Elliott Washington
Medical Commission
Johnson
Dcolo
Wheeler
Postwar road building plan eyed by House committee
A three billion dollar postwar highway program was discussed by the House Roads Committee led by experts from the American Association of State Highway Officials and the Automotive Safety Foundation. The plan would run for three years with federal aid and state matching, targeting urban and secondary roads, while limiting federal share to seven percent.
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Ernest G. Warren Washington
America
House Roads Committee
Senate
8. C. Hadden
American Association of State Highway Officials
Automotive Safety Foundation
Nazi Ruhr plants back in full blast, Swedish officer says
Swedish cavalry Captain Jan Wilhelm Kuylenstierna reports from the front that German Ruhr industries are operating at full blast despite Allied bombing. He doubts reports of great destruction and says facilities are back in action within two to three months with minimal repairs.
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Btockholm
Germany
Poland
Ruhe
Jan Wilhelm Kuylenstierna
Massaete
Submarine Force Sinks 14 Japanese Vessels Says Navy Secretary
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced American submarines destroyed 14 Japanese vessels as well as reporting February totals of 189 ships sunk or damaged by all U S actions. He said over 3,000,000 tons of Japanese merchant shipping have been sunk across the war and cited improving anti submarine warfare on both sides.
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Washington
Knox
Knox Yard
Navy
Lomsey
Guam
Pacific
Kiaka
Aleutian Islands
Fire Hazards Ahead Warned By Fire Chief
Fire Chief J E Zigler warns that fire hazards rise as season nears with piled papers furniture and rubbish in attics and basements. He urges spring cleaning to prevent fires from renovations and painting amid labor shortages.
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J. EB. Zigler
Zigler
Wallace Boosters Line Up Delegates
In Seattle AP dispatch Major Albert J Stowe says Japanese forces at Kiska evacuated last August after word leaked. He notes Seattle knowledge of the planned invasion preceded U S arrival, leaving the island nearly bare as troops landed at 3 am.
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Seattle
Alaska
Kiska
Army
U. S
Albert J Stowe
Clayton Bissell
Army, Intelligence
Tronpa
Stowe
Wallace Backers Rally for Nomination Amid Delegates' Hope
Friends of Vice President Wallace push for renomination with favorable signals from about 200 delegate votes across six states Pennsylvan ia California Minnesota Iowa Washington and Oregon. Backing from these delegations not yet seated hints at potential Wallace support despite Roosevelt fourth term pressures. Wallace just returned from a western trip and shows growing strength among practical politicians.
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Jack Bell Washington
Wallace
Walloca
Pesident
Pennsylvania
California
Minnesota
Iowa
Washington
Oregon
Roosevelt
Anderson Dies At Home Here
Anderson fifty three a Dothan resident for twenty years died at his home 500 Dusy Street after a short illness He was district agent for an insurance company thirty five years and ran a photographic studio on North Four ter Street He was a member of First Baptist Church Funeral services by Ward Wilson will be announced later pending the arrival of sons in the armed forces Surviving wife three sons Lieutenant Harry Anderson U S Marines Lt Paul Anderson U S Navy Apprentice Seaman Oren Anderson U S Navy a daughter Cecile Anderson and a mother A R Anderson holder of Dothan
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Anderson
Dothan
Dusy Street
North Footer Street
First Baptist Church
Ward-Wilson
Harry Anderson
U. S. Marines
Paul Anderson
U. & Navy
Oren Anderson
Mine Cecile Anderson
A. R. Anderson
Hotd
Reds View American Invasion Practices
London AP report states Russian Army and Navy officers witnessed American amphibious training in the English coast for assault landings on Europe. The Soviet mission in Great Britain observed joint U S Army and Navy exercises as part of ongoing training for continental operations.
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London
U. S. Navy
U. 8 Army
Perconnel
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Soldiers Cuss Pray In War Chaplains Understand Them
BY GEORGE TUCKER WITH THE 5TH ARMY IN ITALY FEB. 24 DE delayed AP The article notes soldiers combine prayer and profanity in wartime and recalls the idea atheists vanish at death fronts. It cites soldiers from Bataan to Anzio and recounts one driver who never swore, illustrating varied coping in combat zones.
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George Tucker
Italy
Bataan
Cagsipo
Anzio
Asia
Allies Improve Positions Along Anzio Beachhead
Allied forces press along the Anzio front as Japanese troops at Rabaul endure intensified bombing. In 26 days 2,205 tons of bombs and naval shells hit Rabaul’s airfields, docks, and supply areas. A major raid Saturday involved 200 Allied planes dropping 164 tons, mainly on the Bu nopopa airstrip and harbor vicinity.
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Southwest
Pacdac
Japan
Rabaul
New Britain
South Pacific
Rabaula
Douglas MacArthur
Vunzpopa
British Brace At Carroceto in Molatti Front Clash
Allied dispatch reports British troops checked a sequence of German attacks in the ravines southwest of Carroceto as forces on the Cassino front mop up infiltrators. Artillery and mortars backed fighting in the Molatti river area and along the Garigliano, with patrol clashes near numerous points. Canadian patrols push toward Target No.4 on the lower Garigliano frontier.
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Richard G. Maslock
Naples
Carroceto
Naxle
Cassino
IL l
Molatti
Nmber
Germany
Fifth Larmy
Fifth Army
Garigiano River
Tarm
No.4
Bitter Campaign Nears End in Louisiana Democratic Runoff
In New Orleans AP reports a four year old songwriter band leader and an elderly Huey P. Long exponent vie for Louisiana governor in today’s Democratic runoff. Earl K. Long seeks Lieutenant Governor on Morgan’s ticket as Morgan links to the liberal Huey Long legacy. Campaign features charges of backroom deals among state employees and control by the old regulars, with nomination seen as power over the state delegation to the national convention.
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Orleans
Huey P
Leng
Louialane
Lewla L. Morgan
Covington
Earl K. Long
Huey FP. Long
Morgan
J. Enrle Verret
Dasue
Stumn
Huey P. Long
New Orlean
Stalin Reaffirms Unity of Allied Nations
Washington AP reports Marshal Stalin affirmed the Allied understanding from Moscow and Tehran and told President Roosevelt he is convinced that coordinated Soviet United States and British efforts will soon defeat Hitlerite Germany. The White House released a message noting Roosevelt's Feb 22 cable congratulating the Red Army on its 25th anniversary and thanking Stalin for his friendly words.
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Washington
Stalin
Russia
Moscow
Teheran
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Germany
White House
Red Army
Morton and
War Veterans First Choice for Federal Civil Service Jobs
President Roosevelt backs veterans first in federal hiring and wartime civil service. Lawmakers from both parties endorse the measure, urging employer practice by private firms and government bodies. The bill would give the president authority to restrict positions to veterans during the war and five years after, with competitive exams adjusted to credit veterans.
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Senate
Martin
Toomavet
Harry BB. Mitchell
Civid Service Commission
Atenden
Vaterans
House Civil Service Committee
Rep
Htarnes
D-Ala
Vela Rapy
Simpson to Speak at Dothan Exchange Club Lunch
Dothan Exchange Club guests will hear State Senator Jamey A Simpson of Birmingham give a 30 minute talk at a weekly luncheon. The talk begins 12 45 pm and will be broadcast on WAGF radio. Reservations with Guy Morris at 587. Simpson is a U S Senate candidate and club member.
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Dothan Exchange Club
Wil Haar
Jamey A Simpson
Birmingham
Senator Simpson
WAGF
Senator Simpoon
Guy Morris
U & Senate
Dothan Club
Germans Fight to Hold Pakov As Red Army Advances
Allied dispatches report the Red Army driving on Pakov in northwest Russia with German transport disrupted. Soviet troops push near the fortress city as night operations intensify and German defenses fracture along key roads and in approaches to Latvian borders.
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Fody Gilmore Morcow
Garman
Russia
Pskov
Haltie Front
Red War
Pakov
Red Army
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Lem
Red Star
Falcon Front
MM. Popov
Resulta
Pukav
Anid
Boviet
Laningrad
Tront
Bulletin
Ald
Last Minute Bulletins from World War Fronts and U.S. Notices
AP dispatches report British mopping up in the Arakan mountains north of Akyah Jornia as Allies claim a first campaign victory. In Italy at Anzio Fifth Army faced heavy German shelling across the beachhead. In Washington gasoline ration trips for B C EB and B books to curb black market trades begin tomorrow. Also New Jersey’s Charles L. Malar obituary prompts a three day recess in Washington and a Florida-led memorial follows.
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New Delhi
Akyah
Jornia
Anzio
Italy
Fifth Army
Washington
Gematec
Charles L. Malar
Oregon
Floriéa
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