Baldryn dsmaw Capitol debate signals bipartisan bid
AP reports a Capitol debate on continuing the war powers and broader governance measures. Lawmakers seek an agreement to extend key powers and avoid a prolonged partisan clash, urging bipartisan cooperation for the nation’s good. Speaker Martin of Maine handles the discussion as essential to return the matter for a bipartisan vote.
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Reperia
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Ant
Amd
Houre
Ftander Martin
Mase
Remora
Votes in Grand Jury Probe Prompts Continued Hearings
Witnesses are set to testify as authorities probe irregularities tied to a recent congressional primary. In Houston County, a special session ordered by Judge Halstead aims to advance grand jury action, with potential indictments in capital felony cases.
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Aes
Houston
World War II update from Cassino front reports
Fragmentary World War II dispatch describes Allied bombardment and advances near Cassino. Mentions RAF Marauders, coast invasion rumors, railway grip, and German defense stiffening as the day closes.
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Garman Sad
Batterad Cassino
Nazis Ready New Anzio Strike On Cassino Front
Allied headquarters reported night gunfire and mortar duels at Cassino on the Fifth Army front with German regrouping behind Rome suspected. New Zealand siege guns bombarded a rail station near Cassino while American troops fought a fierce machinegun and mortar duel west of Cisterna. The Germans attempted a limited infiltration near Carroceto but made no gains. Heavy snow and mud hampered operations as weather fixed battle tempo.
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Naples
Cassino
Fifth Army
Rome
New Zealand
Cisterna
Carroceto
More Generosity in Red Cross War Fund Gifts Urged
Houston County Red Cross War Fund drive nears day three as 300 volunteers canvass Dothan and surrounding areas aiming for a 330,000 quota. Chairman F Z Doak said no total yet while endorsements arrive from General Dwight D Eisenhower and Major General James A Doolittle for the fund.
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Houston County
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American Red Crong
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Dothan
Dork
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James A. Doolittle
Armed Services
Nelf
Last Minute BULLETINS New York Harbor Arrival Update
AP dispatch reports the finer Gripsbobo will bring Americans home from Germany to New York harbor late Tuesday and dock in Jersey City Wednesday March 16. Also, American Export Lines announced today amid other briefs from Washington and Stockholm highlighting contempts and peace talks developments.
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Gripsbobo
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New York Harbor
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EWT
U S Troops Advance on New Britain and Los Negros
Allied forces report swift advances on New Britain including Los Negros control and landings at Willaumez Peninsula and Amgoring. Krueger’s Sixth Army pushes Japanese forces on three fronts around the Bismarck Sea as 22nd Division troops expand positions near Yalau and Sidoar.
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Southwest Pacific
Walter Krueger
Bismarck Sam
Los Negros
Admiralty Group
Sifth
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Arawe
Amgoring
Bismarck Sea
New Guinea
Yalau
Suidor
Republicans Wrest Colorado Congress Seat From Democrats
In Denver a 58-year-old Republican businessman defeated retired World War Two hero Maj. Cart Wuertele for the vacant Congressional seat. Dean M. Gillespie won 41,418 to 38,440, a 2,978 vote margin, becoming Denver’s first Republican Congressman since 1932. Gillespie touted less government and more business, while Wuertele promised to continue fighting for American ideas.
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Dean M. Gillespie
Maj
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South Pacific
Lawrence Lewis
Congress
Welsh Coal Miners Go On Wage Strike
LONDON AP aged report on Welsh miners walking out over wages. The flow of coal from Welsh mines dwindled to a trickle with production spreading across the area and officials predicting possible total halt by night. Thousands of workers joined the strike as talks in London gathered under the chairmanship of Gwilym Lloyd George to find a wage settlement.
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130 Million Postwar Jobs Needed Worldwide
The International Labour Office estimates over 130 million jobs must be found globally as peacetime economies restart after the war. A conference in Philadelphia will consider international action to back national efforts, with Germany’s wartime disruption and promised social protections to be addressed. The United States will attend as representative No. 33 on page 2.
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Edward J. Phelan
United States
Growing Volume Of Reverse Lend Lease To U S
Washington reports reverse lend-lease aid to the United States is rising with Allied nations providing support via the British Commonwealth line and others. Leo T. Crowley told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that by year end the United States would receive about 2 billion dollars annually, compared with just over 1 billion for the year ending June 30, 1943.
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United States
Leo T. Crowley
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Europe
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Australia
New Zealand
India
Deferments Denied for 238 WPB Men in War Board
Washington AP reports War Production Board denied deferments for 238 key WPB men who are family heads. The list reduced from 242 requests, with seven granted after review by the War Manpower Commission. Notable denials include WPB Vice-Chairman J. A. Krug and other senior officials.
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War Production Board
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WPB
Pearl Harbor
War Manpower Commission
J. A. Krug
Office of War Utilities
Tern
Mullins Holds First Court in Do than County
Judge J N Mullins Jr of the Court of Common Pleas of Do than County presided over his first term today after appointment by Governor Sparks to fill the unexpired Oakley seat. Twenty two cases appeared, including charges of public drunkenness vagrancy assault and battery and driving with improper lights.
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Sparks
Lawrence T. Oakley
Navy
Court of Common Pleas
Casey
Oakley
Survivors of Ranger Patrols Vow Vengeance Pledge
Survivors of U S Ranger Patrols pledge vengeance after a bold mission in the early Amsic beachhead period. The two battalions, about 900 strong, crossed enemy lines four miles, fought until surrounded, and reported heavy German reinforcements moving toward Allied positions.
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Maples
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Cigisma
Fast American rs Sweep Into Holland
American U and Marauder bombers struck Holland today hitting unspecified targets in a zone with many German airfields previously bombed. RAF bombers returned from rail yard attacks near Letmans southwest of Paris with no losses despite AA fire and night fighters. A night of allied strikes followed a day of air raids across France and Italy.
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Polish Compromise in Border Dispute Rejected by Russia
London report said Russia rejected the Polish compromise plan for a Russo Polish boundary settlement. Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk said his government in exile had no knowledge of any Soviet refusal. The plan would assign territories west of the Curzon Line to Poland with Vilna and Lwow on Poland's side and set permanent borders by postwar negotiations.
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Tammany Gangster Sought By Police
New York police are ordered to bring in Frank Comalette, a former hotel worker and alleged gangster tied to Tammany Hall, as Governor Dewey cited him as a major mob figure. No formal charge has been filed, and inquiries by police official Laxia J Valentine were not answered.
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350000 Incendiary Bombs Hit Berlin In Daylight Raid
Allied air forces blasted Berlin in daylight as Fortresses and Liberators dropped over 360000 incendiaries and 10000 high explosives in what was described as the eighth major attack on the German capital in ten days. The German radio claimed the raid came in seven formations, with heavy escort, while U S Air Force said the bombers were supported by RAF escorts.
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U S Troops Tie Japanese Forces in Northern Burma
In Northern Burma near Maungkwan and Walawbum, American and Chinese units press Japanese troops trapped between allied forces. After Maingkwan’s fall, the Chinese 22nd Division pushed south toward American positions and seized Shingban, taking ammunition as they withdrew. enemy casualties are believed heavy.
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Burma
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Walawbum
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Hukawng
OPA Checkers Open Retail Food Survey
Investigators from the Office of Price Administration began a county wide survey today of food stores to help retailers understand price control requirements. The Houston County War Price and Rationing Board announced a second check will follow in two weeks at stores with violations, with penalties referred to OPA district office in Montgomery. The survey aims to ensure compliance, curb black market competition, and protect law abiding merchants and customers, with voluntary citizen help urged due to the heavy workload.
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OPA
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Aurway
Honwat
Reds Roll To Keys Near Tarnopol In Dnieper Drive
Russian dispatches report Red Army forces pushing toward Tarnopol on the Odessa Warsaw Railway, capturing Igrovitse and other localities as they outflank toward the rail hub. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army gains ground in terrible mud and lakes, moving within about 70 miles of Lwow while inflicting heavy losses on German forces.
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Odessa
Warsaw
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Igrovitse
Tarnopal
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Volchishlang Zalentsy
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Eddie Gilmore
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Zhukov
Odessa-Wersen
Lwow
Andrei Belatev
Red Star
Belatev
Jong Iineg
Ukraine
Rev Star
Houston Terraces Damaged By Rains
Heavy rainfall caused severe erosion in Howrtoe County croplands as unfinished terraces and loam soil washed into fields. County agent M Ling reported many acres were being terraced but the rains washed away terrace work and topsoil while little immediate crop damage occurred as farmers prepared early planting.
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