Jones To Fire CCC Employes Who Give Tips
CCC head Marvin Jones warned any Commodity Credit Corporation employee who shares market tips with speculators will be fired and prosecuted. He said investigation findings will determine criminality or improper conduct and vowed swift action. Three CCC employees have already been separated after internal probes amid calls for a broader inquiry into grain market manipulation.
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Washington
W Marvin Jones
Commodity Credit Corporation
Quran Spencer Ky
Joe Banking Committee
CCC
Farm Price Support Agency
Con
Jones
Aftemand
Capitol Hill
Houston County Almost Reaches Red Cross Drive Goal
Houston County is $2,500 short of its Red Cross fund goal as weekend and today reports come in. General chairman Lovern says total in hand stands at about $27,000, with two firms at 100 percent and most counties reporting except Columbia. With votes and donations from Ashford, Cottonwood, Webb, Gordon, Panay, Vicksburg, Madrid, and rural areas, officials hope to close the drive soon.
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Yde Lovern
American Red Cross
Houston County
Lovern
Walme Motor Co
J. C. Pen- EY
Columbia
Dothan
Ashford
War Prisoner Aid On Farm Increased
Washington reports a 30 percent rise in available war prisoners for farm work this year under the Fourth Service Command. Lt. Col. Wilson Bule of the food administration notes the total could reach 70,000. Andrews requested more prisoners for the South Alabama group, with 8,200 already sought and 3,? veened.
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Washington
Ann-Ala
Fourth Service Command
Wilson Bule
Fit Food Administration
Andrews
Sharvesting
South Alabama
World War Fronts Bulk Updates From Global Conflict
The World Today reports shifting fronts across Western, Eastern, Asian, and Pacific theaters. First Army pushes toward the Remagen bridgehead with crossings near Ne and Moe-Mas-We rivers threatened. Russians gain ground near Danzig and Gapata while Berlin notes a new southern offensive. In Asia, Fifth Army advances near Vergalo and Bologna as resistance slows. In the Pacific, Mindanao operations continue with B-29s targeting five-square-mile zones.
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Associated Press
First Army
Remagen
Moe
Mas-We
Danzig
Gapata
Berlin
Moravaka
Moscow
Oder
Fifth Army
Waren
Vergalo
Witner
Bologna
Mindanao
Philippines
Matos
Revision of State Revenue Code Considered by Finance Director
Alabama Revenue Commissioner H G Dowling urged a top to bottom revision of the revenue code to fix inequities across taxes. He proposed a joint legislator taxpayer panel and out of state experts to guide changes, including license tax reforms, income tax exemptions, and pensions. The finance committee began final stages of its interim schedule as six groups meet.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
H. G. Dowling
Dowling
Interm
Agriculture-Industries
Flood Conditions Spread Across Ohio and Mississippi Flood Waters Rise Near Booths Point Road
Muddy flood waters from the Mississippi threaten the Booths Point Tennemo road as a levee breach evacuates 200 households and 20 000 acres near Dyersburg. The Ohio river crest has passed with slow fall underway and a Louisville canoe tragedy reported. Arkansas river floods halt Missouri Pacific rail service near Palim as a weather bureau notes rapid fall.
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Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi
Booth’s Point- Tennemo
Tennessee
Dyersburg
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Louisville
Arkansas River
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Palim
Little Rock
Ft. Smith
Japanese Garrison On Large Island Chased Into Hills
U S infantry invaded the southwest tip of Mindanao Island after heavy bombardment and chased the Japanese garrison into the hills while capturing four towns in a sweep toward Zamboanga. General MacArthur announced the 21st island invasion, strengthening the American hold in the South China Sea and severing Japan from East Indies holdings. Tokyo radio claimed fierce fighting with possible American island landings near Basilan. report unconfirmed.
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Associated Press
Manila
U. S
Mindinanao Island
Zmboanga
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
South China Sea
Japan
East Indies
Tokyo Radio
Ameri Island
Basilan Island
Basilan
B-29 Superfortress output and bases discussed by Boeing official
J E Schaefer, Boeing vice president, said the B 29 is constantly updated to meet Pacific needs. He noted Wichita is the leading plant turning out most B 29s, with 75 percent produced there and the thousandth Superfortrol rolled off last month. He cited bases at Iwo Jima and Saipan enabling longer raids, and described two shifts to reduce absenteeism as production nears 157000 man hours per bomber.
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Pacific
J. E. Schaefer
Wichita, Kan
Boeing Airplane Co
Robert Jules Schaefer
Napier Field
Boeing
Japan
Wichita
Schaefer
Army
Marietta, Ga
Omaha
Neb
Seattle Wesh
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Iwo Jima
P Roper
Saipan
Schaefer Aad Abgsenteeism
Arrests Totals From Weekend Police Report
City police reported a weekend total of 34 arrests with 16 for public drunkenness. The record includes 3 Negro suspects led by Jack Lewis on liquor violation charges with two bookings and a $102 cash bond in each case. other arrests involve disorderly conduct false pretenses driving license and assault and battery.
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Jack Lewis
Coal Operators Framing Answers To UMW Demands
Washington AP reports coal operators paused a conference with the United Mine Workers to frame and answer each of John L. Lewis 18 demands. Over the weekend counter proposals were discussed as the operators prepare formal replies for start of contract negotiations on March 2. Ezra Van Horn chairs the operators group and said negotiations resume tomorrow as the committee reviews UMW proposals.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Comcrene
United Mine Workers of America
van Horn
Board One Sends 19 For Induction
Registrants from Houston County three Selective Service Boards are sent to Ft McClellan. Board One announced 19 additional inductees today including Willie Goodson Fletcher Jordan James Faulk Willie Bridgen Carl Thompson Anstey Whatley Joseph Borland Gus Wright Linus Roberts Lowell Wilson Webster Morris Ralph Pilcher Earl Shirley Leon Dasinger Walter Sheehan Brooks Rushing Sellers and Robert Brown.
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Houston County
Selective Service
Ft McClellan
Board One
Willie Fred Goodson
Fletcher Duncan Jordan
James Collier Faulk
Jackson
Miss
William Woodrow Bridgen
Carl Wesley Thompson
Anstey
Earl Whatley
Joseph Pematier Borland
Gus Elias Wright, Jr
Linus Lafayette Roberts Lowell Wilson Ailen
Webster Daniel Morris
Ralph Don
Final Day For Absentee Ballots In City Primary
Smith Hall acting chairman of the City Democratic Executive Committee reminded voters that the deadline for issuing absentee ballots in the City primary on March 20 to nominate a City commissioner is Thursday five days before the election. He said about 159 ballots had been issued and that requests had slackened but were expected to rise before the deadline.
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Smith Hall
Democratic Executive Committee
Rhine Crossings Loom as Soviets Regroup Forces
Soviet dispatches report large army regrouping to reinforce the Oder front and link with Allied forces in the Elbe valley. Moscow hints Rokossovsky and Zhukov may push toward Berlin while the Rhine bridgehead expands under American assault.
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Coblenz
Moscow
Berlin
London
Elbe
Germany
Oder
Konstantin Rokostovsky
Pomeranian
Gregory Zhukov
Rokossovsky
Pomerania
Battle for Iwo Jima Nears Final Japanese Stand
U S Pacific Fleet report from Guam notes the Iwo Jima invasion near completion as Marines trap the remaining Japanese in a 1000 yard triangle at Kitano Point. Forces under Kellers Fifth Division push west while Gates Fourth Division advances east. Third Division expands the northeast wedge to connect with the cleanup. One last bypassed group along Kitano Point remains.
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SY Elmont Waite
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
U.S
Kitano Point
U. S
Iwo
Leethernecks
Keller E. Rockey
Kitane Point
Clifton B. Gates
Tachuwa Point
RAF Bombers Hit Stettin In Support Of Russian Troops
A massive Allied air offensive blasted northern Germany with over 2,100 warplanes. 650 bombers targeted Stettin and Swinemunde on the Baltic coast in support of Russian forces, as raids extended from Holland to Vienna and intensified on the Ruhr and Essen.
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Stettin
Henry
Jameson Lonbon
Germany
Baltic
Swifemuende
RAF
Britain
Ruhr
Swinemuende
Red Army
Reich
Holland
Vienna
Manithin
Italy
Rome
Hrenner
Essen
Rhine
Generals Pause To Answer Letters From Praying Boys
In 1942 General MacArthur and other leaders answered prayers from 12 boys in James Worthington’s Sunday School class at Capitol View Methodist Church Atlanta. The boys collected 62 letters from generals and statesmen, some written amid battles. Effort to preserve the letters at Emory University grows.
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Atlanta
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Awanta
MacArthur
James Worthington
Capitol View Method'st
300 Supertorts Bomb Nagoya in Night Raid
300 Superfortress bombers dumped 2000 tons of incendiaries on Nagoya Japan hitting the city’s core warplane center. Firestorms engulfed a square mile area as flames raged for hours and Tokyo radio noted embers burning ten hours after the raid began. Other strikes hit Singapore area factories and Malay naval base adjacents from India bases under Brig Gen Rainey.
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Veen Baugland
21St Bomber Command
Guam
API
Nagoya
Japan
Radio Tokyo
Singapore
Washington
Ruling On Ward Case Is Refused
East of the Rhine scene reports Lt Gen Courtney Hodges leading the First Army in the bridgehead near Remagen amid rain and shelling. Germans continue bombardment while American air support tightens perimeter, and officials caution not to overstate progress as forces build up for potential push toward Berlin.
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Parisiap
Lodas
Rhine
Nore
Ginsterbahn
Linz
Ruhr
Courtney H. Hodges
Hargarten
Ludendorff Bridge
Germany
Berlin
Hornt
Dusseldorf
Hornmagen
Lower Rhine
Emmerich
Nijmegen
Streich
Boyd
Supreme Headquarters
Ton
Eifel
Scrosa
Marelle
Saar
Cobleony
Third Army
Mostlie
Furst
Third Armlex
Coblenz
Westernwald
Saar District
Mocile
Alsace
Maginot
Bitche
Beleaguerrd
Saarbruecke
Tapuensu
Almasbourg
Courtney
Hodges
Remage
Howard Cowan
THE _ RHINE
Courtney Hodges
East Rhine
Fee
First
Remagen
Royce
Chile
Thunderbolts
Supreme Court delays ruling on Army seizure of Ward properties
The Supreme Court refused to rule on the legality of government seizure of 16 Montgomery Ward properties. It said review petitions were filed before the Circuit Court of Appeals judgment, postponing action until the circuit court decides. The case hinges on Presidential authority under the War Labor Disputes Act or the Constitution to order Army seizures across seven cities.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Montgomery Ward
Circuit Court of Appeals
High Tribunal
Circuit Court
Justice Department
Ward
High Tribuon
Roosevelt
U. S
Chitrago
Peyture
Department
Seventh Federal Circuit Court
Ace
United Linton Gypsum Company
Tofet
Wilb Powere
Der
Fiat
Deels
Bord
Court of Appeals For the Dystriet of Columbia
Noo Ptabile
Allies Tire Hope Hitler Calls for Resistance Anniversary
London AP reports Adolf Hitler marked the 10th anniversary of Nazi conscription with a grim proclamation urging German resolve. He claimed Allies may tire and be broken, urged fanatical resistance, and warned against German surrender, promising continued fighting and endurance despite setbacks.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Hitler
Used Goods Ceiling Lists Available at Local Board
Leaflets detailing used goods price ceilings are available at the Houston County War Price and Rationing Board. They list ceilings for items like automobiles stoves refrigerators furniture sewing machines and more, based on resale price or a fixed maximum, and are on file at the local office for buyer and seller reference.
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Houston County
OPA Remiationa
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Gulf of Danzig
Gdynia
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Warplane Center
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