T Men Urge Local Government Growth And National Involvement
Alabama Chamber of Commerce executive secretary Mia Ward says government is drifting from local roots as federal aid to states rises. She cites aid figures from 1925 to 1942 and urges business leaders to push national committees toward balanced local participation. Page 2.
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Hells of Congress
Com- Me
U. S
Eel Chambers of Commerce
Mia M. Ward
Alabama Chamber of Comi
Federal
Ytates
Ward
Howent
Treasury To Run Down Unreported Tax Income
In a nationwide drive Treasury agents led by Elmer Tre y pursued unreported income from resort spending. A Florida Miami visit yielded 50000 in forgotten taxes, with Morgenthau saying the effort is only a beginning and reflects broader tax enforcement against big spenders.
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Treasury
Washington
Uncle Sam
T- Men
Elmer Trey
Miami
Trey
Morgenthau
New York
Florida
World fronts report major WWII moves across Europe Asia
Western Front reports artillery across the lower Rhine and a push near Remagen, Mainz, and Neuwied as air activity intensifies. Russian Front notes advances toward Czechoslovakia and Upper Silesia, while Allied operations in Asia mention Luzon landings and Bougainville incursions with U S planes active.
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Sey
Ger
Lower Rhine
Ameri Guimares Talandop
Luzon
Baguio
Soraken
Bougainville
U. S
Philippines
Heart Attack Fatal To C. E. Dorsey Sr
Elba founder of Dorsey Trailers C E Dorsey Sr 64 died in Enterprise hospital from a heart attack suffered March 10 after leading the Elba plant awarded the Army Navy E during World War II He was joint owner with son C E Dorsey Jr of the trailer works and an automobile agency.
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ELBA
C. E. Dorsey, Sr
Dorsey Trailers
Elba War Plant
Enterprise
Dorsey
Sis Son
Ce Dorsey, Jr
Allies Set For New Rhine Crossings Reds Surge Ahead In Silesian Drive
Marshal Ivan Konev launches a new Silesian offensive along an eight mile front toward German mountain fortresses. His First Ukrainian Army group threatens Frankenstein Neisse Zie Eenhals Loebschuetz and Ratibor with tank aided advances through the Moravian mountains. On the Herlin front Zhukov attacks from the Oder bridgehead at Kuestrin 38 miles east of Berlin. German high command claims a heavy defence and Soviet tanks were lost. Moscow and Stockholm report a broader assault on Berlin imminent.
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Richard Sasischee
London
Ivan Konev
Germany
Adolf Hier
Konev
Silesian
Frankenstein
Neisse
Zie- Eenhals
Loebschuetz
Ratibor
Moravian
Herlin
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Kuestrin
Berlin
Stockholm
Moscow
Hitler
Upper Silesia
Bertin
Txves
Bradley
Rhint
Remagen
Neuwied
Coblenz
Ruhr
Fee
Mndia
Aseault
Lower Rhine
Montgomery
Ssarland
Paie- Unate
Mainz
Hesse
Landau
First
Rhine
Neuwich
High Command
Holland
Palatinate
Frankenthal
Worms
Ludwigshafen
Patton
Lower Rue
Nijmegen
Roas Munro
Eost Bank
Maraha Montgomery
Bremen Box
Airne
Weael
Supreme Head
1St Army Group
Albert Keasering
Dusseldorf
Arnhem
First Army
15Th Army
First Airborne Army
Filibuster Pledged Against New Bill To Halt Lynchings
In Washington a Senate debate loomed as Southern senators pounded the case against a federal lynching bill. Senator Hawkes proposed a Virginia style law with penalties up to five years and a $5000 fine. critics argued it oversteps state sovereignty.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro Washington
Senate
Hawkes
RNJ
Virginia
Dixie
Byrd
D-Va
Russell Dgai
Farm Loan Group To Share Dividend
Members of the Houston County National Farm Loan Association will share in dividends from 67 565 dollars representing 13 513 shares in the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans. Secretary-treasurer B W Pearson announced the dividends are effective March 31 1945 and will be paid on or after April 16. The Federal Land Bank of New Orleans is in a strong financial position.
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Houston County National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Bank of
U S Unable To Meet Pledge To Feed Liberated Nations
In wartime promises of relief stockpiles for liberated nations were not fulfilled except for wheat and a few items. Current production strains meet Allied military needs and civilian demand, with European relief fears and price depression driving abandonment of stockpile plans. News notes that relief needs may be smaller than expected and stockpiles could depress farm prices.
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U.S
Ovid A. Martin
Freas
Washington
United States
Europe
Air Offensive Softens Germany for Final Blows
London dispatch reports relentless Allied air campaign over Germany with 274 tons hourly, knocking out rail and road movement in the Ruhr and Rhine plain to ease a ground assault. Eisenhower says the aerial onslaught disrupts the Reich, preparing for a knockout blow from ground forces.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
Germany
Reich
England
Berlin
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhine
LaGuardia urges curfew law with license system
New York Mayor LaGuardia proposed Congress enact an enforceable midnight curfew by licensing hours of operation. He suggested the measure be inserted into the internal revenue law, arguing state and city rules clash on closing times. He noted many bars and restaurants would resist enforcement beyond the 4 a.m. state deadline and discussed distinctions for establishments without entertainment.
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New York
Maeyer
LaGuardia
Brynes
Conress
LaGuardie
New York City
la Guardia
State Liquor Authority
la Guardia Aald
Fifth of Tokyo's Industry Smashed
Washington AP reports the Superfortress air campaign against Tokyo knocked out at least 20 percent of the city's industrial production for three months and five percent for a year. Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad said 120 B29s have been lost since June 5, with 4 in combat and 86 from accidents and similar causes. The attack allegedly destroyed about 3,000 plants and shops, totaling 200,000 to 250,000 buildings, leaving about 1,200,000 factory workers homeless.
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Washington
Tokyo
Lauris Norstad
Armilar
Norstad
20Th
Williams Rejected For Post With REA
The Senate voted 52 to 36 against confirming Aubrey Williams as Rural Electrification Administrator. The former National Youth Administrator, age 54, faced opposition from Southern Democrats and some Republicans two months after his nomination was sent by President Roosevelt. The debate tied to a lending program could involve a program nearing a billion dollars in scope.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Aubrey Willamas
Econ
Wiliams
Chain store tax debate halts as committee adjourns
In Montgomery AP reports a draft bill to impose a gross receipts tax on operators with multiple stores sparks division among interim legislature members. Rep Sanderson supports the measure as leveling the field for local merchants while Rep Sullivan calls it fiscally punitive. No recommendations issued. session adjourned until next Tuesday with several reports pending.
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Montgomery
Rep
A. Sanderson
Hep
Joe Sullivan
Mobile
Group of Constitution and Legislative Procedure
Social Welfare and Development
Draft law extended to May 1948 by unanimous vote
Washington AP reports the House approved, without recorded vote, a one year extension of the 1943 Selective Service Act to May 15, 1948. The move followed Army briefings defending rapid training for Europe and the Pacific, with officials noting inductions will drop after July 1 but higher numbers needed now through mid year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
House Military Committee
Idwal Edwards
Stephen C. Henry
Europe
Perkins May Make Personal Plea in Miners Talks
Washington AP reports Labor Secretary Perkins may urge a soft coal contract settlement as John L. Lewis seeks a ten cent a ton royalty to fund a health and welfare fund for about 400,000 miners. With three weeks of talks stalled and a strike vote next Wednesday, federal mediators could enter next Monday if no progress occurs.
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Washington
Perkins
John L. Lew
Lewin
Perkina
Ibead
Allied Planes Wage Massive Ruhr Bombardment
Thousands of American and British warplanes attacked the Ruhr for a third day, targeting rail yards and a Bremen rail bridge. The raid involved 1,280 American heavy bombers and 350 fighters plus British Lancasters. German radio reported waves over the area and intermittent broadcasts, with telegraph services down for hours.
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Henly & Jameson London
Ruhr
Rhine
Bremen
Italy
Germany
Transocean
Invaders Reach Guimaras After Panay Breakthroughs
Manila dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 4th Division seized Guimaras island after taking Panay and Iloilo, with no opposition. Naval P-T boats sank Japanese craft near Cebu as U S Army forces press toward Baguid on Luzon. Pacific actions include several ships sunk and continued air bombardment of Cebu.
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Manila
Kitie Gumarag
Noilo
Sotheastern Panay
Cebu
Philippine Islands
Rapp Brush
Panay
Iloilo
Guimaras
Philippine
China Sea
Luzon
Percy W. Clarkson
Rites
Baguid
Surmer
Philippines
Special Meeting Of County Board Reviews Gasoline Supplies
A special session of the county Board of Revenue will be held tomorrow to approve gasoline purchases and to discuss a local act amendment affecting the chief of the road and bridge department. Judge Saxon P. Poyner chairs the meeting and notes a bill to replace the road foreman with an engineer may be considered.
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County Board of Revenue
Saxon P. Poyner
Poyner
Allen, Lee, III
Perry Calhoun
Optimism and Unhappy Facts Hit Little Man of Japan
The Associated Press notes the little man of Japan faces perplexity as war leaders announce plans to recapture Iwo Jima Saipan and Guadal Canal and prepare for invasion of the homeland. It cites broadcasts intercepted by the FCC and claims of U S carrier air power inflicting only light damage while the fleet is said to have sunk major Japanese ships.
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Preas
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Iwo Jima
Saipan
Guadale Canal
Kuniaki Kaiso
Kaijso
Hie
Adm
Marc A. Mitscher
U. S
Ture
Bradley says Allied forces can cross Rhine anytime
Lt Gen Omar Bradley declared Allied armies massed along the Rhine can cross the river meet anywhere at any time. Berlin and Montgomery were described as ready to act, while Mainz Pirmasena and Landau fell and Ludwigshafen began to close. Over 100,000 prisoners reported taken with 203,010 captured in the Rhineland since Feb 8.
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Janes M. Long
PARIS
Omar N. Bradley
Rhine
Berlin
Maresha
Montgomery
Lower Rhine
Mainz
Pirmasena
Landau
Ludwigshafen
Palatinate-Saarland
Bradlay
Rhineland
Ross Munro
Arnhem
Buesaelfort
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Wwerken
Mth
Rockergagpsen
Saarbricken
Figral Corps
T-Men
Reds
Farm Loan Group
Williams
Rea
LUX
Western Front
Miss Perkins
Hammer Reich
Panay Island
Hop Strait
Little Man
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