Final Tunisia Battle Seen as Hard and Not Long
DeWitt MacKenzie analyzes why the Tunis Bizerte siege may yield a brutal struggle with heavy Allied casualties and a likely Axis surrender rather than evacuation. He notes German crackup potential, Rommel’s defense, and Von Arnim’s long fortifications shaping a grim, protracted clash.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rommel
Tunis
Bizerte
Duce
Greman
Funisia
Fatherland
Italy
von Arnim
Tunis- Bizerte
Market Report from St Louis and Chicago Grain
National Stockyards report shows hog prices steady to higher across weights with sows and stags mixed. cattle and calves generally steady with some lifts for good steers and heifers. grain and provisions in Chicago show dull trading, corn at price ceilings, oats and rye down slightly, soybeans up. Cotton futures in New York fluctuated as traders await OPA ceilings, with May near 20.09 and Oct around 19.42.
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St, Louis
Dept. Agr
Chicago
New York
OPA
Jly
Allied superiority in troops and overall strength affirmed
The speaker notes that the Allies possess a great advantage in troop numbers and all fighting categories. He cautions that a hard job lies ahead, but predicts it will not be a long one. The assessment frames confidence despite challenges.
State Finishes Evidence in Welsh Murder Trial
Kansas City April 1 1941 the mother Marie Fleming Welsh defended her son George W Welsh Jr in the murder trial for slaying his sister Leila Adele Welsh aged 24 and her infant. The prosecution rested its case after fingerprints from under the bedroom window matched Welsh as the suspect. The defense called the father to testify and the judge overruled a demurrer urging not guilty under the law and evidence.
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Kansas City
George W. Welsh, Jr
Marie Fleming Welsh
Lelila Adele Welsh
Mrs. Welsh
Albert
A. Ridge
Marie Welsh
Albert A. Ridge
J. A. Purdame
Leila Adele Welsh
George
Purdome
Welsh
Ridge
67 to Be Relocated Near Sweet Home
Highway officials say the Sweet Home stretch of U S high way 63 between here and Pine Bluff will be relocated after the war due to extensive bauxite mining in the Sweet Home area. Drag lines stripping ore have truncated the road on both sides for hundreds of feet north to Sweet Home. The move is likely to be included in the postwar highway program.
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Little Rock
Sweet Home
Here
Pine Bluff
W. W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Kas
C. A.loeks
Count War Band Committee
Rainbow Division to be reactivated at Camp Gruber
The Rainbow Division, officially the 42nd Infantry Division, will be reconstituted July 14 at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Brig. Gen. Harry J. Collins, Chicago native and Western Military Academy graduate, will command. The reactivated Rainbow will recruit from all states and the District of Columbia, pairing units from across the country.
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Washington
42Nd
Camp Gruber
Okla
Frost Report Prompts Damage Checks Across State
Authorities said light frost would cause minor damage in many areas and requested damage reports from straw areas. Temperatures fell to 30s in multiple towns while Fort Smith thermometer read eight. Local police listed on duty duties amid routine checks. A farmer reported a hen laid an egg with three yolks.
Rationing Book No 3 to Be Issued Soon
Washington officials said ration book No 3 will be issued likely in July for shoes sugar and coffee as book No 1 expires It may add months of canned goods and meat stamps and handle both point and unit systems No 3 will not replace book No 8 though emergencies could change plans Four stamp groups feature tanks aircraft carrier field artillery and four pages of point stamps similar to book 2 distribution may be by mail or via local ration boards
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Washington
OPA
Offiends
Gould
No. 3 Bank
Dark Future Seen off Cotton Business
Memphis reports that cotton ceilings may close key exchanges in New York and New Orleans. Oscar Johnson of Scott Mississippi warns merchants will lose business as ceilings set by the OVA are tested following price rings and a Washington report on possible April 22 permit openings.
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Memphis
New York
New Orleans
National Cotton Council
Oscar Johnon
Scott, Miss
S . Washington Bureau
OVA
Prentiss Brown
Prison Breakout Stirs Vanderburgh Jail Lockdown
Flashes of Life column reports Vanderburgh county jail lockdown after a prison escape attempt. health officer quarantined a measles case in a woman prisoner and trials ordered discontinued until escape is resolved. Also notes a New Orleans suit over a horse incident and scattered crime briefs from several cities.
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Associated Press
Evansville
Tne
Vanderburgh County
Sg. A. King
Giraud Orders Purge for Cotton Business
Algiers April 15 authoritative report says General Giraud ordered a purge of pro Axis minded officers from the French army in North Africa. He requires commanders of land sea and air forces to report, with by May 1 names of officers reluctant to fight for the Allied cause and deemed unfit for civilian life.
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Algiers
Togdney
Giraud
Abel Vithy
North Africa
Marshal Petain
Choise Wi
Fragmentary Testimony On Educational Answers
A witness testified that TL believed the material was educational while DT claimed to know all the answers and that DT did not need to learn them. The remark suggests a dispute over instructional value and the necessity of mastering the material.
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Grams
Deaths Last Night in Philadelphia Highlights Publicist Welliver
Philadelphia obituary notes the death of Py Judson Churchill Welliver aged 72, a publicist and newspaperman with ties to Alede and Wh. He served as director of public for President Warren CG in 1920 and led Pablo rehitians for the Sun Ol Company.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Judson Churchill Welliver
Aid
Alede
Sevetee Nowy Nl
Warren CG
bHivrding
Swmpaien
Ats
Pablo Rehitians
Sun Ol Company
Whitten York Buys King Kash Furniture Co
Whitten York Furniture company has purchased King Kash Furniture Company and will operate both stores. King Kash retains its assets with payments due at the Second Street King Kash store run by manager T. C. Gamble. Whitten York manager R. W. Davis oversees Division Street store. W. D. Whitten leads the company. Basil York is on leave as Army trainer at Pine Bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitten-York Furniture Company
King Kash
Acements
Second Street
T. C. Gamble
R. W. Davis
Whitten-York
Division Street
W. D. Whitten
Malvern
New Park Head for Hot Springs National Park
John W. Emmert was named superintendent of Hot Springs National Park today, succeeding Preston P. Patraay after a transfer to the finance office of the Dit service. Emmert, in the National Park Service since 1928, hails from Hagerstown Maryland.
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Wot Springs
John W. Emmert
Farmies
Sollowstone National Park
Hot Springs National Park
Preston P. Patraay
Ienga
Dit Servicr
Emmert
National Park Service
Hngerstown
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Tunisia
Mackenzie
Market Report
Sadventi
Yankes
Victoria Cross
Iy Talbot
Rainbow
Harry C. White
Ana Hlokefront
White
Norton
Woman's Place
Los Angeles
Janet A. Mitchel
Herbert
Albuquerque
N. M
Robert Norton
Sheriff'’S Office
Blue Plate Mayorindise
Wesson Otl
Kellogg’s
Pkas
Meng Lee Taylors
Heinz
Autivarvesetts
Stubart
L.R. Urrey
Taxi Co
the Pines Dairy
W. M. Ramsey
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