Air power proved decisive in North Africa campaign
DeWitt MacKenzie notes Allied air superiority shaping the Tunisia offensive. Spaatz reports 51 Axis planes down since March 20 with 175 lost, Eisenhower confirms 112 Axis planes destroyed in two days including 70 transports. Rommel defenses are strong in a coastal plain fortress, with Bizerte and Tunis bases, mountains to the rear, and mined routes in the passes requiring infantry to breach.
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Tunisia
Axis
Africa
United Nations
Rommel
Afrias
Carl Spatz
Northwest Africa
Spaatz
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Bizerte
Tunis
Phitheater
Carthage
Hassan
Emmet High School Boosts Buy a Jeep Drive
The Emmet High School sponsors a Buy a Jeep drive with bonds and stamps enough for two jeeps, aiming to buy a third before April 30. Seventh and eighth graders both report full participation. Also noted are a new sticky grease for farm machinery and post war prefabricated houses priced at 500 to 800 dollars per room.
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Emmet High School
Market Report from St Louis Livestock Markets
The St Louis market reports steady to uneven trading across hogs cattle and sheep with lighter weights and sows showing price dips. Hog demand was fairly active with 170 lb plus ranges near 14.95 and lighter weights around 12.90 to 13.65 for lighter classes. Cattle and calves opened steady with steers and heifers soft, top values noted for medium and good grades around 14.50 to 15.50 for vealers and yearlings. cows mostly 11.00 to 12.73. Sheep receipts around 1,750 with higher pricing than yesterday but market not fully established. Also notes corn oats and rye price movements and wheat and barley quotes from regional markets.
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ST. Louis
Verbal Clashes in Tulsa Murder Hearing
In Tulsa a tense clemency hearing for Phil Kennamer, 27, sparked a heated exchange between opposing lawyers before about 200 spectators in the House of Representatives chamber. Eben Taylor, former Tulsa city attorney, accused Dixie Gilmer of saying he would favor clemency, a claim Gilmer vigorously denied. Taylor cited a December 1, 1941, remark to Federal Judge Franklin E. Kanamer, the applicant’s father.
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Oklahoma City
Phil Kennamer
Tulsa
House of Representatives
Eben Taylor
Dixie Gilmer
Gilmer
Kennamer
Taylor
State Pardon and Parole Board
Franklin E. Kanamer
Jungle Heartbeat Forces Barry to Bravery at Plantation
Barry Fividiac travels Guatemala’s jungle with Jose to reach a Quiche estate. A malaria relapse stalls progress until Allison, owner of the plantation, greets him amid chicle work. Barry reads a worried letter from Lila, while Allison wrestles with a mistaken rescue.
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Barry Fividiac
Guatemala
Ile
Jose
Tally
Ehlefts
Tinrry
America
Promine
Durry
Jose Munanies
Barry
Amxon Topning
Lila
Highway Workers Receive Instructions In Arkansas Revenue Laws
Eighteen members of the Highway Department weighing crews received training on Arkansas revenue laws today as a precursor to work next week under a 1943 act consolidating traffic functions. A second session will be held Thursday for 26 staff at ports of entry in Blytheville, West Memphis, Lake Village, El Dorado, Springdale, Alma, Corning and Fulton. They will enforce revenue flows and continue overload checks under the consolidated setup.
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Little Rock
Highway Department
Arkansas Revenue
Revenue Department
Revenue and Highway
Blytheville
West Memphis
Lake Village
el Dorado
Springdale
Alma
Corning
Roosevelt on South Tour Sees Military Might and Morale
President Roosevelt traveled through Georgia and Arkansas with military displays and cheering crowds as troops trained and readiness increased. He observed rugged conditions, noted high morale, and praised living improvements and training gains, predicting a stronger nation through military prep and rationing.
Barefoot Girl and the Busy Human Body Myths
A fragmentary historical note discusses the human body as the busiest muscle in life, childhood growth by season, ancient crafts in leather and wall painting, varied scientific theories on body asymmetry, and a stray remark about military installations and WAVES.
Flashes of Life From The Relocated Press
A quirky set of vignettes from The Modern Age. Paul Revere reenactment in Lexington ends with a late ride after a horse shoe mishap. A Denver boulder extraction scene pits Frank Mannix against a stubborn garden task and a farm mishap nearby. Missouri town grapples with barber shop reopening as war pulls workers away. Local resident voices critique hair and head wear amid wartime shortages.
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Lexington
Mass
Paul Revere
Bethe
Revere
Lexington Green
Allied and Axis Claims Over Tunisian Front Expand
A continued World War II dispatch reports Allied and Axis claims from Tunisia and the Tyrrhenian Sea. It notes an Allied submarine sinking and German air raids while British and American air power pressures Rommel. The piece highlights intensified operations, naval patrols, and air force superiority affecting supply lines.
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Rome
Tyrrhenian Sea
Berlin
Associated Press
Tunisia
Tunisian
Tunishy
Mediterranean
Rommel
Tnisia
North Africa
Tur
Dr Ross to Speak Wednesday Night at Presbyterian Church
The Rev. L. I. Ross of the Southern Presbyterian Mission in Mexico will address the congregation Wednesday night at 7 45. A large crowd is expected and the public is invited. Old manuscripts show that manuscript writing had limited medieval precision.
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Dr. Ross
L. Ross
Southern Presbyterian Mission
Mexico
Lower 13 Murder Trial May Go To Jury
Albany Ore April 20 Oregon’s Lower 12 murder case arising from a knife attack on a crowded sleeping car may be sent to the jury today. Levey Lenix defense attorney for Robert K. Luce Polkes a 20 year old Negro dining car cook charged with killing Martha Virginia James 21 of Norfolk Va said he had only four or five more witnesses to present. Lenix opening the defense claimed the nine witnesses called mostly Negro train crew members showed the defendant was in the dining car gully at the time of the slaying.
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Albany
Ore
Oregon
Levey Lenvix
Robert EK
Luce Polkes
Negra
Martha Virginia James
Nurfak
Lomix
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