Adana Conference Signals Allied Fortunes Rise In War News
News summary notes Churchill and Roosevelt strategizing with Turkish leadership at Adana to secure Turkey’s role in the war. It frames the talks as a nerve strike against the Axis and details plans for military cooperation and potential actions in the east and Mediterranean theater.
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Glenn
Corsteel
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Frenere
Turkey
Ferri
Middle
Iraq
Iran
Great Britain
Secur
Churchill
Casablanca
Mediterranean
Adana
Hitler
Papen
Rehill
Éutrais
Rommel
Americans Hold Off Nazis as Tunisian Battles Rage
Allied forces repelled German sorties near Maknassy and Faid as bombers hit Tunis harbor and docks. United States units, aided by tanks and air support, pressed through central Tunisia while German efforts in the Pont du Fahs area were briefly checked by counterattacks.
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Boston
Faid Pass
Tunis
Sened
Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
Mar- Sar
Faid
Makasasy
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Turks warn Hitler against using neutral territory
Egypt and disaster in Russia influence a high level meeting where Turkish leaders urge Hitler to avoid striking at the Allies via neutral lands. As Hitler grows weaker in Europe the temptation to strike grows, but Istanbul cautions against such a move and stresses cooperation with the alliance.
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Egypt
Russia
Britain
Staels
Hitler
Middle East
Europe
New York Cotton Mixed on W P B Demand Uncertainties
Cotton prices drifted with no decisive trend as markets weighed the W P B request for higher production against farm parity doubts. Late session bids moved 10 cents base higher to 10 cents lower, with Mech May and other futures finishing slightly varied. Middling spot rose to 21.49, up 10 cents, while quotes showed a general nominal landscape.
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Louis Livstock
National Stockyards
Ill
U.S
Grain and
Chicago
Russia
Board of Trade
Office of Price Administration
NEW York Cotton
New York
W.P.B
Overnight legislative rollup of budget and bills
Governor Adkins prepared to address the legislature with a plan for budget control including approval of purchases three months in advance and redistribution of surplus staff and equipment. The Labor Committee split on an anti violence bill at a hearing with hundreds attending. The Wright Williamson bill on license transfers was returned without recommendation. The Leasure Ferguson initiative bill advanced while a consolidation plan faced delay. Senate probes insurance rates and statehouse practices. aliens property bill passed with geographic restrictions.
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Adkins
Senator Labor Committee
House County and County Lines Committee
Revenue Department
House
Judiciary
Joint Budget Committee
Agricultural and Industrial Commission
Publicity Department and Planning Board
H. K. Thatcher
Washington
Senate
Statehouse
Deaths Last Night By The Associated Press
Robert J. French 37, executive sports editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, formerly with Toledo Times and Detroit Free Press. Charles F. Diehl 68, chairman of the Sun Life Insurance Company board. J Willis Gardner 19, chairman of Gardner-Denver Company, Quincy’s major manufacturer.
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Associated Press
Robert J. French
Philadelphia
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Toledo Times
Detroit Free Press
Charles F. Diehl
Baltimore
Sun Life Insurance Company
J. Willis Gardner
Quincy, Sr
Gardner - Denver Company
Quincy
Hope Captain Flies for Gen Chenault Over China
First Lieut. Joe K. Hinton of Hope Route One has earned a promotion to Captain and becomes senior squadron leader with the U S Army Air Corps in China. A Murfreesboro High School and Magnolia A M College alumnus, he entered service in 1938 and graduated from Kelly Field in 1940 before serving in the Caribbean and being sent to China in August 1942.
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Chenault
U. S. Army Air Corps
China
Joe K. Hinton
L. C. Hinton
Hope Route One
Captain Hinton
Hinton
Murfreesboro
Magnolia A. & M. College
Army Air Corps
Turks Begin Meetings With British Leaders In Cairo
British and Turkish officials resumed talks in Cairo with Gen Sir Ian Brooke and Lieut Gen Sir Wilfred Lindsell among attendees. Churchill announced renewed Turkish friendship after lunch, while observers noted roles of Maitland Wilson and other commanders in shaping postwar ties and potential Turkish neutrality. The meeting followed U S President Roosevelt’s Warm reception of the proposal, with press in London praising Turkish neutrality as aiding the Allied cause.
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Ian Brooke
Sukru Saracoglu
Fashih Kayabali
Ankara
Franz von Papen
Churchill
Cairo
Wilfred Lindsell
Eighth Army
Egypt
Libya
Henry Maitland Wilson
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Germany
Gallipoli
Inona
United States of America
Roosevelt
London
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Yurkey
Middle East
Balkans
Call for U.S. war work shifts men from nondeferrable list
McNutt announced a widening of the nondeferrable list and urged registrants with dependents to seek war jobs through the U S Employment Service. Local draft boards must reassess classifications starting April 1 and may grant 30 day draft delays if job transfers are in progress. failures to secure work could lead to immediate induction.
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Bush House
Bell
McNutt
WMC
U. S
Hig
Employment Service
McNult
Smanpower
Roosevelt Sees Casablanca Plans and Submarine Fight
President Roosevelt described his 16,905 mile trip as a military mission and praised Brazil for stepping up anti submarine efforts. He cited Casablanca conference aims to strike Europe with Allied force and warned of relentless air attacks on war facilities, while noting unity with Stalin and Chiang Kai Shek.
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Axis
Roosevelt
Vargas
Brazil
Africa
Radio
Washington
Casablanca
Congress
United Nations
Europe
Norway
Low Countries
France
Sardinia
Sicily
Balkans
Poland
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Rungevelt
Hall
Methods of accounting for the federal income tax
The article explains two main methods: cash receipts and disbursements and accrual. It outlines timing of income and deductions, constructive receipt, capital expenditures versus business expenses, and how inventories affect method selection. Consequences for professionals and rules on year-based deductibility are highlighted.
Adkins Calls for Control of State Finances
Governor Adkins urged a permanent state financial control system with pre approval of purchases, budget control, and a merit based civil service over three years starting 1644, plus a four year term for the governor. He proposed sealed bids for purchases over 200 dollars and quarterly allotments with comptroller oversight.
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Little Rock
Adkins
Ele
Arkansas Public Expenditures Council
Adking
Firestone Strike Ends at Memphis Plant
In Memphis the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant resumed full production as workers returned after an unauthorized walkout in one department on Friday. The restoration of normal operations followed the brief labor dispute.
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Firestone
Memphis
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Departmental advance estimate approval and transfers
Approved an advance estimate of the department's needs for the current quarter. Departments would be authorized under supervision to transfer personnel and equipment as needed to promote economy and efficiency.
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