Starvation Wages Probe Moves Through Virginia Senate
Senator Robert Vaden of Gretna chairs a new Virginia Senate Finance sub committee to probe starvation wages paid to state employees before a proposed bonus. Senators Doughson Dinwiddie Ha good and Bird join, with meetings planned to set schedules and review agency personnel problems. The panel also considers bonuses and tax relief measures for servicemen, while House bills advance on liquor stock authorizations and highway cooperation with utilities. Allied dispatches report heavy fighting near Cassino and Cisterna as the Rome front tightens with German resistance and Allied advances in multiple sectors.
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Richmond
Robert Vaden
Gretna
Virginia Senate Finance Committee
Vaden
Ralph H. Doughson
Norfolk
Morton Goode Dinwiddie
J. D. Hagood
Daughton
Senate Finance Committee
Norris
Senate
Hillard
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Virginia State School For
House of Delegates
ABC Board
Tax Bill Aims to Boost Revenue and Update Rates
Washington report on the $2 315 8 million tax bill sent to drafting for final polishing before House and Senate approval. It expands excise taxes some 20 to 30 percent on goods and services, raises postal rates, alters war renegotiation act provisions, and introduces a 3 percent victory tax on income over $624.
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Washington
Legislative
House
Senate
George
D-Ga
Barkley
Kentucky
Bad News For Japs Report Predicts Marshall Islands Loss
A Berlin broadcast said Japanese papers expect bad news from the Marshall Islands after a January 30 Allied attack. Imperial headquarters and Mainichi acknowledge the enemy can strike the islands, warning the development is serious for Japan.
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Associated Press
Marshall Islands
Berlin
Imperial Headquarters
German Transocean Agency
Tokyo
Mainichi
Russian Armies Close on Estonian Border in Baltic Drive
Moscow says Gen Leonid Govorov led Leningrad Army in a push toward Estonia with Kingisepp under attack and Narva Gate area near the border. Reports flag river crossings near Luga and gains around Kingisepp as German defenses stiffen. other fronts note Nikopol bridgehead and Dnieper Bend actions.
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London
Red Army
Kingoe
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Narva
Stalin
Leonid A. K. Govorov
Kingisepp
Baltic
Luga
Lipa
Lake Thnen
Finland
Nikopol
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
We Must Bring Our Boys Home From Overseas
Ma Manchester urges rapid bond purchases to fund returning service members from Japan to American shores. She warns that delaying could cost lives and keep soldiers away from safety, urging readers to buy bonds now as the ticket home for sons brothers or husbands.
Odd Fellows Plan Funeral Procession
The lodge members will leave the hall at 12 30 PM on Wednesday to attend the funeral of our late brother Howard et at Burnt Church in Albin M W Himetright N G nearby officiating the procession to follow.
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ODD Fellows
Lodge Hall
Howard
Albin
M. W. Himetright
N.G
Clash In Senate Over Service Voting Measures
Washington Feb 1 The House refused to provide a roll call on a uniform federal ballot for armed services as debates over states rights and war ballot restorations continue. Senate and House clashed over responsibility delaying a vote while leaders predicted the pace of action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Armed Services
Martin
Massachusetts
Renesbane
Barkley
Dky
Virginia Governor Urges Voting Bill for Armed Services
Governor Darden sent a special message to the Virginia General Assembly urging prompt action on legislation to allow wartime voting. The plan, based on Attorney General Staples, would mail war ballots to service members or relatives, require prior printing of names, and adjust registration, poll tax rules, and candidate filing deadlines to ensure timely balloting.
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Richmond
Darden
Virginia General Assembly
A. P. Staples
Yark Maries
Strike at Ford Ends Abruptly at Willow Run Plant
DETROIT Feb 1 R G Ford Motor Company says production of center wing bomber assemblies at Willow Run ended before noon after 625 of about 925 daytime workers who supported a wage demand returned to work 300 others left during the demonstration 169 night shift workers remained after quitting time the wage dispute will be sent to the regional War Labor Board management had offered a five cent hourly increase.
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Detroit
Ford
Willow Run
Ford Motor Company
Regional War Labor Board
Firemen Elect Officers At Annual Meeting
The Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association elected officers for another year at their annual meeting. E W Argenbright was named president and acting fire chief. Vice presidents include Loryn Crabill and Howard Hart. Captains for various units were listed along with B F Arthur Jr as assistant secretary and O H Lewis as treasurer. A War Bond auction plan was announced for a city event on a Saturday in February.
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Winchester Volunteer Firemen’s Association
E. W.argenbright
Loryn Crabill
Sarah Zane
Howard Hart
South End
David Hottle
Marion Anderson
Friendship
B. F. Arthur, Jr
John Boyd
O. H. Lewis
For Sale Two Farms on Tuscarora Pike near Martinsburg W Va
Two farms on Tuscarora Pike three miles west of Martinsburg West Virginia totaling about 276 acres. Features include three never failing springs with a very large one, a forty acre orchard, forty five acres permanent pasture, and a well set water supply. Listing by Homer C Small.
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Tuscarora Pike
Martinsburg
W Va
Berlin Bombed From All Quarters During Latest Allied Raids
A Swedish correspondent says Berlin lies in devastation across all quarters after new Allied raids. Gigantic fires burn in uncounted houses as thousands are buried in cellars with many killed.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Dagens Nyheter
OWI
Frankfurt
Nya Daglit Allehanda
CBS
Breslau
London
Holland
Assembly Reappoints Judge B P Harrison
Judge B P Harrison is commissioned again to the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit by Gov Colgate W Darden Jr after the Virginia General Assembly reappointed him. He had been serving to finish the late Judge Philip Williams term and took oath before Lee N Whitacre with oath record filed in Clarke Frederick Warren and Shenandoah Winchester circuits.
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B. P. Harrison
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
General Assembly of Virginia
Harrison
Darden
Philip Williams
Lee N. Whitacre
Frederick County
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Shenandoah
Winchester
Bond sales exceed two hundred thousand in Winchester area
War Bond sales in Winchester and Frederick county last week totaled 210380 from 750 bonds. Wendell Barney, chairman of the War Finance Committee, credited factors including recent Jap atrocities reports, civic and industrial competition, and an upcoming War Bond rally and Capitol Theatre movie premier for the rise as residents stayed ready for the Fourth War Loan Drive.
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Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Winchester
Frederick County
Barney
United States
Capitol Theatre
Women enter bond sale drive with strong early results
Barney said a number of women joined the bond selling competition and reported remarkable results. He urged entrants to ensure Mrs Brown has a list of their sales by tomorrow, while local saleswomen should keep their sales list for the Victory Exchange drive at its conclusion.
Bond Drive Progress Near One Third Of Local Quota
A grand total of 2 093 bonds representing 421 287 50 had been sold through Saturday, about 33 percent of the local quota of 1 270 000. E bonds totaled 1 873 for 98 287 50, and all other bonds 220 for 323 000. Ahead of last drive.
Brooklyn Man Fined $50 for Smoking Aboard Steamer
A Brooklyn man was fined $50 in New York court for smoking on a steamer tied at a dock, a violation of the war emergency act. He listed his occupation as a fire watcher responsible for enforcing no smoking aboard the ship.
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New York
Brooklyn
Groundhog To Make First War Prediction At Dawn
Gobbler's Knob groundhog faces Candlemas Day ritual in Punxsutawney with a weather forecast and war-time hope. The town groundhog club plans an early outing at crack of dawn despite censorship on past predictions, as observers await the seer of seers.
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Robert Grubb
Punxsutawney
Gobbler
S. Knob
F. A. Lorenzo
The
Johnny Woodchuck
Invasion Rumors Hit Marshall Islands From Tokyo Broadcasts
New York reports that Tokyo radio claimed a superior Allied force raided the Marshall Islands since Sunday. The broadcast said Japanese garrisons intercepting and fighting fiercely, while others warned of a possible invasion and noted Allied air raids totaling about 344 planes from Jan 1 to 26 without major damage.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Marshall Islands
U. S
Broadcast Intelligence Service
Forc
Tokyo
North America
Vichy Radio
Marshalls
South America
World At War Highlights From Pacific To Europe
Pacific Action reports U S forces landed in the Marshalls thrusting at Japan's first line of defense as battleships and carriers lead a massive task force. In Italy Allied forces push from their bridgehead toward Campoleone near Rome while Cassino defenses crumble. In the east Soviet troops near eight miles of Estonia as German claims stress heavy Red losses in western Ukraine.
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Ward
Campoleone
Rome
Navy
Associated Press
Hal Boyce
Fifth Army
Gustav Line
Cassino
Boyle
Berlin
Udine
Ohm
Hmbers
Dart
Hore
Bees
Che
Pacific
Tokyo
U. S
Marshalls
Japan
Central Pacific
Italy
Russia
Estonia
Ukraine
Secrecy Cloak Over U S Task Force Actions
Navy reports detail attacks on Wake Island and the Marshalls as a massive task force drives an offensive in the central Pacific. Official notices offer limited confirmation of carrier and land based strikes while radio Tokyo chatter remains uncorroborated and unclear.
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Pearl
Aoy Ee
Japan
Wake Island
Navy
Marshalls
Wake
Radio Tokyo
Marshall Group
Franco Expected To Stand Put
London dispatch reports both pro and anti Franco Spaniards doubt General Francisco Franco would sever Spain’s diplomatic ties with the Axis despite U S and British pressure. A Buenos Aires diplomat predicted a cut this week while Madrid shows rising diplomatic activity.
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London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Axis
Buenos Aires
Madrid
Anthony Eden
United States
Besteiz
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