Salvation Army Drive open with $1650 on first day
Volunteers canvass homes and workplaces as the Salvation Army appeals for donations. Mrs W Rosenberger leads the Women's Division urging unsubscribed residents to deliver contributions to Campaign Headquarters or Shenandoah Valley National Bank. Men’s Division operates in stores and offices led by Harold G. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaland
R. Strader
Veterans of Foreign Wars
B. A Gettendanner
Fred Hyde
Grace Fries
Walter Duncan
Answers to the Daily Quiz Show Correct Answers
A scrambled list of quiz question answers includes Gen Sir Harold Alexander Jesse H Jones Franklin Pierce Rudolf Hess Petrograd now Leningrad New York Mayor La Guardia George Washington among others. The readable items are embedded as stray lines with some punctuation errors.
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Harold Alexander
Jesse H. Jones
Pranklin Pierce
Rudolf Hess
Petrograd
Leningrad
TriMayor la Guardia
George Washington
Ration Calendar Details Through Early 1945
The calendar lists validity for ration categories including Meats Fats and Used Foods with several book and stamp groups. It outlines dates for stamp validity such as book three brown stamps V W through Feb 26 and four stamp groups H J through Feb 20, and notes airplane stamp No 1 indefinite. It covers fuel and oil coupons across regions with varying end dates through February 1945 and March 1945, detailing gallons limits and regional applicability.
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Rocky Mountains
Middle West
East
Far West
Palestine Is Hot Potato To British
Washington reports Britain has closed Palestine to Jewish immigration after April as Arabs and Jews clash over homeland. The United States weighs war priorities and Jewish immigration limits while Britain holds the mandate and debates a possible Arab or Jewish state.
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Palestine
Ned Nordness
Washington
Holy Land
State Department
Department
U. S
Britain
Zionist Organization of America
United States
Great Britain
Chaim Weizmann
London
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Bitain
Oliver Stanley
WACS to Train in Army Air Forces Technical Schools
The Army Air Forces will train Women’s Army Corps members in technical schools at Chanute Field Colorado and Lowry Field Colorado. Selection requires endorsement by station commandants based on experience and ability. Courses range from three to twenty two weeks covering cryptography, bomb sight mechanics, weather forecasting, and more.
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Army Air Forces
Women’s Army Corps
Army Air Forces Training Command
Ft. Worth
Texas
Chanute Field
Colo
Lowry Field
Shark Fins and Millet book touring Handley Library
Handley Library lists Ilona R. Sues new book Shark's Fins and Millet about China seen through anecdotes and personal vignettes. The author, born in Poland and educated across Europe, narrates experiences amid Chinese destiny and global aggression, offering unconventional storytelling.
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China
Ilona R. Sues
Poland
Germany
France
League of Nations
Geneva
Handley Library
Annual Purebred Hog Sale Friday at Virginia Stock Yards
County Agent I Fred Stine announces the annual winter purebred hog sale at the Virginia Stock Yards Winchester on Friday February 4 at 1 pm. The Virginia Purebred Swine Breeders Association offers 40 head including bred sows open gilts and boards from Berkshire Duroc Jersey Hampshire and Poland China breeds. E O Carpenter and C Lucian Brumback, both Swine Breeders Association members, consign 14 hogs each. Farmers may select breeding stock from multiple breeds. For more information contact E O Carpenter or the County Agent.
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I. Fred Stine
Virginia
Winchester
Duroc-Jersey
C. Lucian Brumback
Be, O, Carpenter
Magazines Books and Games Sought For USO Appeal
The USO seeks magazines books and games for their servicemen and women. Call 5106 or 5702 to contribute and help boost morale.
Allied Campaign At Rabaul On Schedule Says Fitch
Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch says the Allied air campaign to neutralize Japanese airpower at Rabaul is on schedule. He expects the Japanese to defend New Britain until unprofitable and to withdraw movable personnel and equipment while strengthening at Rabaul. Fitch notes Japan is weakening air strength elsewhere to focus on Rabaul and cites expansion of carrier pilot use.
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South Pacific
Rabaul
Aubrey
W. Fitch
Washington, D. C
Fitch
New Britain
Bougainville
Rabaul Harbor Declared Untenable for Major Shipping
Fitch notes air battles around Rabaul cost Japan over 500 planes in January. He recalls harbor traffic dropping from 40–50 warships and similar cargo ships to only a few warships and rarely more than a dozen cargo vessels, signaling the port’s untenable status as a major shipping point.
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Rabaul
Fitch
Rabaul Harbor
Hotel de Gink in Iceland Hosts Dignitaries and VIPs
From Reykjavik, Iceland, Feb. 1. A foreign dignitary arriving in the United States by air from Europe would say he slept at the Hotel de Gink in Iceland. The Icelandic Hotel de Gink counts Queen Wilhelmina and King Peter among guests, with notable visitors including Eduard Benes, Harry Hopkins, Elmer Davis, and Jack Benny. The hotel is housed in a lone Nissen hut complex, yet inside offers luxurious carpets, tasteful furnishings, and hot and cold water, staffed by young Air Corps personnel.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
United States
Europe
Army Air Transport
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Peter
Yugoslavia
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Harry Hopkins
O. W I
Elmer Davis
Henry L. Stimpson
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Francis Langford
U. S. Army Air Corps
Air Force
Math Experts Weigh Lice Census Insect Mathematics
English medical workers counted 7 442 lice on 461 heads. New logarithmic methods predicted 107.15 heads with one louse and 303.24 heads with ten or fewer. Actual counts were 106 and 304. This work by Fisher Williams and Corbet at London institutions suggests practical agricultural applications.
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A. P. Science
New York
England
R. A. Fisher
Galton Laboratory
London University
Cc. B. Williams
Rothamsted Experimental Station
A. Steven Corbet
Natural History Museum
Linodon
Science News
Roosevelt vetoes pay bill for unused leave in Virginia
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill ordering the Treasury to pay John Henry Miller Jr. of Staunton, Virginia, $135 for unused leave as deputy clerk in the Western District of Virginia. He urged a general leave compensation measure before approving such targeted aid.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
John Henry Miller, Jr
Staunton
United States District Court
Western District
Virginia
Senate
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