Pay-Go School Tax Plan Gains Favor
Virginia lawmakers push a pay-as-you-go school tax tied to a 2 percent sales levy. Senator Hodges promotes the plan as a way to adequately fund teacher pay, while Senator Noland argues the measure can raise about 25 million dollars and gain broad public support. A House floor presentation is targeted for Monday and a Senate hearing on wage issues is set for tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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Y. Melvin Hodges
Hodges
Virginia
Senator Noland
Noland
Newport News
Senate Finance Committee
Tidewater
Wloucherback
Vaden Senate
Bergdoll Freed From Fort Leavenworth After Draft Dodger Term
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, 50, famed WWI draft dodger, was released from Fort Leavenworth today after serving three and a half years. He was met at the gate by his wife and their youngest child, and the three departed by cab, likely to Kansas City where Mrs. Bergdoll stayed last night.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Ft. Leavenworth
Bergdoll
Clearance Sale Hat Prices and Handbag Offers
Mary S. Yeakley announces a clearance sale featuring hats at 50 cents and one dollar plus discounted handbags, highlighting bargain pricing and limited stock.
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Mary S. Yeakley
Bingo Night With Sarah Zane Hall Event
Community bingo event hosted by Sarah Zane Hall on Thursday February 3 at 8 30 p m with a $100 door prize and additional prizes. Readers advised to arrive early and participate in the game session.
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Sarah ‘Zane Hall
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Set for Feb 4
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday evening Feb 4 at 8 p m. All members urged to attend. Captain Loryn M Crabill promotes participation.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Rileys Oyster Shop Hours and Meeting Notice
RILEY'S FRESH OYSTERS listing hours Monday to Friday seven to six and Saturday seven to seven at 315 N Kent. Also notice of Frederick County Virginia School Trustee Electoral Board meeting at the County Court House Winchester Friday February 18 1944 at 10:00 am to appoint a Back Creek district member. postponed from February 4 due to illness. Chairman Geo P Sedwick.
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Frederick County Va
County Court House
Winchester
Back Creek
Geo. P. Sedwick
Eee Board of
Frederick Co
Dinner Saved In The Nick of Time
A film preview at the Palace reports a woman in the audience shouting about leaving her pot roast on the stove. She then asks an official at the box office for a return ticket, insisting she forgot to turn the stove off at home.
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Palace
Strategy Shifted On Voting Bill In Senate War Ballot Amendment
In a quick strategy shift Senate leaders agreed to accept an amendment by Danaher to limit the federal war ballot to service members overseas and to those in the U S whose states fail to provide absentee ballots. Lucas and others indicated support, with provisions allowing a state ballot affidavit if a service member did not receive the desired state ballot. Taft cautioned the change would not sway many votes on a competing substitute, while Glass’s stance remained with the administration.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
D.-Ill
Ihkevi
Danaher
R.-Conn
Taft
Ohio
Dahaner
Glass
D.-Va
Tokyo Officials Brace for Air Attacks After Lessons
A German broadcast quoted Tokyo’s mayor saying the city is prepared for air raids, citing lessons from Berlin bombings and the 1923 earthquake. He stressed using practical city experiences to strengthen defenses and aid residents.
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London
DNB
Germany
Tokyo
Berlin
News Columnist Clapper Dies in Pacific Plane Crash
Raymond Clapper, renowned Washington columnist and commentator, died in a plane collision while covering the Marshalls invasion in the Central Pacific. He was 51, a Linn County Kansas native and University of Kansas alumnus, survived by his wife and two children.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Navy
Pacific
Scripps-Howard
Honolulu
Australia
Pacific Fleet
Linn County
Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas City Star
United Press
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Clapper
Washington Post
Scrippsident
Sigma Delta Chi
Capital
Gridiron Club
Marines Clear Last Japanese Resistance At Namur Roi
United States Marines mopped up on Namur and Roi in the Marshalls after the heavy naval bombardment that opened the invasion. Allied fire silenced shore batteries and pillboxes as Marines advanced through shattered defenses with limited interior resistance reported.
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Central Pacific
Patterson
4Th Marine
7Th Army
Kwajalein
Roi
Marshalls
Philippines
Tokyo
Hawaii
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
United States
Rio
Namur Islands
Namur
Little Id
Neely Urges Votes For Republican If Service Counts
West Virginia Governor M M Neely, a Democrat, urged auto club members to vote for a Republican if that choice best serves the country. He criticized two unnamed candidates and named no party ties while urging voters to put country first overpartisanship.
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Charleston
W. Va
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
West Virginia Automobile Association
U. S
Secretary of State
Neely
Rush D. Holt
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Charles Town
Holt
Funkhouser
Mrs Abe Leven Ace Bond Sales Woman Qualifies For Citation
Uncle Sam's ace bond saleswoman in Winchester Mrs Abe Leven 447 N Braddock St sold 60 bonds totaling 7100 up to February 1. She did not win a trip to Richmond but Wendell Barney War Finance Committee chair praised the effort. The state runner ups included Lily Albert Covington and Katharine Daling Clifton Dan Craigs. Leven notes selling bonds as the least she can do for her 16 nephews in service. Winchester drives show the winner since 1942 sold 48275 in bonds plus 4591.40 in stamps. B nai B rith leads the Fourth War Loan Drive. The winner earns a Surgeon General's citation. first locally anticipated.
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Uncle Sam
Winchester
Abe Leven
N. Braddock St
Leven
Virginia
Richmond
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Lily Albert
Covington
Katharine Daling
Clifton Dan Craigs
Albert
U. S. Navy
B’na B'rithe
B'nai B'rith Tops Bond Contest In Civic Drive
B'nai B'rith won first place in the Fourth War Loan drive with 60 bond sales totaling 6500 dollars. The American Legion placed second with 21 sales for 2525 dollars, followed by the Girls Athletic Association and Lions Club with 19 and 15 sales respectively. Various other clubs posted smaller totals as the contest continued.
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Ing
B’nai B’rith
American Legion
Girls’ Athletic Association
Lions Club
Boy Scouts
American Auxiliary
Beta Sigmea Phi
Winchester and
Clarke Gardens
Ganization
Kiwanis Club
Junior Board of Trade
Association of American University Women
Child Guidance Club
Eagles Club
Elks Club
Girl Scouts
Junior Century Club
Masons
Odd Fellows
Old Predericktown
Gar
den Club
Quota Rotary Club
Associa
Veterans of Wars
World At War Highlights From Pacific To Balkans
AP reports on Kwajalein Atoll advance as American forces seal Roi and Namur in the Marshall Islands. 3.5 million pounds of bombs preceded amphibious assault. Soviets push on Narva river after Lutsk breach. Wilhelmshaven bombed by 1100 aircraft. Cassino fighting tightens on Gustav line as Rome area resists German counterattacks. Yugoslav Partisans hold six German columns near Slovena beaches.
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Associated Press
Kwajalein Atoll
Roi
Namur
Marshall Islands
Allied Blockade At New Guinea Proves Effective
Allied headquarters report the northeast New Guinea blockade showing starving Japanese dead and dwindling reinforcements. Australians push toward Saidor with 30 miles between advance forces. MacArthur notes fighters disintegrating in mountain passes as ships barges and PT boats are damaged or sunk. American forces on Bougainville extend holdings using tanks while raids target Rabgul and Toberan airfield. MacMillan Poultry Co closes for repairs notice appended.
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Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Reiss Point
Saidor
Douglas MacArthur
Ramu Valley
Interior New Guinea
Madang
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Torokina River
Americ
Stalin claims encirclement as Ukrainian fronts link
Soviet officials announced the joining of the First and Second Ukrainian fronts to trap nine infantry and one tank division north of Zvenigorodka and Shpola. Lutsk and Rovno had been evacuated by German forces as Berlin reported new positions west of them.
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London
Marshall Stalin
Lutsk
Rovno
Poland
Stalin
Smela
Dnieper
Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan S. Konev
Narova
Estonia
High Command
DNB
Luzk
Berlin
Reprieve Granted for Clatterbuck in Loudoun Farm Slayings
Thomas Clatterbuck, 33, condemned for the five-farm killings on the A. Morris Love property in Loudoun County, has been granted a stay of execution to May 5 by Governor Darden. The reprieve followed a January 26 decision after defense petitioned the State Supreme Court of Appeals for a writ of error.
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Richmond
Thomas Clatterbuck
Loudoun County
Darden
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Clatterbuck
Loudoun
James Love
James Love, Jr
Walter Russell
Massive US Bombing Raid Strikes German U-Boat Base
American Marauder bombers escorted by Allied fighters attacked Wilhelmshaven and other targets in northern Germany in what was described as the largest sustained Allied offensive. Some 1,100 aircraft took part in a 700 mile round trip, aiming at Germanys major port and shipbuilding center as RAF Mosquito raids hit western Germany the same night.
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Ven
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Frankfurt
Floyd Haines Answers War Bond Call With New Song
Songwriter Floyd Haines creates a new war bond number inspired by a poster Let Them Have It for the Fourth War Loan Drive. He previously wrote Say A Prayer Buy A Band Today and For the Boys Who May Never Come Home, with the latest piece debuting in Washington after emerging from a 4 am inspiration.
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Floyd Haines
Haines
Washington
Earle Theatre
Front attack at Cassino drives tanks into town
London reports a direct front attack against Cassino with tanks breaking through and heavy street fighting as Allied infantry pour into the town on the road to Rome. The Cairo radio said the German stronghold is under assault tonight.
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London
Cassino
Rome
Cairo
Allied attack tightens noose in Cassino battle
American and French forces push through the Gustav line near Cassino threatening its core as they widen breaches along the Cassino Terelle road. Allies also enlarge the Anzio bridgehead as German counterattacks mount, with fierce fighting in the Monte Cairo and Mt. Castelone areas and heavy artillery support from above.
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Italy
Cassino
Gustav Line
Lire
Anzio
Ittoria
Rome
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Mark W Clark
Terelle
Cassino-Terelle
Mt. Castellone
Rhgine
Stalingrad
Mt. Manna
Monte Villa
Four Winchester Men Register In January
Four men registered with the Winchester US Board during January. They were Frederick Paul Jr., 688 ee Avenue. Mar Bolton, 102 Southwerk Street. Lewis Franklin Dodson, 10 E. Clifford Street. and Harvey Milton Clark, 386 Charles Street.
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Winchester US Board
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Tonight at Eight
The Friendship Fire Company will hold a meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Members are expected to attend.
Rouss Fire Co Notice Urges Attendance Meeting
Rouss Fire Company announces a meeting on the third at 8 oclock. All members are urged to attend. Signed David Hottle president.
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Rouss Fire CO
Thiy
David Hottle
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