Last Axis Troops Being Driven Out
The last Axis troops in the Caucasus are reported retreating toward the Sea of Azov as Soviet forces close the Rostov arc and disrupt the Kushchevka rail line. Russian offensives press west of Kursk and around the Don and Donets with advances toward Zolotukhino and near Kursk.
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Moscow
Caucasus
Azov
Dunkerque
Red Army
Rostov
Kushchevka
Yega
London
Novorossisk
Kursk
Kharkov
Voroshiloverod
Don
Upper Donets
Hitch Command
Berlin
Associated Press
High Command
Lake Ladoga
Zolotukhino
Gerromn
Tyxe
Izvestia
Steady Pressure On Jap Lines In Burma Front
New Delhi February 4 British forces on the Mayu peninsula in western Burma continue steady pressure on Japanese lines at Rathedaune and Dondaik. The enemy holds stubborn resistance while air support backs ground operations from RAF Blenheims and Wellington bombers. Allied aircraft reportedly returned safely from day and night raids. four Japanese bombers were driven off after a coastal attack near Coxs Bazaar with minor damage and no casualties.
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New Delhi
Mayu
Burma
Rathedaune
Dondaik
Rathedaung
Akyab
Cox’s Bazaar
Prayer for Equality and Peace Amid Racial Hostility
Mr Winchester urges acknowledging all people as children of God and equal in worth. He calls for humility among those who claim superiority and emphasizes doing right, aiding the needy, befriending the less fortunate, and pursuing peace over destruction in Honolulu on December 17 1941.
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Honolulu
War status statement anticipated by British government
London February 4 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden signaled in the House of Commons that a government statement on the war situation would be issued soon. Political observers expected Prime Minister Churchill to deliver the message after his talks with President Roosevelt at Casablanca and President Inonu at Adana.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Churchill
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Inonu
Turkey
Adana
Public urged to prepare own tax returns
E F Early and C H Lewis deputy collectors announce steps to aid taxpayers while asking for cooperation as about double the number of returns are expected. They will staff the city building at Pront Roy al Saturdays and the Winchester post office second floor each Saturday in February and until March 15.
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E. F. Early
C. H. Lewis
Internal Revenue Today
Internal Revenue Collector
Pront Royal
Winchester
U. S. Food Keeps Reds Fighting
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that American food sustains Soviet forces in the war. He noted shipments to Russia rose, surpassing those to Britain in December, stressing the importance of continuing lend-lease aid to keep Russia supplied.
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Washington
Wickard
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Great Britain
Oyster specials and community bingo at local events
Oysters priced at five percent per quart every Friday. Adam Ritter at 315 North Kent lists event details. Thursday bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Company starts 8:30 with a $250 door prize.
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Adam Ritter
N. Kent
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Franco Denies Hitler Peace Offer Mediation Claim
In Buenos Aires on February 4 diplomats sought reasons behind Spain instructing embassies in Rio de Janeiro and Santiago to deny Adolf Hitler asked Francisco Franco to act as intermediary in a peace proposal. Spain said no proposition existed and would act on its sovereignty if any proposal arose.
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Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Spain
South America
Hitler
Neo
Brazil
Argentina
Finland weighs separate peace with Russia over food aid
A Reuters report from Ankara quotes a German source that Finnish minister to Berlin warned Finland may seek a separate peace with Russia if urgent food supplies are not delivered. Madrid dispatches add that Paris reports indicate the French black market is in a frenzy of liquidation.
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Reuters
Ankara
Berlin
Finland
Russia
Madrid
Paris
Ex Marine To Pay Crime Penalty
Walter Robert Avery 34 faces sunrise execution in Utah State prison for the 1941 grocery store murder of Ogden detective Hoyt L. Gates. A pardon board refused commute to life despite pleas from his wife and two relatives.
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Salt Lake City
Walter Robert Avery
Utah State
Hoyt L. Gates
Ogden
Utah
Geneva Avery
Phyllis Francke
Kansas City
Revoke License of Rustic Tavern
Wm. W. Warrick of 6 W. Cork Street faced a $36.25 fine after a drunk and disorderly trial and for maintaining a disorderly race. The ABC Board revoked the Rustic Tavern license to sell beer and wine following complaints of beer sold to minors and to intoxicated persons at the establishment.
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Wm. W. Warrick
W. Corkstreet
Rustic Tavern
Warrick
Hollis
ABC Board
ABC
Charley Rouss Fire Co Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting will be held Thursday February 4 at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend and a luncheon will follow. David F. Hottle president.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Friendship Fire Company Meeting Postponed
Friendship Fire Company meeting scheduled for February 4 at 8 o'clock is announced. Members are urged to attend. Captain Marion Anderson notes the postponement from January 29 due to blizzard and reschedules to February 5 at 10 a.m.
Fourteen Axis ships sunk in Mediterranean raids
Allied authorities reported destruction of fourteen Axis supply ships in the central Mediterranean approaches to Tunisia as British forces renewed attacks near Bou Arada and Tunisian front lines. American forces captured Sened, took an Italian general prisoner, and allied air and sea actions targeted Gabes Maknassy and Palermo.
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London
North Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Bou Arada
Jebel Mansour
Medjez el Bab
Robaa
Sened
Maknassy
Gabes
Faid
Tunisian
Sfax
Fiehth
Cairo
Bernard d. Montgomery
Pisida
Palermo
Sicily
Ragusa
Reggio Calabria
Morocco
Djebel Serdj
Ousseltia
Kairouan
Sousse
Rouss Company Memorial Rites Next Sunday
Memorial services for members of the Charles Rouss Fire Company will be held at the Congregational Christian Church on Sunday February 7 at 3 oclock. Public invited. Members who died in the past year include L Herbert Haines Robert C Green John F Marshall J Frank Eddy Calvin M Martin John A Spaid Harry E Meister Joseph L Lamp and Judge Philip Williams. The program features a prelude processional hymn invocations scripture prayers roll call memorial music sermons and benediction by church leaders and musicians.
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Charles Rouss Fire Company
Congregational Christian Church
L. Herbert Haines
Robert C. Green
John F. Marshall
J. Frank Eddy
Calvin M. Martin
John A. Spaid
Harry £. Meister
Joseph L. Lamp
Philip Williams
Mildred Jones
T. M. Swann
Dairymen Move To Meet Costs Of Production
Dairymen of the Winchester milk shed form an organization at the Golden Glow to seek relief from rising costs and milk scarcity. They plan to petition the OPA for a two cent per quart price increase, lifting producer prices toward four dollars per hundred pounds, with a possible OPA presentation today or tomorrow.
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Rockingham County
Winchester
OPA
Star
John Allen
F. Wilmer Coffman
Steel Shortage May Cause Cut In War Supplies
The Senate War Investigating Committee warned the United States will barely meet this year's steel needs for major war necessities. They cited underestimation by the armed forces, big steel companies resisting expansion, and War Production Board delays in shifting to a war basis as causes. The interim report calls for revamping steel scrap collection and notes after July 1943 most steel use will be for weapons and plant completion with civilian industry facing a two year backlog of repairs and additions.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
United States
War Production Board
America
Lions Clinic Eyeglasses Delivered to Local Pupils
Children examined last Fall received their glasses. deliveries reached Gainesboro High View Middletown Clearbrook Bryarly Miller and Stephens City schools and the Academy Round Hill White Hall Armel Gore and Stephens City colored school. Pauline Ann Smith still holds a pair at Miss Starling's office. Weather note: Groundhog Day shadow seen, suggesting a longer winter forecast.
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Lions
Gainesboro
High View
Middletown
Clearbrook
Bryarly
Miller
Stephens City
Academy
Round Hill
White Hall
Armel, Gore
Pauline Ann Smith
High View School
Miss Starling
Ruml Tax Plan Challenged by House Committee Leader
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee questioned Beardsley Ruml on his skip a year tax proposal. Ruml argued the plan would boost Treasury funds and not amount to tax forgiveness, while Doughton pressed why not offer such relief to business customers as well.</s>
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Beardsley Ruml
New York Federal Reserve Board
Rum
Coughton
Miners Pledge $2 A Day Wage Rise Rift With WLB
Washington reports John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers push for a $2 daily wage increase for 450,000 soft coal miners. The demand clashes with the War Labor Board's little steel formula, which caps gains at 15 percent from January 1, 1941. Lewis denounces the formula as arbitrary and says the union has a strong case despite potential consumer cost rises.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Lewis
Woman Seeks Richmond Assembly Seat in August Primary
Martha Bell Conway, one of Richmonds few women practicing attorneys, announces her candidacy for a Richmond House of Delegates seat. She would be the first female representative for the capital city in the Legislature if elected, joining early entrant Charles L. Phillan in the race alongside incumbents expected to seek re election. Conway, a 1939 law graduate who passed the bar at 21, has a notable early education and professional path.
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Richmond
Martha Bell Conway
House of Delegates
Commonwealth
Charles L. Phill
William H. Adams
Albert O. Boschen
Charles W. Moss
Beecher E. Stallard
Walter L. Hopkins
Minetree Folkes, Jr
Marine Corps
Miss Conway
Thomas Jefferson High School
Richmond Professional Institute
T. C. Williams School of Law
No Advance in Prices at Hill Yard's Store
Wallpaper and paints exclusively offered at Hill Yard's Store Piccadilly Street. No price increases announced for wallpaper or paints.
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Hillyard’s
Piccadilly St
Parachute Troops Arrive in Madrid From Melilla
Berlin radio reports fifteen United States parachute troopers landed by mistake in Spanish Morocco and arrived in Madrid under guard. They are to be escorted to the Portuguese frontier. release possible depending on descent circumstances.
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London
Berlin
United States
Spanish Morocco
Madrid
Melilla
Spanish
Morocco
Post War Peace Charter Introduced by Senator Gillette
Senator Gillette of Iowa introduced a resolution urging Senate support for the Atlantic Charter principles and immediate negotiation of a post war peace charter with the United Nations. The measure calls for no territorial aggrandizement, respect for self-government, a just peace, global cooperation, economic and labor standards, and equal access to resources and trade.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
Roosevelt
United Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
U S Bombers Raid German Targets by Daylight
United States Army Air Force heavy bombers conducted a daylight raid on northwestern Germany marking a second such operation. Wilhelmshaven and Emden were previously hit, with possible aims including the Kiel Canal and U-boat plants. fighters reportedly shot down during the first raid.
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London
United States Army Air Force
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Amercans
Kiel Canal
Berlin
Friday Bingo at Rouss Fire Co Tonight
Friday bingo event hosted by Rouss Fire Company offers 250 dollars in prizes. Session starts at 3 PM with games on Thursday and Friday night noted in the listing.
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Rouss Fire Co
Thur
Rummage Sale for Charity This Weekend
Charity fundraiser rummage sale set for February 5th and 6th. Proceeds support local nonprofit programs and relief efforts. Volunteers coordinate donations, sorting, and setup across community spaces.
Air And Surface Engagements Continue In Pacific Clash
Washington reports ongoing air and surface engagements in the Southwest Pacific as U S and Japanese forces maneuver near Guadalcanal. Both sides suffer losses while preparing for a possible major carrier battle, with raids on Bougainville, Rabaul, and surrounding airfields intensifying.
Robert Jasper Buys Eagle Meat Market
Robert C. Jasper who ran the Wholesale warehouse for two years has purchased Eagle Meat Market from his father in law. The business will operate as before with focus on high quality meats and courteous service. He seeks continued public patronage.
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Robert C. Jasper
Eagle Meat Market
Jasper
Sarah Zane Fire Company Meeting Scheduled Friday Evening
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co is set for Friday evening February 5 at 0 p m. All members are urged to attend. Loryn M Crabill signed notice.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Loryn M. Crabill
Sarah Zane Fire
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Southwest Pacific
Navy
Guadalcanal
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Salo Island
Solomons
Tokyo
Jai Clanes
Rennell Island
Douglas MacArthur
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