Mrs Roosevelt Seeks Chance to Explain Civic Defense Criticism
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said she would be delighted if Congressmen who criticized civilian defense and moves to strip it of morale directing powers would let her explain the situation. The Office of Civilian Defense faces scrutiny over Melvyn Douglas and Miss Chaney appointments as critics press for answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Office of
Civilian Defense
Melvyn Douglas
Maynus Chaney
Roosevelt
Miss Chaney
Civil Defense Bill Approved By Assembly In Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly approved a civil defense bill and an emergency clause to enlarge the State Highway Commission from five to nine members. The Senate passed the measure 38 to 0 and sent it to Governor Darden, who plans a state radio town hall to explain the proposal. The House also moved a war emergency annexation freeze except for fairs or wartime events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
Senate
Robert O. Norris
Courts of Justice Committee
Norris
Darden
House
Maurice Rosenberg
Alexandria
Highway Commission
Chapman
Roanoke County
MacArthur Reports Fresh Attacks Repulsed
General MacArthur said on the Bataan Peninsula Philippine troops repulsed fresh Japanese attacks. Fortifications at Cavite silenced several enemy siege batteries while dive bombers operated overhead. The War Department communiqué noted direct hits on enemy batteries and repulsed assaults across multiple points with no other reported actions.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippines
Manila Bay
Cavite
War Department
Philippine Theater
MacArthur
Southern Papers To Reduce Size
The directors announced a plan to cut page count by consolidating sections and reducing page size. The move aims to streamline production and lower costs for the newspaper group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Papers
City backs broom to clear shattered glass on streets
Mr Winchester urges use of brooms on highways to remove broken glass and protect rubber tires. He notes many cars become inoperable as tires wear out and glass damages rubber, calling for removing debris from thoroughfares.
Destructive Philadelphia Fire Tears Through Block
Firemen estimate losses exceed 1 million dollars after a major blaze swept a large block of shops and homes in Philadelphia. A crowd of about 50,000 watched as a teenage spectator fell from a rooftop into the collapsed structure during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Columbia and
Ridge Avenues
Second Burglary Charge Against Murder Suspects
Clyde M. Thomas and James Albert Sessler face a new house breaking charge in Lynchburg with murder charges in Halifax county. They allegedly stole 90 000 cigarettes from M W Callaham and Sons last March. Cliff Burger and Cleve Burger are jailed. Detective Captain Tor rence cites statements admitting the theft and transfer to Appomattox county. The cigarettes were valued at 500.
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Lynchburg
Clyde M. Thomas
James Albert Sessler
Halifax County
M. W. Callaham and Sons
Cliff Burger
Baltimore
Cleve Burger
W. D. Torrence
Thomas, Sessler
Robert Lee Jones
Howard Payne, Jr
Campbell County
Boston
Conference Held On Protection In Virginia
General Don Birkhead and Governor Darden conferred in Richmond as the third area command plans defense. General Scott will be stationed in Norfolk with Col. Edwin P. Conquest as assistant. Adjutant General S Gardner Waller said Scott will coordinate new and civilian defense with Col. Conquest and Col. John A. Cutchins, provost marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Don Birkhead
Darden
Scott
Third Corps
Norfolk
Edwin P. Conquest
176Th Infantry
S. Gardner Waller
Virginia
Conquest
John A. Cutchins
Albert to Lecture Tonight at Rotary Institute
Dr Albert will lecture on Our World Neighbors tonight at 8 at the George Washington Hotel. The talk opens a four lecture Rotary Club Institute of Understanding series. The public is invited and tickets may be obtained from any Rotary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen D. Albert
George Washington Hotel
Rotary Club
Institute of Understanding
George Ade Reflects on War and Liquor in Old Time Saloon
MIAMI BEACH Fla Feb 9 19 a Hoosier humorist George Ade 76 says he hopes the nation will win the war but worries about liquor. He recalls writing The Old Time Saloon and notes taverns pose moral questions while people seek fun amid conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ade
Miami Beach
Fia
Ade
Banquet Draws 300 Guests For Reuss Firemen
Preparations are underway for about 300 guests at the annual Reuss firemen banquet to be held Wednesday night. Senator Tom Connally will deliver the principal address as Lt. H F Byrd Jr is toastmaster. The Swinghearts band will provide entertainment and a turkey and ham menu is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Douglas Brown
Reuss
Tom Connally
Texas
Ahe
H. F. Byrd, Jr
U. S. Navy
Congressman Robertson
R. A. Whitten
A. I. Ellin
Frederick
Bny the Swinghearts Band
Washington
Dave Hottie
David F. Hottle
Mr. Brown
Cecil Cc. Grim
Mrs. Thomson to Sponsor U S S Aulick Destroyer
Mrs Traddeus A Thomson Jr of New Orleans designated by Secretary Knox to sponsor the destroyer U S S Aulick named in honor of the late Commander John H Aulick. The ship is second of its name and was authorized July 19 1940. Mrs Thomson is wife of Captain Thomson U S N acting commandant of the Eighth Naval District at New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Traddeus A. Thomson, Jr
New Orleans
Secre
Navy
Frank Knox
S. Aulick
John H. Aulick
Aulick
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Congress
Japan
Perry
Thomson
Thaddeus A. Thomson, Jr
Eighth Naval District
President Roosevelt signs giant Navy appropriation bill
In Washington on February 9 President Roosevelt signed the 474 appropriation bill, the largest in U.S. history, funding a growing navy and planning an expanded air arm. The measure contemplates adding about 25,000 airplanes to the navy to wage war across two oceans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Roose
415 Japs Put In Prison Camps
BISMARCK ND Feb 9 Four hundred fifteen enemy aliens arrived here and were taken to Fort Lincoln interment camp joining more than four hundred German internees. A 13 coach Northern Pacific train brought the detainees from the west coast at dawn and unloading finished around 930. Internees are believed to be from California area. Federal immigration patrols ring the area while internees are moved in guarded trucks to the camp.
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Bismarck
N. D
Fort Lincoln
Northern Pacific
West Coast
California
Federal
War Shipping Administration Formed To Oversee U S Vessels
Washington Feb 9 a presidential order created the war shipping administration to control operation purchase charter requisition and use of all ocean vessels under US flag or control except fighting ships and those on coastwise inter reino and inland routes. Admiral Emory S Land will head the agency linked to a US Britain joint shipping board agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Shipping Administration
United States
Emory S. Land
Martime Commission
Britain
Tangier pier bombing shifts into wider European tension
A taxi bombing in Tangier ignites violence as British and German actors vie for Arab support. Casualties reach fourteen dead and thirty six wounded while Tangier enforces martial law. Reports cite Russian offensives near Donets basin and Krasnograd, and note Todt’s death in an eastern air accident.
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Mediterranean
Europe
Russia
Spanish
Morocco
Tangier
Germany
Africa
Southea
Donets
Krasnograd
Kharkov
Kharkov-Dnieperopetrovsk
Odessa
Dnieperopetrovsk
United States
West Many
Fritz Todt
Berlin
East
Todt
Siegfried Line
Britain
England
Sir Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Contest Winner To Be Announced Delayed Engraving
The winner of the picture contest cannot be announced today due to a delay in receipt of the engraving. The winning picture will be published in an early issue. Amateurs should submit pictures before 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. entries after that time go to the next week's contest.
Japanese drive on Singapore fronts a grim assault
The Japanese pushed ashore on a 10 mile front at Singapore threatening the British base, but Major General Henry Gordon Bennett said the situation was well in hand as Australian troops fight to hold a strong line. Parachutist reports and tank reinforcements floated in while Bataan and Manila Bay battles continued under heavy bombardment.
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Associated Press
Isle of Singapore
Henry Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Singapore
Johore Strait
Fank
Osloio
Batavia
Nan E. I
Java
United Nations
Bataan
Ganeral MacArthur
Manila Bay
Cave
London
Woman Killed In Head On Crash Near Winchester
A head on collision on the Gainesboro pike near Winchester late yesterday afternoon killed Mrs. Carrie McFadden of Cumberland Md. Several others were injured including Eston Bonner Sr and Jr Rosalee Luttrell May Luttrell Robert Ware and Leslie Ware. McFadden died at Winchester Memorial hospital after 6 pm. Funeral services will be held in Cumberland.
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Gainesboro Pike
Carrie McFadden
Cumberland
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Eston Bonner, Sr
Eston Bonner, Jr
Rosalee
May Luttrell
Robert Ware
Leslie Ware
the Bonners
Miss Luttrell
Winchester
Hunt Ridge
B. E. Williams
Omps
City And County Brevities
Leo Everhart reports his son Jake in the Air Corps is safe and well after a Hawaii message. Jake, once an aerial photographer and Palace Theatre employee, took part in maneuvers in Louisiana near Denver. Col. Joseph Campbell, a Brownwood Texas surgeon with the 8th Army, sent gifts from the Igrote chief in the Philippines to his sons, including bookends and figurines. Mrs. Bessie Kern invites visitors to see the Campbell collection at Spring Garden.
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Leo Everhart
Front Royal Road
Jake Everhart
Air Corps
Jake
Hawaiian Islands
Palace Theatre
Denver
Colo
Louisiana
Joseph and
Leo Campbell
Joseph Campbell
8Th Army
Brownwood
Texas
Philippines
Col. Campbell
Far East
Bessie S. Kern
Spring Garden
Spring Garden,” Grandmother, of the Messrs
Campbell
Measles Epidemic Reduces Attendance in Local Schools
An outbreak of measles has caused lower attendance across city and county schools. The illness affected high school students but the overall impact remains limited with several classes missing days of instruction.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
M’arthur
War
Agg Ay Run News Mat
MR Winchester
Dr. Albert
Mrs. Thomson
Shipping Board
The
Nippos
Dutch East Indies
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