Average Citizen Opposes War Powers in U S Defense Bill
An "average citizen" witness, Attorney Hart, told a congressional committee that the House backed amendments do not reduce the threat of war in the defense bill. He warned U S entry could invite Fascist or Communist rule and urged caution amid Senate final weeks of committee work. Curran of the National Maritime Union likewise opposed the war measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Hart
House
Senate
Austin
R.-Vt
Republican Party
Washington Dispatch
United States
Cantor Machines
Trade Curran
Nabent Maritime Union
Unclear Army Enlistment Remarks And Rations Report
Fragmentary notes describe possible rush to National Guard and closed enlistments. Mentions Company I and Head 3 Detachment muster a week ago, claiming weight gain from army life. Ends with reference to Lieutenant Logan noting soldiers in Dobee are enjoying apples as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Lieut
William Us
Dobee
Logan
Soldier Boys Dine Tonight at Hotel Banquet
Soldiers assemble at 6 15 p m for a march from Loudoun to Picay street and to the hotel. The Mc Tree Municipal Band leads the procession while the George Washington Hotel Orchestra performs during the banquet. D J Howard will deliver the principal address. J P Arthur, president of the Junior Board of Trade, with Lions Rotary Kiwanis and the American son sponsor the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean
McTree Municipal
Loudoun
Picay Street
George Washington Hotel
D. J. Howard
J. P. Arthur
Junior Board of Trade
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis Clil
American Son
Bride Beings on Wedding Day Novel Serial Theme
A fragment from a romance serial hints at weddings and a dramatic incident as Eve drives a car through a fence into a mountain garden setting, suggesting escalating tension in a romance narrative arc. The text references a motto about women and a mysterious eve figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveless
Morgenthau Sees U S Solvent For Defense Financing
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testified on the 1942 money bill before the House Appropriations Committee. He said revenues and taxes should cover at least one third of the new national defense program and that solvency was not in danger. He added federal debt limits may rise as revenues fund Army and Navy needs without reliance on borrows.
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Treasury Department
House Appropriations Committee
Morgenthau
Rep
Ludlow
D.-Ind
United States
Ivor
Many Fertilizer Firms Indicted By U S Court
A federal grand jury indicted 64 fertilizer companies and 36 individuals for violating anti trust laws. The case alleges a conspiracy to maintain uniform prices and restrain competition, involving most major fertilizer firms and many of their principal officers.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Maryland liquor seizures rise while mash removals drop
Federal agents reported Maryland stills seized last year totaled 186, down 16 from 1940, while mash seizures reached 89 917 gallons, a drop of 41 293 gallons from the prior year, per the alcohol tax unit of the Treasury.
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Cohol Tax Unit of
the Treasury
Maryland
Frederick County Budget Talks Move Toward Next Year
A county report shows January balance of 24738 dollars in the general fund, up from 10107 a year ago due to better collections and strict budgeting. The Supervisors and School Board meet to discuss the tentative budget and future school construction policies while Agriculture interests visit the grand champion steer Sargo at the Firestone garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot S Thei
McCann
Board of Supervisors
Welfare Board
Frederick County
Sargo
Firestone
C. M. Rosenberger
Rowe Named Commanding Officer of Fredericksburg Unit
Brig Gen E E Goodwyn announces Josiah P Rowe Jr as commanding officer with captain rank of the Protective Force company to be organized at Fredericksburg. Other commanders named include W A Baker Winchester Frank M Wray Berryville Everett A Hellmuth Alexandria and W G Myers Harrisonburg bringing total appointed to 29 of 45 planned companies.
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Richmond
E. E. Goodwyn
Josiah P. Rowe, Jr
Co Protective Force
Fredericksburg
General Goodwyn
W. A. Baker
Winchester
Frank M. Wray
Berryville
Everett A. Hellmuth
Alexandria
W. G. Myers
Harrisonburg
Rowe
47 British freighter crew rescued after capsizing off Delaware
The 5800 ton Ramon De Larringa bound from Philadelphia to England with pig iron capsized three miles off the Delaware breakwater. Coast guardsmen rescued 47 crew members. one fireman named McClain is missing. The ship was towed to the breakwater after listing Friday night. Crew were hauled from icy waters into lifeboats as heavy seas and cargo shift drove the vessel onto a shoal near Lewes. Captain S. P. Ryan and others were taken to Lewes coast guard station.
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Lewes
Del
Ramon de Larringa
Delaware
McClain
C. A. Osborne
Coast Guard
Philadelphia
England
Atlantic City
S. P. Ryan
Coast ‘Guard
Army Reaches 800000 Mark For Peacetime
The United States Army reaches a record strength of 800000 officers and men as housing and mobilization lag behind the original 1418000 total force target. Weather delays affect camp construction while air corps pilots meet the yearly goal and factory programs proceed on time or ahead at major plants including Chrysler in Detroit and DuPont projects in Charlestown Indiana and Radford Virginia.
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Washington
Army of the United States
Stimson
War Department
High Command
Army Air Corps
Chrysler
Detroit
DuPont
Charlestown
Ind
Hercules
Radford
Income Tax Aid Available In Winchester Office
Richard T. Elmore and Thomas C. Jennings announced free help with federal income tax returns from March 1 to 15 in Room 204, Post Office Building, Winchester. Filing thresholds: married couples with gross income 2000 or more. single filers with gross income 800 or more. Returns due by March 15 without penalties. Taxpayers urged to bring complete records for accurate preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Elmore
Thomas C. Jennings
U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue
Post Office
Winchester
Bootleg Mining To Be Attacked In Schuylkill Valley
Independent miners in the lower Schuylkill Valley plan a work stoppage to oppose a union operator state proposal aimed at eliminating bootleg coal. P. Joseph Brennan, president of the Independent Miners Association, orders road vigil to keep bootleg holes idle as Governor announces state agreement to buy bootleg coal for market absorption.
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Pottsville
Lower
Schuylkill Valley
P. Joseph Brennan
Independent Miners’ Association
Enn
James
Othes Cots Ger, & Matey
In T
Seo
Large 1942 federal appropriations sent to House
The Appropriations Committee sent to the House a bill totaling 146,394,496 for the Treasury and Post Office departments for the 1942 fiscal year starting July 1. Treasury would receive 304,330,185 and Post Office 842,064,311, with slight reductions from Roosevelt estimates. Coast Guard funding includes 62,193,150 plus a 6,370,000 contract fund and personnel and equipment upgrades as part of defense and neutrality duties.
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Washington
Treasury
Postoffice Departments
House
Appropriations Committee
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Ereena Ie Treasury
Coast Guard
Congress
United Stattes
Franco and Serrano Suner head toward Ventimiglia talks
Diplomatic dispatches say Francisco Franco and Ramon Serrano Suner are en route to Ventimiglia on the French Italian frontier to confer with Benito Mussolini and Count Galeazzo Ciano. Athens reports say 12 to 15 Italian planes were shot down by British and Greek fighters in widespread Fascist raids, the largest toll since the war began last October 25. Belgrade observers think Britain’s rupture with Romania signals RAF attacks on Romanian oil fields now in German hands.
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Bern
Francisco Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Ventimiglia
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Athens
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Rumania
Romania
Britain
Reginald Hoare
Ion Antonescu
United States
Franklin Mott Cue
Churchill
Bulgaria
Genoa
High Command
Italy
Bri
Taranto Naval Base
German Reconnaissance Raid On Iceland Described
Berlin announced a German warplane attack on British forces in Iceland. An authoritative source calls it a periodic reconnaissance trip conducted roughly monthly. Unofficial reports claim no British casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iceland
Berlin
Lieut Hollis Returns From Fort Benning Training
First Lieutenant Lawrence C. Hollis arrived in Winchester Saturday night after completing a Battalion Commanders and staffs course at Fort Benning Georgia. He will join the staff of Col BE H Opie with the 116th Infantry and received a diploma before departure. Also at Fort George G Meade 2d Lt M B Clowe reported for Junior Officers' School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence C. Hollis
Winchester
Fort Benning
Hollis
BE. H. Opie
116Th Infantry
M. B. Clowe
Fort George
G. Meade
Wm. Pingley
Refunding For F. F. and P. Planned by RR Stockholders
Stockholders of the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad approved a $6,500,000 refunding operation today. The measure aims to reorganize debt and extend the railway's financial stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond, Va
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company
Democratic precinct leader John Harper struck by hit and run
John Harper 71 prominent Democratic precinct leader in western Frederick county was hit by a hit and run driver on U S Route 50 about 8 30 last night. He was taken to hospital after being found in a ditch with a deep laceration and blood loss. Harper attributes the driver as possibly drunk and saw no license plate.
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John Harper
Frederick County
Here
F. W. Pingley
Harper
Pingley
Dan Poole
Yeakley
Ict
Winchester
Inauguration of the highway post office tour reaches Shenandoah Valley
The nations first highway post office bus tours from Harrisonburg toward Washington stopping in Front Royal Strasburg and towns south to Harrisonburg with 22 scheduled stops. Children were excused to watch the arrival while officials and communities held band concerts. General Mud delays operations at Winchester airport and ground conditions hinder runway work. The Board of Supervisors received a historic photograph of the Frederick County Court House portico from the Chamber of Commerce to frame for the county office lobby. Sargo the grand champion Hereford steer was shown in Winchester and spent a weekend on Harry McCann’s Stephenson farm.
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Front Royal
Strasburg
Harrisonburg
Winchester
State Highway Department
Board of Supervisors
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County Court House
Frank Turgeon
Sargo
Harry McCann
Stephenson
Mr. McCann
Britain Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Romania
Allied tensions rise as Britain declares break with Nazi linked Romania amid German advances in the Balkans. Churchill and officials warn of further bombing targets while Mussolini reports heavy damage from British raids on Genoa and naval bases.
Found Guilty Of Slaying Wife
Arthur Lloyd James a language specialist was found guilty but insane of murdering his wife Elsie Owen Lloyd James in Hampstead. He was ordered kept in custody "until the King's pleasure could be known." The couple's death occurred January 14 with a fractured skull.
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London
Arthur Lloyd James
Lloyd James
Elsie Owen
Hampstead
James
Jone T
Cleaning Special at Piccadilly Office Riteway
An OCR fragment notes a cleaning special at a Piccadilly office cleaning service Riteway with topcoats and plain items listed in a brief advertisement.
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Piccadilly Office
Riteway
CLEA
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U.S.A
Attorney Hart
Joseph Curran
George Washington
Ernest. Truex
Peg French
Martha Washington
Hearst
New York
Soldier Boys
U.S
U. S
Federal
Gen’s Fund of
Frederick
Winchester Post Office
Lower Schuylkill
Treasury and
Postoffice
Bulletins
Duce
Clowe
Fort Meade
Black Sea
Royal Air Fleet
Associated Press
Great Britain
Mathc
Winston Churchhill
Bucharest
Hitler
English Court
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