Virginia Law Proposes Sharing Surplus Among Localities
A bill by Delegate Ernest Dewey Coburn would distribute half of any unobligated surplus remaining in the 1944 45 Virginia State Treasury to localities on population basis. Senate approval seems likely with support from administration leaders. The report also notes ongoing debate over court rules and other measures in the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House
Ernest Dewey Coburn
Narrows
Aubrey G. Weaver
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Supreme Court of Appeals
M. M. Long
Wise
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Norfolk County
R. Baldwin
Norfolk City
Whitehead
Irvine
Singleton
Leecher
Hodges
Highway Department
Germans Strike With Deadly Skill In Italy
Allied dispatches report German armored units probing the northern flank of the Anzio bridgehead as rains hinder air support. Roosevelt warned of a tense situation while Allied air forces concentrated to defend the beachhead. German strength reportedly grows with five divisions and a brigade in reserve to renew the assault near Aprilia Carroceto area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Fifth Army
Algiers
Anzio
Rome
Mediterranean
Kenneth L. Dixon
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Bowers Ag Geeta Comand
Carroceto
Aprilia
Afizio
Bond Auction Tomorrow Planned Despite Weather
E W Argenbright president of the Winchester Volunteer Firemen's Association says the War Bond Auction will start at 3 o'clock in the old Penney Building as planned. Vehicle weather may affect the parade but not the auction with many merchants contributing valuable items for bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Argenbright
Winchester
Dunn and Duvall
Grove Furniture Company
Pifer Printing Company
Miller’s Drug Store
Baker and Anderson
Coca Cola Bottling Co
W. B. Snider and Son
Goodyear Tire Co
Sears
Roc’ Co Eagle’s Meat Market
Clearbrook Woolen Co
Penney
Cameron Street
Hugh G. Peters Photo Studio Closed for Replenishment
The photographic studio of Hugh G. Peters will be closed until February 17 to replenish supplies. The notice appears in the local section with cataloging code 2211-1p-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh G. Peters
Fresh Rappahannock Oysters Adam Ritter Kent
Local seafood listing shows Adam Ritter at 315 WN Kent offering fresh Rappahannock oysters. Contact number 4956 provided for orders or inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Ritter
Kent
President Plans Brief Address on Lend-Lease Ceremony
President Roosevelt will speak for about five minutes tomorrow afternoon in a radio address between 4 and 5 o'clock Eastern War Time. The talk relates to ceremonies surrounding the presentation of a destroyer escort to French naval authorities under lend-lease, with the subject left undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Ware
Illness Of Pneumonia Fatal To E. B. Sartelle
Edwin Blake Sartelle, lifelong Winchester resident and son of Otis B. Sartelle, died of pneumonia after a three day illness. He was born October 23, 1870, and passed away at Memorial Hospital after being moved from his home at 410 South Loudoun Street. His father was a Civil War veteran from Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Blake Sartelle
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
South Loudoun Street
Mr. Sartelle
Otis B. Sartelle
City braces for enforcement of sidewalk snow rule
Chief of Police C W Hollis warned that the city ordinance requires removal of snow and ice from sidewalks within two hours after fall. If removal injures the sidewalk, ashes or dust must cover it. Fines range from one to three dollars and a survey will check compliance citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Legion Offers Aid To Discharge Veterans
Commander Schenck announces Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 has received mustering-out-pay applications for discharged veterans. Eligible veterans can receive 100 to <amount> in compensation under post 1941 legisla tion. The Legion will help prepare applications for those in or out of the local post. Veterans urged to attend next Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank Building for forms information and assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Heavy Snow Grips East As Deep Freeze Hits Midwest
A blizzard from the Midwest sweeps into the eastern U S with heavy snow and ice from New Jersey to Atlanta. Illinois and Indiana report deaths as the cold wave chills the region, while New York City faces coal shortages and officials warn of continued severe winter weather. Trains and flights delayed as snowfalls, winds, and subzero temps close schools and disrupt travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Midwest
United States
Northwest
New Jersey
Atlanta
Illinois
Indiana
F. H. Laguardia
New York City
Atlantic
Eastport
Block Island
Boston
Weather Bureau
New England
la Guardia Field
New York
Beca
Little Golva
N. D
North
South Dakota
Washington, D. C
South
Virginia
24 Killed In Plane Crash Into Big River
Coast Guard units locate wreckage of an American Airlines transport that crashed into the Mississippi River near Memphis with 24 aboard. Witnesses report a low flight and a bright explosion as the plane sank in a 22 foot channel. search by Coast Guard and U S Army engineers continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W
Coast Guard
American Airlines
Shoe River
U. S. Army
Memphis
U. S
Charley Williams
Vernon Royer
Hickman
Williams
Foreman W. R. Wellborn
Acer Los Angeles
New Wiliams
Frankfurt Again Blasted With High Explosives
American Flying Fortresses bomb Frankfurt on the Main for a second time in four days and fourth since January 29. Liberators and Marauders strike targets in northern France and Pas-De-Calais as Allied air forces press a 24 hour cycle of raids. Heavy bombers have hit continental objectives in 12 of the past 15 days, aiming to flatten the industrial city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frankfurt-On-The-Main
Frankfurt
Liberators
Pas-De-Calais
France
Brunswick
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
Mustang
Lightning
USAAF
War Bond Sales Fall Short of Goal by $500000
Winchester and Frederick County report Fourth War Loan Drive totals showing about $715,530 in bonds sold toward a $1,270,000 quota, with $500,000 still needed. War Finance chair Wen dell Barney cites regional over subscriptions by Greene Orange and Rappahannock counties and warns of the difficult task ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Greene
Orange
Rappahannock
Federal Reserve Bank
Barney
Friday 8 PM Gatherings at Rouss Fire Hall
Every Friday night at 8:00 o'clock the Rouss Fire Hall hosts a regular event. location listed as Rouss Fire Hall. The fragment indicates a weekly schedule with a date marker of year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss
McCormick Declines Illinois Presidential Ballot Bid
Col. Robert R. McCormick says he will not enter the Republican presidential contest in Illinois despite petitions to place his name on the April 11 ballot. He cites avoiding resignation from the Chicago Tribune and avoiding participation in the canvass while noting the move is a draft from the Republican nationalist committee. General Douglas MacArthur also had petitions filed on his behalf without his signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Robert R. McCormick
Es William J
Cette
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Grace
McCormick
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
World At War Highlights Report on Multiple Front Battles
German assault on Anzio falters under heavy Allied artillery and air support while a Nazi claim of penetration near Carrocito awaits confirmation. U S Flying Fortresses bomb Frankfurt as medium bombers hammer northern France for the fourth day. Russia reports seven spearheads striking German salients in the Dnieper bend. Red Star cites Nazi losses as a major disaster. Pacific forces continue air and sea attacks on remaining Marshall Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Anzio
Carrocito
Aprilia
U. S S
Frankfort
France
Kotka
Finland
Russia
Dnieper Bend
Red Star
Stalin
Planes Team Up To Smash Japs Hold In Pacific
U S Pacific Fleet reports air and naval strikes against Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands and Wake Island. From Pearl Harbor Nimitz says 114 tons of bombs were dropped over three days by fighters bombers and warships. Coronado bombers hit Wake Island while navy ships bombarded two Marshall Atolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl H
Navy
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Navy Coronado
Wake Island
Wake
Marshalls
Coronados
Japan
Marshall Atolls
County Fruit Growers To Confer On Problems 1944 Meeting
Frederick County fruit growers leaders plan a two day session February 17 and 18 with pruning demonstrations in Opequon and Welltown and an all day horticultural school at Winchester Court House. Topics include cedar rust, labor for 1944 harvests, and possible use of a migratory labor camp or POW camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Fred Stine
Frederick County
J. W. Richard
Opequon
D. K. Russell
Welltown Pike
D. A. Tucker
VPI
Walker McC. Bond
Fruit Growers Association
Victory Livestock Sale Set for February 15 in Virginia
The Shenandoah Production Credit Association and county war boards sponsor a Victory Livestock Sale on Tuesday February 15 at the Virginia Livestock Market. Stock consigned will bear a V and be sold normally with standard commissions. consignors receive payment in War Bonds and Stamps. Edw B Lee will handle Clarke County stock. Frederick County 4 H earns bond credit for Frederick consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Frederick and
Clarke County
Fredericksburg
4-H
Frederick County
Mary Gay Marker
4-H Club
Syd
R. Dorsey
Shenandoah
I. Fred Stine
Clarke
J. W. Olcott
Ass’t
A. S. Brumback
Shenandoah Pca
Coleman Dunn
Virginia Livestock Market
Three-Way Collision Injures Four Near Pitcairn
Four persons were injured lightly in a three way crash on the Pennsylvania Railroad main line at Pitcairn, fifteen miles east of Pittsburgh. A five car local struck the rear of a 13 car mail train, derailing one local car and the mail engine and first three cars. A following Pittsburgh to New York passenger train then struck the derailed cars, knocking engine and four cars off track. Three tracks were blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitcairn
Here
Strategic Rail Junction Falls To Reds
Stalin announced the capture of the Shepetovka rail junction 45 miles southeast of Rovno and 27 miles east of the old Polish front. The junction links Berdichev Warsaw and Korosten lines, a vital German defense link. Red Army drives press Korsun pocket, Krivoi Rog, and disintegration of Nazi forces accelerates after Stalingrad surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Joseph Stalin
Shepetovka
Rovno
Berdichev
Warsaw
Stalin
Nikolai Vatutin
First
Poland
Utsk
Korsun
Dnieper
Krivoi Rog
Stalingrad
Manager Wanted For Shady Rest Business
Help wanted notice seeks married sober man for manager role at Shady Rest. Furnish a good sal e e nce and references. contact DeMazzon at Trianon, 1 My teaeane.
Bombers Pummel German Positions Around Cassino and Rome
Allied air power with 850 sorties strikes five key bridgehead targets Albano Cisterna Velletri Campoleone and Cecchina while ground troops press the main Fifth Army front near Cassino. Americans seize five more buildings in the ruins as Germans defend underground dungeons and a Nazi fort prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Aront
Cassino
Cel
Rome
Albano
Cisterna
Velletri
Campo
Leone
Cecchina
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican
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Angio
Edward Kennedy
E. B. Sartelle
Legion
Memaabion
Austin Bealmear
Hershey
Her- Lions Club
Roy LaFollette
Victory
Bulletin
James N. Moling
St Excellent Radio
James P. Reardon
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