Virginia Senate Advances College Reform and Court Rules
The Virginia Senate passed a House bill to convert Mary Washington College at Fredericksburg into a liberal arts college within the University of Virginia. Gov. Darden backed the measure as Sen. Neff withdrew a companion resolution seeking a study of university governance and relations with state institutions. The chamber also approved eight other bills, including court rule provisions and a bone-dry outline for a state machinery purchase program via the State Soil Conservation Committee, with postwar equipment needs.
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Richmond
Senate
House
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
University of Virginia
Darden
W.N. Neff
Washington County
Legislative Advisory Council
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Igher Ucath
Norris- Muse-Weaver-Breeden
Supreme Court of AdDpeals
Virginia
Aeen Senate
State Conservation Commission
Arlington County
Glen Carlyn
Stabber Run
Breeden-Daughton
Norfolk
Virginia State College
Minter Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Commissioner of Agriculture
L. M. Walker
Moses- Vaden-Minter
State Soil Conservation Committee
Roanoke
Lynchbure
Winchester urges equal sacrifice for war stamps at movies
MA Winchester calls on moviegoers to donate equally to war stamps as they enter or leave theaters. She argues many will see wounded soldiers in newsreels and urges immediate action before it is too late.
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United Treasury
Mt Se
United States
Aleady
Navy
Rhineland
Germany
Japan
Sam
China
England
Why Buy Bonds by Dr L M Allen
A veterans era appeal urging Winchester and Frederick county readers to buy Fourth War Loan bonds. The piece outlines war costs, shipping gains, and the need to fund aircraft, bombs, and supplies, emphasizing Allied sacrifices and the cost of victory versus defeat.
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DR. L. M. Allen
Farmers & Merchants
National Bank
Winchester
Frederick County
Bricker's Chance Claimed Better for 1944 Nomination
Washington observers report John W. Bricker gained momentum after a Washington visit. The Ohio governor urged constitutional change to eight years for the presidency and proposed a postwar peace plan without pledging the United States to any single international framework.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Buckeye
Tting
Roosevelt
Mnational Press Club
United States
Germans Occupy Papal Palace at Castel Gandolfo
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports German troops have occupied the Papal palace grounds at Castel Gandolfo south of Rome. The Pope's summer home lies in the battle area and is heavily occupied, with the Vatican City bombarded as needed. Allied forces describe continued bombing of targets inland from Anzio.
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Algiers
Papal Palace
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Vatican
Gandolfo
Anzio
Sleet Sparks Chain of Vehicle Crashes Near Winchester
At least six accidents were reported around Winchester due to icy highways. The worst collision involved W. W. Beatty and the Sanitary Dairy truck on the Front Royal Pike near Opequon Creek, injuring Beatty's wife and two passengers. Mrs. Beatty and Mrs. Helen Mahoney remained hospitalized with facial lacerations and shock, while Beatty and Claude Mahoney were treated and released. A freezing rain and sleet late yesterday worsened conditions, keeping road crews busy overnight.
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Ana
Winchester
Front Royal
Opequon Creek
Mately
W. W. Beatty
Clarion
Sanitary
N. B. Singleton
Singleton
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Joseph Beatty
Helen Mahoney
Beatty
Claude Mahoney
Clarke County
Rock Enon Site Approved for Scouts Start Work At Once
Approval was given for the Rock Enon camp site for the Boy Scouts of America by J. E. Bishop national director of engineering. He toured the site with Basil Starkey C S Hartman and George Rea. A Board of Trustees will be set up and the deal closed with Scout Masters treé of the council to include training sessions and further site examinations.
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Rock Enon
Boy Scouts of America
J. E. Bishop
Boy Scouts
Mr. Bishop
Basil Starkey
C. S. Hartman
George Rea
American Liberators Hammer French Invasion Coast
American Liberators and RAF Mosquitos attacked the French invasion coast near Pas de Calais with heavy bombers and fighters. The raid followed a day of strikes on Frankfurt and marked a new round of Allied air pressure amid ongoing weather disruptions and German raids on southeastern England.
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London
Pas de-Calais
Continental
Britain
Frankfurt
Germany
RAF
Berlin
Air Ministry
U. S
Engineer Killed In Train Wreck Near Ashtabula
An engineer identified as B. W. Morris, about 55, died after a New York Central South Western Limited derailed three miles west of Ashtabula Ohio. Eleven others, including eight passengers, were injured when a locomotive sidewiped and left the track. Morris had been guiding a Pennsylvania Railroad train over NY Central lines and died from debris impact after the crash.
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Ashtabula
New York Central
Here
B. W. Morris
Ashtabula General Hospital
Oun
Battaio
B. FP. Connell
St. 2
Manager Wanted For Shady Rest At Trianon
Male applicants needed for manager position at Shady Rest, must be married sober and reliable. Good references required apply to Mr DeMazzon at Trianon 185 N Loudoun. (2-11-1p-21)
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DeMazzon
Trianon
Nloudoun
Photographic Studio Closed for Replenishment
The Photographic studio of Hugh G. Peters will be closed until February 17 to replenish supplies.
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Hugh G. Peters
Reds Maintain Pressure On Eastern Front
The Russian Army presses the Cherkasy pocket while advancing toward Shepetovka and Lutsk as Vatutin consolidates a 220 mile front. Soviet air forces claim 25 German planes down and German attempts to break out are repulsed with heavy losses.
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Moscow
Ekersun
Dnieper
Red Star
Red Army
Junker
Cherkasy
Nikolai Vatutin
Lutsk
Uman
Shepetovka
Backime
Sheptetovka
Poland
Rumania
Hungary
Odessa
Warsaw
Russia
Vatutim
Stalin
Vatutin
Old Poland
Rovno
Nen
Khorosten
Ready To Strike Finnish Ports
Moscow reports Russians ready to strike Finnish ports with concerted blows after advances toward Leningrad and the Gulf of Finland. Observers note fires near stations as Russian forces approach key coastal ports.
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Finnish
Moscow
Leningrad
Finnish Gulf
Finland
Turkey's War Entry Hopes Fade Amid Talks Suspension
Ankara reports military talks between the Turkish general staff and the British mission have been suspended after over a month of secret sessions. Premier Sukru Saracoglu says Turkey remains allied with Britain and cautious on war, with entry chances tied to Allied supply deliveries.
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William B. King
Anekara
Turkey
Britain
Sukru Saracoglu
Japanese Opposition Falters in Marshalls Raids
U S Pacific Fleet reports no fighter opposition in Marshalls raids for five days as 100 tons of explosives strike the atolls. Coronado bombers hit Wake Island to support Marshalls operations. Navy notes no losses and unclear turret identifications amid fortress bases like Jaluit and Maloelap hampered by poor comms with Tokyo and Truk.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marshalls
mid-Pacific
Kwajalein
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Wake Island
Marne
Tokyo
Truk
Eton Wotje
Maloelap
Jaluit
Milli
Seven Cadet Nurses Enroll At Winchester Hospital
A class of Cadet Student Nurses will enroll at Winchester Hospital on February. Seven appointments have been issued but housing limits keep enrollment small. Superintendent Mrs Reid Virginia Hollar said the seven named cadets include Catherine Baker Staunton Virginia Olive Campbell Steubenville Ohio Jean Miller Rockville Maryland. Books and uniforms are provided cadet nurses by the Federal Government.
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Winchester Pacemortem Hospital
Reid Virginia Hollar
Catherine Baker
Staunton
Olive Campbell
Steubenville
Ohio
Jean Miller
Rockville
Dorothy
Capt Harry Raysor Killed In Action
Mrs Frank Butsler learns her cousin Captain Raysor of Greenville South Carolina was killed in action in Italy on January 12. He was 25 and ran a Greenville floral business.
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Frank Butsler
Raysor
Greenville
5.C
Italy
Greeville
Rabaul Airdromes Targeted in Heavy Solomons Raid
From Guadalcanal to Rabaul the February air offensive struck three main airdromes with heavy coverage. South Pacific planes claimed 20 enemy aircraft down, seven probably downed and others damaged. U.S. forces lost two fighters as over 250 allied planes bombed New Britain positions, including Lakunai and Tobera runways, with Liberator and Mitchell crews aiding in the strikes.
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
R .Baul
Solomons
New Britain
South Pacific
New Solomons
Rabaul
Japan
Lakunai
Vunakanay
13Th Air Force
Tobera
Armored Battles at Anzio Bog Down by Weather
Stormy weather favored the Allied side at Anzio as German armor counterattacks slowed. Fifth Army amphibious forces gained a possible respite while Allied airmen pressed bases nearby, with only one German thrust reported yesterday amid cloudy skies.
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Kenneth II. Dixon
Naples
Italy
Anzio
Fifth Army
Allied air halted by weather over Rome invasion front
Allied wave ships aided the defense below Rome as bad weather canceled many air sorties. Cassino saw American gains with heavy fighting in the hills west toward the Via Casilina. Germans held strong near Aprilia and Mt Ornito, while shipping to the beachhead slowed under rain snow and gales.
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Algiers
Rome
Cassino
Via Casilina
Cisterna
CBS
Johnen
Berlin
Aprilia
U. S
Mt. Ornito
Castel—forte
Eighth Army
Orsoena
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Papal
RAF —_ Otder
W. W. Hercher
Reds
Eastern Front
By Eddy Gilmore
Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Adana
Casablanca
Inonu
Ciaro
Teheran
Cairo
Tuonn
Capt
Harry Raysor
Ween Haugland
Edward Kennedy
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