Senate Panel Backs Aid Bill From House Version
A Senate committee approved the administration aid to Britain bill by 15 to 8 and sent it to the Senate floor for debate beginning Monday. Leaders aim to limit debate to two weeks and rejected an amendment to curb presidential war powers beyond those already granted.
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House
Senate
Johnson
R-Calif
Elender
D-La
Western Hemisphere
Ebender
Congress
Tresaury
Plete
Itol Hill
Parking Meters Win Support in Rockbridge Trade District
After a two day trial Lexington residents backed a new downtown parking meter system. An Inquiring Reporters survey by the Rockbridge County News found nearly 80 percent in favor with respondents praising quicker access for shoppers and business people. One note suggested extending meter times.
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Rockbridge County News
Lexington
Gail Tinin
Traffic School To Be Conducted In Winchester
Lt. John G. Hanna of the Richmond Police Department will conduct a traffic school in Winchester starting Monday February 17. The course runs twice daily at 2 and 7 p.m. on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, with a return trip to complete the program later. Attendance is invited for officers and enforcement staff.
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John G. Hanna
Richmond Police Department
Winchester
Hanna
I. Baumes
Ad Yin
Firemen To Hold Memorial Rites
The Friendship Fire Company will conduct annual memorial services for members who died in the past year at the Church of the Disciples of Christ on West Cork Street at 7 30 p m Sunday. Captain William Argenbright ordered a 7 o'clock gathering at the company hall. Seven members have died since the last service, including Mahlon Jackson and F Brooke Hodg.
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Friendship Fire Company
Church of the Disciples of Christ
West Cork Street
William Argenbright
Mahlon Jackson
F. Brooke Hodg
Americans Urged to Quit Shanghai In Evacuation Notice
U S embassies and consulates issued urgent circulars advising American children and dependents to depart Shanghai promptly. The move follows a sharp stock decline and a weaker dollar as the State Department reiterates evacuation plans from last October.
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Shanghai
United States
United Ice Dollar Exchange
Tate
United States State Department
State Department
Local Units To Move Next Week
Fort George G. Meade reports twenty ninth division leadership expects the 175th Maryland Infantry and 176th Virginia Infantry to move to camp, with most of the 29th Division possibly arriving by next week. Additional Maryland units 115th Infantry 110th Field Artillery and 116th Infantry 111th Field Artillery are slated for late next week, while the 121st engineers and 104th ordnance from Washington move tomorrow and the 29th Signal Company from Norfolk heads to camp Monday.
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Fort George G. Meade
Twenty-ninth Division
175Th Maryland Infantry
176Th Virginia Infantry
Set
George Henderson
Milton A. Reckord
176Th Field Artillery
Pittsburgh
116Th
Henderson
115Th Infantry
110Th Field Artillery
Maryland
116Th Infantry
111Th Field Artillery
Irburgh 176Th
121St Engineers
104Th Ordnance Company
Washington
29Th Signal Company
Norfolk
Soldiers Attend Evening Service Before Deployment
Members of Company I and Headquarters Detachment will attend services at Christ Episcopal Church Sunday evening. The Rev R B Nelson said the hour will be set to suit the convenience of that one. Meanwhile orders have been guiding men and have been prepared to move out on short notice for some time. When they leave for Fort Meade it will be by train. Reports that additional men had been ordered to Winchester to join Company I could not be verified.
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Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Fort Meade
Winchester
Company I
Steel Workers Walkout Idles 3000 To 4000 Tons Daily
Defense orders halt as 3 000 to 4 000 tons of steel a day sit idle due to a ClIO steel workers strike. Officials cited grievances over seniority and other issues pending four months. Youngstown Sheet and Tube at Brier Hill plant closed as 1 000 idle.
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Clio-Steel
Steel Workers’ Committee
Nhe
Youngstown Metal Prod
Brier Hill
Williams Re elected To C P Board
All directors of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia were reelected to the Board at today’s Richmond meeting. Directors include James Gordon Bohannon Petersburg John S Eggleston Julian H Hill Richmond Homer L Ferguson New News Junius P Fishburner James R Gilliam Jr Lynchburg C O Conor Godrick Fredericksburg Goldsborough Norfolk R Gray Wil Winchester Walter B
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
Virginia
Richmond
James Gordon Bohannan
Petersburg
John S. Eggleston
Julian H. Hill
Homer L. Ferguson
New News
Junius P. Fishburn
James R. Gilliam, Jr
Chburg
C. O’conor Godrick
Ericksburg
Goldsborough
Norfolk
R. Gray Wil
Winchester
Walter B
Teacher Cited Over Refusal To Use Flag Exercises
An Adams county school teacher was cited to answer charges of neglect of duty for refusing to use the flag salute in school exercises. The teacher, who has five years teaching, opposed the flag salute as a man made symbol and said they can throw me out but I won’t quit. The Township School Board ordered the proceedings to proceed in court.
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Gettysburg
Adams County
Peay
Ofi Ous
British aid debate flags potential auxiliary ships
Washington reports note 45 converted auxiliary naval vessels could aid Britain without counting as destroyers. Secretary Knox said no more destroyers can be spared, while Wendell Willkie urged monthly shipments. The White House stayed silent as talks hint at broader help via merchant tonnage.
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Washington
Knox
Wendell L. Willkie
Britain
Navy
Willkie
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Senate
White House
Middletown Eyes Auto License Tax for Revenue
Middletown town council members discuss a mobile license tax to boost revenue for street improvements. Officials note the town already has low taxes and a $1 annual street lighting levy. Planned spring summer street work includes Church street and Senseney avenue with possible macadam tarvia surfacing. All-night street lighting has been well received.
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Middletown
Oren Fred Larrick
Church Street
Senseney Avenue
Stateway Department
Sarah Zane Fire Company Service Set
Seven members of the Sarah Zane Fire Company who died in the past year will be honored at the annual service Sunday at 7 30 o clock at the United Brethren Church. Leaders include Rev L G Peers and Rev E T Clark with Chaplains Rev Norman Cooper and others.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
United Brethren Church
Laurence Jolliffe
T. B. Patton
Thomas Kremer, Sr
Charles Miller
Clark Smith
J. Few Brown
Reginald Frye
Sarah Zane Hall
Hunger Strike Proves Fatal To Soldier's Dog
Monterey Calif February 13 Airedale named Laddie died at the Monterey Presidio four days after a 2000 mile flight brought him to private Everett Scott at Fort Ord The veterinarian cited heart collapse and old age as the cause Scott left Chanute Kansas to serve in the army and Laddie began a self imposed fast after his master enlisted
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Monterey
Calif
Laddie
Monterey Presidio
Fort Ord
R. I. Lovell
Airedale
Everett Scott
Chanute, Kas
Grave Situation for Australians War outlook heightens Pacific risk
Australian deputy prime minister A W Fadden warned the war has reached a gravity level for Australia. A war advisory council met amid urgent talks with service chiefs and a pending war cabinet session. Prime Minister Menzies is abroad with Fadden and John Curtin issuing a joint statement stressing urgent preparedness and unity.
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Sydney
Australia
A. W. Fadden
Pacific
War Advisory Council
War Cabinet
Robert Broke-Popham
Far East
Singapore
Menzies
Africa
Faden
Menzie
John Curtin
Home Economics class discussed for Gainesboro school
Stephens City Virginia February 13 40 Gainesboro High School students observed home economics work under instructor Mrs Pauling Rhodes at the Stephens City school. Speakers included R E Ayler principal Pauline Rhodes and Miss Margaret Flickinger.
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Stephens City
Gainesboro High School
Pauling Rhodes
Gainesboro
R. E. Ayler
Pauline Rhodes
Margaret Flickinger
Lillian Snyder
Louise Perry
Mary Gay Marker
Eloise Albin
Deputy Wigginton Seriously Ill at Memorial Hospital
Deputy Sheriff Rome Wigginton, about 83, is critically ill with a kidney condition and receiving treatment at Memorial Hospital. A long-time Frederick County public figure, he has served as deputy under several sheriffs for about forty years.
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Rome Wigginton
Memorial Hospital
Wigginton
Frederick County
Secret debate urged on Western Hemisphere base leasing
London February 13 A House of Commons member urged time for a secret debate on leasing naval bases in the western hemisphere to the United States and their postwar administration by the American government. Lord Privy Seal Clement Attlee said the suggestion would go to Prime Minister Churchill. Commander Sir Archibald Southby noted broad desire to know details, while expressing personal support for the policy.
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London
House of Commons
Western Hemisphere
United States
Clement R. A
Privy Seal
Churchill
Archibald ‘Southby
Action Put Off In West Va Case
The Senate elections committee postponed action in West Virginia's Senate seating dispute for at least two weeks. A tentative next meeting date of February 27 was set to review claims and print the hearing record for members to study, with possible further delays if needed. Martin attended the session with Len Kilgore as they discussed material for the record.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
West Virginia
Senate
Martin
Homer A. Holt
Holt
Len Kilgore
D-W.va
Kilgore
Rosier
Senate Finance Committee Approves Debt Limit Increase
The Senate Finance Committee fast tracked a bill to raise the national debt limit to 65 billion dollars to cover defense costs and proposed British aid. The measure, already approved by the House, would lift the current 45 billion plus a four billion defense reserve and subject future security issues to federal income tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Treasury
Yugoslav Leaders Meet Hitler Amid Axis Power Talks
An Associated Press bulletin says Yugoslavia's premier and foreign minister flew to Germany for a conference with Adolf Hitler. The reported meeting follows Balkan diplomats at Munich and Spanish Generalissimo Franco leaving Marshal Petain after talks with Mussolini.
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Associated Press
Yugoslavia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Mediterranean
Balkan
Munich
Francisco
Spain
Marshal Petain
Benito Mussolini
Many Sinkings Reported By German High Command
German sources claim 13 armed British merchant ships were sunk by warships in the Atlantic, with some vessels 20,000 tons or more. They also said Suez canal traffic suffered severe disruption from aerial blows, and a spokesman framed the actions as a large scale use of warships U boats and long range planes in distant attacks.
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Adolf Hitler
High Command
Atlantic
Suez
Suez Canal
Britain
Far East
Consular Advisories Urge U.S. Citizens to Leave Far East
Secretary Hull announced that American consular officers are advising citizens to depart troubled Far Eastern regions as a precaution. In Manila a Dutch ship Tutjalegka returned after setting course for Hongkong as Japanese ships appeared in the China Sea, with passengers unclear if they were merchant or naval.
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Washington
Hull
Far Eastern
Manila
Tutjalegka
Hongkong
China Sea
Bulgarian claim on Aegean outlet via Greek territory
Budapest dispatch reports Bulgarian official statement asserting Bulgaria's right to an outlet to the Aegean Sea across Greek territory. Source notes no further details on reaction or status.
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Budapest
Bulgaria
Aegean Sea
Riots Threaten Jewish Quarter Ghetto Imprisonment
Report from Amsterdam via Berlin states that after February 10 riots against Dutch Nazis about 50,000 Jews could be enclosed in a ghetto. The Jewish section near the Waterloo area is surrounded by canals and drawbridges, which could be raised to seal off the area.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Waterloo
Signs of spring on Middletown region and nearby towns
The short item notes early spring signs across Middletown and Winchester with maple sap, farmers prepping equipment, land liming, brush burning, and garden seed displays. It mentions B and O agent bulbs from his dahlias, new homes in Kernstown, Bartonsville mill flour production, and a retired worker trying a dam fish trip in December.
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Middletown
Winchester
Charles E. Smith
Bartonsville
German Raids Highlight Coerced Atlantic Convoy Attacks
Reports describe unidentified ships sunk in a raid on Allied convoys in the Atlantic, with German claims of air, sub surface, and surface vessel cooperation. The prompt mentions a prior November assault on a British convoy and the loss of ships as Berlin emphasizes the strategy to break the convoy system.
Canteen Work To Be Discussed In Virginia Conference
Miss Martha G Creighton state supervisor of Home Economics calls a conference of all home teachers in this Virginia section to discuss canteen work. The Berryville meeting is set for Friday February 31. Details remain undisclosed but cooperation in the defense program is expected to be part of the discussion.
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Martha G. Creighton
Virginia
Berryville
Bingo Friday Night at South and Pire Hall
Friday bingo event advertised for 8 p.m. with a $25 grand prize and 35 cent admission. Also a notice seeking the owner or a home for a small female dog with a telephone contact.
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Pire Hall
Valentine Candies In Heart Shaped Packages
Peony Pharmacy offers heart shaped Valentine candies priced 25 cents to 1 dollar and up. Phone 766.
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Valentine Candies
Peony Pharmacy
Sarah Zane Fire Hall Prize Event
An event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall offers prizes including a $100 grand prize on February 13 at 8 30 p m admission 1 00.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Property Auction Near Stephens City Details
Thirty seven acres on Route near Stephens City to be sold in front of Courthouse at noon on Saturday February 15. The listing notes location 3 miles off Route and mentions a reference code (2-41-Ip-31).
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Ora B. Wise
Stephens City
Cou House
Fett
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