Secret Senate session urged on Hull war status
Senator Wiley urged a closed executive session to hear from Secretary Hull on world conditions and the East Asia threat. He warned of a potential overt act by Japan or a coordinated move with Germany and Mussolini and questioned what the US knows about its fleet in the East.
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Senate
Hull
Washington
Wiley
Wis
Tion
Britain
Japan
Wall
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Hitler
Balkans
Wendell L. Willkie
China
Greece
Eine Bills
Poem Excerpts Celebrate An Idealized Muse
A romantic verse extols a woman as a gift of nature, a sun and moonlight muse. The speaker pledges devotion and praises her beauty, faith, and grace, while questioning who among mortals or even angels could match her.
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Earth
Sven
Heaven
Winchester and Frederick Sportsmen Form Red Gun Club
Local sportsmen in Winchester and Frederick counties plan to organize a Winchester and Frederick County Red and Gun Club to promote fish and game conservation. A public meeting around February 25 would allow input and aim to recruit at least 200 members with goals including protecting game and fish, improving cover, stocking programs, and combating stream pollution. Local sportsmen will attend Clarke County Game and Fish Protective Association event in Berryville February 21 for guidance and support.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke Meeting
Clarke County Game and Fish Protective Association
Berryville
County Youths To Enter Army
Two Frederick county youths, William Moses Richard of Mountain Falls and Ernest Johnson Roberts, will report for induction on Tuesday February 25. The county selective service office notes an initial quota of 57 men and 14 already in service.
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Frederick County
William Moses Richard
Mountain Falls
Ernest Johnson Roberts
Clearbrook
Floyd Evans
Martinsburg
W. Va
Selective Service Office
Frederick
Legionnaires Convene Monday at Golden Glow
Members of Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21, American Legion, will meet Monday February 17 at the Golden Glow Restaurant. The dinner starts at 6 30 p.m and a business session will follow to discuss registration of veterans for service in a national emergency.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
No. 21
American Legion
Golden Glow
Harry McCann
Mr. Wigginton Growing Weaker at Memorial Hospital
Deputy Sheriff Rome Wigginton remains a patient at Memorial Hospital with a worsening kidney condition. Officials say his condition is not as good as yesterday and little hope is held for recovery.
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Memorial Hospital
Rome Wigginton
Wigginton
Handley Choir Sings Sunday at Christ Church
Handley A Cappella Choir directs a 5 pm vesper concert at Christ Episcopal Church. Proceeds go to British missions. The program features organ preludes, spirituals, hymns, and classical pieces sung by Jean Whitham Mary Green and others with organists Kerr and June Cline.
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Handley A Cappella
Gwendolyn Haynes
Handley High School
Christ Episcopal Church
Cain
Bortniansky
Lord
Lutkin
Kitty Lou Arnold
Sue Anderson
Martha Babb
Ellen Butler
Jean Ebert
Helen Gatewood
Mary Green
Betty Hammill
Helen Jen
Betty Mhengeveld
Alice Lake
Virginia Omps
Virginia Ritenour
Betty Jo Stretchberry
June White
Jean Whitham
Ralph Bailey
Philip Barnhart
Eugene Babb
George Craig
Daniel Doyle
Harland Hannum
Hubert Kerr
Bobby Lee
Wayne Whitham
Famous Westminster Choir to Sing in Winchester
The Westminster Choir will perform at First Baptist Church in Winchester on March 4 directed by Dr John Finley Williamson with John Barbirolli of the New York Philharmonic as conductor. The group has toured England the continent and the United States.
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Westminster Choir
First Baptist Church
Winchester
John Finley Williamson
John Barbirolli
New York Philharmonic Symphony
England
Continent
United States
St Valentine’s Day Massacre remembers Chicago violence
On February 14 1929 seven men were killed at 2122 North Clark Street in a gangland attack linked to Capone and Moran factions. The massacre reshaped Chicago crime history with ongoing retaliations and no trials for the perpetrators.
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Chicago
Mene
North
Clark Street
St. Valentine’s Day
Henry Barrett Chamberlain
Chicago Crime Commission
Bugs” Moran
North Side
Capone
Roosevelt Greets Nomura as Strains in U S Japan Ties Grow
President Roosevelt welcomes Japanese ambassador Kichisaburo Nomura who vows to seek a better understanding to preserve Pacific peace. Nomura repeats concern over rising tensions while Hull and Nomura discuss warning notices for Americans in the Far East and U S reactions in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Kichisaburo Nomura
White House
Hull
State Department
United States
Japan
Far East
Nomura
Orient
Poe
Australia
Netherlands Plans War Damage Compensation Under Nazi Rule
Diplomatic sources report the Netherlands government, now under German control, will compensate citizens for war damages. Estimated Dutch property losses in the five day blitz of May reach 500 million dollars, private losses 350 million. Compensation up to florins 50 000 (about 25 000) at 100 percent, higher losses at 90 percent. Funds are expected from higher taxes as authorities tighten control and print more money.
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Washington
Netherlands
Europe
Germany
United States
Banquet Opens At 6 O Clock At George Washington Hotel
Annual chamber of commerce banquet to begin at 6 pm at the George Washington Hotel with Rev John Austin as guest speaker. C O C president C P McVicar to preside and give annual report. Andrew Bell to report on past year activities. Lions Kiwanis Rotary waive meetings to attend. Entertainment by The Chanters.
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Chamber of Comerce
George Washington Hotel
John Austin
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
C. P. McVicar
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Lions, Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Winchester Choral Organization
Friday Bingo at South End Fire Hall Grand Prize
Wanted to find owner or home for a small female dog. Phone 1182. Friday event runs 8 p.m. with a $25 grand prize and 35 cent admission.
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South End
Seven Men Die in Du Quoin Mine Blast
A massive blast at the Fidelity mine plant of United Electric Coal Company near Du Quoin Illinois killed seven men who were unloading a freight car of explosives. Superintendent L W Barker 62 led the plant. identified victims include James Thornton Lyle Cook his brother Russell John Bailey John Rappusi and Nelson Todd. No survivors could provide details of the explosion.
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DU Quoin
Fidelity
United Electric Coal Company
Fred Huff
L. W. Barker
James Thornton
Lyle Cook
Russell
John Bailey
John Rappusi
Nelson Todd
Barker
Honest Bob Boltz Faces Fraud Charges in Philadelphia
Robert J. Boltz, 54, known as Honest Bob, was returned from Rochester New York to Philadelphia to answer fraud charges tied to an investment business. Authorities say clients lost about 2.5 million dollars. He was turned over to Philadelphia detectives after a 16 week search and was handcuffed amid fears of federal custody.
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Philadelphia
Robert J. Boltz
Rochester
N. Y
Bob Boltz
Boltz
United States
Holds Romania In Enemy Hands
London reports Britain will treat Romania as occupied territory from Saturday, with about 600000 German troops in the country. Trading with Romanian origin or ownership becomes liable to seizure under the Trading with the Enemy Act.
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London
Britain
Rumania
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Board of Trade
Romania
Economic Warfare Ministry
Italian Commander Graziani Reported to Go to Rome
Marshal Rodolfo Graziani commander in chief of the shattered Italian army in North Africa was reported to have traveled to Rome by plane as British land and air forces pressed deeper into Mussolini s African empire and a possible shake up of the Italian command was indicated.
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Rodolfo Graziani
North
Africa
Rome
Mussolini
British convoy raider sinks six ships off Madeira
Bulletin from Funchal reports a German surface raider perhaps a pocket battleship attacked a British convoy north of Madeira and the Azores. More than 100 survivors reached Madeira amid unclear totals of damaged vessels.
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Funchal
Madeira
Azores
Navy seeks Samoa air base plan and funding
Admiral Harold Stark testifies on secret reasons for building a new air base in Tutuila Samoa. Captain Harry Hill represents Stark detailing an 8.1 million dollar project with bombproof shelters and central communications, arguing strategic value despite Samoa's small current development.
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Wi Ho
Dealt
Harold Ie Bee Stark
Naval Operations
Navy
Samoa
Harry W. Hill
Stark
Tutuila
Hill
Roosevelt
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Japanese warships patrol French Indo China and Siam coasts
Japanese correspondents report warships patrolling the entire French Indo China coast and the Thailand shore as far west as Bangkok. The dispatch notes the wide reach of naval activity in Southeast Asia during the ongoing conflict.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Thailand
Siam
Bangkok
Ethiopians Extend Control in Ethiopia Campaign
Cairo reports Ethiopian patriot forces cooperating with the British are steadily expanding their control in the campaign to drive Italians from Ethiopia. The British command issued the update on February 14.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
British bomb Rhodes mole and harbor in third raid
Cairo report says British fliers attacked the mole and naval harbor at Rhodes in the Dodecanese Islands for the third straight time, according to Royal Air Force headquarters.
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Cairo
Rhodes
Dodecanese Islands
Pe train arrives at Vichy with Petain and Darlan
The Chief of State Philippe Petain arrived in Vichy at 9 15 a m today aboard a special train. Marshal Petain and Vice Premier Admiral Darlan stepped from the train smiling and greeting officials.
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Vichy
France
Philippe Petain
Jean Darlau
Farmers Banquet Set for Middletown February 27
The Farmers Banquet will be held Thursday February 27 at 7 P.M. in Woodmen's Hall Middletown with both men and women invited. An invited speaker program will include music and moving pictures. Tickets cost 50 cents from committee members including O Brumback chair and E Funk.
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Middletown
Woodmen’s Hall
Ae O. Brumback
E. Funk
E. Stee J
J. Pisveral
J H. Fisher
Italian General Tellera Dies Heroically in Libya
Rome reports General Giuseppe Tellera commander of the Italian 10th army died heroically in the Bengali zone of northern Libya, with earlier British reports claiming death from wounds or capture near Bengasi.
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Rome
Giuseppe Tellera
Libya
Tellera
Bengasi
May Moderate After Cold Snap
Weather forecast for the Middle Atlantic States calls for rain in the south portion shortly after the period’s middle. Beginning temperatures are cold with a trend toward moderation mid period and cooler conditions again at the end. Temperature will average near normal.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Nor
40 Pound Bobcat Brought From Tanner's Ridge
J L Offenbacker of Tanner's Ridge recently brought a 40 pound bob cat to Luray. Caught in a steel trap, it is described as one of the largest cats seen in the area. Valentine Day weddings were few in Winchester with two couples applying for licenses at noon. Weedon Teets aged 15 and Bill Dellinger 32 escaped injury when a farm tractor backing to grind corn slipped, rolled into a barn and yard, scattering animals but harming none. The farm is William M Teets in Welltown.
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The
Page News and Courier
J. L. Offenbacker
Tanner’s Ridge
Luray
Winchester
Peyton Marshall
Julian Baker
Weedon Teets
Bill Dellinger
William M. Teets
Welltown
Attempted Dynamite Attack on Water Supply Report
Bulletin from Bitolj Yugoslavia notes Greek authorities mobilizing reservists across multiple classes and electrical experts amid fear of German invasion via Bulgaria. Navy also calls reservists and nursing staff, with total numbers unspecified.
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Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Greece
Bulgaria
Greek Air Ministry
Wup
Greek Navy Ministry
British Paratroopers Attack Southern Italy Night Raid
Reports say a small British parachute detachment landed in Lucania and fought Italian sentinels near a water works. Italian high command claimed two Italians were killed and that the raiders were captured or fled after the failed mission.
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Italy
Libya
Orient
Balkans
Bengali
Aew
Ae Up & Ee
Talian Netiere
Lucania
London
Dr Booth Discusses Nazi Aims Against Greece
C Douglas Booth of New York, an international affairs expert, will speak at the George Washington Hotel tonight at 8 as part of a Rotary Club lecture series. He argues Russia withholds aid to Bulgaria, potentially driving Germany toward Greece to counter Italy and protect Suez oil interests.
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C. Douglas Booth
Handley School
Russia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey
Booth
Germany
Black Sea
Britain
Italy
New Yor
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Handley
Vernon Eddy
Henry Covington
Friendship Fire Company memorial service gathering
Friendship Fire Company members are asked to meet at their hall on February 16 at 7 PM to attend memorial services at the Church of Christ on West Cark Street. Captain Argenbright to lead.
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Friendship Fire Company
Church of Christ On
West Carkstreetm
Argenbright
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Legionnaires
Mr. Wigginton
Handley Choir
Lloyd Lehrers
Lions
Bob
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Bulletins
Petain
Gen. Tellera
Bulletin
Associated Press
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