Japs Strike In Sumatra and Virginia Wine Bills Split
The Virginia House wrestles with restricted fortified wine sales as the Moore and Massenburg amendments collide. A separate calendar item keeps a strong wine sale bill alive while confusion grows over final passage likely after a weekend recess. Also notes a Kernstown hot lunch program benefiting students with a staff photo.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
G. al Massenburg
Hampton
Blackburn Moore
Moore
Massenburg
House
Senate
Egisla
Darden
Bill League
Kernstown School
Josephine Jenkins
Jacqueline Perry
Betty Owens
Elise Rinker
Margie Smith
Mildred Hartman
Eloise Lupton
Grace Bayliss
June Cammer
Oscar Brown
Huge Oil Center Is Attacked in Far Pacific War
Battle around Singapore intensifies as British Indian Australian defenses, tanks, and coast guns clash with Japanese forces. Parachutists target Sumatra near Palembang while Batavia reports allied troops reinforcing Java. Seletar base on Singapore island falls to Japanese.
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Associated Press
Singapore
London
Batavia
Strait of Johore
Sumatra
Java
Dutch East Indies
Seletar
Scrap shortages force Detroit plant to halt production
February issue reports drastic scrap shortages hitting the industry. Detroit notes open hearth shutdown this week as allocations fail to solve the regional metal shortfall. Buffalo also faces weak scrap receipts, though less severe than feared.
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Ooo Age
Detroit
Buffalo
Pickets Put To Flight By 1 000 Tacoma Workers
Nearly 1 000 AFL shipyard workers overwhelmed a reinforced picket line of about 400 welders in Tacoma Washington. They drove the pickets 1 1 2 miles down the factory right of way in a second day of clashes near the Seattle Tacoma shipyards. At Birchfield boiler works similar scenes occurred as workers shouted patriotic slogans and forced pickets from the yards.
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Tacoma
Wash
Seattle-Tacoma
Birchfield
Carer
Walls Pressed In Philippine Front As Japanese Planes Sweep
Allied dispatch reports entrenchments in parts of the Bataan sector while Japanese air activity continues. Siege guns resume firing after a two day lull but cause no material damage, according to the communique.
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Bataan
Air Transport Is In Production Air Transport Is In Production
Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica reports progress on a warplane project. Production lines are active though flight tests not yet completed. Officials describe the craft as advancing toward test flight and potential military use.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft, Inc
Coast Military Field
Clarke Sheriff Recovers Auto
Clarke County sheriff recovers an automobile belonging to Mrs. Alexis in Berryville Virginia. The brief report notes authorities located and returned the vehicle after it was reported stolen or missing. No further details on the case or suspects are provided.
Room for rent applies to Mrs Myers at Boscawent
Classified notice directs applicants for a room to contact Mrs M D Myers at Boscawent. No further details provided.
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M. D. Myers
Boscawent
Shake-Up Debate Over Army Navy Leadership in Wartime
Washington legislators endorsed stability in high command amid grave wartime threats. Senators argued swift changes could delay progress as Japan expands in the Pacific and Nazi fleets threaten the Atlantic. Some urged keeping MacArthur in the Philippines, others warned delays from reorganization. A radio address by Senator Smith hinted at poison gas policy amid war debates.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Army
Navy
Wendell L. Willkie
MacArthur
Philippines
Hill
D.-Ala
Bataan
van Nuys
D.-Ind
Vandenberg
Tydings
D.-Md
Senate
United States
Japan
Senator Es
D.-Ill
Congressional
War Consulate At White House Discusses War Strategy
Consultants conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House in continuation of joint staff meetings on war strategy. British representatives included General Sir John Dill General Colville and Admiral Sir Charles Little. Navy Secretary H. McMarshall and Chief of Staff General H. Ty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
John Dill
Colville Wein- Marshalss
Arthur T. Harris
Charles Little
Mary
George C Marshall
Promising Probe To Tear Lid Off Rubber Situation
Akron Ohio February 14 The Truman committee will launch an investigation next Tuesday to uncover the rubber situation in the United States Senator Ralph Brewster Me a committee member declared today He said Donald Nelson and his War Production Board associates are unsatisfied with Jesse Jones handling of the synthetic program He cited plans for synthetic plants under a 400 million construction program and urged details on location pace and reasons for delays before eastern crises in the Far East.
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Akron
Truman Committee
Tuseday
Ralph Brewster
Brewster Tod
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Jesse Jones
Maine
Republican
Leon Hender
Brewster
Far East
Senator Parker Dies in Richmond Hotel
Robert Randolph Parker longtime Virginia state senator and attorney died suddenly at 8 15 am in a Richmond hotel while attending the General Assembly for the seventeenth district He lived in Appalachia and served in the House of Delegates before joining the Senate in 1936 He is survived by his widow Margaret Carrier two daughters Anne Corbin Richmond and Anne Randolph Kendig and a brother Douglas Parker Funeral arrangements pending
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Richmond
Robert Randolph Parker
State Senate
Virginia Bar
Appalachia
General Assembly
Wise
Dickenson
Virginia
34 Tires Lost From Track 34 Are Recovered
Thirty four new Kelly Springfield tires for passenger cars were lost from an Elliott Motor truck between Berkeley Springs West Virginia and Winchester. Twenty one tires were recovered after two were found on West Boscawen street and nineteen more picked up near Berkeley Springs. Serial numbers are recorded and offenders face penalties under rationing laws.
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Kelly- Springfield
Elliott
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Winchester
Forrest Sirbaugh
Kelly-Springfield
Cumberland
Novick Lines
Pittsburgh
Breezewood
Milton Carroll
Berryville
Breezetown
Carroll
Sirbaugh
Berkley Springs
West Boscawen Street
Congressmen In Hot Water Over Pension Measure
Washington reports Congressmen fear backlash over the pensions for Congress provision now part of law. Senator Barkley pledges a repeal rider if civil service committee does not act swiftly. Representatives Smith and Nichols lead petitions to force repeal amid electoral pressure quoted by officials.
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Washington
House
Congress
Barkley
D.ky
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
Smith
Ohio
Nichols
D.-Okla
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Nazis Reporting More Sinkings
German communique claimed Feb 14 that two naval vessels and four merchant ships were sunk by U boat and air attacks in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. It said corvette and three merchantmen totaling 26 500 tons went down, with four more damaged. A convoy near Tobruk faced heavy plane assaults, with ships so heavily attacked they can be considered lost. Direct hits were scored on naval and two merchant ships.
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Berlin
Atlantic
Mediterranean
High Command
Tobruk
Russians Report Resistance of Enemy Overcome
Soviet fronts push west of Moscow toward Leningrad with Red Army ski troopers seizing fortified positions. Reports claim German reinforcements failing as Moscow announces Archangel harbor blocked by ice and mobilization of women for war materials, with exemptions for mothers and students.
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Moscow
White
Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
Latvia
Baltic
Iif Bureau
Kalinin Front
Helsinki
Berlin
Archangel
Michael Kalinin
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Bishop and Wife Die Same Day in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports Rt. W. L. Gravatt 83 former bishop of the West Virginia Episcopal Diocese and his wife 82 died today. Gravatt retired January 1939 after 28 years and was succeeded by Rt. Rev. I. R. E. L. Strider of Wheel. Mrs Gravatt Syd ney Peyton of Richmond Virginia died earlier in the day. Public funeral for the bishop will be at St. John's Church in Charleston at 4 30 PM tomorrow with private services to follow in Charles Town Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. L. Gravatt
West Virginia
Seven Britons Freeze During Blizzard in Iceland
London reports a British company commander and seven men trapped by a late January blizzard in Iceland. A farm family provided shelter and emergency aid that helped save many lives.
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London
Iceland
Reorganization of War Cabinet Hinted After Helgoland Loss
London observers forecast a shake up of Prime Minister Churchill's war cabinet to boost army and air force efforts and avoid further failures like the escape of the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen. Calls rise for an official inquiry into security lapses at Helgoland.
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London
Churchill
Harbor
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Helgoland
Men Must Register On Next Monday
Final notice issued for the registration day set Monday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aimed at men who turn 20 by December 31, 1941 and are under 45 on February 16, 1942. Registration sites listed in Winchester and county plants and schools. If unable to register locally, men must register wherever they are on the day.
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Winchester
Circus Day at the Theatre Draws 1000 Children
A local theatre advertises Circus Day inviting about 1 000 children to attend a matinee event. The promotion highlights a family friendly program and treats for attendees aimed at both old and young audiences.
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Is Or
Dutch Fight Fiercely in Dutch East Indies Defense
An NEI communique reports Dutch forces resisting Japanese air landings around Palembang and Bandjermasin. In lower Sumatra and Celebes, Japanese thrusts threaten Soerabaja and Macassar as rescue ships bombed. Singapore defense amid heavy casualties for 750,000 residents.
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Sumatra
Heart of
The
Indies
Bandjermasin
Borneo
Macassar
Celebes Island
Soerabaja
Java
Miacassar
Pore
Sonapore
Malaa
Singapore
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Mikado
New Britian
Roger D. Greene
Sky
Clarke Sheriff
Berryville, Va
Alexis
U.S. A
Nelson
Willkie
Jones
Senator Parker
Southwest
Leningrad
Palembang
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