Norfolk Senator charges half truths on county conditions
In Richmond on February 14 Senator Major M. Hillard of Norfolk County accused colleagues and press of misreporting law enforcement conditions. He criticized Delegate J. N. Garrett for political ambition and described the proposed Norfolk county investigation as born in politics. He noted jail renovations and said Navy restrictions were lifted last September. The assembly resumed work after a recess as school funding and tax issues moved forward with limited controversy remaining before adjournment.
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Richmond
Major M. Hillard
Norfolk County
Senate
J. N. Garrett
Garrett
Jor Hillard
Hillard
Navy
House
Perrow Senate
Aubrey
G. Weaver
Senate Finance Committee
General Assembly
James N . Garrett
Wilsons Eldest Daughter Dead in India Retreat
Margaret Woodrow Wilson 57 eldest daughter of the former president died Saturday in Pondichery India where she sought refuge from a troubled world. Sister Eleanor McAdoo said a cable reported uremia as the cause. She studied voice and piano in Baltimore and appeared with the Chicago Symphony in 1915 and toured for the Red Cross in 1917.
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Los Angeles
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
India
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Miss Wilson
Pondichery
McAdoo
Back The Boys Who Are Fighting Our Battle Be
An appeals piece by BR. Gray Williams president Shenandoah Valley National Bank urges Winchester and Frederick County readers to buy Fourth War Loan bonds. It argues for backing Allied and American efforts and frames government bonds as secure investments backed by tax power.
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BR. Gray Williams
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Eiditor
Winchester
Frederick
Sam
America
United States
Byrd and George Seek Postwar Tax Reforms
Senators Byrd and George outline identical aims to repeal excess profits tax on corporations after victory. They favor trimming corporate and individual rates, repealing the tax on capital stock, and removing double taxation of dividends. They expect gradual postwar tax relief with some wartime taxes possibly retained at lower rates.
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Byrd
Treasury
George
White House
Congress
Many More Will Put On Uniform
Richmond Virginia February 4 Colonel Mills F Neal state director of selective service says one man out of every two in the 18 to 37 age group is scheduled for induction by June 30 Virginia's rate already included stands at 35.6 percent versus a national average above 40 percent Virginia's 4-F rate is 22.2 percent in this bracket versus about 16 percent nationwide The high rate is largely due to 30 000 men turned down for illiteracy.
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Richmond
Mills F. Neal
Selective Service
Virginia
Col
Neal
Notable local businessman Mr Wyndham dies at 73
Daingerfield Texas resident Mr Wyndham 73 a prominent retired businessman died at home on West Boscawen Street after a three year illness. Cause listed as heart condition. He was son of the late Thornton O Wyndham Confederate veteran and Cornelia Bromley Veendem born October 26 1870.
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Daingerfield Wynham
West Boscawen Street
Thornton O. Wyndham
Clarke County
Cornelia Bromley Veendem
Pecheneree
Snow Returns To Roanoke Area
Snow covered Roanoke region to about two inches before 9 am on a southeast wind with temps around six degrees below freezing. F A Davis ordered all snow plows out and urged chains while traffic moved and roads iced on slight grades. Reports from Buchanan and Salem Districts noted lighter snowfall and ongoing plow efforts across Bristol and Russell counties.
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Roanoke
F. A. Davis
J. E. Kidd
Buchanan
Salem
Bristol
Russell County
Garner and Farley Meet in Uvalde on 1944 Campaign Outlook
Former Vice-President John N. Garner and former Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley spent about ninety minutes in Uvalde discussing the nation’s state and the 1944 presidential campaign. Farley said they discussed politics from every angle and Garner had nothing to say as he recovers from influenza.
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Uvalde
Tex
John N. Garner
James A. Farley
Farley
Garner
Perth
Tae
German Fighter Base Pounded In Holland Sector
Air war report describes daylight raid by 50 to 60 German planes, 15 reach London, six shot down. Thunderbolt escorts supported fighter-bombers in Holland, with limited damage and casualties reported in coastal areas. Allied forces claim several enemy aircraft destroyed in France and Rouen area operations.
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Subur
London
England
France
Thunderbolt
Holland
Strategic Air Force
Rouen
Fruit Growers Conference Opens in Roanoke
A regional fruit growers conference opens in Roanoke Virginia and runs through Wednesday. Speakers include Dr J P Cullinan assistant chief Bureau of Plant Industry USDA and Dr W W Aldrich principal pomologist. Topics cover Main e to Organic Matter and Harvesting Under Present Labor Conditions with Lionel Gibbs addressing England in the Fifth Year of War at luncheon.
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Roanoke
J. P. Cullinan
Beltsville
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
W. W. Aldrich
Cullinan
J. H. Gourley
Wooster
Ohio
Maine
J. R. Mangess
Lionel Gibbs
Cee
Pemetery
England
Democrats urge Roosevelt to veto revenue bill
Congressional Democratic leaders urged the President to veto the $2,315,000,000 new revenue bill promising Congress will not pass another revenue measure this year. Barkley of Kentucky said the legislation was still under study as White House talks continued.
Red Pressure Forces On Rail Road Point Near Pskov
Russian armies press toward Pskov from Lake Peipus and toward Leningrad along the Luga highway. Pskov sits at a key railway and highway junction, with six trunk railways and four main highways. If Russians reach Pskov, Germans in retreat from Lake Simen Staraya Russia would be cut off. Pravda dispatch says Germans mine the Pskov Luga road and blow bridges as villages fortify for what could be a major battle.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Pskov
Latvia
Lithuania
Lake Peipus
Pskov Lake
Leningrad
Luga
Nicholas II
Lake Simen-Staraya Russa
Baltic
Germany
Valk
Estonia
Rigs
Pravda
Pskov- Luga
Bus Crash In Norfolk Injures Thirteen On Virginia Beach Blvd
A Norfolk Southern bus collided with a railing overpass on Virginia Beach Boulevard injuring 13 people. Five other vehicles including a bus and a beer truck piled up. Luther Rice suffered back and shoulder pains after being ejected from his car.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
Virginian Railway
Virginia Beach Boulevard
Luther Rice
World War II frontline updates from Europe and Pacific
Italian Gauntlet eases at Anzio as Allies press air support driven ops. British push near Cassino Marches toward new bottleneck west of Aprilia. Russians converge on Pskov region after crossing Luga while Korsun siege tightens. U S fighters hit German base in Holland as bombers strike northern France coast. Germans retaliate over London. Pacific forces batter Rabaul and Borgan Bay operations expand. Netherlands Indies Liberators pound. Burma British blast Japanese in Arakan.
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Anzio
Sever
Carroceto
Aprilia
Cassino
U. S
Holland
France
London
Pacific
Rabaul
Borgan Bay
New Britain
Liberators
Netherlands East Indies
Finland expects developments in war over peace effort
Stockholm February 14 with no official word from Helsinki to end the Finnish Russian war observers expect a concrete move within the next two or three days. The Social Democratic pressure grows as Finnish leaders face terms through officials like interior minister Leo Ehrenrooth and ex minister Juh Paasikivi.
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Stockholm
Finland
Helsinki
Social Democratic Party
Leo Ehrenrooth
Juhu Paasikivi
Elias Erkko
Many Men Leave Tuesday For Pre- Induction Exams
Seventy white registrants the first called under the Selective Service rule effective February 1 report to the Frederick County Draft Board at 7 a m. Tomorrow they begin final physicals. those who pass return home to await induction, which could be weeks or months. Names of county volunteers include Kermit Slonaker Norman Keeler Garland Madagan James Dodson Percy Brill William Rowles Arthur Campbell and many others.
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Selective Service
Frederick County
Kermit Albert Slonaker
Norman Briscoe Keeler
Garland Taswell Madagan
James Henry Dodson
Percy Ir Brill
William Dewey Rowles
Arthur Elwood Campbell
Alvin Ford Willis
Harold Preston Teets
William Bainbridge Casilear
Readus Fletcher Frye
Douglas Fuller Jenkins
Stanley Alexander Tewart
Ashby Turner Berry
Willie Shade
Ray Eldon Kline
Melvin Shelan Harmon
Melvin Baker McDonald
Bernard Leroy Stotler
Paul Miller
Guy Leonard Gore
Elmoden Pitcock
Clyde
Woodrow Brill
Frank Myron Hardy
Maxwell Raymond Butler
John Carlton McFarland
Charles Maurice Patton
Louis Gordon Armel
Edgar Lee Snapp
Franklin Benjamin Anderson
William Bruce Muse
James Hunter Bolen
Arthur James Dolphin
Robert Proctor Stevens
Ernest Griffith
David William Sargent
Charles Leroy Affleck
Denver Hershell DeHaven
Carlton Dysart Booth
Paul Nelson Nail
Leelon Ray McNealy, Jr
Arthur Franklin Braithwaite
John Dayton Alabaugh
Theodore Alston Punk
Conway Lee
Alfred Lester Bly
Donald Dutton Harman
Earl Gilbert Dodson
Linden Benjamin Jackson Rinard
Charles Guffrey
Orndorff
Russell Ellis
Lee
Allied air fighting steadies Anzio front amid renewed clashes
Allied reports say the Anzio perimeter held and British forces recaptured a bottleneck bridge west of Carroceto with tank support. In Cassino, heavy house to house fighting continued as American troops pushed forward. Germans remained entrenched around the Benedictine monastery. Over 2,000 German prisoners were taken since the January 22 landings as German attacks dwindled after heavy casualties.
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Anzio
Carroceto
Aprilia
Benito Mussolini
Cassino
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Red Cross
Chaplin Surrenders to U S Marshal in Mann Charged Case
Charles Chaplin appeared at the U S Marshal's office in Los Angeles to surrender on a grand jury indictment for conspiring to defraud a young aspirant and for illicit relations. Also expected to surrender were several of the six other defendants named with the 54 year old actor.
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Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
U. S. Marshal's Office
Mann
Berry
Daugh
Es Hills
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Berlin
Tokyo
Senator George
Washington
Mr. Wyndham
E. B. Sullivan
Fruit Growers In
Fifth Army
Mt. Cassino
U. S. Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
The
Associated Press
Peskov
Korsun
Burma
Arakan
Robert Sturdevant
By Edward Kennedy
Italy
Chaplin
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