Clark and Johnson Denounce Lend Bill Faces War Brink
In a Senate debate Senator Vandenberg and Senators Clark and Johnson denounced the lend-lease bill as driving the nation toward war. They argued the measure would empower Roosevelt as a power politician and threaten US neutrality by aiding Britain. Johnson warned the bill would prolong the conflict and Britain’s gains.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Regisla
Clark
D. Mo
Johnson
Calif
Bald Vandenberg
Winchester urges better police citizen traffic relations
The editor argues for stronger trust between citizens and the Police Department focusing on traffic and safety. He cites Lt Tahir bate Hace and stresses that cooperation across pedestrians drivers and all residents is needed to keep the city safe.
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Tahir Bate Hace
Bubre
Puc
Peety Rae Nee
Wheeler Protests Bill, Urges Specific British Aid Funding
Senator Wheeler of Montana challenged the British aid bill arguing it grants executive power to arm allies without constitutional limits. He urged Congress to authorize a defined cash aid total, proposing 2 to 5 billion dollars, and warned against passing ships and munitions without explicit legislation. He framed the issue as a need for clear funding parameters before Senate debate resumes.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Montanan
Britain
Congress
Senate
Clark
D.-Mo
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Great Britain
Russia
Summer Resort Hotel Is Burned In Braddock
Fire fanned by near gale winds destroyed an inn and a house at a summer resort in Braddock. The blaze, described as the worst in 12 years, leveled a 35 room inn and damaged three other homes while nearby fields also caught fire.
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Braddock
Navy Announces New Air Space Reservations
The Navy will establish air space reservations within 90 days to extend naval control over ships and movements beyond prior limits. No vessels or aircraft may enter without proper authorization from official authorities.
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Es Navy
Ie En OX
Wintry Blast Grips Midwest and Northeast
A vast cold air mass chills the nation from the plains to the Atlantic with snowfalls from five to eighteen inches in upper Michigan. Michigan reports a foot and a half of snow, western New York eight inches, roads blocked and schools closed in parts of Minnesota and New York. Subzero readings hit Maine. Chicago expected to dip four to eight below.
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Atlantic
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New York
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Indiana
Great Lakes
New England
Atlantic States
Maine
Chicago
Jones Says U S Nearly In War As Defenses Move
Secretary Jesse Jones told the house banking committee that the United States is nearly in the war and preparing for it, stressing that funds must be allocated even as he discussed a defense housing bill. He requested steno notes be struck from the record after his dramatic remark.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Secretary of Commerce
Federal Loan
House Banking Committee
United States
Jones
Belchic Named Head of Apple Blossom Festival Drive
Ben Belchic, manager of No vick Transfer Company, is chosen director for the Apple Blossom festival fund drive. The drive will be conducted by the local Junior Board of Trade and supported by Eddy and Ed Molden Solid. The goal is to secure continued public support and raise funds within the next two weeks.
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Ben Belchic
Novick Transfer Company
Sips
Junior Board of Trade
Eddy
Ed Molden
Junior Board
Belchie
Macarway
Winchester Mayor Confined by Illness at Home
Dr. C. R. Anderson mayor of Winchester is ill with a severe cold and confined to his West Clifford street home since Sunday. His condition is reported as satisfactory today.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Joe
West Clifford Street
Boltz pleads guilty to 185 indictments in fraud case
Philadelphia February 18. Robert J. Boltz, after first declaring innocence, pleads guilty to 185 indictments accusing embezzlement fraudulent conversion and violation of the state securities act tied to a $2,500,000 investment business. Judge Alessandroni rejects continuance and appoints defense counsel as officer of the court before Boltz changes his plea.
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Philadelphia
Robert J. Boltz
Commonwealth
Boltz
L. Albert Gray
Eugene V. Alessandroni
Gray
Alessandroni
Ater
Doakes Uncle Samuel Story Nods To Tax Debate
A Liberty era column discusses income tax and government costs with Doakes as a vehicle for arguing taxes fund the state. It explains how taxes touch everyday items like shoes and bread, noting the many levies included in prices and the public to pay for defense pensions and bureaus.
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Cal
Wollington
Cthati
Joe
New York State
New York City
Fire Hall To Be Built Soon In Stephens City
First unit of a fire hall and community building planned at Stephens City with a possible 26 by 36 or 46 foot hall on Mulberry street. Funds will be sought via a block sale at 11 to 17 cents each, with local labor and supervisor Hugh Racey. Initial size depends on response. building to cost about 2500 dollars and replace current high school storage space under defense program.
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Stephens City
Mulberry Street
P. E. Lineburg
J. D. Steele
H. E. Massie
Independent Hose Company
Hugh Racey
Uni
Gusty March Weather Grounds Planes at Local Airport
Strong winds typical of March swept through the area with gusts near gale force. Reliance Civil Aeronautics reported 23 mile per hour winds at 11 am and 50 mile per hour gusts overnight, grounding planes at the local airport due to safety concerns.
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Civil Aeronautics Station
Reliance
More Maryland Troops Move In
More than 1 000 Maryland troops of the twenty ninth division moved today to Fort George G Meade to start a year of active training Monday. Relatives cheered as troops departed from Baltimore Pikesville Frederick and Silver Spring. Training aims to prepare for extended field service under war conditions with emphasis on individuals and small units. About 5 250 selective service registrants in the third corps area would be called between meet 11 and 20 for a year of service.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Twenty-Ninth
Fort George G. Meade
Pikesville
Frederick
Silver Springs
Washington
Third Corps Area Headquarters
Rain Expected as Weather Shifts in Mid Atlantic
Weather forecast predicts snow in the Middle Atlantic area turning to rain as the period from February 19 to February 22 progresses. Cold conditions ease somewhat late in the period, then turn colder again by Sunday.
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Washington
Middle Atlantic States
Shenandoah Apple Blossom fete committee invited to massanutten ball
Members of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival executive committee are invited as guests of honor to the R. O. T. C. Military Ball at Massanutten Military Academy Woodstock Virginia on Saturday February 22. The event will feature a pageant titled Uncle Sam In Review.
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Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Uncle Sam
O Sullivan Rubber Busy with Defense Orders and Growth
O Sullivan Rubber Company reports record January business driven by defense orders for gas masks and flutter valves. Earl Bunting says the plant is operating under the current contract to May with further orders in sight. Employment runs about 550 on three shifts as production aims for year round steadiness.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan
Bunting
Decision Made In Church Case Reaffirms Local Congregational Rule
The Brethren Church case confirms congregational government by a local majority. Judge ruling preserves church autonomy and denies Grace Seminary supporters possession of church properties. Rev. Norman Uphouse, spokesman for Grace Seminary adherents, says the decision ends a long dispute over control of assets and authority within the denomination.
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Norman Uphouse
Brethren Church
Be Avenue
Day O
Congregational
Ashland College
Navy
Uphouse
Alva J. McClain
Herman Hoyt
Ashland College Seminary
United States
Grace Eee
Grace Seminary Group
3 Brethren
Ashland Coe
Goveranet
Ashland
New Phase of Mediterranean Campaign Out
British air, sea and land forces strike the Italian peninsula as a possible second phase of the Mediterranean campaign. With invaders ousted from Sudan, Kenya, and Egypt, the Nile front finished its first phase while Wavell contemplates avoiding a direct drive on Tripoli and instead targets Italian communications and industry along the coast.
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Drew Middleton
London
Britain
Mediterranean
Sudan
Kenya
Egypt
Africa
The
Nile
Tripoli
Archibald P. Wavell
Bardia
Toi
Bengasi
Woutaly
Efort
Albania
Germany
Italy
England
British Somaliland
Gondar
Ethiopa
For Sale Foreign and Domestic Stamps Ad
For sale foreign and domestic stamps. 227 5S Loudoun St City. Classified notice item listing stamp collection buyer contact.
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Loudoun St
Benefits of new church public notice
Gun ein ve uon dated Thursday February 20 details a sale plate 50e and a window of 5 to 10 o'clock. The item references church benefits with a partial notice fragment, indicating a local event or collection.
Nazi-Led Planes Over Greek Macedonia Raise Invasion Fears
Bulletin reports from Bitolj Yugoslavia dated February 18 say high flying reconnaissance planes identified as German have been over Greek Macedonia in recent days, fuelling fears of a possible Nazi invasion.
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Bitolj
Yugoslavia
Greece
Greek Macedonia
Jap naval forces increase in Gulf of Siam report says
Reports cited by Press said Japanese naval forces in the Gulf of Siam had been increased heavily in the last 12 hours, a claim not yet confirmed directly.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Gulf of Siam
Britain Sacrifices Beef for Bardia Food Plans
Food Minister Lord Woolton told the House of Lords that Britain had chosen Bardia over beef and warned of stricter dietary restrictions as ships are lost to submarines.
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London
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
Britain
Exempted Class 1921 to be Called Feb 27 28
Il Giornale D Italia reports that previously exempted members of the class of 1921 and other groups will be called to active service February 27 and 28. Exemptions may apply for men on leave who prove two or more brothers in uniform, with exceptions for nonvolunteers.
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Rome
Il Giornale D'Italia
Dr Park to Speak Friday at Rotary Club Event
Dr No Yong Park of Chicago will deliver the second Rotary Club lecture Friday night February 21 at 8 at the Washington Hotel He will also address Handley High School students at 2 30 that day Park, born in Manchuria, studied in China Japan Europe and America and earned a PhD at Harvard He is author of Retreat of the West Season tickets available from Gep Barnsley or L J McElligott.
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Chicago
Far East
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Park
Handley High School
Manchuria
China
Japan
Europe
America
Harvard University
Gep
Barnsley
L. J. McElligott
Terms Would Be Those Laid Down By Duce
Balkan reports say Hitler pressed Greece to accept Mussolini terms for peace or face invasion. Soviet Russia may back Bulgarian pact to block war spread. Nazi raids on Britain kill or wound hundreds. London shelters collapse amid high casualties in January. Italian and Greek forces trade advances as British reports note ongoing Africa fronts.
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Associated Press
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Greece
Italin
Mussolini
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Sofia
Toens
Bulgaria
Hitler
Romania
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Zora
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Britain
Senean Reeks
Italy
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Admiralty
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Gojjam
Ethiopia
Cairo
East
Africa
American Fliers Battling Nazis
London February 18 official dispatches report two flights of the American Bay Squadron of the RAF in action against German forces. Captain George Geogh of Brooklyn had been posted as operational duties last Saturday.
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London
R. A
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