Bill For Increase In Salon Pay Fails
Richmond Virginia February 18 House Appropriations Committee killed Crockett bill to raise legislature pay from 720 to 1800 with no extra for special sessions. Also failed action on Coburn bill to share surplus with counties and cities. Senate passed nine House bills and one Senate bill including occupational disease coverage with blanket option.
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Richmond
House Appropriations Committee
Crockett House
Paul Crockett
York County
C C. Louderback
Senate
House
Muse
Lynchburg
Arlington County
Air Cadet Testing at Handley High School Tomorrow
United States Army Recruiting Service will conduct a three hour mental examination for Army Aviation Cadet Training Schools for interested 17 year old boys at Handley High School Room 17 tomorrow at 9 00 am Lt W H Peterson Aviation Cadet Board Roanoke will supervise aided by Corporal John L Jones Those who pass may take final exams at Roanoke for the Army Air Corps service and potential five month preparatory training If selected cadets join after college training aim for wings as pilot bombardier or navigator After 30 days since last test previously tested applicants may retest tomorrow morning also sale of good cows and pedigree polled Shorthorn bull near Winchester Sam Boyd two February 18 20d 1p 2t
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United States“Army Recruiting Service
Army Aviation Cadet Training Schools
Handley High School
Mearning
W. H. Peterson
Aviation Cadet Board
Roanoke
John L. Jones
Roanokeing
Army Air Corpseserve
Senator Weaver Denies Opposing Full Soldier Suffrage
In Richmond Virginia a tense Senate Privileges and Elections hearing centered on veteran voting rights. Senator Aubrey G. Weaver clashed with John J. Wicker Jr. of the American Legion over a bill to grant servicemen full suffrage, calling the opposition a damnable outrage while acknowledging support for a broader vote. The exchange highlighted division over state and federal voting rights for soldiers.
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Richmond
Vic- General Assembly
Aubrey G. Weaver
John J. Wicker, Jr
American Legion
Senate Privileges and Elections
Senator Weaver
Harrisonburg
Wicker
Legion
Mr. Ee
Attack on Truk Aids Chinese Takeover Drive
Feb 18 dispatch reports jubilation over the American strike on Truk seen as a signal that Admiral Nimitz plans to push across the Pacific. Observers hail the bold attack on the Japanese base and foresee morale effects and possible Japanese withdrawals from China.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
China
Carolines
Japan
House Sustains Roosevelt Veto On Anti Subsidy Bill
The House voted 226 to 151 to sustain the Roosevelt veto of the subsidy repealer rider aimed at ending government payments for food after June 30. Speaker Rayburn said the Commodity Credit Corporation could be continued only with new legislation. The vote avoided a Senate decision.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Rayburn
D-Tex
Ones Corporation
Orchardists Cite Labor as Main Challenge for Season
About 60 orchardists from the area, meeting for the Fruit Growers' School, declared labor the most serious problem for the coming season. They authorized Walker McC Bond to form a committee to secure needed labor, considering expanding the Migratory Labor Camp and seeking a War Labor Camp in the county. F L Powell spoke for H L Dunton. T B Teske substituted for F A Motz of the Foreign Office of Agriculture.
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Walker McC. Bond
Gbrak
Frederick Corn Fruit,Growers Association
Migatory
F.L. Powell
H. L. Dunton
T. 8
Teske
F. A. Motz
Foreign Office of Agriculture
Armstrong Jr Re elected President of Winchester Chamber
Frank Armstrong Jr was re elected president of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce for the second year at the annual meeting held last night He also serves as executive VP of the National Fruit Products Co and is a Shenandoah Valley Bank director New officers include Wilbur Krise Paul Haldeman and Andrew Bell with a two year board term Directors listed include Eugene Cooper John Fosbrink Joseph Hodgson and B M Sullivan Post war plans and a non banquet meeting were noted with Earl Bunting named chair of the speakers committee.
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Frank Armstrong, Jr
Eugene B. Cooper
John G. Fosbrink
Paul M. Haldeman
Joseph Hodgson
Wilbur M. Krise
B. M. Sullivan
Ellis E. Harbaugh
Rectors Inn Vaeaeteeaa Ae Haste
L Git
OPA
Chamber of Commerce
Bunting
Earl Bunting
Ee Rubber Company
Armstrong
Churchill Poker Play Cited by Nazis as Character Test
Lisbon February 18 The Nazis claim Prime Minister Churchill’s quote shows his poker aptitude as the secret of his character citing an article in Der Angriff. Robert Ley calls Churchill a poker player whose skill lies in bluff and deception to mislead opponents.
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Lisbon
Churchill
Robert Ley
Labor Front
Ihe
Per der Angriff
Ggg
Hee
Cavan
Ley
Arrest of Leo H. Gaunt on Federal Charge Over Counterfeit Gas Coupons
Leo H. Gaunt 34 of Boyce was arrested on a federal charge tied to selling counterfeit gasoline coupons. Police seized the case, with hearings due Monday for seven suspects linked to a sugar theft ring involving the National Fruit Product Company. Pending warrants target multiple individuals across several counties.
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Leo H. Gaunt
Boyce
National Fruit Product Company
Pea Carl
Tony” Renner
Carl Baker
Arthur Gaither
John Reid Fincham
Gilbert Renner
George Mitchell Fincham
George Leonard Clark
Woodstock
Martels
Clyde Stringfellow
William Clark
Culpeper County
Claude Windle
Shenandoah County
Frederick County Trustee Electorial Board appoints new member
At a morning meeting in the office of Leslie D. Kline Frederick County Superintendent G Harry Richard was named to the School Board from Back Creek District filling the vacancy caused by the death of Charles A McIlwee of Hayfield. Board members J O Chamberlin and R L Smith attended while George P Sedwick chairman was ill.
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Leslie D. Kline
Frederick County
Harry Richard
Back Creek
Richard
Mountaine
Palls
Charles A. McIlwee
Hayfield
J. O. Chamberlin
Clearnoa
R. L. Smith
Gore
George P. Sedwick
Friday Night Fire Hall Gathering
Community event at Rouss Fire Hall every Friday night at eight o'clock invites locals to socialize and share updates. The notice is dated 12 31 indicating year-end scheduling.
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Rouss
Germans Evacuate Staraya Russa in Northern Russia
The German defense base Staraya Russa near Lake Ilmen is evacuated as Soviet offensives widen the encirclement. The Red Army claims a major victory around Korsun with 52 000 killed and 11 000 captured in ten German divisions and a brigade, while German losses reach 84 900. Berlin cites front shortening and reserve gains amid a harsh winter battle.
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James M. Long
London
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Smolensk
Russia
Red Army
Lake Uimen
Eighth Army
Korsun
Dnieper
Stalingrad
Stalin
Berlin
Baltic States
Hitler
Moscow
Lovat River
Novgorod
Lake Ilmen
Pskov
Staraya Russia
Shimsk
Soviet Information Bureau
Adolf Hitler
Reinforcements For Germans Near Norway Border
Stockholm reports Degens Nyheter sources say Germany gears up for additional forces in northern Norway possibly from northern Finland. Defenses strengthen along the Pasvik river as Finland peace talks are floated with armistice terms from Casablanca as a model. Russians may demand Karelia as Helsinki endures air alerts but sustains no damage.
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Stockholm
Degens Nyheter
Norway
Finland
Pasvik
Norwaye
Findi
Communist Party
Ny Dag
Helsinka
Casablanca
Germany
UN- the
Karelian
Helsinki
U S Navy Attacks Truk in Major Pacific Offensive
Reported U S carrier strike against Truk atoll marks a major advance in the Pacific war. Adm Nimitz stated the offensive began, with hundreds of planes from carriers striking the fortified base amid battleships cruisers and destroyers. It followed the Kwajalein victory less than two weeks earlier.
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Charles M. McMurtry
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Amercan
Truk
mid-Pacific
Fruk
Dagoon
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Navy
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Scouts To Canvass Homes For War Bond Pledges Tomorrow
Tomorrow is Scout Day as about one hundred Boy Scouts will canvass residential areas in Winchester for War Bond pledges starting at 9 o'clock. Flying squadrons will later canvass Middletown City and Gore. Wendell Barney says the effort will help meet the Bond quota for Frederick County. A recent Charles Town drive yielded 656 pledges from $25 to $1,000.
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Basil F. Starkey
Boy Scouts
Middletown
City
Gore
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Winchester
Frederick County
Barney
Starkey
Charles Town
Highlights Of World At War
Pacific U S planes and ships strike Truk base as Tokyo hints land fighting with armored units and airpower. Atlantic U S transport ships sunk by enemy action in European waters. Italy Allied and German forces clash in heavy air, tank and artillery fighting near Rome with Cassino pounded. Russia Germans withdraw on northern front abandoning hedgehog defenses near Starra. Russian reports claim pockets of dead and 1100 captured after battles near Neakyedauk pass.
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Pacific
U. S
Peard Harbor
Truk
Tokyo
Russia
Starra
Sport
Japanese Report Fighting At Truk
New York dated report quotes Tokyo radio claiming powerful mechanized and air forces used in American attack on Truk. It says fighting by Japanese troops continues, notes no confirmation of ground landings, and hints at navy strategy awaiting opportunity while supply lines strain. Continued summary on page 5.
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New York
U. S
Truk Islands
Chungking
Truk
Japan
Trinity
Tokyo Radio
Tokyo
Domein
No Casualties In Occupation Of Nissan Island
Allied headquarters report American and New Zealand troops occupied Nissan in the Green Islands on February 15 without a single casualty. General Haro Clougher of the invasion forces said the landing happened under light resistance and the operation proceeded smoothly.
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Nissan Island
Guadalcanal
Allied Assault On Cassino Under Heavy Bombardment
Allied troops attacked Cassino and Mount Cassino under a six hour barrage as German resistance on the beachhead near Rome was met by a vast Allied air umbrella. Air forces flew 1500 sorties while bombing the front lines from Cisterna to Anzio and behind German positions.
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Naples
Cassino
Mount Cassino
Rome
Mediterranean
Monastery Hill
Monte Cassino
Ati
Imore
Cisterna
Carroceto
Anzio
Adolf Hitler
Medciterra
Via Anziate
Yugoslav Forces Cross Into Northern Italy In Battle
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav Partisan units have crossed the Slovene border into northern Italy and are fighting German forces south of Caporetto. The Free Yugoslav radio reported the 30th Patriot Division crossed the Isonzo between Gorizia and Tolmino and now holds the right bank amid bitter combat.
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London
Italy
Caporetto
Josip Bros (Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Isomzo
Gorizia
Tolomina
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Seegins
Baldwin
Petersburg
Riedmont
Ilnegro
State Hospital Board
State Board of Health
Air Corp
Handley
Sam Boyd
Clarke
Rappahannock
Adam Ritter
N. Kent
Staraya
Trak
U.S
The
Associated Press
Neakyedauk Pass
Domei Agency
Servce
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