Guardsmen Seek Places In Fort Meade Camp
Guardsmen in Winchester gather at Loudoun Street as 72 men volunteer for a year at Fort Meade. Bands play, flags fly, and a march to the station precedes departures. A planned meeting Friday aims to organize a Protective Force Company with volunteers who have signed up and those interested to undergo exams.
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New Camp’y
Loudoun
Winchester
Meade
Armory
Loudounions
Mc~Ilwee Municipal Band
National Guardsmen
T’ve Oem
Harold Funk
Headquarters Detachment
Company I
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Fort George G. Meade
Winchester Protect ive Service plans top local company
Winchester officials announce the formation of the Winchester Protect ive Service Company aiming to be the best in the state. Seventy two volunteers sign up, with about sixty anticipated to be accepted, and a meeting set at 7 30 PM at the armory to organize and prepare for emergency duty.
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Winchester Protective Service Company
Winchester
Goneida Hads
Greek War Aid Drive Continues in Winchester Area
Campaign for War Relief Inc. reports progress as Greek citizens in Hagerstown Williamsport and Winchester contribute to the drive. Officials say a large sum remains to be collected before the goal is reached and funds are needed to support relief efforts.
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Cne
War Relief, Inc
Winchester -Prederick-Clarke
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Winchester
Senaais
Seek More For Price Peggings
The administration will ask Congress to extend the list of agriculture past-due loans. Lending power is limited to $1,800,000,000.
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Washington
Congress
Two Wives Died Of Poison Pills
Springfield report states Carl Zubr confessed to poisoning his second wife Bertha 24 and linked the first wife Marie 38 to the same poison. Coroner Dragoo noted both deaths involved the same toxin and the same type of pills. State’s Attorney Greening said the suspect admitted murder after confrontation with evidence.
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Springfield
Marie Zubr
Carl Zubr
Zubr
Bertha
Dragoo
Alfred M. Greening
Ete
Colttine
Reynolds Opposed to British Bill Sparks War Alert
Senator Reynolds from North Carolina opposes a British aid measure during the Senate debate. He warns the bill could push the United States toward war while refraining from stating whether he would support further aid to England.
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Sen. Reynolds
Senate
North Carolina
Reynolds
Darden to Address Front Royal Chamber Dinner Friday
Congressman Darden announced as a candidate for ce at the annual Front Royal Chamber of Commerce dinner to be held tomorrow at 6 30 p m at Skyline Terrace. Congressman A Willis Robertson and State Senator Aubrey Weaver will also take part in the program.
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Darden
Front Royal Chamber of Commerce
Skyline Terrace
A. Willis Robertson
Aubrey Weaver
Washington To Be Honored on Washington’s Birthday
The Colonial Flag will fly again Saturday over the George Washington Headquarters at Cork and Braddock streets in observance of Washington’s birthday. The building opens 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with DAR members serving tea, coffee, and crumpets. no admission fee. Postal services adjust with no window service and no city delivery, but mail will be dispatched as usual from locked boxes. Handley Library and banks plan to observe the holiday.
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Cork
Braddock Street
Washington
N.mccustodian
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rd Eddy
Jun For Board of Trade
Ote Actot
Handley Library
Wrectt
Sardinia
Nye Reiterates His Suspicions About War Voter Shift
Senator Nye of North Dakota warned in a Washington interview that passage of the lend loan aid bill could empower the President to push for a declaration of war within 30 days. He asserted 30 senators would back war if asked and said his estimate from last November remains unchanged.
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Washington
Nye
Fsh
North Dakotan
Cold Continues In Many Areas Across the Nation
The fourth straight day of sub freezing weather grips central and eastern regions as temperatures fall to 24 degrees below zero in Grand Forks North Dakota. The Dakotas and Minnesota endure the worst of the cold with sub zero readings elsewhere and forecast shows continued frigid conditions across Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Nebraska and Iowa with slight warmups in eastern North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Grand Forks
N. C
Dakotas
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tobey Accuses Quayle of Brazen Lying in DNC Case
Senator Tobey alleges Oliver Quayle lied to the Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee about Democratic National Committee finances. Tobey seeks contempt action and cites Reynolds loans to fund radio time for Roosevelt and Norris, arguing they kept under the Hatch Act limit of 3 million.
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Washington
Tobey
Oliver A. Quayle
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Quayle
R. J. Reynolds
North Carolina
Nolds
National Democratic Committee
Reynolds
New Jersey
New York
Oan
Hena
National Committee
Hillman Says Strikes Rare in Defense Industry
Sidney J. Hillman told the House Judiciary Committee that strikes are the rare exception in defense industry work and urged using democratic conference table tactics. He cited eleven vital defense sectors and noted employment rose without a rise in strike activity in recent months.
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Washington
Sidney J. Hillman
Defense Production
House Judiciary Committee
Hillman
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Defense
Recoe
For Sale Domestic Stamps At 227 Loudoun Street
Classified notice offering reg and domestic stamps for sale at 227 South Loudoun Street City. Contact details not provided. Post date February 18, 1920.
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S. Loudoun St
Marshall says U S will reinforce Pacific fleet with new aircraft
General George C. Marshall told the Senate Military Affairs Committee the United States plans to reinforce the Pacific fleet immediately with the latest army and navy planes. He declined to specify numbers, but warned against stripping defenses and urged a unified standard for aircraft production to aid Britain and the American war effort.
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General Marshall
Senate Military Committee
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Senate
United States
Pacific
Marthesit
Romania Calls Large Reserve to Report for Duty
Diplomatic reports from Belgrade and Sofia say Romania ordered nearly 1,000,000 reservists to report by March 1. Balkan capitals warned the Romanian army would move to the Russian frontier as German forces withdraw. The reasoning cited Germany trusting Romania with flank defense while Nazi forces pivot toward Greece and the Mediterranean.
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Belgrade
Sofia
Rumania
Mackie
Balkan
Try
Greece
Mediterranean
Germany's Air Losses Exceed Britain’s Claims in 1941
The BBC broadcast from New York reports Germany has lost over 7 000 airmen and 3 101 planes in raids on Britain, excluding those sunk by the navy and merchant fleet. Britain counters with 851 planes lost and 427 pilots saved, noting German activity down in early 1941 but higher losses along the coast.
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New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
Germany
Britain
World War II Update From Shanghai and Washington
Shanghai reports Japanese troop transports moving south possibly toward Singapore or Dutch East Indies while U S Army states plans to reinforce the Pacific fleet. Senate debates aid to Britain with Reynolds praising defense of empire at cost of American lives and Nye warning of war within 30 days if enacted. British and Allied actions include Italian captives in Africa and RAF raids on Brest and other ports. Turkey denies Bulgarian pact with Germany and asserts a Balkan entente. Japan presses expansion in the Pacific as talks of a far eastern crisis are disputed.
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Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Reynolds
D-Nc
Congress
Egis Empire
Nye
R-Nc
Roosevelt
British Sub Sinks Norwegian Vessel Near Norwegian Coast
The Admiralty announced that the British submarine Sealion sunk a 1500 ton Norwegian ship under German control near the Norwegian coast by gunfire.
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London
Admiralty
Sealion
Bear Killed In Virginia Foothills After Polecat Hunt
Monterey VA brief reports a big black bear killed after pole-cat hunting in the foothills. Howdyshell area residents used heavier guns after an initial shotgun volley, and returned to finish the bear weighing about 200 pounds after being fat during winter. Also notes fishing prizes won by Mark McIntosh and local parade departure of troops to Fort Meade.
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Monterey
Staunton Evening
Big Valley
Howdyshell
Bombers Rake Coast Ports and Manila Arrival
Troops said to total more than five hundred arrived at Manila today on the Grant from the United States. Army officials refused to state whether they were reinforcements or replacements. Also arriving were 142 officers and 97 wives and children. The army families were at sea when tension over the Far East flared, triggering preparations to return families already there. The Grant's passenger list for the return voyage starts next week, including many unplanned departures.
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Associated Press
Manila
United States
Far East
British and Italian clashes flood Africa and Europe fronts
Reports say British South African forces captured a fascist prison at Mega and pressed across the Juba river front in Kenya amid Italian counterattacks. In Britain the Luftkrieg bombed Brest Calais and London with heavy raids wounding patients in a London hospital. Japan signals cautious wartime diplomacy through Domei and a high official's remarks.
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Ethiopia
Mega
Ces
Ie Talane
Sema
Kenya Colony
Hele Denne
Colonial Kitchen Chocolate Covered Peanut Snack Ad
A brief advertisement continues on page 7 promoting a chocolate coated peanut treat from Colonial Kitchen with Cherry vanilla ice cream and quart size offering, guided by the page citation.
Ham Supper Benefit on Montague Ave for Meth. Fund
Community benefit event advertised as a ham supper priced at 40 cents, scheduled Friday February 21 from 5 to 8 PM at the Meth? Benefit building fund. Proceeds to support the fund and related efforts.
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Montague Ave. Meth. Benefit Building Fund
Sarah Zane Fire-Hall 20 games prize night
Sarah Zane hosts a mixed event at Fire-Hall featuring 20 games with 20 prizes including a $100 grand prize and a $60 door prize. Thue on February 20 at 8:30. Proceeds support local activities.
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Sarah Zane Fire-Hall
Thue
Dress Sale Offers Dresses From Two To Three Dollars
A local sale advertises dresses priced at two and three dollars after a clearance event. The catalog notes one lot of dresses previously selling up to sixteen fifty. Shoppers are urged to act quickly while stock lasts.
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Lovett's Shoe & Dress Shop
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