Finns Repel Red Attacks Along Mannerheim Line in Karelia
Helsinki reports the Finnish high command says defenders beat back all attacks along the Karelian isthmus line. About two battalions, possibly 2000 men, were killed at Ayrapaanjarvi and 800 more at Sikniemi with 100 prisoners taken. Issalmi raid killed 12 women and children.
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Helsinki
Mannerheim Line
Karelian
Lake Muola
Lake Ayrapaan
Lake Paan
Sikniemi
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Kuhmo
Ayrapaanjarvi
Vilpuri
Issalmi
Fredericksburg Felony Case Involving Anne Carroll And Mary McDaniel
The Spotsylvania county records recounts a Fredericksburg case where Anne Carroll is discharged on evidence for the king and Mary McDaniel is found guilty of petty larceny. The court orders immediate punishment for McDaniel and relocation to the gaol.
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Washington
Spottsylvania County
Paul Willstach
Barbadoes
Lawrence
Anne Carroll
Mary McDaniel
Fredericksburg
William Unter
George
Mary
Recollections From Sage of Senate on Confederacy
In Richmond on February 23 the Virginia General Assembly heard 90 year old Senator Henry T Wickham recount his memories of the Confederacy. He described intimate Arlington Hickory Hill family ties and the lasting prominence of Robert E. Lee amid fading Civil War shadows.
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Richmond
Virginia
Arlington
Hickory Hill
Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Henry T Wickham
Hanover
Senate
Hanover Veteran Like A Patriarch
In Richmond Virginia Senate the presiding officer is 90 year old Henry T Wickham of Hanover. He runs the chamber with a firm voice and clear rulings, expediting business while visitors note his long service and steady presence amid a tense session.
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Richmond
Virginia Senate
Henry T. Wickham
Hanover
Virginia
Grec
New U Boat Wave Menacing Allies
Reports from French sources describe a fresh wave of German submarines threatening Allied ships. Naval circles suspect relay tactics with refit groups in port and others at sea as reconnaissance flights continue. On the Western Front the Saar area saw only artillery fire and no major engagements. France's Chamber of Deputies votes a national aid day for Finland with observers expecting fundraising and aid collections.
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Saar
Chamber of Deputies
Finland
Camille Chan
Baltic
Chief Hollis Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis is back at his home after several weeks in St. Elizabeth Hospital in Richmond following an operation. He arrived in the Friendship Fire Company ambulance with Mrs. Hollis, accompanied by ambulance drivers Lester Forney and Raymond Campbell and Sergeant Francis Funk. Forney said the chief stood the trip pretty well.
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C. W. Hollis
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Richmond
Friendship Fire Company
Hollis
Francis Funk
Lester Forney
Raymond Campbell
Forney
Democrats to name six nominees for city election
City Democratic executive committee meets tonight at 7 30 in the city hall council chamber to declare six primary qualifiers as nominees for six vacancies in the June municipal election. The six include incumbents Dr Allen Hawthorne Percy Miller W W Dellinger and candidates Lee Coble Ben Belchie and J Thomas Kremer. Dr C R Anderson will be declared the mayoral nominee.
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Democratic Party
Lawrence Hollis
Lee Coble
Ben Belchie
J. Thomas Kremer
C. R. Anderson
Rubber Company Worker Injured
D Wayne Duncan 24 formerly of Weston West Virginia now an employee of the O Sullivan Rubber Company here was injured when his hand was caught in equipment. His left fingers were red and a cut under his chin required 10 stitches after he fell against a metal shield. He was treated at Memorial Hospital then taken to the Miller residence 302 South Cameron Street and may be confined several weeks.
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D. Wayne Duncan
Weston
W. Va
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Memorial Hospital
Miller
South
Cameron Street
Bombing Near Liuchow Hits Chinese Generals Conference
Japanese planes bombed a house at Liuchow in eastern Kwangsi where Chen Cheng Pai Chung Hsi Chang Fa Kuei and other Chinese generals were in conference resulting in several casualties.
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Ssutivasyd Slingv
Hongkong
Furniture Plants Report Good Wave of Business in 1940
Grand Rapids Michigan February 23 Seidman and Seidman accountants report January operations in the furniture industry show unfilled orders carried over from last year plus new January markets. Shipments by value rose 20 percent from December and January orders increased 14 percent over January 1939 while payrolls fell 15 percent from December yet remained 12 percent higher than January 1939. The industry notes a seasonal decline but expects two to three months of sustained activity as a normal reaction after a sharp rise earlier.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Seidman
Tomato output seen rise in Cross Junction area this year
Landon Whitacre reports a 20 to 25 percent expected increase in tomato production in the Cross Junction sector of Frederick county. About 200 acres were grown last year with yields of 150 to 175 bushels per acre and cannery prices averaging 30 cents per 60 pound bushel.
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Cross Junction
Frederick County
Landon Whitacre
Tony
Whitacre
Gainesboro
J. &. Cowles
Gainesboro High School
Max Braithwaite
Braithwaite Brothers
Prederick
Cannery
Mr. Cowles
Paul Braithwaite
Russell Pletcher
Harry Fout
Eppa Luttrell
Clarence Omps
Randall Omps
M. J. Pease
Henry Conoe Stotler
R. G. Braithwaite
Cather Heads Men s Chorus Forms in Winchester
A new Dr. Frank T. McFaden Young Men s Chorus organized in Winchester under Presby terian Church sponsorship. C. I. Cather elected president Floyd Haines named director. Chorus meets Thursdays at 7 30 pm in the church Sunday School room. Membership open to area men ages 50 to 75 with good voices.
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Frank T. McFaden
Winchester
The
Presbyterian Church
C. I. Cather
Floyd Haines
Mildred Jones
British French blockade on Soviet Arctic coast reported
Copenhagen news says a British French warship squadron began a blockade of the northern Russian coast to choke shipments to Germany and deter Soviet submarines, with unconfirmed rumors of an early clash with the Arctic fleet.
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Copenhagen
Berlingske Tidende
Arctic
Germany
Public Sale Notice Near Burnt Factory
Public sale on Monday February 26 at 10 30 near Burnt Factory offerings include stock machinery furniture and catalog items. Some lines show poultry and other items in a mixed listing from poet s hardware Co. and a continuation note references an airplane contest closing Feb 27.
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Poet's Hardware Co
Sumner Welles to Confer With German Leader
Berlin reports that United States Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles will confer with Adolf Hitler during his European visit. Alexander Kirk met Baron Von Weizsaecker and a tentative schedule places Welles meeting Ribbentrop and then Hitler.
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Berlin
United States
Sumner Welles
Europe
Fuehrer
Hitler
Alexander Kirk
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Welles
Italy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Byrd Criticizes Federal Lending Agencies As Fourth Arm
Roanoke Va Feb 23 United States Senator Harry F Byrd labeled 30 federal parent lending agencies a fourth arm of government saying they have obligated the U S for 8 billion and could obligate 8 billion more An audit question affects sixteen agencies seven make no reports to Congress and one corps holds about one million HOLC loans in default with repossessions noted on some loans
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Roanoke
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Federal Land Bank
General Accounting Office
Con- Corporation
HOLC
Federal Employe Tax Bill Signed In Virginia
Richmond Feb 23 Nine more bills were enrolled to day with the governor s signature to become law within ninety days. The most important is House bill 96 extending state income taxes to salaries of federal employes. An estimated 125 000 in additional taxes will accrue from federal salaries. Other bills signed include Senate 69 on committing inebriates to stay hospitals for the insane House 23 outlawing transport of dead animals in streets only in odor free closed containers House 121 validating substitutions of trustees under deeds and acts by substituted trustees House 132 authorizing counties to acquire land for sewage at county seats by eminent domain or otherwise.
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Richmond
Senate
Virginia
Thai diplomat in London dies of heart disease
Vice Admiral Phya Rajawangsan, 54, Thailand’s minister to London and permanent representative to the League of Nations, dies suddenly in London today from heart disease. The notice also advertises homemade pies and rolls at Jack Coffee Shop priced 35c each and 15c a dozen.
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London
Phya Rajawangsan
Thailand
Siam
League of Nations
Jack Coffee Shop
Eye Glass Service Ad by Hodgson and Brown
An eye glass service advertises low prices and expert work by registered optometrists Hodgson and Brown. The note references a contact point or location, dated February 23, with page notation (1p 21).
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Hodgson & Brown
Britons Honor Heroes Of Navy In Big Parade
King George VI and Prime Minister Chamberlain review 760 veterans from the Exeter and Ajax at Horse Guards. Queen Elizabeth watches from the Admiralty as crowds cheer the sailors and widows receive decorations for the Graf Spee battle victory.
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London
George VI
Chamberlain
Montevideo
Exeter
Ajax
Graf Spee
Whitehall
Queen Elizabeth
Admiralty
W. Russell
Russell
Ello ‘Arry
Tom
Uima
Achilles
Auckland
New Zealand
Mine adrift off Florida coast threatens shipping route
The Navy hydrographic office warned that a mine was reported adrift about 1,350 miles off the Florida coast on the New York to South American east coast steamship route.
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Washington
Navy Hydrographic Office
Florida
Amblers Heavier at NYC Weigh In for Non Title Bout
Lightweight contender Lou Ambers weighed in at 139 pounds for his 10 round non title clash with Al Davis at Madison Square Garden. Davis tipped the scales at 1464 pounds and was ready to fight tonight.
Earthquakes Hit Central Anatolia. Death Toll Rises to Nearly 200
Six strong tremors in central Anatolia Turkey today caused extensive damage and pushed the death toll toward the 200 mark. Rescue crews work through rubble as aftershocks follow.
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Ankara
Anatolia
Asiatic
Turkey
Rights Asserted Paris Naval Blockade Russian Waters
A British French naval blockade of Russia's northern waters may be an execution of France's claimed right to take all measures necessary to safeguard allied rights at sea. The view was expressed in unofficial quarters today.
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Paris
Russia
France
Newspaper Ads Are Found Best for Savings and Loan Banks
Massachusetts banker Francis E. Ingalls of Lincoln Co operative Bank of Gynn Mass told 500 delegates at the American Savings and Loan Institute mid winter conference in Pittsburgh that newspaper advertising should be a live force in savings and loan programs and urged truth in all sales literature.
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Pittsburgh
American Savings and Loan Institute
Massachusetts
Francis E. Ingalls
Lincoln Co-operative Bank of
350 Attend FFA Winter Meeting
The winter meeting of the Northern Triangle Federation of Future Farmers of America and the Junior Farmers Clubs of Frederick and Clarke Counties attracted a large group to Handley gymnasium. Handley hosts a program and contests with delegations from Boyce Berryville Stephens City Middletown Front Royal Gainesboro Washington Sperryville and Handley. W. R. Legge recalled George Washingtons contributions to agriculture on his birthday.
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Triangle Federation of Future Farmers of America
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Handley Gymnasium
Handley
Boyce
Berryville
Stephens City
Middletown
Front Royal
Gainesboro
Washington
Sperryville
Ralph Snapp
W. R. Legge
George Washington
Baldwins Escape Injury In Side Collision Near Millwood
A. A. Sandy Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin narrowly escaped serious injury when their coupe was sideswiped by an eastbound tractor-trailer about four miles west of Berry's Ferry bridge in Clarke Hunt Country. Sheriff Buckner said hit and run charges may be filed. the driver fled after the crash and Baldwin reported shock but no serious injuries.
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Millwood
Sandy” Baldwin
Baldwin
Jane Brooks
Clarke Hunt
Berry’s Ferry Bridge
Bob Buckner
Sportsman
Buckner
Middleburg
Close Out of Winter Coats at Bargain Prices
Margaret L Hodgson promotes a clearance sale listing 20 winter coats priced at 5 and 10 dollars with original values from 17.95 to 29.95. The ad emphasizes deep discounts and limited stock.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
City and County Brevities
A red van on Cameron Street advertised Florida fruits including lime avocado and apples for visitors to Miami. Workmen cleaned winter mud from Cameron Street as thawed water drops from car fenders. About 140 hogpens have vanished from Winchester since a hog ban, only one pen and its hogs have been dispatched so far.
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Cameron Street
Miami
Winchester
Virginia Senate Passes Mining Safety Bill and Tourist Camp Inspection
The Virginia Senate unanimously approved a mining safety measure shifting the division of mines to the state labor department and appointing the chief mine inspector by the governor. It also passed a House bill requiring tourist camps to keep permanent patron records and meet sanitation standards with planned inspections by the dairy and food division.
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Richmond
State Department of Labor
State Senate
Charles M. Hunter
House
Commissioner of Labor
Senate
Vivian L. Page
Norfolk
Elimainel T. Wickham
Hanover
Robert E. Lee
Arlington
Lee
War Highlights From Associated Press Briefing
Highlights of war reporting include British ships blockading the Russian Arctic coast and Russian defenses at forts on the isthmus. Moscow notes Soviet gains and Finnish fortifications under pressure while Helsinki reports aerial activity and a Finnish battalion retreat. Paris mentions a new submarine wave.
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Associated Press
Russian Arctic
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Labor Department
FFA
Legge
Howard
Baldwins
Berry
Clarke County
Daughton
Daughter
Glass
Glascock
Heller-Moseley
Vaden Séna’t
Quesenberg
Bill Ton
Board of Visitors
Virginia State School For Deaf and Blind Children
Moscow
Red Army
King
Bohemia
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