Russians exploit breakthrough near Pskov and Rogachev
Moscow dispatches report Soviet forces widening the gap along the 400 mile front from Pskov to Rogachev. German reinforcements fail to seal the breach as Rokossovsky’s White Russian army drives forward, claiming 6000 killed and capturing tanks, guns, mines, and prisoners.
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Moscow
Germany
Red
Pskov
Leningrad
Reds
London
Rogachev
Russia
Latvia
Poland
Constantine Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky’sa
Allied Air Offense Pressed To Annihilate Warplane Factories
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports continued air offensive against German warplane factories. German forces mounted a limited assault on the Allied beachhead south of Cisterna and west of Littoria but were repelled. Snow and high winds near Cassino left the sector largely stationary with renewed attacks on a French hill near Cassino repelled. The Regensburg operation yielded 93 to 95 German aircraft destroyed or likely shot down, a Mediterranean air record, as bombers hit targets in Romania and the Adriatic region.
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Pontine
Cisterna
Littoria
Carroceto
Cassino
Regensburg
Germany
Italy
Britain
Fiume
Pola
Zara
Graz
Austria
Orsognia
Arielli
Orsogna
Adriatic
Rome
Morgan's Oldest Resident Dies in Berkeley
Ferdinand J. Johnston 95, Morgan county's oldest resident and great grandson of Maryland's first governor Thomas Samuel Johnston, died after a brief illness. Funeral services were held today. he leaves eight children including A S Johnston of Cumberland Maryland and Mrs Margaret DeHaven of Winchester Virginia among others.
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Berkeley
Ferdinand J. Johnston
Maryland
Morgan County
Mr. Johnston
Thomas Samuel Johnston
Continental Congress
George Washington
Johnston
A.S. Johnston
Cumberland
Margaret DeHaven
Winchester
W. R. Cook
Baltimore
Joseph W. Johnston
Viola Havermale
Sleepy Creek
W. Va
Stonewall Student Leads In Bond Sales
James Hutton, a Stonewall school pupil, tops the county bond drive with seven sales on George Washingtons Birthday. Thomas Borden of Mid High follows with five. Wendell Barney, War Finance Committee chair, has filed reports.
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James Hutton
Stonewall School
George Washington
Thomas Borden
Mid——— High School
Wendell Barney
War Finance Committee
Ot Gas 35 Caminin Prytainaing
Favorable Vote Given Bill On Liquor Trial
In Richmond on February 26 the Senate Finance Committee voted 10 to 6 to report favorably on the Boatright bill allowing localities to enact ordinances under the state alcoholic beverage control act to redirect fines to the state literary fund. Senator Daughton opposed, proposing a $10 million literary fund ceiling and preferring revenue stay with the state. A constitutional amendment will be submitted by referendum.
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Senate
Boatright House
Ralph Daughton
Norfolk
Daughton
Samuel D. Rodgers
Virginia
Ted Dalton
State Conservation Commission
Booker T. Washington
Ford
Franklin County
Finance
Senate Committee On
Mofett Senate
Medley
Democracy Looks For Liberalism In Senate Rebuke
Democratic Senators who joined a strong rebuke to President Roosevelt by overriding his tax bill are seen as strengthening liberal aims within the party. They opposed Pepper’s fear of changing the party’s core spirit, and expect the Senate’s stance to rally the public to liberal principles, with leadership unity after Barkley’s retention and McKellar’s support cited.
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House
Roosevelt
Pepper
Dfla
Senate
George
Congress
Barkley Day
Cohents
Democratic Party
McKellar
All Occupation Deferments To Be Reviewed
President Roosevelt ordered a review of occupation deferments, noting a 200000 manpower shortfall and urging release of younger, qualified workers from agriculture and industry to meet wartime needs. Maj Gen Hershey cited 60 percent failing physicals as age shifts strain induction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Senate Agriculture Committee
Work Camp Pay May Be Fixed
CHICAGO February 26 Farm wage stabilization may fix pay ceilings in many states in 1944 to curb inflation in farm wages amid labor shortages. Ham outlined how programs started in Florida and California could spread after 1942 to stabilize 4,000,000 extra workers filling 8,000,000 in the farm labor system and prevent labor poaching.
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Chicago
Office of Labor
Florida
California
Ham
Midwest
War Labor Board
WFA
Crowers
Jail sentence for failure to send children to school
George Braithwaite of Sensency Road faced Judge W Edwards this morning for refusing to send his two children aged seven and 15 to school. He was found guilty and given a 30 day sentence with 20 days suspended on compliance with compulsory education law, plus a $5 fine and $5.30 costs. Braithwaite previously faced a similar charge on March 5, 1943. His children are enrolled at Shenandoah Valley Academy.
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George Braithwaite
Sensency Road
W. Edwards
Workers Doing Vital War Jobs Are Turned Back
CIO pickets halted 3000 gates at Great Lakes Steel plant in Ecorse delaying armor plate production for U S Navy landing barges. Earlier 500 workers walked out over discipline, swelling idled workers to about 6000 as night shifts stayed at furnaces. company calls plant sole armor plate supplier and cites rule violations, while union cites management discipline.
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CIO
Great 1 Corporation
Ecorse
U. S. Navy
Mak
United Steel Workers Union
Ing
C. Seeeee Auteanebihe Workers Ice
Srigesngack Avenue
No State Funeral Planned for Sen McNary in Salem
Charles L. McNary Oregon’s senior senator died yesterday at a summer resort where he sought to recover from brain surgery. No state funeral was planned. memorial services may be held in Washington, with plans for body transport to Salem for burial near his fruit business. Charles McNary, 68, had served as Republican leader and vice presidential nominee in 1940.
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Salem
Ore
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Senate
Washington
McNary
15 Farmers Attend Tractor School
About 150 tractor owners and operators attended a Tractor School at the Lupton Orchard Company yesterday afternoon. Factory experts explained running and maintenance of tractors and rationing of farm machinery. Present were Oliver Tractors dealers Brumback and Bean. Tractor school meetings are planned across southern Virginia.
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Lupton Orchard Company
I. Fred Stime
County Farm Fee
J. A. Waller
Extension Agricultural
V. PL i
Oliver Tractors
C. Ers
Oon Ae Barr Farm
Orchar App
al Harvester, Co
Brumback
John Bean Iapton
Service
Virginia
Far From Accord On Soldier Bill
Washington Feb 26 Senate and House conferees clung to a scant hope of a compromise on the explosive issue of armed service voting. They remained far from agreement after more than two weeks of talks. The administration insists on a uniform federal ballot for military absentees, while House plans permit limited federal ballots only where states lack adequate voting systems, and require applicants to show they sought a state ballot. Senator Hatch urged strict conformity to state laws including local registration and poll tax payments for military voters. The conferees will meet again over the weekend.
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Washington
Senate
House
Uniform
Hatch
D-Nm
Friendship Fire Company summons members for meeting
The Friendship Fire Company calls all members to attend a meeting. The notice urges prompt participation and outlines no further details in the readable text.
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Friendship Fire Company
The
Highlights Of World At War
Aerial war report shows U S and RAF bombing Germany day and night with attacks on Augsburg and Frankfurt while Berlin hints at diversions. Soviet forces mass along a 400 mile front toward the west as Pskov is shelled. In Italy Germans press Rome beachhead amid combat while Cassino quiets under weather. In the Pacific a February 20 strike on Guam widens operations as American bombers hit Rabaul New Ireland and Admiralty Islands.
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U. S
Germany
Augsburg
Berlin
Frankfurt
Regensburg
Pacific
Guam
Mariana Islands
Japan
Rabaul
New Ireland
Admirality Islands
Nazis Aircraft Cut as Allied Bombing Ramps Up
LONDON Feb 26 German aircraft production has been sharply reduced by Allied raids. A U S Army Air Force spokesman said twin-engine German fighters are down 80 percent and single-engine fighters 60 percent due to the world’s largest air offensive in six days. He noted the Eighth Air Force alone dropped 7,935 tons on German soil, and that over 1,200 heavy bombers plus 1,000 to 1,200 factories were involved in the strike effort aimed at grounding the German war effort.
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London
Germany
U. S. Army Air Force
Eighth Air Force
15Th
Charles Morrison Injured After Car Collision on King Street
Charles Morrison was seriously injured when struck by a car on King street while returning from work. He sustained severe head and facial lacerations and a fractured leg and was hospitalized at City Hospital. The driver stopped and was detained by Martinsburg police. Morrison has two children and a sister-in-law in the area.
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Morrison
William McDonald
S. D. McDonald
City Hospital
King Street
Martinsburg Journal
Morrisons
Charlies
D. _ em Moler, Jr
Martinsburg
Branch
Albert Maker
British Air Offensive Pounds Augsburg as 17,000 Tons Dropped
London reports a massive RAF bombing raid on Augsburg as part of a six day campaign against Germany. Lancaster and Halifax bombers attacked twice during the night with favorable weather, while 24 aircraft were lost in the operations. Simultaneous Mosquito strikes over southwest Germany and the Low Countries, plus extensive minelaying sweeps, are noted.
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London
Augsburg
Germany
Reich
Frankfurt
Switzerland
Italy
RAF
Air Ministry
Low County
Bond Drive Ends Monday as Quota Near Reach
Citizens press to meet the E Bond quota with about 200 bonds sold yesterday totaling roughly $16,500. The drive now stands at $309,299.50 toward a $340,000 goal, reflecting city and county effort to keep a fighting chance at success.
Afterno on Anzio Beachhead Costs Germans Heavy Losses
Allied headquarters said the Anzio landing since January 22 has tied up about 15 000 German casualties with 2816 prisoners. German forces in northern Italy and Yugoslavia weakened to form a new army while supplies and armament were depleted. Three German infantry regiments were moved from Germany to bolster the effort. Field Marshal Kesselring aimed for a morale boost, but the front remains costly and unsatisfactory for the Germans.
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Algiers
Anzio
Italy
Yugoslavia
Germany
Albert Kesselring
Rome
Onl Geman
German General Held Prisoner on Northern Front
German General Marshal George Von Keuchler, a northern front commander in Russia, has been taken prisoner in Koenigsberg fortress. He was charged with insubordination to Adolf Von Keuchler after allegedly failing to hold the front at all costs per orders.
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George von Keuchler
Russia
Koenigsberg
Adolf von Keuchler
Bombing Raid on Augsburg by British Heavy Bombers
Flying Fortresses from Britain completed a 1600 mile round trip to Augsburg aiming at a major German production center. RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes used in two separate forces attacked with about 2000 tons of bombs. American Eighth and 15th Air Forces engaged heavily, with 93 German fighters destroyed and 142 enemy aircraft shot down at the cost of 69 heavy bombers from the US and 69 bombers from Britain. Photographs from Augsburg, Furth, Stuttgart and Regensburg showed good results amid reports of new tactics.
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Augsburg
Burg
Messerschmitt i
Italy
Luftwaffe
Army
15Th
RAAF
Furth
Stuttgart
Regensburg
Berlin
RAF
Schweinfurt
Germany
Eighth
U. S
Local Guardsmen Review during third annual celebration
State and regional guardsmen attended the third annual celebration of Company 115 U S G at the Armory last night. Col John F Hepner from Baltimore and Col P R Hudson Richmond led attending officers of the State Guard including Col Hellmuth Alexandria Maj John C Butler Rector and Capt Strauss. E E Goodwyn was unable to attend. Col Hudson is executive officer of the State Dept and Col Hepner represented Baltimore Command. Col Goodrich to training aftess Seay S G troops. Col Hellmuth is anne of the llth Battal-
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Virginia State Guards
John F. Hepner
U.S. Army
Baltimore
State Guard
P. R. Hudson
Richmond
Hellmuth
Alexandria
John C. Butler
Recto
Strauss
Beeton
E. E
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