Senate approves workmen compensation expansion for mid-sized firms
Richmond February 27 The Senate sent to the governor a bill extending the workmen compensation law to employers with seven or more workers. Governor Darden urged covering three or more in his inaugural address, but the measure was amended in the House. The law now applies to firms with eleven or more.
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Richmond
Senate
Humphries-Garrett-Ferguson
Darden
House of Delegates
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
House
House Courts of Justice
Virginia
E. B. Moore
Senate Finance Committee
Massenburg
State Restaurant Association
State Beverage Control Board
Allied Planes Smash At Nipponese Invasion Armada Off Bangka Island
Allied bombers pressed a broad attack on Japanese invasion forces off Bangka island amid reports the enemy was seeking reinforcements. Japanese raids on Port Blair in the Andaman islands were also reported as Indian defenses tightened and aircraft engaged in the wider Pacific battle.
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Bangka Island
Associated Press
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
Burma
United Nations
China
Russia
Far Pacific
Port Blair
Calcutta
Dutch East Indies
Java
Bangka
Sumatra
Batavia
Japan
Indian Ocean
Adaman
Ceylon
East Indies
Palembang
Australia
Go New Britain
Soerabaja
Landis Testimony Called Evasive on Civilian Defense Fund
Senator McKellar accused James M. Landis director of Civilian Defense of violating laws and misleading Congress about O C D funds. Landis defended a twofold mission of passive protection and active morale building, while McKellar pressed about education funds and possible evasion of restrictions.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D.-Tenn
James M. Landis
Civilian Defense
Office of Civilian Defense
McKellar
Landis
Joint Congressional Economy Committee
Appropriations Committee
Melvyn Douglas
Arts Council
Congressman Have To Speak Tonight
A House committee will be guest speaker at the 23rd banquet at 5 PM sharp. Attendance is expected from up to 50 people from neighboring classes, with Rev. Carl Honeycutt serving as toastmaster.
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House of Representatives
Carl Honeycutt
Winchester Says War Materials Sought for Defense
An issue notes the call to salvage rubber scrap iron and other metals for defense. Citizens are urged not to destroy usable materials but to keep them until collection plans are announced and sufficient quantities exist for reuse.
Opposition to 40 Hour Week Suspension Debate
Congressional debate on a 40 hour week and time and a half overtime for wartime. Administration leaders doubt the measure's germane status and warn it could curb overtime pay, affecting non-defense and defense industries as workers clock long hours.
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House
Capitol Hill
Adee
Gov
Winchester Junior Board Meeting Debates Wartime Disbanding
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade meets tonight at 8 at the George Washington Hotel to consider a resolution by the board of directors to disband the organization for the duration of the war. Clarke County and several state affiliates of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce are involved. The Junior Board age range is 21 to 36 years.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Clarke County
Ntional Junior Chamber of Commerce
Matinee Idol Drama Delivers Jealousy and Glamour
A pulsing theater world tale unfolds with jealousy and heartbreak as the suddenly loved matinee idol learns he is a victim of Anette's beauty amid tinsel and glamour.
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Anette
Three Army Planes Forced to Land at Municipal Airport
Three U S Army pursuit planes diverted from a flight west of here to land at Municipal Airport after running low on fuel. One aircraft nosed over injuring its propeller while two others landed safely as the pilots reported a cloud and snow encounter near Winpla. The crew spent the night at the field awaiting a gas and propeller replacement from Bolling Field.
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Here
U. S. Army
Washington
Cage Ee
Lieut
Gessup
Scott
Glass
Hodgson
Winplaw
Municipal Field
Bolling Field
V. F
Berryville Pastor L A Parker hospitalized in Roanoke
Dr L A Parker pastor of the Berryville Baptist Church is in Lewis Gale Hospital Roanoke with an internal hemorrhage. He and Mrs Parker were attending the Baptist General Association annual meeting when he was stricken yesterday afternoon and rushed to hospital for treatment.
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Berryville
L. A. Parker
Berryville Baptist Church
Lewis-Gale
Roanoke
Public Sale of Williams Farm at Opequon
The Harriet Elizabeth Glaize Williams farm near Opequon to be sold at public auction in front of the Frederick County Court House on Saturday February 28 at 11 am. The property comprises 190 acres.
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Harriet Elizabeth Glaize Williams
Opequon
Frederick County Court House
Defense Workers Meet Tonight At Sarah Zane Hall
Defense workers gather at Sarah Zane Hall for a report meeting. Wardens and volunteers including air raid wardens, police and demolition squads prepare for training totaling twenty hours of first aid and fire defense plus five hours defense and two hours of drill. Meetings start at 8 o clock.
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Defense
Sarah Zane Hall
Tormed
Sarah Zane
North Caribbean focus marks Leide-Tedesco lecture
Mr. Leide-Tedesco, a former Prague Vienna Pressburg conductor now American citizen, is among four authorities sponsored by the Winchester Rotary Club to speak on world cultural leadership. He will discuss "Our Neighbors Around the Caribbean" at 8 p.m. Monday.
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Leide-Tedesco
Winchester
Clarke Boards Approve Plan For New School
Clarke County supervisors and school board in Berryville Virginia agree in a joint session to build a ten room graded and high school at Boyce. Total cost is set at 74500 dollars to settle a long running dispute that began in 1940.
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Star
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Clarke County School Board
Boyce
Clifton Price
Battletown
John M. Fishpaw
Longmarsh
Christiansburg Fire Destroys Large Three Story Building
A three story structure in Christiansburg Virginia housing a general store grocery radio shop and welfare offices burned early today causing estimated damage near 100000. Fire origin linked to a vacant third floor room with winds keeping flames contained to the building as authorities and local workers aided by passing truck drivers fought the blaze.
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Christiansburg
J.C. Anderson
J. R. Smith
Shelton
Russians Break Down Stand of Hitler Army at Staraya Russia
Moscow dispatches report Red Army units close in on the trapped German 16th army near Staraya Russa. Encircled forces include the 290th 30th and Elite guard divisions with 96 000 men at risk as Soviet attacks threaten to collapse the pocket. Red Army also claimed heavy German losses and destruction of defenses in the Leningrad area and air raids totaling 21 enemy planes to five Soviet aircraft.
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Moscow
Staraya Russia
Germany
France
Red Army
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Soviet Information Bureau
Crimea
Information Bureau
Red Star
Ilmen
16Th Army
Pavel A. Kurchkin
Lake Tilmen
German Baron Seized By FBI In Palm Beach
Baron Fritz Von Opel a wealthy yachtsman and son of an Opel car maker was arrested in Palm Beach with three other men as potentially dangerous aliens. FBI Miami agent R G Danner said two German and two Hungarian aliens were taken into custody after guns and ammunition were found. Von Opel had come to the United States two years ago and had interests in a Massachusetts brewery.
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Palm Beach
Fia
Fritz von Opel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
von Opel
R. G. Danner
Ias
Miami
Palm Beard
Opel
Massachusetts Brewery
United States
City And County Brevities In Truncated Report
Brief notes reach the office on early spring signals with a robin’s song heard though sighting was not confirmed. Girls are being trained as grocery cashiers. permanent employment may depend on draft calls. Middletown gains priority for fire hose for a new engine, but delivery waits until hose orders are filled.
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Uncle Sam
Middletown
MacArthur Forces Hold Bataan Advance Front
War dispatch reports light forces on both sides fighting along the Bataan front in the Philippines. General MacArthur's troops hold advance positions with gains of one to eight kilometers along the front in the last 48 hours.
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Washington
Bataan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine
MacArthur
Pilar
Cavite
President Roosevelts veto warning on riders to bills
President Roosevelt condemned the practice of attaching riders to measures that cannot be vetoed as unfair. He cited a farm bloc plan to add a parity price amendment to a war appropriation bill, arguing such non germane riders distort legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Farm Bloc
Senate
Four Meet Death In Plane Crash
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas February 27 Four men were killed and a fifth injured when a bomber from the naval air station crashed in Corpus Christi Bay. Victims named Karl L Brehm 24 of Hamilton Ohio Myles Stantos Ross 24 aviation cadet Seattle Washington John Henry Shepherd 23 aviation cadet Port Arthur Kansas Lieut Wayne T Stuckey squadron instructor treated for injuries Naval board of investigation this was the station first crash of a rat bomber plane demolished.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Navi Air Station
Corpus Christi Bay
Karl L. Brehm
Hamilton
Myles Stantos Ross
Seattle
Wash
John Henry Shepherd
Port Arthur
Kas
Wayne T. Stuckey
Naval Board of Investion
Tog
Esas
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Bengal Bay Islands
Harrison
Clarence MacDonald
John Broz
Dorothy Broz
MacDonald
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Farbelows
Civil Defense Organization
Rep. Smith
Berryville, Ill
Manoah Leide-Tedesco
Clarke
Hitler
By Eddy Gilmore
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Frankfort
General Motors
Robin
M’ Arthur
Raps
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