Governor's Road Tax Program Passes House
The Virginia House of Delegates approved Governor Tuck's road tax plan 61 to 38 and sent it to the Senate. The measure raises the gasoline tax to six cents, trims the gasoline tax on passenger cars, repeals the trucks gross receipts tax, and increases carrier truck license taxes. Additional revenue of about 3.8 million dollars funds the state secondary highway system.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Tuck
Senate
Senate General Laws Committee
Moncure-Locher
House
Seamens Thay Oie
Jesse Dillon
Imare
Ofes
General Laws Committee
Sharpe
Railroad
Virginia
Samuel Kelly
Scrideene
Norfolk County
Spiers
Chilton House
Prosecution rests against 22 high Nazis at Nuremberg trial
The Allied prosecution in Nuremberg rested its case against 22 top Nazi leaders after more than three months of hearings before the International Military Tribunal. The court allowed withdrawal of a document linked to Alfred Rosenberg amid questions of authenticity. Churchill, Daladier, and other prewar leaders were not summoned as defense witnesses.
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Mernbeg
Germany
International Military Tribunal
U. S
Dodd
Alfred Rosenberg
Hitler Youth Organization
Churchill
Joachim von Ghentepee
Kas
Winston Churchill
Daladier
Ise
Mermamn Goering
Fiers Fahelm Keitel
Ribbentrop
Britain
Weather roundup notes scattered conditions from storm impacts
The eastern region saw fair and cool skies after the storm while the northwest endured drenching rains. New York and New England reported heavy snows, with snow reaching the Great Lakes area into Wisconsin. Mississippi faced thunderstorms and locally heavy rains, while remaining eastern areas saw gentler showers.
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Midwest
New York
New England
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Liquor Ration Cut Slightly For March
Richmond Virginia February 27 The liquor ration for March will be reduced slightly by eliminating the usual coupon for a pint of whiskey. The change does not affect the overall purpose. The coupon will be good for two fifths of domestics or each half may be used for a fifth or a pint if pints are available.
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Richmond
ABC Board
Ashland Hotel Razed by Fire
Fire razed the Ashland Hotel destroying a structure with about 50 rooms. Residents were rescued from the building as flames swept through all floors.
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Ashland
P . God- RA Tane
Maccupants
Din
Godell
Carload Nitrate Herbert Bryant Inc
Carload nitrate shipment tied to Herbert Bryant Inc with contact phone 5885 listed. References a 2 25 27 1p 21 filing line suggesting docket or note date. Details are limited but indicate a commercial nitrate transport or sale notice involving the named firm.
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Herbert Bryant, Inc
Thursday Night Time Slots Recap
A note lists weekly broadcasts labeled Hell with Thursday time blocks from 1 to 9 and 4c Thursday to 1p tf. It emphasizes recurring weekly timing on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
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Hell
Butter Supplies Drop as Government Warns of Scarcity
CHICAGO February 27 Butter stocks are described as dangerously low with the Office of Price Administration noting a 50 million pound stock level and a reduction in butter fat production diverted to other products. Government storage points report about 14.12 million pounds on February 23 with a large share attributed to government ownership.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
Howe
Price Bosses See No Great Increase In Living Costs
Washington reports wage price chiefs Snyder and Bowles clash with Eccles over the admin policy. Bowles says living costs rise no more than five percent with the new plan while Snyder warns against inflation if industry and labor don’t cooperate. They describe a policy to allow price adjustments where wages justify it, aiming to stop inflation.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Chester Bowles
Marriner
Eccles
Bowles
Truman
Snyder
House Banking Committee
House Civil Service Com
Soviet Official Ends Troop Departure Claim
A Soviet embassy statement appeared to signal troop withdrawal with an American officer noting belief that Russians were evacuating. The account referenced Tran February 27 and included ambiguous wording about Soviet actions.
Food Conference Called Friday by Hoover and Truman
President Truman urged reduced American food consumption to ease shortages in war towns abroad and called former President Hoover and others to a Friday White House meeting at 3 PM to craft a voluntary national program. He directed government action while stressing private citizen involvement. Ex-President Hoover accepted the invitation.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Mane
Asia
White House
Hoover
Average Meat Bill To Rise Slightly
OPA officials project a slight rise in the average American meat bill as wage price policy expands from 11 plants including Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson and John Morrell to industry wide. Retail increases planned for late next month while wholesale prices rise around March 1. The American Meat Institute calls the increases distinctly inadequate for many firms and says the move will fail to curb the growing black market.
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Washington
OPA
Meat Iron Board
Swift, Armour
Cudahy
Wilson
John
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Western Union Labor Strife Rises Over Arbitrator Appointment
Western Union workers protest the appointment of a new arbitrator in a wage dispute rejecting the mandate from a union meeting last night. State Supreme Court Justice Aaron J. Levy voided his ruling on the matter.
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Tion
State Supreme Court
Aaron J. Levy
Electrical Workers Set Strike Date in Virginia
Jack G. Holteclaw, president of VEPCO, confirmed that notice to strike on April 1 has been filed by local IBEW unions at VEPCO properties in Virginia. About 1,900 employees are affected.
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Richmond
Jack G. Holteclaw
Virginia Electric and Power Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
VEPCO
Billion Dollar Agriculture Bill Moves to House Floor
A $1.102 billion Agriculture Department appropriation bill, aimed at an expected peacetime “industrial revolution on the land,” goes to the House. The bill includes $67.5 million for rural rehabilitation, $50 million for farm tenancy, $300 million for conservation payments, and $50 million for the school lunch program.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Measles Outbreak Grows In Winchester Schools
The Winchester measles epidemic continues with no abatement after ten days. Doctors warn the first such outbreak in seven years, especially threatening children under ten. Parents should not send symptomatic children to school, and school closures depend on case rise.
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Winchester
L. M. Allen
Speedy Truman Pushes Krug Nomination Fast
President Truman urged rapid confirmation for James E. Krug as Secretary of the Treasury with lawmakers prepared to approve. Krug, 38, former War Production Board head, emerged as a late dark horse after WPB dissolution and private consulting in New York.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Krug
War Production Board
Capitol Hill
WPB
New York
Forrestal
Geantany
Cietecnn Wallace
Red Cross Fund Drive Opens Friday March 1
Plans are ready for the Red Cross Fund Drive which officially opens Friday March 1. The local goal is $17 575 00. Headquarters will be at the Bond Booth on Main Street open daily 10 a m to 5 p m except Sunday during March. Campaign workers are led by George Sanders with committees covering Commerce and Industry Publicity Special Gifts Civic League and Girls Athletic Association among others.
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Red Cross
George Sanders
Ter
Fund Campaign
Main Street
F. L. Largent
St Girls Athletic Association
Robert Grove
William Stine
Gilbert Till
Three Missing After Boats Collide in Norfolk
A collision near Norfolk left three sailors missing after the Army Dredge Chinook and a liberty boat from the Assault ship collided early today while leaving port. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities investigated the incident.
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Norfolk, Va
Mounted Police Scatter 800 Marching Pickets in Philadelphia
Mounted Police dispersed about 800 marching pickets in Philadelphia after 3 AM clashes with 1,000 officers who massed from a plant. Pickets waved flags and shouted as the flag bearer called about face, with further details continued on page 3.
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Philadelphia
Plain Spoken U S Foreign Policy Needed by Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg urged a plainly spoken U S policy to counter Russia's firmness. Reporting on his London delegation work, he warned the fate of world peace hinges on America matching Russia in clarity and resolve. He urged no appeasement and stressed sustaining U S ideals on all occasions.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Russia
Senate
Nations
London
Wahdenberg
Michigan
United Seat
United US
United State
Grass Fires Draw Firemen To Two Calls
Firemen and health officials rushed to two grass fires in the city. Early yesterday afternoon trucks from Friendship and Rouss fought a small blaze on Gray avenue. About 10 this morning a Montague avenue grass fire prompted a response.
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Health Department
Friendshp
Rouss
Gray Avenue
Montague Avenue
N. A A C Special Meeting Notice
All members encouraged to attend the N A A C special meeting on Thursday February 28 at 8 30 p m at the Baptist Church. Election of officers led by Brown as president.
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N. A A.C
Thurs, Inc
Loh Baptist Church
A Brown
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