Finn Parliament Pondering Course on Peace and Terms
Finns weigh concessions and stand on Russia in peace talks amid reports of a Finnish German trade pact. Helsinki insiders say Finns may give up Petsamo and nickel while resisting ceding Viipuri, Hangoe, or the Karelian Isthmus, aiming to preserve some territory.
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Helsinki
Social Demokratti
Russia
Viano Tanner
Social Democrat
Finland
Germany
Petsamo
Viipuri
Hangoe
Karelian
London
Stockholm
CBS
Moscow
Stalin thanks for Red Army anniversary support
Stalin expresses sincere thanks for friendly congratulations on the 26th anniversary of the Red Army and the Soviet armed forces. He states confidence that the allied struggle with the United States and Great Britain will defeat the Hitlerite threat.
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Red Army
Soviet Union
United States
Great Britain
Moscow
Teheran
Birds Need Sheltered Food in Snowy Weather
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks everyone to place bird food in sheltered spots to prevent starvations during snowstorms and to keep the supply from being buried by snow.
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The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Senate group tests right to obtain evidence in REA case
A Senate subcommittee delayed ruling on forcing testimony from Daniels an administrative assistant to President Eisenhower in a Rural Electrification administration probe. Subcommittee chair Senator Smith said it would follow the law to determine what information can be compelled. Daniels avoided comment about Slattery’s resignation, while Reedy said documents were being prepared for submission.
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Washington
Senate
Ice Velt
Smith D.-S. C
Congress
Carroll Reedy
Smith
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
Robber in Cowboy Outfit Steals Cash and Meal
A robber in a full cowboy getup including a six shooter robs a cafe in Los Angeles. He pockets $193, gets a free steak dinner, takes a small blonde hostage and forces a waiter to surrender the cash before leading the hostage away.
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Los Angeles
Civil and Police Court Dispositions in Rappahannock County
Judge John W. Rice presided as Ervin Holiday of 572 North Main Street faced drunkenness charges with $5 fines and $6.25 costs. William Settles from S Cameron was loitering and vagrancy and released to Warren county officials. Foster, detained for non support and desertion, turned over to Sheriff Segre of Rappahannock county. Garland Junior Whitacre of Gore Virginia cited for operating a motor vehicle under liquor with 30 days suspended and $100 plus costs.
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John W. Rice
Ervin Holiday
North Main Street
William Settles
S. Cameron
Warren County
Foster
Sherif Segre
Rappahannock Coun
Portrait unveiling honors late Governor Pollard in Richmond
In Richmond Virginia on February 29 Senator Harry F Byrd will speak at a 4 pm portrait unveiling for late Governor John Garland Pollard in the House of Delegates hall. Presiding will be Speaker Thomas B Stanley with Pollard's grandchildren unveiling the work. The portrait was painted by Edmund Archer, a Virginia artist now based in New York and Washington.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
John Garland Pollard
House of Delegates
Thomas B. Stanley
Stanleytown
Pollard
Lancaster County
Herbert Lee Soatwright, Jr
Edmund Archer
Virginia
New York
Washington
Sugar Case Proceedings Move Through County Court
Sugar case updates show Arthur Gaithers hospitalized with arraignment postponed, Gilbert Renner sent to the grand jury on a $2,000 bond, and John Reid George Fincham George Clark awaiting March term reports on bonds. James Barton to be arraigned Saturday for tire theft as Judge pends jail sentence. Elliott received a five year forgery sentence and probation for ten years.
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Arthur Gaithers
National Fruit Product Company
Gilbert Renner
Edwards
John Reid
George Fincham
George Clark
James Barton
Elliott
Paul Brown Chosen to Preside Over Circuit in Virginia
The Virginia General Assembly caucus unanimously nominated Paul E. Brown 40 commonwealth's attorney of Fairfax County to become the new judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. Brown will replace Judge Walter T. McCarthy and serve an eight year term beginning February 1 1945.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Paul E. Brown
Commonwealth
Fairfax County
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit
Brown
Walter T. McCarthy
Thirty-Fifth Judicial Circuit
Robert J. McCandlish, Jr
Fairfax
Thomas E. Dildake
Manassas
Frank Moncure
Prince William
Stafford
McCarthy
William D. Medley
Arlington
Andrew W. Clarke
Alexandria
Arlington County
Soldier Ballot Conferees Remain Split on Proposal
Senate conferees offered a plan to convert the armed forces federal ballot into a state sanctioned form with spaces for President Vice President and Congress members but House conferees showed little enthusiasm. They argued the federal form would intrude on state voting rights and overseas ballots regardless of state laws. Ren Rankin Mississippi leader of the Southern states rights Democrats pledged opposition to sending federal ballots to states with own absentee laws.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Ren. Rankin
Mississippi
Wounded Guadalcanal Marine helps nab counterfeiter
A 31 year old Harrisburg produce merchant Anthony Q. Thomas was sentenced to six months for illegally buying and possessing 16 sheets of counterfeit gasoline ration stamps worth 7 280 gallons. The arrest followed a tip by Corporal Edgar W Lochrie of Johnstown who alerted police on a train home from Bethesda Naval Hospital. Thomas pleaded guilty to two counts and was convicted on two others.
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Philadelphia
Guadalcanal
Anthony Q. Thomas
Harrisburg
U. S
George A. Welsh
Corp
Edgar W.lochrie
Johnstown
Thomas
helIn
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Lochrie
Harrisbore
Snow Turns to Slush in Winchester Streets
Snow began as rain then turned to slush in Winchester with three inches on the ground. Pedestrians faced slick footing while cows splashed through puddles as wind and colder temperatures threaten local communications, shrubbery, and trees. no accidents were reported.
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Virginia Highway Department
Virginia
Winchester Research Laboratory
Loose Talk Gave Japs Time To Get Away From Kiska
Seattle based army intelligence officials blame public leaks for guiding Japanese troops and large quantities of materiel away from Kiska before the U S invasion. Major Albert J. Stowe says unauthorized disclosures in Seattle alerted the enemy to the August 15 plan, allowing a retreat prior to U S forces arrival.
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Seattle
Alaska
Army
U. S
Albert J. Stowe
Clayton Bissell
Army Intelligence
Stone
Store Clerk Acquitted of Murder Charge
Buckingham Virginia February court heard Leroy L. Gough a farmer and store clerk acquitted by a circuit court jury of murder in connection with the death of Rev Noel J Allen a retired Baptist minister who died of peritonitis after an altercation at Sprouses corner store on November 23 Witnesses testified that a struggle over a stick occurred but no blows above the knees were seen and physicians linked the minister’s death to perforations in the small intestine potentially from exertion or impact
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Buckingham
Leroy L. Gough
Noel J. Allen
Gough
Allen
Sprouse's
W. R. Gough
T. G. Hardy
Southside Hospital
Farmville
American Ship Sunk by Submarine in Arabian Sea
A medium sized U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Arabian Sea early in January. All crew members were rescued and survivors landed at Boston, the Navy announced.
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Washington
U. S
Arabian Sea
Navy
Boston
Mail Carrier Accepts New Job in Tire Firm Route Change
Bryan Stotler who has carried the Siler Star Route from Winchester for years accepts a position as a commercial man with Firestone Tire Company. He departs for Washington to train and then goes to Salisbury for further instruction. Upon return he will work under C A Getzdanner. Mrs Zeiler who has carried the route between Winchester and Strasburg was low bidder on the Siler route for the next four years.
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Bryan Stotler
Siler
Winchester
Firestone Tire Company
Washington
D. C
Salisbury
Charles Zeiler
Strasburg
Handley Over Romney in Tight Local Record Duel
Romney reports a 38 38 tie while Handley claims a 38 36 Handley win. Sargent confirms local records show Handley ahead as officials cancel the disputed Romney basket not counted by referee.
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Handley
Romney
Poe
Otistee Sargent
Sargent
Pork Beef Points Will Be Cut
Washington announces sharp reductions in the ration points for pork and many pork cuts effective soon. Ration values for veal lamb mutton butter cheese lard and all other fats and dairy products stay unchanged through March as ordered by the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Funeral services for Glusha Light held at Omps
Funeral services for Glusha Light 76 Frederick County farmer were held at Omps funeral home this afternoon at 2. The cortege went to Pine Grove for final rites at 3 conducted by Rev. C. B. Larrick. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery with pallbearers Riley Cook Jerry Bennett Perry Elliott David Smith Joseph Hancher and John Reese.
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Omps
Glusha Light
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Pine Grove
C. B. Larrick
Riley Cook
Jerry Bennett
Perry Elliott
David Smith
Joseph Hancher
John Reese
Postwar highway analysis linked federal role to broad goals
Donald Kennedy drafted the analysis for Senator Hayden's Senate Roads Committee. It argued the postwar highway program is essential not only for road development but for linking highways to city redevelopment, resource protection, rural education and health, agricultural growth, industry, urban efficiency, housing, and interstate connections. Transcontinental super-highways were viewed as nonessential.
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Donald Kennedy
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Roads Commi
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