Roosevelt to deliver state of union by transcript
President Roosevelt will send his annual message to Congress by transcription rather than delivering it in person, due to lingering illness. Doctors advised against a live appearance, so clerks will read the message at noon with the budget estimates to follow. The White House notes no contents have been disclosed and outlines no clear changes to policy. Continued on page 3.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Ross T. McIntire
Early
Troop 3 Scouts Plan Addition to Cabin at Church
Troop 3 Scouts of Brad dock Street Methodist Church will add a new wing to their cabin behind the church to accommodate growth. The expanded space will include nine built in bunks gear storage lockers shelves a fog mantle and a trophy niche. Work starts this month with a public event January 28 at 6 30 p m featuring a 15 minute playlet Manpower to recruit leaders.
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Boy Scouts
Braddock Street Methodist Church
P. G. Ireland
Will
The
Ray Gerrabrandt
Troop 3
Special Commissioners Court Deliberations At Noon Saturday
A notice from the Special Commissioners Court sets a noon Saturday session on the indicated date for formal proceedings and decisions at the courthouse. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Pre-Induction Physicals Under Virginia Plan Begin
Virginia launches general pre induction physical examinations for selective service registrants to build a steady induction backlog. Col. Milles F. Neal says tests to be done locally and provide at least 21 days between exam and active duty. Inductions expected Feb. 8 for Navy and Feb. 22 for Army.
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Richmond
Selective Service
Virginia
National Selective Service
Neal
Iile
Navy
Army
Railways Urged To Exercise More Vigilance
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged rail carriers to harden safety enforcement and install protections without waiting for disasters. In its annual report for the year ending June 30 1943 the ICC cited 8209 accidents in six months, up 31.72 percent from 1942, with 2349 deaths and 28857 injuries, highlighting wartime safety pressure.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commissi
ICC
Congress
Blood donor clinic seeks volunteers as dates near
Volunteers lag behind target 550 for Winchester sixth blood donor clinic set for Thursday and Friday. Red Cross aides urge men 21 to 59 to register at 17 N Loudoun, with minors 18 to 21 needing parental consent. Health exams ensure donors fit for plasma and life saving use.
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Red Cross
Old Penney
Red Coss
Rodney Taylor
Winchester
N. Loudoun Street
Legislature Sets Stage For Peace Rules Session In Virginia
The 60 day session opens with Democratic caucuses in the House and Senate to set the basic framework. A key issue is vacancies in the Senate and the State Corporation Commission as Governor Darden prepares his budget briefing to newsmen. The gubernatorial message will open a week of activity in Richmond.
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Old Dominion
Darden
Old State
Senate
Capitol
House
House of Delegates
State Corporation Commission
William Meade Fletcher
Robert O. Norris, Jr
Lively
Harvey B. Apperson
Roanoke
Norris
Morton G. Goode
Dinhouses
Senate Democrats
Cramp Shipyard Strike Ends as Thousands Return to Work
About 11 000 day shift workers report back at Cramp Shipbuilding as the four day strike ends. Navy officials and the War Labor Board had urged settlement while management will address grievances including the discharge of 42 painters and a wage dispute for spray gun work.
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Philadelphia
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Navy
War Labor Board
J. M. L. Joslin
Cramps
Fourth Naval District
Secretary of Navy
Knox
Clarke County Men Leave Tuesday for Camp Meade
Nine Clarke County inductees led by William Gibson Burtner will depart tomorrow at 1 p m for basic training at Camp Meade. The group includes William Edward Duke Chancie McDonald Thomas Elden Rex Clifton Fletcher and Aubrey Gill Payne.
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Clarke County
William Gibson Burtner
Te Ville
Nes
Allies Push Deep Toward Cassino In Italian Front
Allied forces press the Cassino front with American Doughboys advancing two miles northeast of Cassino and British troops securing a bridgehead west of the town. Mount Chiaia and Catena Vecchio are captured as tanks support infantry amid heavy winter fighting and continued shelling.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Algiers
Fifth Army
Cassino
Pecola River
Mount Maio
Catena Vecchio
Fallen San Vittore
Pessia
Mount Maggiore
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Chiaia
Mount Porchia
Cerraro
San Vittore
Mount Chiaia
Eighth Army
Slav Forces In Heavy Battles In Bosnia and Serbia
Slavic Partisan headquarters reports Marshal Tito’s Partisans in heavy fighting across western and central Bosnia to halt a German five pronged drive. The communique notes defeats of a Chetnik brigade in Serbia, battles with German Bulgarian forces in Macedonia, and heavy losses for Germans in Slovenia, with continued partisan operations in Sanjak and surrounding regions.
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London
Josip Broz
Bosnia
Banja Luka
Serbia
Macedonia
Slovenia
Sanjak
Montenegro
Hercegovina
Americans bomb Sofia in third Sofia raid this week
Allied dispatch from Algiers says a heavy force of American Flying Fortresses bombed Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, in a noon raid tied to prior strikes. The operation follows yesterday’s Pola attack and targets rail hubs used by German troops in Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria. No immediate details were released.
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Algiers
Sofia
Bul
Pola
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Four pass at Roanoke Induction Station for Armed Forces
Four county men passed exams at Roanoke Induction Station on Saturday. Three will join the Army: Don Hetzel McDonald, Ralph Jackson Benner, and Alfred Marshal Luttrell who transferred from Atlanta. William Sylvester Grubbs was accepted by the Navy.
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Roanoke
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Don Hetzel McDonald
Ralph Jackson Benner
Alfred Marshal Luttrell
Atlanta
William “Sylvester Grubbs
Bitter Fighting Continues in New Britain Shoulder to Shoulder
Advancing Allied forces press in northwestern New Britain near Cape Gloucester as Marines reach Hill 660 amid resumed combat. Bombers drop 58 tons on forward positions while ground patrols clash in the Bergen Bay area. Separate raids hit Cape St. George and Rabaul defenses, with Japanese interceptors down.
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New Guinea
New Britain
United States
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Douglas MacArthur
High Command
Communiquge
South Pacific Command
Cape St. George
New Ireland
St. George Channel
Rabaul
Attendance at City and County Schools Returns to Normal
A survey shows city and county schools nearly back to normal attendance. Handley High School reports about 80 percent attendance before holidays, now near normal. Virginia Avenue and John Kerr schools show few absences. County schools also near normal with limited illness-related absences as flu season peaks pass.
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Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Handley
Quarles
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Annie Preston Starling
Bryant R. Harper
Stonewall
Clearbrook
Berryville
D. G. Cooley
Re Po
Ethel Slonaker
Soviets Push Toward Vinnitsa and Smela Gap
By Henry C. Cassidy in Moscow on January 10 Soviet spearheads under Gen Nikolai Vatutin penetrate within 15 miles of the Bug river and near Vinnitsa while closing a trap area around Smela Gap in the Dnieper region. Units advance toward a junction with Gen Ivan Konev's army as another column nears Sarny inside the former Polish borders.
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Nikolai Vatutin
Bug River
Vinnitsa
Bug
Dnieper
Vatutin
Smela Gap
Dnieper River
Ivan 5
Konev
Alexandrovka
Kirovograd
Sarny
Old Poland
Soviet forces reach near Bug river threaten Vinnitsa rail hub
Soviet troops under Vatutin push within 15 miles of the Bug river and threaten the rail city of Vinnitsa while German lines defend Dnieper Bend. Other Soviet forces advance toward Sarny inside former Poland and press deeper into Smela Gap as Nazis claim an attempted Russian amphibious operation east of Odessa.
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Russia
Vatutin
Bug River
Vinnitsa
Dnieper Bend
Sarny
Old Poland
Smela Gap
Odessa
Fifth Army advances through Cassino battle line to Rome
Italian Fifth Army drives forward through a bitter defensive belt at Cassino with progress toward Rome. British forces hold a bridgehead at Peccia amid heavy artillery fire. Bombs strike the Nazi held port of Pola in Yugoslavia.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Cassino
Rome
Peccia
Pola
Fierce Ground Fighting Slows Advance in New Guinea
Reported stiff Japanese resistance slows Allied moves in New Guinea with bitter ground fighting in northwest New Britain and ongoing patrol contests across the island.
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New Guinea
New Britain
County Ends 43 With Balance Of $47,738.61
Frederick county closed 1943 with a year end balance of 47 738 61 as reported at the January meeting. The Board reorganized naming C M Rosenberger chair with two committees to almshouse and courthouse. Collections reached about 90 percent of the 93 601 21 assessment. 83 100 79 had been received by December 31. Funds also showed 1 085 in the dog fund and 487 90 in the relief fund.
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Frederick County
Board of Supervisors
C. M. Rosenberger
Back Creek
William Carpenter
H. M. Fout
G. W. Lemley
H. C. Light
McCann
Soviets probing west to trap Germans along Dnieper bend
Vatutin's western advance guards seized Zhornishche near the Bug river and pressed toward Schastlivaya and other points around Vinnitsa. Soviet forces, moving on two-pronged lines, aimed to trap German columns between the Dnieper and the Warsaw Odessa rail corridor, while reporting heavy German losses and captures of key towns including Polonnoe.
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Zhornishche
Bug River
Vinnitsa
Odessa
Ukraine
Ochakov
Black Sea
Dneiper
Dnieper
Berlin
Sarny
Old Poland
Berdichev
Russia
Stockholm
Ter
Buki
Alexandrovka
Appan
Nikolai F Vatutin
Ivan S. Konev
Polonnoe
Kaments Podolsk
Rumania
Virginia Woolen Plant to Vote on Union Representation
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a collective bargaining election for Virginia Woolen Company employees in Winchester to decide if they will be represented by the United Textile Workers of America. The vote must occur within 30 days after the board ruling.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Virginia Woolen Company
Winchester
United Textile Workers of America
A : National Labor Relations Board
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