Advocates Sales Tax To Aid Public Schools Of Virginia
Virginia legislators debate a 3 percent sales tax earmarked for public schools with exemptions for government purchases. Supporters seek immediate action to fund teachers' living wages amid wartime finances, while opponents favor a referendum to avoid delays.
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Virginia
Richmond
General Assembly
Hodges
South Hill
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Richmond Sales Executives’ Club
Game Association To Meet Friday Night
The Game and Fish Protective Association will hold a meeting in City Hall police court room at 8 o clock Friday. Officers for the upcoming year will be elected, committees formed, and a 1944 membership drive begun. Croswell as president urges attendance and asks current officers to arrive 30 minutes early to help prepare nominations for the slate. Bounties on faxes from last year will continue this year.
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da Game and Fish Protective Association
City Hall
Croswell
Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop Discount Sale
Shoe sale note states shoes formerly priced up to 7.95 now three dollars with no shoe stamp. Local shop promotes reduced footwear options.
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Lovett’s Shoe and Dress Shop
Frederick County Va School Trustee Election Notice
Notice at the County Ogg House in Winchester on Friday February 4 1944 at A M for the purpose of appointing a member of the School Board for Bac Creek District. P Sedwick Geo Chairman of the School Trustee Electron Board of Frederick Co.
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Frederick County
County Ogg House
Winchester
A. M
Bac Creek
P. Sedwick
Geo
Electron
Frederick Co
Buried Sale Ad Teases Coat Suit Dress Discounts
An old advertisement notes sale on coats suits and dresses with large percentages off plus hats priced at 50c and 1.00. The fragment hints a limited time offer dated January 19.
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Lovett’s Shoe and
Lovett’s
Reds’ Offensives Grind Through Nazi Defenses Near Leningrad
Soviet dispatches from Moscow report Red Army forces widening breakthroughs on the Leningrad front. Stalin says seven German divisions were defeated and large artillery captured as Krasnoye Selo and Rok a junction fell. Advances from Pulkovo and Oranienbaum push 7 1/2 to 12 1/2 miles in five days, threatening German siege efforts around Leningrad.
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London
Leningrad
Krasnoye Selo
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
Stalin
Moscow
Monitor
Roka
Pulkovo
Oranienbaum
Volkhov
Russia
Second City
Soviet Union
Hutcheson Nominated for Eastern Virginia Judge
President Roosevelt nominated Sterling Hutcheson a 49 year old attorney for federal district judge in the Eastern District of Virginia. The White House said he has Senate support and would succeed the late Luther B Way after confirmation. Hutcheson has served as U S district attorney for the district and practiced law in Boydton with his brother.
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Washington
Sterling Hutcheson
Roosevelt
Eastern
District of
Virginia
White House
Senate
Luther B. Way
Hutcheson
Mecklenbure County
William and Mary College
University of Virginia
Boydton
U. S
Atorney
Richmond
British Press Quiet After Denial Of Peace Talks Rumor
London papers toned down the day after Pravda published a rumor of British German peace talks. Moscow radio broadcast Britain’s denial and British readers reacted with relief. Some papers questioned the rumor’s source and Nazi propaganda framed the issue to test loyalties.
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London
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Moscow
London Daily Mail
Communist Party
News-Chronicle
Britain
Uital
Russia
Joac von Ribbentrop
Caan
Reuters
New pennies resemble old prewar copper coins
New one cent coins made of copper and zinc have entered circulation in New York. Due to shortages the steel cent pennies will remain in use until no longer needed, then be returned to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for storage.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Reserve Bank
MacArthur National Associates Formed to Support MacArthur
A New York group named the MacArthur National Associates backs General Douglas MacArthur for President. The organization cites moral certainty he will accept if nominated at the Republican Convention, though no direct word has come from MacArthur.
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New York
MacArthur National Associates
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Ormsby McHarg
MacArthur
Commander Galt Warns That War Is Not Yet Won
John Galt Virginia cement commander speaks at the 25th anniversary of Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion No. 21. He warns against complacency and urges full wartime effort, pledging postwar employment and rehabilitation support. Five new members join, audience near 175, Gold Star citations presented to families of five fallen soldiers.
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John Galt
Virginia
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Legion
Galt
Tely
York’s Inn
Legion Auxiliary
Hotel blaze causes about 600 dollars in damage
George Washington Hotel manager Eugene R. Branch reports approximately 600 dollars in damage from a fire that started around 2 am on the top floor. Three companies fought the stubborn flames and smoke as guests were awakened and top floor rooms were damaged along with the hallway.
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Eugene R. Branch
George Washington
Branch
Fourth War Loan quotas pass in scattered sections
Washington reports the Fourth War Loan entering its second day with quotas met or exceeded in several areas. Roosevelt and Special advised that bonds strengthen offensive power. Arkansas and Montana counties report over quota totals with substantial sales above goals.
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Washington
Specia
Roosevelt
Berlin
Tokyo
Pe Ovelt
Wallace
St. Francis County
Arkansas
Grant County
Prairie County
Montana
Coats Suits Dresses On Sale And Hats Discounted
Wanted to buy up to 500 shares Shenandoah Valley National Bank stock. Write P. O. Box 3.
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank
P. O. Box
Labor Drafting Legislation Plea By Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson urged Congress to pass national labor draft legislation. He warned industrial unrest and patriotism gaps threaten morale, war endurance, and ultimate victory as railroad coal and steel disputes risk dampening democracy and unity.
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Stimson
Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
32 Boys Report To Capt. Baker For Training
Capt. W. A. Baker of the Virginia Protective Force says about 32 city youths responded to his call for under craft age volunteers to receive military training. He urged more to report tomorrow at 7 30 PM to form a 64 boy Junior Corps and noted the State Guard armory drills Fridays at 7 30 PM.
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W. A. Baker
Virginia Protective Force
WPF
Baker
Winchester
State Guard
Armory
City Hall
Sarah Zane Hall Event Adds Prizes on January 20
Sarah Zane Hall hosts an event on Thursday January 20 at 8 30 p.m. with a $150 door prize and additional prizes for attendees.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Auto Mechanics Wanted for Permanent Positions
Bickers Motor Co seeks two skilled auto mechanics with favorable working conditions and long term employment. Immediate openings listed with steady work and benefits.
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Bickers Motor Co
Shady Rest Square Dance Near Gore
Local square dance event at Shady Rest one mile west of Gore with original string music by the Hill Boys. Scheduled for Wednesday January 19 at 9 PM. Groups called by local organizers, admission details not listed.
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Gore
The
Hill Boys
Reward Offered for Break-In At Orchards Workshop
A $50 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who broke into a workshop on the Orchards, Rosemont near Berryville Virginia on Thanksgiving night 1943 and stole tools and equipment. W. W. Smallwood Jr., Berryville Virginia.
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Rosemont
Berryville
W. W. Smallwood, JR
British Fifth Army advances toward Rome across Garigliano
British troops of the Fifth Army surge across the Garigliano river at three points and close on the Appian Way the main coastal route to Rome. Bridgeheads secured after Monday assault as German command reports strong counterattacks. In Russia the Red Army presses near Leningrad while Moscow claims German losses near half a million in two months.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Ancient
Appian
Way
Rome
Germany
High Command
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
London
Gulf of Gaeta
Algiers
Bushmasters Tighten Grip on Arawe Peninsula
Pacific U S Bushmasters tighten invasion grip on Arawe Peninsula of New Britain as Allied offensive moves to knock out Rabaul Kavieng keystones of the enemy Southwest Pacific defense system.
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Pacific
U. S
Arawe Peninsula
New Britain
Rabaul-Kavieng
Senate backs Bankhead bill to end food subsidies by June
The Senate Banking Committee reported favorably a Bankhead bill to terminate government food price subsidies by June 30, reversing a prior vote. The panel approved 10 to 9 and sent the measure to the Senate floor, aligning with House action from November. Taft and Tobey shifted to support after opposing it. The session also considered extending the Commodity Credit Corporation subsidy agency to June 20, 1945.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
D.ala
Sent&te
House
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
New Hempshire
Waener
D.N. Y
Commodity Credit Corporation
Track Crushes Quarry Worker Neil McAtee at Winchester Quarry
Neil Francis McAtee 17 son of Frank McAtee of Mountain Falls died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after being crushed under a moving truck at the Stuart M. Perry stone quarry near Winchester. He reportedly lost footing while leaping onto the truck at closing time. An uncle riding on the truck was said to have been involved. Further details were unavailable.
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Neil Francis McAtee
Frank McAtee
Mountain Falls
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester
McAtee
McAfee
Washington, D. C
Ernest Elliott
Allied forces cross Garigliano toward Rome in bold attack
British led Fifth Army under Lt Gen Mark Clark crossed the Garigliano River at three points near the historic Appian Way. The operation began Monday night with heavy mortar and machine gun fire and secured three bridgeheads despite strong German resistance 80 miles southeast of Rome.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Garigliano
Appian Way
Rome
Indians of 20 Tribes Join Papuan War Effort at Arawe
American Indians from Arizona and New Mexico aiding Allied forces in New Guinea attack Arawe on New Britain breaking through defenses. Bushmasters of the 158th Regiment advance 1000 yards amid heavy bombing by Liberators and Mitchells. MacArthur reports the success as troops press toward Japanese positions.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Arizona
New Mexico
Arawe
Douglas MacArthur
Panama
Canal Zone
Southwest Pacific War Zone
Kiriwina Island
Trobriand
Texas
Scout Leader Address Planned At Shenandoah Council Fete
Dr. H. W. Hart of the National Headquarters Boy Scouts of America will speak at the Shenandoah Area Council annual meeting in Martinsburg High School at 6 30 p m Monday. The session will draw representatives from 41 units across nine counties in Virginia and West Virginia with Basil F. Starkey presiding. Silver Beaver awards and citation certificates will be presented by Henry M. Sydnor Superintendent of Schools.
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H. W. Hart
National Headquarers
Boy Scouts of America
New York
Shenandoah Area Council
Martinsburg High School
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virgina
West Virginia
Basil F. Starkey
Dr. Hurt
Allied Crossings Press On Along Garigliano Front
British force crossings near Suia and Argento push the line along the Garigliano as American and French troops probe the Gustave line at Cassino. German counterattacks fail to halt the push while Canadian units seize limited objectives before withdrawing under pressure.
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Cassino
Suia
Tyrrhenian
Capua
Rome
Argento
Garigliano
Minturno
Fifth Army
Gameliano
Rapido River
Naples
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Italy
Sant’ Angelo
Sanero
Capracotta
Appeals for Scrap Drive by Winchester Salvage Committee
Ben Belchie chairs the Winchester Salvage Committee and calls on citizens to join a city wide scrap drive. Beginning tomorrow and every two weeks, students will collect newspapers magazines and cans to aid the war effort, with curb contributions accepted by 7 30 if missed at home.
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Ben Belchie
Winchester Salvage Committee
Winchester
Belchie
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Game Association
Picks Hutcheson
Justice Way
Winchester Evening Star
Geo. Washington
Capt. Baker
Shady Rest
Associated Press
Henry M. Sydnor
Charles
DR. H W Hurt
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