Virginia Governor Darden calls centralized Civilian Defense Authority
Richmond Va January 22 Governor Darden urged concentrating Civilian Defense Authority in a few leaders and asked cities and counties to draft legislation. He proposed a joint county city committee to prepare bills for Monday, aiming to avoid multiple councils and keep government authority intact while organizing an emergency defense structure.
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Richmond
Darden
Virginia
State
Regional Defense Council
Price
Horace Edwards
Senate Finance Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Combs Reappointed Chairman of Virginia Compensation Board
Governor Darden named E. R. Combs to lead the State Compensation Commission returning him to the post he held before 1938. The move follows his earlier service with the Virginia Democratic establishment and aligns with Col. Peter Saunders joining the governor’s staff.
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Col
Peter Saunders
Capitol
Darden
State
Motion Picture Censorship Board
Compensation Board
Moore Seeks Repeal of 1940 Liquor Levy in Va.
Delegate E. Blackburn Moore proposes to repeal Virginia's 1940 alcoholic beverage taxes, asserting a $2.7 million annual revenue drop under current rates. Governor Darden backs repeal to curb bootlegging by lowering prices. Additional measures extend Workmen's compensation and raise caps, while others seek lower small loan rates.
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Richmond
E. Blackburn Moore
Berryville
House of Delegates
Darden
Moore
State Tax Department
E. T. Humphries
James N. Garrett
Norfolk County
Humphries
Garrett
William McL. Ferguson
Newport News
W. J. Gibson
Fredericksburg
G . . Dean John B. Spiers
Radford
Virgil Gode
Rocky Mount
Supply Bill Move to House From Appropriations Committee
A 2.096 billion dollar supply bill for independent federal agencies sails to the House from the Appropriations Committee. The package includes 984.4 million for the Maritime Commission shipbuilding program, with totals below last year’s levels but expected to rise via supplemental funds. Chairman Land cited ongoing contracts and keel lays as Allied shipping gains outpace sinkings, and noted progress in merchant vessel construction and operation.
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Washington
Martime Commission
House
Appropriations Committee
Maritime Commission
Land
United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
Veterans Administration
Executive Office
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
Public Roads Administration
Congress
Allied
First War Time City Selectees Inducted Today
The first war time team selectees from Winchester leave by bus for induction into the army. Names include Norvall Miller Robert Denzler John Garland Baptist Robert W John Jones William Harris Mas P Mellon Charles Hoover Russell L Morris Loring W Reg Roy Hockman Elmer P Cecil ORear and John M Anderson.
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Winchester
Army
Norvall Miller
Robert Denzler
John Garland Baptist
Robert W. John Jones
William Harris
Mas P. Mellon
Charles Hoover
Russell L. Morris
Loring W. Reg Roy Hockman
Elmer P. Cecil O’rear
John M. Anderson
Bingo Sarah Zane Fire Thursday Night Draws Prizes
A bingo event at Sarah Zane Fire on Thursday January 22 offers 20 games with 20 prizes and a door prize of 100 dollars. The session starts at 7 30 p m with a 1 21 1p 21 label noted on the listing.
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Sarah Zane Fire
Eames
Income Taxes State and Women Specene Tax Reports
Tax reports prepared under state and women specene categories by adviser J. H. Seal Jr. at 7 (1-20-22-24-Ip-31).
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J. H. Seal, Jr
Market Prices for Dresses and Sweaters Listed
Dresses priced at 3.95 6.50 and 8.50. All wool sweaters 1.00. Linen handkerchiefs 25c. Encouragement for friends to help customers take advantage of these low prices.
Lee Long resigns as Virginia highway commissioner
Lee Long submitted his resignation to Governor Darden stating his selection would not be confirmed by the General Assembly. In a letter he cited current circumstances as the reason for stepping down effective February 1, 1942, after serving as a member of the State Highway Commission.
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Marr
Nate
Mar A
Érice
QuteMhentist Board
Darden
Robert Harper
Price
Pointee
State of Commission
General Assembly
Southwest Virginia Coalter
Long
Russian Troops Claim Southwest Front Gains Reach Orel Area
Moscow reports Russian forces on the southwest front have captured towns and villages near Orel and Kharkoroy, expanding control in the region amid ongoing operations.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
En Orel
Kharroy
Hemisphere Unity Aims at Axis Break With Americas
Five nations including Argentina and Chile push for a Pan American bloc against Germany and Italy. Brazil may sever ties soon to spur others into prompt action, while Mexico and Venezuela had already proposed the rupture.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Axis
Germany
Italy
Mexico
Venezuela
Sixth Armored and First Negro Infantry Divisions Formed
The Army announces the formation of the Sixth Armored Division and the First Negro Infantry Division, to be stationed at Fort Huachuca. Existing smaller Negro units are integrated into the new military structure as officers and men prepare for the consolidation and deployment.
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First
93Rd Infantry
Fort Huachuca
Art
Power Rationing May Dim Lights In U S Homes
Congress heard a blunt warning from power officials that nationwide electricity rationing could occur this year to support defense needs. Federal Power Commission chair Leland Olds and TVA official G Wessenauer testified that civilian power use may be cut, with a survey underway to map supply by area.
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Washington
Congress
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
G. ©. Wessenauer
Tennessee Valley Authority
House Appropriations Committee
Anname
Olds
Goebbels Reflects on Shifting War Dynamics in 1939
Goebbels warned that war aspects have changed since 1939 with Japan and the United States widening the conflict. He stated the Russian campaign in the East has raged for seven months with stubborn fierceness and daily new challenges. The speech framed the war as a national test determining Germany's fate.
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Ting Das Reich
Japan
United States
Dr. Goebbels
Russia
Po Ean
Motor Use Stamp Thefts Reported
Internal Revenue in Washington says car owners can write name and description on motor use stamps to curb theft. Authorities urge placing stamps on the rear of the rearview mirror and to buy before February 1. About 2,500 stamps sold so far in the city. there are 8,000 to 8,500 registered vehicles.
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Norman D. Cann
Internal Revenue
Washington
Page
Internal Revenue Sect
Writ Denied For Pittsylvania County Sharecropper
Odwel Walker a 24 year old sharecropper from Pittsylvania county failed to secure a writ of habeas corpus from the Virginia Court of Appeals. Representations have been made to the United States Supreme Court. Walker faces a March 20 execution for the murder of his white landlord on July 15 1940.
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Richmond
Odwil Walker
Pittsylvania
Virginia Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court of Appeals
Waller
Hitler's Nephew To Lecture Here On February 6
The Winchester Kiwanis Club books William Patrick Hitler, nephew of Adolph Hitler, for a public lecture at Handley School auditorium on Friday February 6 at 8 15 p m to aid the Red Cross emergency drive. Admission is 1 for adults and 50c for students.
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Winchester Kiwanis Club
William Patrick Hitler
Adolph Hitler
Handley School
Red Cross
England
Alois
Nuremberg
Nazi Party
Germany
Oe Te Constant Surpurge
Young Hitler
Hurricanes Reinforce Singapore In Counter Offensive
British jungle troops break the Japanese main invasion push 70 miles north of Singapore as Hurricanes arrive at Singapore airfield. R. A. F. claims success against transport columns amid continuing aerial onslaught. A flotilla of eleven Japanese ships near Watom Island raises Australian invasion fears.
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Pacific
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
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Melbourne
Wastom Island
La.m
Luzon
Philippine
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Subic Bay
Batan
14Th Army
MacArthur
14Th
Bulong
London
American Flying Fortress Bombs Japanese Shipping
A Singapore broadcast recorded in San Francisco reports an American flying fortress scored an outstanding day off the Dutch East Indies archipelago by bombing and sinking a 10,000 ton freighter. Several areas in the Archipelago were bombed and machine gunned with little damage elsewhere. The total Japanese ships sunk since the war began reaches 41.
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San Francisco
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Freighter Frisco Torpedoed Off St Pierre Sunk
The Norwegian freighter Frisco, 1,582 tons, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine off St Pierre, the French island near Newfoundland, officials said on January 22. The ship belonged to Norwegian operators and was reported in the latest dispatches.
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Frisco
St. Pierre
Newfoundland
Labor Crisis Looms as Detroit Union Votes on Strike
Detroit faces a renewed labor crisis as workers weigh a citywide strike set to begin at 4 a.m. tomorrow. The potential stoppage threatens to halt wartime production in the vital factory center and could cripple war tool output.
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Tomorow
Senate approves shipbuilding and repair programs
Washington January 22 Senate passes and sends to the White House legislation authorizing expenditures of 775 million six hundred dollars for new shipbuilding and ship repair facilities. Of the total, 275 million dollars would go to repair facilities.
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Senate
White Houses
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