Action Toward Continuing Price Control Is Taken
Washington reports Congress moved toward extending price controls and keeping atomic test results secret. Senate and House committees addressed the price control act extension, St Lawrence Seaway hearings, and naval atomic test secrecy. Warns of a looming sugar shortage and calls for housing price ceilings and building lot controls.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Rapido River
Italy
Senate
House
United States
House Banking Committee
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D.ky
House Naval Committee
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Harlow Shapely
Harvard Observatory
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Wilson Wratt
National Housing
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Jonkman
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Agriculture Department
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White House
H. M. Marshall Dies at 81 Noted Jurist Relative
Easton Md Jan 29 Mooris Marshall great grandson of a noted jurist died unexpectedly last night from a heart ailment at his daughter’s home. Born Fauquier County Va Dec 25 he graduated from George Washington University Law School and began practice with Marbury and Gosnell Baltimore. He retired in 1929 to Markham Va where he practiced law and ran his orchard, wintering with his daughter Mrs Dulany F DeButts Jr in Easton.
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Mooris_ Marshall
Fauquier County
Marshall
George Washington University
Washington
Marbury and Gosnell
Baltimore
Markham
Dulany F. DeButts Jr
Answers to the Daily Quiz items from Page Ecuador
The text lists quiz answers including Positive Comparative and False California leads in prod. It names William Jennings Bryan and Admiral William F. Halsey Jr as answers for questions, with erroneous trailing phrases about Commodore Markey.
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Ecuador
California
William Jennings Bryan
William F Halsey, Jr
Markey
Output forecast from Civilian Production Administration on consumer goods
Washington reports CPA review shows autos produced in 1945 at 83 072 units with strikes hampering output. Refrigerators 150 000 shipped December. output may double by June. Washing machines 65 000 to dealers. 60 percent below 1941 shipments. Vacuum 90 000 in December. electric irons near 1941 rate. sewing machines 5 000 shipped. alarm clocks 900 000 in stores with March prewar pace near. Radios 10 000 shipped. cabinets scarce due to furniture competition.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Wide Search For Missing Woman In Weymouth
In Weymouth Massachusetts January 29 a wide search is under way for Betty Reader 25 mother of three who telephoned a neighbor saying she could not come home they would not let her and that she was being taken out of the state. Husband Arthur Reader 30 reported her missing after neighbor L Ladd relayed the call describing her as being restrained. Reader was last seen yesterday afternoon while shopping wearing a brown coat white sweater slacks and brown and white sport shoes.
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Weymouth
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Betty Reader
George J. Connor
Arthur
Retired Army Air Force Soldier Question on War Department Reporting
A退休 Army Air Forces veteran asks whether they must report to the War Department regarding pate A. The inquiry seeks guidance on post service obligations and any required communications with official military authorities.
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Army Air Force
War Department
Pate
City Council Invited To Movie Preview
The Capitol Theatre offers an advance 20 minute showing of Hitler Lives? at 11 a.m. Friday inviting City Council members, civic groups, a ministerial association, merchants, the American Legion, women’s clubs, press and radio, with general release 10 days later on February 11.
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Retail Merchants Association
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Women’s Club
Press
Radio
No Evidence of Interactive Interceptions in Winds Messages
The committee reviewed decoded signals and reports on Tokyo broadcasts dated December 8 mentioning West Wind Clear that allegedly signaled war with Great Britain. Investigations found possible signals around Pearl Harbor day, with hours undetermined, while Canberra and London cables found no trace of the winds message. The session resumed questioning naval intelligence expert Capt Ellis M. Zacharias.
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Pearl Harbor
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London
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Hopkins Career and Personal Life Overview
The article reviews Hopkins roles shaping wartime policy including chairing the munitions assignment board and serving on the War Mobilization Committee. It notes his White House residence, early public office in 1931, and key posts from federal relief administrator to Secretary of Commerce. It also covers three marriages and a son lost in 1944.
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Ethel Gross
Barbara Duncan
New York Tuberculosis and Health Association
Uncover Fascist Movements in Italy
The Italian News Agency Ansa reported two new Neo-Fascist groups uncovered in Milan after eight arrests. A 19 year old youth aimed to form a new government with himself as premier. The groups named Fascist Democratic Movement and Italian Nationalist Movement had branches in Turin and another northern city.
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Louderback Warns of Taxes and Price Adjustments
The finance committee deferred action on lifting tax levels aligning with ABC stores, while Speaker M. M. Long argues for reduction in unfair competition. Also discussed are a House joint resolution for a seven day study of the Home For Needy Confederate Women, and proposed pay raises and wartime bonuses for state employees with Darden and Tuck plans debated.
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Senate
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State Board Photographic Examiners
State Dry Cleaners Board
Gibson
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Moffett-Norris Senate
Virginia
GI Bill benefits after an Army discharge question
The answer notes that with an uncharacterized discharge you must contact the nearest Veterans Administration to determine entitlement under the GI Bill.
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Army
Handley set for season opener at Front Royal
Handley High School travels to Front Royal to face Warren County in the season opener. The Handley lineup aims for a third straight win after beating Berkeley Springs and Martinsburg. Front Royal last beat Washington, Virginia 50 to 32. Winchester fans expect a strong turnout.
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Warren County High School
Front Royal
Winchester
Berkeley Springs
Martinsburg
Washington, Va
Train collision kills fourteen near Naples
A Naples dispatch reports 14 people killed and 15 injured in a railway collision on a line circling the base of Vesuvius. The incident occurred today as two trains collided with devastating effect.
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Associated Press
Rome
Naples
Vesuvius
University at Biarritz for U S soldiers
The Army has an installation at Biarritz France that serves 488 university students. U S soldiers may attend while awaiting transportation home. Courses run about eight weeks with many outstanding professors from United States colleges on the faculty.
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Biarritz
France
U. S
United States
Aleutian Theater Ribbon Bill Filed in Congress
A bill has been introduced to authorize a theater ribbon for armed forces members who served in the Aleutians or Alaska west of Sitka. No action has been taken yet and the measure sits with the Military Affairs Committee.
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Aleutians
Alaska
Sitka
Military Affairs Committee
Army develops radio controlled rocket reach 50 miles
Washington report says the Army has developed a radio controlled rocket that streaked vertically 50 miles. Lt. Gen. Levin H. Campbell notes it may enable global reach for weapons, while comparing to German V weapons alleged altitudes. It remains unclear if German scientists assisted on this missile.
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Levin H. Campbell
Ordnance
Army
Campbell
Hope Awarded Five Year Service Pin in Richmond
Davis Hope of Southern States Service Winchester received a five year service pin at Southern States Cooperative's employee school in Richmond held January 14 15 and 16. Roy Ferguson manager Winchester Petroleum Cooperative and L M Painter manager Stephens City Service were among the student body.
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Southern States Service
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Southern States Cooperative
Richmond
Roy Ferguson
Southern States
Winchester Petroleum Cooperative
L. M. Painter
Stephens City Service
Stephens City
Frederick County Supervisors Approve Salary Scale
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved the salary and expense scale for county officials as set by the State Compensation Board. Totals include County Treasurer $6,671, County Sheriff $7,805, Commissioner of Revenue $4,325.50, and Commonwealth Attorney $1,800.
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Frederick County
State Compensation Board
Commissioner of Revenue
Razing of Local Jail Postponed Again
Judge B P Harrison has entered an order in Frederick County Court directing a 69 day continuance of the razing of the Winchester and Frederick county jail from February 1 to April 1. Delays stem from inability to obtain building materials and skilled labor for demolition and new construction.
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Frederick County
Winchester
Jair
Gore High School Teacher Resigns
Mrs. Irene Powers, Gore High School English and History teacher, resigned effective February 1. Superintendent Leslie D. Kline said no applicants were available to fill the vacancy and appealed for local teaching candidates. Transportation is available with other teachers to Gore.
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Irene Powers
Gore High School
Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Powers
Gore
Newman to become UVA dean of students in new post
State brief notes James H. Newman will leave Alabama where he has been dean of men since 1938 to become dean of students at the University of Virginia with the opening of its 124th session in February. The change announced by President John L. Newcomb.
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Charlotesville
James H. Newman
University of Alabama
University of Virginia
John Lloyd Newcomb
William Grimsley Wood Dies After North Carolina Trip
William Grimsley Wood 85 of near Sperryville died suddenly of a heart condition after returning home from a cattle buying trip in North Carolina. Funeral arrangements are pending with local authorities.
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Culpeper
William Grimsley Wood
Sperryville
North Carolina
Noted Culpeper banker attacked in Washington area robbery
A well known farmer and longtime Culpeper National Bank director was attacked in the morning. He also led the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors for 28 years. In Norfolk, William 8 Crocker, a wholesale produce merchant, said two Black men robbed him of his pants downtown, threatening him with a pistol and taking $305.
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Rappahanock National Bank
Washington, Va
Rappahannock County
Norfolk
William 8. Crocker
Crocker
Jarman Resigns as State Teachers College President
Dr. Joseph L. Jarman, 44 years as president of the State Teachers College Farmville, resigns effective June 30. Superintendent Dabney S. Lancaster announces the move. Dr. Joseph H. Saunders resigns as State Board of Education president. Blake T. Newton in line to succeed him.
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Joseph L. Jarman
State Teachers College
Farmville
Dabney S. Lancaster
Joseph H. Saunders
Newport News
State Board of Education
Blake T. Newton
Hague
Prisoners Held by Japanese Sent Back to U.S.
The War Department reports all record prisoners held by the Japanese have been sent back to the United States. A few unaccounted for are presumed dead, and all but 52 have been accounted for.
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United States
J.S.P. A
War Department
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