Public Education Study Proposed in Virginia House
A Virginia House joint resolution asks a seven member commission to study county public schools focusing on buildings transportation and elementary curriculum. It would convene citizen committees to gather findings and report to county boards with a state education department survey aid. The measure targets a 60 day post session completion with reports due to the legislature before the next session.
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Richmond
Virginia
House
Robert C. Bowie
Galax
General Assembly
County Board of Supervisors
State Department of Education
Legislative Commission
Williams-Yates
Daugherty
McCandilan
Senate
Henry Wickham
Hanover
Darden
Joseph H. Saunders
Newport News
Rose MacDonald
Clarke County
State Board of Eaducation
Committee On
Ky pilot bags six German planes in 15 minutes
Allied report says Captain Herschell H. Green of Mayfield Kentucky shot down six enemy aircraft in about a quarter hour during air battles over northern Italy. He belonged to a Thunderbolt unit that, with escorts, helped raise the theater total to 56 enemy planes destroyed.
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Algiers
Italy
Herschell H. Green
Mayfield
Green
Dornier
Thunderbolt
Mediterranean
Robert L.meron Bay
Nathan F. Twining
15Th Ai Force
Virginians Enduring Rough Training in England
War correspondent Holbrook Bratiey reports Virginia troops in amphibious drills along the English coast. Officers include Capt. Asbury H. Jackson of Winchester and Capt. Mifflin B. Clowe of Winchester. Virginians endure cold, mud, and canvas life while stationed in former British facilities now used by American troops.
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Baltimore Sun
England
Holbrook Bratiey
Sun
Virginia
Bradley
Mifflin B. Clowe
Winchester
Winchester Promises Rewards to Spur Kids to Study
A suggestion to improve student effort proposes promising a fixed monetary bonus on the next report card. Extra bonuses are suggested to reinforce good grades and motivate the child to value education for future aims after graduation.
Innocent Plea In Hopkins Letter Forgery Case
Briggs, former Interior Department aide to Ickes, pleads innocent to federal indictments accusing forging the Hopkins letter. He appeared subdued in court, posted a $3,000 bond, and asked time to file motions before trial. The letters allegedly used White House stationery to spur a political misimpression linked to Willkie.
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Hopkins
Briggs
Ickes
Singes
Interior Department
Wendell Willkie
White House
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Willkie
Citations For War Bond Drive Honor Top Sellers
The War Finance Committee announces Surgeon General Kirk will award signed citations to individuals selling at least 25 bonds totaling 5000 dollars. Groups reaching 25000 in bonds qualify for similar recognition as part of a hospital equipment campaign for the Fourth War Loan Drive.
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War Finance Committee
Norman T. Kirk
United States Army
Barney
Rer Port Sales Barney
Ageea
Richmond Stowld
Harold Brown
Victory Exchange
Edgar Buchanan Plans Return Visit to Historical Winchester
Edgar Buchanan of Columbia Pictures appeared yesterday for the Fourth War Loan Drive. The actor owns a 1500 acre ranch near Hollywood and buys time for outdoor life. He will visit points of interest on a not too distant return trip and plans to adopt two children when he and his wife return to Hollywood.
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Edgar Buchanan
Columbia
Pictures
Star
Nepadtvender
Buchanan
Hollywood
William Edgar Buchanan, Jr
Red Army pushes toward Baltic border with gains on Leningrad front
Soviet communique reports Gen. Goverov’s Len ingad Army reaching within 17 miles of the Estonian border near Veimarn and Kotly. Other units advance toward the Leningrad-Pskov railway while Novosokolniki area falls, killing over 2,000 Germans and widening the drive westward on the Moscow Leningrad trunk line.
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London
Baltic States
Red Army
Kingisepp
Narva
Leonid A. Goverov
Leningad
Veimarn
Kotly
Gulf
Markian M Popov
Latvia
Novosokolniki
Moscow
Moscow-Leningrad
Kastyenskaya
Yeglino
Leningrod-Novgorod
Gove
Four Candidates File For City Primary As Deadline Near
The Democratic Committee chair Noble C. Pierce reports only four candidates have filed for the city primary. Incumbent Dr. C. R. Anderson seeks renomination for mayor. Ward One's Dr. Allen T. Hawthorne and Ward Two's A. D. Coble and W. W. Dellinger are the only council candidates to date. The primary is April 4 with June election for mayor and six council seats. Additional incumbents J. T. Kremer Percy P. Miller and W. P. Anderson have not yet commented. Anderson previously ran as an Independent in 1940 and has not decided on another run.
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Noble C. Pierce
Democratic Committee
C. R. Anderson
Allen T. Hawthorne
A. D. Coble
W. W. Dellinger
Pierce
J. T. Kremer
Percy P. Miller
The
Star
W. P. Anderson
Anderson
Beverley Estate Meadowville Sold in Warrenton Area
Warrenton Md. rec. reports Sarrrenton buyer Warrenton Marshall road purchases Meadowville estate on 225 acres from the Sinclair estate. The property includes the Beverley family residence and farm buildings.
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Sarrenton
Warrenton
Meadowville
Warrenton Marshall Road
Sinclair
J. Brad Beverley
American Infantry Breaks Through German Defenses
Allied forces push from the Rome beachhead and Cassino front as American infantry and tanks breach German lines near Cassino across the Rapido river bottom flooded by the enemy. Air force crews claim a 63-plane tally in Italy as British and American units maintain pressure along the Anzio perimeter.
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Algiers
Rome
Cassino
High Command
Rapido
Italy
Anzio
Man Arrested Here Hangs Self In Harrisonburg Jail
James Oney Riley, 21, of Washington D C, arrested here on worthles s check charges, hanged himself in the Harrisonburg county jail using pajama material. He had stayed at Hotel Jack, posing as a doctor or brain specialist, and gave a worthy check to hotel manager Eugene R Branch. He was held by city police for federal authorities after three days in town.
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James Oney Riley
Irving
N. W
Washington, D. C
Harrison
Riley
Jack
Rigg’s National Bank
Branch
Harrisonburg
World At War Highlights From Today's Front Pages
Highlights Of World At War reports the sustained air offensive against Germany with a third giant blast in four nights. It notes U S daylight raids on Brunswick and Hannover, a Rapido river crossing north of Cassino, and fighters and bombers downing 63 German planes in four air bases. Russian advances shorten distance to Estonia. inland breakthroughs near Kiev. German threats near Romania. In the Pacific a vast U S task force shells Japanese positions on the Marshall Islands amid ongoing assaults.
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U. S
Brunswick
Hannover
Italy
Rapido River
Cassino
Russia
Estonia
Kiev
Rumania
14 Jap Vessels Sunk In Pacific By U S Submarines
The U S Navy reports 14 Japanese ships sunk in the Pacific, some near the Marshall Islands, by American submarines. The tally includes eight freighters. total ships sunk or damaged since the war began reaches 572, with 422 sunk and 36 probably sunk.
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Washington
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Marshalls
Leslie Brooks Hits High Note On Interlude Overseas Tour
Film star Leslie Brooks charms Handley High audience before heading overseas for entertainment. She recalls starting in film at 16, mentions Heart of a City, prefers Cary Grant, comments on postwar leading men, and notes busy schedule with movies, band tours, and travel.
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Leslie Brooks
Handley High
Cary Grant
Americans Also Hammer Nazi Targets
London report says American strategic air forces based in England and Italy dropped over 3900 tons of bombs in 48 hours ending Sunday night. In two days 255 enemy aircraft were destroyed, 131 fighters and 124 bombers downed, with 15 American planes lost. Sunday saw 800 heavy bombers strike Frankfurt, plus missions against Brunswick Hannover and northern Italian airfields.
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London
Army
England
Italy
Frankfurt
Brunswick
War Industri
Hannover
Germany
U U. S
RAF Bombers Hit Berlin in Third Night of Raids
London reports hundreds of RAF heavy bombers struck Berlin last night in a sustained offensive, setting the city and three other German centers ablaze and causing widespread destruction. Mosquito escorts supported the raid as four days of air attacks continued amid mounting Allied bomb tonnage.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Brunswick
Hannover
U .S
Frankfurt
Sweden
RAF
For Sale Two Farms on Tuscarora Pike West Martinsburg W Va
Realty notice lists two farms along Tuscarora Pike three miles west of Martinsburg West Virginia. About 276 acres with seven springs, forty acres improved pasture and permanent pasture. Contact Homer C Small for details. Firemen meeting notices included. warnings about service closures for repairs.
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Tuscarora
Pike
Martinsburg
W. Va
Homer C. Small
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