Opposing Views Arise Over Soldier Voting in Virginia
Richmond March 1 The Virginia House of Delegates votes 84 to 0 to pass an American Legion backed soldier voting bill after suspending constitutional readings. Attorneys discuss whether poll tax payments for service voters are constitutional while broader tax-into-voter policies are debated.
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Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates
American Legion
Senate
House
General Assembly
Rughly
Denny
Colonel Garnett
Legion
Belome
House Committee On Schools and Colleges
Muse Senate
State Teachers' College
Radford
Virginia Polytechnic
Stephens Senate
Wryatt-Hopkins House
Not Required To List Witnesses
NEW WORK March 1 A defense motion in Wayne Longeran murder trial sought advance witness lists from the prosecution. Judge Broderick denied the request citing trial integrity and possible juror familiarity. The stormy session also barred showing jurors a letter offering to waive claims to the slain wife estate, a ruling tied to press access to the document.
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Wayne Lonergan
John J. J. Edward Vv
Broderick
Lonergan
Judzee Freschi
President Roosevelt holds conferences with military heads
President Roosevelt, back from a week in seclusion, opened talks on military affairs with leaders including Vinson Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer and senior chiefs Gen. Marshall Gen. Arnold Adm. King and Adm. Leahy. The White House asked no reference to his retreat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
High Command
United States Army
George C. Marshall
H. H. Arnold
Ernest J. King
William D. Leahy
White House
Bread Rationing Seen Inevitable by Senate Testimony
Washington March 1 Chicago Board of Trade official Philip Raymond O'Brien told the Senate Food Supplies subcommittee that bread rationing is inevitable under current government feed and livestock policies. He said grain reserves are squandered with corn and wheat supplies likely exhausted by year end. He urged raising the corn ceiling price to curb grain feeding of livestock and warned continued wheat feeding could force bread rationing.
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Washington
Philip Raymond O’brien
Chicago Board of Trade
Senate Food Supplies
O’brien
Chicago
Meat rationing debate grows over ending controls
Abolishing meat rationing gains momentum as officials claim ample meat nationwide and urge Congress to compel the OPA to end rationing. Pollock argues any suspension is impossible, noting temporary pork surplus and the need to meet armed forces commitments.
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Congress
OPA
Kota
Pollock
Victories At Sea Claimed In February Naval Report
London dispatch reports a German communique claiming February success with 26 cargo ships totaling 144183 tons plus a cruiser and 15 destroyers or escorts sunk or damaged by U boats and Nazi air forces.
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London
Terms Offered By Reds To Finns Satisfy British
Great Britain accepted peace terms submitted by Russia to Finland. The demand included halt of military operations, breaking relations with Germany, restoring 1940 borders, and internment of Nazi troops and ships with or without Soviet help. Moscow said Finland would soon begin negotiations and that further terms could follow if needed.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Finland
Germany
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandria Kollantay
Foreign Office
Teats
Stockholm
Mor‘won
Social Democrat Party
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Price Control Action Urged to Extend Law
House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts calls for fast action to prolong the price control act beyond its June 30 expiry. He urges the Banking Committee to hold hearings immediately and warns against last minute fixes. Rep Wolcott signals opposition to consumer subsidies and would push a rider on the extension.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
House Banking Committee
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Rep. Wolcott
R.mich
Banking Committee
Congressional
Rotarians Hear Talk On Oil Conservation In Winchester
Co. M. Billings of Gulf Oil Philadelphia will speak to the Winchester Rotary Club on Conservation of Oil. Cc. E Hofer of Gulf Oil will introduce. Members asked to bring books for soldiers at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg. Meeting at Sarah Zane Hall starts at 4:30.
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Co. M. Billings
Gulf Oil Company
Philadelphia
Winchester Rotary Club
Cc. E. Hofer
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Sarah Zane Hall
Argentine Military Revolt in Argentina Fails to Capture Capital
In Montevideo on March 1 the Argentine government said a revolt by an army regiment on the outskirts of Buenos Aires was quelled and did not reach the capital. General Farrell met with War Minister Juan Peron in the war ministry. Lt. Col. Duco was arrested and held. the regiment returned to its base at Lomas de Zamora under loyal officers. The attempted uprising appears confined to the suburb with limited combat positions and strict censorship in Buenos Aires.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Farrell
Juan Peron
Argentina
War Ministry
Duco
Ment
Lomas de Zamora
Molinari
du Navy
Ramirez
Supreme Court
Buenos Airres
Tomas
Troop 3 Scouts Plan Overnight Camp at Shenandoah Site
Troop 3 Scouts, led by Scoutmaster Stanley Cundiff, plan an overnight camping trip March 11 and 12 at Rock Enon Shenandoah Area Council Camp Site. Thirty one Scouts plus junior leaders from Explorers and Senior Patrols are signed up.
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Boy Scouts
Winchester
Ray Suckene
Rock Enon
Shenandoah Area Council
Explorers
Stanley Cundiff
RAF raids strike western Germany as Berlin bomber blitz ends
London reports RAF Mosquito bombers hit targets in western Germany last night with no losses. The strikes followed a daylight US raid on Brunswick and a Liberator attack along the Pas de Calais coast. RAF losses were heavy earlier, but officials said Berlin bombing raids were winding down as Allied momentum continues.
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London
Germany
Air Ministry
U. S
Brunswick
Pas-de- Calais
France
Brunswick II
Eighth Air Force
Leipzig
RAF
Berlin
Alster
House of Commons
Sinclair
Fire damages home of H. M. Lamp on Smithfield Avenue
Fire started in the furnace room of Henkel M Lamp's residence on Smithfield Avenue. A separate building attached to the garage caught fire and flames spread to the roof and second story weather boarding. Neighbors discovered the blaze. firefighters arrived and saved most of the property. Loss estimated over $1,000 with insurance coverage. furnace likely a total loss. Alarm sounded about nine o'clock.
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Henkel M
Smithfield Avenue
Lamp
Lanmro
Secret Weapon Tanks Held Off by U S Forces
Allied forces report German defenses at the beachhead are under pressure from steady shelling and night raids. In the northern sector mortars and Nebelwerfer fire were heavy yesterday, with reduced activity today as troops consolidate positions near Isola Bella, two miles southwest of Cisterna.
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Edward Kennedy
Isola Bella
Cisterna
March Snow Drifts Cause Multiple Auto Accidents
In Frederick and Winchester areas last night a Novick Transfer Co truck overturned on McLeod's Hill after hitting a snow drift. Driver C B Keller uninjured as crews worked to right the vehicle. A Beatty Milk truck overturned near Winchester. driver Carl Gibson colored, charged with reckless driving and fined. passenger Donald Lincoln injured. City incidents included a minor collision on West Water Street. Road conditions improved by noon with drifting easing and plows active.
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Frederick
Winchester
Novick Transfer Company
Roanoke
McLeod’s Hill
Stephens City
C. B. Keller
Beatty
Carl Gibson
Gibson
E. B. Mitchell
Donald Lincoln
Round Hill
Clifford D. Miller
Edison E. Fawcett
Mt. Falls
West Water Street
Elmer Orndorff
Star Tannery
Valley Pike
Middletown
Moon
Virginia
Clarke
World War Fronts Update From Front Lines
Argentina claims crushing revolt led by Lt Col Tomas Duco. Germans press Rome beachhead with explosive radio tanks. 14 tanks destroyed by Allied artillery. Russia reports renewed pressure on Finland and peace terms submitted to Finns. MacArthur reported ashore at Los Negros in Admiralty Islands as airfield gains tighten on Rabaul. Liberator bombers strike Japanese positions at PoManMe.
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Associated Press
Argentina
Edelmiro Farrell
Tomas Duco
Pedro Ramirez
Italy
Rome
Carroceto Cisterna
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Rabaul
Gibraltar
Pomanme
Significance of Pacific Stroke Significance of Pacific Stroke
The report outlines MacArthur's Admiralty Islands invasion expanding Allied reach into the Bismarck Sea. It bypasses Rabaul and places forces 250 miles from Kavieng while enabling air strikes on shipping from Truk to Wewak. The move opens sea lanes toward the Philippines and secures positions on the northeast New Guinea coast and western New Britain against Truk.
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Associated Press
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Britain
New Ireland
Rabaul
Kavieng
Truk
Wewak
New Guinea
Philippines
Admiraltys
New Britain
Russians Battle Nazi Forces In Pskov Outskirts
London reports fierce fighting on the outskirts of Pskov as Soviet troops push toward German communications bases. Russian communiqués claim advances and 250+ towns captured, with bridgeheads on the Estonian shore and attacks toward Novorzhev, Malkova, and around the Pskov-Polotsk railway.
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London
Pskov
Baltic
Serena
Pogorelka
Kutuzovo
Helsinki
Moscow
Ukraine
Tron
Krivoi Rog
Ingulets
Nikolaevka
Vitebsk
Nevel
Pripet
Kerch
Crimea
4H Council Names Delegate For Michigan Camp
At a Frederick county 4 H Council meeting a delegate was to be named to attend the American Youth Foundation Camp Miniwanca in Shelby Michigan this summer. The selection was deferred and fundraising plans were made to cover the delegate's expenses. The meeting also included a square dance event and routine business.
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Frederick County
4-H Council
American Youth Foundation
Miniwanca
Shelby
Michigan
Soa
Admiralty Islands Landing Led by MacArthur In Pacific
Allied Sixth Army made a bold landing on the Admiralty Islands in the Southwest Pacific. First Cavalry forces seized Momote Airfield on Los Negros as MacArthur inspected the operation aboard a warship and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Lt. Frank Henshaw. Destroyers of the Seventh Fleet carried troops through the Bismarck Sea.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Sixth Army
Japan
South Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry
Los Negros Island
Adimarty
Momote
J ‘Ese
MacArthur
Thomas C. Kincaid
Frank Henshaw
Alice
Texas
First Cavalry Division
Seventh Fleet
Bismarck Sea
City Men Are Caled To Service Navy or Army
Fourteen city men who passed pre induction examinations in Richmond on February 1 report for service. Six will join the Navy and eight the Army. Navy recruits include Joseph Walter Briggs Herman Charles Baker Eugene Campbell Babb Richard Walter Renner William Newton Harvey and Ronald Keith Ritter. Army draftees are Norman Walter Merlin Bly and James Frank Loy.
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Richmond
Navy
Army
Joseph Walter Briggs
Herman Charles Baker
Eugene Campbell Babb
Richard Walter Renner
William Newton Harvey
Ronald Keith Ritter
Norman Walter Merlin Bly
James Frank Loy
Many Japs Slain In Burma Tilt
New Delhi March 1 Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten announced that since February 4 Allied forces routed a Japanese force about 8 000 men attempting to encircle the Fifth Seventh Indian divisions in remnants.
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New Delhi
Louis Mountba
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