Hardest Fighting Is Ahead Says Knox to Senators
Knox told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the war will bring the hardest and most dangerous fighting as amphibious operations against the European mainland begin. He endorsed the Austin-Wadsworth labor draft bill and said a national service law would prevent a production slump and insure continued war mobilization. He recalled past months when the war effort faced strain and collapse risks.
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Hitler
Italy
Knox
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Austin-Wadsworth
Germany
Virginia Senate kills naturalization bill in 1945 session
The McCandlish bill requiring a declaration of intention for Virginia voters from January 1, 1945, failed unanimously in the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee after a brief hearing. The House previously passed the measure 56 to 31, with sponsor Robert J. McCandlish arguing amendments meet objections.
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Richmond
McCandlish
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
House
Robert J. McCandlish
Fairfax
Virginia
R. F. Baldwin
Norfolk
Senate
Legislative Advisory Council
House Committee On Game and Inland Fisheries
Legislative Advis- Council
Delecate Baldwin
Spiers
Moffett
Robert C. Vad
Russians Close In On German Strongholds On the Narva Pskov and Vitebsk Fronts
Moscow reports Red Army forces pressing on Narva and Pskov with Leonid Govorov’s Leningrad army creating a Narva bridgehead and severing the railway west to Reval. Bagramian’s Baltic army advances on Vitebsk amid claims of capturing more than 30 towns as Berlin notes the race to Pskov before thaw.
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London
Red Army
Narva
Pskov
Vitebsk
Moscow
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narova
Reval
Baltic
Navoditsy
Polotsk
Russaki
Ivan C. Bagramian
Selyuty
Shulovichi
Pekary
Bagramian
Orsha
Berlin
Frederick County consider POW labor camp and farm deferments
McC Bond reports a planned POW camp of 250 for harvest labor and an additional 500 Bahamians sought for last year’s camp. A labor committee led by Bond was named to ensure harvest labor. E. M. Funk announced review of about 600 farm draft deferments starting next week, prioritizing class 2-C. Farmers urged to file 1943 production and 1944 operation data to aid Selective Service recommendations.
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Mcc. Bond
Frederick County
Walker McC. Bond
E. M. Wyatt H. Richards
L O. Amos Shyrock
Roy A. Outer
H. W. Butler
C. E. Staples
M. J. Pease
B. O. Brumback
Garland R. Quarles
Bessie D. Klime
Archie Frye
I. Fred Stine
Ruth McNeil
J. Walter Larrick
H. A
G. G. Snarr
Andrew Bell
John R. Gano
Walter M. Shade
E. M. Funk
Usda War Board
Agg
War Boards
Selective Serv Service Boards
Funk
Great American Force Strikes Again In Reich
U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators joined a heavy raid on Stuttgart southwest Germany as part of a large Allied bombing effort. The attack involved over 600 bombers from RAF USAAF and RCAF with limited losses, while Mosquito diversions targeted Munich and other targets in France and the Low Countries. daylight raids followed with U S Ninth Air Force Marauders striking northern France, as German retaliation caused damage and several bombers were shot down. Stuttgart, a key German aircraft factory hub, had been targeted again after a February 25 strike.
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London
U. S
Germany
RAF
Stuttgart
Mosquito
Munich
France
Europe
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Daimler-Benz
Geman
U.S
Rogersburg
Augsburg
Berlin
Used electric appliances wanted by store in town
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store at 15 S. Loudoun seeks used electric appliances for top cash payment. Call 5702. Advertisement appears in Tuesday and Thursday notices.
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Ed Molden Electrical
S. Loudoun
Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The Friendship Fire Company to hold its regular monthly meeting in the company hall. All members urged to attend as details for March are discussed. Marion Anderson, Captain.
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Kinins
Allied forces repulse pre-dawn attack at Admiralty Islands
General MacArthur reports Japanese troops were bloodily repulsed in a pre-dawn counter attack against entrenched Americans in the Admiralty Islands. About 100 enemy dead on the scene, as the invasion and seizure of Momote airfield proceed. Tokyo radio claims vast American losses.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Momote
Los Negros Island
MacArthur
Manus Island
Los Necros
Tokyo Radio
China
U. S
Tokyo
Admiralty
Rabaul
New Britain
Solo Island
Mrs Roosevelt Plans Frugal Wardrobe for Tour
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said on her Caribbean basis tour she will wear a last year spring suit and carry a coat for cold planes and take only two pairs of shoes plus one black crepe evening dress. She noted her weight drop since last July, weighing 153 pounds now from about 188 pounds.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Caribbean
Roosevelt
Woman Found Dead in Washington Cathedral Library Pit
Miss Catherine Cooper Reardon, 37, a librarian, was found beaten and only in a slip in a basement pipe pit of the Washington Cathedral library. Two men were detained for questioning within hours as investigators probe a mysterious, anonymous report of the murder.
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Washington
Washington Cathedral
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Helen A. Young
John Bayless
Miss Reardon
Ira E. Keck
Too Soon To Ta’k Demobilization
London March 2 Sir James Grieg British war secretary told Commons the postwar shape remains unclear for demobilization plans. He cited a special British mission inviting the United States Australia New Zealand New Guinea the Solomon Islands India and Burma to remain ready for invasion of Europe with fully equipped troops and maximum striking power.
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London
James Grieg
Commons
Germany
Japan
James
United States
Australia
New Zealand
New Guinea
Solomons
India
Burma
Europe
Evand
Salvation Army Board Names Strader Chairman
The Salvation Army Advisory Board elected Strader as chairman at their annual meeting held last week. Three new members were introduced: Bunting, Mrs. A. C. Halvosa, and John J. Warner. The meeting approved officers for 1944 and outlined plans including expanded religious and building work, greater youth program funding, and continued transient relief with a mortgage reduction to under $5,000. An audited 1944 campaign statement was presented by the treasurer.
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
Bae
Bunting
A. C. Halvosa
John J. Warner
W. R
E. E. Harbaugh
Marshall
Benjamin Belchie
Ign
Ars
Lion’s
Rotary c
Five Freight Crews Killed in Side Burn Va Train Wreck
Five railway workers died when a northbound freight slowed for a siding and another coal laden train rear ended it near Side Burn Virginia. The collision blocked the Southern Railway main line used by C and O trains south of Washington. Witnesses and emergency crews described a chaotic scene with several injured and unconfirmed identities.
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Ohio
Sideburn
Southern Railway
C. and O
Walter S. Nicklin
Alexandria
K. Esther
News
The
Star
Public Sale Advertised Near Whitacre and Kent
Public sale Saturday March 4 at 10 30 A M four miles west of Whitacre to include stock and farm machinery plus two trucks. Fresh Rappahannock oysters offered. Adam Ritter 315 N Kent phone 4956.
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Pugh
Whitacre
Rappahannock
Adam Ritter
N. Kent
Sarah Zane Hall Event Friday Evening Prizes
Sarah Zane Hall hosts an event on Thursday March 2 at 8 30 p m with a door prize of 150 and additional prizes. Tickets and details available at the venue.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Soldiers' Lives First Thought in War Policy
Secretary of War Stimson said American lives must be safeguarded even at material cost. He referenced Monte Cassino to stress precautions to protect cultural and religious property, and urged respecting Vatican City's neutral status while considering enemy use of monuments.
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Stimson
Monte Cassino
War Department
Vatican City
World At War Summary From Across Fronts
Highlights of wartime action across theaters. U S flying Forts and Liberators pound southwest Germany in daylight after RAF strikes Stuttgart Aircraft works. Allied defenses halt German attack on Rome beachhead. Red Army advances on Novo, Pskov and Vitebsk with river crossing and street fighting. British subs and Japanese counter actions. Makaw town in northern Burma falls to Chinese troops while West African forces engage in Kaladan Valley.
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Associated Press
U. S
Germany
RAF
Stuttgart
Burma
Makaw
Kaladan
Army Lists Sergeant Carper as Lost in World War II
The War Department announced Technical Sergeant Charles A. G. Carper missing since January 14, 1943 after a flight from Morrison Field Florida to the Caribbean area. The notice states the twelve month period has passed and sets a presumptive date for termination of service, noting his birth on April 30 1921 and his prior attendance at Handley High School before joining the air crew.
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Sgt
Carper
Morrison Field
Palm Beach
Flo
Caribean
Sgt. Carper
Handley High School
Finnish Press Attacks Russia Armistice Proposals
Stockholm March 2 The Finnish press sharply attacked Russia armistice proposals calling them disappointing and severe and saying they offered Finland no path to an honorable peace. The Liberal Helsinki paper Uusi Suomi notes the proposals were sent to parliament but gives no clue to government stance.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Mesale
Helsinki
Uusi Suomi
Edwin Linkomies
Intensified fighting on Anzio beachhead as bombers strike
American Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombed Nazi concentrations on the Anzio beachhead amid renewed ground fighting. German forces pressed with three divisions, driving back American troops 1,500 yards before a Doughboy counterattack regained 1,000 yards. Over 500 German prisoners reported as fielded tanks and heavy artillery met Allied fire in the ongoing clash near Carroceto and Cisterna.
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Italy
Rome
Naples
Anzio
Carroceto
Cisterna
Amet
Associ- Press
Toreard Kennedy
Kennedy
Albert Kel Fy
Rouss Fire Co Notice for March Meeting
The Charley Rouss Fire Co. calls a regular meeting on Thursday evening in March. Members are urged to attend.
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Senators
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Bo Agricult
Reich
Gladwin Hill
Friendship Fire Company
Ho'ding Islands
Mrs. Roosevelt
Christopher C. Murphy
Murphy
Approxia
Salvation Army Board
Strader
N Vo
Pacific
Army
Sergeant Carper
Charles A. G
Street
Richard G. Maslock
Allied Headquarters
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