Labor Walkouts Put Defense Projects On Hold Across Several Sites
The Associated Press reports AFL workers plan strikes at Ingalls Iron Works in Birmingham over wage and security demands affecting defense contracts near 100 million dollars. Other stoppages delayed an army anti aircraft center in North Carolina and essential work at Wright Field, with 4,000 to 6,000 union and 8,000 non union employees reported idle in the region.
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Oy Associated Press
AFL
Ingalls Iron Works Company
Birmingham
North Carolina
Wright Field
Camp Davis
Frank Sheehan
North Carolina Labor Department
APL
Why not here prompts tin foil drive in Scarsdale
In Scarsdale New York a female committee organized tin foil and aluminum foil collections for war relief. They distributed barrels to stores and reportedly collected eight barrels of material. A Britain cleanup idea and a conservation meeting for sportsmen are noted at the Frederick court house with 7 30 PM attendance to boost game and fish efforts.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
Court House
Frederick
Sassuet
Parking Meters To Be Discussed At Special Meeting
City council set March 18 for a special meeting to address the parking meter problem and consider related zoning amendments. Re-elected officials and city staff will confer with power company representatives as plans move toward a decision.
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Messrs
Cather
Cooper
Page
Eugene Babb
Californian Nominated to Federal Communications Board
Ray C. Wakefield of Fresno California was nominated by President Roosevelt to a vacant term on the Federal Communications Board. The San Francisco based official has prior service in California state and local communications roles.
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Washington
Ray C. Wakefield
Fresno
Calif
Roosevelt
Federal
Soviet Sailors See A Familiar Color On Beach
On shoreward view through binoculars officers of the ship Sergei Kirov observe a red banner carried by marchers. The red guidon signals a banner event as local forces press toward the coastline amid uneasy conditions.
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Sergei Kirov
Banine Bey
Bievens
Jacob Garver Dies Suddenly in Clarke County
Jacob S Garver 69 died at his Chapel home after years of ill health his death caused by a heart attack He served as Deputy Commissioner of Revenue Clarke County and had earlier been a Board of Supervisors and school trustee member He is survived by his wife Sarah Birmingham four sons Jerome George J Lawrence and Samuel BE Garver
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Boyce
Jacob S. Garver
Chapel
Board of Supervisors
Chapel District
Samuel] Garver
Sommerville
Ethel Dole
Clearing Skies Promised After A Flooded California Winter
Californians faced relentless rain from eight major storms in 25 days. The weather bureau said no new Pacific storms were expected for several days, offering cautious hope. Los Angeles recorded two inches of rain since Monday night with four inches in outlying areas as the season total neared 25.20 inches, the wettest since 1892.
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Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Los Angleles
Senate tightens purse strings on aid program
Senate leaders moved to require explicit congressional approval before future aid expenditures. The measure, approved by the Foreign Relations Committee, intents to curb a perceived blank check on military aid while allowing existing $1.3 billion in equipment to transfer without further approval. It also sets July 1, 1943 as an automatic bill sunset unless extended by majority vote.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
George
D-Ga
Foreign Relation Committee
Secretaries of War and Navy
Former King Carol of Romania Escapes Into Portugal
Seville reports say former King Carol and Magda Lupescu escaped police escort in their car during a daily drive and headed toward the Portuguese frontier. The couple, under guard since last autumn, were believed to have crossed into Portugal with a Polish passport and were later said to be in Lisbon.
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Seville
Spain
Carol of
Romania
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Portugal
Lisbon
Bucharest
Mme
Mihai
Yugoslavia
Italy
Switzerland
Mme. Lupescu
Rosal de la Frontera
Huelva
Ent
Brain Ba Cabs
Struck By Car, Walter Pierce, 6, Dies Here
Berryville Virginia March 5 Sheriff Buckner said no charges against Emma Weeks driver of the automobile that struck Walter Pierce 6 who died at Memorial Hospital at 11 25 am He waited for a school bus near Cornwell Corner as Weeks a teacher at the colored school in Franklintown was turning off the road The coroner's inquiry time not set and authorities continued to investigate Walter Pierce son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Pierce was struck on the Charles Town Pike while waiting for a bus
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Berryville
R. W. Buckner
Emma Weeks
Walter Pierce
Daniel Pierce
Memorial Hospital
Charles Town Pike
Cornwell’s Corner
Franklintown
Cornwell
Soviet Demand On Rumania Turks Still Loyal To British
The World Today reports shifting alliances as Britain severs with Bulgaria and signals possible further bombings while Yugoslavia leans toward axis. Canadian troops land at Salonika. German forces pull from Turkish borders amid continued Eastern Mediterranean tension and an Axis spring offensive forecast.
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Rumania
Britain
Bulgaria
Rome
Salonika
Yugoslavia
Axis
Greece
County Men Ordered Out
A revised list shows Frederick County men ordered to report at Baltimore on March 19 for a year of military training. Names include Harry Caspar Newlin Jr, Robert Lee Campbell, Edgar William Newlin, Paul Boyd Penn, Samuel Thomson Hart, Robert Mitchell Sargent, Loring William Carper, and others with alternates listed. Ernest Johnson Roberts was rejected and replaced by Latin William Perry scheduled to depart next morning.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Selective Service
Harry Caspar Newlin, Jr
Clearbrook
Robert Lee Campbell
Stephens City
Edgar William Newlin
Paul Boyd Penn
Samuel Thomso Hart
Robert Mitchell Sargent
Loring William Carper
Mr. Carper
Richard Edward Venable
Harry Junior Murphy
Woodland Avenue
Winchester
Daniel Alexander Nelson
Opequon
Robert Mitchell Humbert
Raymond Os Born Carpenter
Millard Hunter Timbrook
Ernest Johnson Roberts
Clearbrook Mill
William Perry
Roberts
Reasons For Not Renewing Subscription
William Heard received a renewal notice from a Little Rock newspaper but replied he will be hung on March 7, noting he may not know his future address. Heard is one of four convicts who escaped Summins prison farm last Labor Day and were sentenced to hang for the kiting of Frank Gartman near Columbia.
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Columbia
William Heard
A Little Rock
Ark
Heard
Summins, Ark
Labor Day
Frank Gartman
Noted Reporter Lectures Friday At George Washington Hotel
Clar ence Woodrow Sorensen, roving correspondent, delivers the final Rotary Institute of Understanding lecture Friday at 7 30 p m at the George Washington Hotel and speaks at 2 30 p m to Handley High students. His travels include the Near East, India, China and Mexico where he covered the 1940 presidential election and the World Today broadcasts. He has reported for the Columbia Squares System and earned fellowship in the Royal Geographical Society of London.
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Rotary Club
Institute of Understanding
George Washington
Clarence Woodrow Sorensen
Handley High School
Mr. Sorensen
Near East
Iraq
Mediterranean
Syrian
Arabia
India
Borneo
Philippine Islands
China
Japan
Germany
Mexico
Columbia Spuares
Mexico City
World Today
Royal Geographical Society of London
New York ‘Times
London Ilustrated News
B and O Employee Injured At Yard Incident
Fred Jefferson a Baltimore and Ohio yard engine conductor, of 209 North Cameron Street, sustained injuries at 3 22 pm yesterday while switching at the Virginia Woolen Company. He is treated at Memorial Hospital and is resting comfortably as x ray results await.
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Fred Jefferson
North Cameron Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Memorial Hospital
Jefferson
Virginia Wolen Company
North and South Flank Protected Mutual Defense Accord
The United States and Mexico agreed on a mutual assistance framework to defend the North American continent from Arctic to Isthmus of Panama. Experts will plan cooperation including potential bases, alongside the US Canada defense pact. Details remain undisclosed.
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North American
Arctic
Panama Canal
Washington
United States
Mexico
Arctic Circle
Panama
Canada
State Department
U. S
Havana
President General of U D C Visits Winchester
Mrs. Charles E. Bolling of Richmond, president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, visited Winchester yesterday as a guest of Mrs. R. B. Slonaker and Turner Ashby Chapter leaders at a Southern Inn luncheon. Attendees included Mrs. Martin Wisecarver and other local members.
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Charles E. Bolling
Richmond
United Daughters of Confederacy
Winchester
R. B. Slonaker
Turner Ashby
Southern Inn
Bolling
Martin Wisecarver
William T. Colbert
Robert T. Barton
Herbert S. Lartick
Frank L. Grim
Noble Pierce
Lucy F. Kurtz
Near Agreement On Temporary School Plan Reached
BOYCE Va March 5 Negotiations for use of Page Brook as a temporary school are proceeding satisfactorily and indicate an agreement will be reached tonight Few details remain to be settled after the plan's earlier approval The previous pore setup was closed for safety reasons
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Boyce
Page Brook
John G. Smith to be honored on 63rd service anniversary
Thursday marks the 63rd anniversary of John G. Smith longtime conductor for the Pennsylvania Railway on the Winchester to Hagerstown line. A birthday dinner will honor him at Spring Garden with his sister Mrs. Elizabeth Kern hosting and fellow Carlisle crew Roy Black and Jim McCoy attending. Additional city notices discuss light glare solutions and WPA street work progress amid cold weather.
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John G. Smith
Pennsylvania Railway
Winchester
Hagerstown
The
Pennsylvania
Smith
Elizabeth Kern
Spring Garden
Roy Black
Jim McCoy
Carlisle
Russia demands Romanian Black Sea bases under ultimatum
Belgrade diplomatic quarters report Soviet Russia demanded immediate cession of Black Sea naval bases from Nazi-dominated Romania. The ultimatum gave a short deadline for Romania's reply as Gen Ion Antonescu rushed to Vienna to confer with Hermann Goering amid the Balkan crisis.
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Belgrade
Soviet
Russia
Germany
Rumania
Black Sea
Ion Antonescu
Vienna
Reichsmarshal
Turkey Remains Loyal to Britain As Romania Mobilizes
Turkish leaders pledge alliance with Britain despite Hitler’s bid to split the Allies Romania massed 2 million reserves on the Soviet frontier German backed forces dominate Romania’s army Romania and Greece brace for possible invasion while Greek leaders vow to continue the fight Greek frontline fortifications rise as Nazi troops mass near Bulgaria and Greece continues to resist peace pressures
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Turkey
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Romania
Fuehrerin
Germany
Russia
Bulgaria
Greece
Rumania
Italy
Sofia
Bingo Night at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Featured Prizes
A community bingo event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall offers 20 games with 20 prizes and a $160 grand prize. Additional $75 door prize is also available. The event is scheduled for March 6 at 6:30.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Wanted To Find Hoe For Male Hound Dog
Classified item seeks a hoe for a male hound dog with contact via phone 1182. The terse entry notes a date code (3-6-1p-2t) but provides no further details.
Christopher Capitol Theatre Mite Tickets Listed
Late item lists ticket prices for a Capitol Theatre show with 35c 50c 7c and $1 options. Rhodes Drug Store and a phone number for reservations are provided.
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Christopher
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Announces Time
The Friendship Fire Company calls all members to the regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening in March at 8 o'clock in the company hall. Captain William Argenbright presiding.
Bingo Night at New Eagle Home
A weekly bingo session is held every Wednesday at New Eagle's Home located at 211 a aes doun St. Participants gather for games starting at 1 p.m. Each slate features standard bingo play with prizes and community attendance.
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New Eagle’s
Aes Doun
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Robert Buckner
Frank Ritter
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Clarence W. Sorensen
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W. A. Baker
Earl Baker
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