No Request For Meds Is Received By President And Berlin Talks
President Roosevelt said the United States had received no request for mediation in the Russo Finnish war and declined to discuss European mediation reports. In Berlin Finland and Sweden were believed to appeal to Hitler for terms to avert Western intervention. Reports tied to Finnish and Russian marshals spurred talk of a possible conference as Sweden contemplates peace efforts. Reuters cited sources noting discussions about U S mediation.
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Washington
Dent Roosevelt
United States
Welles
Berlin
Per Evind Svinhufvud
Finland
Joachim von Swedish Richert
Sweden
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Hitler
Stockholm
Helsinki
Moscow
Europe
Imavia
Reuters
British News Ag
Aest
Frederick A. Sterling
Weaver and Cary In A Lively Tilt
RICHMOND Virginia March 8 The Senate operated under a one objection rule speeding through its calendar Any bill with an objection was set aside for later consideration Chairman Weaver of the finance committee said the committee could not meet during sessions and every five minutes in session delayed the 180000000 appropriation bill as reconciliation measures moved between the Senate and House.
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Richmond
Senate
Weaver
Finance Committee
House
Postmaster Names for Washington from Roosevelt Nominations
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate today several nominations for postmaster positions in Washington. The document lists the candidates and outlines the proposed appointments as part of the administration’s routine patronage actions.
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Shipe
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Schutte And Friends Set 3000 Mile Seaboard Cruise
Winchester businessman Herbert Schutte leads a party of local men aboard the Bonito on March 24 for a roughly month long 3000 mile voyage from Washington to Moorehead City North Carolina, down to Florida for fishing and cruising aboard a 39 foot, 7 person Matthews boat powered by a 100 hp engine.
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Winchester
Florida
Herbert Schutte
Winchester Automobile
Bass
Corporation Court
John Glover
Roy Cather
Mr. Smith Winchester
Charles Hoffman
Hagerstown
Washington
Moorehead City
N. C
Briny Deep
Schutte
Cape
Big Van Upsets South of Boyce
A Mason-Dixon tractor trailer overturned one mile south of Boyce Virginia on the White Post road. Driver W. W. Dobson escaped injury while his helper Cecil Sprinkle suffered a wrenched back. Dobson said brakes grabbed on the curve causing the spill into the woods. Sprinkle was treated by Dr. Henry Clay.
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Boyce
Here
White Post Road
W. W. Dobson
Dobson
New York
Kingsport
Ton Dobson
Cecil Sprinkle
Thanks For Road Energy Shelved
Senator H B Moseley of Brunswick offered a resolution praising the Rural Road Improvement League for building 50 000 miles of good roads. The Senate sent it to the Roads Committee at Senator Aubrey G Weaver s urging despite the sponsor s protest. Weaver pressed to have the committee consider the resolution promptly.
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Richmond
H. B. Moseley
Brunswick
Rural Road Improvement League
Senate
Aubrey G. Weaver
Weaver
Moseley
BB Gene
House of Delegates
United States
Carter Glass
Senate Bridge Authority
Tidewater
Gordon Lewis
Hy. B. Macey
Aubrey Weaver
Mittee
Auto Tags On Sale March Fifteenth
Auto tag sales for 1940-41 begin at 9 a m Friday March 15 at the Chamber of Commerce office Andrew Bell said. The passenger car series runs 338 051 to 344 300 with 6 250 tags reserved. 1 250 truck tags also allocated. Cars must have new plates within 30 days after sale. registration cards from Richmond will arrive around March 12. Residents moving from other states in the past 90 days should bring titles to update records.
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Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Virginia
Richmond
Five Arrested Held For Spying In Stockholm
Five persons were arrested in Stockholm for espionage activities described as serious and far reaching. Four are German-born Swedish citizens. A rent to the German delegation and unauthorized residence in Sweden were among the alleged offenses.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Plot To Kidnap Judy Garland Puts Transient In Jail Cell
A 19 year old Bur falo, N Y youth was jailed on a tentative kidnapping charge after admitting he planned to kidnap actress Judy Garland from her Bel Air home. Police traced a hotel call and arrested him near a Santa Monica hotel where he had warned that Garland would be kidnapped that night. A search for an accomplice continued as Capt Grover Armstrong described the alleged plot.
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Judy Garland
Burffalo
N. Y
Wilson
Grover Armstrong
Bel-Air
Santa Monica
Merchants Back Parking Meters and Armory Urged
At the Winchester Retail Merchants Association annual meeting R E B Avey was reelected president and Warren Eddy and Andrew Bell were named officers. Members voted 32 to 7 in favor of installing parking meters to ease congestion and adopted a resolution urging the city council to secure an armory for Winchester. They approved regulate non resident events and set summer closing hours to 5 pm and specific holiday closures including May 30 July 4 Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year’s Day with a mid day June 6 closure.
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R. E B. Avey
Winchester Furniture Company
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Warren Eddy
Gray and Eddy, Inc
Andrew Bell
Board of Trade
Winchester
Wire tapping urged in politics probe
Washington March 8 Senate debate centers on a proposed inquiry into political wiretapping described as a national evil. Senator Green and others cite reports of a New York detective agency engaging in political wiretapping in multiple states.
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Washington
Green
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Schwartz D.wye
Interstate Commerce Committee
Axis to Hold Rome Talks as Berlin Sends Envoy
Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop will depart for Rome tomorrow to confer with Premier Mussolini. The trip follows the Rome Berlin agreement and aims to keep axis neighbors informed on foreign policies under the mutual advisory pact.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribhtrop
Rome
Brazil to resume foreign debt payments announced
Brazil will resume payments on its foreign debt, Finance Minister Arthur Souza Costa said today. The statement came amid talks with international lenders and allies including Washington, Paris, and London.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Arthur Souza Costa
Noune Morrow Simu
Washington
Paris
Lonon
Senate Finance Committee backs three year renewal of trade pacts
The Senate Finance Committee voted 12 to 8 to approve House backed legislation to extend the administration trade agreements program three years beyond next June 12. The panel rejected six amendments and sent the bill to the floor with support from key senators.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
State Department
Congress
Finance Committee
Pittman
D-New
Harrison
Dmiss
George
Georgia
Walsh
Massachusetts
Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
Texas
Bailey
North Carolina
Clark
Missouri
Byrd
Virginia
Pensylvania
Brown Herring
Radclifte
Maryland
Gerry
Dhe Island
Johnson
LaFochette
Utah
New
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Trapped German Steamer Scuttled
Paris reports the 5846 ton Uruguay scuttled by her crew after Allied forces overtook her. German subs attacked a French convoy without success as fighting near the Vosges region left one German and one French dead and several Germans wounded. The action coincided with a German assault on a French outpost near the Nied river.
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Paris
Vosges
Nied River
Jealous Tenant Farmer Kills Wife and Stepdaughter then Self
In Spillway Take, eter Pennsylvania a jealous tenant farmer Charles Blastic 36 killed his wife Mary 34 and her 15 year old daughter Florence in the barn yard before fatally shooting himself. District Attorney Vance Cottom reported.
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Eter
Spillway Take
Vance Cottom
Charlies Blastic
Mary Blastic
Carter Glass Praised by Virginia Senate Visit
U S Senator Carter Glass drew an ovation in Richmond as he contrasted Virginia conservatism with Washington’s “insanity.” He praised representative government, saying Virginians are proud of their state and its public institutions as the assembly welcomed him at the rostrum. Continued on Page 5 Col 5.
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Richmond
United States
Carter Glass
Virginia Senate Today
General Assembly
Washington
Virginia
Williamsburg
Glass
William M. Tuck
Halifax
Henry T. Wickham
Carter Glass, Jr
Senate
Mine Safety Law Measure Is Signed
Richmond Virginia March 8. Governor Price signed the bill revising mine safety laws and continuing the division of mines under the Department of Labor. The message listed several other measures including H. R. 152 on ped lict licenses and H. B. 209 to limit city recreation facility liability among others.
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Richmond
Price
Department of Labor
Embalmer Bill Is Voted Down in Virginia House
Richmond VA March 8 The House General Laws Committee killed the Harrison Weaver Battle Senate bill to strengthen law regulating embalmers and funeral directors. The committee also rejected a bill to limit pensions for Norfolk police and firemen and another measure restricting cemetery operation by funeral directors. Humphries Garrett bill on real estate assessment boards was reported with terms ending in 1940 or later and board member terms expiring December 31 of their appointment year.
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Richmond
House
General Laws Committee
Harrison- Weaver-Battle
Senate
Ittee
Norfolk
Senate Finance Committee
Humphries-Garrett
Detectives Hunt Hit Run Driver in Richmond
Two detectives were assigned to track down the hit and run driver responsible for the death of Clarence H. Gregory, 48, a railroad employee, whose battered body was found on a west end street by a taxi driver before dawn.
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Richmond
Clarence H. Gregory
West End
Fourth Circuit to Announce Opinions on Monday
Claude M. Dean said the U S Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will likely announce opinions in several important cases when it convenes here on Monday.
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Richmond
Claude M. Dean
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Germans Report Victory In Raid Off British Coast
Berlin reports the German news agency says German aircraft raided the British coast last night and the previous night sinking or severely damaging 11 merchant ships. The ships were in convoy or screened and totaled about 30 000 gross tonnage. The planes returned to base after the raids.
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Berlin
DNB
Aioe
Local items tease a rural life in Berryville and Clarke County
George Taylor finds old percussion caps in his Berryville home linking to Civil War era, while town editor Kenneth Levi’s car mystery unfolds at Harris Drug Store. Council notes reveal 47 percent of scales misread in testing, raising costs and calls for biannual checks. The piece blends small-town quirks with civic updates.
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George Taylor
East Gerrard
George
George Henry
Mr. Henry
Camp Chase
Ohio
Kenneth Levi
Clarke Courier
Harris’ Drug
Berryville
Levi
Harley R. Cheshire
Cheshire
Tidewater Bridge Bill Faces Delays In Virginia House
In Richmond on March 8 the Virginia House deferred final action on the Senate bill authorizing about 12 million dollars for Tidewater bridges and ferries via toll bonds. A constitutional readings suspension failed 71 to 18, leaving the bill on third reading while the bridge measure drew extensive debate.
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House
Richmond
House of Delegates
Senate
Dovell
Ickes defends mine disaster report amid congress hush charge
Secretary Ickes answered criticism of his publication on the Virginia mine disaster. He charged the American Congress with stifling the investigation by calling it a lobby and accusing lawmakers of hush efforts.
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Washington
Ickes
American Congress
War News Highlights and Diplomatic Efforts
AP reports note Sweden Sweden Swedish dispatches from Stockholm about Russian Finnish front lines. US may be asked to mediate between Soviets and Finns while Britain scouts Western fronts. Helsinki sees peace talks on terms, with Finns signaling resistance to harsh settlement. Welles meets French officials amid European tensions. Berlin signals diplomacy amid damaged air raids.
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