World Federation Endorsed by Virginia Senate and House
The Virginia Senate and House endorsed the principle of world federation after a vigorous debate led by Delegate Crockett. The vote followed heated talks and a move to study boiler explosions and the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Crockett argued federation risks national defense, urging Virginia to resist.
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Gates
State Senate
Senate
Paul Crockett
York
Powhatan
J N. Searrett
Norfolk
R. F
Baldwin
Norfolk City
ABC
House
Crockett
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Senate Finance Committee
W. H. Shaffer
Shenandoah
Legislative Advisory Council
World Federation
Old Dominion
Washington
United States
Virginia
Policehunt For Attacker Of Mrs Jessie Glaize
Police intensified a manhunt after a break in at 127 Peyton Street where a colored man allegedly grappled with Mrs Jessie Glaize. The 26 year old daughter in law denied any sexual assault. A suspect was arrested late this afternoon but name and custody location were not released.
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Daisy Glaize
Peyton Street
Jessie Glaize
Gardner B. Hillyard
Star
Cassino Front See-Saw of Fire in Second Night of Fighting
Allied headquarters report heavy fighting in Cassino on the Fifth Army front with gunfire mortar and grenade duels around Cassino and near Casina. New Zealand siege guns bombarded a rail station south of Cassino while American troops duel near Cisterna. German attempts to infiltrate near Carroceto fail. Heavy weather hampers movements. Allied air forces fly about 1300 sorties including raids on Toulon Rome rail yards and air fields north of Rome.
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Naples
Cassino
Fifth Army
Rome
New Zealand
Cisterna
Toulon
France
Florence
Eighth Army
Tollo
Orsogna
Santo Stefano
Italy
Nazi Resistance In Russian Area Is Seen Gaining
Soviet dispatches report Marshal Zhukov's First Ukrainian Army fighting mud and lakes as Red Army advances toward Lwow and the Odessa Warsaw railway. German counterattacks are repelled near Tarnopol as Russian forces push east of the rail line, reaching Igrovitsa and cutting the line at Kochanovka and Zelentsy.
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Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Red Star
Red Army
Odessa
Warsaw
Lwow
Andrei Belaiev
Belaiev
Ukraine
London
Rumania
Tarnopol
Tarnopola
Kochanovka
Volchisk
Zelentsy
Proskurov
Poultry Plant Seeks Permit to Expand in Winchester
Describes the Winchester and Frederick County poultry dressing business led by Charles R. Bish seeking council approval to double plant size on North Market Street. Plans include a 80 by 90 foot structure adding 10 000 square feet, fireproof metal roof, and modern equipment to boost output and supply the Armed Forces. A special committee will study permit and siting concerns amid objections from residents and linkage to Gerrard Street developments.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Charles R. Bish
Theme Appearen Vane
Common Council
North Market
Street
Bish
War Production Board
Army Service
Oped
A. T
P. D. Miller
W. P. Anderson
Anderson
A. T. Hawthorne
J T. Kremer
E. E. Baker
A. Lee Coble
James P. Reardon
C. P. McVicar
Commissioner of Revenue
A. EK. Wingert
St. Kent Street
Duncan Brothers
Gerrard Street
Kent Street
Police Probe Reports Of Peeping Toms And Home Invasion
Police disclosed two or three recent complaints from women about being accosted and peeping Toms. Investigations follow an alleged invasion of the Glaize home last night, with advice to keep doors locked against strangers.
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Glaize
Robbery Attempt Reported At Local Home
The mother and mother in law recount a crime at a residence when a colored man entered the stairs during a dress removing and clothes washing episode. He threatened the resident with a knife at her throat after startling her as she called her cat Spanky.
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Daisy Glaize
6000 Churches In Britain Bombed
Boston March 8 Four thousand churches in England have been destroyed or damaged by German bombs but the churches are facing reconstruction in a gallant high hearted manner Reverend William Cecil Northcott London home secretary of the London Missionary Society said today He listed destructions by denomination including Church of England 163 destroyed 1280 damaged Baptist and Congregationalist over 800 lost or damaged Methodists 1316 lost or damaged Church of Scotland nine destroyed 170 damaged Roman Catholic 234 lost or damaged
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Boston
England
William Cecil Northcott
London
London Missionary Society
David Livingstone
Africa
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Romanians Force Way On Trains In Soviet Front
Budapest correspondents report Romanian crowds storming railway stations amid advancing Russian Army maneuvers near Bucovina. Incidents cited at Gernon von Radauz Suzeva and additional stations as forces attempt control of transit routes.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bucovina
Budapest
Baiser Nachrichten
Gernon
von Radauz
Suzeva
British Increase War Production
British Production Minister Oliver Lyttelton revealed to Commons figures on wartime output through 1943. Britain built over 90 000 planes, with four fifths being bombers fighters and naval reconnaissance and naval construction replacing losses. He attributed gains to British industry and US supplies and noted 83 000 tanks and over 115 000 large caliber guns produced for the army.
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London
Oliver Lyttelton
Commons
Britain
United States
Lyttelton
World at War Highlights From Broad Front Actions
U S heavy bombers strike Berlin in a major third raid of the week aided by Forts and Liberators while fighters escort. Allied air power reports 1300 sorties with advances in the Pacific and Burma theaters as forces press toward key targets and supply routes.
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United States Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Berlin
U. S
Holland
Progress Made In China By Allies
New Delhi reports Allied forces advancing in upper Burma with American trained Chinese troops fighting alongside U S infantry. Chinese units have captured Hpung nye and Shing ban near Maingkwan as stilwell headquarters notes Japanese casualties and isolation of Walawbum.
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Burma
U. S
Upper
New Delhi
Walawbum
Upper Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hpungnye
Shingban
Maingkwan
Hukawng
Lashu Ga
War Materials For Ibn Saud Delivered To King
A 3000 pound pane load of rifles ammunition and helmets was delivered directly to King Ibn Saud at an isolated Saudi oasis as part of larger lend lease war material shipments. Maj Gen Ralph Royce and peer Benjamin Giles delivered the arms Monday as he relieves Royce in command of U S forces in the Middle East.
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Cairo
King Ibnen
Saudi Arabian
U. S. Army
Ralph Royce
Benjamin Giles
Royce
U. S
Middle East
Ibn Saud
Handley Elementary Cops Scrap Flag Again
Handley Elementary School wins the scrap drive for the second time with 3,935 pounds of paper tin cans and metal. John Kerr students placed second with 3,730 pounds and 7.9 pounds per pupil. Virginia Avenue ranked third with 1,500 pounds and 5.6 pounds per student. Handley High School collected 1,650 pounds but averaged only 2.3 pounds per student.
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Handley Elementary School
Handley
Schoo
Saeccience Ee
John Kerr
Va. Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Handley High School
Senate drops contempt bid in REA ouster probe
The Senate Agriculture Committee abandoned attempts to cite Presidential Assistant Jonathan Daniels for contempt after an executive session. The panel will continue examining the efforts to oust Rural Electrification Administrator Harry E. Slattery and may seek the White House file on REA if Daniels withholds it. President Roosevelt said he had heard nothing about the request.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture
Jonathan Daniels
Gillette
Iowa
Harry E. Slattery
Daniels
Oa House
Slattery
Committee
Carroll L. Reedy
White House
Beedy
Roosevelt
Silver Star For Doug Fairbanks Jr
Lt Cmdr Douglas Fairbanks Jr received the Silver Star for his Mediterranean theatre service in a ceremony at Allied Headquarters Algiers. Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt announced the award.
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Allied
Algiers
Cmdr
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Mediterranean
H. K. Hewitt
U. S
Northwest African
Potomac Edison 6 Percent Preferred Auction Notice
Auction of 45 shares in blocks of 5 and 10 at the front court house on Saturday March 1 at 12 o clock noon. Winches Dunn and Duvall, auctioneers.
Bloodless Majuro occupation by Navy disclosed
U S Pacific Fleet reveals Majuro in the eastern Marshalls was taken in February without opposition from four Japanese occupants. The base, long valued by Germany, sits near Kwajalein and Eniwetok supply lines to garrisons on Jaluit Mili Wotje and Maloelap.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marshalls
Central Pacific Command
Majuro
Majuro Lagoon
Leig Erickson
Associated Press
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Jauuit
Mili
Wotje
Maloelap
Jaluit
Fierce Air Battles Over Northwestern Germany
The German radio reported heavy air battles over northwestern Germany and west of Hannover starting about 1 p.m. after the American armada crossed the frontier. German stations had blacked out to hide beams while the RAF pressed a second night raid on French railroad centers and U S Marauder bombers joined the day assault into Holland targeting unspecified sites.
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Berlin
Hitler
Berslin
Germany
Hannover
RAF
France
U. S
Holland
War Fund drives expand civilian support services
The American Red Cross outlines services for civilians subject to call and training underway. This is one of the organization’s wartime assistance programs aimed at sustaining home front support and readiness.
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Sions
American Cross
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Mr. Crockett
Gladwin Hill
British Press Association
Ment
Bulletin
By Eddy Gilmore
Red Cross
Head Cross
Motor Corps
Poultry
IEE
Henry
MacMillan Poultry Company
L. B. Sirbaugh
Dr. Hawthorne
Ursday
The
Russia
Zhukov
Odessa-Warsaw
Bismarck Sea
Los Negros
Admiralty Islands
Willaumez Peninsula
New Britain
Valau
New Guinea
Rabaul
Majuro Atoll
China
Silver Star
Doug. Fairbanks
Potomac Edison
Navy
A Lee
WAR Fund
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