Weaver Voting Bill Passed By Senate
In Richmond March 9 the Senate unanimously passed the Weaver bill to let armed force members vote in national elections without poll tax or registration, aligned with Public Law 712. House substitute proposals and amendments would fund poll tax payments and expand administration under the governor’s appointees.
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Richmond
Senate
Marvin Minter
House New American Legion
Weaver Senate
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Amnambe
Commonwealth
Congress
Winchester Urges Local Aid For Cigarette Drive
MA Winchester appeals to readers to support the American Legion fund for buying cigarettes for troops overseas. Cigarettes cost 5 cents per pack and will be shipped from the manufacturer to men in two companies abroad. Donations may be left with Wilbur Hewitt at Miller's Hardware Store. act immediately to help.
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American Legion
Eon Dents
Wilbur Hewitt
Miller’s Hardware Store
Harold Walker Held For Action Of Grand Jury
Harold Walker 26, colored, of 17 West Clifford Street and a Viscose plant worker at Front Royal, is held for action of a grand jury on a rape charge. Police rapid investigation followed an attack on Jessie Glaize at her mother in law’s home. Walker was arraigned before Judge John Rice after swift police work and was represented by Jed Marshall and W C Armstrong of Front Royal.
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Harold Walker
West Clifford Street
Front Royal
Corporation Court
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Jessie Glaize
Daisy Glaize
Peyton Street
Walker
John Rice
William Wheatley
Gees
William Glaize
India
War Casualties Total 162 282 in U S forces
Washington March 9 American casualties in this war total 162 282 with 37 853 dead. Secretary Stimson announced February 23 Army casualties were 121 458 with 27 222 prisoners of war. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard total 40 824.
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Washington
Stimson
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Mase
Minor collision reported on Loudoun Street in front of Solenberger's
At 9 45 this morning on Loudoun Street in front of Solenberger's a slight auto accident was reported to city police. Ralph E. Sager of Grantsville Pennsylvania struck Wallace O. Lutz's car as Lutz pulled away. Lager car damage about $25 and Lutz damage about $15.
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Loudoun Street
Solenberger’s
Ralph E. Sager
Grantsville
Wallace O. Lutz
Lutz
Knox Says Allied Offensives Will Dwarf Previous Thrusts
Navy Secretary Knox told the House Foreign Committee that Axis offensives threaten to dwarf all prior thrusts and urged Congress to extend the lend-lease act beyond June 30. He cited 1,400 ships and 4,000 naval aircraft supplied, praising Allied teamwork and noting British control of lend-lease ships with retained title. The base in Britain operated for a year without cash expenditure.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Congress
United States
House Foreign Committee
United Nations
U. S
Lend-lease Aircraf
Cuba
Coast Guard
U.S. Naval Base
Britain
Germans Use Tanks Against Italian Strikers in Milan
Naples dispatch reports German tanks deployed against workers in Milan and other northern Italian centers. The Bari radio says Italians under German rule urged to arm and join the general strike, with broadcasts admitting more than 200000 workers ignored the strike call.
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Naples
Milan
Italy
Bari
National Committee For Italian Affairs
Italian Naval Disposition Debates Among Allies
London March 9 Prime Minister Churchill confirmed President Roosevelt’s talks on reinforcing the Soviet Navy with Italian or other warships. He said Italian ships and crews still operate under existing arrangements, and no present change is planned. Churchill declined to set rules for synchronized announcements between London and Washington.
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London
Churchill
Roosevelt
Washington
House of Commons
Germany
Japan
Russia
Earl Winterton
United States
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Thomas F Burley Dies In Jersey
Thomas F Burley Jr longtime WCAP founder and broadcaster died in Asbury Park New Jersey He originated sidewalk interview broadcasts on the boardwalk in 1928 He directed the last annual baby parade on the beach that year He served as secretary of Winchester Chamber of Commerce around 1919 studied at Blair Academy Lafayette College and the University of Win Miss Bertha Kline assisted secretary duties Burley wife Emily Lehr Burley of Belvidere daughter Georgia Roosa in WAVES and his mother Georgia Burley survived him He also managed Winchester fair for a couple years
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Asbury Park
N. J
Thomas F. Burley, Jr
WCAP
Chamber of Commerce
Wood
Burley
Blair Academy
Lafayette College
University of Win
Army Air Forces
Emily Lehr Burley
Belvidere
Georgia Roosa
Georgia Burley
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Bertha Kline
Old Winchester Fair
Bingo Night at Sarah Zane Hall Event
A bingo session at Sarah Zane Hall is announced for Thursday March 9 at 8 30 p m with a $100 door prize and other prizes. Details imply a community gathering with multiple prize opportunities.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Used electric appliances wanted for cash at store
Ed Molden Electrical Appliance Store offers top cash for used electric appliances. Located at 15 S Loudoun, contact 5702. Advertisement dated Tuesday and Thursday.
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Ed Molden Electrical
S. Loudoun
Fresh Rappahannock oys ters
Adam Ritter listed at 315 N. Kent with phone 4956. Classified note appears in local medium dated March 9.
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Rappahannock
Adam Ritter
N. Kent
16 More Ships Of Japanese Sent Down By U Boats
Navy release reports 16 additional Japanese ships downed by American submarines in the Pacific. Total sunk or probably sunk reaches 627. total damaged or sunk by all actions 1,989. Admiral Nimitz notes heavy toll may constrain Japanese shipping.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Thester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Mrs Norman Cooper Named Head Of Local Red Cross Sewing Corps
Mrs Norman Cooper will chair the Sewing Corps of the local Red Cross chapter filling the vacancy left by Miss Mary Jane Gray who has resigned after many years of faithful service. The Red Cross regrets the loss and expects continued strong community service.
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Stewart Bell, Jr
Norman Cooper
Mary Jane Gray
Red Cross
The
County Clerk Buys Farm Near Grimes
Lee Whitacre the county clerk purchases a farm near Grimes in a private sale. The deal involves a 247 acre parcel and reflects ongoing land acquisitions by county officials. Local records confirm the purchase details and the farm’s location in Grimes County.
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Lee Whitacre
Colonial Kitchen Not Open This Saturday
Colonial Kitchen will not be open this Saturday March 11 due to schedule changes. The notice lists the reference code 339-1b-21 and informs customers of a temporary closure.
Seized Liquor Short in Norfolk County Jail Probe
Testimony to a House committee on enforcement conditions in Norfolk county alleges missing liquor from the Norfolk County jail. Officials said 702 pints were reported seized but only 448 pints found, with 254 short, while prior 1941 seizures totaled 790 pints.
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Richmond
Norfolk County
A. B. Carney
House
W. O. Smith
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
E. J. Fentress
ABC
Wilson
Norfolk County Force
Fentress
Allied reports 40 000 Nazi losses in Italy since January
Allied headquarters in Naples says Fifth Army has inflicted about 9 000 German casualties around Cassino since late January bringing total enemy losses in Italy to roughly 40 000. German beachhead losses total about 24 000 with other casualties noted around Garigliano and the Cassino area. Fronts were quiet aside from patrols artillery duels and a German night air raid.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Italy
Carroceto
Garigliano
Eighth Army
Tollo
Extend Positions In North Burma Extend Positions In North Burma
United States troops under Brig Gen Frank Merrill have killed 650 Japanese since entering the Burma campaign with seven Americans killed and 37 wounded. Japanese casualties in the Hukawng Valley total 1,309. The 22nd Chinese Division captured Mingkku Ga on March 7 as Allied forces extend positions north and east of Walawbum. Allied troops improved high ground south of the Maungdaw Buthedaung road on the Arakan front and repelled Japanese counter-attacks. West African troops faced heavy opposition in Kaladan Valley. American heavy bombers sank a 200-foot freighter off the Gulf of Siam near Bangkok and damaged another ship with near misses.
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New Delhi
United States
Frank Merrill
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng Valley
Walawbum
North Burma
Stilwell
Mingkku Ga
Maingkwan
Southeast Asia Command
Maungdaw-Buthedaung
Arakan
Kaladan
Gulf of Siam
Bangkok
Record tax returns posted ahead of March deadline
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced a high percentage of taxpayers filed early for the income tax. He estimated 8.5 million returns had been filed with government aid provided for many more, among about 50 million individual taxpayers. He spoke at Capitol Hill after visiting Speaker Rayburn and the House restaurant.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
World At War Highlights From The War Fronts
U S heavy bombers escorted by fighters bomb Ed Rin for second day in a row. Soviet troops advance slowly in mud bound Ukraine near Proskurov and Tarnopol. Allies claim 9 000 enemy casualties on Cassino front and new air field activated in Burma amid fighting.
Russians Launch Fresh Front In Ukraine Conflict
Soviet reports say Soviet forces under General Rodion Malinovsky opened a new offensive along a 105 mile front from the Ingulets river toward Nikolaev and Kherson. Estimates claim 3 German divisions and 6 infantry divisions totaling about 125000 troops were routed. Marshall Zhukov's troops pushed toward Iyaskurov aiding control of a 40 mile stretch of the Odessa Warsaw railway between Proskurov and Volochisk. Chernostrov fell 11 miles northwest of Proskurov.
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Sians
Rodion Malinovsky
Ingulets
Nikolaev
Kherson
Bug
Dnieper
Kazanka
Novi Bug
Krivoi Rog
Stalin
London
Marshal Zhukov
Red Army
Ukraine
Iyaskurov
Plure
Moscow Dutrhes
Odessa-Warsaw
Proskurov
Volochisk
Chern-ostrov
Berlin Bombers Strike Again as U S Forces Hit City
Berlin was attacked again by heavy bombers of the U S Eighth Air Force marking a fourth raid in six days. Fighters from the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces escorted the bombers, with German anti aircraft fire and some losses acknowledged.
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London
Berlin
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Ai Force
Mustang
Opera
Ida
Lighttnings
George Bickel
Belleville
N. J
Public Sale Notice At Stephens City Auction Lot
Public sale announced for Monday March 13 at 1 p.m. featuring livestock machinery chickens and other feed. Location is 1 mile north of Stephens City on Route 11 near McCartney Park.
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Livestana
N. Stephens City
McCartney Park
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Thomas F. Burley
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Mrs. Cooper
By Edward Kennedy
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Nava
Rome
Bismarck Sea
Admiralty
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Green
Bulletin
Hitler
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