Fire claims six at Hotel Jefferson in Richmond
In Richmond six people died in the Hotel Jefferson fire, including State Senator Aubrey Gleaver and Mrs. James H Price, widow of the late Governor, identified by her son. Notables rushed to the scene as guests and staff struggled amid smoke and flames.
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Richmond
James Hubert Price
Virginia
Jefferson
Aubrey Gleaver
Senate Finance Committee
James H. Price
S. Floyd Laandicetti
Galas
Landreth
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
William M. Tuck
Gordon B. Ambler
Senator Weaver
Front Royal
Camp Peary
Hitler warns three days to wipe Anzio beachhead failure costs Nazis
Allied reports quote German prisoners saying Hitler promised a three day sea invasion, but counterattacks and air battles disrupted the plan. They describe hellish beachhead fighting, with Tigers and Mark VI tanks suffering damage as Allied forces countered. Morale among German troops and High Command reportedly sours amid heavy casualties and missed strategic aims.
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Algiers
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Rome
Hitler
Apna
Russia
Winchester appeals for Red Cross gifts to aid American troops
In a message urging wartime support, MR WINCHESTER stresses the Red Cross appeal as vital to save a boy’s life and defend victory. He notes the home front must do more, producing food and weapons and giving to the Red Cross, while acknowledging the tax return season and its impact on incomes.
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Red Cross
Red Co
Funeral Service For Sen Weaver At 2P.M. Monday
Funeral services for Senator Weaver will be held at 2 oclock Monday afternoon at his late residence in Front Royal Virginia. The Rev Dr Wark Curry of the Front Royal Methodist Church will conduct the rites. Interment will be in Prospect Hills Cemetery. Warren County remains stunned by the senior lawmaker s death as a special session of the Warren County Circuit Court convenes with local bar association members in attendance.
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Front Royal
Jefferson
Richmond
Wark Curry
Front Royal Methodist Church
Prospect Hills
Warren County
Elliott Marshall
Weaver, Armstrong and Marshall
Warren County Circuit Court
Visitors to Attend Rites for Senator Weaver
R. Gray Williams rector of the University of Virginia board noted sympathy with the Weaver family and announced that John Lloyd Newcomb UVA president and fellow board members would attend the funeral in Front Royal Monday at two o clock. Senator Weaver was a prominent UVA Board of Visitors member and a distinguished graduate of UVA Law School who passed the state bar before turning 21.
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R. Gray Williams
Edsity of Virginia
Senator Weaver
John Lloyd Newcomb
University of Virginia
Front Royal
Williams
Death of Senator Weaver Shocks Judge in Richmond Fire
Judge Burr P. Harrison commented on the tragic death in Richmond’s hotel fire last night of Senator Aubrey G. Weaver of Front Royal. He said the commonwealth has suffered a deep loss to its leadership and that Weaver’s friends feel the shock keenly.
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Richmond
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Burr P. Harrison
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Commonwealth
Weaver
Special Council meeting on poultry processing permit
Notice is hereby given of a special Council meeting Tuesday March 14 at 7 30 PM to hear protests against granting permission to erect buildings for poultry processing at 435 N Cameron St and at the corner of Kent and Gerrard Streets.
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N. Cameron St
Cor. Kent and
Gerrard Sts
Jefferson Hotel Casualty List
The casualty list from the Jefferson Hotel last midnight records numerous injuries from a hotel fire. Names include Aubrey G. Weaver 62 state Senator from Front Royal and Virginia Senate chair, Mrs James Price Richmond, Ruth Andrews Richmond, Dorothy Gann Newark 24, J W Ross Camp Peary sailor, Jay W Johns 56 Charlottesville former president of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, Maggie Doland 64 hotel employee, Kenneth Herd Langley Field, Phillip C Pembeton 57 Clifton Forge, Mrs Emma S Taylor Richmond, W W Herell Front Royal, unidentified white woman burned on face, Ralph Raffo Richmond injured, Edmund DeJarnette Siena delegate burned face and feet, Paul Christopher Richmond, John Es McMahon 44 Buffalo NY overcome by smoke, Alfred Sicanene Buffalo NY overcome by smoke.
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Richmond
Jefferson
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Virginia Senate Finance Committee
James Hubert Price
Ruth Andrews
Dorothy Gann
Newark
Jay W. Johns
Charlottesville
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Maggie Doland
Kenneth Herd
Langley Field
Phillip C. Pembeton
cCliftom Forge
Emma. S. Taylor
Richen
Ace W. W. Herell
Ralph
Tribute to Virginia Senator Weaver in Hotel Fire
Washington reports the death of State Senator Aubrey G. Weaver in a hotel fire at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. Senator Harry F. Byrd called Weaver a superb legislator and Finance Committee chair whose services were notable, while lauding his public life and influence in Virginia politics.
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Washington
Aubrey G. Weaver
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Weaver
Senate Finance Committee
Antique Auction at 811 S Main St Winchester Va
Miles B Dean announces an antique auction at 10 a m on Saturday March 18 at 811 South Main Street Winchester Virginia for a selection of collectibles and estates.
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S. Main St
Winchester
Miles
B. Dean
Bark Wanted IAC Oates Seeks Bark Suppliers
I A C Oates seeks bark wholesalers on N Loudoun Street. Individuals with tanned bark for sale are invited to visit the office to receive a contract. The notice requests all bark providers to drop in for potential business.
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I. A. C. Oates
N. Loudoun Street
Virginia Assembly Moves Toward Adjournment After Weaver Death
The 1944 Virginia General Assembly rushes to finish business including a $235,000,000 budget and soldier voting measures. Senators honor late Senator Aubrey G. Weaver, whose death followed the Jefferson Hotel fire, with resolutions and a black-draped desk. A mandamus test on elections laws is considered, and Baldwin bills on motorist financial responsibility and reciprocal liquor book use are advanced with amendments.
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Richmond
Marcks
Virginia General Assembly
Aubrey G. Weaver
Jefferson Hotel
Senate
House
Weaver
Finance Committee
Robert O. Norris, Jr
Baldwin
State Liquor Board
Irish In Dublin Approve Stand Taken By Premier
London report notes Dublin backs the Irish Premier’s stance on a United States request regarding closing German and Japanese offices in Eire. The British press criticizes the Prime Minister’s action while believing America may not view the matter as closed. Advices from Dublin indicate strong Irish support behind De Valera.
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Dublin
London
United States
Eire
America
London Daily Mirror
Britain
Court Will Pay Weaver Tribute in Front Royal
Judge Burr P. Harrison of the Seventeenth circuit announced an order for a special session at 8:45 o clock Monday in Front Royal regarding Senator Aubrey Weaver, a prominent attorney who suffocated in a Richmond hotel fire. A special committee to draft bar resolutions was named, with John H. Downing and W. C. Armstrong as members. others named from Front Royal Berryville Winchester and nearby.
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Burr P. Harrison
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Warren County
Front Royal
Aubrey Weaver
Richmond
John H. Downing
W. C. Armstrong
Joseph F. Moore
Berryville
R. Gray Williams
Harry R. Kern
Winchester
F. S. Tavenner
Public Sale at McCartney Farm on Rt 11
A public sale is scheduled for Monday March 13 at 1 p m at the McCartney Farm located one mile from Stephens City on Route 11. Items listed include livestock machinery chickens hay and other feed. Terms provided in the notice.
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Stephens
McCartney Farm
Three Huge Red Offensives Batter German Lines in South Russia
Soviet communiqués report three great armies driving 500 miles through southern Ukraine, breaking defenses from Cherkasy to Uman and the Bug River. About 150,000 German troops were routed in five days. 20,000 killed and 2,500 captured, with 300 towns and villages liberated. Weapons and equipment litter the roads as Konev and Zhukov push toward Poland.
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London
Ukraine
Russia
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Cherkasy
Uman
Bug River
Gniloi Tikich
Konev
Dnieper
Siéarin
Poland
Gregory K Zhukov
52 City Men Pass Pre-Induction Exam in Richmond
Fifty two Winchester men passed pre induction examinations last Saturday in Richmond. Seventeen joining Navy pools and 34 entering the Army pool awaiting calls for active duty. One man, Robert Elwood Manuel, was inducted into the Navy. Those accepted are listed by service with names, including Joseph Martin Dietz Jr and John Henon Quick Jr in the Navy, and John Edward Dodson and James Edward Dodson in the Army.
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Winchester
Richmond
Navy
Army
Robert Elwood Manuel
U. S. Navy
Selective Service
John Henon Quick, Jr
Leroy Francis Cahill
Cecil Franklin Elliott
James Lawrence Sutler
Charles Grover Wilson
Leslie Thomas Brown
George Orndorff
Vernon Lyle Thayer
Jonas Donald Semiones
Stuart Marvin Bucher
James Edward Dodson
William Morgan Steward
Howard Henry Haines
Stewart Mitchell Luttrell
Lawrence Elwood Patton
Ralph Warren Hoover
Lawrence William Showalter
Ray Elwood Fiddier
Richard Randolph Lineburg
Philip Jennings Strawder
Harry Hinkle Cain
Roger Leeeee Zirkle
Martin Williams
Marsh Bolton
Gerald Hanabel Copenhaver
James Ed— Cornell
Walter Douglas Bow- Acre
Edward Nicholson
Ali- Cara Wilson Renner
Jack Edward Lockhart
Edward Cunninghame Jackson
William Roebuck
George Clayton Ritter
Howard Earl Fauver
Fire damages Hunt residence near Redbud Road
A fire at the W. W. Hunt residence near Redbud Road caused several thousand dollars in damage this morning. Firefighters from Friendship Fire Company used a cistern and 200 feet of hose to combat the blaze, which started in the furnace room and spread to the basement. About 350 baby chicks stored in the dwelling perished in the smoke while upstairs suffered smoke and water damage. Raymond Campbell aided in fighting the fire. W. W. Hunt was unavailable for comment.
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W. W. Hunt
Redbud Road
Friendship Fire Company
York
Raymond Campbell
U. S. Navy
Walker Moved To Another Jail
Chief of Police C. W. Horris announced Howard Walker, colored, charged with rape, has been removed from the jail here and incarcerated elsewhere for safe keeping. Police would not disclose where he was held. He was moved yesterday evening to forestall demonstrations amid awaiting trial. Walker played on a local colored football team years ago and is charged with the attack on a young married woman whose husband is in the army. police say his only requested visitor was his mother.
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C. W. Horris
Howard Walker
Walker
Highlights Of World At War
U S Fortresses resume daylight raids on western Germany and French coast with targets hit. Four French aircraft factories bombed by RAF. Rome reports renewed air attacks. Soviet forces push in three sectors around Cherkassy. Italy sees limited patrols due to bad weather. Korcula shelled by British ships. U S Marines seize Talasea airfield near Rabaul. Los Negros holding expands. Japs hit Allied air bases near Rabaul. Pierre Pucheu, ex interior minister, convicted of treason and sentenced to death.
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U. S
Germany
France
RAF
Rome
Italy
Korcula Isle
Dalmatian
Pacific
Talasea
Rabaul
New Britain
Los Negros
North Africa
Pierre Pucheu
Bombing of Florence Rail Yards by U S Bombers
Naples March 11. U S Army bombers struck Florence rail yards, the vital railway hub 140 miles north of Rome, with care to spare city landmarks. The raid targeted crowded junctions at Pontassieve and Prato, with experienced crews and measures to avoid damage to cultural sites. The operation, described as successful by returning crews, reflects new air force efforts against enemy rail communications in Italy.
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Allied
Naples
Florence
Italy
Air Force
Rome
Pontassieve
Prato
Other Aircraft Stage Attacks On Factories
London dispatch reports American Flying Fortresses struck Muenster in western Germany while Liberator bombers attacked French coast targets in Pas de Calais. The daylight raids, supported by Thunderbolts and Mustangs, lost four fighters but no bombers. RAF Lancaster night raids hit four French factories. The campaign has hammered Berlin and other targets across 60 days in three months, with several factory centers in central and southern France also struck. One aircraft was reported lost in the night action.
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London
Muenster
Germany
Pas de-Calais
Thunderbolt
Marathon
Churchill
Montferrand
Chateauroux
Ossun
Tarbes
Lar
Dhamarie
Saint Etienne
Vichy
Berlin
Ger
West Germany
Reich
RAF
Air Ministry
France
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Price
Jefferson Blaze
Coil
Forts
By Belman Morin
MR Winchester
Sen. Weaver
U. Va
Jefferson Hotel’ Casualty List
Jean Manfredi
Iro
J. W. Ross
Gerplans
Eir
Joseph Martin Dietz, Jr
Wallac
Hunt
The
Associated Press
Cherkassy
By Edward Kennedy
Lae
RED Cross War Fund
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