Notables Pay Last Tribute To Memory of Sen. Weaver
Front Royal Virginia funeral tribute recounts Aubrey G Weaver born in Front Royal, educated at Randolph Macon and University of Virginia, formed law partnerships across Front Royal and Rappahannock County, and served as a respected jury lawyer. The memorial honors his leadership, public service, and impact in local law and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Weaver
Burr P. Harrison
Aubrey G. Weaver
John H. Downing
F. S. Tavenner
Joseph ¥. Moore
Harry R. Kern
R. Gray Williams
W. C. Armstrong
Mr. Downing
Senator Weaver
Winchester
As & la
Jefferson Hotel
Richmond
Virginia
Aubrey G Weaver
Brig
Front Royal
Aubrey Weaver
Randolph Macon Academy
University of Virginia
Clifton Forge
Henry H. Downing
Downing
Rappahannock County
Armstrong
Weaver, Armstrong and Marshall
Elliott Marshall
Suvive
Norfolk and Western
Southern Railway
American Viscose Corporation
Citizens National Bank
Winchester Men discuss home defense at Armory meeting
MA Winchester calls on able bodied citizens to attend a Munice Men meeting at the Armory tonight at 7 30 PM. The group promotes community defense and firearm training for members aged 18 to 65 and urges neighbors to join the new class.
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Armory
Winchester
Funeral services held for Virginia state senator Aubrey G. Weaver
In Front Royal a funeral was conducted for Aubrey G. Weaver who died in the Hotel Jefferson fire in Richmond. A Warren County Circuit Court memorial session preceded the rites, with governors, senators, and judges among attendees, and many state officials serving as pallbearers or honorary pallbearers.
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Front Royal
Aubrey G. Weaver
Virginia
Jefferson
Richmond
Front Royal Methodist Church
H. Wark Curry
Prospect Hill
Warren County Circuit Court
Morrison
Burr P. Harrison
Justi L. Browning
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
H. W. Bertram
Harrisonburg
J. R. H. Alexander
Leesburg
Lemuel Smith
Charlottesville
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
University of Virginia
Darden
Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
William M. Tuck
House of Delegates
State Senate
B. P. Harrison
John H. Downing
James M. Petty
John S. Battle
Lloyd Co. Bird
Thomas Blanton
Robert Carpenter, Jr
Andrew W. Clarke
Charlies W. Crowder
Morton G. Goore
Garland Gray
J. D. Hagood
Y. Melvin Hodges
Sidney Floyd Landreth
William D. Medley
W. Marvin Minter
W. Stuart Moffett
Charles T. Moses
Leonard G. Muse
Burgess E. Nelson
R. O. Norris
Mosby G. Perrow, Jr
B. T Pitts
A. E. S. Stephens
Harry C. Stuart
R. C. Vaden
I. Paul Wailes
E. R. Combs
William A. Wright
Harry B. Apperson
Thomas B. Stanley
Stephens City Cannery Building Fund Drain
Two thousand dollars have been pledged for the Stephens City canning plant and cafeteria fund, but only about half has been received so far. Donors are urged to remit pledges promptly as daily contributions continue and more funds are needed to enlarge the building. Construction will begin when weather permits, per Mr Staples on Saturday.
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Stephens City
Staples
W. A. Baker
State Guard
Army
Baker
Barkley Meets Roosevelt After Tax Bill Veto
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley met with President Roosevelt at the White House with Vice President Wallace Speaker Rayburn and House Majority Leader McCormick for a routine conference. He said the session was uneventful and did not address the vetoed tax bill.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
White House
Wallace
Rayburn
House
McCormick
OO. P. O
Strategic Port Taken By Slavs
Yugoslav partisans commanded by a United States officer captured the port of Pucisce on Brac Island near Split. Allied reports described allied naval action around Korcula and Lissa with battles and captures across Hvar and surrounding Adriatic fronts.
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London
United States
Pucisce
Brac Island
Dalmatian
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Brac
Split
Berlin
Churchill
Lissa
Italy
Korcula
Neretva
Gaid
Hvar
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Banja Luka
Italian Leftists Demand Ousters for Democratic Government
Naples March 13 leaders of three Italian leftist parties circulated petitions calling for the ouster of King Vittorio Emanuele and Premier Badoglio to permit formation of a true democratic government to aid Italy's war effort. A mass meeting approved a declaration seeking a purge of the present government beginning with monarchy supporters and those tied to Fascism.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Italy
Reds Reach Near Kherson as Soviet Offensive Advances
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army pushing along the Ingul and entering areas near Privolnoye and Bastanka, within 30 miles of Nikolaev and 22 miles of Kherson. Prisoners cited poor German morale and disarray as Red Star and Pravda detail breakthroughs across the southern front.
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Moscow
Red Army
Ingul
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Russia
Pravda
Rodion Malinovsky
Third Ukrainian Front
Novy Bug
Privolnoye
Bastanka
Uman
Odessa
London
Kherson
Dnieper
Proskurov-Gulyatin
Rumania
Hungary
Gaivoron
Bug
Tarnopol
Tass
Army
Red Star
Berislav
Satur
Japs Driven From Seized Positions
American troops using tanks mortars grenades and bayonets attacked Bougainville positions on March 10 driving Japanese from seized earthworks in a six hour fight. The Navy reports over 50 enemy killed with 11 U S dead and unknown wounded as heavy artillery barrages and night battles continued along Bougainville.
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Guadalcanal
Solomons Islands
Bougainville
U. S
Navy
Tom Lambert
W. C. Dunckel
Beerville
Solomons
Antique Auction at Winchester Main Street Sale
Public sale announced for 10 a m on Saturday March 18 at 811 South Main Street Winchester Virginia. Dean B. is listed in the notice.
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S. Main St
Winchester
Tire sale notice for Dunlop in Winchester VA
Grade 3 A tires in most sizes offered by Dunlop Tire Co at Winchester Virginia with an emphasis on stock availability and quick sale.
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Dunlop Tire Co
Winchester
Border closure eyed between Northern Ireland and Eire
London reports near prospect of closing Ireland’s land border to enforce travel bans amid Allied security moves. Travel suspended Britain Ireland. Eisenhower pushes for Eire action while British and US consider economic steps and frontier controls.
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London
Northern Ireland
Erie
Poene
Belfast
Ieland
Britain
Ireland
Eire
Home Office
Eamon de Valera
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Holyhead
Kingstown
Dublin
Associated Press
Ejire-northern Ireland
Ulster
Daily Mail
Daily Express
British miners strike begins to ease as workers drift back
A week into a 100000 miner strike Britain shows early signs of breakdown as about a third resume work. The situation is fluid with some vote back at pitheads while others stay away in South Wales. North Wales and Scotland mines move toward normal output. South Wales remains critical with Pare and Dare colliery leading holdouts.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Fuel
Wales
Scotland
Great South Wales
South Wales
Pare and
Dare
Thornda
Tedegare
Allied air strikes hit German ships off Spanish coast
Allied Beaufighters bombed two German supply ships off the Spanish coast driving one ashore and sinking the other. Berlin claims the attack violated international law. Other operations include Adriatic sinkings and major air battles over Italy and the western Mediterranean with several enemy aircraft downed and Liberators battering a Toulon submarine facility.
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Allied
Naples
Mediterranean
Berlin
International Information Bureau
Ebro
Adriatic
Neretva
Ancona
Anzio
Italy
Padua
Rogersburg
Flying Fortress
Toulon
Ncne
Clarke Court Adjourned in Honor of Senator Weaver
A Clarke County Circuit Court special grand jury was adjourned in respect to the late Senator Aubrey Weaver who died in a Richmond hotel fire. Judge Harrison ordered jurors to reconvene tomorrow at 10 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Aubrey Weaver
Richmond
Harrison
Highlights Of World At War
Allied daylight attack on German fortifications planned after night Mosquito raid. Allies boost artillery at Anzio while weather slows large actions. Red Army within 22 miles of Kherson base. U S Fifth Airforce claims 26 Japanese planes at Wewak. Marines land at Wotho Atoll. Allies push in Arakan toward Buthedaung north of Akyab. Britain cuts travel with Ireland to bar Axis spies.
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Germany
Russia
Red Army
Kherson
Rumania
Hungary
Pacific
U. S. Fifth Airforce
Wewak
Wotho Atoll
Marshalls
Burma
Arakan
Buthedaung
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Ireland
Britain
Mrs Fine Named Chairman WVC at Winchester Memorial
On Friday March 10 a Women's Volunteer Corps formed at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs H J Fine elected chairman and Mrs Jay Lowden co chairwoman to lead six workers daily. Volunteers will sort and deliver packages, flowers, messages, run errands, and assist visitors. Contact Mrs Fine at 4219 or Mrs Lowden at 3710 to join.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
H. J. Fine
Jay Lowden
The
of Workers
E. C. Keller
E. Hutchinson
Sara Hamilton
Fine
Pacific Island Taken Without Bloodshed by U S Forces
At Wotho Atoll in the Marshalls a U S amphibious fleet and Twenty Second Marines under Major C B Lawton seized the atoll with no Japanese resistance and natives welcoming aid. Bombers hit four Japanese bases in the eastern Marshalls with no aircraft losses.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
America
Marshall Islands
Wotho
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Twenty-Second Marine Regiment
C. B. Lawton
Chester W. Nimitz
Wotho Atoll
Marshals
Marshalls
Bark Wanted in Loudoun Street Notice
I, A. C. Oates, am buying tanned bark. Anyone offering bark for sale should visit my office on N. Loudoun street to secure a contract. Public notice dated March 10, 1910.
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A. C. Oates
N. Loudoun Street
All-Out Drive Aims to Blast German Air Force
London dispatch reports American Flying Fortresses bombed targets in northern France and Germany. Liberators attacked Pas de Calais without escort, with no fighter opposition. RAF Mosquito bombers hit western Germany while German raids triggered London alerts.
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London
Air Force
Germany
Pas de-Calais
France
U. S
RAF Meouatt
Hamburg
England
Air Ministry
United States
George McDonald
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
United States Air Force
U. S. Strategic Air Force
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Grand Coulee Dam
Circuit Court Bar Lands Services
Williams
Bulletin
Marshal Stalin
William Smith White
Spanish
Anzio Beachhead
Clarke
WVC
le Ee
Wistens
RED Cross War Fund
American Red Cross
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