Navy to receive dozen ships daily as war output soars
Rome report says the United States Navy will form about 3,006,000 officers and men by year end 1944, with nearly a dozen new ships commissioned daily. Secretary Knox and Admiral Jacobs outlined ship and manpower growth, noting the daily ship rate excludes small auxiliaries and listing past commissioning trends.
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Rome
Washington
United States
Sigures
Navy
Coast Guard
Jacobs
Knox
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Knox Contin
Winchester Strips in Court Parade of Dignity
In a damage suit a plaintiff must reveal injuries to prove extent of disfigurement. He initially wore long underwear, hiding the injured area. The judge recessed as the attorney lent his shorts, enabling examination. An opposing counsel quipped about giving his drawers to a client.
Wife Discovers Fur Piece That Becomes Real Raccoon
In Gary Indiana on March 14 Mrs Otto Reising mistook a raccoon for a fur piece found on a bed. She called to her husband and children to witness the moving animal that left the room, climbed a tree, and prompted the husband to joke about hunting it.
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Gary
Ind
Otto Reising
Reising
Supervisors End Long County School Indebtedness
The Frederick County Board voted to retire the remaining $18 400 of county school debt plus about $2 800 in interest owed to the Virginia Literary Fund. In past year they wiped out over $51,000 of debt with a 20 percent tax rate cut. The move allows coverage of expected obligations until next fall.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Virginia Literary Fund
Board of Supervisors
Middletown
Stephens City
Harry L. McCann
County School Board
County Welfare Board
Est Ratuins Amaladeeux
Sunday Dinner at Hayfield Tourist Camp Ad
On Sundays at Hayfield Tourist Camp call 6077 for reservations. Four course dinner priced at $1.08.
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Hayfield
Bark Wanted I A C Oates
Bark buyer I A C Oates seeks tanned bark. All persons with bark for sale should visit his office on N Loudoun Street to receive a contract. Contract offers will be provided in person.
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I. A. C. Oates
N. Loudoun Street
Used electric appliance top cash price at Ed Mol den
Ed Mol den Electrical Appliance Store advertises top cash prices for used electric appliances at 15 S Loudoun with phone 5702. Sale notes Tuesday and Thursday.
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Ed Molden
Loudoun
Barkley Opposes Compromised Voting Measure in Senate
The Senate approved the final version of the servicemen's vote bill by 47 to 31 after weeks of wrangling. The measure, which gives states initial control over ballot form and qualifications for absent voters, moves to the House for action amid predicted quick acceptance.
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States’ Rights Service
Senate
House
Worley
D-Tex
Elections Committee
Green
D-Ri
Lucas
D-Iid
Washington
Barkley
Bombed Rail Center Le Mans Hit By Night Air Raid
RAF Halifaxes and Mosquitos attacked Le Mans in western France as part of a new Allied day and night campaign against Nazi transportation. Two bombers were lost. The raid followed a German raid over southern England, with limited damage and sirens in London.
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London
Leans
France
Frankfurt
Germany
le Mans
Paris
England
County Men Report Induction Bound for Fort Meade Md
A group left at 11:15 AM for Fort Meade Maryland for Army induction led by Ernest Griffith Jr. The volunteers include Norman Briscoe Keeler Readus Fletcher Frye Willie Shade Melvin Sheland Guy Leonard Gore Frank Myron Hardy Maxwell Butler Louis Armel Robert Stevens Elmore Letterman Richard mors Robert Marple Harry Ratchford Robert Ramey Holmes Elliott Benjamin Rinard Theodore Funk and Lelon Ray Mc.
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Fort Meade, Md
Army
Ernest Griffith, Jr
Norman Briscoe Keeler
Readus Fletcher Frye
Willie Shade
Melvin Sheland
Guy Leonard Gore
Frank Myron Hardy
Maxwell Raymond Butler
Louis Gordon Armel
Robert Proctor Stevens
Elmore Estes Letterman
Richard Kenneth Mors
Robert John Marple
Harry Douglas Ratchford
Robert Edward Ramey
Holmes Lee Elliott
Benjamin Jackson Rinard
Theodorea Funk
Lelon Ray Mc
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. The notice lists the event and location details for potential buyers.
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S. Main St
Winchester
Miles B. Dean
Gasoline Ration Cut to Two Gallons Weekly Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration reduced the basic family car ration from three to two gallons weekly in the midwest and far west effective March 22, with the Pacific coast B ration dropping from 460 to 400 miles monthly. No changes for 17 east coast states and DC. OPA chief Bowles cites war demand and limited supplies, forecasting a nine percent second quarter drop and saving 18 000 to 20 000 barrels per day.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
Far West
Pacific Coast
East Coast
District of Columbia
OPA
Chester Bowles
West
Mid-South States
Baltimore Faces Decline in Immigrant Labor Force
Baltimore officials report a rapid drop in the immigrant population as wartime employment peaks wane. Government agencies and war industries note a net loss of 4,259 workers across 13 plants in January and February, with estimates placing 15,000 to 20,000 people, including about 7,000 workers, leaving the city.
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Baltimore
United States Employment Service
The
War Manpower Commission
Auto Tags On Sale Tomorrow In Winchester
Virginia 1944 45 auto and truck license tags go on sale in Winchester tomorrow morning at 9 o clock at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Capitol Theater Building. Andrew Bell secretary of the Chamber and veteran agent said the new tags are black figures and numerals on a yellow fiber board background. The passenger car fee is 40 cents per hundred pounds with a minimum of 8 dollars. Trucks ten thousand pounds or under pay 12 dollars minimum. Motorists must file by midnight April 15 to secure plates but urged to buy early. About 7 500 were issued last year. The new plates arrived Saturday.
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Virginia
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol Theater
Andrew Bell
Bell
World At War Highlights Through Multiple Fronts
AP highlights US and Allied actions across Europe and Asia. German ships rush to Odessa as Soviets hold Kherson. Churchill warns Ireland isolation. RAF bombs Le Mans yards as Italy fights at Anzio. Japan repelled at Empress Augusta Bay. Burma advances by British forces.
Mudbound Fronts Hold Fifth Army As Ground War Persists
Allied and German forces fight in mud on the Fifth Army front near Minturno and Cassino. American troops seize 13 German prisoners, British units repulse a river crossing attempt, and heavy raids target rail hubs at Sarzana Viareggio Spoleto Perugia Fabriano. Air sorties reach 1000 with three enemy planes downed.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Minturno
Cassino
Fifth Army
Cisterna
Littoria
Rome
Moletta
Gerans
Thre
Eighth Army
Sarzana
Viareggio
Spoleto
Perugia
Fabriano
Tribute to late Virginia State Senator Aubrey G Weaver
Judge Burr Harrison read an editorial tribute to the late State Senator Aubrey G Weaver at a Warren County Circuit Court session. The tribute lauds his public career and political skill, noting his forward planning and dedication to Virginia’s welfare. Continued on Page 2.
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Aubrey G. Weaver
Northern Virginia
Strasburg
Burr P. Harison
Warren County
Front Royal
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Virginia
Plans to isolate southern Ireland during invasion
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons Britain and the United States intend to isolate southern Ireland from the outer world during the eleventh hour to the opening of the western front. He said travel restrictions to Eire are the first step in a policy to sever Britain from the south and bar Dublin's German and Japanese offices, warning of a potential gulf if such offices remain.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Churchill
Commons Today
Britain
United States
Ireland
Western Front
Northern Ireland
Erie
Eire
de Valera
Great Britain
Dublin
Rocky Roads For Good Neighbor Policy In Congress
Rep Wadsworth predicts a rocky road in Congress for the administrations plan to extend the Good Neighbor policy worldwide. Under Secretary Stettinius proposed cultural and cooperative programs with nations beyond Latin America. Chairman Bloom sees only swap terms and hearings likely within weeks as lend lease and UNRRA wrap up.
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Washington
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
House
Congress
Edward R. Stettinius
Latin America
Foreign Affairs Committee
Lou Bloom
D-Ny
United States
Fur pelts theft leads to suspended jail term in Clarke case
Elsie Gaunt of Boyce was found guilty in Clarke Circuit Court of larceny of fur pelts. She waived a jury trial and received a one year sentence suspended after sixty days with two years probation. She will begin serving March 18 in the county jail. A special grand jury heard evidence against three others charged with larceny of clover seed from Berryville Cold Storage but did not yet rule.
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the Star
Berryville
Elsie Gaunt
Boyce
Burr P. Harrison
Clarke Circuit
Clarke County
George E. Baker
Clarence Lichliter
Harry Robinson
Pete” Chilcott
Roosevelt Buttons Found Useful
Rep. McWilliams of Connecticut quoted a soldier overseas who said Roosevelt campaign buttons are useful due to safety pin size. He noted French mothers use them for safety and joked about use in games. Rep. Fish of New York asked what they do with Willkie buttons.
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Washington
McWilliams
R-Conn
House
Roosevelt
Fish
R-Ny
Russian Troops Cross Middle Bug Bridgeheads Near Uman
London reports Russian forces have crossed the Middle Bug river in western Ukraine and established several bridgeheads southwest of Uman. Moscow dispatches say German forces in south Russia face heavy Soviet pressure on a 500 mile front with rising casualties and a hasty retreat toward Nikolaev and Odessa.
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London
Middle Bug River
Ukraine
Uman
Moscow
Russia
Nikolaev
Odessa
Hitler
Kherson
Older Firemen Urged to Answer Alarms by Chief Argenbright
Fire Chief E W Argenbright appealed today to senior members of the city fire company to respond to alarms. He said few firemen have answered recent calls, endangering effectiveness, attributing the drop to younger members joining the service and calling in. He urged the old smoke eaters to return to duty at least for the shift.
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E. W. Argenbright
Argenbright
Sheryl Argenbright
Wake Island Bombed Again In Large Allied Assault
The U S Pacific Fleet reported Wake Island endured one of the war s heaviest air strikes last Saturday with 50 tons of explosives dropped by Liberators. Adm Chester W Nimitz said fourteenth and fifteenth raids hit Nauru and three Japanese bases in the Marshalls as US bombers pressed the offensive to deny Japan air and naval bases in the central Pacific.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Aessee
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Navy
mid-Pacific
Wake
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Marshall Islands
Hawaii
Nauru Island
Marshalls
Nauru
Gilbert Islands
Vatican protests prelate arrest in France
The Holy See demanded an explanation from the German ambassador in Bern regarding the arrest in France of Cardinal August Hiend, primate of Poland, as reported by Catholic circles via the Swiss Telegraphic Agency. The Vatican also reportedly ordered release of the cardinal.
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Bern
Switzerland
Holy See
Vatican
France
Hiend
Germans may evacuate Odessa by sea in 1944 advance
Istanbul dispatch cited Sofia reports that the German command planned sea evacuation from Odessa as Soviet forces under Stalin captured Kherson. The 75,000 Nazis reported killed or captured in 10 days supports a possible seaborne retreat amid renewed southern front battles in Lower Russia.
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James M. Long
Istanbul
Russia
Dunkerque
Rumania
Sofia
Odessa
Stalin
Kherson
Moscow
Khersom
Rodion E. Malinovsky
Third Ukraine
Dnieper
Ukraine
Tarnopol
Red Cross Provides Broad Emergency Services
The text notes Red Cross field doors trained to carry on the du and the Red guact, highlighting one of the many services of the American Red Cross.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
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Berzan
Conti
Ues
Bulletin
Rome Radio
CPA
Associated Press
Black Sea
Vital Kherson
Anzio
Badoglio
Pacific
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Wek
New Guinea
Burma
Chindwin
Stilwell
Fifth Front
South Ireland
Eddy Gilmore
RED Cross War Fund
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