Terrifying Fire Experience Recounts Hotel Jefferson Tragedy
Richmond March 15 a telephone operator Miss Mary Ellis recalls the Hotel Jefferson fire that killed six people. She describes rushing to ring rooms as guests reported smothering and entrapment while she stayed at her switchboard from 11:45 p m Friday until 7 a m Saturday. Dorothy Gann and Jean Manfredi were among those found dead in room 601.
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Richmond
Hotel Jefferson
Mary Ellis
Pabout
Senator Weaver
Dorothy Gann
Jean Manfredi
Chesterfield County
The
Jefferyson
Blackstone
Southside Telephone Company
Becomes Member of Engineer Firm
Roy H. Ritter son of Mr and Mrs C W Ritter Kernstown becomes junior partner of Whitman Reynardt and Associates Baltimore after years of service He is a Handley High School Roanoke College and Cornell graduate Married Mary Claiborne Willis of Roanoke Va they reside in Towson Md with two children
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Roy H. Ritter
Dirs. C. W. Ritter
Kernstown
Whitman, Reynardt and Associates
Baltimore
Ritter
Handley High School
Roanoke College
Cornell University
Mary Claiborne Willis
Roanoke
Townson
Passes Bill To Regulate Poultry
A local council discussed building permits and poultry operation plans for approval. Solicitor James P. Reargson proposed conditional passage if requirements are met. Council members urged submitting detailed plans and blueprints from Hanover Co and Winchester Poultry Co for clarity. Seven members attended. Kremer and Peery were absent.
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James P. Reargson
P. D. Miller
Dr. Hawthorne
Fred L. Glaize
Ration Calendar details by stamp book and validity
The notice lists ration stamps and periods for meats fats and processed foods, sugar, shoes, aircraft stamps, gasoline coupons, fuel oil periods, and regional validity. It notes expiration dates including March 20 May 20 February 28 1945 and various regional restrictions for different coupon groups.
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Far West
Rocky Mountains
South
Middle West
East
Slayer Refuses to Burn Then Converts Before Execution
Paul Le Roy Williams, condemned killer of a south side grocer, changed his stance on faith as his execution neared. Three minutes before the electric chair, he accepted Episcopal faith, knelt in his cell with Chaplain Rev. Albert E. Seler, and, at Williams request, the chaplain led a prayer.
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Chicago
Cook County
Paul le Roy Williams
Williams
Episcopal Church
Albert E. Seler
Plane Anchorage Blast Hits Kiangshan Airdrome
Medium bombers of the 14th Air Force with long range fighters struck Kiangshan airdrome and the seaplane anchorage on Hainan island off the south China coast. Twelve Japanese fighters attempted interception. five were shot down and three on the ground were listed as probably destroyed.
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Chungking
14Th Air Force
Kiangshan
Hainan Island
South China Coast
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S
Fierce Battles With Japanese In Burma North Of Buthedaung
Allied troops fought hand to hand to clear the area north of captured Buthedaung with 120 enemy dead found in one position. Mountbatten HQ says others pockets are being mopped up while a counterattack further south was driven off. Chinese troops advance in Hukawng Valley as air actions hit installations in northern and central Burma.
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Delhi
Buthedaung
Southeast Asia
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Tiddim
Kabaw
Burma
Walawbum
Hukawng
School Scrap Collections To Be Made Monthly
Gavin Binner announces monthly scrap drives for the war effort reversing the previous bi weekly schedule. He urges continued saving of salvage material as the need remains urgent. The March collection falls on March 30 and 31 with John Kerr Virginia Avenue and Douglas students on day one and Handley on day two.
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Gavin Binner
Binner
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Douglas
Handley High School
Handley
Geese Over City Prompt Seasonal Preparations
Geese returned north in a large flock of about a hundred, passing over the city around 7:20 AM. Residents sought garden tool tips and fishing season dates while children searched for last year’s baseball glove amid morning activity.
Bombardment as Cassino Fights to Hold Edge
Correspondent reports Gen Clark pleased amid heavy bombardment as 34th Division pierces north Cassino. German parachute troops crumble under air and artillery fire while Forts and Liberators strike from valley and hillside, causing dust and debris as residents seek shelter.
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Jack Beardwood
Gen
Clark
Hitler
Cassino
Answers to the Daily Quiz Correct Answers Listed
The page lists quiz solutions with items such as reasons for answers and names. It includes references to presidents Coolidge Harding Wilson Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. It mentions terms like hoist the anchor and piano manufacture.
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Endell Wilkie
Coolidge
Harding
Wilson
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Wiliam McKinley
Pvt Russell Dunlap Hurt In Explosion
Pvt Russell Dunlap 24 son of Edward and Nellie Dunlap, 412 W Clifford St, was among 28 soldiers injured at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky during mine training. His leg was fractured and he is expected to be hospitalized four to six weeks. Four soldiers were killed. He recently had a furlough home while his mother was ill. Prior to service he worked at Bakers Drug Store.
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Pvt
Russell Dunlap
Edward and
Nellie Dunlap
W. Clifford Street
Camp Breckinridge
Dunlap
Memorial Hospital
Baker’s Drug Store
Dairy Feeding School Tonight Urges County Dairymen
R G Connelly extension dairy expert from VPI speaks at 8 pm at the county courthouse about dairy feeding. County dairymen are urged to attend the session tonight.
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R. G. Connelly
VPI
Reckless Driving Case in Civil and Police Court
Leo Reynolds Strosnider of Stephens City was fined 10 dollars and 4 dollars costs in Civil and Police Court before Judge John Rice for reckless driving.
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John Rice
Leo Reynolds Strosnider
Stephens City
London Raid Devastates City With Large Scale Bombing
The Berlin radio claimed a grand scale raid on London with many new super heavy bombs. The attack lasted under an hour and triggered a major blaze in a warehouse above an underground shelter housing 4,000 people. Fire crews fought fires for hours as apartments and many businesses were damaged or destroyed with aid from American soldiers and MPs.
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London
Berlin
Bowles defends price control system before Senate
Price Administrator Chester Bowles told the Senate banking committee that U.S. living costs have not risen in 11 months and that extending the price control act could prevent inflation during the war. He praised OPA's achievements and contrasted current stability with World War I cost increases.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Bowles
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Final Peace Discussion Concludes Sixth Pillar of Peace
The Market Street Church hosts the final World Peace discussion at 8 P M finishing six Wednesday evenings. The topic is Intellectual and Religious Freedom with panelists E Wm Argenbright Miss Jane Rosenberger and moderator Rev Reginald W Vanderberg.
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Market Street Church
E. Wm. Argenbright
Jane Rosenberger
Reginald W. Vanderberg
Realty Transfers Near Stephens City Documented
Harry C. McKinley and others transfer 56 acres and buildings three miles east of Stephens City for $10 and consideration. Zelma W. Borden and others transfer 37 acres three miles east of Stephens City for $10 and consideration. Clarence H. Roberts and others transfer 51 acres and improvements nine miles northwest of the city in Stonewall District to W. Olsen and others.
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Harry C. McKinley
E. C. Brumback
Stephens City
Zelma W. Borden
Albin S. Carlson
Clarence H. Roberts
W. Olsen
City
Stonewall District
Draft Service Asks Tighter Rules
Draft service urges stricter rules as it warns of high costs from allotment and allowance payments and notes breaks in homes. It claims many older inductees are unfit for strenuous duty and that the Army does not want them.
Wartime Draft Deferments Highlight Farm Labor
The War Department reportedly disapproves of many young men deferred on farms, citing Army needs for under 26 combat replacements. Selective Service says 562000 men under 26 are deferred for agriculture, with 394000 in the 18 to 21 bracket.
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War Department
Army
Selective Service
Right Answer Is Still Lacking at Tower Club
In Philadelphia on March 15 the Tower Club heard an annual report by President Marie English who notes she stands one inch above the minimum. She says they still haven't found the right answer to why members keep to the soapbox.
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Philadelphia
The
Tower Club
Marie English
Carter's Little Liver Pills Boost Digestion Claims
Health copy explains digestion relies on liver bile and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase bile flow quickly. It asserts relief within minutes and discourages artificial aids, urging readers to buy at drugstores for 25 cents.
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Carter
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Anchorage
Evening Star
Olga Stoker
W. B. Snider & Son
Gen. Clark
Harold Weidman, Jr
David
Earl
Buddy
Richard
Ronald
Dairy School
Civil & Police Court
Frederick County
Loced Boards
War Agency
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Tydings
Bougainville
Battlefront
Homer C. Connell
Connell
Yank
U.S. Signal Corps
United States
Winchester
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
DIAL
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgs
Valley Avenue
Coca-Cola
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