Fascinating Napoleon Letters Auctioned in London Sale
A Chicago newspaper excerpt discusses a new sale of Napoleon era letters, praised by Frederic Masson as revealing the man behind the genius. It notes a noble donor from the Hapshure line and includes excerpts from Moscow and Borodien 1812 dispatches, detailing battles, prisoners, and the siege’s devastation.
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London
Frederic Masson
Napoleon
Hapshure
Borodien
Russia
Batlle
Cartyin
Catinon
Cauliscourt
Nan County
Godbye
Moscow
Lawyers Rites Monday
Funeral services for Graham Dowdell 44 attorney were set for Monday afternoon from his home 331 West Woodlawn avenue Dowdell died at a hospital Sunday a Louisiana native who had lived in San Antonio 44 years He was a member of the 4 F and A M the San Antonio Bar association Chi Phi fraternity the San Antonio Country Club and Alzafar temple He is survived by his widow Marie Lupton Dowdell Pallbearers Ralph Cameron Marshall Terrell John B Henderson Emil Dittmar Thomas Jarell and Russell G H Wine
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Graham Dowdell
West Woodlawn Avenue
Dowdell
Louisiana
San Antonio
San Antonio Bar Association
Chi Phi Fraternity
Ralph Cameron
Marshall Terrell
John B. Hendersson
Emil Dittmar
Thomas Jarell
Russell GH. Wine
Sheppard to Head Army Defense Inquiry
Senator Morris Sheppard announces a Senate Military Affairs Committee investigation into national defense and preparedness, endorsing a standing army of 165,000 with a 40,000 rise, aligning with Secretary Dern and General MacArthur recommendations. The inquiry will cover the entire subject of preparedness for the Army.
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Washington, D. C
Morris ‘Sheppard
Teras
Senate
Sheppard
Dern
Douglas MecArthur
Students Demand Recall of U S Ambassador Daniels
A Brooklyn meeting of four Catholic colleges adopted a resolution calling for the recall of Josephus Daniels, the U S ambassador to Mexico, accusing him of supporting an atheistic and communist education program for Mexicans. Proposals to boycott travel and tourism to Mexico were also approved.
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New York
Josephus Daniels
United States
Mexico
Brooklyn
Daniels
Tragic Winter Toll Stacks Deaths Across U S
AP reports a grim series of holiday disasters from plane disappearances to train wrecks and fires. Incidents include a missing aircraft near Eiko Nevada with two girls a boy and a pilot, multiple auto and boat accidents, a family shooting in Pittsburgh, and deaths from collisions and a ferry fire. Rescue crews faced harsh weather as they sought victims.
Woman Slays Five and Ends Her Life in Pittsburgh
A trained nurse Mrs Kathryn Schoch 37 of Dunkirk New York killed five Dempsey family members and herself at the W Dempsey home. Walter Dempsey 42 and his three sons Robert 12 Thomas 8 Walter Jr 10 and David 14 months died, Clara Dempsey mother is hospitalized. Ruth Dempsey Hughes is dead of a gunshot. A note found explains motive related to Christmas and preventing separation from her young son.
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Wilmington
Gauss
Hiner R. Hunt
Hunt
Lincoln
Neb
Medora
Wins
Robert M. Estom
Fittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Walter Dempsey
Kathryn Sehoch
Dunkik
N. Y
Dempsey
Schoch
Choch
Ruth Dempsey Hughes
Mussolini demands Ethiopian reparations over December clash
Benito Mussolini charged that Ethiopia violated treaties and the League covenant in a Geneva communique replying to an Ethiopian protest. He demanded reparations for the December battle at Walwal in Italian Somaliland after an Ethiopian air raid and Ethiopian fire during a reconnoitering mission.
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Duce
Ethiopia
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
League of Nations
Geneva
Ti Duce
Ualual
Italian Somaliland
Ada
Stamp Buyers Swamp Quill at Port Office
The port office stayed open for business for Gundry for the first time in 40 years as huge crowds roamed corridors to mail Christmas packages and deplete reserve stock. Acting Postmaster Dax Quill announced the situation and joined workers selling stamps part of the day as the stamp supply ran out.
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Uail
Dax Quill
Quill
Staples High School Burned in Stove Fire Blaze
A four-room area housing primary and home economics at Staples High School was destroyed by fire on Friday when the bottom of a wood stove collapsed. Firefighters fought the blaze as smoke filled the building. No injuries were reported.
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Staples
Staples High Schoo
Johnson Richberg feud intensifies in NRA era
Longstanding dispute between General Johnson and Richberg surfaces over libel and accreditation. Johnson taunts Richberg citing legal action while Richberg faces calls about his role as NRA counsel. The quarrel sheds light on internal tensions during NRA’s transitional period.
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Richberg
General Johnson
Johnson
Donald
NRA
I Begai
Labor Perkins
White House
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