Edward leaves throne for life with Mrs Simpson drama grips empire
Edward the former king sailed from Portsmouth aboard the destroyer Fury at 1 15 am and later the yacht Enchantress, after a worldwide broadcast declaring his love for Mrs Simpson and his decision to quit the throne. Queen Mary appealed for grateful remembrance as Edward departed with his mother present.
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Fort Belvedere
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Carbon Monoxide Dangers In Winter Home Garages
Health expert Dr Logan Clendening warns that winter carbon monoxide from car exhaust in closed garages poses a lethal risk. Portable guidance covers prone pressure artificial respiration, its long effectiveness, and the Silvester method for open air breathing, plus notes on chronic exposure symptoms and anemia.
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Silvester
Wisconsin man pleads guilty to robbery arson in domestic quarrel
Ralph Sladen, 25, confessed to stealing his girlfriend's clothes, setting fire to her room, striking her sister, and crashing a bicycle through a plate glass door. He awaits sentencing on robbery and arson charges after pleading guilty.
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Ralph Sladen
Sladen
Walnut Seedling Memorial Grows for George Washington in Winchester
Five years ago on December 10, 1931, Winchester Boy Scouts planted a walnut seedling at George Washington’s headquarters, a living shrine grown from Mount Vernon stock. The project, part of a national walnut drive by the Shenandoah Area Council, shipped over 1000 bushels and reforestation efforts continue as Scouts gather and replant native nut trees along local roads and woods.
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George Washington
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Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the Revolution
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Cork Streets
Washington
Boy Scouts of America
Mount Vernon
Robert E. Lee
Admiral R. E. Byrd
United States
Boy Scouts
U.S
Shenandoah Area Council
American Forestry Association
Those Italians are funny. They the ace the duce.
A short, provocative line from Lynchburg News remarking on Italians and the duce with a partisan tone.
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Lynchburge
Resignation of U. Va. Group Held Up for a Year
The Southern Conference voted to withhold action on the University of Virginia's resignation for one year. Coach Branch Bocock urged suspending the move in hopes Virginia would withdraw, citing an intolerable athletic situation. The board said Graham plan ideas remain unfulfilled and that the current state breeds distrust. Schedules will proceed as if Virginia remains a member.
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Southern Conference
University of Virginia
Branch Bocock
William and Mary College
Virginia
Board of Visitors
Superintendent fires five at burglar but misses
A Kentucky school superintendent opened fire on a burglar at Washington Park and fired five times without hitting the intruder. The incident ends with no injuries and an ongoing police inquiry.
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Washington Park
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