Two Irishmen Executed in British Bomb Outrage
In Birmingham on February 7 two Irish Republican Army members, James Richards aged 29 and Peter Barnes aged 32, were hanged at Winton Green. Crowds observed as jail notices announced the death, guards patrolled city streets, and authorities warned of possible nationalist reaction.
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Birmingham
Eng
Irish Republican Army
Winton Green
Great Britain
James Richards
Peter Barnes
Richards
Barnes
London
Sigura
Sree Tren
Sean Teeebane
Clay Manuel Receives Safe Driving Medal in Local Award
H. Clay Manuel who holds a post delivery position is awarded a safe driving medal by the Post Office Department. The award, given through the fourth assistant postmaster general, honors drivers with at least 1,500 driving hours in the fiscal year and a clean record.
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H.clay Manuel
Washington
W. Nelson Page
Page
Adakmions Neal Emai
Manuel
Readers urged to suggest armory site within budget
MR WINCHESTER urges readers to mail ideas for a central armory location. Councilmen seek a feasible plan and welcome input before a deadline as they explore a site better than the park with no funds available.
Hawthorne Seeks Public Views On Armory Site
Hawthorne urges Winchester residents to express views on armory location between now and next Tuesday. Council plans a special meeting to discuss site options for the two national guard units and possible funding, with funds scarce for a central location.
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Hawthorne
Common Council
National Guard
Winchester
Plea For Finns Grows In France
A European war era plea grows for aid to the Finns as France faces pressure from Premier Daladier’s Radical Socialist party to aid the Baltic state. The piece notes Germany seeks Moscow aid and warns that opposing the aggressor in Finland links allies to Hitler’s cause.
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France
Daladier
Germany
Russia
Pinland
Hitler
Dead Man
Berryville Virginia February report tells of a passerby finding a man in a roadside ditch who revived after a fall. Howard Smith was fined ten dollars and twenty five cents for the incident as the sheriff clarified the man was alive though dazed.
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Berryville
Here
Charles Town Pike
Howard Smith
Jack T. Engie
Justic Loring C.eeeeet
R. W. Buckner
Smith
City reports snow removal costs and water main thaw data
City Manager S Lee Grant told the council last night that removing snow cost 931.37 dollars. Hand work cleared about 85 000 square yards of business streets and intersections while plows handled roughly 20 miles of remaining streets. The January report records 59 frozen water service or main complaints all thawed, affecting 10 679 feet of mains and services mostly in outlying districts.
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S. Lee Grant
Germany Denies Pact With Reds Sources Say No Military Agreement
German sources declare no military accord exists between Germany and Russia despite reports of technical aid in the war against Finland. The Reich reportedly has not requested or received military assistance or any military character agreement.
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Germany
Russia
Fin
Reich
Repc
Boston's Black Spade Threats Stir City Officials
Police say the Black Spade threats are a pretense to gain publicity and no charge was filed. Officers guard the mayor's two young daughters after notes signed The Black Spade and stones were hurled at the mayor's home and car. A 15 year old boy was slashed last Friday after refusing to deliver a note to a home.
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Srate
Greater Boston
Everett
Lewis
Ee Munchel
Ahters
Jane
Joanne
Poultry Market Believed Best In World by Experts
More than 100 Frederick area poultrymen attended the first annual poultry institute. Harry L. Moore from Blacksburg said poultry and egg consumption rise with the best market in the world, urging sound practices and noting unlikely price changes for broilers. W. Wampler of Harrisonburg urged efficient turkey production and conservative flock sizes.
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Frederick
Harry L. Moore
Extension Poultry Husbandman
Blacksburg
Moore
Wampler
Roos Executed by Firing Squad in Nancy
Dr Karl Roos a 60 year old Alsatian autonomy leader was executed at dawn by a firing squad in Nancy France after President Lebrun refused clemency The case followed a previous delayed execution and involved a fellow soldier Lobstein who was sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment.
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Nancy
France
Karl Roos
Germany
Albert Lebrun
Roos
Lobstein
Lebrun
Fears For Bridge Are Decreasing At Riverton Junction
Warm spell thaws ice on the Shenandoah River easing worry over a large ice jam threatening the highway bridge. Observers report a 20 foot wide channel forming on the east side from the recreation park toward the Norfolk and Western railroad bridge while the ice remains solid further south. No ice movement has been observed yet.
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Shenandoah River
Riverton Junction
Recreation Park
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Assembly Probes Gasoline Price Disparities in Virginia
A unanimous Senate resolution calls for an attorney general investigation into discrepancies in petroleum prices across Virginia. The measure cites lower prices in some areas versus higher prices in others and possible discrimination against retail dealers. If warranted, court action may follow to enforce compliance.
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Richmond
Senate
Morton G. Goode
Dinwiddie
Harvey Apperson
Roanoke
William Tuck
Halifax
Greenhalgh Named Among Best Dressed Men in America
Berryville Virginia February seventh Colonel George P Greenhalgh a famed horseman and huntsman who runs the Springsbury stables near Berryville was selected as one of twenty five best dressed men in America. He learned of the honor only after a clerk informed him and expressed surprise saying he hoped it would be the last time his attire drew national notice.
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Berryville
George P. Greenhalgh
Springsbury
Here
America
Paul V.eral
Thomas E. Dewey
Greenhalgh
Sportsman
New Yorker
Col. Greenhalch
Timbermen Jump To Escape Plummeting Truck
Two Winches ter men John Franklin Peyton and Clifford Bethel escaped serious injury after leaping from a lumber truck that went out of control on Route 7 near Castleman Ferry. The seven ton load shifted into a ditch and the vehicle nearly tipped. Owner P W Plumley valued the loss at about 1200 dollars, with most covered by insurance.
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Berryville
Winchester
Blue Ridge Mountains
Castleman’ Ferry
John Franklin Peyton
Clifford Bethel
New
East Eels
P. W. Plumley
Waterford
Loudoun County
Plumley
Peyton
Bethel
City awards contracts for fuels and supplies
City awarded contracts for motor fuel cement sand sewer pipe and two new motor trucks to low bidders and accepted bids from twelve oil firms for house gasoline motor oil and kerosene. Sinclair led gasoline bids at 13.1 cents per gallon while Pure Oil was among low oil prices. Officials intend sealed oil shipments to ease inventory and cost control.
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Reuss
Commissioner of Revenue
Sinclair Oil Company
Standa’ Company
Pure Oil Company
Virginia forest project announced for Thomas Jefferson district
Wallace announced the first project of the year in Virginia a new farm forestry program to start immediately in Albemarle Louisa and Goochland counties. The Thomas Jefferson district was chosen with approval from state forester Pederson and local boards to aid management plans market timber and raise farm income through a state federal partnership.
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Wollen
Wallace
Ince
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson Soil Conservation
Albemarle
Louisa
Goochland
Thomas Jefferson
State Forester
F.C. Pederson
Indiana
Relic Of Civil War Days Returns To Virginia
Aubrey J. Drummond of New York brings back a history of the life of Christ that was removed from the Virginia House of Delegates in 1865 by his photographer father Alonzo J. Drummond. The book survived the Chicago fire and a 30 year loss and was presented to Governor James H. Price as a gesture to heal South Northern ties.
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Richmond
Aubrey J. Drummond
New York
Virginia House of Delegates
Christ
Alonzo J. Drummond
Chicago
Commonwealth
James H. Price
Anti Bangs Bill Sent To Defeat
Richmond February 7 Senate Committee on Agriculture killed the Montague bill that would permit dairymen to use vaccine treatment for cows infected with Bangs disease instead of slaughter. The measure faced strong opposition over regulatory authority and city limits on production and sale.
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Richmond
Senate Committee On Agriculture Today
Montague Senate
Wee Fos Soper Ae Etn
Roosevelt nominates George H. Earle minister to Bulgaria
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of George H. Earle former governor of Pennsylvania to be minister to Bulgaria.
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Earle Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
George H. Earle
Pensylvania
Bulgaria
Barrymore Admitted To Mount Sinai After Illness
John Barrymore was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital early today for rest while the theater indicated he would return for the matinee of My Dear Children. The incident prompted quick action as doctors evaluate his condition.
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New York
John Barrymore
Mount Sinai Hospital
Armanistan Sunk by U-Boat Off Portugal Coast
The British freighter Armanistan of 6 805 tons was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the Portugal coast last Saturday. Routers fromLas Palmas Canary Islands reported today.
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London
Armanistan
Portugal
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
English actress Edna dies in Los Angeles obituary
Short Freedom LAS ev. Feb. 7. Pi Edna English actress obituary today from actor or Marshall. A few minutes later it states she was married to her agent Nat Wolff.
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Las Ev
Edna
Marshall
Nat Wolff
Seventeen Christians Front members indicted in New York
Seventeen members of the Christian Front, arrested by federal agents three weeks ago, were indicted by a federal grand jury for seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States government in New York.
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New York
The
Christian Front
United States
Favor Increase for Export Import Bank Capital
The Senate foreign relations committee approved a bill to raise the bank capital by 100 million dollars to fund additional loan commitments of 20 million dollars each for Finland and another country.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Export-Import Bank
Finland
Winchester in Paris Front Page Features Roosevelt Jr and Byrd
Le Matin highlights Winchester as local interest with two front page stories about Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr and his wife en route to Paris and Admiral Richard E. Byrd poring over maps aboard the North Star. The piece notes state snow losses totaling about half a million dollars including $250,000 to clear roads and another $250,000 in gasoline tax impact.
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Winchester
Paris
le Matin
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Pre de
Richard E. Byrd
North Star
Allen B. Gray
Aeara Wchiser
Robert L. Gray
H. G. Shirley
B. P. Harrison
Goode Proposes Ballot-Subject Constitutional Amendment
Richmond Feb 7 Senator Morton G Goode of Dinwiddie reveals he may introduce in the Senate an amendment to the Weaver resolution to block highway fund diversions by requiring voter ratification for any diversion. The move follows delays on the Weaver and Wright resolutions as Goode seeks further study before action.
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Richmond
Morton G. Goode
Dinwiddie
Senate
William A. Wright
Essex
Goode
Considera
Weaver
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Virginia
Atto General
House
Neff
W. H. Scott
Commissioner of Labor
War Highlights Across Nations Marked by Executions
Two Irishmen are executed as thousands guard against terrorism in Ireland while appeals to Chamberlain for clemency fail. An Alsatian autonomist is executed as a German spy in Nancy France. Finnish forces report continued success against Red machine-gunners feared to be parachuted behind Pinni.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ireland
Chamberlain
Nancy
France
Germany
Helsinki
Pinni
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Assembly
Greenhalgh Toys
National Eye
Clarke
Castleman’s
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Council
Lee Grant Severa
Virginia Given Forest Project
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