Army bomber abandoned at high altitude near Atlanta
An LB-6 bomber with parachute-equipped crew ran out of fuel and engine trouble over Georgia. Four aviators escaped injuries after bailing out at 2,500 feet. the craft crashed 16 miles southwest of Atlanta, two crewmen named, investigation ordered by Fourth Corps Area officers, and the flight planned from Langley Field to the Panama Canal Zone.
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Atlanta
Here
Langley Field
Panama Canal Zone
Robin B. Epler
Aor Springs
Kans
George Russell
New York
Harry Hayes
San Antonio
Texas
George
Ira A. Rader
John B. Patrick
Fourth Corps
Rader
J. H. Houghton
W.M. Turner
Gainesville
Randolph Field
Maine Governor Finds Weather Is Like Home State
Governor Louis J. Brann of Maine, en route to Florida to escape New England winter, tells lawmakers in Richmond that Virginia winter conditions resemble Maine. He arrived amid snow and ice on the journey.
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Maine
Richmond
Louis J. Brann
Florida
New England
General Assembly
Peery
Virginia
February 12 remembered for Lincoln's empathy and mercy
MA Winchester recalls February 12 as a memorable day when Abraham Lincoln showed kindness to a distressed nation during Reconstruction. The piece recounts Lincoln approving a soldier named John W to marry Mary, a story illustrating Lincoln's humane leadership before his death in battle.
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Abraham Lincoln
South
General Lee
Appomattox
John
Lincoln
Mary
Billboard Measure Amended To Tighten Highway Signs
State Capitol Richmond February 12 The House general laws committee reported a bill amended to restrict highway advertising signs. Delegates including B E Chapman questioned effectiveness while sponsors say the changes curb snipe signs. Amendments let owners place 15 signs without fees, raise license fees for 25 plus signs, require consent to remove unlawful signs, and allow signs on adjacent grounds for private businesses.
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State Capitol
Richmond
House
General Laws Committee
B. E. Chapman
Salem
Highway Department
Pope Pius XII Celebrates 14th Coronation Anniversary
Pope Pius XII marked the 14th anniversary of his coronation with Pontifical Mass in the Sistine Chapel. The papal suite and diplomatic corps attended as the pope, on a portable throne, blessed the crowd. Cardinal Nasalli-Rocca said the mass as chants of Ad Multos Annos filled the Vatican corridors.
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Vatican City
Pius
Sistine Chapel
Holy See
Vatican
Holy Father
Nasalli-Rocca
Methodist Young People To Meet At Stephens City
Winchester district Methodist Episcopal Young People hold recreation conference February 26 at Stephens City M E Church South. Miss Reba Riley announces details. Mark Cowen will direct activities. Program runs 2 pm to 10 pm with a 6 pm banquet in the social room. Rev. Floyd M. Lucas presides.
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Winchester
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Stephens City
M. E. Church
Reba Riley
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Mount Jackson
Marshall
Hamilton
Mark Cowen
Roanoke
Massanetta Springs
Baltimore
Floyd M. Lucas
Sale Postponed By Weather For J L Nethers
The sale by J L Nethers is postponed from February 12 to Wednesday February 19 due to drifting roads. Auction details will be announced.
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J.L. Nethers
Germany denies persecution of Catholic Church in Germany
The Nazi press claims Catholics feel menaced in national socialist Germany but says persecution is unfounded. Secret police in the Rhineland raid Catholics and alleged communists, with about a hundred arrests reported, while Hitler telegrams Pope Pius XII on the pontiff's coronation anniversary.
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Wade Werner
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Das Schwarzke Korps
Germany
Rhineland
Hitler
Commp
Cologne
Attorney Held Guilty Of Court Record Thefts
In Charlottesville Virginia Judge J Callan Brooks found F G Dawson a 66 year old former attorney guilty of stealing records from Albemarle Circuit Court clerk's office. He received a two year sentence and a 400 dollar fine with serving amount to be determined. Defense cited a medical report and requested consideration of health and finances before final judgment.
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Charlottesville
J. Callan Brooks
F. G. Dawson
Circuit Court
Albemarle County
Dawson
Markets Close for Lincoln's Birthday Holiday
The New York Stock Exchange and many commodity markets were closed today for Lincoln's birthday. Only Baltimore produce and livestock quotations were reported by The Star.
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Lincoln
New York Stock Exchange
The
Star
Baltimore
Wanted truck seeks light pickup without driver
Light pickup wanted with no driver. Contact 1 1363 1 at F H Way. Bargain and remnants sale Friday and Saturday Moling and Cather Ip 1t.
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F. H. Way
Moling and Cather
Firemen hear speeches at Norfolk Rouss Banquet
More than 300 firemen attend the forty second Charley Rouss Fire Company banquet in Norfolk. Rev Rowland P Wagner outlines three February dates with themes I Look Around I Love Another and I Labor Anew. Congressman Virgil Chapman cites Virginia and Kentucky landmarks and defends the Constitution.
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Rowland P. Wagner
First Baptist Church
Norfolk
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Mr. Wagner
Washington
Chapman
Virgil Chapman
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Time and Place for G. O. P. Conclave Set for Saturday
The Republican State committee and executive committee meet Saturday February 19 at the John Marshall Hotel Richmond to select time and place for the state convention and to discuss plans for the presidential campaign and the National Republican convention in Cleveland Ohio. C Bascom Slemp reportedly holds six county delegation pledges as the Ninth District convention proceeds in Bristol Virginia.
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John Marshall
Richmond
Republican State Committee
Republican Executive Committee
H B. McCormac
McCormac
Cleveland
Ohio
Virginia
Associated Press
Bristol
C. Bascom Slemp
McVicar Attends Richmond Meeting for City Finance Measures
C. P. McVicar the Winchester commissioner of revenue is in Richmond today as the Virginia League of Municipalities leaders meet to back General Assembly measures. The group supports higher city maintenance funds for streets a larger gasoline tax share and aviation fuel tax exemption elimination to fund airport development and maintenance.
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C. P. McVicar
Richmond
Virginia League of Municipalities
Winchester
General Assembly
League of Municipalities
ABC
Baptist Young People's Work Is Considered
Delegates at the Baptist General Association session in Lynchburg discuss young people's work. Afternoon reports cover orphanage rural church committee home missions Baptist foundation relief fund and education. Blanche White of Richmond cites unions contributing 285050 in 1935, plus $500000 goal for Univ of Richmond campaign.
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Lynchburg
Baptist General Association Convention
Home Missions
Baptist Foundation
Relief Fund
Blanche White
Richmond
C. E. Maddry
Orient
Lighthouses Ordered Evacuated in Chesapeake Bay Area
The Department of Commerce ordered the evacuation of eight lighthouses in Maryland and Virginia due to heavy ice. Ice conditions in Chesapeake sounds and the east shore have been critical, with James Island station evacuated earlier and destroyed on February 8. Potomac River navigation is fully closed by ice. the situation is the worst since 1918.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Maryland
Virginia
Sounds
Chesapeake Bay
James Island
Potomac River
Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable Robbed After High Speed Chase
CHICAGO Feb 12 Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable film stars told police they were robbed of $50 and jewelry valued at $5,000 after a 50 mile per hour chase through the Chicago loop. A robber entered Coogan's car and demanded the items while Grable tried to shield her five carat engagement ring.
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Chicago
Jackie Coogan
Betty Grable
Chicago Loop
Miss Grable
Coogan
Congress Hotel
Sherman Hotel
Congress
Jackie
No Disgrace in Ignorance Said About Roosevelt
Richmond editorial defends President Roosevelt against claims that illiteracy correlates with support for him. Dr. Freeman argues Democrats must face reality and avoid suppressing facts, warning against demagoguery and misleading pensions while stressing Democratic responsibility amid the era’s political currents.
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Richmond
Richmond News-Leader
House of Representatives
John Flannagan
D-Va
Douglas
Freeman
America
Roosevelt
Westhampton College Alumnae Association
Flannagan
Flannagan Cioe
Tony
Eea
Townsend
Winchester Little Theatre appeals for support of Heidi play
The Winchester Little Theatre asks parents and friends to support the Friday February 14 performance of Heidi at 2 30 pm in Handley School Auditorium. The group notes a prior loss and urges understanding of the production’s artistic and educational value to bring quality children’s theater to Winchester. Polly B. Harrison presides.
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Children of
Winchester
Winchester Little Theatre
Handley School
New Lawyer Engaged For Hauptmann
Samuel B Leibowitz, a New York criminal lawyer, said he agreed to enter the Hauptmann case after a conference with Mrs Richard Bruno Hauptmann. He plans to visit Hauptmann in Trenton State Prison and believes more than one man was involved in the Lindbergh baby murder.
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New York
Samuel
Leibowitz
Hauptman
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Trenton State Prison
Laibowitz
Flemington, N. J
Regional C C C Plans Florida Motorcade Tour
Shenandoah Valley Inc prepares a third annual motorcade to Florida departing February 29 for a 15 day tour to guide northbound travelers through the Shenandoah Valley. Executive secretary H V Knight outlines a 2 500 mile route visiting major Florida resorts and en route stops from Roanoke to Charleston with overnight stays in Winston-Salem and Charleston.
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Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Florida
Sunny Dixie
Shenandoah Valley
H. V. Knight
Knight
Roanoke
Roanoke-Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem
Charleston
Asheboro
N. C
Rockingham
Cheraw
Cheraw, 8. C., Society Hill, S. C., Sumter, S. C
Manning
8. C
Romney officers probe theft and bad checks in case
State Officer R. E. Bayliss and city detective Ben Cline traced charges to C L Henderson alias A M Wilcox in Romney West Virginia. Henderson held on a mattock theft and admitted using two names while warrants seek recovery of about 2500 dollars in worthless checks from walnut log sales. He faces a hearing Saturday at 10 before Trial Justice A J Tavenner.
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R. E. Bayliss
Ben Cline
Romney
W. Va
C. L
Henderson
A. M. Wilcox
I. L. Kern
Bayliss
Wilcox
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Rockingham
West Virginia
The
Finance Corporation
Kern
A. J. Tavenner
Public Sale of Livestock and Farm Goods in Hayfield
D O Baker of Hayfield Virginia offers livestock including horses dairy cows 50 good sheep household goods and farming implements for sale on Tuesday February 18th. Sale notice lists location and contact.
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D. O. Baker
Hayfield
Sale at Sacrificial Prices from The Style Shop
Mr Bender returns from New York with dresses hats skirts blouses and sweaters to be sold tomorrow at 10 o clock Prices include silk dresses 159 and new dresses to 3 at 229 blouses 159 sweaters 1000 188 skirts 159 hats 50 coats 600 children coats 345 The Style Shop.
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Bender
New York
Virginia Senate debates nepotism and child labor in liquor law changes
Virginia headlines report Senator Apperson accusing Senator Witten of nepotism, with Witten denying the charge as Senator Page pushes to print 1,000 department replies on relatives on the payroll. A child labor bill to bar under 18s from selling alcohol receives committee action, alongside a fair trade bill and bar integration measures.
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State Capitol
Richmond
H. RB. Apperson
Roanoke
J. W. Witten
Witten
Senate Today
Apperson
Vivian Page
Norfolk
Page
Virginia
ABC Board
Pave
Senate General Laws Committee
Hillard
Portsmouth
Heller
R. T. Barton
Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
World News at a Glance highlights and incidents
Domestic politics on Lincoln birthday as cannoneers stump. Three die in Lakewood hotel fire with many injured. Editor replies to illiteracy claim tied to Roosevelt support. Senate approves abridged neutrality bill to May 1, 1937. Borah and Knox enter Illinois presidential primary for April 14. Army bomber crashes near Atlanta. all crew survive. Vatican marks coronation anniversary. Berlin questions Catholic church persecution claims. US minister seeks info on detained missionaries. Sailor dead and others ill from meningitis aboard a destroyer 1000 miles out.
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Washington
Lincoln
Lakewood
N. J
Richmond
Douglas Freeman
Flannavan
Freeman
United States
Roosevelt
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Springfield
Iil
William E. Borah
Idaho
Frank. Knox
Chicago
Atlanta
Langley Field
Panama Canal Zone
Vatican City
Pius
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Addis Ababa
Cornelius van H. Engert
Balboa
Canal Zone
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Fork Union Military Academy
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