Two Navy Planes Crash In Fog Killing Two Pilots
In heavy fog over Pensacola Florida eight navy planes crashed during a routine training flight. Two pilots died Lieut G F Presser Sr and Lieut N M Ostergren. Six student fliers parachuted to safety in darkness. Several planes landed at nearby fields as wreckage spread over a wide area.
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Florida
Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Naval Air Station
South
Ala
G. F. Preser
Presser
C. P. Horta
United States
Gulf of Mexico
J. E. W. Whitener
G. Jackson
J. H. Brett, Jr
Atmore
A. C. Mcope
Greenville
Lieut Horta
E. G. Osborn
R. F. Chalmers
T. D. Cummins
C. W. Harbert
R. E. Harner
Cummins
8S. R. Lines
Myrtle Grove
Photo contest chance during Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Mr Puckett announces a photo contest for amateurs and professionals during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Interested persons may contact Mr Puckett at 363 East Piccadilly Street. The old lady believes the event would be popular as photography grows as a hobby.
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Robert Puckett
Shenandoah
Puckett
East Piccadilly Street
Winter Returns Drive Heat Wave From Eastern States
The Associated Press reports a cold front ending a brief warm spell across the eastern United States with temperatures dropping up to 30 degrees. Snow blankets the Midwest while Texas sees readings in the 20s and New England lands in the 30s amid continued cold and partly cloudy skies.Minnesota records plummet with Park Rapids at 45 below and Minneapolis also deeply cold as Niagara Falls sees 18 and a strong ice bridge forms.
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Associated Press
United States
Middle West
Florida
Texas
New
Park Rapids
Wadena
Winona
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
New York
Niagara Falls
Gorge
President Roosevelt Views Panama Canal War Drill Aboard Houston
President Roosevelt sailed aboard the flagship Houston for a mock war around the Panama Canal. Fleet problem 20 opened with scouting and operations as the Houston and destroyer Warington operated in Cuban waters. Roosevelt visited Guantanamo Bay at 10 30 a m as the “white” fleet prepared to attack the canal from the Atlantic.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Houston
West Indies
Panama Canal
Warington
Cuban
Guantanamo Bay
Virgin Islands
Ageda
Atlantic
Europe
San Juan
British Indian Policeman Killed in Hong Kong Rail Station Bomb
Nine people died and several were injured when Japanese warplanes bombed a railroad station inside Hong Kong. A British Indian policeman was among the dead. refugees flooded from adjacent Chinese areas. Britain lodged a vigorous protest to Japan as details remained unclear.
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Hongkong
Geoffrey Northcote
Hongkonk
London
Canton
Shumchun
Lowu
Hongkong-Kowloon
Reuters
Great Britain
Japan
Foreign Office
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Crown Colony
Robert
China
United States
France
Both Claim Big Victory In Air Over Lanchow
Shanghai dispatch reports a great aerial battle over Lanchow with both sides claiming victory. Japanese communique says 36 Chinese planes were shot down and the Chinese airfield damaged while Chungking notes eight enemy planes down and casualties among Chinese pilots. Reports also say civilian deaths and destruction of public buildings. Japanese naval force closes Haimen port cutting off Chiang Kai-shek's supply route.
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Shanghai
Lanchow
China
Russia
Chungking
Haimen
Chekiang
Chiang Kai- 09
Tender frosted Asparagus cuts for creaminge-pke 2l
Pure Food Store advertises tender frosted asparagus cuts for creaminge-pke 2l. This compact notice highlights a grocery item with a rustic product name and store reference.
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Pure Food
Lions to Organize Parade for Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Winchester Lions Club agreed to handle the grand feature parade of the 16th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival this spring at the George Washington Hotel. Garland Quarles to write the pageant produced by Handley School teachers and students, seen by thousands and broadcast nationally.
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Lions
Quarles
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Hove Riley
Lions Club
Garland Quarles
Handley
Tom Baldridge
Handley School
74 Degrees Marks Month's Warmest So Far
The section records a high of 74 degrees last Sunday with 71 yesterday as a western cold wave still not yet reaching the area at noon. Observers note sap flow and plant buds swelling, lilacs green, birds returning, and hint at an early spring with cautious forecasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Catholic Senator Forms A Cabinet
Brussels Feb 21 Catholic Senator Hubert Pierlot announced a new cabinet to replace the government of Paul Henri Spaak which resigned February 9. The new government is composed of Catholics Socialists and men from outside Parliament and excludes any Liberal party member who forced Spaak to resign.
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Brussels
Hubert Pierlot
Paul Henri Spaak
Liberal Party
Paak
Greater Activity on Central Front in Spanish Civil War
Spanish dispatches report rising fighting on the central front as a nationalist offensive on the last government stronghold nears. Generalissimo Francisco Franco is said to be hurrying plans for an assault on Madrid Valencia lines to end the civil war.
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Hendaye
France
Public Service OKs Edison halt of electric rail in Punkstown Hagerstown
The Public Service Commission allowed Potomac Edison Company to discontinue electric railroad service at Punkstown and Hagerstown, provided bus service is substituted on the route.
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Baltimore
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
Punkstown
Hagerstown
Council To Decide City Manager Vacancy Tonight
The city council will review two or more applications for the city manager post vacated by Arthur M. Field who resigns April 1 to become industrial relations director for Memphis Chamber of Commerce. A special meeting was called to handle new and unfinished business.
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Arthur M. Field
Council
Field
Memphis, Tenn
World Day of Prayer Observed at Christ Church Winchester
Worldwide 24 hour prayer observances begin as the day starts and move around the globe. In Winchester the World Day of Prayer service occurs at 3 30 PM in Christ Episcopal Church with Mrs H B Gilpin as speaker. Sponsored by Federated Council of Church Women benefitting the Children's Home Society in Richmond.
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Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church
H. B. Gilpin
Federated Council of Church Women
Children’s Home Society
Richmond
Grandson of Li Hang-Chang Shot in Shanghai
Li Kuo-Chieh known as Marquis Li, grandson of Li Hang-Chang, prominent Chinese statesman, was fatally shot today in the American defense sector of Shanghai's international settlement by two unidentified gunmen. He was linked to the Japanese sponsored Nanking reform government.
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Shanghai
Li Kuo-Chieh
Marquis Li
Li Hang- Chang
International Settlement
Nanking
River Flood Warning Hits Upper Susquehanna After Warm Interlude
Cold weather returns to Pennsylvania after a brief warm spell that caused streams to rise. Authorities issued a flood warning for the upper Susquehanna river as river levels spiked across the region.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Annual Doughnut Dunking Parties In Pennsylvania
Lancaster, Pa. fasnacht time on Pennsylvania Germans farms. Thousands will eat doughnuts coated with sugar or dunked in molasses before nightfall. The day begins early in remote Dutch homes with a dawn scramble as the last one out is marked by a 200 year old tradition. Historians dispute origins but fasnacht coincides with Shrove Tuesday before Lent.
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Lancaster
England
United States
France Moves Toward Recognition of Nationalist Spain
Paris reports French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet yielded on conditions for recognizing Franco's regime. Bonnet instructed envoy Senator Leon Berard to pursue diplomatic relations with nationalist Spain despite stalled hopes for a rapid end to the civil war.
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Paris
George Bonnett
Franco
Prance
Spain
Great Britain
Burgos
Bonnet
Leon Berard
French Foreign Ministry
St. Jean-De-Luz
Death Removes Chas. D. Smith
An outstanding figure in Strasburg Virginia business, Charles D. Smith dies at 4 30 this morning at his Shenandoah County home. Born May 19 1882 in Woodstock he moved to Winchester as a boy and rose to general manager of the Strasburg Steam Flouring Mills. He belonged to a prominent Winchester family and passed after a long illness.
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Strasburg
Charles D. Smith
Winchester
Shenandoah
Mr. Smith
Woodstock
Smith
William H. Smith
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Strasburg Steam
Shenandoah Valley
Pappy Chases Eloping Beauty
In Pittsburgh on February 21 an irate father George E. Hughes pursued his daughter Florence Hughes and her fiancé George H. Burns as they headed toward Cumberland Maryland to wed this day. He said the couple might be joined by a witness in the car and reported the plan to police in both states to halt the elopement.
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EL Centro
Calif
Pasadena
Townsend Davis
Arizona
Anne Louise Sweitzer
Anne Louise
Davis
Anita Teft
India
Somerton
Ariz
Virgil Vance
Ralph Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Pittsburgh
Cumberland
George E. Hughes
Florence Hughes
George H. Burns
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Hughes
Fourteen Farmers Enroll in Gainesboro Adult Class
Fourteen farmers joined an adults class last night led by J E B Cowles agriculture instructor at Gainesboro High School. The next session on Tuesday March 7 will cover tomato seeds seed beds and varieties.
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Gainesboro
J. E B. Cowles
Gainesboro High School
Quarantine On Japan Beetles Extended In Several States
The Agriculture Department widened the Japanese beetle quarantine to include parts of New York Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and Ohio after reports of widespread infestations. New counties added include Jefferson Livingston Harrison Licking Richland Trumbull Tuscarawas Mercer Spotsylvania Westmoreland and parts of Berks Dauphin Lehigh Northampton Baltimore Harford Dorchester Sevens. Movement restrictions for fruits and vegetables by motor truck or refrigerator car were also extended to additional areas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Jefferson and
Livingston
Harrison, Licking
Richland
Trumbull
Tuscarawas
Mercer
Spotsylvania
King George VI Launches New Battleship Guarded by Police
In Newcastle the king and Queen Elizabeth watched the 35 000 ton battleship named for King George V slide into the Tyne. More than 1000 police and 500 special constables guarded the ceremony amid bomb terrorism fears. The royal train arrived early as thousands gathered at Tyneside to witness the launch, the first new battleship in 13 years and part of a nine ship program.
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Newcastle
England
George VI
Britain
George V
Tyne
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
Tyneside
Voting On New Pope Begins Soon
Cardinals in Vatican City announced they will open a conclave on March 1 to elect a new pope. Voting was set to begin February 29 after Cardinal OConnell of Boston and two South American prelates arrived, following earlier plans to start February 28.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Weather Delays Boeing Clipper Flight to Gulf Points
Uncertain weather forced postponement of Boeing Clipper No. 17 overland flight from San Diego harbor. The 42 ton flying boat, America s largest airliner, was to depart at 6 10 a m but the takeoff was delayed at least until tomorrow.
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San Diego
Gulf Points
America
San Diego Harbor
Bingo Night at Sarah Zane Hall
Every Wednesday at eight in Sarah Zane Hall public ad announces bingo with 25 cent admission and twenty free games plus valuable prizes per round.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Valuzb
Army cannot field anti aircraft guns in two years says Senate panel
Senate Military Committee heard General Wes on warn two years needed to produce enough anti air craft guns for 400000 force. He noted $13 million started for artillery under last Congress and $110 million requested would still fall short. Europeans rely on US experts for development while South American nations seek aid for agriculture. Messersmith urged bill to let foreign service funds go directly to departments. Sayre warned Far East conditions remain volatile.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Sheppard
D-Tex
Charles M. Wesson
Wesson
Army
United States
Messersmith
General Fund of the Treasury
Far East
Francis B. Sayre
Senate Territories Committee
America
Radford Conducts Scoutmaster Training in Winchester
George Radford of this city led the second of three meetings for Scoutmasters in Winchester. About ten young men attended, mainly from nearby communities, as the patrol system and improvement measures were discussed. The final session will be next Monday at City Hall.
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Winchester
George Radford
Chicago
Radford
Special Ash Wednesday Service at Christ Church Tomorrow
Special services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Christ Episcopal Church to mark Ash Wednesday the first day of Lent. Rev. Ronald Rowland of White Post, Va., will conduct the service and deliver the address. Rector Rev. Robert B. Nelson, ill with grippe, is improving but cannot yet lead services.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Ronald Rowland
White Post
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Church
Grippe
West Boscawen Street
Armstong Co Offers Window Weatherstripping and Caulking
E W Armstrong Co at 39 E Piccadilly St advertises metal weatherstripping and caulking for windows and doors with estimate calls available on listed days and phone style contact.
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E. W. Armstrong CO
E. Piccadilly St
Mrs D W Ritenour relocates hospital service office in Winchester
Mrs D W Ritenour manager of The Winchester Memorial Hospitalization Service Plan Department has moved her office from 146% West Loudoun Street to 130 West Piccadilly Street four doors west of the Handley Library updated telephone 718.
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D. W. Ritenour
Winchester Memorial Hospitalization Service Plan Dept
Loudoun St
W. Piccadilly St
Handley Library
Birthday Party at Rustic Tavern with Roy Webber
A birthday party is scheduled for February 22 at the Rustic Tavern located at 6 West Cork Street. The event will feature free music and souvenirs with Roy Webber and His Royal Hawaiians performing.
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Roy Webber
Royal Hawaiians
Rustic Tavern
West Cork St
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Hongkong Colony
Garland R. Quarles
Li Hang-Chang
Senator Berard
Henry C. Cassidy
Chas. D. Smith
Pappy
King
U. S
South End Hose Co
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