Italian forces push toward Amba Alaji in Ethiopia clash
In the Tembien sector a major battle rages as Italian third army corps and Eritrean units attack Ras Kassa’s Ethiopian forces. Amba Alaji fell to the Italians after a swift move by the first army corps while Ras Seyoum’s army is said routed with about 3000 Ethiopians slain.
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Rome
Tembien
Third Army
Ras Kassa
Pietro Badoglio
Amba Alaji
Yeterday
Badoglio
First
Third
Mussolini
Italy
Haile Selassie
East Africa
Piazza Venezia
Duce
Ethiopia
Fraile Selassie
Dessye
First Army
Amba Aradam
Ras Seyoum
Three Scouts Walk Miles to Meetings in Albin
MA Winchester notes three scouts from Albin who hike three or more miles to attend meetings despite zero temperatures. He praises their energy and argues walking has value, recalling a period when most people traveled on foot and highlighting benefits to health and discipline.
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Albin
Barbara Hutton in Critical Condition After Childbirth
Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow remained gravely ill after an operation following the birth of her first child. Doctors including Lord Horder and Dr James Slesinger returned to her Hyde Park home as a bulletin awaited tonight.
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Barbara Hutton Haughwitz-Reventlow
London
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Reventlow
Woolworth
James Slessener
Cedric Sydney Lane-Roberts
Hyde Park
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz-Revention
James Slesinger
Slesinger
Lord Horder
Edward
Count Haugwitz - Reventlow
Woolworth Millions
Farm Horses in Demand Spark Spring Sales in Clarke County
Farm horses fetch high prices as livestock sales draw crowds in Clarke county near White Post and Swimley. Llewellyn Jackson’s Stony House sale yielded about $4,000 with six horses totaling $1,185. Funkhouser sale near White Post brought around $3,800, including a $500 draft pair. Real estate sales at the county courthouse totaled about $16,000 with properties bought by local banks and individuals.
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Llewellyn Jackson
Stony House
Swimley
Clarke County
C. ¢. Funkhouser
Fritz
White Post
County Court House
J. C. Sherman
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Commercial and Savings Bank
L. H. Ramey
W. J. Whitlock
Leap Year Town Celebrates Sixty Fourth Anniversary
Holbrook, believed to be the only town incorporated on Leap Year day, marked its sixty fourth anniversary today. Officially, Holbrook observed its fifteenth birthday.
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Boston
Household sale near Winchester on Cedar Creek Grade
G. H. Rudolph announces a Tuesday March 3 sale at 10 a.m. of household goods and antiques one mile south of Winchester on Cedar Creek Grade. Also notice for Chuck and Ray's open tonight and Sunday with hot luncheon Monday March 2 at the Episcopal Parish House.
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Winchester
Cedar Creek
Episcopal Parish House
Relief fund drive reports show progress and shortfall
Relief campaign workers at the George Washington Hotel reported total contributions of 7 581 50 toward a 14 500 goal with one day left needing 6 918 20 more. The Special Committee has 3 760 raised, the Individual Subscription Division nearly half its quota, and teams led by Owens Gibson Quarles Horton Bryarly posted varied totals.
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George Washington
Owens
Gibson
Quarles
Horton
Bryarly
Virginia Woolen Company
Huberman’s Stradivarius Stolen at Carnegie Hall
A $30,000 Stradivarius violin belonging to Bronisław Huberman vanished from his Carnegie Hall dressing room after a concert. Police suspect a ransom plot due to the instrument’s conspicuous value and Lloyd’s insured amount. The theft marks the second time the violin has been stolen, with a prior 1919 incident ending in the thief’s imprisonment.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Strad
Bronislaw Huberman
Lloyd's
Antonious Stradivarius
Fraziebat
Cremona
Huberman
Vienna
Hoffman letter challenges Schwarzkopf over Lindbergh probe
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman wrote a sharp letter to Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf denying knowledge of threats or promises made to troopers in the original Lindbergh kidnap investigation. The fourth weekly report raises political controversy over outside meddling and promises of job security to troopers questioned by supposed governor’s agents.
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John Ferris
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Frank Kelly
Kelly
Schwarzk
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Hi Schwarzkopf
Teams Being Selected For The Raleigh Classic
Charlottesville Virginia February 29 The committee to choose eight southern conference basketball teams for Raleigh North Carolina next week is to announce its decisions after a luncheon meeting. The group includes Virginia coach Gus Tebell. Washington and Lee leads the conference with ten wins no losses followed by North Carolina and N C State.
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Charlottesville
Raleigh
N. C
Gus Tebell
The
University,of Virginia
Washington and Lee University
North Carolina University
NC. State
Weaver Out for Tamp and Crown Bills Passage
State Capitol reports Senator Aubrey Weaver supports passage of the beer stamp and crown bill to curb bootlegging and raise about 100000 dollars yearly. The House bill, via Ralph Daughton, would stamp Virginia tax paid beer bottles and cans.
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State Capitol
Richmond
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
W. A. Garrett
Senate Finance Committee
Administration Budert
Ralph Daughton
Virginia
Weaver
Daughton
Finance Committee
Department of Labor
Senate
House
Town boy now a finance expert
Ernest E. Reardon, son of the late Patrick and Mrs. Reardon, mingles with Winchester friends as he visits home before returning to Washington. He heads a staff auditing twelve federal home loan banks and the Federal Savings, Loan and Insurance Corporation. Previously in Louisville he served as treasurer of the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank and held registrar and trustee roles for bonds issued by the Federal Land Bank and the Joint Stock Land Bank.
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Winchester
Ernest E. Reardon
Patrick H. Reardon
John Kerr
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Reardon
Federal Home Loan
Federal Reserve System
Federal Savings, Loan and Insurance Corporation
Fedben Deposit Insurance Corporaon
Washington
Louisville
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Louisville
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
Joint Stock Land Bank
Federal Land Bank
Wood chopper crushed foot in tree accident
Marian Marshall of Wadesville, about 41, suffered a badly crushed right foot when a tree he was cutting fell on it. An X ray at Memorial Hospital showed most foot bones, including metatarsals and heel, were crushed.
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Marian Marshall
Wadesville
Memorial Hospital
Leap Year Day Sparks Women in Aurora Executive Roles
Unmarried women in Aurora occupy all executive jobs for Leap Year Day as bachelors flee the city. The unusual shift highlights a day of gender role novelty with men absent and women in charge.
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Aurora
Okada Found Alive After Tokyo Purge Report Confusion
The New York Sun reports a Justice Department review for President Roosevelt clears air mail firms of civil and criminal liability tied to Hoover era contracts. acknowledges irregularities in negotiations but finds no law transgression by involved parties. The piece notes uncertainty on possible damages claims against the government.
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New York
The
New York Sun
Washington
Department of Justice
Roosevelt
Air Mail
Hoover
Farley
the Sun
Senate
Senator Black
Dala
Walter Brown
Police Charge Death by Own Action Threat to Mrs Hewitt
Jersey City February report states police accuse Mrs Maryon Cooper Hewitt of attempting suicide while her daughter Anne Cooper Hewitt files a civil suit alleging sterilization in a bid to gain access to the late Peter Cooper Hewitt estate. The hospital ward list names Mrs Jane Merritt of Boston as the patient identity. A San Francisco mayhem warrant had been sought by New York police.
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Jersey City
N. J
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
Ann
Rush Tavern Pricing Notice at Cork Street
A pricing note lists $2.00 per case for beverages at Rush Tavern located at 6 West Cork Street. The document references item code lp-11 and outlines a cash sale framework for bar supplies.
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Rush Tavern
Cork St
Income Tax Deductions for Relief Fund Contributions
Central Relief Fund contributions may be deducted from federal and state income taxes as per official notice. The guidance appears in the February 24, 1p-6t section.
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Central Relief Fund
South End Hose Co. to Meet Monday Night
South End Hose Company holds a business meeting Monday night March 2. Entertainment committee promises a treat. All members urged to attend. Secretary.
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South End Hose Co
Entertainment Committee
Frederick peaches hit by cold in Shenandoah Valley
The Winchester Research Laboratory reports apples largely uninjured by the cold but many peach trees show no live buds or a greatly reduced crop. Dr W Hough predicts an overall peach crop decrease, with final results pending bud development as late as April. Readiness varies by site and orchard.
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Shenandoah Valley
Winchester Research Laboratory
Hough
Timberville
Frederick County
Japanese Rebellion Crushed by Military Might in Tokyo
Japanese mutinous troops numbering about one thousand surrendered after a three day siege as martial law forces advanced with tanks and planes. Premier Okada survived an assassination attempt and ordered rebels to return to barracks under imperial command.
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Associated Press
Kei
Okada
Col
Denzo
Matsuo
Hirohito
Mage An Punts
Goto
Dosten
Een
Okada Wes
Kohei Kashii
Tokyo
Yokohama
Japan
Kashir
Hauptmann case nears political controversy
A digest of world items notes the Hauptmann case entering a politically charged phase. Also listed are charges and countercharges in Washington, a death by own action alleged in New Jersey, a stolen Stradivarius valued at about 30 000 in New York, and other international notes.
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Trenton
Hauptmann
Washington
Jersey City
N. J
Maryon Cooper Hewitt
New York
Richmond
Ashton Covell
Assembly
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Barbara Hutton
Gether
Funkhouser
G. H. Rudolph
Chuck & Ray
New Jersey
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Dowell
Stat
Massenburg
Hodges
Boards of Supervisors
Harris
Collins
Thorton Massie
Massie
Hillsville
Richmond Battlefield Park
E. B Moore
Clarke
Tate Sterrett
Hot Springs
Battlefield Park
Central
Fea
Jeanette Ferrer
Birmingham
Ala
Ferrer
Isabel Leberte
Federal Bank Examiners
Belived
Hewitt
Bock Beer
Frederick Peaches
Stephens City
World News
Hoffman
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