Southern California Weather Brings Wet Winter Relief
After seven dry years the region sees storms delivering near double normal rainfall. Lakes and lakeside basins rise slowly as drought remains entrenched while underground aquifers stay depleted. Heavy mountain snow will aid as waters melt. Bear Lake rises but still far below capacity. Officials note most rain infiltrates soil with limited runoff.
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Los Angeles
California
Big Bear Lake
San Bernardino County
Ince
Los Angles County
H. F E. Heeger
Fall injures W E Button at Carpenter residence
W E Button of 500 W Cork St sustained a fractured heel falling from a ladder while measuring a roof at 361 E Piccadilly St. yesterday about 4 30 pm. He rests comfortably in Winchester Memorial Hospital as workers from Wine Brothers report the incident in a three story dormer roof collapse.
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W. E. Button
Cork St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Button
Wine Brothers
B. H. Carpenter
Piccadilly St
Mr. Button
Were Lad Letters to His Som Published in Lifetime
The letters reveal that the son died young and left two children. His father learned of the marriage only after the son's death. The son's widow Mrs Stanhope published the letters posthumously despite family threats and potential court action.
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Stanhope
Lord Chesterfield
Lincoln Day Dinner Set in Richmond with Dirksen Speaker
State committee session notes Lincoln Day dinner scheduled in Richmond on February 7 with Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois as guest speaker. Lawrence Michaels of Arlington introduced county treasurer Calvin McPherson amid applause.
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Richmond
Everett Dirksen
Ilinois
Lawrence Michaels
Arlington
Calvin McPherson
State Committee
Woods
Virginia Senate
Ted Dalton
Radford
Privileges and Elections Committee
Taft Presented To Assembly As Friend Of South
Senator Taft of Ohio addressed the Virginia Senate in Richmond as a friend of the South. He praised state legislatures as safeguards against centralization and warned against over legislating from Washington. Senator Dalton of Radford introduced him and noted Virginia’s long presidential lineage.
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Taft
Assembly
South
Richmond
Ohio
Virginia Senate
Senate
Republican
Ted Dalton
Radford
GOP
Dalton
Virginia
Washington
Canada's Worst Mine Disaster Kills 19 Diggers at McGregor
In Stellarton Nova Scotia 19 coal miners died in a geass explosion at McGregor Mine. Three workers survived. tons of coal blew from the roof and rescue efforts were hampered. Officials said many died instantly. the blast occurred at the bottom of the mine about 118 miles down the slope. Gas odor was reported and barriers were erected as 100 men worked to contain the hazard.
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Stellarton
Canada
McGregor Mine
Captain Crabill Begins 17th Year At Sarah Zane Fire
Captain Crabill starts his seventeenth year leading the Sarah Zane Fire Company. He has held all company offices, works for John S Solenberger & Co, and chairs the Firemen’s Parade committee for the Apple Blossom Festival. The Crabills live on North Loudoun Street with one daughter, Mrs. J S Stotler.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Crabill
John S. Solenberger & Co
Elks Club
North Loudoun Steet
J. S. Stotler
Churchill Ends Conferences With Canadian Leaders
Churchill wraps up talks with Canadian leaders after praising the Atlantic Alliance as the West’s peace guarantor. He travels to Washington to press plans for a NATO style command sharing among Britain, the United States, and Canada and aims to address Congress Thursday.
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Ottawa
Britain
Winston Churchill
Washington
Churchill
Atlantic Alliance
Hitler
Freighter Captain Charged with Murder of Crewman
Captain Franklin B. Weaver of Englewood New Jersey was arrested on murder charges for allegedly shooting 24 year old Wilam Harvey of Dayton Ohio aboard the freighter The Flying Trader between Manila and Japan. Weaver held on $25000 bail as coast guard proceeds against his master’s license continue in San Francisco.
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New York
Franklin B. Weaver
Englewood
N. J
U. S
Robert M. Reagan
Isbrandtsen Steamship Company
Manila
Japan
Reagan
Cook
Wilam Harvey
Dayton
Ohio
Kobe
Weaver
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Driverless Cars Cause $345 Damage
A two car collision on Monmouth Street at 7 30 p m caused about 345 in damages. Nicholas Kelias parked car rolled downhill colliding with a 194k Chevrolet owned by Mrs Amon Harmon. Damages totaled 45 to the Harmon vehicle and 200 to the Kelias car. Officer John Wert investigated for the Winchester Police Department.
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Winchester Evening Star
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Ackee Nicholas Kelias
E. Monmouth
E. Monmouth Street
Amon Harmon
Harmon
Kelias
Monmouth Street
John H Wert
Winchester Police Department
Robert
Orkney Islands battered by record wind gusts
A hurricane with gusts up to 130 mph battered Orkney Islands off Scotland causing extensive damage. No deaths reported there but a sandboat sank south of here with six aboard and one missing. Farms, barns, and cattle suffered, lines of communication broken, and fishing boats lost.
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Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Orkneys
Here
Dundee
British Leader Plans Train Voyage to Meet U S Allied NATO Commander
The 77 year old British prime minister said Britain will stand with Canada the United States and Western Europe with an all European army including German units under NATO command to face aggression. He canceled a Washington flight due to bad weather and will travel by train arriving tomorrow noon.
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Canada
U. S
Britain
Europe
United States
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
Capital
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Paula Stewart
Rhine
New York City
Greenock
A. E. 8. Stephens
Woody
State Senate
Loryn Crabill
N.C. A. Skaneateles
Finger Lakes
Syracuse
America
Packard
Este. Anutiahie
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Telast
Easamatic
Melton Motor Company
Loudoun St
Winchester
Featuring
Phico
Bonnus
Philco
Nowa
Merves
W. Adams
N. Cameron St
Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
VapoRub
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