King George V Buried in Windsor Vault After Large Funeral Procession
The body of King George V was laid in the royal vault at St George's Chapel Windsor amid pomp and sorrow. About 100000 mourners lined the route from the station to the chapel as Edward VIII and brothers walked behind the coffin with Queen Mary in a carriage. The cortege paused for a two minute silence at 1 30 PM and the burial followed a delayed arrival by train.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Windsor
Eng
George Vendoa Isners
St. Peeres’s Chapel
Great Britain
Westminster Hall
London
King George
George
Railroad Station
St. 'S Chapel
Logan
Windsor Castle
Royal Palace
Edward VII
Mary
Windsor Greys
Sled safety plea as city to set coasting zone on jail hill
Mr Winchester urges parents to curb sled dangers after a child died in a collision and others were injured. A coasting zone will be created on South Cameron street jail hill with traffic stopped. Police will warn against hitching sleds to cars and ask parents to instill safe use to save lives.
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Winchester
Cameron Street
Sled safety appeal issued by Winchester police
Chief C W Hollisay urged parents to warn children about sled use on busy roads after several accidents including a fatality. Coasting is restricted to South Cameron street after school hours until snow ends, with officers cracking down on unsafe practices like towing sleds behind moving cars.
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C. W. Hollisay
Winchester
Hollis
Cameron Street
New Municipal Band To Escort Firemen To Service
The Municipal Band organized by Prof. W. H. McKnee will debut Sunday February 2 at Rouss Fire Company hall. Members meet at 2.30 pm to escort firemen to Capitol Theatre for the annual service where Rev. Ivan R. Smith will preach. A music program will accompany the event.
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neweMunicipal
W. H. McKnee
Reuss
Property Owners Urged to Aid Radio Interference Trim
E A Crowl chairman of the radio commission says trees contacting power lines cause most interference and will be trimmed by Northern Virginia Power Company. Property owner cooperation is urged as plans progress toward reducing static and a progress report will go to the Common Council.
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E. A. Crowl
Radio Commission
Northern Virginia Power Company
Crowl
Common Council
President's Ball Plans Advance at George Washington Hotel
Plans for the President's ball at the George Washington Hotel advance under committee chairman Dr. C R Anderson. The Royal Troubadours provide music for the event with dancing from 9 30 to 1. Seventy percent of proceeds stay locally to battle infantile paralysis, the rest goes to the national headquarters in New York.
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George Washington Hotel
C. R. Anderson
Royal Troubadours
New York
Two Army Flyers Die In Bolling Field Crash
Two army fliers, Second Lieut William K Payne and Lieut Dudley E Whitten, were killed when their Curtiss two seater plane from Fort Bragg swung out of control in landing at Bolling Field. An official investigation was started. a gust of wind is suspected. Payne was pilot, Whitten passenger, Whitten from Wharton Texas.
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Washington
Pope Field
Fort Bragg
N. C
Bolling Field
William K. Payne
Air Corps Reserve
Dudley E. Whitten
Wharton
Tex Payne
Whitten
Air Corps
Texas
Curtiss Airplane Company
Hold Class for Survey Workers in Winchester
A class for more than twenty WPA white collar workers opens today led by city engineer J R Brandon. F W Bailey WPA projects director says the survey will collect public record information for city planning in Winchester and Frederick County. Identification cards will prove bonafide status, with data kept confidential and checked for accuracy.
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WPA
J. R. Brandon
Winchester
F. W. Bailey
Winnchester
Frederick County
Bailey
Re-Wiring Of City Hall Underway
The Baker and Anderson firm, winning bidders, began re wiring City Hall to meet underwriters standards. Work is expected to take one week. Conduits are installed in some areas but not throughout. The old system is in poor condition in several locations.
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Baker and Anderson
Byrd Explains Virginia Roots After Accent Question
Fresno interview with Admiral Byrd ends in humor when a student asks if his Southern accent came from the South Pole. Byrd smiles and clarifies he is from Virginia.
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Byrd
Virginia
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Virginia Senate Finance Committee Debates Unemployment Insurance Bill
At Richmond Virginia on January 28 the finance committee heard E J Shave claim industries cut wages to cover the federal payroll tax under unemployment insurance. Republican Tay Vaughan challenged the assertion as the committee moved to post further hearings on the measure.
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Richmond
Virginia State Senate
E. J. Shave
Newport News
Virginia Federation of Labor
Taylor Vaughan
Galax
General Assembly
Senate
House of Delegates
John S38
Battle of
Charlottesville
Friends of Labor
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
The
Industrial Commission
Mpeg
Taterett
Hot Springs Doarmnittion
Negro Pleads Guilty in Fairfax Murder Case
Henry Edwards a 58 year old African American pleaded guilty in Fairfax County Circuit Court to the murder of Truman Brush a 76 year old Falls Church recluse whose body was found August 23. Tenant Hugh Hummer 50 will go on trial tomorrow. Edwards seeks deferral of sentence for possible mitigation. judge to decide later. Under Virginia law Edwards faces electrocution or life imprisonment.
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Fairfax
Henry Edwards
Fairfax County
Truman Brush
Falls Church
Hugh Hummer
Brush Farm
Alfred Collins
Edwards
Walter T. McCarthy
McCarthy
Virginia
Veteran Fireman Found Slain in Alexandria Home
Stewart M. Jones, 60, a veteran fire engine driver for 30 years, was found dead with a bullet wound to the head in his Alexandria home. Police said the wound appeared to be self-inflicted or personally related.
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Alexandria
Stewart M. Jones
Badoglio credits blackshirts in Ethi opia battle at Makale
In a field dispatch from Amba Jesus south of Makale dated January 27, Marshal Pietro Badoglio described a three day fight against Ethiopian forces. He praised the blackshirts holding the Hauzien gateway for two days while Ethiopian assaults were repelled. He said 22,000 troops built roads for the rainy season and claimed heavy Ethiopian losses. He urged American readers to see the morale and organization of Italian forces in action.
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Edward J. Neil
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Amba Jesus
Makale
Asmara
Pietro Badoglio
Knute Rockne
Ethiopia
Aduwa
Adigrat
Aksum
Hauzien
Badoglio
Pri
Mai Meretta
Mount Quit
Mount Lata
Addi Abbi
Hauzien Pass
Askari
Rasses Kassa
Seyoum
America
For Rent Zinn Farm at Stephenson Virginia
For rent 170 acre Stephenson Virginia Zinn farm with fine land and a large building with running water. Possession March 1. GEO. H. EAGLE, Ast.
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Zinn
Stephenson
H. Eagle
Dionne Sisters Sleep Outdoors Amid Cold Canadian Winter
In Callander Ontario the Dionne quintuplets, twenty months old, stayed outdoors in bitter cold while thriving. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe reported the siblings gaining weight and improving speech, with teeth counts rising across all five: Yvonne and Cecile gained a tooth, Emilie gained two, and each child shows steady growth despite record low temperatures.
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Callander
Ont
Allan Roy Dafoe
Marie
Annette
Lid
Yvonne
Emile
Cecile
Emilie
Proposed Park on Historic Fields in Appomattox
A Virginia delegation met with Congress and officials in Washington to pursue a 1000 acre park at Appomattox. Participants included Wilbur C. Hall Joel Flood and R D Ramsey. They discussed acquisition details with the National Park Service and the Resettlement Administration and with Senator Carter Glass and Reps Patrick Drewry and Clifton Woodrum. The bill would authorize a $100000 development appropriation for a park spanning Lee and Grant headquarters sites.
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Washington
Virginia
Congress
Hismy Bateld
Wilbur C. Hall
Joel Flood
Appomattox
Resettlement Administration
Flickinger
B. Floyd
Colonial National Monument
Park Service
Carter Glass
Patrick Drewry
Clifton A. Woodrum
Drewry
Lee
Grant
Flood Of New Bills In House Opens Legislative Session
At the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on January 28 Delegate Charles W. Crowder of Richmond presided in Speaker Ashton Dovell's absence as a flood of new bills were dropped into the hopper at the opening.
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State Capitol
Richmond
Charles W. Crowder
House of Delegates
Ashton Dovell
Intense Cold Fatal to Barn Owl at Cather Garage
James A Cather near the Northwestern Grade found a barn owl dead in his garage after an early morning cold spell. The owl had adopted the site for over a year and was described with a white grey flecked breast and golden wings. Two smaller owls also live on the premises.
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James A Cather
Cather
Winchester musician to play at State Chamber dinner in Richmond
Kenneth Windle of Winchester will perform accordion and xylophone at the State Chamber of Commerce dinner in the John Marshall Hotel Richmond February 6 with Governor and General Assembly guests. He may broadcast via WRVA, transporting arranged by McClintock Transfer Co. Master of ceremonies will be Charles Brown Staunton. Attendees include local officials W M Krise and Dr Charles R Anderson.
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State Chamry of Commerce
Richmond
General Assembly
Setay Andrew AP Winchester
Chamber of Seemerce
Bell
Verdon Kemp
State Chamber
Winchester
Windle
Harry Windle
Kemp
WRVA
McClintock Transfer Company
John Marshall Hotel
Major Bowes
Charles Brown
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Staunton
Mr. Bell
W. M. Krise
Charles R. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
A. P. White
al- Atelanta
Eugene Talmadre
Georgia
Macon
Gera
Tahare Nor-Wealth
Talmadoe
Allen
Louisana
Rata
Bonus Paying Blanks Ready For Distribution In Virginia
The American Legion and veterans groups prepured to distribute 72 589 bonus payment applications in Virginia. A total of 36 811 791 dollars in adjusted compensation certificates will be paid, with 3 000 applications beginning in Richmond to start Friday. About four of five veterans have borrowed roughly half of their due amount.
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Richmond
American Legion
W. Glenn Elliott
Virginia Department
Wallace Attacks Supreme Court Ruling on $200 Million Return
Secretary Wallace denounces the high court decision to return 200 million dollars to processors, calling it probably the greatest legalized theft in American history. The remarks come from Washington on January 28.
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Washington
Wallace
Supreme Court
Governor Oscar Allen Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Baton Rouge Louisiana governor Oscar Allen longtime ally of Huey Long died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage at the executive mansion. Lieutenant Governor James A Noe automatically succeeded him as chief executive with Noe praised as a staunch administration ally.
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James A. Noe
Baton Rouge
Oscar If. Allen
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Long
Lve
Tate Capitol
Corps of Physicians
C. A. Loris
Monrose
Allen
Louisana
State Senate
Tony
Noe
Senate
Monroe
Guv. Noe
New Orleans
Huey
World News At A Glance
Washington Senator Robinson will reply to Al Smith with the theme The Hands of Esau. Borah may declare tonight. AAA tax suits advance. constable Hughes dies, two wounded. Morro Castle engineers Abbot and Warms convicted. ship fire killed 124. Gov Allen dies. Henry Edwards pleads guilty to murder. George V burial. Italy reports Ethiopian front gain. Dionne quintuplets sleep in subzero temperatures.
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Robinson
al Smith
Esau
New York
William E. Borah
Pennington Gap
C. F. Hughes
Eben S. Abbot
Morro Castle
William F. Warms
Baton Rouge
O. EK. Allen
Fairfax
Henry Edwards
Truman Brush
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