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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1936
Page
6
The funeral procession for King George V moves from Windsor to London with cannon salutes and a royal cortege. Edward VI participates as pallbearers place the royal coffin at Westminster, while crowds surge along Whitehall and the Mall amid rain and tears.
King George V's funeral procession wound through packed London streets to Windsor Castle after Westminster Hall rites. The cortège, led by Edward VII, moved past Westminster Abbey bells and Big Ben, with Queen Mary and royal dukes in attendance.
Carried over the heads of the throng, the body neared Westminster Hall and Paddington Station as four and a half hours of funeral processions drew crowds and ambulances awaiting the cortege.
Hetzel Wolfe Sr. 30 and daughter Vera 5 of Delray West Virginia continue to improve at Memorial Hospital after injuries from a home blast weeks ago, believed linked to a carbide lighting plant. Mrs Wolfe and four other children died in the tragedy.
The death of Governor Allen from a brain stroke triggers a power struggle as P Long’s war against Mayor Walmsley continues. Frank J. Looney argues the Democratic State Central Committee can name a replacement for the U.S. Senate vacancy caused by Allen’s death. Allen, born in Winnfield in 1881, was Huey Long’s boyhood friend and led the Long machine after Long’s death, winning the unexpired Senate term.
O K Allen rose from teacher and planter to governor of Louisiana with Huey Long’s backing. He helped run the State Highway Commission and aimed to succeed Long in the U S Senate when his term ends next May.
Winchester firemen were called out this morning to extinguish a blaze in the cellar under the office of J Victor Arthur, local insurance agent, on Rouss avenue. The fire originated from an overheated furnace and damaged smoke and burned floor boards and sills in the furnace room. A second alarm reported a sawdust pile fire at the extreme end of North Kent street, confined to the pile with no damage.
The W. C. T. U. will hold its regular semi monthly meeting Thursday afternoon January 30 at 3 30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Mary McKinturff 419 South Loudoun Street.
Special Commissioners will offer for sale in front of the Circuit Court House at Winchester on February 29, 1936 at 11 a.m. four tracts totaling 202 acres near the Northwestern Grade. Tract A 115 acres bearing orchard. Tract B 9 acres with dwelling and orchard. Tract C 58 acres farming land. Tract D 20 acres with orchard. One third cash, balance in two yearly bonds at 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust and insurance. Trustees and Special Counters signatures. Agreement certified January 25, 1936.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad adopts free door to door pick up and delivery for less than carload freight at principal agency points with no distance limit. Five cent allowance on shipments where shippers provide their own drayage. Service to extend across US with east expansion by April 1 and earlier in western and southern lines.
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