Spelling Bee Prizes and Maryland Delegates at Handley
Professor Conrad T. Logan will preside at Handley High School as spellers from Washington and Maryland join local students for a Lions Club event. The contest includes a free-for-all with a five dollar mayoral prize and a strict aim to finish by a reasonable hour.
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Conrad T. Logan
Virginia
Handley High School
Lions Club
Handley
Winchester
Fredrick County
Maryland
Washington
Elmer C. Helm
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Logan
C. R. Anderson
Frederick County
McIlwee
Toms Groves
Gladys Garber
Alfred Ashton
Walter Bailey
Wilbur Cather
Catherine Campbell
Genevieve Harmon
Evlyn
Esther DeHaven
Rosabelle Dorsey
Dorothy White
Ella Rudolph
Mary Scully
Gordon McInturff
Clinton Olinger
Catherine DeHaven
Allison Cooper
Anna C. Ritenour
Olga Gruber
Jane Jackson
Shirley Williams
Patsy Foster
Frances Ebert
Frances Whitacre
Marshall Martin
Richard Himelright
Kenneth Hutchinson
Lawrence Shine
Billy Barnhart
Lester Arnold
Douglas
Duell Clover
Frank Bailey
Margaret Shiner
Virginia Jones
Anne Williams
Zenith Olinger
Kathleen Harthan
Vivian Loy
Hazel Hubbard
Frances Bickers
Thelma Hausenfluck
Eric Berry
Kauffman Ischool
Elsie Patterson
Catherine Gano
Patterson School
Mildred Lind
Evendale School
Izaak Waltons Urge Feeding Birds In Winter
Carl H. Norton chairman of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries asks Winchester Walton club members to use influence and funds to feed birds through the winter and snow to save them.
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Carl H. Norton
Department of Game and Inlanderies
Virginia
Winchester Ak Walton
Farm sale set for Saturday near Cross Junction
The W. S. Funkhouser farm in Frederick County near the West Virginia line will be sold at noon Saturday out of court, with details including acres and a road route from Cross Junction to Berkeley Springs. Royal Mustard Pickle and Sour Onions priced at 18 cents per jar, Dill Pickles 25 cents, and Quart Dill Pickles at 35 cents at Pure Food Store.
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W. S. Funkhouser
Cross Junction
Ikeley Springs
Frederick County
West Virginia
Court House
Royal &Carlet
Pure Food Store
Two Members of City Electoral Board Chosen
Judge Philip Williams appointed two new members to the City Electoral Board, filling terms of Breckenridge and Lamp heirs. O L Jamison and Allen B Gray take office, with Harry W Copenhaver continuing. The board to elect officers and prepare for the April 3 Democratic primary ballots and June council election.
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Philip Williams
O. L. Jamison
A. R. Breckenridge
Allen B. Gray
Messrs
Jamison and
Gray
Harry W. Copenhaver
Lee Lamp
Breckenridge
Mayo Brother Denies Self Destruction in Mayo Case
Thomas P. Mayo brother of Fred Mayo disputes reports of suicide in a Chicago police station cell alleging involvement in an attempted kidnapping. He cites unexplained bruises on Fred and says the family believes he was forced into a confession and may have been tortured before dying.
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Associated Press
Gadsden
Ala
Thomas P. Mayo
Fred Mayo
Chicago
E. P. Adler
Mayo
Elderly Woman Suffocated as Sanitarium Fire Rages
In New Market New Jersey a blaze at Brookhaven Sanitarium destroyed the facility in the early hours. Caroline Brodus 54 of Louisville Kentucky died after being overcome by smoke. Dr George T Boulden owner discovered the fire in the cellar and eight women and one man along with eight staff fled into the cold.
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Associated Press
New Market
N. J
Brookhaven
Caroline Brodus
Louisville
George T. Boulden
Boulden
Brodus
Used Car Show and Sale Opening March Sixth
The Star announces the largest used car showing and sale starting March 6. Bickers Motor Co home of Bickerized Used Cars displayed in the notice dated February 28 1953.
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Bickers Motor CO
Bickers ‘Motor Coo
Bickers Motor Coo
Roosevelt to Seek Reciprocal Tariff Powers in Address
Washington March 1 the administration signals no fixed monetary policy until light grows clearer while Roosevelt plans to present his recovery program and seek reciprocal tariff bargaining powers. Morgenthau testifies on currency issues as Congress weighs tariffs, mortgages, and home modernization loans amid NRA criticism hearings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morgenthau
House
Roosevelt
N. R. A. Oes
Senate
Treasury
Four of One Family Die in Brooklyn Tenement Fire
Four members of one family were killed and a fifth severely burned in a five story Carroll Street tenement fire in Brooklyn. Two alarms sounded as the flames spread to a neighboring building. The dead include Walter Galazzi one year old Joseph G Hawes thirty one and Pecazzi thirteen was seriously burned.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Carroll Street
Walter Galazzi
Joseph
Hawes
Picazzi
Friendship Fire Company to Hold Regular Meeting
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening at eight o'clock in the hall. All members are urged to attend. A social session will follow the meeting. Secretary Marion Anderson.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Federal Agencies Outline Plans To Make Unemployed Self Sustaining
Washington reports Interior and Agriculture departments, along with the relief administration, sketch a program to keep the unemployed self sustaining after the Civil Works Administration ends. The plan envisions placing people on small farms, providing cash via highway and park jobs, and six months of public work in cities, phased in by May 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interior and Agricultural Departments
Relief Administration
Civil Works Administration
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
The
C W. A
City C W A Workers Asked to Provide Information
Winchester C W A officials seek details from all workers who held a C W A job. They plan staged payroll reductions to protect those most in need. Workers must visit the quarry time keeper or pumping station 9 to 11 AM with required information for the citizen’s C W A committee to decide who is dropped and when. Cooperation is urged by F W Bailey and P P Pilcher.
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Winchester
C. W. A. Committee
F. W. Bailey
P. P. Pilcher
Picket Idle Plants Protest Aluminum Work Rules
In New Kensington and nearby towns more than 2000 workers staged a peaceful picket at three idle Aluminum Company of America plants. About 3700 employees normally work there. The union demands a minimum wage of 1.06 dollars an hour and a 30 hour week, with the present 40 cents hourly minimum and 40 hour week. The union seeks action before the Regional Labor Board in Pittsburgh. The holiday was approved at a union convention with workers from Fairmont West Virginia LaGrange and Lamont Illinois and Alcoa Tennessee joining.
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Associated Press
New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
Arnold
Logans Ferry
Mellon
Aluminum Workers’ Union
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company
Fairmont
W. Va
LaGrange and Lamont
Ill
Alcoa
Sarah Zane Fire Co Regular Meeting Notice
The Sarah Zane Fire Company calls a regular meeting for Friday March 2 at 8 oclock. Full attendance requested. Capt R B Brown issues the notice.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
R. B. Brown
Death summons Dr. Geo. W. Tull in Indianapolis
Dr. George W. Tull 84 prominent Indianapolis physician died yesterday at his home after years of declining health. Born in Kentucky May 5 1850 he practiced osteopathy and medicine before retiring. Survived by wife Willa Robinson Tull and daughter Selah Tull of Indianapolis a brother in Missouri. Funeral services Saturday at 11 AM at Mrs James L. Robinsons home conducted by the Society of Friends with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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James L. Robinson
George W. 1
Indianapolis
Ind
Dr. i
Dr. Tull
Hardin County
Willa Robinson
Frederick County
Kirksville
Missouri
Masonic Fraternity
Tull
Willa Robinson Tull
Selah Tull
Phil H. Gold
Albert Robinson
Ansel Solenberger
Thomas W Scott Dies at Home on South Kent Street
Thomas W Scott 49 died at his daughter’s home on South Kent Street after a stroke of paralysis late last night. Born May 28 1884 in Rappahannock County he lived in Winchester three years and was a United Brethren member for 20 years. Survived by five children a brother a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral plans to be made with burial back in Rappahannock County.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Tariff Authority
Tariff Commission
Thomas W. Scott
South Kent Street
Scott
Rappahannock County
Winchester
United Brethren Church
Edith Partlow
Eliza Jumper
Edward
Winfield Scott
Newville
Jack Scott
E. E. Scott
Frank Baker
Rouss Fire Co. Holds Regular Meeting Friday Evening
Charley Rouss Fire Company announces its regular monthly meeting to be held Friday evening March 2 at 8 o'clock. All members are asked to attend. M. D. Weaver, President.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
M. D. Weaver
Henry Pu Yi enthroned as Manchukuo ruler under guard
Henry Pu Yi was proclaimed Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo in a cold ceremony guarded by Japanese and Manchukuoan troops. The procession to the Altar of Heaven passed under tight security with only carefully selected Manchu and Japanese witnesses behind barbed wire stockades.
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Pu-Yi
Bunting
Mercury
Glances At News of Day
New Kensington pickets march about three idle ALCOA plants in Brooklyn. Four family members die and another burns in a tenement fire. An elderly woman dies in Brookhaven Sanitarium fire. Morgenthau says policy is just beginning to show light. Virginia counts abolishing major officers fee system. No funds diverted at College of William and Mary per Covell. Civil Works aims to make unemployed self reliant. Mayo disputes brother’s suicide. Lerroux government resigns in Madrid. Henry Pu Yi becomes Kang Teh in Manchukuo.
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New Kensington
Aluminum Company of America
Brooklyn
New Market
N. J
Brookhaven Sanitarium
Washington
Morgenthau
Richmond
Senate
Virginia
College of William and Mary
Ashton Covell
D. C
Interior and Agriculture Departments
Civil Works Administration
Gadsden
Ala
Thomas P. Mayo
Fred Mayo
Chicago
Dr Dean Says She Loved Two Men in Murder Trial
Dr Sarah Ruth Dean told a jury she "unfortunately loved two men" in her murder trial. She said she married one, the other died after a ten day illness, and she is charged with murdering Dr John Preston Greenwood with a poisoned whisky highball. The defense rested its case.
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Greenwood
Miss
Sarah Ruth Dean
John Preston Kennedy
Best Beer Deals With Free Delivery Ad
Advertisement offers free delivery on beers with low prices and a contact phone number 1444, promoting convenience and savings for customers.
Snapp Elected To Council To Succeed Harper
In a special Common Council meeting E. J. Snapp was unanimously elected to fill the unexpired term of Charles H. Harper who resigned. The meeting also approved $100 damages for F. Amos Shryock for crop loss from Town Run CWA construction. Baldridge urged changing moving picture license limits, and aldermen introduced amendments. A roll call showed eleven affirmative votes.
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Common Council
E. J. Snapp
Charles H. Harper
F. Amos Shryock
Hollis
Dellinger
Harper
Hable
Henry
Rosenberger
Snapp
Forney
Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
Forsan Eietiead
Entire Spanish Cabinet Resigns in Surprise Move
Madrid March 1 The full government of Premier Alejandro Lerroux resigned abruptly after two ministers Martinez Barrios and Lara planned to quit. The resignations came after tensions with the Catholic Agrarian Action party and followed a reorganization considered last night.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Alejandro Lerroux
Lerroux
Diego Martinez Barrios
Department of Interior
Treasury
Gomez Lara
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Martinez Barrios
Lara
Catholic Agrarian Action
Stocks Slip as Selling Wave Hits Wall Street
New York March 1. Financial markets opened steady but cooled as stocks sulked and then fell under a brief selling wave. Traders cited liquidations and rumors, while business and industry remained sound. Wheat and cotton paused. bonds mixed. pound sterling opened at $5.0614. call money at 1 percent.
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New York
Wall Street
London
Labor Chief Is Named By Peery
Governor Peery announced the appointment of John Hopkins Hall as state commissioner of labor. Hall was reconfirmed after the term of office ended today by the assembly in Richmond Virginia.
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Labor
Peery
Richmond
The
Assembly
John Hopkins Hall
Jury Finds Krol Guilty and Fixes Six Year Penalty
The jury convicts Max Krol of misappropriating 4312.32 from Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Corp. and fixes a six year penitentiary term. The defense moves to set aside the verdict. the court reserves ruling for a later date.
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Max Krol
Commonwealth
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Corp
Kern
Harry R. Kern
Rhodes Drug Co Prescription Delivery Prompt
Rhodes Drug Co offers to fill all Irwin Drug Co prescriptions and requests prompt order delivery by phone 373.
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Rhodes Drug CO
Irwin Drug Co
Car Offers From Bickers Motor Co In 1933 Lineup
Advertisement lists 1933 Ford V-8 DeLuxe Coupe with 4 000 miles 1933 Rockne Forder Sedan and 1933 Pontiac 8 Fordor with convenient terms from Bickers Motor Co location 13 1 1p 21.
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Bickers Motor Co
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Prof. Logan
Izaak Waltons
Late
Mr. Breckenridge
Self
Geo. W. Tull
Mrs
J. L. Robinson
South Kent St
Rouss Fire CO
Henry Pu-Yi
Old China
Heaven
Hlinking
Manchukuo
Kang Teh
Japan
China
Hsinking
Dr. Dean
East Piccadilly St
Krol
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