Winchester Cage Championship Three-Game Series Starts Tomorrow
The Winchester basketball championship will be decided by a three game series at Handley High School. Inchester Independents face Company I Virginia National Guard with games on Thursday, March 3, Monday March 7, and Friday March 11 at 7 30 p m. Company I won 11 of 14 this season and defeated Hose Company No 5 34 28 in Martinsburg with Lee scoring 11.
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Winchester
Handley High School
Inchester Independents
Company I
Virginia National Guard
Hand- Jey
Martinsburg
Strong Hose Company No. 5
Lee
Company I Boys
Militia Five
Independents
Lefty Grove Signs Contract With Mackmen
The Associated Press reports Lefty Grove signed a two year contract at about 25 000 dollars per season with Connie Mack’s club in Fort Myers Florida. Mack would not confirm the figure but said Grove is in body condition and will begin practice soon while Rube Walberg remains the holdout.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Lefty Grove
Connie Mack
Grove
Ball Park
Rube Walberg
Mack
Georgia Takes Basket Crown
Georgia Bulldogs defeat North Carolina 26 to 24 to win the Southern Conference basketball championship in Atlanta.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Bulldogs
University of North Carolina
May Raise Tax On More Than A Single Dog
Richmond March 1 A bill cutting the dog tax for the first dog to 50 cents while boosting the tax on each additional dog from 1 to 2 was reported out unanimously by the House Committee on counties cities and towns. The measure leaves intact the 3 tax on females and kennel taxes.
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Richmond
House Committee On
Tate
Hibbs Firm Announces Stock Quotations Office
New York Stock Exchange quotations supplied by W G Hibbs and Company members of NYSE and CBOT at the Hibbs Building Washington DC phone line National 0540 provides market quotes and trading information for investors.
Stock market closes higher as most shares rise
Security prices on the New York Exchange advanced with broad buying as shorts covered. Norfolk and Western fell $3 while American Telephone and Telegraph rose $5. The mid afternoon British pound stood at 3.48. Quoted left show many gains across major issues with Allied Chemical American Can Anaconda Copper Chrysler General Electric General Motors U S Steel and Woolworth among notable names.
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New York Exchange
Norfolk and Western Railroad
American Telephone and Telegraph
City Council Seeks Authority to Name School Trustees
Winchester council debates empowering the Common Council to appoint school trustees. Other actions include budget passage at a 1.55 tax rate, street work near Pall Mall and Cameron, and measures aiding the Friendship Fire Company.
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Rosenberger
Clifford D Grim
Allen
Miller
Page
Pall Mall
Cameron Street
Dr. Allen
George E. Orndorff
Charles H Harper
B. M. Sullivan
Paull Mall
South Loudoun Streets
Harper
Forney
C W Hollis
Cather
Assemblyman
Denny
Virginia
Barr
Marshall
Hollis
Friendship Fire Company
Fire Company
Bury County
Unwinding in Manchuria After Japan Windup
The Dallas Morning News notes that Japan's actions in Manchuria set the stage for a difficult unwinding. The phrase signals looming international tension and potential shifts in regional power dynamics as the area faces political and strategic recalibrations.
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Japan
Manchuria
Dallas Morning News
Apples Scald Reported At Liverpool Auction In England
High quality apples drew strong demand at Liverpool weekly auction with prices for Virginia fruit listed. G R Cooper Harnden and Company noted several varieties and U S No 1 and utility ranges. New York to British ports shipments for the week ending February 27 declined after the March 1 tariff act, with totals by port listed.
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Liverpool
Eng
G. R. Cooper
Harnden and Company
Virginia
Yorks
U. S
Utility
New York
London
Southampton
Glasgow
Manchester
Cardiff
Bristol
Hull
Chicago Grain Closing Prices
Grain closing prices reported by Hibbs & Company of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Details come from Hibbs Building Washington D C and telephone contact National 9540.
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New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Telephone National
Grain prices rise at Chicago Board of Trade
Grain prices edged higher on the Chicago Board of Trade as strong buying by commission houses supported the market. Rye led gains among futures with May and July quotes advancing, while wheat, corn, and oats also posted increases in May July and September contracts.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Nation searches for Lindbergh baby sparks federal crime push
The Lindbergh kidnapping provoked national outrage at the White House and Congress. Senator Patterson pledged immediate action to make interstate kidnapping a federal crime with possible death penalty. The case stirred public demand for federal legislation to curb kidnapping.
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Hoover
Lindbergh
Bingham
Connecticut
Washington
Patterson
Missouri
Kidnapping panic spreads to Virginia as officials act
Fiance and police chiefs accuse state officers of using reserves to pursue abductors. Governor Moore orders AG review of kidnapping laws. Virginia declares alert with patrols on highways around Hopewell. Lindbergh's Virginia friends Byrd and Reed learn of the crime.
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Newark
Jersey City
Moore
Virginia
Richmond
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hopewell
N. J
Harry F. Byrd
William T. Reed
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Reward Plans Delayed
In New Jersey a plan to raise the Lindbergh baby reward to 25 000 was put on hold after Col Lindbergh asked deferral while early clues were pursued The governor said the state would offer 10 000 and would convene Mercer County prosecutor for talks with state officials in Trenton
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Trenton
N. J
A. Harry Moore
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Mercer County
Fate at stake in theater feud over union musicians
In New York City a bitter dispute pits 16 000 union musicians against theater hotel and club operators. Union leaders seek to bar orchestra members from singing reciting or acting from the pit while showmen threaten to use canned music as a substitute.
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Vincent Lopez
Fred Waring
Guy Lombardo
Rudy Vallee
New York City
New York
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Keller
F. Lee
Luby
Stine
Rg Ritter
Eel
Hose Co No
Crabb
Horsefall
Butts
Bradshaw
Collis, & Engle
Wright
Mackmen
America
Sergeant’s Sale
Central Motor Sales Co
Worthington Lambert
Court House
Lee Bar
City of
Tiger Hope
Jack Lords
Reekit
Detroit Terrs
Bin
Dovers
SGUG
AIT cReor
W G. Hibbs & Company
Washington, DC
Allied Chem. & Dye
American Can
Amer Tel
Tel
Amer. Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Balto. & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Cont Oil
Del
Gen'l. Electric
Gen1l Motors
Kennecot Copper
Licklard
Mont. Ward
Nat'l. Biscuit
Packard
City School Board
Joint Water, Finance and Citizens Committee
Beverley
Dr Allen
Mr Marshall
Finance Committee
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Kern Street
Street Committee
Pete
Dean's
Chicago
W. B. Hibbs
Detective King
The
Missing Persons Bureau
Townsend Avenue
Bronx
Europe
Congress
Florida Times-Union
Vera Shelton
Muskogee
Okla
Miss Shelton
Eastern
Oklahoma
Mitchell
Justices Department
Department of Justice
Department
John D. Rockefeller
Oid King
Ormond Beach, Fla
Adelbert Ames
General Ames
West Point
Wisconsin
Guy Sundt
Glenn Thistlethwaite
Thistlethwaite
University of Wisconsin
Sundt
Lopez
Waring
Lombardo
Vallee
Prima
Northern Virginia Power CO
Berryville, VA
Strasburg, VA
Charles Town, W. VA
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