Winds Bring Relief as California Fires Slow
Firefighters along a seven mile front in the Santa Monica mountains note shifting winds slow progress of two major fires. Ralph J. Scott says the worst may be over if winds stay favorable as 800 to 900 men hold lines near Mulholland Highway and in Rustic canyon.
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Los Angeles
California
Santa Monica
San Bernardino
Mandeville Canyon
Santa Monica Mountains
Ralph J. Scott
Mulholland Highway
San Fernando Valley
Lower
Scott
Rustic Canyon
Sea
Topanga
Las Flores
Sheriff's Office
Canyons
Las Tunas
Big Rock
United States Forest Service
Hollywood Studios
Topanga Canyon
Mulholland High Way
Las Flores Canyon
Winchester Research Laboratory
W. C. Poston
Winchester urges care as winter bites city streets
MR WINCHESTER urges residents to feed birds and praises street workers for keeping roads open. The Street Department is commended for clearing ice and snow from gutters after snowfall, noting the extreme cold and difficult task.
Pingley Rites To Be Sunday
The body of George Pingley who died yesterday morning after the slaying of Sheriff J W Newcome is transported to Strasburg and will lie in state until Sunday for funeral services at Lebanon Lutheran Church. The service will be led by Rev Arthur Wake and Rev Harry Crim with burial in the Lebanon church cemetery. Pingley named 6 active and 19 honorary pallbearers and survives by wife Lillian Moore Pingley. two sons George Ray and Harry Stewart. two daughters Snelma Catherine and Lillie Virginia.
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George Pingley
J. W. Newcome
Strasburg
Stover Funeral Home
Lebanon Lutheran Church
Arthur Wake
Pingley
Funkhouser
Frank Campbell
John Miller
Luther Hamman
Harold Hockman
Pete Snarr
Stover
David Marion
Mary Alice Supinger Pingley
Lillian Moore Pingley
George Ray
Harry Stewart Pingley
Snelma Catherine
Lillie Virginia Pingley
W. Vagley
Wheatfield
Mixed Weather Again Next Week
Weather outlook for November 28 to December 3 in the North and Middle Atlantic States indicates snow ending Sunday night in the Middle Atlantic and Monday in the North Atlantic, followed by generally fair conditions. Temperatures will be well below normal Monday and Tuesday, warmer midweek, then colder Friday and Friday night with rain or snow possible in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic regions.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Radio Crew Gathering at Sarah Zane Hall
Happy Johnnie hosts a Wednesday night event at Sarah Zane Hall scheduled for November 30 at 8 o clock. The notice lists session time and venue details with a festive, community tone.
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Happy Johnnie
Sarah Zane Hall
Public Sale Notice Near Gainesboro on Back Creek
Household furniture to be sold at public sale on Wednesday November 30 at 10 o'clock on Back Creek below Gainesboro at the F M Strother farm. Sale notice dated November 23 26 29 1p 31.
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Back Creek
Gainesboro
F. M Strother Farm
Poston Warns Motorists To Watch For Icy Roads
Shenandoah Valley endures ice as Poston urges caution on winter roads. Snow plows operate since Thursday. Route 50 cited as dangerous with ice and crusted surfaces impeding removal until thaw.
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Poston
Winchester
Walt Disney’s mother dies in gas heater accident
In Hollywood on November 26, Walt Disney’s mother Mrs. Elias Disney age 71 died after gas from a hot water heater pilot light leaked into the house. Disney’s father was hospitalized in critical condition and a 40 year old maid Alma Smith also suffered gas poisoning.
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Hollywood
Walt Disney
Elias Disney
Disney
Alma Smith
North Hollywood
Disneys
British Forces Kill Arab Band in Galilee Clash
In lower Galilee between Care and Cafed, British ground and air units killed an Arab band of 15 in a battle as part of efforts to quell uprisings in Palestine. Troops conducted village searches and seized large quantities of ammunition.
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Jerusalem
Lower Galilee
Palestine
Effort Made To End Strike In Stock Yards
Chicago officials and union leaders held a two hour talk aiming to end a five day stockyards strike. Don Harris said negotiations paused until Monday and declined to reveal if an agreement forestalls yard operations by an AFL local planning morning crew arrival.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yard and Transit Company
Don Harris
Packing House Workers Organizing Committee
A F. L
Dall Obtains Wedding Permit
Curtis B. Dall former husband of Roosevelt's daughter obtained a license to wed Katherine Miller Leaf of Haverford Pennsylvania The bridegroom elect is a New York broker aged 42 and his fiance 21 Their engagement and past marriages were noted with related family ties and divorce history
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Media
Curtis B. Dall
Roosevelt
Katherine Miller Leaf
Haverford
New York
Anna Roosevelt
John Boettiger
New Spray Kills Codling Moth For Apple Growers
Virginia researchers announce nicotine sulfate as a new commercial spray against the codling moth in apples. The chemical destroys adult moths to prevent egg lay and subsequent worm damage, supplementing existing sprays that target eggs and larvae.
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Virginia
W. 8S. Hough
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Winchester
Hough
Striking Miners under Orders in Northern France
Paris dispatch reports government action shrinking strikes in northern France to under 10,000 with evacuated mines and factories. 12,000 mobilized. Anzin coal basin workers and metal trades urged to return Monday if employer penalties are avoided. Foreign workers facing expulsion and military courts to try noncompliant railway staff.
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Paris
France
Great Anzin
Valenciennes
Anzin
Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
Victor Bourrest
Jules de Camp
Leon Blum
Factory Wheels Are Recovering Momentum With Lightning Speed
The AP index of industrial activity rose to a new 1933 peak in the eighth weekly advance as factories rebound after Thanksgiving. Auto output slipped during the holiday but the daily rate reached the year's high, with forecasts for next week possibly surpassing 100000 vehicles.
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A. P
New York
Associated Press
Berlin Moves to Enforce Fine Against Jews Amid Pawnshop Push
Berlin reports Nazi authorities opened pawnbroker operations to help Jews raise the 400 million marks fine for Vom Rath’s assassination. A central bureau will liquidate jewels and art, aided by experts, with installments due February and May. Jews face asset losses, emigration push, and cancellations of student loans and licenses.
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Berlin
Ernst Vom Rath
Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Economics Ministry
Germany
Exrtsice
Lutz Schwerin-Krosigk
Road Banquet Celebrates Route 7 Completion
Preparations are underway for a crowd of 250 at a bi state highway banquet marking Route 7 completion. The event, organized by the Morgan County and Bath officials with local clubs, features a pageant at the state line or hotel, speakers from Virginia and West Virginia, and a banquet and dance at the George Washington Hotel.
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Bistate Highway
George Washington Hotel
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan County
W. Va
County Court
Town of
Frederick County
Elizabeth Campbell
Winchester
Sue Anderson
Communication
Jane Cather
Sincerity
Catherine DeHaven
Mary Caroline Chapin
Anna R. Adams
Mary Boyd
Margaret Jane Willey
Marjorie Simmons
Connie Miller
Mary Ellen Shockey
Lucille Munson
Nancy Havermale
Eileen Allemong
Reva Weber
Margaret White
Nearissa Weber
Lois Larkins
Virginia
A. Willis Robertson
James H. Price
Orange
C. R. Anderson
W. %. Poston
E. Blackburn Moore
T. R. Cather
R. L. Omps
Pus P. Harrison
C. I. Brumck
West Virginia
Gorrell
Berkeley Springs
J. R. S. Unger
T. K. Dawson
H. D. Beeler
Reid
Simpson
Jennings Randolph
J. A. Proctor
W. E. Johnson
C. G. Mechem
Death From Air Over Spanish Frontier Conflict
A report from PERPIGNAN FRANCE near the Spanish frontier notes insurrectionists attacking Puerto de la Silva near Cape Certs close to the French border. The incident involved aerial bombardment contributing to casualties in the contested town.
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Perpignan
France
Puerto de la Silva
Cape Certs
Slain Yonkers Clerk Found Dead in Grand Central Thriller
Marion Wheeler a 32 year old Yonkers clerk in L V Porter’s New York Central office was shot on the seventh floor of Grand Central Terminal as she fled a man identified as John McNeal a 52 year old Yonkers widower whom police say had pressed her for marriage. McNeal died from a self inflicted wound after firing three bullets into Wheeler. Police traced the assailant to a bitter argument aboard the elevator prior to the shooting which drew a crowd as the victim collapsed at her office entrance. He was later identified as the man who had harassed Wheeler the day before prompting coworkers to eject him.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Midtown
Marion Wheeler
Yonkers
N. Y
L. V. Porter
New York Central Railroad
John McNeal
Patrick Kenny
Miss Wheeler
McNeal
Park Avenue
W. de Sears
Porter
Captain Kenny
Kenny
Famous Sisters Not To Exhibit
Olivia Dionne said the five sisters will not be moved from northern Detroit and will not exhibit at the New York World Fair next year. World Fair officials had previously indicated clearance for exhibition and parents gave informal permission.
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Toronto
Olivia Dionne
Northesn
Detacia
Amb in Berlin May Not Return to German Post
Acting Secretary Welles said Hugh Wilson, newly arrived from Berlin, will be reassigned to the State Department as a German affairs consultant until a decision is made on his return. Wilson will confer with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga., before any permanent status is decided.
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Washington
Welles
State Department
Hugh Wilson
Berlin
Wilson
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Germany
Hans Dieckoff
Stern
New York
United States
Myron Taylor
More Snow Predicted After Nationwide Blizzard Toll
Snow and freezing temperatures spread from the east coast to the Rockies after the worst November storm in years. The system left at least 84 dead, with New England and New York bearing heavy losses, and travel slow but services resuming gradually as highways opened.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
New England
New York
Seaboard
Upstate
New
Bed South
Ee Michigan
Indiana
Nebraska
Missouri
Alabama
Great Lakes
Two Killed When Naval Plane Crashes at Fort Bliss
A naval airplane crashed after takeoff from Biggs Field at Fort Bliss El Paso Texas killing two men and injuring a third. The dead are Aviation Cadet J. Tyree and Machinist's Mate Howard Willis. The plane was demolished.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Field
Fort Bliss
L. Ty. Ee
Jas Wags
E Wiseness
San
Howard Willis
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MR Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Dall
Interior Ministry
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Reich
State Line
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