Cuba hurricane lashes eastern region cutting off ports
A hurricane battered eastern Cuba severing Guantanamo Bay access and isolating Baracoa and Santiago. At least three killed and five injured in Santiago with widespread property loss. Telephones down, lines broken, roads impassable, as Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti report extensive damage and power outages.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Cuba
United States
Guantanamo Bay
Caribbean
Belen
Oriente
Caimanera
United States Naval Station
Baracoa
Belen Observatory
Camaguey
Kingston
Jamaica
Havana
Haiti
Antilla
Epifantia
Selassie Praises Italian Restraint in Ethiopian War
Emperor Haile Selassie told this correspondent that the Italian army had not used poison gas or dumdum bullets in Ethiopia. He praised restraint by both sides and said he would not permit such methods by his own troops. He rejected reports of indiscriminate tank assaults or mass killings in Ogaden.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Record Temperature Reaches 83 At Winchester Lab
An official reading of 83 degrees in the shade was recorded at the Winchester Research Laboratory this afternoon. Officials were unsure if it set a new October 22 record. The warm spell followed last night’s rain and prompted open doors and heavy furnace fires.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Fronts Quiet Says Gen De Bono In Ethiopia War
General Emilio De Bono reports all quiet on Ethiopian fronts. He says Italian forces in East Africa are ready for a new advance, with positions strengthened and supplies brought up to the current lines.
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Rome
Emilio de Bono
East Africa
Greait
Health checks and school efforts boost pupil well being
MA Winchester notes that annual physicals and health measures improve student performance. He cites cooperation between teachers and doctors to raise public school health standards and urges parents to ensure defects are corrected quickly to help their children make good progress.
Death in storm as wall falls on woman in Cuba area
A hurricane moving through the windward passage caused fatalities and injuries. Perez, 39, died when a wall collapsed on her. her husband Cipriano Perez was gravely injured. Port-au-Prince reports were lacking and other damaged areas in Santiago and Oriente Province could not confirm injuries. Two Cuban towns were evacuated.
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Cation
Republic
Perez
Cipriano Perez
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Santiago and
Oriente
Ethiopian Imperial Guard marches to Dessye in final defense plan
Eight thousand Ethopian Imperial Guard troops march northeast to Dessye to concentrate for a possible northern and southern Italian attack against Addis Ababa. Ras Mulugueta departs for Dessye to organize forces as the emperor plans a state entry and advances toward the front. Italian claims of a decisive southern victory are doubted by officials while the Webbe Shibeli river valley becomes a focal point near Harar.
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Associated Press
Addis Alaba
Ethiopia
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ras Mulugueta
Mulugueta
Setit
Daguerres
Sciaveli
Webbe Shibeli
Dedjazmath Nassibu
Rudolfo Granziani
Expecting $12 Check Gets $250000 Windfall
George Duggan of Vineland expected a $12 ERA coal sale refund but received an endorsed $250,000 check drawn by Lee Picard and payable to William H. Albright, ERA treasurer. Duggan was advised to bring the check to ERA headquarters in Newark for resolution.
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Vineland
N. J
George Duggan
State Emergency Relief Administration
Lee Picard
William H. Albright
Duggan
ERA
Newark
China Clipper Set for Final Shake Down Flight
Baltimore Oct 22 United States navy plans a final shake down flight for the China Clipper the largest flying boat ever built to Miami if weather cooperates. Passengers expected to stand by for a possible take off as trans Pacific service looms.
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Baltimore
China Copper
America
Miami
Need Garments For Children
Miss Nan Keating of the local Welfare Department says there is a serious need for garments for children facing winter without proper clothing, with particular emphasis on shoes. People with usable clothing or shoes should call Miss Keating at 1243. articles can be repaired and sewing will be done by relief workers.
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Nan Keating
Miss Keating
Free Dancing Tonight at the Blue Moon
Free dancing tonight at the Blue Moon on Martinsburg Pike with orchestra music. Also listed are a furnished room for rent at 118 East Cork and an iron and metal wanted ad from Winchester Junk Co at 13 Fairfax Lane between Main and Braddock with multiple dates noted.
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Blue Moon
Martinsburg Pike
East Cork
Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Tane
Main
Braddock
New Education Program Delayed to November 1
W O McDaniel in charge of Frederick county emergency education reports the program will not open until November 1. The county plans to resume a program similar to last year once funds are allotted, with administration shifting to the Works Progress Administration.
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W. O. McDaniel
Frederick County
Richmonds
New Works Progress Administration
Robber Pepper Sprays Woman Then Steals Pocketbook
In Baltimore on October 22 a robber sprayed pepper into the eyes of Mrs. Valley Brown aged 42 in her apartment. He fled with a $23 pocketbook taken from her bedside after she encountered him in the hall when turning on a light.
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Baltimore
Pepper
Valley Brown
Spain Proclaims Sanctions Decree Against War Exports
MADRID October 22 The Spanish government issued a decree prohibiting export of war materials to Italy. This marked Spain’s first decisive step in the Italo Ethiopian dispute.
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Madrid
Italy
Spain
City Manager Attends International Association Sessions
Arthur M. Field city manager is at Knoxville Tennessee for the International City Managers Association sessions this week. He will speak tomorrow morning on problems facing city managers. The convention draws attendees from across the United States and Canada.
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Arthur M. Field
International City Managers’ Association
Knoxville
Tenn
Mr. Field
United States
Canada
Stolen Bicycles Recovered. Two Youths Pending Inquiry
Three bicycles were reported stolen yesterday evening from Handley school grounds where owners had left them. All were recovered and two youths will be taken before Judge Donald L. Weems for an inquiry. One bicycle belonged to James Daniel, a seller of The Evening Star.
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Handley School
Donald L. Weems
James Daniel
Evening Star
For Rent Cedar Creek Road Brick Residence
Describes a brick home on Cedar Creek Road once owned by the late A B Richards with modern improvements. Possession on November 5. Desirable renters should apply at Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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A. B. Richards
Cedar Creek Road
Shenandoal Valley National Bank
George Purcell Burned in Peanut Vendor Incidence
George Purcell, a noted peanut vendor on Loudoun Street, suffered burns to his hands feet and legs around 3 40 this afternoon when a blanket was thrown over him and he rolled on the ground. The blaze was said to have followed an explosion of the machine burner used for roasting the peanuts.
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George Purcell
Loudoun Street
Rine Price
Detained Man Not Robinson in Kidnapping Case
A Department of Justice agent announced that a young man held at Belzoni Mississippi is not Tomas H Robinson Jr and should be released as far as federal authorities are concerned. The statement came from David W McGee a special agent.
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New Orleans
Department of Justice
Belzoni
Miss
Tomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
David W. McGee
Roosevelt Ship Heads For Port
President Roosevelt's ship, after outracing a Caribbean hurricane, heads toward Charleston, South Carolina, for anchorage tonight. The plan was to arrive tomorrow.
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Roosevelt
Houston
United States
Charleston
BS. C
Anchorage
Take Prisoners To Berryville Transfer
The Clarke County jail has been crowded with 55 inmates. Deputy Newcome moved eight inmates to Clarke County jail. Two prisoners, Russell Clem and Russell Copeland, were sent to Road Camp No 29 to finish 12 month petit larceny terms.
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Newcome
Clarke County
Grace Moore Confined With Severe Cold
Opera star Grace Moore was confined in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Hollywood California with a severe cold. She entered the hospital last night for treatment.
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Hollywood
Calif
Grace Moore
Cedars of Lebannon Hospital
Frank Bane Named Executive of Security Board
Frank Bane former secretary of the Virginia State Board of Charities and Corrections will become executive director of the Social Security Board once Congress funds its administration. He is one of four men to begin actual social security functions under Labor Department direction.
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Washington
Frank Bane
Virginia State Board of Charities and Corrections
Social Security Board
Congress
Bane
Labor Department
American Public Welfare Association
Emperor Haile Selassie Bids Farewell From Plane
Emperor Haile Selassie piloted a first plane flight in years to say goodbye to his imperial guardsmen near Dessye. The emperor circled the palace area and waved as the guards saluted from below.
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Addis Ababa
John C. Robinson
Chicago
Haile Selassie
Dessye
Negroes Confess Murder Attack On White Girl
Sheriff Hoegmyer said two men Bennie Mitchell 19 and Ernest Collins 18 confessed to attacking and murdering Miss Geraldine Kollman 19 whose body was found in a creek on her father’s property. Kollman an honor graduate of Columbus High School. An embalmer reported no water in the lungs.
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Columbus
Tex
Frank Hoegmyer
Geraldine Kollman
Hoegmeyer
Bennie Mitchell
Ernest Collins
Kollman
Columbus High School
Victor Laing
Houston
Start Paying on Jefferson Street Paving Underway
Start paying on Jefferson Street under W. C. Hodges direction began laying base rock. City finished sewer line from reservoir west of Handley school to Valley avenue along Jefferson. Paving to be completed rapidly with water bound macadam and final chip treatment after base is laid.
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W. C. Hodges
Jefferson Street
Handley School
Valley Avenue
Jefferson
Chuck and Cota Era Opens Narrowly at One Point
In a terse note from archives, a tenuous era beginning with Chuck and Cota is referenced, highlighting a modest opening score of 0.10 to 15 across a single point.
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Chuck & Cota
Great Britain plans in military action against Italy
Virginia and West Virginia orchardists were told by W. S. Campfield that South regions offer outlets for Winesaps and other varieties. He urged packing in quarter inch sizes with rubber-stamped counts, noting Mobile and Pensacola as good markets and citing demand for Winesaps and other varieties like Black Twig Stayman and York Imperial.
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Great Britain
Italy
Commons
Virginia
West Virginia
W. S. Campfield
South
Campfield
Virgala
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
York
Mercy Slayer Freed By Jury In Old Bailey Trial
Muriel Welsdon, 22, a stenographer, was acquitted by a London jury in Old Bailey Court of the mercy murder of her mother, a mental hospital patient. Police alleged she gave 160 grains of a sedative during a hospital visit and she reportedly said her mother would not be well again.
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London
Muriel Welsdon
Old Bailey Court
Louis Is Signed For Two Bouts
John Reed Kilpatrick announced that Mike Jacobs will promote two boxing shows at Madison Square Garden this winter featuring Joe Louis. Louis will debut in December against Paulino Uzendun for the Christmas fund, with a second bout planned for March against an opponent to be named.
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New York
John Reed Kilpatrick
Madison Square Garden
Mike Jacobs
the Garden
Joe Louis
Louis
Paulino Uzendun
Resists Authority of Labor Board in Pennsylvania Bus Case
The National Labor Board opens hearings on charges that Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines fired nine employees for union activity. Ivan Bowen, the bus line’s general counsel, objects to the proceedings, contending the Wagner Act establishing the board is unconstitutional.
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Pittsburgh
New National Labor Board
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc
Ivan Bowen
Quake Grips Minas Geraes Interior Shocks Schools
A sequence of tremors rocked the interior of Minas Geraes causing children to flee schools in panic. The shocks opened deep fissures and toppled walls and roofs with no reported casualties or extent of damage available.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Minas Geraes
Hog Killed by Dogs Near Russell Farm
Mr. Sewell Shearer, resident of the Russell farm just west of the city, reports a large valuable hog killed several nights ago by dogs on his property.
Great Britain Urges Peace Before Economic Action in Italo Ethiopia
London and the House of Commons hear Sir Samuel Hoare urge pursuing peaceful settlement before sanctions against Mussolini's Italy. He stresses a breathing space to resolve the Italo Ethiopian dispute within the League, warning on the broader stakes for European civilization.
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London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
Mussolini
Commons
League
Samuel
League of Nations
Sir Samuel
Ruth Nichols Gravely Injured In Air Crash
Domestic world news item reports airwoman Ruth Nichols seriously injured yesterday in an air crash and still in grave danger. The brief roundup also notes confessions in Texas to a killing, sanctions on Italy, Keaton’s confinement, a Cuban hurricane, Ethiopian frontier behavior, a hoped resolve in Italo Ethiopian talks, and earthquakes in Brazil.
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Troy
N. Y
Ruth Nichols
Columbus
Texas
Geraldine Killman
Washington
State Department
League of Nations
Italy
Los Angeles
Buster Keaton
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Winchester
Miss Nichols
Central Press Association
Robinson
Berryville
Warren County
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Star Today
Security Board
Pensacola, Fla
Mercy Slayer
Authority of Labor Board
Hoare
Europe
World News
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