Farm Hand Confesses Slaying Parents in Ramsey Ill
A 30-year-old farm hand was seized in a Ramsey pool hall and confessed to killing Mr and Mrs Paul Brand at their nearby farm. Their 12-year-old daughter Gloria identified the attacker who fled in the Brand car found in Ramsey. Police noted the weapon’s bloodstained rifle barrel and a broken stock.
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Ramsey
Ill
Paul Brand
Gloria
Dedmond
Frank Finning
Brand
Finning
Gloria Brand
Redmond
Walter “Eckart
Judith
Tommy
Student Kills Self With Rifle in Baltimore
A 14 year old boy identified as Charles G. Roderick, Franklin School student, was found dead in a field. Harry D. Kirkwood announced a verdict of death by own action after examining the body, a .22 rifle between the legs and a pencil note on the gun reading I shot myself. The gun stock bore the name Jack Roderick. the note and name were written in pencil.
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Baltimore
Charles. G. Roderick
Franklin @Hool
Cordner
Harry D. Kirkwood
Jack Roderick
Kirkwood
Free 13 Treatise Promises Rupture Relief Within Reach
A vintage advertorial asks readers to mail for a free treatise on a rupture reduction method. The notice claims universal suitability and immediate comfort, urging acts of requesting by mail to W. S. Rice, Inc., 422 Main St, Adams, N Y, with no obligation.
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Wy. S
W. Srice, Inc
Main St. Adams
Berkeley Springs Weekend Socials Stir Washington and Covington
Berkeley Springs W V February 28 1939 residents Ralph Rice and Harry Menara drove to Washington DC to attend a stage event in Ronceverte West Virginia featuring Tobacco Road. Several locals hosted weekend guests including Mrs Fred Ambrose and Mrs wis Edna Stigers superintendent Robert Blondel and Miss Harriet Kuykendall with Jack M Hunter as guest. Mary Evelyn Sliger Keyser WV visited at home along with Leo Michael formerly of Baltimore. Ida Pagenhardt Welch Ind spent time with sister Mrs P W Lambert. J Ray Tyson WVU student returned home for the weekend and Mrs Dora Waldeck Stephen North Carolina visited. Mrs C B Osmond visiting son John Osmond and daughter. Hugh Hunter Charleston WV returned home today.
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D. C
Ronceverte
W. Va
Tobacco Road
Fred Ambrose
Wis
Edna'd Stigers
Robert Blondel
Evelyn Sliger
Keyser
Leo Michael
Baltimore
Arthur Michael
Ida Pagenhardt
Welch
In. Va
P. W. Lambert
J. Ray Tyson
West Virginia University
Dora Waldeck
Stephen
Acquitted in Cider Sale Case After Trial
A jury was excused until Monday after acquitting a man named Samuel C. on charges of selling hard cider without a license. Several criminal appeals remain, with lingering questions on the docket. In Osaka, Japan, a massive explosion at a suburban army arsenal yesterday killed about 290 and injured at least 200.
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Wolfing
van Samuel C.siite
Iudge Wagaman
Osaka
Japan
Hirakata
Banquet Postponed Due to Gunther Illness
Washington County Teachers Association postpones its annual dinner at Hotel Alexander after John Gunther, author of Inside Europe, falls ill with pneumonia in Chicago en route to eastern engagements. New date to be announced. business meeting moved to coincide with his rescheduled appearance.
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John Gunther
Chicago
Gunther
Europe
Washington
Colston-Leigh Speakers’ Bureau
New York City
Fll
Association
Alexander
Teachers’ Association
Colston-Leigh Bureau
Hagerstown
Greece Recognizes Spanish Nationalist Government
Franso Athens reports Greece has granted de jure recognition to the Spanish Nationalist government, raising the count of nations with official recognition to 29. The move marks a diplomatic milestone amid ongoing European conflict and shifts in diplomatic alignments among states.
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Athens
Greece
Chivalry Lives On Aged Pensioner Refuses Letter Reveal
A 80 year old Wisconsin pensioner testifying before a welfare committee refused to read a letter from Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt. He said he would not reveal contents of any letter from another man's wife, after noting he needed more old age assistance and had appealed to Mrs Roosevelt for help.
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Superior
Wis
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
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