Utta Confesses Autostruck Fatal Injury of Arthur Smith
David C. Utta a 35 year old Loudoun county farm hand confessed to Sheriff Luther Pannett that while driving about 8 pm last Saturday he struck and fatally injured Arthur Smith four miles west of Winchester. He said he did not stop because of a nervous condition and faces manslaughter and hit and run charges set for a preliminary hearing tomorrow before County Magistrate A J Tavenner. His wife visited him at the jail and urged him to come clean.
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David C. Utta
Loudoun County
Luther Pannett
Arthur Smith
Winchester
Utta
Smith
A. J. Tavenner
W. Va
Romney
Fiddiler
Burr P. Harrime
Frederick County
Mr. Smith
Notice of Veterinary Hospital Discontinuation on Main Street
The Valley Veterinary Hospital on S Main St will discontinue operations as a unit. Doctors E W Miller and F J McClure will continue to practice as partners from their residences. Phone numbers 756 and 629-1 4-1-1p-3t listed.
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S. Main St
E. W. Miller
F. J. McClure
Regular meeting of Sarah Zane Fire Co April 1
Regular meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Company is scheduled for Friday April 1 with full attendance requested. Refresments and smoker after the meeting announced by Capt Richard B Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Richard B, Brown
Vast Idleness Across Coal Belt As 75,000 Mine Workers Lose Jobs
United Mine Workers report about 75,000 miners across Illinois Indiana Ohio and parts of West Virginia idle after union and operators fail to agree on a wage contract. Illinois and Indiana shutdowns blamed on contract failure while Ohio and West Virginia regions vote to strike at midnight.
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Associated Ress
Chicago
America
Illinois
West Virginia Panhandle
United Mine Workers
Indiana
Nes
Ohio
West Virginia
Panhandle
Illinois Coal Operators Association
Terre Haute
Linton
Hocking Valley
Miners Scale Committee
Byrd plan saves Virginia millions on roads
Virginia Governor Pollard signed the Byrd road measure creating a state funded secondary highway system of over 40 000 miles, abolishing local road levies, diverting gas tax to state roads, and offering county withdrawal by popular vote with fiscal safeguards and city benefits.
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Virginia
Richmond
Pollard
General Assembly
State Department of Highways
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
King Harman
Pulaski
House of Delegates
Harman
E. R Combs
Water bond issue leads by four to one in partial returns
Winchester Chamber of Commerce reports 564 ballots returned of 2 463 mailed with 458 for the bond issue 104 against and six incomplete. The provisional tally shows strong support for the bond to fund a larger water supply though many voters raised questions about adequacy costs and related plans. Secretary Bell urged late requests for ballots and promised immediate replacement.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Bell
Commerce Office
Phil H. Gold Named To Frederick County Board Of Supervisors
Judge Philip Williams appointed Phil H. Gold to fill the unexpired term of the late Scott Grant on the Frederick County Board of Supervisors. Gold will represent Stonewall district and serve about four years. he is a former county clerk and Circuit Court clerk and a prominent apple grower in northern Virginia.
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Philip Williams
Phil H. Gold
Board of Supervisors
Frederick County
Scott Grant
Grant
Stonewall
Gold
Virginia
Williams
Indiana Representative Bestal, House Minority Whip, Dies
Rep. Albert H. Bestal of Indiana, Republican whip of the House, died today at the Naval Hospital in Washington. The Associated Press reports the death as of April 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert H. Bestal
Indiana
House
Naval Hospital
Three Injured as Two Cars Crash Head-On
Three people were injured when a Packard sedan and an Oldsmobile touring collided in heavy rain. Herman Hable, Della Malone, and Frances Malone sustained lacerations and multiple fractures and were taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Lee
Herman H. Hable
Della Malone
Percy E. Malone
Berryville
Frances Malone
Malone
Winchester Memorial Hospital
E. C. Stuart
Hable
R. McC. Glass
George G. Snart
Prohibition Address by Dr Rowland Slated at Local Church
Dr J W Rowland editor of the Richmond Christian Advocate and noted lecturer will speak on prohibition at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church on April 5 and 6. He travels widely in the United States delivering lectures that blend humor with informative commentary. Winchester citizens are given a valued chance to hear him again.
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J. W. Rowland
Market Street Methodist’ Episcopal Church
Richmond
Regular monthly meeting for April 1 at 8 PM
Lee M. Lamp, president, invites members to a smoker and regular monthly meeting on Friday night April 1 at 8 o'clock. Initiation of candidates and degree work planned. All newly elected candidates expected to attend with a brother fireman.
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Lee M. Lamp
The Orange Store Teases Fresh Florida Oranges
The Orange Store at 154 N Main Street announces a Saturday shipment of 400 bushels of fresh oranges and grapefruit direct from Florida trees, promising juice and sweetness for customers two doors north of Crystal.
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N. Main Street
Crystal
Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival Details
The article highlights a Greyhound Lines national publicity gesture promoting the Shenandoah Valley. It describes scenic apple orchards from Lynchburg to Winchester, the annual Apple Blossom Festival held late April to early May, and wartime history with Hessian Hessian soldiers and Civil War figures. It notes parades pageants and the crowning of a queen, plus good roads and Winchester hospitality.
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Greyhound Lines
Highway Traveler
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Roanoke
Winchester
United States
Sheridan
General Jackson
Watch Your Step Senior Class Play at Handley Auditorium
Senior Class presents Watch Your Step on April 1 at 8 15 p m in Handley Auditorium. Seats available at Bakers Drug Store with general admission 50 cents and reserved seats 60 cents.
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Handley Auditorium
Baker’s Drug Store
South End Hose Co Meeting Set For April 4
The South End Hose Company calls a business meeting Monday night April 4 with full attendance desired. Secretary notes the time 4 1 1 p m and reminds members to attend.
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South End Hose CO
Lindbergh Baby Case Developments Reported
Reports from Hopewell and Norfolk detail new developments in the Lindbergh baby case. State police say Schoeffel sailed for Europe with other intermediaries, while Norfolk officials note ongoing negotiations and Mrs Curtis absent from the city. Admiral Burrage cites guarded statements and a watchful waiting stance.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Ae Schoeffel
Col Rman Schwarzkopf
Europe
Lindbergh
Colonel Schwarzkopf
Schoeffel
Pottsdam
Germany
Norfolk
Guy H. Burrage
John A. Curtis
Penany
Admiral Burrage
Curtis
Dean H .Dobson-Peacock
John Hughes Curtis
Stace
Cabin blaze injures James Clevenger at Appleway Camp
James M. Clevenger, manager of the Appleway Cabin Camp, was seriously burned when a midnight fire destroyed a cabin believed to start from an overheated coal stove. He escaped with burns to head hands and feet as friends alerted Winchester firefighters who saved surrounding structures. The cabin, insured with Lupton Agency, was total loss.
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James M. Clevenger
Appleway
Winchester
Clevenger
Friendship Fire Company
Cy Mee
Winchester Memorial Hospital
R. A. Shafer
Lupton Insurance Agency
Mee
Arrests Linked to Boxwood Plant Theft in Kernstown Va
Suspect arrested and convicted in connection with the theft of a boxwood plant from a Kernstown property near M. E. Church on Sunday afternoon. Lantz property cited in charges and case details.
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Kernstown
M. E. Church
County Street Work Not Hurt By Road Plan
State highway commissioner Henry G. Shirley says suburban county streets will stay in good condition or improve after the state takes them over. The Byrd act will fund construction when possible and not limit effort to maintenance. Some streets remain outside county systems and outside the Byrd plan. rules for spur roads may follow. The department is surveying which roads are already county takeovers.
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Highway Department
Henry G. Shirley
Shirley
Boards of Supervisors
Mr. Shirley
State Highway Commission
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
State High Commission
State Highway Department
Banquet Honors Judge Harrison on 53 Years of Practice
Winchester Bar honors Judge Thomas W. Harrison veteran congressman and dean of local lawyers at a private George Washington Hotel dinner marking his fifty third year of practicing law. R Gray Williams presents a silver pitcher as a token of esteem with remarks from the bar association.
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Silver Pitcher
George Washington Hotel
Thomas W. Harri
Uni States House of Representatives
Winchester
R. Gray Williams
Harrison
Harrison Little
Burr P. Harrison
Commonwealth Attorney
Frederick County
George Washington
Judge Philip Williams
Herbert S. Larrick
Floyd M. Brill
John P. Allen
James P. Reardon
Donald L. Weems
Warren Rice
T. Russell Cather
Harry R. Kern
W. Erle Edwards
R. Os Williams
Maurice M. Lynch
George Washington Cruisine
Philip Williese
Mr. Williams
R. Gray
Hagerstown Gas Rates Proposal Advances
The Hagerstown Heat and Light Company submitted a reduced rate schedule to the Public Service Commission. The plan targets automatic gas heaters using over 2,500 cubic feet monthly, with an estimated 25 percent of customers benefiting. A 3,000 cubic foot user would save about 7 cents per thousand feet. The utility is municipally owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Public Service Commission
Hagerstown Heat and Light Company
Avera
Homer
State Farmers Repay Half of Loan
Washington Virginia farmers have repaid $981,123 or 41.5 percent of the money borrowed last year from the Agriculture Department to fund crops. This year borrowings are expected to rise due to low farm prices and more loan funds. The department now has $50,000,000 available with another $25,000,000 expected by June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Former convict waives hearing in Albemarle murder case
Ernest Dove, 30, waived preliminary hearing on a charge of murder in the beating death of contractor William H Jarman. Jarman died after head injuries from a fight at the home of Mrs Alberta Virginia Smith, a key material witness.
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Charlottesville
Ernest Dove
William H Jarman
Albemarle County
Jarman
University of Virginia Hospital
Alberta Virginia Smith
Cumberland mayors face 72 appointments for 900 applicants
Mayor elect George Henderson and four new council members must fill 72 political positions from a field of 900 applicants after a city election campaign promising to clean out City Hall. The shift affects current appointees who may lose their jobs by April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
George Henderson
Trout Shipment To President Hoover Camp In Virginia
A consignment of 320 fully grown trout was shipped from a New Hampshire fish hatchery to the Rapidan River camp in Virginia for President Hoover and guests. James F. Harrington of the Bureau of Fisheries oversees the transfer for weekend use. A separate report from Greensburg, Pennsylvania describes a fatal on-site fall during a re-enacted melodramatic fight on a 35-foot slate dump, resulting in a death.
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New Hampshire
Rapidan
Nashua
N. H
United States Fish Hatchery
Rapidan River
President Hoover
Virginia
James F. Harrington
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
Greensburg
John Cacko
Mellie Blanish
Vacka
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Velati
Irwin Drug CO
Highway Commission
Ile
Berryville Pike
Dr. Rowland
Rouss Fire Co
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Greyhound Line
Bus Corporation
Burrage
Philadelphia
Bay
James Clevenger
Sun
Susan C. Lantz
Winchester Bar
Hagerstown Gas CO
Pittsburgh
Teddy
Beans
Emma Boyd
Detroit
Sweeney
Rex
Rover
Oklahoma City
J. R. Spencer
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