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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1934
Page
5
Mary Nell Carlisle a 17 year old Valdosta girl was abducted from her home area by a kidnapper who demanded 1000 dollars. He released her bound and gagged near the Georgia State Woman's College after losing nerve and fleeing the scene.
Police killed a former convict, Clifford Young, 32, a man with a manslaughter conviction dating from 1925, as he looted a filling station near the capitol. Officers also captured three other bandits after a brief confrontation at Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast.
The era featured hunting, cards, dancing, billiards, sleighing, and carriage and steamboat trips. Fiddle dominated rural areas while monologues, partly sung, gained popularity. Hymns taught in New England singing schools. Gentlemen played the fiddle. ladies played the harpsichord piano forte guitar and harp. Concerts drew large crowds in major cities.
Harrisonburg Virginia reports wheat and barley prospects bright as February weather harmed few fields. Thomas Moore and E E Golladay note crops emerging well with plant food at soil surface. Orchardists differ on peaches while apple crops seem safe. Kiwanis luncheon comments add optimism amid winter worries. Political notes mention Congress veto override and tariff talks delayed by Senate finance panel.
Four marriage licenses were issued in the corporation clerk office Saturday around noon. The couples are all residents of other states: Julia Kampel and Carroll Hoshour from Philadelphia. Martha E Michael and Raymond B Poland from Kirby and Shanks, West Virginia. Mary L Spooler and Harry W Martz from Wileys Ford and Glenco, Pennsylvania. Myrtle Keck and Frank Singer from Elizabethtown and Maytown, Pennsylvania.
Washington notes outline a busy week as the House acts on the revised sugar control bill and the Rankin inquiry seeks utility rates review while the Senate debates a $330 million revenue measure. Speaker Rainey signals special committees to probe Dr. William Wirt’s statements.
Christians across Jerusalem and Rome and on to the United States marked Easter with services and processions. Pilgrims gathered at the tomb, Pope Pius XI spoke from the Vatican balcony, and cannonized Don Bosco as a saint. Sunrise services and cantatas united worshipers nationwide.
President Roosevelt observed Easter aboard the Nourmahal yacht during a historic sea service off Miami. The chaplain's flag flew above the Presidential ensignia as the President conducted the Episcopal service under a blazing tropical sun aboard the yacht owned by Vincent Astor with intimate guests aboard.
Photo by Bachrach shows the new wife of Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Cleveland, the former Mrs. Helen Graham Robbins of Lindsay Ontario. Robbins was widow of Harry S. Robbins, a Chicago attorney and special assistant attorney general until his 1929 death. The senator, 53, wed the 30 year old bride.
A fragmented account notes Roosevelt Island in Baltimore, observed on April 1 as a retreat for the President. It recalls the island's early history with Richard Thompson and his family moving there in 1640 when it was called Popleys Island.
The report notes Turkey approving a treaty to extradite Charles H. Insull to the United States where he faces charges of common crime. He was escorted to a hotel room for the night and surveyed his appearance in a mirror, a moment described as striking.
Samuel Insull, the Chicago financier, was found despondent in Istanbul, asserting he is a victim of fate. Authorities granted him to send telegrams and left him overnight in the Hotel Aydin as police watched outside.
The subject declares no impressions and claims to understand nothing. He asks why he was brought here, stating he is a victim of fate, then falls silent after raising his hand to his forehead.
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