Berryville Nuisance: Negro Prowler Incites Fear
Berryville residents faced a tense night as a khaki clad African American prowler prompted deputy statements of shots fired to deter him. The incident began about 10 30 p m with a warning shot and continued threats to locals. Clinton Cochran a Handley High senior and Future Farmers of America president will chair the Father Son Banquet at Handley High School tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Berryville
Clinton Cochran
Handley High School
Handley F. F. A
Walter S. Cochran
Clinton
Cochran Farm
Have You Seen Virginia Pocketbook Lost Item Post
A brown Virginia Art pocketbook of the folder type with initials L A A in brass on the flap is missing. Miss Allen or Clarke County authorities are to be notified by anyone with knowledge of its whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A.A
Prowler Attacks Elderly Women in Buckmarsh Street Home
A man attempted a break in on South Buckmarsh Street at Richard Hutteman’s residence. A guest frightened him away, then the prowler forced entry at another home, assaulted Miss Homie Lee and her sister Miss Ho mie Lee, and was driven off by sheriff and deputy. No serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hutteman
South Buckmarsh Street
Huttemans
Ricamore
Lee
Big Lee
Homie Lee
Robert Buckner
Peace Prevails In Harlan County
In Harlan Kentucky peace returned after a day of labor strife that left four miners dead. A 24 hour truce halted strikes as seven men faced murder warrants from County Judge C E. ae while unions and operators awaited contract negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Sarian
C. E. Ae
Winchester Letter Chain Seen In Transport Circles
A Cleveland man W Phipps Jr is discussed in Winchester rumors about a chain letter linked to transportation workers. The note claims sending copies to five male friends will bring a return if the reader passes it on. The tale mentions Reno and hopes to spread happiness among transport men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Phipps, Jr
Cleveland
Tron
Winchester
Reno
Demands For Action in Labor Dispute Raised by Roosevelt Board
Roosevelt urges a full federal board to mediate strikes and, if needed, set labor conditions to avoid production stoppages. The board would intervene in strikes like the Milwaukee dispute and seek voluntary settlements with U S conciliation service aid. Taft supports a cooling off period while production continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sastebottien
Roosevelt
Can Act
Milwaukee
United States Conciliation Service
George
D-Ga
Relations Senate Foreign Committee
Eastern Airlines Plane Missing On North Flight
An Eastern Airlines plane with 15 aboard went missing on a stormy Northbound run from West Palm Beach to Daytona Beach. The C.G. and Coast Guard launched a search as poor visibility and heavy weather hindered radio contact with flight No. 14 crew led by Captain Gerald O'Brien.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastern Airlines
West Palm Beach
Daytona
George W. Crile
Cleveland
James M. Cox, Jr
Ohio
Arthur Dix
Melbourne
N. H. Leslie
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Miami
New York
Gerald O'Brien
B. M. Crabtree
al. Marin
EAS
Sofee
Cavenens
Crile
Dan P. Skr
Clinic Foundation
J. M. Cox, Jr
E. W. Hagsater
Bertram Stroock
Margaret Graham
H. E. Post
Ma Allen
W. H. Andrews
Britannia sunk by German warship with 480 aboard
Survivors arriving at Santa Cruz Tenerife tell of the 8799 ton British steamer Britannia being sunk March 24 by a German warship. They describe ships. 77 survivors were rescued five days later by the Spanish steamer Carbo Hornos 700 miles off the coast. The vessel carried 480 soldiers among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Cruz
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Snkivs
Britannia
Carbo Hornos
English Children Invited to Visit the White House
Three Winchester children receive cards from Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt inviting them to the White House on April 14 at 3 30 pm. The Edmonds and Carter children will be hosted by Mrs Griffith and Dr and Mrs Anderson and are to call at the East End entrance for reception. The notice also mentions future roles in local festivities as the children become part of roles in the court and festival events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Britain
Winchester
Roger
Betty Edmonds
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brenda Carter
Edmonds
C. Anj
Brenda
R.E. Griffith
Executive Mansion
Anderson
Griffith
Carter
Edmonds Resou
Shenan
Maes ‘Ho
Eaener
Ring
Out-of-towners Fill Rowan County Jail Roster
In Morehead Kentucky on April 3 Al R. M. Clay scanned the jail roster and asked whose jail it was as every cell housed inmates from four neighboring counties. Not a single Rowan County native appeared among the occupants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead
al R. M. Clay
Rowan County
Rowan
Williams Argues Caskey Tax Case
Special to The Star. The Caskey Baking Company case on appeal from Winchester courts argued before the U S Supreme Court. Clarence E. Martin Sr and R Gray Williams contended the Virginia peddlers tax violates interstate commerce and discriminates against non Virginia manufacturers by taxing capital. Justices include Hughes, Stone, Roberts, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, and Douglas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Washington, D. C
Caskey Baking Company
Corporation Court of the City of
Winchester
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Clarence E. Martin, Sr
R. Gray Williams
Virginia
Caskey Company
Martinsburg
Caskey
Charles Evans Hughes
Harlan Fiske Stone
Judge Says Drunken Driving Sentences To Be Individual
Trial Justice Justice F. Largent Jr announced that drunken driving penalties will vary by case. He stated fines and jail terms will be determined on merits, with discretion to impose or suspend sentences. Previously Winchester practiced 30 days in jail for first offenders with $100 fine and costs. Without discretionary imposition, jail terms are mandatory in certain offences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Largent, Jr
Winchester
Mrs Graves Group Wins Church Award
The Market Street Church Membership Committee awarded the silver cup to Mrs Georgiana Graves of the Woodland Avenue group for the highest score on the Memory of Excellence. Refreshments were served by the Northeastern Division led by Mrs Emma Ball. Attendance during Lent is reported to exceed 1200 with two recent Sundays setting Sunday School records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Church
Georgiana Graves
Woodland Avenue
Emma Ball
Fighting Breaks Out Anew Near Ford's Factory
New outbreaks of fighting occurred near the strike closed Ford Rouge plant in Dearborn Michigan as mediation conferences between the CIO and Ford officials were postponed. Police, union leaders and federal mediators sought to ease clashes while production remained halted. More than twenty injured in Day One of the CTO strike near Detroit.
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Associated Press
Ford Rouge
Dearborn
Mich
Murray D. van Wagoner
CIO
Washington
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
House Military Committee
White House
Stephen Early
Ford
American Bantam Car Corporation
Butler
Army
Michigan
Francis H. Fenn
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Hillsdale
American Cat and Foundry
James F. Dewey
Allis
Appalachian
Detroit
CTO
Admit Kuykendall To Practise Before U S Supreme Court
J Sloan Kuykendall of Winchester Virginia bar admitted to practice before the Supreme Court on motion of R Gray Williams Clarence E Martin Jr of Martinsburg West Virginia recently elected State s Attorney Senate admission on motion of Clarence E Martin Sr local report notes Kuykendall joins the bar for federal cases in the high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Washington, D. C
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Winchester
Virginia
Supreme Court of the United Sta
R. Gray Widams
Clarence
E. Martin, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Senate
United States
Clarence E. Martin, Sr
Italian Students Demonstrate in Rome with Flags
Italian students marched through Rome seeking access to the U S embassy and the Yugoslav legation but were blocked by troops. They paraded with Italian and German flags after cheering Yosuke Matsuoka as he left the city by train.
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Rome
United States
Legation
Yosuke Matsuoka
Palazzo Borghese
Via Vittorio Veneta
War alarms rise as Yugoslavia crisis deepens
In a dramatic Balkans turn, Hitler recalls the German legation staff in Belgrade amid claims of an inevitable war with Yugoslavia. Croatia leader Vladimir Macek joins King Peter II's government as vice premier, signaling a united Yugoslavia under looming conflict. Hungarian Premier Count Pal Teleki dies unexpectedly at 62, with the government resigning as officials cite a heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Legation
Belgrade
Nazifuehrer
Yugoslavia
Vladimir Macek
Croatia
Pal Teleki
Hungary
Foreign Office
County Youths In Defense Program Expansion Noted
In Gainesboro and Stephens City youths join the U S National Defense program. About 18 Gainesboro boys aged 17 to 24 study metal work under vocational instructors. At Stephens City 23 enroll in trucks tractors and automobiles with call for another instructor. Courses run nine weeks three hours nightly five nights weekly totaling 120 hours per student and yielding a merit certificate and placement with the Virginia Emcee Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mee
Ween Defense
Gainesboro
Vocational Agriculture Department
Bowers
Robert Bowers
National Fruit Product Company
J.E. Cowles
Stephens City
Joe Clevenger
Valley Service
Fred Dobbins
U. S. National Defense Program
State Department of Education
Virginia
Hunter Bayliss
Jack Brown
Lynwood Brown
Wilbur Cather
Eddie Cooper
Frank Coover
Robert Dailey
Nat DeHaven
Virgil DeHaven, Jr
Junior Dick
Stuart Gano
Evelyn Omos
Richard
Hitler withdraws from Belgrade signals war inevitable
World Today reports German relations with Belgrade cooling as Balkan diplomacy worsens. Croat leader joins Yugoslav government creating a united front while Nazi forces mass near Belgrade. Berlin claims heavy Atlantic shipping losses and Axis advances in Crete and North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation United ‘Front
Yugoslav
Belgrade
Boy Burns Wearing Flare After Truck Crash
Irwin Stearn 18 of Harrisonburg is in critical condition at Cora Miller Hospital after his clothing ignited while he lit a flare following a truck crash involving a Novick Transfer Company vehicle from Winchester. A witness said Stearn was enveloped in flames as he attempted to aid Powell.
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Woodstock
Irwin Stearn
Harrisonburg
Cora Miller Hospital
Novick Transfer Company
Winchester
Stearn
Roy Powell
Route 11
Edinburg
Powell
Lloyd Pence
Lee Clinéhrist
City and County Brevities Update From Winchester Area
Leslie Reed home missed as he fished the Opequon after rain delaying success. Winchester Lions Club donors include 125 dollars for the armory flagpole and 65 chairs. Two Whitacre brothers Robert and Raymond left Berkeley County for service. A new Whitacre Cross Junction road in Northwest Frederick County nears completion, easing sharp curves in about a month.
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Winchester Lions Club
Armory
Lions
Handley High School
Berkeley County
W. Va
Robert
Raymond Whitacre
Frederick County
Whitacre
Cross Junction
State Highway Department
Morgenthau and Jackson Study Action to Forfeit Axis Ships
The United States demands the recall of Italian naval attaché Admiral Alberto Lais for alleged involvement with sabotaging Italian merchant ships. Secretary Hull sent a note to Prince Colonna stating Lais is persona non grata and must depart immediately, as the President views his continued presence as unacceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgenthau and Jackson
United States
Washington
Alberto Lais
Prince Colonna
Roosevelt
Lais
Cide Tha
Nanan
Hull
Texas
Princs Colonna
Huw
The
United
Alberto
Uni
Luis
Charlie Rouss Fire Co to Hold April Meeting
The Charlie Rouss Fire Co invites members and their ladies to a regular monthly meeting and Ladies Night on Friday evening April 4 at 8 o'clock. Special entertainment and refreshments will be provided. President W. D. Weaver urges attendance.
Sarah Zane Fire Co Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be held Friday evening at 8 p.m. All members are urged to be present. Captain Loryn M. Crabill signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Loryn M. Crabill
Public Sale Notice of Goods Near Indian Alley
Public sale set for Saturday April 5 at 1 p.m. at the corner of Indian Alley in W. Cork. Items listed include various ee goods. Frank Anderson is the contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Goods
Indian Alley
W. Cork
Frank Anderson
Sarah Zane Fire Hall Prize Night
An event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall offers a $100 grand prize and a $100 door prize. It lists 20 prizes with drawing at 8:30 pm on April 3rd. The notice includes abbreviated codes (4-2-1p-2t).
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Dr Sam McL Birch Announces Office Removal
Dr Sam McL Birch announces the relocation of his office to the Baker & building at 27 North Braddock. The notice states the move date and the new address for patient appointments and correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam McL. Birch
Baker & Building
North Braddock
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Held Thursday
The Friendship Fire Company held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday at 8 o'clock. All members and officers were requested to be present. Captain WM Argenbright presided.
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Ande
Wm, Argenbright
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Harlan County
Allis-Chalmers
Board of Mediation
Eastern
George Crile
Dr. Crile
Williams
U. S. Supreme Court
Mrs
Kuykendall
U.S
County Youths In Defense Program
World Today
Hitler
Tion
Balkan
Count Teleki
Berlin
Atlantic
Crete
British Isles
Mediterranean
North Africa
Zuetina
Bengasi
Mussolini
Asmara
Leslie Reed
Welltown Pike
Les
Opequon
Secretary of State
State Department
Grata
Val
Royal
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