Fry Found Guilty in Bootlegging Case at Martinsburg Court
J William Fry known as the alleged king of bootleggers was found guilty by a Martinsburg jury on two counts. He received six months in jail for the January 27 sale and a $500 fine for possession of moonshine whiskey. failure to pay would extend the sentence in Charles Town jail. Prosecutor Ma thews and Russell Forbes led the case while defense did not put Fry on the stand. The verdict unsettles other alleged bootleggers detained in recent weeks.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
J. William Fry
United States
W. F. Baker
Lane
Fry
Charles Town
C. N. Campbell
Ralph Beall
Baker
Buchwald
Nan Thompson
Prohibition
Mathews
Russell L. Forbes
Mannington
William Dean
Jail Term Given for Liquor Offenses and Escapes
Fry served a jail term in Winchester after a Virginia liquor law conviction. He allegedly transported about 40 gallons of liquor from Shenandoah county to Martinsburg and failed to stop when pursued by Policeman Armel. A pistol shot wounded Fry, who was treated at Memorial Hospital before imprisonment. He pled guilty and received about 60 days in Corporation Court. He was described as a model prisoner and later regarded as trusty.
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Fry
Winchester
Virginia
Shenandoah County
Martinsburg
Armel
Memorial Hospital
Corporation Court
Senators Exempt Cheaper Radios From 10 Percent Tax
The Senate finance committee exempted radio sets selling for less than $50 wholesale from the proposed 10 percent tax. The action came as the committee wrapped up its revenue considerations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Death of Joseph E Willard Former U S Ambassador to Spain
Joseph Edward Willard former United States ambassador to Spain from 1913 to 1921 died in New York City from angina pectoris. Born 1865 in Washington he was a lawyer, Virginia politician and diplomat who also served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and had a son in law connection to Kermit Roosevelt. State flags at half staff in Virginia in his honor.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Edward Eee
United States
Willard
Washington
Virginia Military Institute
University of Virginia
Mr. Willard
Belle Layton Wyatt
Itimore
Belle Willard
Kermit Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Madrid
Richmond
Trinkle
Joseph Edward Willard
Lietenant
Virginia
Spain
New York City
White Tiger at Colonial Stars Priscilla Dean and Tod Browning
Priscilla Dean and Tod Browning present White Tiger at the Colonial theatre next Monday and Tuesday. Dean plays the underworld queen with a dramatic center role supported by Wallace Berry Matt Moore and Raymond Griffith in a crime drama that police praise for portraying crime as not romantic and doomed by treachery.
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Priscella Dean
Tod Browning
Outside the
Colonial Theatre
Miss Dean
Wallace Berry
Robin Hood
Matt Moore
Raymond Griffith
White Tiger
White Sulphur Inn Serves Chicken and Waffle Dinners
The White Sulphur Inn announced it is now ready to serve chicken and waffle dinners daily from noon to five in the afternoon. The plate price is $1.25.
For Sale Dalton Adding Machine
Office Supply Co offers a Dalton adding machine for quick sale. Price is listed as cheap, with instruction to contact for purchase.
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Dalton
The
Office Supply Co
Square Dance Tonight at Friendship Hall
Local note announces a Square Dance tonight at Friendship Hall. Classified item lists a sale of a thriving North Main Street business, with contact: Mr Fansler at Star office, for details.
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North Main St
Fansler
Star Office
Turn Over A New Leaf This Spring And Plant Trees
A civic league appeal urges every resident to plant a tree this spring to improve Winchester’s beauty. The message argues a tree provides shade and helps fill gaps on streets, noting some lack energy or money and calling for communal effort. It underscores starting now gives a full year’s growth for next year.
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Winchester
Civic League
Empire Theatre announces next week lineup of new pictures
Empire Theatre reveals a busy week starting Monday with Universal Jewel’s new release Prisoner of Love on the high seas. Jackie Coogan stars in Oliver Twist. Shows at 2 30 7 and 9 with kids 10 cents and adults 15 to 25. vaudeville Friday and Saturday. Several other productions including The Ten Commandments and The Thief of Bagdad are teased for upcoming weeks.
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Empire Theatre
Universal Jewel
Pris- Son Taeer
High Seas
Jackie Coogan
Charles Dickens
the Empire
Market Street Playhouse
American Legion
Winchester
Popular Playhouse
Messrs. Shubert
Young Men Invited to Bible Class at United Brethren
Young men urged to attend the United Brethren Church Bible Class at 9 45 A M Sunday. All boys not in another church invited. George Miller, executor. Lost sapphire ring for a child reward at 9 N Braddock St.
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United Brethren Church
Geo. Miller
Ec’g
N. Braddock
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Notice
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Char ley Rouss Fire Company will hold a regular meeting Monday evening April 7 at 7 30. All members are requested to attend. Mrs W E Huntsberry is president.
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Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion
Kiwanis ‘Club
Auxiliary
Secr
The
Star
Charley Rouss Fire Company
W. E. Huntsberry
Flower Shop Ad Offers Carnations and Peas
Local flower shop advertises carnations at 1.00 per dozen and peas in 50 cent bunches. Offers dated sale line 4-5-2.
Winchester Pest Station Permanently Established
The Winchester Pest Commission and County Fruit Growers' Association have secured a permanent pest station west of the tracks to serve growers. The new facility houses a pathological laboratory and insectory with desks for pathologist F. J. Schneiderhan and entomologist W. S. Hough, plus equipment and space for research on insect and fungous pests.
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Pest Commission
Winchester
County Fruit Growers’ Association
Apple Cider and
Station and Pest Commission
F. J. Schneiderhan
W. 8 S. Hough
Fruit Growers' Association
Cider and Winegar Company
Messrs. Hough and Schneiderhan
Hough
Schneiderhan
Atcksburg
Cronet
New Schedule Changes Only Train 56 in Shenandoah Division
The spring schedule at one minute after midnight changes Train No. 56 in the Shenandoah division. Starting Monday it will leave Winchester at 11 25 a m for Harpers Ferry connections instead of 1 05 a m. All other trains run on the same times as before.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Shenandoah Division
Winchester
Harpers Ferry
Chamber of Winchester
J. J. McCabe
Chamber
The Silent Command at Empire Tonight
The naval melodrama The Silent Command screens at the Empire tonight with a top cast. Theodore Roosevelt and General John J. Pershing endorse the film, produced with U S government cooperation, plus a vaudeville act with Bill Schneider and Clayton Ritter.
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The
Empire
Wm. Fox
Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Bill Schneider
Clayton Ritter
John J. Pershing
Negro Student Stands Firm Amid Columbia Dormitory Conflict
At Furnald Hall Columbia University Frederick W Wells, a negro law student from Union City Tenn, faces threats from Ku Klux Klan letters and a flaming cross incident. Police guard the dorm as factions clash. A hall committee seeks Wells removal while 100 students sign to keep him in place.
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Associated Press
New York
Furnald Hall
Columbia University
Frederick W.wells
Union City
Tenn
Wells
J. B. Baker
Dean Hawkes
Lighting Reaches Sanctuary as Church Opens New System
The Church of the Sacred Heart activates a Frinch lighting system under Rev Father T A Rankin, flooding the sanctuary with soft white light to enhance marble lines. Passion-tide begins with purple veils on statues, and a single 7 30 a m mass precedes the pastor's trip to Front Royal and Roanoke Virginia before Friday services.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
T. A. Rankin
Front Royal
Roanoke
Flames sweep Toy Factory in Baltimore
In Baltimore on April 5 the Carriage and Toy Company's annex at 634-640 West Pratt Street was engulfed by fire leaving only a skeleton. Estimated loss $175,000, with $100,000 in stock and three carloads of new toys. Adjacent Wagner paper company sustained $25,000 in water and smoke damage. Three firefighters were slightly injured and the fire's origin remains uncertain.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Carriage and Toy Company
West
Pratt Street
Wagner
University Hospital
Postmaster Kern to Quit Hospital Early Next Week
Postmaster Hunter N. Kern who had a serious operation at Memorial Hospital and has been confined to bed is improving. He is expected to leave the hospital early next week, go home for several days, then resume his duties at the local post office.
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Hunter N. Kern
Memorial Hospital
Cambridge Victory Over Oxford in Seventy-Sixth Boat Race
Cambridge University varsity eight defeated Oxford in the Thames race from Putney to Mortlake by about four and a half lengths in the seventy sixth revival. The Cambridge crew, lighter and less experienced, surprised the heavier Oxford boat to claim the win.
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Associated Press
Putney
Eng
Cambridge University
Oxford
Thames
Mortlake
Cambridge
Four Story Cigar Factory Burns in Reading Area
Fire swept a four story cigar factory owned by C S Garman and four nearby houses in Denver Lancaster county near Reading. The blaze caused an estimated loss of about 175000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Reading
Denver
Lancaster County
Here
C. S. Garman
Victor Brenner Lincoln cent designer dies in New York
Victor David Brenner, a sculptor and medalist who designed the Lincoln cent, died today in a New York hospital after a long illness. Born in Russia, he came to New York in 1890 and rose from a humble die cutter to an internationally known medalist.
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Associated Press
New York
Victor David Brenner
Russia
Brenner
Young Fort Myer Soldier Marries After Hard Journey
Ralph F Boose a Fort Myer soldier wed Delilah Sager 16 after obtaining her father's consent. The ceremony took place at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev A A Kelley officiating. The groom will return to duty with the Third Cavalry after a weekend visit follows the wedding.
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Ralph F. Boose
Fort Myer
Grace Tlaitheran Church
North Market Street
A. A. Kelley
Delilah Sager
Milton Sager
Ueiam Bassford
Disney
Mount Williams
Winchester
Boose
Third Cavalry
Sager
Hammond joins Angle Construction in Greensboro
W W Hammond long involved with J L Crouse of Greensboro has become construction superintendent for Angle Construction Company of Greensboro. Angle interests reportedly assumed several contracts formerly held by Crouse for projects in multiple regions while Crouse continues building work in Greensboro.
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W. W. Hammond
J. L. Crouse
Greensboro
N. C
Handley Schools
Commercial and Savings Bank
Angle Construction Company
Angle
Crouse
Students Confer on Law Observance and Citizenship
Washington April 5 The students conference on law observance and citizenship opened with a White House reception and several talks focusing on prohibition enforcement. Some 150 colleges across the country named students to attend the conferences organized by citizens of a thousand as a culmination of earlier undergraduate meetings on the same topic.
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Washington
White House
Market Street Church Sunday Services Held With Conference
Market Street Methodist Church Sunday Sunday school and the Wesleyan Bible class meet at 9 45 a m as no preaching service is held because the annual conference is in session in Baltimore.
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Market Street Methodist Church
Wesleyan Bible Class
Baltimore
Enraged Lover Kills Woman Then Takes Own Life
Frederick Maryland April 5 Leona Estelle Whitter 25 was shot by her suitor Clinton Shepherd 42 after she refused marriage. Shepherd wounded, fled, died later in hospital. Authorities say poison tablets found in his pockets. motive linked to jealousy and a rival. Witnesses recount the car chase and fatal shooting on a road near the city. Miss Whitter, daughter of John Whittier of Adamstown Pennsylvania, died from the gunshot in the incident.
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Associated Press
Frederick
Leona Estelle Whitter
Clinton
Shepherd
Miss Whitter
Crick
A. Shepherd
Miss Whittier
John
Whittier
Adamstown
Priscilla Dean in New Storm Daughter Film
News notes Priscilla Dean stars in a new production announced this afternoon by Baker of the Empire Washington D C Universal Film. The article urges audiences to see the film on Monday and highlights Jackie Coogan and Oliver Twist on Tuesday.
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Baker of the Empire
Universal Film
Mid City High Test Oil Product Notice
A Standard Oil and General Corp. product labeled high test om 4-2-1p-4t is listed for MID CITY area distribution. The notation appears on a brief product display with limited context and no further specifications.
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Standard Oil & General _ Corp
Maria Carmi Sues Gest for 5404 in Court Action
Maria Carmi Matchabelli filed a suit in Senate Court against Maurice Gest seeking 510,000 alleging breach of contract over a role in The Miracle. The plaintiff asserts Diana Duff Cooper was substituted for the role.
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Associated Pr
New York
Maria Carmi Matchabelli
Maria Carmi
Senate
Maurice Gest
Diana Duff Cooper
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Martins
J. M. Orndoff
Great Navy
Joseph E. Willard
Legion Post
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Priscilla Dean
Friendship Hall
Theo. Roosevelt
Empire Tonight
Catholic Church
Flames
Sweep Toy Factory
Kern
Lincoln Penny Dead
Mink Choker
N. Kent St
Ralph Boose
Delilah Ager
Mr. Kelly
Ww. W. Hammond
Market ST. Church Services
Clinton Shepherd
Frederick, Md
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