Rescue Workers Patrol Receding Washita River
Rescue workers patrolled the receding Washita River as the toll mounted from the flood. Stella Mae Fenter, 10, was found dead. 15 others were reported missing, with more than 20 rescued from trees and debris. Rescue teams used boats and planes as flooding forced evacuations along City, Oklahoma to Hammon corridor.
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Associated Press
City
Okla
Washita
Stella Mae Fenter
Rusty” Toller
Harry Aye
Custer City
White Shield
Red Moon Reservation
Washita River
Oklahoma
Hammon
A. M. Adams
Adams
Mrs B F Bowers Fractures Thigh After Accident
Word from Winchester reports Mrs Roberta Bowers wife of Dr B Frank Bowers a St Benedict Cambria county Pa physician sustained a serious fracture of the thigh the night of March 15. She had just returned from a trip to Altoona with her husband and was resting fairly comfortably after the fracture was set.
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Winchester
Roberta Bowers
B. Frank Bowers
St. Benedict
Cambria County
Frederick County
Jacob Bowers
Bowers
Roberta Spangler
Hackwood” Battlefield
Courage Urged On Churchwomen In Crisis Meeting
In Alexandria Virginia April 4 the Women s Missionary Society Baltimore Conference urged courage and trust amid reduced giving. Mrs W H Ballengee reported $35000 pledged to the national council’s work covering home and foreign missions, race relations, rural problems and broader outreach. T J Copeland opened the session and Rev BE W Aaron led a devotional as the meeting continued.
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Alexandria
Women's Missionary Society
Baltimore Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. H. Ballengee
Harrisonburg
National Council
Chang R. Groover
Washington
T. J. Copeland
Baltimore
BE. W. Aaron
Washington Street Church
Supervisor Guilty On Malfeasance Charges
A Campbell county jury convicts Supervisor Robert E. Mitchell of malfeasance in office after April 4 in Lynchburg. The verdict stems from multiple charges alleging improper conduct and misuse of official duties. Mitchell faces potential penalties and further legal steps by the court.
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Lynchburg
Campbell County
Robert E. Mitchell
Court motions to set aside verdict and grant hearing
Judge H C Leigh of Dan presided in the case. He indicated he was inclined to overrule the motion but would grant a hearing, noting he believed the jury was close to a guilty verdict and disliked delaying judgment in such a case.
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H. C. Leigh
Dan
Suage Don Pa
Government Decides To Buy Jamestown Isle
Norfolk April 4 The United States government has decided to purchase Jamestown Isle without further legal contest and begins formal acquisition steps.
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Jamestown Isle
Norfolk
United States
Jamestown Island Sale Moves Forward to National Monument
A jury awarded $165,000 to Louise J. Barney of Dayton Ohio for Jamestown Island owner ship. The Interior and Justice Departments decided to proceed with condemnation to add the island to the Colonial National Monument embracing Yorktown and Williamsburg. Judge Luther B. Way presided as three day trial and jury inspection occurred on site.
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Jamestown Island
Colonial National Monument
Island
Yorktown
Willamsburg
Louise J. Barney
Dayton
Ohio
America
Luther B. Way
Death summons Mrs G R Shreck at Stephenson
Mrs Emma Shreck 55 wife of George R Shreck Frederick County farmer died at 1 o clock this morning at her home near Stephenson after months of serious illness her health began to fail several years ago in Frederick County Maryland.
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Emma Shreck
George R. Shreck
Frederick County
Stephenson
Public Sale Of Frederick County Realty In Winchester Va
Public auction in front of the Winchester court house on April 14 1934 at noon offers two Wardensville Grade tracts totaling 140 acres near Winchester Va The sale is conducted by trustee J M Steck with terms of one third cash and the balance in two annual installments at 6 percent secured by a deed of trust and fire policy.
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W. B. Orndorff
J. M. Steck
Frederick County
Court House
Winchester
Wardensville
Geo. Cochran
Isaac Lamp
Aera
Shockeysville
Eugene H. Anderson
Mrs Shreck Dies. Funeral Set At Stephenson
Mrs Shreck, daughter of the late Jacob and Eliza Curry Shreck, born May 14, 1879, of Frederick county, died recently. She leaves her husband, five sons Harry Weedon Bruce Lawrence and Bradford Shreck, one daughter Edna Shreck, one sister Jennie Shreck. Reeve Shreck, her son, died last week at the State Colony in Lynchburg after seven years as a patient. The funeral will be held from the home near Stephenson at 1:30 Sunday, with Rev. Thomas Morgan of Brucetown Methodist Church officiating. burial in Brucetown cemetery.
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Shreck
Jacob and
Eliza Curry Shreck
Frederick County
Harry
Weedon
Bruce
Lawrence
Bradford Shreck
Edna Shrecx
Jennie Shreck
Reeve Shreck
Government loan plan for industry gains tentative support
Gent views on government loans to industry were reconciled today and a new plan awaiting President Glass and the Federal Reserve Board would allow private enterprises to obtain financing via intermediate banks established to handle such loans.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Glass
D-Va
Gov- Reserve Board
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