Beating and Robbery Case Ties Virginia Town
Trial Justice Loring C Rackley delayed proceedings until Thursday in the Pete Chilcott case linked to an assault on Joe Thomas colored and robbery of Thomas Peyton colored after a Berryville drinking party. Chilcott Peyton and Thomas had connections to a W Watkins estate and Route 50 near Cooke. 30 Days For Tumblin Acey Tumblin received 30 days suspended and probation after an assault episode on Blue Ridge mountains with threats of knife and gun.
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The
Star
Loring C. Rackley
Pete Chilcott
Joe Thomas
Col
Thomas Peyton
Clarke
Annefield
S Alley
Berryville
Chilcott
Peyton
Cooke
Tumblin
Acey Tumblin
Kackley
Rday
Bluedge Mountains
Tum
Women’s Society Opposes Sunday Movies in Winchester
At a Tuesday meeting of the Stephenson Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service the group went on record against movies Sunday in Winchester. The session at Mrs. A. L. Omps home included devotions led by Miss Elizabeth DeHaven.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Stephenson Methodist Church
Winchester
Sungey
A. L. Omps
Elizabeth DeHaven
Eagles Plan Convention Tonight in Winchester
Fra ternal Order of Eagles Chester Aerie No 824 will meet tonight at 8 30 to institute ten new members and to form the Executive Committee. Worthy President R B Dale C F Hottle W A Miller and Frank Harry will present plans for the Virginia State Aerie Convention to be held in Winchester June 1920. Secretary E P Spates urges all members to attend and help make the convention the best in the state's history.
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Chester Aerie
Fraterni
Order of Eagles
R.B. Dale
C. F. Hottle
W. A. Miller
Frank Harry
Aerie
Winchester
E. P. Spates
For Sale Two Geldings Joseph and John
Two geldings for sale. One, Joe, gray nine years old, 1700 pounds, versatile. The other, John, bay five years old, quiet but unbroken. For more information call Winchester 359. H. K. Benham.
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Joe
John Bay
Winchester
Grand Lodge IOOF to Hear Gen Breiel at Winchester Meeting
Grand Lodge officers of Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and DC plan to hear General Breiel on April 14 at Sarah Zane Hall North Loudoun street Winchester. Tri County Association president Joseph Funk will preside with many Odd Fellows and Rebekahs from Frederick Warren Shenandoah counties expected. A detailed program will follow.
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Grand Lodge
IOOF
Gen. Breiel
Sarah Zane
North
Loudoun Street
Breiel
Com
Canada
United States
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Winchester
Frederick
Warren
Shenandoah
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Joseph Funk
Stephens City
Tri-County Association
Virginians Pay $35 595 676 In Federal Taxes
Virginia corporations and individuals paid 35 595 676 dollars in federal taxes in March, 13 566 396 more than March 1940. Income taxes totaled 1 120 386 with 606 822 for 1940. Stamps receipts 17 082 493. miscellaneous 2 953 630. employment taxes 31 953. Increase linked to defense tax measures.
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Virginia
N. B. Early, Jr
Internal Revenue
Early
Maj Kent Leaves Jail Free Man
Major Robert C. Kent Jr was released from a Virginia prison farm in Goochland county after serving about half of a 13 year sentence for kidnapping Mrs Mary Hastings. He had been under medical care for much of his term and planned to seek hospital care in Washington. Hastings body was found near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania after she left Blue Ridge Springs with Kent in June 1934. Kent faced kidnapping and murder charges with jurisdiction questions, trial held in Fincastle on the kidnapping count.
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Eeeeh
Rober C. Kent, Jr
Tooteteaid
Mary J. Hastings
Blue Ridge Springs
Virginia
Goochland County
State Farm
Kent
Washington
Hastings
Stroudsburg
Fincastle
Widow Elizabeth Acton Dies in Clarke County
Mrs Elizabeth Acton widow of Patrick Murphy formerly of Wadesville Clarke county Virginia is in extremely critical condition this afternoon. She has been in failing health for some time. Final rites of the Catholic Church have been administered. Residing with her at 232 Cleveland avenue is her son Charles E Murphy. Other family members are at her bedside.
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Elizabeth Acton
Patrick Murphy
Wadesville
Clarke County
Harry Murphy Winchester
Cleveland Avenue
City
Charles E.murphy
The
An Ily
Art Exhibit at Little Theatre April 15 to 18
Representatives of Muth and Company Washington present art materials at the Little Theatre studio 213 North Cameron from April 15 to 18, daily 12 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM. The show features paper paints charcoals crayons and architectural supplies plus works by local artists. Organized by Mrs Ethel Jolliffe and studio classes. A first time display in Winchester.
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Muth and Company
Washington
Little Theatre
North Cameron
Winchester
Ethel Jolliffe
Germany renews protest over seized ships in United States
Secretary Hull said Germany sent a new note defending its protests over the seizure of German merchant ships and crews held in U S ports on grounds of sabotage. The note reportedly disputed U S legal basis and cited a treaty of friendship and commerce. Hull also said Italy had not yet complied with the request to withdraw its naval attaché Admiral Roberto Lais over suspected sabotage orders.
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Washington
Hull
Germany
United States
Mem Hull
Roberto Lais
Roosevelt
Local Firm Wins C. P. Contract in Radford
The Laburnum Construction Company announced that it won the contract for all electric wiring and telephone installations for a new Radford building. Baker & Sidareon of Winchester also involved. the Radford site mirrors a nearby North Braddock street structure in design.
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Laburnum Construction Company
Isephone Company A Radford
Baker & S Idareon
Radford
North Braddock Street
Sunrise Service At Fairview Church
A sunrise service will be held at Fairview Church west of Gore at 6 30 a m on Easter Sunday. Everyone is cordially invited to attend this inspiring event.
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Fairview Church
Gore
Easter Week Services Plan Across Local Churches
The Montague Avenue churches announce Holy Week events led by Rev H G Piel Seean with services nightly at 7 30 p m Round Hill Macedonia Greenwood Montague Avenue and a Rosemont Easter service at Senator Byrd's home east portico. Easter programs include youth choirs breakfast at 9 30 am and an Easter play The Bearer of the Cross featuring seven local youths.
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Montague
H. G. Piel Seean
Round Hill
Macedonia
Greenwood
Montague Avenue
Rosemont
Senator Byrd
Mary Katherine Kern
May Carper
Epworth League
Bearer of the
Cross
Charles Clark
Cats Orndorff
Margaret Everhart
Warren
Fremont Fogle
Donald Coontz
Meglhl
hBsu Soru
Faces Charged in Embezzling Large Trust Fund
Frank H. Dempsey 65 waived extration and was held for Pittsburgh on charges of fraudulent conversion and embezzlement totaling 287 716 and 215 934 as trustee for the Paul H Hacke estate. Detectives pursue Dempsey who had lived homeless two months before arrest in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Frank H. Dempsey
Pitsburgh
Paul H. Hacke
John A. Coney
Dempsey
Pittsburgh
Hacke
Sun nyside Grill hit by pole-top cable cut
In Fredericksburg on April 8 Constable E T Robey said a vandal climbed a pole and cut five electric lead-in lines, plunging Sun nyside Grill into darkness.
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Fredericksburg
E. T. Robey
Education Emphasized In Tuberculosis Fight
Dr. E C Harper Virginia health official urged education of men women and children on tuberculosis dangers. He linked early diagnosis with public cooperation and noted factors key to control including adequate rest, test, living conditions and diet. He stressed the role of X rays in finding TB before symptoms and traced spread to the immediate surroundings of a positive sputum case.
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E. C. Harper
Virginia State Department of Health
Neo Tuberculosis Association
Harper
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Safe Hoisting of Safes Confuses Frederick Officials
In Frederick Maryland on April 8 city officials puzzled by hoisting safes to the third floor of City Hall and over the morgue of the city opera house. Two safes weighing 8740 pounds total require a crane. concerns rise whether a local contractor can swing the job and help may be sought from Baltimore.
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Frederick
City Hall
City Opera House
Baltimore
Labor unrest widens across industries amid wage disputes
CIO and AFL actions ripple nationwide with southern coal wage gaps under debate. United Mine Workers push for seven dollars daily versus six in the north and five sixty in the south. An AFL machinists strike disrupts 50 plants and $7 million in defense work near San Francisco. Ford River Rouge idle as talks loom, with 45 day elections ordered by the NLRB. Other strikes and labor actions span Lukens Steel Co, Phelps Dodge, Harris-Seybold Potter, and Great Lakes tug services.
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New York
C.I.O. United Mine Workers
A.F.L. Machinists
San Francisco
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
James F. Dewey
National Labor Relations Board
Ford
Lukens Steel Company
Coatsville
Phelps-Dodge Copper Corp
Elizabeth
N. J
Harris-Seybold-Potter Company
Cleveland Machinery Factory
Great Lakes
Red Cross To Meet Thursday In Winchester
The Winchester Red Cross executive committee plans a Thursday afternoon meeting at 3 o clock. The gathering will cover the national one to be held in Wash Co from April 21 to 24. Miss Susan Edgerton, new local chapter executive secretary, attends her first meeting after moving from Aiken South Carolina and leading projects in three Tennessee counties.
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Wash Co
Susan Ca Edgerton
Aiken, C
Edgerton
Red Cross
Tennessee
Winchester
Miss Edgerton
Edythe Ballard
Cantata O L i v e t to Calvary At Grace Church
Cantata Olivet to Calvary by Maunder will be performed Wednesday at 7 30 PM at Grace Lutheran Church. Guest tenor Nelson P Huffman of Bridgewater will solo. Rev Carl Honeycutt notes the cantata crowns Grace Church Lent meditations for the community.
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Olivet
Holy Week Service Tonight at Centenary Church
Centenary Reformed Church hosts a Holy Week service tonight at 7 45 p m. The pastor the Rev S M L Flickinger D D will deliver the message. The public is invited to attend.
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Centenary Reformed Church
S. M. L. Flickinger
D. D
Wrecked PBY Plane Believed Found Near Virginia Inlet
Navy reports a PBY flying boat wreckage and life raft sighted two miles east of Great Machipongo Inlet about 30 miles north of Cape Charles Virginia. Ensign G N Blackburn and Ensign G W Marson piloted with a crew of eight aboard from Wasps carrier.
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G. N. Blackburn
Naval Reservist
Lenni Mills
G. W. Marson
Cambridge City
Ind
Quonsett Point
Navy
T. F. Mueller
San Diego
Calif
L. C. Luton
Little Cypress
F. W. Crowe
Boulevard Heights
L. L. Gurganus
Parrish
Ala
W. Broadhurst
Albany
N. Y
F. McElrath
Aviation Ordnance Man
Newburgh
B. A. Taylor
Rutledge
A. P. Fasano
Port Washingn
I. Department
Navy Department
Washington
Patro Wing
Wasps
Great Machipongo Inlet
Cape Charles
British subject Kiel bombed in five hour raid on submarine yards
British bombers raided Kiel for five hours raining hundreds of tons of bombs on submarine building yards and docks. Night daylight raids hit Denmark and the Low Countries while moonlight aided RAF night fighters. Nine killed in Northern Ireland air raid. raids also hit southwest Scotland and southeast Scotland with casualties reported.
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London
Kiel
Denmark
Low Countries
British Isles
England
Scotland
Northern
Ireland
Moon
R.A.F
R.af
Northern Ireland
Britain
Belfast
Dublin
Canada Minister To U S A Dies In Hospital
Loring Christie Canadian Minister to the United States died at Rockefeller Hospital after a long illness. He served as minister since September 1939, succeeding Sir Herbert Marler. Leighton McCarthy acted as minister in February. Christie, 56, had a long civil service career dating to 1913 as legal adviser to external affairs.
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New
Loring Christie
United States
Rockfeller Hospital
Christie
Herbert Marler
Leighton McCarthy
External Affairs Department
Red Cross Knitters Urged to Report Sweaters Quickly
Red Cross knitters are urged to turn in sweaters today with a deadline set for tomorrow. Mrs. R. E. Griffith asks all knitters to deliver garments promptly for inspection cleaning and blocking before shipment to war zones.
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R. E. Griffth
Uged
Red Cross
Steady Flow Of Draftees Arrive At Fort Meade
Fort Meade Md April 8 The Twenty ninth Division prepares for a steady stream of drafted recruits to reach war time strength. About 10 000 recruits needed to reach full size with 200 Maryland and Virginia selectees arriving from Camp Lee Friday and more due from the Fort Meade reception center. Maj Gen Milton A Reckord calls the unit ready to take on the schedule as 250 more selectees come from Camp Lee Thursday and Fort Meade center supplies 225 recruits Saturday and 225 Monday. Recent classification shows 60 percent occupational specialists and 40 percent basics, indicating highly trained personnel for a modern army.
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W. E. Wade
Fort George G. Meade
Twentyninth
Maryland
Virginia
Camp Lee
Twenty-ninth
National Guard
Fort Meade
Milton A. Reckord
Pg ‘Twentyninth
Selective Service Boards
Iain Rudolph Morgan
176Th Field Artillery
Answers to Today's Quiz Reveal Key Facts
The page lists quiz answers: question one twelve, question two San Juan, and question three Frank Knox named as the new Secretary of the Navy.
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San Juan
Frank Knox
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Harry Seabright
Winchester Seed Company
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Seabright
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Merves W. Adams
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