Byrd Opposes Raskob Plan on Prohibition and Tariffs
Former Virginia governor Harry F. Byrd spoke at a Jefferson Day dinner outlining opposition to the Raskob plan to modify the 18th Amendment. He urged direct popular vote in each state on prohibition and called for tariff revisions and reduced government spending.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Byrd
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Raskob
Gov. Byrd
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Home Demonstration Curb Market at 29 East Boscawen
Gratchen builds a curb market at 29 East Boscawen street with fresh baked foods dressed poultry and home grown products for sale every Saturday from 9 to 1.
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Gratchen
East Boscawen Street
The Orange Store Sells Fresh Florida Oranges
The Orange Store received a fresh Florida truckload of oranges with thin skins and juicy sweetness. Located on North Main Street two doors north of The Crystal. Availability noted as direct from tree to you.
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Florida
North Main Street
Friendship Fire Company Banquet Plans Evening Event
The tenth annual Friendship Fire Company banquet features a delicious menu and entertainment. Toast master Andy Bell and Rev. W. M. Brashears will present the program with speakers H. S. Metcalfe and J. Sloan Kuykendall, plus Cyril Mee solos and a quartet.
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The
Friendship Fire Company
Andy Bell
Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Brashears
Market Street Methodist Church
Maryland
Mary N. Forney
C. Douglas Barnett
M. A. Doran
E. L. Jones
Richard Boxwell
Howard Swartz
T. J. Dale
Pearle Boxwell
Lee Boxwell
Lola Carper
Mary Kerlin
Maggie Anderson
Friendship Company
Fred W. Forney
Hunt Named General Manager at Winchester Woolen Mill
Fred S. Hunt announced as general manager of the Winchester Woolen Company plant to succeed the late W A Sale who died from acute indigestion. Hunt reports for duty and will supervise the mill, which has not been operating recently. He arrives from Sweetwater Tennessee where he led a mill. Hunt formerly worked at the Virginia Woolen Company in Winchester. Mrs Hunt is Mamie Barr sister of C Fred Barr. The plant has been on a full schedule for months and business is understood to be good.
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Winchester Woolen Company
Fred S. Hufht
W. A. Sale
Hunt
Sweetwater
Tenn
Presnet
Winchester
Virginia Woolen Company
North Kent Street
Mamie Barr
Edward M. Barr
North Braddock Street
C. Fred Barr
Williams Brothers
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Corporation
Prohibition Reform Leader Urges Eighteenth Amendment Repeal
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, head of the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, told a Senate committee that the eighteenth amendment finances crime and poisons national life. She supported repeal alongside former Senator James W. Wadsworth. Senator Bingham urged returning liquor control to the states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Charles H. Sabin
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Bingham
Connecticut
Dr Driscoll Given Sentence in Baltimore Girl Death Case
Dr Albert D Driscoll once a political power in west Baltimore was sentenced in a girl death case. The report notes a long prison term as the outcome of a legal proceeding dated in Baltimore on April 14.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Albert D. Driscoll
West Baltimore
Darrow Defense Tactics Hidden In Kahahawai Case
In Honolulu four defendants awaiting Clarence Darrow sift through secrecy as the famed lawyer weighs how to defend Mrs Fortescue and three Navy men in the Kahahawai killing linked to the Massie case. Prosecution presented key testimony, while Darrow offered silence to questions.
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Honolulu
Joseph Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
John C. Kelly
Granville Fortescue
Fortescue
Darrow
Thomas H. Massie
E. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones
Man Sentenced to Four and a Half Years in House of Correction
Luke Maryland nurse Nina Mary Kelly died after an illegal operation performed by a man who was convicted of manslaughter. The sentence of four and a half years was issued by Criminal Court and immediate transport to Jessups House of Correction followed.
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Day
House of Correction
Nina Mary Kelly
Luke
Driscoll
Jessups
Edward Willard Brown dies at 70 in New York home
Edward Willard Brown retired executive and yachtman died at his No 8 East Sixty fourth Street residence after a brief heart illness. He was 70, survived by wife Lenonora and a daughter, with brothers Gardner and Vernon among the survivors. He founded the Sterling Salt Company and held leadership roles in Halite and Northern Railroad and Crocker Wheeler. He served as a Naval Reserve lieutenant in World War I.
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Edward Willard Brown
East Sixty-fourth Street
New York
Mr. Brown
Gardner W. Brown
Mary E. Russell
James B. Russell
Winchester
Sterling Salt Company
West Fortieth Street
International Salt Company
Halite and Northern Railroad Company
Crocker Wheeler Company
Vernon H. Brown
Cunard Steamship Company
Boston
St. John's School
Ossining
N. Y
Columbia University School of Mines
Brown
United States Naval Reserve
Seawanhaka
Richmond County Country
Union League Down Town
Mayflower Descendants
Lenonora C. Lathrop
Baltimore
Carl A. Gray
Vernon C
Willard S
John H. Morice
Moling and Cath er Draperies Featured at Low Prices
Attractive draperies and summer rugs are shown at satisfactory low prices by Moling and Cather. The display highlights affordable home textiles for ready buyers.
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Moling & Cather
Special offer on 10-quart galvanized bucket
Advertisement notes a special Saturday sale for a 10-quart galvanized bucket at 9 cents each, limited to one bucket per customer. Signed by R. M. Swimley.
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R. M. Swimley
Fresh Auction of Household Effects in Leicester Street
Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn announce sale of all household effects of William R. Washington deceased. Viewing Wednesday and Friday mornings with auction at 2 PM Saturday April 16 at 115 West Leicester Street. Cash terms.
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William R. Washington
West Leicester Street
Duvall & Dunn
Handley Track Team Triumphs In Massanutten Duel Meet
Handley High School defeated Massanutten Military Academy 59 to 45 at Woodstock. Handley won six of twelve events, set four school records in shot put, discus, javelin and high jump, and featured top finishes by Flickinger and Dunlap.
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Woodstock
Massanutten Military Academy
Handley High School
Handley
Dunlap
Stipe
Joe Flickinger
Flickinger Handley
Hartman
Weibel
Speer
Massanutten
Jackson
Brumback
Atcherton
Jannell
Cooley
Flickinger
Weibelow
F. Duvall
Burch
Duvall
Odd Fellows Invited to Country Church Service
Madison Lodge No. 6 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows invites all to attend a Sunday evening service at Bethel Lutheran Church in Nain County at 8 o'clock on April 17. Rev. C. E. Seastrunk will lead the service and sermon. attendance is open to all who wish to join in worship.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Madison Lodge
Bethel Lutheran Church
Nain
C. E. Seastrunk
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellowship
Stock Market Pressure Abates Toward Midday
New York traders saw a choppy start with a sharp opening slump driven by liquidation of bank loan collateral. Prices slipped to new cycle lows before buying to cover produced a recovery, leaving some small gains by mid day as call money steadied at 2 1/2 percent and sterling London cables opened at $3.77, down one cent.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling London Cables
Public Sale in Stephens City on Main Street
Lat Apr 16 at 1 PM in Stephens City on Main Street opposite the Creamery for sale of all kinds household goods and kitchen utensils. The sale is conducted by FDNA V Polhamus.
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Stephens City
Main St
V. Polhamus
Riot Claims One Life in Ohio Mine Strike District
In Steubenville area a riot tied to the eastern Ohio coal miners strike left Walter Kimbel age 50 dead near Adena and a second man wounded as guardsmen stood by. Governor White ordered National Guard on standby while Harrison County officials requested troops to quell disturbances near the Goodyear Somers Mine in Adena.
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Associated Press
Steubenville
Ohio
Adena
White
National Guard
Somers
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Walter Kimbel
Maurice Wooster
Harrison County
Columbus
State of Ohio
Dental Club Entertained By Dr Snapp In Winchester Meeting
The April session of the Northern Virginia Dental Study Club was hosted by Dr. Ralph B. Snapp on West Boscawen Street. Officers from Wood Dr. W. B. Wunder presided as president. Final reports covered the Virginia and West Virginia State Dental Associations May meeting in Winchester. Dr. Snapp presented on Peridontiachasia followed by discussion. Attendees included Doctors Snapp Myers Knight Sr Heist Richard Yost Sartelle Harlee Knight Jr Winchester Grove Maphis Strasburg Wunder Woodstock.
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Northern Virginia Dental Study Club
Ralph B. Snapp
West Boscawen Street
B of Wood
W. B. Wunder
Stock
Virginia
West Virginia
Winchester
Snapp
Myers
Knight, Sr
Heist
Richard
Yost
Sartelle
Harlee
Knight, Jr
Grove and Maphis
Strasburg
Wunder
Woodstock
Lindbergh kidnapping ransom money traced to Bronx bank
Secret Service probes follow a $50,000 ransom hoax for the Lindbergh baby as a Bronx bank cash deposit appears linked to a mysterious group. Dr John F P Condon, aid by Norfolk Dean H Dobson Peacock, says he has secret messages from two associates while others seek to contact the kidnappers.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Secret Service
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Clothier
Bronx
Jassie
David Isaacs
New York
East River Savings Bank
Condon
John FP
Rege
Col
Henry Breckenridge
Eee
Dr. Peacock
Norfolk
Dean H. Dobson- Peacock
John H. Curtis
Guy Burrage
Charles 8. Schoeffel
New Jersey
Norfolk man sent for grand jury in alleged extortion plot
Joseph Bullock, 24, was ordered to Corporation Court grand jury after a police court hearing in Norfolk. He said the extortion scheme, inspired by the Lindbergh case, targeted S. J. Jones for 30000 dollars, threatening kidnapping of his daughter unless paid to John Doe General Delivery.
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Norfolk
Joseph Bullock
Corporation Court Grand Jury
S. J. Jones
John Doe
Arlington completes Unknown Soldier tomb design
The marble tomb at Arlington National Cemetery is finished after six years. Thomas Hudson Jones, a New York sculptor, completed a memorial titled Peace Victory and Valor. The Unknown Soldier was buried on Armistice Day 1921 to honor World War I sacrifices. Congress later approved funding for a white marble sarcophagus, 11 feet high and 9 feet wide, set in place last December as a sentry stood guard.
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Washington
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Thomas Hudson Jones
New York
Arlington
Congress
Richmond men charged in attempted arson on child
Richmond Virginia authorities arrested Warren Wade 18 and Earl Adolph Wade 27 after a secret investigation into an incident where 7 year old William Earl Sheets was burned while placed in a barrel filled with tissue paper and ignited. The child was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Richmond
Henrico
William Earl Sheets
Dooley Hospital
Warren Wade
Earl Adolph Wade
Escapee Surrenders at Sing Sing After 21 Years
Ossining New York Walter Bannigan 47 who escaped Sing Sing prison more than two decades ago drove from New York City to surrender this afternoon. He told Warden Lewis E Lawes that he had become religious recently and wished to get it off his mind.
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Ossining
N. Y
Walter Bannigan
Sing Sing
New York
Lewis E. Lawes
One-Pound Baby Billie Jean Sets Pace For Life
Charles Bernard St John of Kansas City weighs one pound at birth. Billie Jean Henderson, also one pound, marked March 7. Now beyond one month, Billie Jean weighs two pounds and Charles Bernard awaits a week before scales reveal growth from twelve daily meals of milk since April 4.
Toothpicks Tell Tale of Jealous Man
Mrs. Carl W. Peters filed for divorce in St. Paul accusing her husband of jealousy driven abuse. She says Peters placed toothpicks on the front door to signal intruders and locked her in for days during his absence. Married in Altoona Wisconsin in 1916.
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St. Paul
Minn
Carl W. Peters
Peters
Altoona
Wis
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