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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1935
Page
10
The Rev. I. D. Bowman D D evangelist now leading meetings at First Brethren Church Berryville avenue will speak tonight at 7 45 on Salvation by Faith Without Works Everyone is invited to attend.
No evidence found of a Chevrolet coupe stolen from North Braddock street around eight Saturday evening. License 140 594 is tied to Frank Burton of Cross Junction. Police continue searches for the vehicle and owner details.
Captain Paul R. Hartman of Co I 116th Infantry received confirmation that his rifle team tied for third place in the National Guard Bureau Indoor Company team match last month. Oregon scored 2866, Washington 2848, DC and Co I 2822. 194 teams entered nationwide. Team history notes four-year Third Corps area champion, six-year state champion, and 1934 U S champion status.
The northern district of Virginia Brethren Church meets April 19 and 20 at Mount Zion near Luray Page County. The district includes 24 congregations with 6 640 members. Delegates Robert Lynn and Charles Myers will attend. Cephas Fahnestock also plans to attend. Delegates will review church queries missions and letters of greeting to foreign missionaries and hear treasurer and society reports.
Public hearings on highway funds will be held after federal work relief rules are issued. City officials report potential major projects including Valley Avenue and Route 11 depending on public preference, with Ridge WV resident R L Omps gathering local views on Route 7 versus Route 11.
Wardensville West Virginia choral society will present an Easter cantata titled In the Garden of Joseph at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Methodist Church. Churches in Wardensville cooperate and contribute talent for the performance inviting the public to attend.
Fort Worth Texas April 16 Melvin Bowes 33 a fugitive from Florida State Prison was slain and two other prisoners wounded today by a jail guard Charles B Miller during an attempted break of eight men from the Tarrant County Jail Clarence B Billingsley 23 a jockey held on theft and burglary charges and James Law rence Kirk scheduled for trial Thursday were wounded Eight prisoners had saved the bars of two cells and manipulated a master lock box to liberate 16 prisoners in the cell block Eight prisoners refused to leave their cells Spring From Cell Miller and E M James a guard who was unarmed were making rounds when Bowes Billingsley and Kirk sprang from a cell and attacked them Bowes wielding an iron bar battered James over the head as Billingsley jumped on Millers back Miller drew his pistol and shot Billingsley then fired on Bowes Bowes ran around a cell block and fell dead He had been shot below the left breast Kirk received a flesh wound in the hip He said he had not intended to escape but had been caught in the corridor
Mrs J R McCauland of Pittsburgh touts an eight pound two week loss using Kruschen Salts with unchanged eating. The ad promises safe weight reduction for daily half teaspoonful in hot water with lemon juice, recommends Baker's Drug Store as supplier.
Williamsport Maryland ends 14 funeral observances for the high school bus bus crash victims. Twelve interred across four services today. two more tomorrow as memorials pause townwide before healing. The Rockville accident case, with Percy Line and Louise Funk, awaits April 23 hearing as state police report is turned over.
Gene Raymond Frances Drake and Henry Hull star in Transient Lady showing last times tonight at the Palace Theatre. Supplementary features include a Fox News reel and the comedy Rural Romeo. Florence Rice and Conrad Nagel headline Death Flies East at Palace with It’s The Cat’s and a Fox News reel.
The text states that Pilgrims did not bring cows to the United States in 1620. The first cows arrived in 1624 under Governor Winthrop, per Albert S. Bolles in Industrial History of the United States. Cattle were raised mainly for hides, then meat, with milk as a secondary use.
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