Opie Honored by Gov Pollard on Retirement
Staunton military leader Col Hierome L Opie of the One Hundred Sixteenth Infantry Virginia National Guard resigns to devote full time to his newspaper interests. Gov Pollard retires him with the rank of brigadier general in recognition of thirty years of service including Mexican border and World War I. He is succeeded by Lt Col George M Alexander of Lynchburg as post commander.
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The
Star
Col
Hieromeno
Staunton
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Opie
Winchester
Adjutant-General
Pollard
S. Gardner Waller
George M. Alexander
Lynchburg
Waller
Hierome L. Opie
Adjutant-General’s Office
National Guard
Seventieth, Infantry
West Augusta
Staunton Rifles
Large Crowds At Easter Services Despite Rain
Rain showers throughout Easter 1933 did not dampen large church crowds in city and county. Sunrise and eleven o'clock services proceeded with special music. rural attendance fell slightly due to downpours, and many avoided new Easter attire amid wet conditions.
No Flight Delayed as Thunderstorms Halt Macon Maiden
Akron dispatch reports the U S S Macon again bears a no flight sign for the fifth day due to scattered thunderstorms. Captain Iger H. Dresel announced postponement of the sister ship to the Akron disaster.
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Associated Press
Akron
U. S. S. Macon
Navy
Iger H. Dresel
Testament of James M Brown Probated Here
The will of James M Brown a Winchester stockman and banker was probated and admitted to record by the corporation clerk. The estate devised to his children and grandchildren assigns Miss Minnie Harrison Brown the bank stock and the rest to two daughters two sons and the children of a deceased son with the Commercial and Savings Bank named guardian for infant heirs until they reach 21. Daughters serve as executrixes after posting a 25000 bond with Fidelity and Deposit Company. Appraisers listed include Solenberger Klompus Sloat Grimm Crisman. Brown was a noted Northern Virginia stock dealer and helped organize the bank where he later served as director.
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James M Brown
Anowa Winchester
Minnie Harrison Brown
Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
Harry J
Clarence M. Brown
John W. Brown
Commercial and Savings Bank
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland
John S. Solenberger
Philip Klompus
John S. Sloat
Clifford D. Grimm
Fred A. Crisman
Brown
Virginia
Funeral service for Harry Reardon set in Sacred Heart Church
Funeral services for Harry Lee Reardon 40 son of the late Mr Mrs P H Reardon will be held at 10 30 tomorrow morning in the Church of the Sacred Heart. Burial follows in Catholic Cemetery with pallbearers named. Reardon a World War veteran and former Government Printing Office employee died last week in Baltimore. He is survived by a sister in San Francisco and brothers Ernest Louisville Frank Baltimore and Michael.
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Harry Lee Reardon
P. H. Reardon
Frank Reardon
Baltimore
Church of the Sacred Heart
Robert E. Hannon
J. Henkel Henry
George Glorious
Washington, D. C
Thomas J. Trier
Howard Taylor
Dennis Reardon
William T. Sullivan
Reardon
Kurtz
Government Printing Office
Washington
American Expeditionary Force
Costello Post
American Legion
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Winchester
Margaret M. McGranh
San Francisco
Calif
Easter Square Dance Tonight by Park Association
The Park Association hosts the first in a series of dances at Pattons Dance Hall on South Loudoun Street. Mr Patton donated the hall for the event to raise funds for a municipal swimming pool at Rouss Spring Park. Admission is 50 cents.
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Park Association
Pattons
South Loudoun Street
Patton
Virginia
Rouss Spring Park
For Sale Three Jersey Cows Close Springers
For sale three extra fine Jersey cows close springers. Seller CC C Bauserman located in Stephens City Virginia. Contact details not provided.
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CC. C. Bauserman
Stephens City
Woman Drops Forced Marriage Charge After Costs Paid
Frank A. Elms, accused of attempting to force marriage with Mrs. Ethel Reinert at Hagerstown, has the charge dropped after Reinert declines to prosecute and agrees to reimburse $15.50 in costs. She gave varying names and claimed Elms used a gun. Elms says he carried the gun to pay a minister for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Elms
Ethel Irene Reinert
Reinert
Frederick County Clerk's Office
Ethel I. Deats
Pennsylvania
Elms
Maine
Cross Junction
Burr P. Harrison
Frederick County
Heinert
Hagerstown
Harrison
Rs. Reinert
Harry L. McCann
Winchester
A. J. Tavenner
Strasburg
Frank Elms
Belfast
Store room and fixtures for rent by J H Henry
Rental listing for storage room and fixtures with additional housing options including a country home and apartment. Contact J H Henry at phone numbers 43 or 747 W for details.
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J. H. Henry
Round Dance at the Appleway Tonight
A round dance event at the Appleway venue tonight with admittance set at £1.00. Ladies may enter for free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleway
Damage suit over 30 000 injury claims returns to court
Mrs. Della Malone of Berryville sues Herman H. Hable of Indiensia for thirty thousand dollars alleging a March crash damaged both vehicles. Judge Philip Will presides with a seven person jury from a 13 member panel. The first trial ended with a hung jury after nearly two score witnesses were summoned for Malone and about twenty for Hable.
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Della Malone
Berryville
Herman H. Hable
Induien Sa
Fie
Philip Will
A. Taylor Ritter
George H. Eagle
Chester Hobart
Ellis Yost
Lewis Pearson
Brown Lovett
Joe DuPuy
Mr. Hable
Higher Court Upholds Sentence of Gaston Means
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed a 15 year sentence for Gaston B. Means on charges of stealing 104000 dollars from Evalyn Walsh McLean. Means had claimed he returned money to an agent he believed acted for Mrs. McLean and cited a code signal.
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Associated Press
Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Gaston B. Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Means
Charles A. Lindbergh
McLean
Alexandria
North Carolina
Mrs Ella Neill Dies at 94 in Kernstown
Mrs Ella E Neill widow of William H Neill of Frederick county died at the home of Ernest L Bolton in Kernstown after weeks of infirmities. She leaves two sisters and two brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral from Kernstown home at 2 pm with Rev E T Clark officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named Haldeman Russell Dunn Funkhouser Heine Coffman.
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Ella E. Neill
William H. Neill
Frederick County
L. Bolton
Ernstown
Sealine
Neill
White Post
Clarke
Atkins
Robert McCauley
Nineveh
Carrie Locke
Shenandoah
Page County
J. W. Atkins
Winchester
Robert Atkins
Double Tollgate
Ernest L. Bolton
Kernstown
J. M. Smith
Silver Springs
Cornelia Wyndham
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
J. S. Haldeman
J. J. Russell
John Dunn
Joseph Funkhouser
William Heine
B. S. Coffman
41 Meet Death in Federal Rebel Clash at Opichen
Merida Mexico April 17 Forty one persons dead in Opichen Yucatan after a battle between a rebel force and federal troops Only three were federal soldiers Six other troops were wounded Bartolo Garcia Correa governor of Yucatan said the clash was a local incident and caused by uniformed followers of a so called revolutionary defense organization Twenty rebels were captured
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Associated Press
Merida
Mexico
Yucatan
Opichen
Bartolo Garcia Correa
Revolutionary Defense Organization
Hit man on bicycle tied to rash of thefts and fatal hit run
The bicycle rider who killed Patrick Henry Whalen, 71, is sought amid a surge in bicycle thefts reported by messenger boys. Police press for license plates to curb the spate of 60 to 70 bikes stolen daily as authorities pursue the hit run suspect.
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San Francisco
Patrick Henry Whalen
Robber Steals $7 From Albany Chinese Restaurant
Albany Oregon police report a masked intruder fired in a Chin restaurant, shattering a mirror behind the cash register as Chin fled from the kitchen. The gunman escaped with $7. Chin was unharmed.
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Albany
Ore
Park
Chin
Conviction Demands Death Penalty for Five British Engineers
Soviet prosecutor Andrey Vishinsky urged the court to convict five British engineers of the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company as spies and saboteurs and seek the death penalty. He recommended mercy for two Russian defendants partly for betraying others while declaring the crime warrants shooting for the main saboteur Vasili Gusev. The trial also involved six British subjects facing bribery and sabotage charges amid scathing attacks on eleven Russian prisoners as traitors.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Andrey Vishinsky
Albert W. Gregory
Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company
Madam Anna Kutuzova
Vassili Gusev
Vishinsky
Safohage
L. ©. Thornton
Allan Monkhouse
National Girl Scout Official To Visit Winchester
Miss Jeanne Christy, a member of the national camp advisory staff, will visit Winchester on April 18. She will meet Tuesday morning at 10 30 with the community committee at Mrs W A Baker's home on Washington Street and at 8 p m that evening with the camp committee leaders and counselors at Mrs William P Massey's on Amherst Street. She began as a Girl Scout in 1921 and has held roles including field captain in Pittsburgh in 1925 and director of Camp Red Wing.
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Jeanne Christy
Girl Scouts
Winchester
W. A. Baker
Washington St
Miss Christy
William P. Massey
Amherst Street
Pittsburgh
Red Wing
Beware Of The Man Who Promises Wealth Overnight
A cautionary note on impostors who vow easy riches yet hold no real cash. The warning, echoed in advice columns, urges readers to prize prudence over flashy schemes and to scrutinize bold claims.
Arlington float enters Shenandoah Apple Blossom parade
The Parent-Teachers' Association of Arlington County Public Schools in Clarendon enters a decorative float for the Trail of the Pink Petals at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade. Washington-Lee cadets and an artistic exhibit will also appear. Atlantic Greyhound Lines provides a 100 passenger bus for the procession en route to Chicago, with a band aboard. The Greyhound line will also supply a large bus for the Queen Shenandoah court on festival days. A radio program on WJEJ Hagerstown will broadcast festival details and music by Soddy Haines and His Virginians.
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Therlington County
Clarendon
Fred A. Read
Washington-Lee High School
Et Clarendon
Arthur
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Chicago
Winchester
Shenandoah
Warnee
Seere
Two youths injured in Front Royal crash. companion dies
Basil Baltimore, 19, of Front Royal, injured with head bruises after a Chevrolet sedan struck a telephone pole. James Mason, 20, died at the scene, a neighbor to the late John Mason, as Baltimore is hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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Basil Baltimore
Front Royal
James Mason
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Mason
L. Hansbrough
John Mason
Trials of eight Negroes postponed in Scottsboro case
DACATUR Alabama April 17 Trials of eight negroes charged with attacking two white women on a freight train near Scottsboro were postponed indefinitely after Judge James E Horton condemned a defense chief Samuel Leibowitz remark. Horton sentenced Heywood Patterson to death, noting Patterson spoke he did not get a fair trial. A motion for a new trial had been filed.
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Associated Press
Dacatur
Ala
Scottsboro
James E. Horton
Alabama
Samuel Leibowitz
Horton
Heywood Patterson
Chattanooga
Patterson
Death summons comes Easter for Mrs Lynch
Mrs Theresa B. Lynch widow of Maurice M. Lynch a prominent local lawyer and dean of the Frederick county bar died after months of illness aged 75. Funeral Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by two sons, three daughters, one sister and four grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
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Theresa B. Lynch
Maurice M. Lynch
Frederick County
South
Washington Street
Martinsburg
Lynch
Mary Perryman Ahern
Winchester
Chester
University of Virginia
West Virginia State Normal School
Bento
Women’s Civic League
Winchester and
Clarke County
Federated Church Women
Catholic Church
Church of the Sacred Heart
Michael Ahern
Fortress Monroe
W. Va
Hackensack
Mary M. Lynch
Washington D. C
Hughs. Duffey
Theresa 1 Lynch
New York City
Mollie Ahern
Church of the Secred Heart
Robert FE. Hannon
Mount Hebron Cemetery
H. B. McCormack
Russell Cather
H. D. Puller
T W. Harrison
John M. Steck
R. Gray Williams
James P. Reardon
William G. Hardy
Centenary Reformed Church Welcomes 16 Confirmands on Easter
On Easter Sunday Centen ary Reformed Church received 16 candidates for confirmation by Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger. Morning worship and communion drew a large crowd despite rain. Special music by the choir led by John Anderson and organist Lavella Anderson accompanied the anthem As It Began To Dawn. Additional services at 6 am, Sunday School, and vesper hours also drew big crowds, with Easter decorations of titles and ferns.
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Centenary Reformed Church
S. L. Flickinger
John Anderson
Lavella Anderson
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Gen. Waller
Macon
Janes M. Brown
Harry Reardon
Winchester Steam Laundry
Gfraud
Commonwealth
Ruth Judd
Arizona State Hospital
Phoenix
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona
Gaston
Ella Neill
Hutchinson, Kas
Hutchinson High
Columbus, O
Westerville
Anti-Saloon League of America
State Liquor Control Commission
John M. Taylor
Jeane
Gaeky
Arlington Body
Mrs. Lynch
Dean of
Long
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Church
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