Governor Pollard Asked to Change Fleet Sentence
The fate of 18 year old Lawrence Fleet who confessed the Keller murder and was sentenced to die faces a possible commutation to life imprisonment. A petition signed by 2600 Winchester residents was presented to Gov. Pollard for review with early decision expected. Commonwealth's Attorney Jas P Reardon advised to uphold Judge Williams and warned that many citizens remain silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Fleet
Baltimore
William F. Keller
Winchester
John. Garland Pollard
Pollard
Fleet
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Richmond
Williams
Jas. P. Reardon
Commonwealth
City of
Harry R. Kern
William C. Armstrong
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Gov. Pollard
Bonus Is Assaulted On Wide Front
Washington April 19 full payment of soldiers bonus faced a broad challenge in Congress with Veterans and lawmakers debating unemployment relief and currency value. Laguardia urged broad unemployment aid and real money payments while Johnson and Simmons backed changes and opposed immediate full payment. Simmons supported paying present value but doubted granting 1945 value now.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Laguardia
Republican
New York
Johnson
South Dakota
Simmons
Nebraska
Better Homes Movement Launches Cleanup Drive in Winchester
A morning council meeting called by the local Better Homes Movement chairman outlined a clean up campaign for Winchester and Frederick County in line with national Better Homes Week. City manager P P Pilcher offered city haulage, with residents asked to place refuse at curbs Thursday and Friday.
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National
Better Homes Movement
Winchester
Frederick County
P. P. Pilcher
Nelson F. Richards
Elizabeth Farrar
Daniel Lupton
Federated Council of Church Women
Martha Stowers
The
Red Cross
Josephine Arthur
District Nurse Association
Anne Starling
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
George Baetjer
Civic League
P. D. Plank
W. R. Legge
Boy Scouts
Robert B. Nelson
Pilcher
Legge
Plank
Horton
Martin Wisecarver
It Pays to Walk Eye Health Ad by Hodgson and Brown
An advertisement for Hodgson and Brown promoting eye health and cost free investigation. It suggests headaches blurred vision dizziness and nervousness may stem from eye strain and implies a free eye examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown Sp
Ruby Jackson Shop Displays New York Fashions in Hagerstown
Miss Jackson returns from New York with ultra smart fashions for misses and women and will display Thursday of each week at the Geo Washington Gift Shop in the George Washington Hotel Building. INEZ McKINSTER, Prop. 19-1p-11
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Hagerstown
District Meeting of Cooperative Education Association Held at Middletown
The Northern Shenandoah District CEA will hold its annual meeting in Middletown on Thursday April 21 with junior and senior leagues meeting at Middletown High School Auditorium at 10 am and Grace Methodist Episcopal Church for juniors later. Highlights include district finals of the Washington declamatory contest and grade contests in seventh to eighth and fifth to sixth at 11.30 am and 1 pm respectively with luncheon by the Middletown League. The event is led by J H Montgomery executive director with sessions on community health and reports from delegates and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Cooperative Education Association
Middletown
Virginia
Middletown High School
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Middletown League
J. H. Montgomery
Cooperative Education Association of Virginia
Frederick County
R. B. Nelson
A. E. Bowers
Washington High School
Bagby
State Department of Health
Trio of Blossom Beauties Named for Apple Blossom Fest
From distant states three young women are chosen to represent their homelands in the court of Queen Shenandoah IX Miss Helen Ames Washington. Miss Doyle wins Princess California under Gov James Rolph Jr. Miss Murrell named Princess Virginia by Gov John Garland Pollard. Miss Robert selected Princess Georgia by Gov Richard B Russell Jr.
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America
Shenandoah IX
Helen Ames Washington
Doyle
James Rolph, Jr
California
Murrell
John Garland Pollard
Virginia
Georgia
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Robert
Masons Celebrate Lodge Centennial at Middleway
About 125 Masons from Winchester Martinsburg Charles Town Shepherdstown and Triluminar Lodge No 117 Middleway WV attended the anniversary banquet marking the lodge location’s hundredth year at Middleway formerly Smithfield The event followed a lodge communication during which Rev M A Kesescker received the Master Mason degree and W H White grand warden delivered a history of Masonry in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Shepherdstown
Triluminar Lodge No. 117
Middleway
W. Va
Smithfield
Episcopal Church
M. A. Kesecker
Frank Bonemus
W. 4H. S. White
Grand Lodge of
West Virginia
Virginia
Pitt and Navy to resume football series in 1933
The Pitt and Navy football teams will renew their series after 17 years. Officials Harrison Wilcox Hall confirm a game at Pittsburgh on October 14, 1933 with a likely 1934 game in Baltimore. Pitt holds a 3 1 record against Navy with one win, one loss, and a scoreless tie in five prior meetings.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Navy
W. D. Harrison
University of Pittsburgh
John W. Wilcox
Naval Academy
James Hall
Harrison
Baltimore
Abolition urged for Navy aeronautics secretary post
Secretary Adams backs the Vinson bill to abolish the office of assistant secretary of the navy for aeronautics. The move signals a shift in wartime naval administration and a push by the Associated Press report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Adams
Vinson
Thirty Three States Represented In Apple Blossom Court
Thirty three states and the District of Columbia are represented in appointments to date to the court of Queen Shenandoah IX Miss Helen Ames Washington of Overbrook Pennsylvania The list includes Princess Texas Virginia Pennsylvania Florida Tennessee Nevada North Carolina and others with governors naming the selections and more appointments expected soon
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Washington, D. C
Apple Blossom
Helen Washington
District of Columbia
Fete
Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah
United States
Richards
Union
Queen Shenandoah IX
Helen Ames Washington
Overbrook
George Washington
Death removes Mrs. G. A. Davis at Summit Point
Mrs. Nannie B. Davis wife of Dr. George A. Davis died at Summit Point West Virginia after a long illness. She was in her seventieth year survived by husband three sons an adopted daughter and a brother. Funeral at Summit Point with burial in Charles Town led by Rev. J McL Carr and Rev C E Kirby. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie B. Davis
George A. Davis
Summit Point
W. Va
Winchester
Davis
Presbyterian Church
J. McL. Carr
Berryville
C. E. Kirby
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Charles Town
Robert and
Ad. Withers
R. W. Baker
C. W. Snyder
Howard Moore
Ashton Moore
Ford V-8 Moving Pictures Tonight at 8:30
Free showings of talking motion pictures tonight at 8:30 featuring the new Ford V-8. Bickers Motor Co advertises the event. Also for sale a new modern house on Angerona Terrace near West Piccadilly, ready for inspection by Strickler & Wagner, phone 1299.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lp-1 Bickers Motor Co
Angerona Terrace
W. Piccadilly
Strickler & Wagner
Proclamation Urges Clean-Up Campaign in Winchester 1932
Mayor F A Shryock proclaims a city wide clean-up campaign in cooperation with Winchester Frederick County and the National Better Homes Organization. Citizens and welfare groups volunteer to begin work immediately, dated April 19 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
National Better Homes Organization
Real Estate Advertisement at Court House Sale Time
Orndorff realty offers a new dwelling and desirable property for sale at the front Court House at 12 o'clock on Saturday. See advertisement for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orndorff Realty
Front Court House
Nain
Lindberghs Unable to Contact Kidnappers
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh said he cannot reestablish definite contact with the infant’s kidnappers. He expressed extreme anxiety and noted that press activity has hampered or made contact efforts impossible despite cooperation from press associations.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Question of Peter Stuyvesant’s wooden leg sparked by Curacao dig
Albany reports a curiosity on Stuyvesant’s wooden leg. Historian Dr. Alexander C. Flick admits uncertainty about which leg and awaits Curacao excavations promised by the governor. The Curacaoans plan to unearth the severed limb buried there.
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Albany
N. Y
Peter Stuyvesant
New York
Alexander C. Flick
Curacao
Prospectors Seek Gold in Montana Hills at Spring Thaw
Butte, Montana reports the lure of gold in the hills draws prospectors to granite country and flowing streams. They pan, use rocker boxes and crude sluices to wash in gravel and sand as spring thaws lift gold from lodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Civil War Vet Wilson Fitz Water Dies After 61 Day Fast
In Miamiville Ohio Civil War veteran Wilson Fitz Water died at age 88 after refusing food for 61 days. Carl Hughes a black farmer who leased Water’s property two years earlier cared for him and his family provided aid until death.
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Miamiville
Ohio
Wilson Fitzwater
Carl Hughes
Hughes
Hudson County Medical Society Publishes First Ad
The Hudson County Medical Society ran its first newspaper advertisement four columns wide and eighteen inches deep listing all 450 members alphabetically by municipality. Dr. P. E. Maras, chair of publicity, said the ad protects the public from unscrupulous practitioners of the healing art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Hudson County Medical Society
P. E. Maras
Baker awarded damages after his dog bites him
London reports Robert Barrett a baker won $78 against the milk wagon owner after his own dog bitten him during the animal’s distress when run over, keeping him from work for a week.
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London
Robert Barrett
Barrett
Hen Fails To Strike A Happy Medium In Egg Size
In Sacramento California a white hen owned by William Armitage mistakenly lays wildly variable eggs. One egg measures 8.5 inches around and 6.75 inches across the next day a tiny egg 2.5 by 2 inches is produced.
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Hen
Sacramento
Calif
William Armitage
Navy Bill Seeks 326 Million for Naval Establishment
A committee report introduces a supply bill granting 326.34 million dollars for the Navy in the next fiscal year. The measure funds pay for 79,700 enlisted sailors and 15,343 Marines, civilian workers, and 1,790 midshipmen with cuts from the administration and current year totals. It also allocates 41.23 million for new ships and vessel modifications, with broad reductions across Navy activities.
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Washington
Naval Establishment
House
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Navy
Marine
Marine Corporation
Naval Academy
Massie defense hinges on insanity claim in Kahahawai case
Clarence Darrow calls alienists to support that Lieut. Thomas Massie was insane when he allegedly shot Joseph Kahahawai. Testimony tracks Massie memory gaps and alleged nervous breakdown after the attack as prosecutors press for precise recall amid the high profile Honolulu trial.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Clarence Darrow
Cai
Efort
Los Angeles
Sherman Miles
Massie
Beatrice Nakamura
Granville Fortescue
James Orbison
Edward Huntington Williams
Miles
Miss Nakamura
Kahahawal
Fortescue
E. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones Massie
Lord
Jones
Kahahawai
France Ambassador Invited to Crown Shenandoah Queen
An invitation was extended to Ambassador Paul Claudel of France to crown Miss Helen Ames Washington of Overbrook as Queen Shenandoah IX at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia in early May. The text cites ties of friendship since the American Revolution and Washington Bicentennial significance.
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Paul Claudel
France
Helena Washington
Overbrook
William E. Cooper
Nelson Pf, Richards
United States
Iene A. Swanson
Virginia
Washam
Claudel
Messrs
Cooper
Richar
George Washington
Republic of France
United States of America
Winchester
Helen Ames Washington
Shenandoah
American Republic
England
Marquis de Lafayette
Count de Grasse
Yorktown
Washington
America
Committee Report Opposes Beer Measure in Senate
The Bingham bill to legalize four per cent beer was adversely reported today by the Senate manufacturers' committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate Manufacturers’ Committee
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Austin
Mary Jane Dulaney
Bristol
Erny H. Hor
Nevada
Elda M. Frick
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