Defense Hopes to Prove Reaguer Unfit for Slaying Trial
In Culpeper Virginia on trial for the murder of Willie Mac Wood the defense sought to show William H Reaguer was of unsound mind and intoxicated the night of the killing. Doctors testified Reaguer spoke thickly and showed cloudy mental condition while police described blood on bed wall and the victim’s partially decapitated body found in his hotel room.
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Washington
William H. Reaguer
Culpeper
Willie Mac ‘Wood
James A. O’shea
Reaguer
Miss Wood
Hotel Rroom
Thomas Christenson
O’shea
Christensen
Leslie Williams
Traffic Bureau
Mrs. Wood
Williams
Walter T. Storm
J. E. Kane
Richmond
Virginia
Chicago
Willie Mae Wood
F. E. Townsend
House
Townsend
London
Addis Ababa
Asta Wosan
Emperor Haile Selassie
Moose River
DE. Robertson
Flowers and a botanist in our midst
Mr Winchester notes a gentleman with a keen hobby in flowers. He calls himself an amateur botanist, tending a tulip bed and practicing pollination with a camel hair brush. He also shares a remarkable peach tree with double blossoms and double seeds.
Special Policemen Applications Sought for Apple Blossom Festival
Police headquarter notices call for applications to serve as special policemen during the Apple Blossom Festival under Chief C W Hollis.
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C. W. Hollis
Fiorenza Hearing Delayed Awaiting Indictment
John Fiorenza, an upholsterer’s helper, was arraigned in magistrate’s court on an affidavit accusing him of attacking and garroting Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton in her Beekman Place apartment on April 10. The hearing was postponed until next Tuesday at the request of the assistant district attorney who anticipated an indictment by then. Fiorenza’s mother fainted in court, and Fiorenza, unshaven and without shoes, admitted the slaying in brief answers to detectives.
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Valentine
Dodge
John Fiorenza
Nancy Evans Titterton
New York
Beekman Place
Fiorenza
Beekman, Place
Torghe
William O’rour
Theresa Capani
Missionary Society session reports at Clifton Forge meet
Mrs. W H Ballengee delivered the presidents message at the twenty third annual Woman s Missionary Society meeting of the Methodist Baltimore Conference in Clifton Forge with 150 delegates from Maryland DC West Virginia and Virginia. Clergy and lay leaders heard reports from district secretaries and listened to a remembrance service and evening address by Dr W G Cram with music by the Covington church choir.
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Clifton Forge
W. H. Ballengee
Org
Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist
Baltimore
Maryland
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Virginia
Ida R. Groover
Washington
Lewisburg
Moorefield
Roanoke
Rockingham
Winchester
The
Christian Church
H. &. Coffey
Covington
W. G. Cram
Nashville, Tenn
Board of Missions
Jacob Hevener
Staunton
Park Players To Practise Thursday In Winchester
Winchester Park Association opens its baseball season with a first practice Thursday at 5 PM under manager W A Sandy Baker. The May 2 opener features a strong, yet to be chosen, unlimited club. The rebuilt Diamond is touted as faster and one of Virginia’s best. Former league players are expected, promising keen position battles.
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Winchester
Winchester Park Association
W. A
Sandy) Baker
Virginia
Baker
Yorktown Day Observance Adopted by DAR
A resolution recommending the annual observance of the Yorktown battle was adopted today by the Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington.
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Washington
Battle of
Yorktown
Daughters of the American Revolution
Farmers' School A Meeting For Soil Conservation Program
A meeting of all Frederick County committeemen assigned to the new soil conservation farm program will be called early next week. The session will serve as a training school to prepare them for handling worksheets and other operational details of the program.
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Frederick County
John Bull Protests Tea Tax in Arms Race Budget
London readers react to a government budget raising tea and armament spending. The tea duty faces sharp criticism as a hardship on the unemployed and poorer classes while Neville Chamberlain defends military funding amid fears of slowed trade.
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London
John Bull
Britain
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
News-Chronicle
Coronation planned for Shenandoah festival events
A busy schedule for the Shenandoah festival includes coronation of Miss Cornelia Larus as Queen Shenandoah XI at 3 pm Thursday. Parade opens at 10 am with Frederick county students. pageant “Dawn A Pageant of Springtime” follows at 3:30 pm, with aerial show at 4:30 and Apple Blossom Ball later that night.
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Cornelia Larus
Frederick County
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cork
Braddock
Boscawen
Stewart
Clifford
Clifrae Cameron
Larus
Handley School
Garland R. Quarles
Vig
Boyd Barr
Handley
Quarles
Handley Bowl
Admiral Byrd Airport
Drusilla
Jordan Springs
Inchester
Bud Codors
Pennsylvania Ramblers
Dog Upsets Oil Can Start Kitchen Fire
A dog toppled an oil can in the kitchen occupied by Aunt Emma Morris and her daughter Jessie Goins at 48 South Cameron street. The noon incident caused a kitchen fire and firemen arrived quickly. significant damage to kitchen furniture occurred. Property is owned by Miss Elizabeth Jackson.
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Emma Morris
Jessie Goins
South
Cameron Street
Elizabeth Jackson
City Tree Commission Plants 200+ Shade Trees
The Tree Commission led by John Steck W R Legge and C Vernon Eddy reports planting more than 200 trees this spring to replace damaged or old trees and improve shade and ornamentation across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Steck
W. R. Legge
C. Vernon Eddy
Rain Aids In Quenching Virginia Forest Fires
The Associated Press reports rain aided firefighters in eight or more Virginia counties, limiting damage after four windy days. Fires scorched hundreds of acres in Fluvanna Culpeper and Fairfax, with evacuations near Highland and Brandy Station and a historic church threat in Gouldvine. Cited official W. H. Stoneburner noted fires were under control but warned renewals of drought risk if rain ceased.
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Associated Press
Virginia
W. H. Stoneburner
Charlottesville
Highland
Albemarle
Greene
Nelson
Fluvanna
Culpeper
Fairfax
Lancaster
Stoneburner
Louisa County
Gouldvine Church
Brandy Station
Lynchburg
Greene County
Shenandoah National Park
Doe Hill
West Virginia Line
Co. C. C
Gilbert’s Station
Standardsville
Lynchburges
Bailey’s Crossing
Fairfax County
City Council Approves 25 Dollar Festival Float Aid
Charlottesville Progress reports the City Council voted 25 dollars to help send a float to the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on April 30 and May 1. The county and city banks matched the sum, with total cost pegged at 200 dollars. Albemarle county participates for the first time.
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Winchester
Albemarle County
Newman to address Winchester Rotary on youth admin plans
Dr. Walter S. Newman national youth administration state director will speak to the Winchester Rotary Club tomorrow about the agency’s inner workings and challenges. D. J. Howard will accompany him and introduce him, followed by a trip to Boyce for a Father and Son Banquet with FFA and local leaders.
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Walter S. Newman
National Youth Administration
Winchester
Needs a Billion More for Relief in Roosevelt Plan
Washington reports Treasury figures show nearly 1 billion dollars more than the President asked Congress to appropriate will be needed to sustain the Works Progress Administration at current pace next fiscal year. Hopkins testified that 1.5 billion dollars may not be enough if industry does not share the burden, with WPA handling most unemployed relief.
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Washington
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Point Hopkins
House Appropriations Committee
Hopkins
Resettlement Administration
Jugs Shattered During a Chase Involving Shoemaker
A dramatic pursuit on South Loudoun Street ends when Arthur Shoemaker evades Sergeant Francis Punk at speeds near 75 mph. Jugs and a bottle fly from his car, shattering on the road as he heads toward Millwood Pike, narrowly avoiding a crash. The chase continues as officers try to stop him.
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Arthur Shoemaker
Francis Punk
South Loudoun Street
Hollis
Shoemaker
Millwood Pike
Electric chair at Cook County jail touted as fastest
Chicago April 22 an electric chair described as the fastest working device in the United States was completed today at Cook county jail. Warden Frank Sain said the chair would reduce the brief time in the death chamber from 35 to 40 seconds to about ten seconds by a rebuilt mechanized system with grip buckles. A lever pulls belts tight while leg arm and head restraints are automatically adjusted.
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Chicago
United States
Cook County
Frank Sain
Evergreen sale announced by The Flower Shop with plants
The Flower Shop advertises its 4th Annual Evergreen Sale on Thursday and Friday 23rd and 24th featuring Arborvitae Firs Junipers Cypress and Retinispora in many varieties priced 75c to 1 50 plus flowering shrubs. Also a pet notice seeks a home for a small brown female puppy with white paws and long hair. Curtain sale at Moling and Cather.
Public Street Cleanliness Prohibition Notice
Citizens are warned it is illegal to sweep throw or burn rubbish leaves or garbage into streets Violators will be prosecuted 4 22 1p 41
Hodgson & Brown Jewelers Ad Promotes Paid Gifts
A vintage advertisement asserts that Hodgson & Brown Jewelry offers cash prices lower than credit stores. It emphasizes that gifts are paid for and carries the slogan Pay ONLY for GOOD jewelry not for Terms or Time.
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Hodgson & Brown
Hodgson & Brown Jewelers
Hypodermics Administered To Trapped Miners In Moose River Rescue
After nine days trapped in the Moose River gold mine Nova Scotia Dr. D E Robertson and Charles Alfred Scadding were given hypodermic injections for pain relief as rescuers drilled through 141 feet of rock to reach them. Mourning inquest into co-owner Herman Magill's death proceeds.
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Associated Press
Moose River
Nova Scotia
F. R. Davis
D. BE. Robertson
Toronto
Charles Alfred Scadding
Herman Magill
Davis
N.S
D. E. Robertson
Draegermen
Hermann Magill
Forest fires spread in Virginia as rain aids efforts
Across Virginia eight counties battled wildfires yesterday with rains providing relief. Authorities reported crews from multiple counties working to contain the blazes as weather conditions evolved.
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Culpeper Man
MR Winchester
Farmers’ School
John
Woomney
Fred O L. Glaize
Berryville Avenue
Fred L. Glaize
John H. Rosenberger
Glaize
Peyton Marshall
C. R. Anderson
Winchester Service
North Cameron
Police Department
Tennyson Avenue
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Berryville
Wice
Michigan
Beatrice Ovelord
Beatrice Danbrock
Brunette
Battle Creek
Mich
Benton Harbor
Lurne Danbrock
Hillsdale
Central Press
Tree Commission
Nova Scotian
Charlottesville Progress
W.S. Newman
Moling & Cather
Dr. Robertson
Charles Scadding
Robertson
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