Capone Denies Making Offer in Lindbergh Case
Hopewell New Jersey April 23 Al Capone denied offering a flat guarantee to secure Charles A Lindbergh Jr return if released from prison officials said a high official believed Lindbergh had re established contact with men who claimed a $50 000 ransom payment The same official noted Norfolk intermediaries returned from secret missions with no disclosed results Two ransom bills surfaced in Havana Illinois and the Jassie advertisement vanished from some papers Dr Condon known as Jassie led communications during the kidnap inquiry Scotland Yard sent a representative to the United States to assist in the investigation and Col Charles H Consolvo and John Hughes Curtis were active in negotiations aboard the Maroon yacht
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Soloon
al Capone
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Chicago
Charles A. Lindbergh
Norfolk
H. Dobson-Peacock
Guy H. Burrage
John H. Curtis
Havana
Ill
Jassie
John F. Condon
Bronx
Colonel Lindbergh
Baltimore
Charles H. Consolvo
New York
The
Curtis
John Hughes Curtis
H. Dobson- Peacock
Marcon
F. H. Lackman
Col
Scotland Yard
Man
Ottaway
London
Should Apply Pink Spray In Orchards Now
A. B. Groves urges pink spray in orchards as buds reach the pink stage around April 24. This critical spray time begins the first of two key scab sprays, essential for most apple varieties except Grimes and York. Use ten quarts of liquid lime sulfur per 100 gallons of spray.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Grimes
York
Massie insanity defense circumvention discussed in Hawaii
In Honolulu on April 23 prosecutor John C. Kelley sought to force a court ordered examination of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie over the insanity defense. Clarence Darrow refused to permit alienists to observe Massie. Darrow and Montgomery Inn argued Massie is believed not insane. Kelley intends to use alienist testimony to influence the jury for a second degree murder ruling if needed.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
John C. Kelley
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Joseph Kahahawai
Kelley
Montgomery Inn
Massie
Joseph Catton
San Francisco
Paul Bowers
Los Angeles
Kahahawai
Thalia Massie
Dr. Catton
Dr. Bowers
Mrs H W Chapline Dies in Warrenton Va at 80
Mrs Mary E Chapline a member of a New York family and long resident of Winchester died yesterday at Warrenton Virginia where she had lived for about twenty years Her body will be brought to Winchester for funeral services at Christ Episcopal Church Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery Survived by one daughter Alice Chapline of Warren.
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Mary E. Chapline
New York
Winchester
Warrenton
Mount Hebron Cemetery
R. Gray Williams
Philip Williams
T. B. Patton
Lee Coble
Shirley Carter
Mann Page Carter
J. B. Beverley
Beverley B. Wright
Chapline
Miss Kearney
Hanson W. Chapline
Wheeling
W. Va
Costumes Sought for Mummers Parade at Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester fire department hosts the Apple Blossom Festival parade first night and invites all residents to join in with costumes. Those with fancy outfits may lend them. the costume committee will store and return items in sound condition.
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Winchester
Taylor Barr
Fred W. Forney
Leslie N. Woods
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Date Set May Fourth and Fifth
Officials announce the Ninth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival will run May 4 and 5 in Winchester. Experts from fete and horticulture committees say 11,000,000 apple trees will be in bloom and 125,000 visitors are expected. Queen Shenandoah IX Miss Helen Ames Washington named. decorations and parade plans under way. local businesses urged to contribute funds.
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Shenandoah
Shenandoah - Cumberland-Potomac
United States
Nelson F. Richards
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
W. E. Cooper
H. B. McCormac
R. Gray Williams
Shirley Carter
Fred A. Robinson
T. Russell Cather
Fred L. Glaize
T. B. Patton
H. F. Byrd
Walter D. Myers
J. Victor Arthur
Ray Robinson
H. Clay DeGrange
Thomas B. Byrd
Walter S. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
Hough
Rich
Ards
Queen’s Court
Helen Ames Washington
Overbrook
Shenandoah IX
Main Circus bids for Winchester Fair Grounds wintering site
Walter L. Main Circus submitted a bid to purchase the 22 acre Winchester Fair Grounds property to secure a permanent wintering site. Main notes the show has wintered at Winchester since last fall and if successful would make it the winter home, tracing the circus history from 1879 across multiple prior locations.
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Walter L. Main
Winchester Fair Grounds
Mr. Main
Winchester
Fair Society
James P. Reardon
Burr P. Harrison
Fair Grounds
Main
William Main
Ashtabula County
Oneonta
N. Y
Chétopa
Kans
Geneva
Alexandria
Lebanon
United States Navigation Co Donates to Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
The United States Navigation Co of New York sends a $100 check to Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia to support the Ninth Annual event. The letter notes a plan for a representative from the company to attend and assist with arrangements.
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United States Navigation Company, Inc
Whitehall Building
New York City
New York
Liverpool
London
Hamburg
Richards
Nelson F. Richards, Esq
Shenandoan
Blossom Fesvn
Winchester
Virginia
Mr. Richards
Arn C. Richards
W. Glass
Shenandoah
Park Team To Play Baseball Here Sunday
Winchester fans can see the Park Association in a weekend exhibition game Sunday at 3 pm against a strong Martinsburg team from West Virginia. All fans are invited to attend.
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Winchester
The
Park Association
Martinsburg
W. Va
Front Royal Hosts Washington White Sox in Sunday Baseball
A baseball game between Front Royal and Washington D C White Sox is set for Sunday April 24 at 3 p m at Front Royal. A laundry promotion from Winchester Steam Laundry offers a lift with a call to 28 or 29.
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Front Royal
Washington
D. C
White Sox
Winchester Steam Laundry
May business meeting moved to April 25 due to Apple Blossom Festival
The South End Hose Company announces its May business meeting will be held Monday night April 25 due to important Apple Blossom Festival business. Members are urged to attend. Secretary.
Ten of Traveler Crew Are Missing
A Spanish trawler Upia Mendi ran aground off the Pembrokeshire coast and sank. Ten of a crew of twelve are missing after the disaster. A steamer rescued two crew members and landed them at Barry Wales on April 23.
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Associated Press
Barry
Wales
Pembrokeshire
Return of the martin sparks frost warning debate
In Hagerstown Maryland fruit growers greet the martin as a sign of spring while government observer J A Miller cautions that frost danger may linger until barn swallows appear. In New York City dockmaster Buck McNeill reports his 274th rescue in 21 years after diving for a potential suicide victim in the Battery harbor.
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Hagerstown
J. A. Miller
Miller
New York
Buck” McNeill
A. Marsten
McNeill
Doctor saves woman and dies in hospital case
In Independence Missouri Dr. Charles Keown aged 52 died of blood poisoning after his instrument slipped while treating Mrs Frank Adams infected finger on April 2. The needle pierced his finger and he gave blood for a serum in a vain effort to fight the infection. Five transfusions were attempted.
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Independence
Charles Keown
Keown
Frank Adams
Holes in Park Fence Allow Boys to Enter Free
Clarksburg West Virginia officials of the Middle Atlantic League consider holes in the baseball park fence to admit small boys this season. The plan is to cut tiny openings so only “Skinky” and “Midge” can slip through, then confine them to a bullpen inside.
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Ball Park
Clarksburg
W. Va
Hey
Belgian Club Declares Member Dead for Death Benefit
In Charleroi Pennsylvania Joe Leclair aged 68 a member in good standing of the French and Belgium Club of Charleroi received a death benefit of $200 after the lodge adopted a resolution declaring him officially dead for records. He then received his beneficiary check.
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Charlerie, Pa
Joe Leclair
Belgium
Leclair
Charleroi
Joe
Greta Garbo to marry Swiss financier son in Sweden
Greta Garbo plans to leave Hollywood at the end of April to wed Wilhelm Soerensen son of a wealthy Swiss financier and friend of Prince Sigvard. Soerensen with Prince Sigvard recently went to Berlin to arrange the wedding, and Garbo is expected to quit films and settle in Sweden after marriage.
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London
Greta Garbo
Hollywood
Wilhelm Soerensen
Prince Sigvard
Daily Mail
Stockholm
Soerensen
Berlin
Mail
Miss Garbo
Sweden
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Capone
H. W. Chapline
Building Financial Struc
Ture
H. Delmar Robinson
D. Edward Stultz
Clifford D. Grim
Main Circus
Louisville
Havre de Grace
Andrew Downie
U.S. Navigation
Teamship Line
United States Navigation Co
United Ae Navigation Co., Inc
Eke Ver Ces
South End Hoseco
Garbo
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