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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1935
Page
10
Magistrate recounts a pistol with five cartridges and two additional bullets found after Molter and his son Nelson broke into the Molter home. Deputies, doctors, and neighbors testified as two men lay dead. Funeral plans delayed pending arrival of a relative.
Molter, 66, longtime Baltimore mercantile statistics executive, and active real estate figure, was wounded and taken to the inquest. He and his wife married about a year and a half ago after meeting in California. Mrs Molter survived by four sons from a previous marriage. Molter left four sons and two daughters.
Past President Lawrence E. Roland of the Alexandria club told Winchester Rotarians about the recent Rotary International convention in Mexico City where more than five thousand Rotarians gathered. He described travel by rail road boat and air, local climate, ancient pyramids and churches, and a goodwill display between rival South American nations.
The President of Mexico addressed the Rotarian convention urging calm and warning against rumors. The event featured a bull fight, a multilingual ball with 30 languages, and a pageant. Rotarian visitors included Harry Lovett Staunton and G B Whelan Woodstock.
A Frigidaire air conditioning system with mechanical compressors and flower fans has been installed at the White Palace Restaurant. Northern Virginia Power Company installed the equipment, which cools and dehumidifies air, washing and filtering it to keep patrons comfortable.
One case heard in police court this morning resulted in James Rosenberger being fined 10.25 dollars for a misdemeanor.
The will of James William Robinson longtime Newport News businessman has been placed on probate in this county. All real and personal property is left to his widow Clara Piggett Robinson, named executrix who has posted a $450 000 bond without security. The draft date is June 4 1923 and the will was first probated August 14 1934 in Elizabeth City county circuit court Newport News.
Harvey L. Price, charged with stealing 78 bushels of wheat from Mrs. Georgia Boyer west of Middletown, was tried by Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner and placed on probation. He recently completed a term on the state road after a prior conviction for stealing hams from Boyer’s smoke-house earlier in the spring.
Harold L. Scheuer was elected commander of Lloyd Williams Post American Legion in Berryville Virginia at the annual meeting. Officers elected include Ralph Galloway as first vice commander E C Carter Jr as second vice commander R L Plybon adjutant Jetson Spates service commander M F Wisecarver historian J D Griffing chaplain Rev R H Rowland child welfare chief Dr C H Iden and sergeant at arms Ammi Strother. The post also voted to donate ten dollars to the John H Enders Fire Company fundraising for a new firehouse.
Public auction at noon in front of the County Court House Winchester Va to sell a parcel of land under the last will of Sarah L. Smith to the highest bidder.
Property comprises 13 acres more or less with a five room frame dwelling, metal roof, a barn, smokehouse and other buildings. It has a never failing spring and lies about five miles west of Winchester in Frederick County Virginia along the Wardensville grade. It adjoins Rosenberger on the west, Dyke on the south, Bayliss on the east, and the Arthur Smith Estate on the north near the home of the late Sarah L. Smith. Immediate possession except for the garden.
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