Emergency receiver named for Winchester and Wardensville line
Frederick Circuit Court appoints D H Sencindiver as emergency receiver for the Winchester and Wardensville Railway. He will run the line 30 days with a motion to extend due Sept 2. Herbert Larrick named counsel. The line runs 20 miles from Winchester toward Rock Enon Springs, with past lumbering and a trimmed route to Wardensville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
D. H. Sencindiver
Winchester and
Wardensville
Bank’ of Romney
Rock Enon
Winchester
Former Sheriff Killed in Breathitt County Shootout
In Breathitt County Kentucky former Sheriff Lee Combs was killed and Sheriff Walter Deaton wounded as four or more shooters opened fire on stairway during a meeting of county committeemen. Lewis Combs, campaign chairman for Gov. Chandler, was critically wounded. An inquest was ordered with state officers dispatched to the scene. The meeting aimed to set details for the Saturday primary between Gov. Chandler and U S Senator Alben Barkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Lee Combs
Lewis
A. B. Chandler
Walter Deaton
Breathitt
James T. Goff
Joe Burman
To Highway Patrol
Frankfort
Chandler
United States
Alben W. Barkley
Edifice Built Under Leadership of Rev J R Andrew
Middletown Va church observes 40th anniversary of limestone Grace M E dedication. History traces Methodism to 1819 with George Bell and early log church. Present church on Main and Third streets opened 1897 and rebuilt under Rev J R Andrew with labor gifts and pig and real estate donations. Capacity 1200. Pastors listed through 1930s. Mrs Larrick first married in the church and Mrs Morse first baptized. Bulletin board donated by Ladies Bible Class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Grace M. E
George Bell
John Wesley
England
Main
Third Streets
Winchester
J. S. Engle
J. R. Andrew
Allegheny Mountains
W. G. Eggleston
J. R. Andrews
A. M. Cackley
W. S. Hammond
J. P. Stump
D. A. Berry
J. H. Haley
M. H. Keen
F. B. Wyand
H. A. Brown
R. Fringer
J.upman
R. V. Whitehurst
W. P. Saunders
W. A. Clark
Fervid Love Letters Shape Carroll Murder Trial Evidence
In South Paris Maine a trial against former deputy sheriff Francis M Carroll features letters from his daughter Barbara to her sweetheart Paul N Dwyer. The notes are offered as documentary evidence shedding light on a tragic schoolday romance linked to the murder of Dr James G Littlefield and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Paris
Francis M Carroll
James G. Littlefield
Barbara
Paul N. Dwyer
Carroll
Dwyer
Littlefield
Home Coming At Red Bud Church Memorial Day
Red Bud United Brethren church hosts annual homecoming and memorial service next Sunday. Sunday School at 10 a.m. church service at 11 a.m. Basket dinner at noon. Afternoon memorial service at 2 p.m. Rev Leslie Shirley of Bonebrake Seminary will speak. Music by solos duets and quartets. Members and friends urged to bring lunch and attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bud United Brethren Church
Leslie Shirley
Bonebrake Seminary
Inwood
W. Va
Local Golfers Awarded Prizes In Tournament
Three golfers from this section won honors in the annual gray ing golfers tournament between Virginia and West Virginia at White Sulphur Springs midweek. W Nelson Page Logan R Fay of Winchester and Spencer Carter of Millwood and Richmond earned prizes. The event ended in a tie when a Huntington veteran dropped a 12 foot putt on the 18th. Page won Class D for lowest net score 145 over 36 holes. Fay had low gross 87 in Class B for 18 holes. Carter also in Class B shot 66 for low net 18.
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Virginia
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
W. Nelson Page
Logan R. Fay
Winchester
Spencer Carter
Millwood
Richmond
Huntington
W. Va
Nelson Page
Fay
Mr. Carter
Help Needed To Fix Old Stone Church Fences
Community members invited to aid in erecting a fence around the Old Stone Church Cemetery next Tuesday August 9. Workers will also clean the cemetery and trim grass. Bring baskets. Green Spring school pupils urged to attend. Prof. H. E. Barrett expects to be there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Stone Church
Green Spring School
H. E. Barrett
Bombs Rain on City and Front Lines in Valencia Area
Newsreel dispatch reports Valencia bombed by insurgents with hundreds of bombs dropped as heavy fighting rages on two fronts Ganesa and Albarracin. Casualties not yet estimated. insurgent claim of 100 planes in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Valencia
Gandesa
Albarracin
Francisco Franco
Beetle Shaped Tomato Grown by Local Gardener
From the garden of Mrs. S. G. Mills on Sulphur Spring Road comes a tomato shaped like a hard shelled beetle with claws and legs. The freakish vegetable grew on a plant rated to bear excellent fruit and is the only one a bit out of the ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Mills
Sulphur Spring Road
Star Office
Actress Dorothy Lamour Arranges Glamorous Hollywood Wedding
Actress Dorothy Lamour planning a Hollywood wedding after her emergency appendicitis operation. Lamour's secretary Charle Holden arranged for Knowles Smith Jr to obtain time off from Cadillac Michigan to travel to Hollywood. Lamour will attend the ceremony and give the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lamour
Hollywood
Charle Holden
Miss Lamour
Knowles Smith, Jr
Cadillac
Mich
Central Press
Big Meeting Ends Sunday at Whitacre Gospel Tent
Whitacre Virginia Aug 5 The union evangelistic meeting in progress since July 10 will close with two services Sunday August 7 The Rev Charles R Beard of Martinsburg West Virginia will speak at 230 pm on Gods Last Pay Day The concluding service follows at 730 pm 29 altar conversions reported ages nine to 65 and growing prayer attendance The Star receives thanks for publicity and cooperation from the Whitacre meeting committee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitacre
Union Evangelistic
B. F. Spitzer
Charles R. Beard
Martinsburg
W. Va
Desperado Slain In a Gun Battle
Earl Young 28 of Lebanon Pennsylvania, wanted in four states for robbery kidnapping rape and murder, was shot by two Hot Springs police captains in a hotel room gun battle and died in hospital three hours later. He had been linked to the Betty Schnidt kidnapping murder near St Charles South Dakota and other robberies and escape attempts. Police had initially announced his death twice before correcting status.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Earl Young
Lebanon
Jerry Watkins
Ben Rogers
Fletcher
Young
Betty Schnidt
St. Charles
S. D
Louisville
French Lick
Ind
Watkins
George T. Allison
Hutchinson
Kas
Fifth letter from Babs pledges love and forgiveness
The excerpt presents a personal letter from Babs to a beloved, expressing enduring love and forgiveness. It warns about temptation and drinking, urging restraint and fidelity, and promises waiting with open heart and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara’s
Darling
Babs
Berryville Unveils Modern 500 GPM Fire Pumper Truck
The John H Enders Fire Company in Berryville Virginia received a new Sea grave 500 gallon per minute pumper truck replacing old apparatus. The 150 horsepower machine carries 1250 feet of hose and a 200 gallon booster tank with space for crew to ride and don gear en route. Cost about 7200 dollars shared by the fire company and Berryville city. Captain Charles J Enders led explanations to visiting citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
John H. Enders Fire Company
Seagrave
Broadway
Berryville Fire Company
Clarke County
John H Enders
Wives of Steel Workers Testify on 1940s Picket Tear Gas Incident
Two steel workers' wives testified before the Senate civil liberties committee about tear gas shells fired by police on June 19 during a Ladies Day picket line at Republic Steel in Youngstown Ohio. Mrs Krepechiak described chairs on the sidewalk and gas bursts as Captain Richmond ordered movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Youngstown
Ohio
Stella Krin
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Erba Krepechiak
Charles Richmond
Krin
Richmond
LaFollette
Prog-Wis
LaPollette
Bolevich
Holevich
Krepechiak
Officers Fire On Suspect In Hotel Shooting Incident
Rogers and Watkins knocked on the door when Young appeared with a gun and fired. The two officers stepped back fired several times and told a hotel maid to call headquarters for a sub machine gun. Young then left the room and was shot in the leg by the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Watkins
Young
Eastern Apple Price Level Conference Set at George Washington Hotel
The Appalachian Apples Inc sponsored conference will gather 150 or more eastern growers salesmen and grocers Friday August 19 at 10 30 a m in Martinsburg area to discuss price levels and market conditions for apples led by Carroll R Miller executive secretary with early invitations from E W J Hearty Hershel Jones H D Williamson and Ed Frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
Apple and
Carroll R Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Appalachian Apples, Inc
E. W. J. Hearty
New York
Hershel Jones
H D. Williamson
Philadelphia
Ed. Frost
Richmond
Winchester
Green Attacks Lewis' Group And Relations Board
Worcester mass August 5 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor delivers a ninety minute address at a state labor convention attacking the CIO and the National Labor Relations Board. He singles out Edwin L Smith for rebukes claiming in every decision Smith favors the CIO and against craft unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
William Green
American Federation of Labor
State Federation of Labor
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Edwin
Smith
Green
Merriam Attacks C I O During California Harbor Day
Gov. Frank F. Merriam accused the C I O of delaying industrial growth in California and the nation during a harbor day address to business and civic leaders. He said he has no sympathy for the organization, amid ongoing state strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Frank F. Merriam
California
Apple Prices Edge Down on British Markets Amid arrivals
Tasmanian arrivals and increased pear shipments depress United Kingdom apple demand this week. Fred A Motz, agricultural commissioner, reports lower prices with light next week supplies and rising pear volumes. London prices show best apples at 2.91 per bushel, while California pears average 4.50 a box. UK port arrivals total about 92 200 bushels of apples and 67 000 boxes of pears for the coming week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Motz
Agrical
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
London
Liverpool
Glasgow
Australia
Granny Smith
Yates Rokewood
New Zealand
Stormer
Pippin
Dougherty
Baskets
Virginia Williams
Duchess
U.S
United Kingdom
U. S
Corrigan Receives Freeing of the City Welcome in New York
Crowds estimated around one million lined the Battery to City Hall as Corrigan led a victory parade. Police ferried him through dense throngs while ticker tape blanketed buildings and Trinity Church graves reflected shreds of torn paper. Mayor LaGuardia awarded him the freedom of the city amid cheers and light remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Corrigan
West Side Express
the Battery
New York
Lindbergh
Park
Bowling Green
Broadway
Trinity Church
Wall
Notice of personal responsibility for expenses
Classified notice stating that E. Earl Shade will not be responsible for any bills contracted by others. Includes signature and date line. Public notice format typical of late 19th or early 20th century newspaper notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Earl Shade
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W. & W. Railroad Co
Larrick
Kentucky
Rapturen
Garland Spillman
Miller’s Drug Store
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Brad
Barbara Carroll
Dad
Red Bud
Inwood, W. Va
Fishers Hill
F. A and
Stephens City
Charle Holden, Dorothy Lamour
Desperado
Hot Springs Hotel
John S. Miller & CO
N. Loudoun St
Tell Civil Liberties Committee
Ladies’ Day
Lewis’ Group and Relations Board
Gov
Merriam
Small Loan & Fisancs Co, Inc
Luray
Charlottesville
Culpeper
C. I. Brumback
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