Wickersham Report Details Police Brutality Across Nation
The Wickersham commission catalogued extensive use of brutal third degree methods over a decade, urging new laws or constitutional amendment to protect civil liberties. It cited Leopold Loeb and Snedker cases, and noted Mooney Billings not discussed due to witnesses and pardon issues. Continued on Page three.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Leopold-Loeb
Snedk
Ohio
Mooney-Billings
Mooney- Billings
San Francisco
Virginia firemen welcome 20000 visitors for annual meeting
Winchester prepares to host more than 20000 visitors for the Virginia State and Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's associations meeting. hotel Jack serves as headquarters with pre convention sessions starting Wednesday morning and reel races set for Thursday at Winchester Fair Grounds and South Cameron street.
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Winchester
Virginia State and
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Associations
Herman H. Hable
G. Reginald Haines
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Cumberland Valley
Virginia State Association
Friendship Engine House
East
Cork Street
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Virginia Brothers
Valley Marble and Granite Works
East Cork Street
Jack
West Piccadilly Street
Virginia State Association W
George Washington
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Handley Library
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Winchester Fair Grounds
South Cameron Street
Virginia State
Rouss Springs Park
Winchester Park Association
Virginia Sicemen
Martinsburg
W. Va
Public Sale of Richard S. Jolliffe Residence Property
The Richard S. Jolliffe residence will be sold at public auction Wednesday August 12 1931 at 11 oclock A M. Lee advertisements Herbert S. Larrick trustee.
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Richard S. Jolliffe
A. M. Lee
Herbert S. Larrick
Pickers Tickets Printed Before Picking Season Rush
An Evening Star notice urges readers to order pickers' tickets now before the busy picking season begins. Prices are described as reasonable.
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THE
Evening Star
Hearing Set For Truck And Bus Owners In Virginia
A Virginia hearing before Governor Pollard's commission on bus and motor truck regulation will be held at 10 a m in the House of Delegates hall. Representatives of bus lines truck owners railroads and other interested parties may present claims and data on revenues highway effects and regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Pollard
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Capitol
W. O. Rogers
Waverly
Robert L. Jeffreys, Jr
Chase City
Lester H.—Hooker
State Corporation Commission
T. McCall Frazier
State Division of Motor Vehicles
C. H. Morrissett
E. R. Combs
Henry G. Shirley
Motor Vehicle Department
Corporation Commission
Department of Taxation, Corporation Commission
Highway Department
Maryland Casualty opens Winchester claim office
J W Arthur announces Maryland Casualty Company will open a Winchester claim office at 40 Rouss avenue by August 15 to serve Winchester and surrounding territory. T R Spady, VMI graduate and Shenandoah Valley Academy alumnus, will head the local unit, with Burns of Baltimore as company president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
J. W. Arthur
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
No. 40
Rouss Avenue
T. R. Spady
Virginia Military Institute
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Spady
Hampton
United States
Arthur
F. Highland Burns
Doctor A W Armentrout Opens Office on Braddock Street
Professional notice announces the opening of Dr A W Armentrout new office at 110 North Braddock street for general surgery and gynecology Office hours 2 to 4 pm and by appointment Telephone Office 248 residence 239 Also real bargains in summer merchandise offered by Moling and Cather
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A. W. Armentrout
North Braddock Street
Moling & Cather
Lindberghs Detained by Weather Delays Across Ocean Flight
Weather disruptions stranded the Lindberghs at Point Barrow with storms near Nome halting their trip to the Orient. Other aviators faced delays and mysteries including Parker Cramer overdue in Copenhagen and Hans Graf’s party in Tokyo questioned about fortifications. Russell Boardman and John Polando reached Marseilles from Istanbul on the way home.
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Associated Press
World Airways
Lindberghs
Point Barrow
Nome
Orient
Cramer
Parker Cramer
Copenhagen
Atlantic
Norway
Russell Boardman
John Polando
Marseilles
France
Istanbul
Turkey
United States
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Tokyo
Siberia
Para
Brazil
America
Wolfgang von Gronau
Reykjavik
Iceland
Accidents Claim Rev McGee and Wife in Blue Ridge Crash
The Rev B F Gould McGee and his wife died in a car crash on the Blue Ridge near Berryville Clarke county. Their bodies lie at Kurtz funeral parlor with services at 11 tomorrow. Relatives arrived from Philadelphia as survivors improve at Memorial Hospital.
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B. F. Gould McGee
Blue Ridge
Berryville
Clarke County
Kurtz
Police Court In A Quiet Session
In Winchester the Monday police court session was quiet for the third week. Three defendants faced the bar on liquor from prohibition charges. Hugh Rehill forfeited 73 dollars for failing to appear. Roy Larrick and Wilbert Chapman were arraigned. Larrick dismissed while Chapman fined 73 dollars and given 30 days suspended jail. Jack VanLear pleaded guilty to illegal possession, fined 73 dollars and 30 days in jail. police say he owned the bar raided last month in the northeast part of Winchester.
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Winchester
Hugh Rehill
Roy Larrick
Wilbert Chapman
Faoe
Larrick
Chapman
Jack VanLear
VanLear
Old Stone Sharch Reunion Set for August 15 at Church
The Old Stone Sharch Reunion will be held at Old Stone Church near Green Spring next Saturday August 15. The committee invites all to attend with dinner baskets for a free meal and welcomes friends buried in the cemetery. Phone numbers 28 or 29. Winchester Steam Laundry advertises laundry services.
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Old Stone Church
Green Spring
Winchester Steam Laundry
Death comes as Mrs Miller left picnic grounds
Mrs Mattie I Miller of Welltown died in Stephens City after a heat induced heart attack following a Sunday school reunion and picnic. She was 73 and active in Galilee Church work. funeral set for Tuesday at Galilee Church with burial nearby.
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Mattie I. Miller
Luther W. Miller
Welltown
Stephens City
Frederick County
Vaucluse
Mr. Miller
Miller
Mattie Taylor
David and
Isabella Taylor
Isabella McKown
Ops Taylor
Bunker Hill
Galilee Church
Hoover Begins Another Year With A Smile
President Hoover entered his fifty-eighth year smiling despite burdens of international and domestic issues. He observed his fifty-seventh anniversary and reviewed a year of mixed accomplishments and disappointment before returning to Washington from his Rapidan summer camp.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
The
Rapidan
Mrs Sue Dodson Dies At Hampton Home
Mrs. Susan Dodson widow of Simeon Dodson of this city died this morning at the home of her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs George P Perry in Hampton Virginia after months of declining health and a paralysis stroke The body will be brought to Winchester for burial with funeral services at 2 o clock Wednesday in Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel Reverend E A Lambert pastor of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will officiate Interment will be in the family lot.
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J. Edward Pitman
Bartonsville
McGee
Memorial Hospital
Pitman
E. A. Lambert
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
EF. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Europe
Susan Dodson
Simeon Dodson
George P. Perry
Hampton
William C. Perry
Elty
Gerard Street
Valley Avenue
Members South End Hose Co Invitation to Convention
Members of the South End Hose Company urged to purchase uniforms for the convention. Apply to Mr. William Gochenour at the company hall.
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South End Hose CO
Wm. Gochenour
Farm Bureau Plans Winchester Branch To Aid Frederick Farmers
Virginia Farm Bureau leaders visit Winchester to organize a local branch aiding Frederick County farmers. G F Holsinger and O D Garber outline mutual benefits of lower costs and better markets as Perry Richards prepares to canvass Shenandoah and Rockingham counties. The goal is 500 members with farmers agreeing to join.
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G. F. Holsinger
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
O. D. Garber
Rockingham County
Winchester
Frederick County
Farm Bureau
Garber
Perry Richards
Shenandoah County Farm Bureau
Holsinger
Roy P. Duvall
State Department
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Boy 11 Kills Sister 7 with Shotgun Buckshot
In Upton Massachusetts a seven year old girl Vera Burkholder was killed by buckshot from a shotgun held by her 11 year old brother Harold at their farm. An inquest in Hagerstown found the family worried about possible action against the boy as no Pennsylvania murder charges exist. The boy showed a violent temper and had previously threatened his sister and mother.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Franklin County
Vera Burkholder
Harold
Upton
S. D. Benedict
Pennsylvania
S. D. Shull
Benedict
Fox Hunters Meet Planned in Loudoun County Leesburg
Plans take shape for the Virginia Fox Hunters Association meet in Leesburg the week of October 12. Trials test fox mounds with social events, in a region famed for rich hunting grounds and multiple sanctioned hunts nearby.
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Virginia Fox Hunters Association
Leesburg
Virginia
Loudoun County
America
Loudoun
National Steeple and Hunts Association
Middleburg
Piedmont Hounds
Fauquier County
Orange County
N. Virginia Medical Society Set to Meet in Berryville
The Medical Society of Northern Virginia will convene in Berryville in the Hawthorn building tomorrow at 11 a.m. The gathering includes physicians from Frederick Clarke Page Warren Shenandoah Rappahannock counties and parts of West Virginia and Winchester. President Dr Giles Cook of Front Royal presides. Talks cover local society importance tonsil disease backache diabetic coma and related cases. Luncheon will be served at Woodlawn Tea House.
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Berryville
Medical Society of Northern Virginia
Hawthorn
J. E. Harris
Frederick, Clarke, Page
Warren
Shenandoah
Rappahannock
Virginia
Hampshire
Hardy
West Virginia
Winchester
Giles Cook
Front Royal
Harris
J. G. Brown
Woodville
H. C. Smith
Boyce
R. W. Stoneburner
Edinburg
John B. McKee
Woodlawn Tea House
Cotton Decline Gives The Bears A Chance In Market
New York report notes sweeping declines in world cotton markets add bearish tone to the financial outlook. Despite the Bruening government victory in the Prussian plebiscite, the stock market opens feeble then steadies briefly before easing again on light trading and poor tonnage data. Industrials and utilities fall moderately while rails show notable weakness and call money climbs to 12 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Bruening
Music School Seeks Young Students At Washington Street
Parents seeking musical education for children can enroll at a state certified school offering violin and other instruments. Special focus on small children. Limited spaces with a director accepting calls this week at 14 S Washington St.
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S. Washington St
Mass Meeting of Frederick County Democrats Endorses Nominees
A large gathering at the Frederick County Courthouse elected Leslie D. Kline as meeting chairman and formed an executive committee. The mass convention adopted resolutions urging all voters to support the party nominees for Sheriff Luther Pannett, State Senate T Russell Cather, and others across county offices.
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Frederick County
C.R. McCann
Leslie D. Kline
W. J. Muse
W &E. Smith
J. W. Newscome
J. C. Baker
Scott
Ashton
Philip Shade
Dolan's
R. L. Omps
Mill
George Smith
A. R. Rinker
Vic Harper
Lamp’s
Bayliss
Russell's
Rosenberger
Dry Pifer
Gore
Forge
Hee—Shulk
Joseph R. Watson
Stephens City
R. A. Lemley
Canterbury
J. B. Jennings
Armel
E. H. White
Carpers Valley
Miles Pannett
Kernstown
J. W
Mer
Greenwood
Julius W. Richards
John W. Harper
Coleman Dunn
Democratic Party
Virginia
Luther Pannett
State Senate
T. Russell Cather
House of Delegates
Joseph S. Denny
Commonwealth
B. P. Harrison
Robert S. Smith
Lee N. Whitacre
Opequon
C. S. Brumback
Shawnee
W. N. Branner
Back Creek
Charles M. Rosenberger
Stonewall
Scott Grant
Gainsboro
Ernest W. Adams
Second Infant of Triplets Dies at Home
Ida Selina Yeakley one of triplets born July 19 to Mr. and Mrs. Yeakley died at 11 o'clock last night at their Grimes county home. Funeral was held today with Rev. C. J. Clarke presiding and burial at Welltown. Ina Roberta Yeakley remains the sole surviving triplet.
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Ida
Selina
Yeakley
R. Yeakley
Grimes
C. J. Clarke
Welltown
Ina Roberta Yeakley
Wealthys Taken This Week Glaze Apple Pack
Wealthys were taken this week in the glaze apple pack at Glaze House. Eight to ten to ten to thirty one units were affected. Local authorities investigate the incident and urge anyone with information to come forward.
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Wickersham and Associates
Mooney and Billings
Pardon
State Commission
Large Casualty Company
Old Stone Sharch
Sue Dodson
Cenfer
Case OF Burkholder
Piedmont
N. Va
Music School
Leslie Kline
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