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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1934
Page
10
Franz Von Papen departs Berlin for a mission as special envoy to Austria shortly after noon. He bids farewell with Frau Von Papen at the airport and says he will meet Hitler at Berchtesgaden before continuing to Austria.
Three unidentified men lured Alexandria W. Soulgikoff, a police court interpreter, to a false street address in Montreal and shot him to death. He staggered from his car and died in the street after being wounded twice. The slayers fled, and police call the killing a vengeance crime. Residents noted he earlier stopped a passerby for directions on Dulanaudiere street. three men emerged from shadows and fired as the car sped away.
The Saar governing commission reports the crisis is beyond control and asks the League of Nations for at least 2,000 additional foreign police to keep order ahead of the January plebiscite on French or German status or continued League supervision.
The eighty six annual session of the Virginia Valley Central Congregational Christian Conference met at Mayland Church near Harrisonburg. Vice president Rev B J Earp presided in the president's absence as speakers including Dr L E Smith Dr C D Johnson and Dr J Co Atkinson addressed delegates from Winchester parish among attendees were Mr and Mrs E W Cather Mrs Edgar Nelson Arthur Spaid Charles Dunlap and A B Hook director of religious education.
Harrisburg August 14 The state will not intervene in the bootleg coal dispute for now. Governor Pinchot says investigations by state and federal authorities will continue as jobless miners operate independent mines on anthracite company property and sell coal.
The Evening Star outlines a planned World’s Fair tour to Chicago with a set price plan and railroad escort to ensure a carefree trip. Lucien Rollin praises the fair’s striking modern buildings and the ephemeral, experimental display of scientific progress. Several inquiries have already reached Baltimore and Ohio agents.
A moccasin snake that climbed chairs near Reynolds Store caused alarm when it slithered onto Mrs. Charles Moore. She brushed it away and it fled into a hole. Ardell Moore later spotted a similar snake in a truck patch and killed it with stones.
Real estate transfers recorded in the Corporation Court clerk office include Jessie T. Trenary transferring lot 606 on South Braddock Street to Bessie M. Hillyard for 10 dollars and other valuable considerations. Robert F. Brilletux transfers a lot and dwelling in Loudoun Manor addition to A. A. Fletcher for 3300 dollars.
Niagara Falls report blames 30 million pound slide on low water and severe winter cold that cracked the rock lip. Heat this summer caused the section to shift and finally break away yesterday near Goat Island. Charles F. Seyfred, Niagara reservation superintendent, notes absence of water froze the lip, enabling the rock to detach with warming.
In Tientsin China the provincial government executed five Chinese convicts for the murder of American missionary Dr. J. H. Ingram who was shot as bandits invaded his summer bungalow near Peiping while he sheltered his wife and grandchildren. Ingram, a fifty year China resident and Richland County Ohio native, was regarded as China’s best foreign friend. The National government at Nanking demanded the slayers.
Fire companies Reuss Sarah Zane and Rouss prepare for a parade rivalry in Waynesboro with new rescue gear and sharp uniforms. Delegates including ex-president Lee M. Lamp attend a morning meeting to coordinate plans. Officers list for both companies and a meal arrangement at Luther Church are noted for Thursday.
In a public statement Virginia apple growers reject any lowering of standard packs. They emphasize cooperation with inspectors, honest grading, and orderly packing for the 1934 crop. Mr. Gold, a prominent producer and shipper, also leads a regional fruit growers credit association.
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