Utah School Bus Train Crash Leaves 23 Identified Dead
In Utah near Salt Lake City a school bus struck by a freight train killed 23 identified youths and left others injured after a sleet storm delayed the speeding train. Rescue teams sorted mangled remains as morgue workers began identifying bodies. The driver Farrold H. Silcox survived.
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Salt Lake City
Here
Criti- Salt Lake General Hospital
Denver
Midvale
E. L. Rehmer
Wreck- Op
Tabah
Ten Nights In A Bar Room Screened In Braddock Street Church
The Anti Saloon League of Virginia presents an all talking movie and temperance lecture titled Ten Nights In a Bar Room at United Brethren Church Braddock Street on Monday evening December 5 at 7 30 o clock. A free will offering supports the educational drive against alcohol.
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Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
United Brethren Church
Braddock Street
City Trees Boost West Post Office Area
Mr Winchester advocates planting maples on the west side of the post office to enhance city beauty. The old lady believes the plan will win broad citizen approval and the Park Commission earns praise for progress in beautifying the city despite limited funds.
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Park Commission
Public Auction sale of Lot 1 Block A on Valley Pike
Improved lot for sale at public auction Saturday December 3 at 12 Noon in front of the Court House. Lot fronts 65 ft on the east side of Valley Pike known as Lot 1 Block A. Terms one third cash day of sale balance in three payments at one two and three years. Dunn & Duvall auctioneers. 1-28 30 12-2-1p-3¢
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Court House
Valley Pike
Dunn & Duvall
Hopkins Again With President In Warm Springs
President Roosevelt and WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins met at the Little White House in Warm Springs Georgia as they plan relief needs for the new Congress. They discussed when relief rolls and winter relief costs can be determined to estimate appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal year and the next period. The eight month relief appropriation totaled 1 425 billion dollars. Roosevelt also spoke with Ambassador William C Bullitt of France during the talks.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Congress
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
White House
Ie Wpa
France
William Cc. Bullitt
Monroe Doctrine commemorated aboard S S Santa Clara
Secretary Hull and the U S delegation marked the 115th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine aboard the S S Santa Clara en route to Lima Peru. Lima talks debate expanding the doctrine to regional consultation and sanctions to deter external aggression. Hull worries about totalitarian influence in South America and the limits of nonmilitary pressure.
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S. S. Santa Clara
Lima
Peru
Hull
United States
Uncle Sam
Europe
Western Hemisphere
South America
Latin America
Armstrong Co. Window Weatherstripping and Caulking Offer
E. W. Armstrong Co. advertises metal weatherstripping and caulking for windows and doors with an estimate contact at 639. Location listed as 39 E. Piccadilly St. Also promotes a Lunch Bake and Work Sale on December 3 at 10 a.m. at 126 N. Loudgun St., hosted by Ladies' Aid Lutheran Church of Our Saviour.
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E. W. Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly St
Loudgun St. Auspices
Ladies’ Aid Lutheran Church of Our
Tomatoes Fly in London Court Contempt Incident
In London the Court of Appeals witnessed Frank Harrison hurl tomatoes at two lord justices, Missed targets but provoked six weeks in prison for contempt. Earlier he failed to appeal a minor county court action and later shouted for justice before being arrested.
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London
Court of Appeals
Charles Claudson
Rayner Goddard
Frank Harrison
Harrison
Justice Clauson
Prison Official Seeks Freedom In Hunger-Strike Death Case
A former deputy warden, Frank A. Craven, among ten indicted for the baking to death of four hunger-striking inmates at Philadelphia county prison, seeks to drop charges as trial looms. The heated radiator corridor punishment and testimonies of survivors describe the alleged acts and conditions cited in the indictments.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Frank A. Craven
Craven
William B
Mills
Act
Tiger striped male kitten seeks good home
Wanted a nicely marked young tiger striped male kitten seeks a loving home. Phone number listed as 41 for inquiries.
Fruit Cakes Bulk Ingredient Savings at Riley's Market
Complete stock at Riley's Market offers bulk pricing by the pound for fruit cake ingredients. Buy in bulk to reduce costs.
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Riley's Market
Eye-Witness Found in Edwin Smith Suicide Case
The case of Edwin H. Smith a 26 year old patrolman who died of a bullet wound on Sunday November 20 was closed with a verdict of death by suicide. Coroner Dr James A Miller cited ballistics evidence and eye witness James Edward Clark who saw Smith fire the weapon. The weapon identified as Smiths gun showed the fatal bullet came from the firearm. The verdict was issued over Mrs Smiths protest after a lengthy investigation. Authorities noted financial worries as a motive.
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Edwin H. Smith
James A. Miller
Smith
James Edward Clark
Papermill Road
Clark
Paul Hartman
Police
C. W. Hollis
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
John Bywaters
Bob Cente Eaere Hsince
Donald Weems
Hartman
Laborer To Be Windsors Guests At Christmas Chatteau
The London Star reports the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will entertain a London workingman’s family on Christmas Day at Cap D Antibes on the French Riviera. The man his wife son and daughter will join them if he accepts. the name is withheld. The invitation came from the duke who wishes to spend the holiday with ordinary people.
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London
London Star
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Cap D’antibes
French Riviera
Abductors Of Girl Counted Upon a Ransom
Mary Brown aged 18 was abducted by men who thought her father could pay a ransom. She escaped after a 30 hour absence, arriving at her Oxon Hill home in tattered clothes. Doctors found no injuries and she described being hidden in a hut and kept blindfolded in a truck.
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Mary Brown
Washington Business School
Oxon Hill, Md
Oxon Hill
William B. Brown
Brown
Mary
Hanson Branch
Noted Publisher Is Vacationing In Clarke
Col. Robert R. McCormick publisher of the Chicago Tribune has rented a Clarke county home near the Shenandoah river for a 30 day vacation. He arrived in Winchester by plane and traveled to the Phillips home near Gaylord. He will ride horses and hunt foxes while in the area.
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Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Clarke County
Col. McCormick
Phillips
Shenandoah River
Capt
Ewart Johnston
Edward Gay Butler
Chicago
Winchester
Ralph Richardson
Gaylord
Long Range Weather Forecasting Begun by West Coast Scientist
Dr. Irving P. Krick of California Institute of Technology announces a long range weather forecast method using an air mass system. He predicts warmer than usual conditions for November across New England, Ohio Valley, and the southeastern Great Plains with ten geographic sections outlined.
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Irving P. Krick
California Institute of Technology
Hollywood Film Studios
Mumber
American Farm Digest
New England
Ohio Valley
Great Plains States
Manslaughter Verdict Sought in Gantt Case
In Prince Frederick Maryland Walter Stinnett 24 is charged with the murder of William Warren Gantt 55 after a night at Gantt's home. Defense lawyer John F Mudd urged a manslaughter verdict and mercy, blaming Gantt and two women for luring Stinnett into a drunken fatal outcome. The prosecution pressed for first degree murder, arguing premeditation and that Stinnett fired the fatal shot.
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Prince Frederick
William Warren Gantt
John F Mudd
Mudd
Walter Stinnett
Gantt
Margaret Abell
Evelyn
Betty) Bajowski
Stinnett
Arthur W Dowell
Maryland
Dowell
Gatt
Arthur W. Dowell
Germans Remove Cemetery Fences
Berlin reports the Jewish publication Jeudisches Nachrichtenblatt urged removing iron fences from burial plots as a “great project for beautifying Jewish graves.” The notice claimed compulsory removal to free scrap iron for reutilization, and many fences stood at Weissensee cemetery. Nazi actions also targeted Germans friendly to Jews with placards calling them enemies of the common weal.
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Berlin
Germany
Jeulisches Nachrichtenblatt
Community Executive Council
Weissensee
Judenknecht
Ulm
Funeral for W. D. Parker Called by Madison Lodge
Members of Madison Lodge No. 6 I O O F are asked to assemble at the Lodge Hall at 1 p m on Saturday December 3 to attend the funeral of their deceased Brother W D Parker E D Kline N G invites all members to honor the memory with procession and service
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ODD Fellows
Madison Lodge No. 6
W. D. Parker
E D. Kline
N. G
Public Auction Local Stocks At Court House
A public auction will be held in front of the Court House on Saturday December 3 at 11 30 A M. Readable items include a few shares 5 percent preferred stock National Fruit Products Company a few shares capital stock Farmers Merchants National Bank Trust Company of Winchester preferred stock George Washington Hotel and General Mortgage bonds George Washington Hotel. Divested items dated 11 28 30 12 2 1p 31.
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Court House
National Fruit Products Company
Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of
Winchester
George Washington
Dunn & Duvall
Bitter labor unrest and looming strikes in Daladier France
Paris dispatch reports rising bitterness among French workers after mass factory lockouts tied to a one day general strike. Daladier faces growing domestic revolt while Italian and German actions in Tunisia and the broader Mediterranean threaten the alliance system.
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Robert B. Parker, Jr
Paris
Africa
Edouard Daladier
Daladier
General Confederation of Labor
Socialist Party
Galeazzo Cianboi
Bennett
Tunisia
Djibouti
Corsica
Italy
Mediterranean
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
Great Britain
Tiene
Elks Publish Memorial Service Program Details
Winchester lodge announces memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church Sunday at 3 p.m. Exalted Ruler leads, Rep Clifton Woodrum of Roanoke will give the address. The program includes prayers, hymns, roll call, and a closing ode. Public invited to attend.
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Clifton Woodrum
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester Lodge No
Winchester Lodge
Lawrence C. Hollis
Clifton _ Woodrum
Roanoke
Virginia
R. B. Nelson
Christ Church
Edwin T. Snider
Rep
C. A. Woodrum
the Elks
Germans Behead Gangster Couple
Berlin reports the guillotine execution of two youths, Herbert Reif aged 18 and Johannes Horn aged 19, for murderous assault after a Mannheim trial on November 29. The beheadings followed Hitler’s refusal of clemency amid a broader crackdown on gangster activity. A pair of younger brothers, Franz and Heinrich Petz, aged 13 and 18, were arrested after a spree of robberies and eight homicides.
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Berlin
Germany
Herbert Reif
Johannes Horn
Messares
Franz Guertner
Wilhelm Frick
Franz
Heinrich Petz
Perkins Opposes Labor Act Change
Secretary of Labor Perkins said she did not favor amendments to the Wagner Act. Speaking at a press conference she noted current efforts by labor and industry to revise the statute and said on the basis of her present knowledge she did not favor changes. She recalled that years ago she suggested placing the National Labor Relations Board within the Labor Department, but the board was established as an independent agency.
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Washington
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Department
West Virginia deer season yields notable bucks in Hardy and Shire
With opening day in West Virginia, hunters reported several deer kills in Hardy and Shire counties. Game Warden F W Pingley took an 8 pointer likely to be mounted. Other 4 to 6 point deer were brought in by Moss Rudolph Angus Jenkins Roy Orndorff Lucian Leff ener W V and Robert Mason. The season closes tomorrow as deer are plentiful in border counties near Frederick. A party including McKinley Turner John Myers William Hiett and John Fravel returned from Pennsylvania with three deer after a hunting trip to Carlisle.
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West Virginia
F. W. Pingley
Hardy
W. Va
Frederick
Winchester
McKinley Turner
John Myers
William Hiett
John Fravel
Washington, D. C
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Sarah Zane Fire Co Meeting Noted for December 2
The regular monthly meeting of the Sarah Zane Fire Co will be held Friday evening December 2 at 8 p m All members are requested to be present Captain L M Crabill presides
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
L. M. Crabill
Rouss Fire Co. Notice Urges Members to Attend Meeting
The Charley Rouss Fire Co holds its regular monthly meeting Friday at 8 o clock. A special meeting is mentioned. All members are urged to attend. D Weaver, President.
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James E. Clark
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