Hit Run Case 15 Tried in Court Today
In Frederick county circuit court Judge Williams convened a jury to hear the hit and run charge against John Willis of Middletown linked to a May 27 incident that injured Jack O Neal. witness Walters recanted prior testimony while deputies and officers testified to earlier statements.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Philip Williams
John Willis
Middletown
Willis
Jack O’neal
Clayton Walters
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Floods, snakes tie up refugees in Australia tale
A Melbourne dispatch reports floodwaters forcing refugees into trees where they faced snakes seeking shelter. The account notes the night of terror as snakes joined the flood ordeal, contrasting with Shenandoah Valley weather in the narrator's locality.
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Melbourne
Australia
Shenandoah Valley
Fellowship Club Outlines Christmas Charity Plan
The Fellowship Club announces a master list of needy cases to avoid duplicate effort in Christmas aid across the city and Frederick County. A headquarters will open at the George Washington Hotel by December 10 to coordinate donations from organizations and individuals by December 15. The plan emphasizes not competing with others while encouraging adoptive gifts and a Santa Claus visit to homes on Christmas Day.
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Frederick County
Fellowship Club
George Washington Hotel
Fellowship
Moving Picture Houses
Organi- OF
Santa Claus
Old Fashioned Virginia Cooking At Hotel Jack Coffee Shop
Mrs Buckley manages the Coffee Shop at Hotel Jack, 20 South Stewart, offering old fashioned Virginia dishes from 6 30 am to 9 pm. The menu features hot breads corn bread pancakes and Virginia hams with Mrs Buckley personally supervising. Visitors are welcome throughout the day.
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Virginia
Jack
F. L. Steckley
South Stewart Street
Scott withdraws objections to Skyline Drive route
Frederic W. Scott agreed not to oppose any route through his Royal Orchards estate near Charlottesville Virginia, ending protests that the Southern Skyline Drive extension would bisect his land. Final route selection pending. Scott's concession followed a meeting at Charlottesville.
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Charlottesville
Frederic W. Scott
Skyline Drive
Scott
Royal Orchards
Yesay
Xmas Gifts for All at Hodgson and Brown Jewelers
Open evenings and small deposits reserve unusual gifts at Hodgson and Brown Jewelers with the slogan Gifts That Last. Pure Food Store advertises bulk shredded coconut at 20 cents per pound Ip-1t.
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Hodgson & Brown Jewelers
Boxboard Plant Sale Confirmed for 250000
Shenandoah Boxboard Corporation mill in Winchester sold to Kieckhefer Container Co of Delair New Jersey for 250000. Sale deed recorded. operation to resume only if business conditions warrant. Sixty workers affected as plant shut and cleaning proceeds. Meunier says plant to be reopened if demand justifies.
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Shenandoah Boxboard Corporation
Winchester
Kieckhefer Container Company
Delair
N. J
C. C. Brannon
Frederick County
L. J. Meunier
Kieckhofer Company
Interoe
Star
Mr. Meunier
Meunier
Kieckhofer Con
Bank Collapse May Be Probed By Grand Jury
A grand jury investigation of the American Bank and Trust Company collapse in Richmond was considered as Commonwealth's Attorney T Gray Haddon prepared to ask Judge John L Ingram for a probe The goal would be to review the bank's history for evidence of criminality tied to the 20 million dollar failure after the 1933 presidential bank holiday.
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Richmond
American Bank and Trust Company
Commonwealth
T. Gray Haddon
John L. Ingram
Hastings Court
Conductorette and husband charged with relief fraud in Baltimore
Mrs Helen White a longtime street car conductorette and her husband William White were arrested on charges of fraudulently obtaining 288 dollars from the City Relief Commission. Officials say Mrs White signed the original relief application while checks were issued to her husband. Mrs White is 56 and her husband 34.
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Baltimore
Helen White
William White
City Relief Commission
Chicken Oyster Supper at Gore Lodge Hall
A chicken oat oyster supper is scheduled at Gore Lodge Hall on December 7 served by Pyrenees Baptist Church. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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Gore, Fli
Pyrenees Baptist Church
Winchester Steam Laundry Advertises Call 28 Service
Local laundry promotion urges readers to call 28 for Wash and fold and dry cleaning options. Company highlights prompt pickup and reliable care.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Frederick Is Sentenced To Year In Jail
A Frederick County circuit court jury found Howare etrick guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Gibson Shull, a Frederick youth, after weighing testimony about drunkenness and the truck involved. The defendant testified he was not drunk and drove on his side, while witnesses described the truck occupants as intoxicated. The trial concluded with jurors to consider final instructions after further evidence days.
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Frederick County
Howare Etrick
Wash
Fred
Gibson Shull
James Madagan
John A. Ellenbass
Harry Lamp
C. 8. Solenberger
Joseph V. Taylor
Hinkle Boyd
George A. Wigginton
E. H. Woore
W. L. Palmer
Byron O. Brumback
George H. Inskip
W. H. Gordon
H. L. Cadwallader
Tom Boyd
Franklin Ritter
Frederick
D. W. Ritenour
Lewis
Roy
Berkely Gregory
Washington, D. C
Staunton
Kellison
Gregory
Roy Gregory
Berkeley Gregory
Berkeley
Ss. Kellison
Williams
Retired Admiral Hussey Dies of Heart Attack
New Milford Connecticut reports Rear Admiral C L Hussey United States Navy retired died of a heart attack today after alighting from a train. He was associated with Washington D C and Litchfield.
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New Milford
Conn
C.L. Hussey
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Litchfield
Debate At Round Hill On Nature Versus Science
Winchester Debating Society hosts a Round Hill debate at 8 p m Friday December 7 with four speakers Wesley Shirley Ernest Luttrell Arthur Luttrell and Ford Luttrell arguing that nature holds a greater attraction for the mind than science. The 4 H Club sponsors the event and invites the public. refreshments will be served. The speakers repeat the debate at Reliance on December 11 at 8 p m.
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Winchester Debating Society
Round Hill
4-H Club
Wesley Shirley
Ernest Luttrell
Arthur Luttrell
Ford Luttrell
Reliance
Radford Votes on Local Liquor Store Plan
Radford Virginia voters opened polls on December 4 to decide a local option under the State Alcoholic Beverage Control act. Churches and reform groups led the dry side as supporters of a state liquor store gathered 370 petition signatures to trigger the election.
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Radford
Wets
Couzens challenges Borah seeks party leadership shift
Senator Couzens of Michigan challenged Senator Borah to take the chairmanship and propose a new platform as Reed of Pennsylvania sharply criticized New Deal opponents. The episode follows Henry Fletcher’s refusal to resign as Republican National Committee chair, with mixed reactions from Representative Fish and others about liberalizing party policies.
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Nathan Robertson
Associated Press
Washington
Borah
Republican Party
Couzens
R. Mich
Reed
Pennsylvania
Fletcher
Michigan
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Representative Fish
R-N
Couzen
Th Partes
Ae Ee
Roosevelt
Idaho
National crime institute eyed at law conference
Washington December 4 1933 authorities plan a national criminological institute to coordinate law agencies and serve as a central information center. The proposal tops the agenda at Attorney General Homer S Cummings crime conference opening December 10 13 with President Roosevelt as lead speaker amid end of Dillinger Floyd Nelson era.
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Washington
Homer S. Cummings
John Dillinger
Pretty Boy Floyd
Baby Face Nelson
Roosevelt
Two Killed In Head-On LIRR Freight Crash
In Brooklyn a head-on collision between two Long Island Railroad freight trains killed the engineer and oiler of the electric crew and injured eight track workers. The westbound 16 car electric train struck the eastbound five car steam train in a cut under Brooklyn Avenue.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn Avenue
Irish Protest Warps Duke and Princess Wedding Film Run
Films of the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina wedding were pulled in Dublin theatres after protest disturbances over the weekend. The episode reflects ongoing public objection to the royal event amid Free State unrest.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
the Duke of Kent
Princess Marina
Fire Threat to Baker Farm Home Near Apple Pie Ridge
A fire at the Baker residence on North Frederick Road near Apple Pie Ridge was confined to one upstairs bedroom thanks to prompt action by Mr and Mrs Baker and neighbors. Faulty wiring, a lamp socket, and a closed hall door limited the damage. two love birds died in the smoke and the beds and walls suffered extensive charring. The Bakers have three children away at the time.
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Baker Farm
Gendobbin
Frederick Road
Apple Pie Ridge
Henry Baker
Friendship Fire Company
Baptist Church Plans For Year To Be Outlin
The First Baptist Church will hold its annual meeting and elect officers for 1935 including deacons, Sunday School superintendent and treasurer. A six member committee will present an organizational report with 1934 findings and 1935 program recommendations. An upcoming innovation will have an automobile visit resident members to discuss their 1935 financial support. The church reports improved finances and reduced building fund debt, with a hopeful outlook for 1935.
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First Baptist Church
Aamapere
Board of Deaconeseses
Otter
E. T. Clark
Clark
Mexican Official Killed In Crash
Washington dispatch reports Governor Franciseco Benigno Serratos of Michoacan Mexico died in a Mexican plane crash near Alto De Rosales. American pilot Charles M. Drayton from Brownsville Texas was seriously injured.
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Washington
State Department
Franciseco Benigno Serratos
Michoacan
Mexico
Charles M. Drayton
Alio de Rosales
Drayton
Brownsville
Texas
Dr Hawthorne Attends University Clinics
Dr Allen T. Hawthorne spends a week at the University of Virginia tending post graduate clinics in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat.
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DR. Hawthorne
Allen T. Hawthorne
University of Virginia
Plane bound for Hawaii reported lost in Pacific
Commander of the Honolulu Coast Guard Cutter orders ship to go in search of the craft after a plane bound for Hawaii was reported missing in the Pacific since midnight as radio guides faded.
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Honolulu
Coast Guard
Plane and rescue crews race to find Hawaii bound Ulm flight
A Hawaii bound Trans Pacific plane piloted by Lieut Charles T P Ulm radioed it would land at sea and asked for aid. Navy planes and coast guard cutter Itasca moved to search while army fliers at Wheeler Field reported Ulm’s fuel low and officials feared the craft was lost.
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Honolulu
Sdent
Charles T. P. Ulm
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Wheeler Field
Peebeg
S. O
Coast Guard
Itasca
Naval Air Station
Pearl Harbor
Ulm
United States Naval Radio Station
Wailup
Army Base
Navy Base
Matson Navigation Company
Criminology push linked to crime war plan
Domestic Washington National crimin ological institute is projected as the next step in the war against crime. Richmond grand jury may probe collapse of American Bank and Trust Company. Washington Mrs. Helen White and husband face relief fraud allegations.
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Washington
National Criminological Institute
Charlottesville
F. W. Scott
Skyline Drive
Royal Orchards
Richmond
American Bank and Trust Company
Helen White
Williamsburg
Frank R. Kent
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Berlin
Finland
White Sea
Paris
Marguery Chadwick
St. Louis
Moscow
Union House
Sergio Kiroff
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J. W. Newcome
A. J. Tavenner
H. L. McCann
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Clarence Lemley
Stephens City
Archie Ritenour
Strasburg
Robert Long
Hammack
Jack O'Neal
Allen Jones
Valley Pike
Belle Larrick
Mrs. Buckley
Skyline Highway
Boxboard
Reickhefer
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
WOMAN
Public Enemy
Helen Gillis
Nelson
Chicago
Middle West
Elks’ Club
Winchester Lodge No. 867
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Benjamin P. Kushner
Danville
Thct
Ealy Termation
Lodge
Mena Walter E. Huntsberry
MU Hs
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Idahoan
Penna
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Glendobbin
Baptist Church
Pacific
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