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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
7
A quick thinking janitor at St. Clement's School saved hundreds when a concert crowd fell 14 feet as a floor collapsed. Nearly 600 people including children and parents dropped into the lower level, but the janitor's actions prevented a catastrophe.
Classified ad brief from Winchester Virginia listing an extra good Ford son tractor with fenders clutch pulley and governor priced at 225 dollars. Also mentions a 1934 Ford V8 four door sedan in black with radio and low mileage listed at 565 dollars with new car terms up to 18 months and no payments until Feb 1 1935. Wood and coal available by phone 334 W Main.
About 150 injured in a hall collapse after a floor gave way at a school concert. Doughty the janitor shut off the gas, averting a fire, while a piano fell from the upper level but caused no serious injuries as people escaped through a window.
Baltimore firemen fought a four alarm blaze in a five story Dickeyville building occupied by the Kitchen Cabinet Corporation. Twenty employees escaped as 18 apparatus and 22 hoses battled the stubborn fire with estimated damages of 70000 dollars.
Loads for Eskimo dogs are eighty pounds per dog, with each dog hitched in tandem and attached by traces of varying lengths. The king dog receives the longest trace for maximum freedom. The horn snake has no horn but a spine on its tail capable of piercing skin.
Arthur C. Wilson was convicted of murder for the desert slaying of Mrs. Irene De Bolt near Van Horn Texas. The jury set life imprisonment and noted the cash missing from the victim after an auto trip from Cleveland to the West. The courtroom scene included emotional reactions as the verdict was read.
Smith's Island lies at the edge of the Gulf stream off the North Carolina coast and is described as the farthest north land where tropical vegetation grows. The article notes a world religion fact about temple seating, stating that three quarters of the global population worship in temples with no seats.
Czechoslovakia's foreign minister Edouard Benes told the League of Nations council at Geneva that the Little Entente of Czechoslovakia Romania and Yugoslavia would declare war on any nation trying to break up the alliance. Meanwhile Admiral Nicholas Horthy of Hungary faced a crisis as Yugoslav soldiers were reported crossing the frontier after thousands of Hungarians were expelled from Yugoslavia.
Four federal prisoners waiting to testify face death threats as they arrive for grand jury testimony in the Urschel kidnapping case. Edward Peldman Clara Feldman Alvin H. Scott and Margaret Hurtienne are being guarded by federal officers after portions of the 200000 ransom were found. Feldman, stepson of Albert Bates, is held under an assumed name and questioned multiple times.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1584-B offers a house dress with a one piece back and front yoke. It uses darts for a fitted shape and includes two sleeve styles, short slashed and puffed long, in sizes 36 to 50 with about four yards of 36 inch material for size 36. Tomorrow features a shirtwaist frock for youths.
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