Wild confusion at tragic spot near Silver Pond Crossing
Six elementary school children were killed and at least 18 injured when a freight train crashed into a school bus six miles south of Crescent City Fi a on December 14. The bus driver D R Niles survived with serious injuries. Witnesses cited fog and a left turn in front of the train as the cause.
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Crescent City
Fia
Here
William Smith
Evelyn Smith
Frederick Smith
Bennie Smith
Merle Smith
Hazel McGrady
Eddie McGrady
Drew McGrady
Nellie McGrady
Elsie Bertha Gorton
D. R. Niles
Niles
Silver Pond
Walter B. Knight
Baptist Church
Silver Ponds Grove Crossing
R. A. Howell
Howell
Flickinger Named Superintendent of Colonial National Monument
B Floyd Flickinger, acting head since last August, is appointed superintendent by National Park Service headquarters. A native of Winchester and Lafayette College graduate, he led rehabilitation after last August’s hurricane and will oversee Petersburg Appomattox reservations and projects in North Carolina. The Newport News Daily Press editorial praises his proven ability and past storms handling.
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B. Floyd Flickinger
Colonial National Monument
National Park Service
Washington
Newport News Daily Press
Flickinger
William M. Robinson
Park Service
College of William and Mary
Winchester
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Shenandoah Valley
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
Lafayette College
Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
Lafayette
National Council of the
Kappa Phi Kappa Fraternity
Alpha Phi Williamsburg Rotary Club
Pollard
Williamsburg
American Historical Association
Winchester Historical Society
Department of the Interior
Virginia
Yorktown
Jamestown
Petersburg
Appomattox
North Carolina
Plickinger
Colonial National Monument Service
Insane Man Who Shot One Found In Beekmantown Wood Shed
Wesley Alger, 43, who escaped Dannemora State Hospital and wounded a pursuer last night, was captured today in a Beekmantown wood shed twelve miles away. State police tracked him down. he had a shotgun but did not attempt to use it.
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Associated Press
Dannemora
N. Y
Wesley Alger
Dannemora State Hospital
Beekmantown
Gift Shop Ad For Pure Food Store In 1t
An old style gift line from Pure Food Store promotes a selection of gifts available at the shop. The brief appears as a storefront notice urging readers to visit for items that please.
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Pure Food Store
Unemployed workers drill on Warren town diversions
In Warren county a first crew of twenty men began diverting the town run from the city filtration plant with a second gang to follow and a third on Millwood avenue. Only unemployed workers are used, registered at the re employment bureau under Walter M Shade, with Mr F W Bailey in charge assisted by city officials led by P P Pilcher. Miss Mary Weaver 70 a Front Royal resident and aunt of State Senator Aubrey Weaver died after a month illness. She taught in Warren county and later operated a home school. survived by siblings and several nieces and nephews including Aubrey Weaver. Funeral Saturday at 2 30 from the family home with burial in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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F. W. Bailey
Bailey
Millwood Avenue
P. P. Pilcher
Walter M. Shade
Shade
Mary Weaver
Warren County
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
Miss Weaver
John D. Weaver
Bentonville
W. C. Weaver
Nettie
Bettie Weaver
Cass Rust
Henry W. Weaver
Brooke Smith
McLonough
John and
George Rust
Kansas City
Harry Rust
Coweta
T. Eugene West
The
Baptist Church
Prospect Hil Cemetery
Eleanor Roosevelt Replies To Winchester Tuberculosis Drive
Mrs. H D Puller of Winchester District Nurses Association, treasurer of the county tuberculosis group, received a letter from Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt declining a Winchester visit. The note praises the tuberculosis seal drive and urges fundraising success. Tag Day Saturday mobilizes thirty women to sell tags at downtown stores led by Mrs Thurman Ritenour with Baker's Drug Store as headquarters.
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H. D. Puller
District Nurses Association
Winchesterck County
Roosevelt
Fuller
White House
Winchester
Eleanor Roosevelt
D. W. Ritenour
Tuberculosis Association
Frederick County
Thurman Ritenour
Baker’s Drug Store
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Reported by Winchester Milling
Closing quotations today show Chicago wheat futures for December at 81.5, May at 84, July at 83.25. Baltimore spot wheat listed at 87, Winchester spot at 85. Details supplied daily to The Star via the Winchester Milling Corporation through Sticker Sales Corp. dealers in cash grain and futures.
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Chicago
Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
Cash
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Bailey Bros Candy Special Prices to Churches and Schools
Bailey Bros advertises special candy prices for churches and schools with box deals and dates noted as 15 and 19. The short item lists promotions on candy boxes aimed at institutional buyers.
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Bailey Bros
Christmas Rush At City Postoffice Warns Of Delays
Postmaster H C Stouffer warns Christmas mails may be delayed due to no service on Christmas Eve and Day. Citizens should mail gifts and cards early with deadlines ranging from December 15 to December 19 depending on distance. Separate local mail from outgoing mail to speed handling.
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H. C. Stouffer
Cliens
Sesiaeion
Stouffer
Winchester
Gathright Named Interim State Comptroller in Virginia
Governor Pollard announced the appointment of Arthur B. Gathright to succeed E. R. Combs as State Comptroller. Gathright, a long time state employee and former assistant comptroller, will serve for the duration of the current administration, about one month. He was born in Richmond in 1884 and has held roles in auditing and as assistant state accountant.
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Richmond
Pollard
Arthur B. Gathright
E. R. Combs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Gathright
Combs
Used Toy Matinee for Juveniles at Capitol Theatre
Capitol Theatre presents a matinee for children arranged with the Fellowship Club to entertain youngsters with Pack Up Your Troubles starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Admission is free with a discarded toy or a new toy, plus toys and clothing donations accepted for needy families.
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Tom Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
Fellowship Club
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Baldridge
Mrs Helen Armel Dies In Memorial Hospital
Mrs Helen Florence Armel 25 wife of Reynolds Armel of Woodstock Lane died at 4 am in Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. She leaves two children Donald and Amos Armel, her parents Charles and Annie Bowers, three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services set for Saturday at Macedonia Church with Rev Dr Hubert Synedstricker and Rev Harry Rickard officiating. Interment in Macedonia Cemetery. pallbearers named.
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Helen Florence Armel
Reynolds
Armel
Woodstock Lane
Memorial Hospital
Amos Alfred Armel
Misses Elam
Sally May Bowers
Margaret Borden
Ernest and
Bowers
Near Woods
Armee
Methodist Church
Macedonia
Hubert Synedstricker
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Harry Rickard
Staunton
Macedonia Cemetery
William Heckrote
Lee M. Lamp
Harvey Grubbs
Clarence Clowser
S. H. Renner
James Ritter
Walker M. Bond Injured In Fairfax Bus Collision
Walker M. Bond sustained fractured ribs and a fractured left knee after a Greyhound bus skidded on an icy Fairfax roadway and struck his car. He was taken to Alexandria Hospital for treatment while relatives traveled from Winchester and Washington to visit. The bus driver Edgar Sharp of Charlottesville and eight passengers were unhurt.
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Walker McC. Bond
Fairfax
Bond
Washington, D. C
National Red Cross
Washington
Greyhound
Fairfax Courthouse
Walker Bond
Winchester
Alexandria Hospital
Roanoke
Edgar Sharp
Charlottesville
S. C
Federal Court Papers Sought For Krol Trial
Judge Williams orders the clerk to obtain papers from the U S District Court for the Western District of Virginia Harrisonburg for the Krol embezzlement case. Commonwealth Attorney Reardon seeks records from October 1925 to June 1930 plus notes and journals. The bill of particulars must be filed by December 23.
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Philip Williams
Corporation Court
Max Krol
United States District Court
Western District of Virginia
Harrisonburg
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Kiol
Reardon
General Journal
Krol
Williams
Commonwealth Lawyers
Arthur G. Jones Wolen Mills Corporation
Chicago
Winchester
Jones
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Company
Northern Virginia
Harry R. Kern
W. C. Armstrong
Aubrey C. Weaver
Front Royal
Messrs. Kern
Armstrong
Weaver
Meat Sale At Butler's Packing House Opens Saturday
Home grown beef and pork offered each Saturday during a MEAT SALE at Butler's Packing House from 12 to 1 pm and 2 to 2 pm. The event features choice cuts advertised for local shoppers.
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Butler’s Packing House
Your Photograph The Most Appreciated Gift
A studio notice from Barr's Studio invites readers to gift a photograph as a cherished keepsake. The caption highlights photography as a valued present, suggesting timeless value and personal significance.
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Barr
Two Continents Suffer From Wintry Blast Across World
Cold wave pins US northeast and Europe with heavy snow and ice. Port Fairfield Maine reports 28 below zero. England endures 170 mph winds. France endures sub zero cold with deaths. a Spanish tanker sinks near Istanbul and Channel traffic stalls amid gales. Three deaths in Cleveland tied to the cold.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Port Fairfield
Maine
England
East
Suffolk
France
Black Sea
Zarofa
Istanbul
English Channel
Atlantic
Vinte Charles de Manville
Cleveland
Seven schoolchildren killed as freight hits bus in heavy fog
Crescent City Florida bus and freight train collision in dense fog leaves seven children dead and at least eighteen injured. Other items note investigations in Leesburg Virginia, political shifts in Richmond, and Lindberghs voyage to San Juan.
Compromise With Mitchell Declined
Acting Secretary Morgenthau announced the government declined a compromise in the income tax case against Charles E. Mitchell, former head of the National City Bank, and would proceed with the ordinary processes to collect the tax.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morgenthau
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
Sweet Oranges Fresh Cargo for Christmas Orders
Winchester Fruit and Vegetable Market offers juicy thin skinned oranges at 49c per packet or 8 lb for 35c. Grapefruit 49c per packet and tangerines 59c per packet. Place orders for Christmas holidays. Located next to Union Bank. Phone 461.
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Winchester Fruit & Vegetable Market
Union Bank
State builds case around George Crawford in 1932 murder trial
State prosecutors traced Crawford movements before the January 13, 1932 double murder of Mrs Agnes Boeing Ilsley and her maid, detailing sightings around Middleburg Virginia and a night at the Nokes home. A memorandum in Ilsley’s car was alleged to be Crawford handwriting, with cross examination delayed. Crawford identified with a car deserter sighting near South Washington.
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Associated Press
Leesburg
George Crawford
Agnes Boeing Ilsley
Osae Buckner
Berda de Neal
Ana’ Aickes
Crawford
Alexandria
Middleburg
Tisley
Hammond Nokes
Herndon
Charlie Johnson
Tickets Put On Sale For Benefit Football Game
Tickets are on sale for a benefit football game set for Sunday at 2 p m between the Winchester Park Semi Pros and the Meridian Athletic Club of Washington D C Proceeds will aid hospital expenses for Paul Carper a well known Winchester athlete now convalescing after the amputation of his leg He is popular with local football and baseball fans Last summer he managed the Winchester Park Baseball Club The amputation stems from an old injury and Winchester residents are urged to support the event to help rehabilitate a local citizen
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Winchester Park
Meridian Athletic Club
Washington, D. C
Paul Carper
Winchester
Paul
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Mr. Flickinger
U. S. Government
Pepes Weaver
For Tear Geome
Warren
Mrs. Roosevelt
T-B Society
City Postoffice
Geo. Washington Hotel
M. K. Collins
Piccadilly Street
Helen Armel
Shenandoah
Walker M. Bond
Cross Chapter
Monwealth Attorney
Ilsley
Buckner
Fla
America
Europe
Arthur Gathright
E.R. Combs
New York
Pittsfield
Mass
Mary Burns
Troy
San Juan
Mrs. Lindbergh
Porto Rican
Port of Spain
Mitchell
Star
Spencer Isley
South Washington
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