Stewart Guilty of First Degree Murder 35 Year Punishment
A Frederick County jury found Harry Stewart guilty of murder in the first degree in the slaying of Samuel Carter on November 4. The verdict carried a fixed punishment of 35 years in the penitentiary after a deliberation under 40 minutes. Sheriff Bywaters warned spectators against demonstrations as the verdict was read.
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Stewart
Bulletin
Harry Stewart
Samuel Carter
John Bywaters
Frederick County
B. P. Harrison
Commonwealth
Sam Carter
Amnie Miller
Yellow Cab and Candy Box Advertisements
An OCR fragment shows Yellow Cab ads with slogans about miles and service. It includes references to Miley Bros and candy boxes and lists a phone line 1777 and a 777 number.
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Miles
Yellow Cab
Pri Miley Bros
Film Actress Lola Laszlo Falls to Death in New York
Hungarian film actress Lola Laszlo aged 21 died after plunging from the tenth floor of Barontick Von Oppenheim’s apartment to the marquee of the Gladstone Hotel. Detectives reported Von Oppenheim, calling himself a longtime friend of the Laszlo family, was at the scene with his own party plans for a trip abroad.
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New York
Lola Laszlo
Aladar Laszlo
Barontick von Oppenheim
E. Germany
Gladstone
Miss Laszlo
William Fox
James Brady
von Oppenheim
Laszlo
California
Japan
China
Chattanooga News to Cease Publication After 51 Years
The Chattanooga News will stop publishing with its December issue, ending 51 years of operation. President George Fort Milton cites hostile interests, including TVA power support, as key factors behind the paper’s demise.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga News
George Fort Milton
Milton
TVA
Tennessee Electric Power
Daily Gift Number Rules At Baker's Drug Store
The notice states Baker's Drug Store’s daily gift number 1421 belonged to Mrs Hilda Morris who did not claim it, so today’s gift rises to 15 dollars. To qualify, customers must have their own number on the daily Qualification Record from the prior posting date and make a purchase. A separate promo mentions fancy apples at Winchester Cold Storage for Christmas gifts.
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Hilda Morris
Winchester Cold Storage
Handley High to Stage Fourth Annual Christmas Carols
Tomorrow at 3 oclock the Handley High School students perform their fourth annual Christmas carol concert directed by Miss Gwendolyn Haines, the school music instructor.
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Handley High School
Gwendolyn Haines
Winchester Man Discovers Cave Near Shenandoah Park
C. J. Nicklaus of Winchester announces a new cave discovery on Brig Gen H Gardner Waller’s property near Front Royal and Skyline Drive. Walter Amos T Thornton Perry and others join in development. Skyline Caverns founder Amos helped develop nearby caverns. the cave features aragonite calcite formations and grand interior features.
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C. J. Nicklaus
Winchester
The
Star
H. Gardner Waller
Shenandoah National Park
Front Royal
Mr. Nicklaus
Walter Amos
T. Thornton Perry
Charles Town
W. Va
Amos
Skyline
Pront Royal
Tom Baldridge
Nicklaus
Waller
Question Britons On Fight
Washington December 16 A congressional sub committee seeks means to question British prisoners released from the Graf Spee about its battle with three British cruisers in the South Atlantic. Chairman Scrugham says accurate data could affect U S naval policies and may pursue testimony from the British seamen though a trip to Montevideo or Uruguay is considered justifiable but unlikely.
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Washington
Graf Spee
South Atlantic
Scrugham
D-Nev
House Naval Appropriations
United States
Navy Department
Industry Fear Tied to Cleveland Board Handling, Witness Says
Former NLRB regional director James P. Miller testified before a congressional committee that a Washington staffer Fred Krivonos urged him to create industry fear of the board. Miller said Krivonos pressed him to file domination charges against unions tied to Hoover Vacuum and Heller Brothers, and suggested freezing petitions from militant unions.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Congressional Investigating Committee
James P. Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
House
Fred Krivonos
Labor Board
Krivonos
Miller
Nathan Witt
Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Manufacturing Company
Witt
Hoover Company
Goon Squad
CIO
Arthur Garfield
Heller Brothers Company
Newcomerstown
Last Volstead Prisoner Freed
Hubert Wilson, the last man jailed under the Volstead Act, completes a six month sentence for national prohibition violations. Convicted in 1931, his term was suspended then extended for bank robbery and cattle theft. He heads to his mother's farm in Oklahoma after release.
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Oklahoma City
Hubert Wilson
Wilson
Prederick
Okla
Wholesale Store Robbed In Night
Summers Brothers wholesale nation store at 32 North Walnut Street was robbed of shirts stockings valued at 300 dollars early this morning. An apartment above the store reported a woman fleeing and entering a car with a man.
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Wholesale Nation
Summers Brothers
North
Walnut Street
Italy Out By An Agreement With Germany
Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano announced that Italy remains out of the European war by agreement with Germany. He said at the Milan conference last May the pact set a three to four year period to avoid new disputes while both nations rearm, with Italy seeking internal reconstruction and armament completion.
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Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Ciano
Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
Milan
Panama Republic President Is Dead
Panama City reports the death of Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena 59 president of Panama from heart disease following a November attack. He resumed duties December 4 after a six week hospitalization and will be succeeded by first vice president Dr. Augusto S. Boyd, then ambassador to Washington.
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Panama
Juan Demostenes Arosemena
Republic of Panama
pt-Renonome
Arosemena
Legation
Santa Claus Held In Paterson Slaying Case
Samuel J. Dunning 34 and his wife Elsie 34 were held without bail on murder charges in Paterson New Jersey. The couple allegedly beat their five month old stepson to death after the child cried. An autopsy cited multiple severe injuries. Dunning, a $12 weekly laborer, claimed innocence.
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Paterson
N. J
Samuel J. Dunning
Elsie
Paterson General Hospital
Hugh Spernow
Dunning
Fordham Records Two Severe Earthquakes Far From New York
Fordham University reported two fairly severe earth shocks centered about 5,700 miles from New York. The quakes occurred at 5:59:16 a.m and 6:09:39 a.m. local time.
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New York
Fordham University
Finns Report Repulsing Foe On Isthmus With Heavy Loss
The report describes a naval engagement near Uruguay where British cruisers shell a Graf Spee catapulted aircraft. A damaged plane had its tail and motor shot away as it failed to take off, amid heavy losses on the isthmus front.
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Graf Spee
Central Press
Uruguay
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
New York
British Seamainship Praised by German Captain
The German commander Langsdorff described the Admiral Graf Spee as in critical condition due to fuel shortages after a 14 hour battle off the Brazil coast with three British cruisers. He noted sighting the Exeter at dawn and failing to contact the supply ship Tacoma as the Graf Spee headed south with 1,096 crew aboard.
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Montevideo
Ened de Cmad
Graf Spee
Exeter
Brazil
Langsdorff
Tacoma
Cecil Williamson Drowns in Hawaii: Army Soldier
Herbert S. Williamson received word from the War Department that his son Cecil H. Williamson 26 drowned off Oahu near Kawailoa Hawaii while serving in the U S Army. He enlisted in November 1937 and his body is to be returned with funeral arrangements to be announced in The Star. Williamson was well known in Winchester and Sunnyside families reside there.
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Herbert S. Williamson
United States War Department
Cecil H. Williamson
Oahu
Kawailoa
Hawaii
Mr. Williamson
United States Army
Elizabeth M.liamson
Winchester
Sunnyside
Christmas Gift Presentations at Christ Church
The Mountain Mission will present Christmas gifts at Christ Episcopal Church on Sunday morning December 17. Each congregation member is wrapping gifts tailored by the recipient's age and whether a girl or boy would best use the item.
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Christ Episcopal Church
German Warships Headed For Platt
The Rome radio reports the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer with submarines heading for the River Platt where an Allied flotilla lies in wait for her sister ship Admiral Graf Spee. The Renown will likely arrive in Rio de Janeiro tonight or tomorrow to aid the watching fleet outside Montevideo.
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Rome
Admiral Scheer
River Platt
Admiral Graf Spee
Rio DE Janeiro
Ministry of Marine Office
Ark Royal
Montevideo
Graf Spee
Charles Town Man Wins Legion Car in Charity Draw
A Washington D C man drew Richard Zimmerman of 502 South George Street Charles Town West Virginia as the winner of a charity car offered by the Robert Conrad Post American Legion. The drawing during a Legion charity dance at the George Washington Hotel raised 1685 in gross income. Judges were Brady Largent and Andrew Bell.
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Jack Johnson
Washington, D. C
Richard Zimmerman
South George Street
Charles Town
Robert ¥. Conrad Post
American Legion
the Legion
George Washington Hotel
Brady Largent
Andrew Bell
Johnson
Wer
Fireworks restrictions loom for Middletown holidays
Middletown Mayor Fred Larrick urges merchants to halt sales and residents to refrain from using fireworks before December 23. A fireworks ordinance exists but the mayor hopes it won’t need enforcement. Constable W E Oates assists Sheriff Bywaters in the Stewart Coincidence case. Nearby notices note identical streamer headlines in Richmond and Washington papers. The Glaize roses bloom through mild falls at 217 Parkway, with Red Radiant and two pink blooms remaining.
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Middletown
Fred Larrick
Larrick
W. E. Oates
Gore
Bywaters
Stewart
Richmond
Washington
C. C. Glaize
Glaize
Parkway
Finnish Front Reports Finnish Victory On Karelia
Finnish high command says Russian attacks on the Karelian Isthmus with 50 tanks and heavy artillery were repulsed with great enemy losses. Four tanks drove up and surrendered, while one Russian patrol boat was destroyed. On other fronts, battles continued with enemy casualties reported in multiple sectors.
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Helsinki
Karelian Isthmus
Gulf of Finland
Suomussalisi
Karelian
Taipale
Lake Ladoga
Petsamo
Salmijarvi
Tolvajarvi
Suomus
Salmi
Moscow
Russia
Viano Tanner
Spokremanstl
Frost
League of Nations
Finland
Tass
Nec Ews
War Highlights Adrift as Rome Declares Neutrality
Rome declares staying out of war with Germany to aid conflict. Capture of Suomussalmi draws forces to the north. Moscow reports Finnish offer of negotiations ignored. London reports sea war claims new merchantmen victims.
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Rome
Ciano
Germany
Moscow
London
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Harrison
Greta Garbo
Garbo
GE Bernard M. Baruch
Bernard M. Baruch
Finnish Relief Fund, Inc
Herbert Hoover
America
Old Tennessee
Baker’s Drug Store’s Daily
Navy
Uurguay
Count Ciano
Richard G. Maslock
Panama Republic
Dr. Arosemena
New Jersey
Babe
James J Smith
Santa Claus
Smith
Quake
Central Press Radiophoto
Cecil Williamson
Platt
Uruguyan
Legion
Soviet
Tanner
Associated Press
Suomussalmi Draw
Clais
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