Sheriff Hurt by Exploding Gun On Staircase Step
News of an unusual accident spreads through the city as an officer injures himself while investigating trouble. The incident involves a firearm explosion on stairs, drawing many calls to local officers and newspapers about the sheriff’s condition. The subject had just begun a new four year term after a 1931 reelection and served as campaign manager in Frederick County for Democrats and was a Mason.
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Frederick County
Sheriff Pannett
Funk
Strosnider
Friendship Fire Company
Lester Forney
Friendship
Dr. Anderson
Pannett
Winchester
Star Office
John M. Silver
Claude Kline
Miles
Lee Pannett
Democratic Party
Sheriff Luther Pannett Dies After Jail Staircase Accident
Frederick county sheriff Luther Pannett died at Memorial Hospital after being shot in the head when he slipped on jail stairs. The 58 year old veteran officer lingered in critical condition following the early morning incident believed to involve a self inflicted wound.
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Luther Pannett
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Charles R. Anderson
C. W. Hollis
Pannett
Test vote on Collier beer bill favors wets in House
In Washington on December 21 the wets outvoted the drys 163 to 118 on a pending test vote to strike the enacting clause. The House kept the 3.2 beer provision and rejected an attempt to declare 3.2 non intoxicating. A repeal amendment to curb saloon return and a proposed eighteenth amendment replacement were discussed by committees for future action.
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Associated Press
Washington
O‘conner
New York
House
Senate
Capitol
Congress
Judiciary
Half Million Aliens Barred by Immigration Restrictions
Secretary Stimson told President Hoover that emergency bars kept about 500,000 aliens from entering the United States this season. He said the result was achieved solely by enforcing existing law, especially the provision banning those likely to become a public charge.
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Washington
Stimson
Hoover
United States
Christmas Entertainment at Loudoun Street Church
The Sunday School annual Christmas program will be at 7 this evening in the main auditorium. The program features songs and pantomimes around a large Christmas tree and is organized by the church women. All are invited.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
John Kerr
Virginia Avenue
Douglas School
Handley
Madeline Whitlock
Winchester
Elizabeth Keeler
Mary Katherine Stryker
Betty Swimley
Nelia Beverley
Martha Stine
Cecelia Miller
LeRoy Cahill
Page Louderback
Bennie Davis
Shirley Williams
Tom Ritter
Floyd Haines
Santa Claus
Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Company Officers
The Frederick Mutual Fire Insurance Company is a Frederick County based organization serving policy holders in Frederick Clarke and Warren counties. Officers W. E. Edwards president and Lester Dailey secretary treasurer in Virginia offer information to policy holders.
Holeproof Hosiery gift sale announcement
Holeproof Hosiery makes de oF to gifts. Moling & Cather. p-11 FOR RENT Farm and orchard. Fred A. Crisman 21-1p-31. Bicycles Velocipedes Wagons Sleds Skates. Willis' Bicycle Shop Ip-11.
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Moling & Cather
Fred A. Crisman
Willis’ Bicycle Shop
Ip-11
Smith Company to Take Winchester Emmert Store
The L. R. Smith and Company will take possession of the Emmert Son and Company storeroom on North Loudoun street after the Emmert firm retires Saturday night. The new firm opens February 1 with a new stock focusing on women's apparel, coats, dresses, millinery, dry goods and novelties.
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L. R. Smith and Company
F. S. Emert, Son and Company
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Emmert
L. R. Smith
Emmett
All Times
Russell
James B. Russell
Isaac W. Russell
Hugh K. Green
Russell and Green
H. K. Green
Smith
Norfolk
Gloves Special For Christmas at The Glove Shop
The Glove Shop presents Christmas gloves sale at 223 N Market St. Ip-21-19,21 highlights a seasonal offer with a focus on warm, stylish handwear for the holidays.
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N. Market St
Christmas for Frederick County Children Without Santa
The Fellowship Club reports over 100 families and about 300 children in Frederick County face a Santa shortage this Christmas. They urge county residents to help, offering to provide names of needy children by calling the local number, and note Winchester plans to assist as well.
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Frederick County
Santa Claus
Fellowship Club Today
Fellowship Club
Santa
Winchester
Lions Radiate Good Cheer for Christmas Time
The Lions Club held a six o'clock meeting at the Southern Inn on West Piccadilly. A chow mein dinner was served under Mrs. Walter Dent. Guests included Ralph Pifer, Louis B. Payne, and Dr. John Maddon. The club inducted Leslie D. Kline into membership and voted to send gifts to Lola Clowser and cooperate with the Fellowship Club for Christmas baskets.
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Lions’ Club
Southern Inn
West Piccadilly Street
Walter Dent
E. R. Todd
J. S. Jenkins
Tommy Walters
Wallace M. Brashears
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Leslie D. Kline
Hoye Riley
Kline
Ralph Pifer
Winchester Printers and Stationers
Tom Hiltzhimer
Louis B. Payne
Culpeper
Sanitary Grocery Company
Lee Miller
John Maddon
T. J. Orndorff
Joe Newlin
Lola Clowser
Fellowship Club
The Laundry advert promises health and happiness
Winchester Steam Laundry urges readers to call number 28 for clean clothes and a healthier, happier life through its washing service.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Poinsettias and Primroses Ready at The Flower Shop
The Flower Shop announces Poinsettias Primroses and Euphorbia are ready for selection. Shoppers urged to choose early as stock is limited and seasonal varieties include festive blooms.
Miss Lelia Baker Dies at Briggs Farm in Virginia
Miss Lelia Hite Baker aged 80, cousin of James Madison, died at her Briggs home south of Berryville after a long illness. She was the last surviving member of a large Baker family and a near relative of President Madison. Funeral plans were not set. she wished services at the Briggs home.
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Berryville
Lelia Hite Baker
Alexander
Carolyn Hite Baker
Eat James Madison
Briggs
Here
Miss Baker
Madison
United States
Federal Hill
White Post
Thomson Lewis
Alexander Baker
Order of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Baker
James Madison Baker
Briggs Farm
J. C Diges
C. G Massey
Xmas Trees at Haines' Marble Yard Display
Arbor Vita pines and cedars listed for Christmas display at Haines' Marble Yard. Vintage ad shows yard open for tree sales with seasonal selection and location details.
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Arbor Vita
Haines
Public Auction of Antiques on Thursday December 22
A large collection will be sold at public auction Thursday December 22, starting at 2 o'clock. The sale location is Main Street next door to Farmers and Merchants Bank.
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Main St
Farmers & Merchants Bark
Winchester City Schools Close For Christmas Holidays
Winchester public and private schools will close tomorrow afternoon for Christmas from Handley High School to Douglass School with 3 o'clock dismissals. Reopenings are set for January 3 for public schools and January 9 for Shenandoah Valley Academy cadets.
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Winchester
Handley High School
John Kerr School
Virginia Avenue School
Douglass School
Garland R. Quarles
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Col. B. M. Roszel
Mail Train Delayed by Fire in Shippensburg
The Pennsylvania Railroad mail and express train due at 10 a.m. with Christmas matter was not expected to reach Winchester until 4 or 5 p.m. due to a fire in Shippensburg. Firefighters blocked water access while hoses crossed the tracks, delaying trains on both sides as the blaze spread from a 5 and 10 cent store to nearby buildings.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester
Pennsylvania
Shippensburg
Winchester Cold Storage Holiday Closure Notice
Our Storage will be closed on December 24 and 26. Winchester Cold Storage. 20-1p-31
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Winchester Cold Storage
White Christmas service planned by First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church will host its annual White Christmas service with donations for the needy. Last year over nine bushel baskets of food were distributed and this year the need is greater. Participants may bring or send donations, with gifts to be distributed before noon.
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First Baptist Church
Police Move To Avert Gangland Retaliation In Nitti Shooting
Police set a guard at Detective Harry Lang's home after anonymous threats to his family following the wounding of Frank Nitti, reputed Capone enforcer. Lang remains hospitalized from his shootout with Nitti. Nitti, in a private hospital after Bridewell, faced a $25,000 bond on an assault to murder charge. doctors gave him an eighty percent chance to live.
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Chicago
Frank Nitti
al Capone
Harry Lang
Nitti
Lang
Flashes of Local News Across U S Towns
A paneled snapshot of quirky incidents from New York Mills to Coos Bay. Youths repurpose an idle jail as a warming house in Minnesota while Walter Etter reports a 38 pound 60 foot sausage in Shippensburg. A plaster Berlin City Hall model by Karl Hoeke, snowy token in Jacksonville, and a dangerous stump blast near Coquille.
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Associated Press
NEW York Mills
Minn
Shippensburg
Walter Etter
Berlin
Paris
Karl Hoeke
Hoeke
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Fla
Wallace Stevens
Clyde P. Smith
Winston-Salem
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France
Diana
Eileen Chew
David Chew
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Alps Maritime District
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Tedsen
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