Three Robbers Held in Harrisonburg Cigarette Heist Case
Special to The Star Harrisonburg Va December 21 Police question Dennis L Smith James R Hinkle and Ray Davis after their capture in the Merchants Grocery and Hardware Company warehouse They are suspected of ties to cigarette robberies in Washington Fredericksburg and nearby areas Hinkle engaged a lawyer and gave some details while Smith and Davis refused to talk The burglars accessed the building through a west window and moved twenty cases containing 200000 cigarettes valued at 1100 They drove two cars found nearby with one having the rear seat removed The case may link to a previous Strasburg grain mill safe blow last Friday night with similar modus operandi and loot
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Washington
Dennis L. Smith
James R. Hinkle
Ray Davis
Fredericksburg
Hillyer Boice
Hinkle
Smith
Davis
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Orange
Robert Morrison, Jr
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H. H. Snarr
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Washington, D. C
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Alexandria
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Dennis Smith
Pittsburg
Roy Davis
Atlanta
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Strasburg Mill
Snoke Family Mourns Death Of Simon Cornelius Snoke
Mr. Snoke's father Simon Cornelius Snoke, 77, died last Friday night in Newburg Pennsylvania. M. V. B. Snoke, an agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Mrs. Snoke with their children returned from Newburg yesterday after being called there by the death.
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M. V. B. Snoke
Pennsylvania Railroad
Death of E Cornelius Snoke in Newburg
Simon Cornelius Snoke died at his Newburg home Friday night aged 77 son of Emanuel Snoke of Mifflin Township. He lived in Hopewell Township over fifty one years. Survived by wife and eight children Mrs W H Shuman Newbury R D 1 Mrs John Davidson Mowersville R D 1 Guy Snoke Calpma Neb M B Snoke Winchester Va Wilbur Snoke Mowersville R D 1 Hazel Snoke at home twenty eight grandchildren and twenty great grandchildren. Funeral services were held yesterday morning in the United Brethren Church Newburg.
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Hopewell Township
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Newbury
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John Davidson
Mowersville
Guy Snoke
Calpma
Neb
M. B. Snoke
Winchester
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Hazel Snoke
United Brethren Church
Chlorine Used for Bleaching In Scotland 1784
Chlorine first entered use as a bleaching agent in Scotland in 1784. The discovery marked a milestone in chemical applications for textiles and laundry processes in the 18th century.
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Large Funeral for Brill Draws Wide Roster of Attendees
One of the largest gatherings attended the last rites for Brandell L. Brill 46 at the Brill funeral home in Washington D C. Friends from Boston New York Washington and Philadelphia Record staff including president Stearns joined the service conducted by Rev. Mr Kelly at Rock Hill Cemetery. Brill a mechanical engineer and Philadelphia Record plant superintendent died after an automobile accident near the city wharves. He is survived by his widow daughter May Louise and his parents.
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Explorer Knud Rasmussen Dies in Copenhagen
Danish Arctic explorer Dr Knud Rasmussen died in Copenhagen after a long illness sparked by food poisoning from his last Greenland expedition. He was 54.
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Denmark
Knud Rasmussen
Greenland
Barium Salts Ignite Green Fire for Fireworks
Barium salts produce a vibrant green flame used in fireworks. The compounds burn with a characteristic emerald hue, relied on by pyrotechnicians to color displays.
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