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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1930

Page

7

Death of Mrs Reynolds in Potsdam Under Probe

The 82 year old widow Mrs Margaret Reynolds was found dead with bruises at her New Lawrence home. Her 80 year old sister Miss Rose Anne O'Donnell reported waking to a weight across her body. The coroner said Reynolds died at least 24 hours earlier.

Associated Press Potsdam N. Y Margaret Reynolds New Lawrence Rose Anne O’donnell Anthony O'Donnell Miss O’donnell Reynolds

Sleet Makes Motoring Risky On State Roads

Virginia motorists faced dangerous highways as sleet began the winter season. Rain and sleet covered central and eastern Virginia while minor accidents increased across the state.

Associated Press Richmond Virginia

Three Drowned as Launch Upsets in California

Three men are believed to have drowned when a launch capsized off Sausalito California on December 26 after a sudden upset. Coast Guard and local crews searched the waters for missing occupants.

Richardson Bay Sausalito Janidore Isadre Zellerbach Ernest Rogers A. van Scoy California Associated Press Sausalito, Calif

Abe Martin Creator Kin Hubbard Dies of Heart Attack

Indianapolis mourns humorist Kin Hubbard creator of Abe Martin dies at 62 from heart disease. Believed born in Bellefontaine Ohio he moved to Indianapolis as a young man and worked in newspapers. He created Abe Martin in 1904, a figure from Brown County Indiana. Survived by his widow and two children.

Associated Press Indianapolis Ind Kin Hubbard Abe Martin Hubbard Bellefontaine Ohio Brown County Indiana

Christmas Death Toll Across Nation Surges On Christmas

New York dispatch reports two hundred or more deaths on Christmas with fires drownings hunting accidents and poison liquor among causes. Automobiles on slick roads account for most fatalities including a lodging house blaze in Whiting Indiana and a southern gunfight with five deaths. Poison liquor deaths cited in New York and a launch capsize feared in California with other incidents noted across Missouri and Montgomery Pennsylvania where two children burned in a gasoline blaze.

New York Middle West Whiting Ind South California Missouri Montgomery

Many Killed And Injured By Argentine Quake

In Salta Argentina thirty three dead and over seventy injured from a holiday earthquake that destroyed La Poma. A relief expedition reached the village Christmas day after a twenty four hour march and found survivors shaken by six fresh tremors amid debris. Witnesses recalled a thunder like rumble and a crescendo like galloping horses as two giant cracks oozed hot water.

Associated Press Salta Argentina la Poma Mountain

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