Military Honors For Fred Affleck At Rites In Winchester
Citizens of Winchester gathered for funeral rites honoring Fred Affleck 39 killed Christmas night when struck by a car. Services were held at Braddock Street Methodist Church with a subsequent military committal at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Dewey Newlin, also killed Christmas night, received a separate service at Omps Funeral Home with pallbearers and city officials in attendance.
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Winchester
Fred Miller
Braddock Street Methodist
Omps
Dewey Newlin
Affleck
Thomas G. Scully
Newlin
Affieck
Dted
Sarah Zane Company
Hubert Sydenstricker
George Stover
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Robert B. Nelson
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Mr. Stover
William H. Mellwee
Robert Legge
Henry Keller
Louis Renner
Mount Hebron
R. B. Nelson
Winchester Reflects on Road Conditions in Warm Winter
Mr Winchester recalls how soft roads now contrast with past hardships, noting improvements in road quality over generations. He jokes that if this weather lasts a few more days, January will feel like spring.
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Frederick
Diplomat's Son Stolen and Returned to Home
The Ecuadorian ambassador's 15 year old son Olmeda Alfaro was kidnapped Christmas night by three men in a closed car and forced to smoke a possibly drugged cigarette. After several hours he was dumped in the southeast part of the capital and called his father, who brought him home to the Mayflower Hotel.
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Washington
Ecuador
Senor
C. E. Alfaro
State Department
R. Walton Moore
Olmeda Alfaro
Army and Navy Club
Alfaro
Mayflower Hotel
Roosevelt Jr Improves After Throat Infection
Boston dispatch reports Franklin D Roosevelt Jr convalescing at Massachusetts General Hospital from streptococcus throat infection and sinus operation. Dr Tobey says no further nasal hemorrhage and condition satisfactory. Mother Mrs Roosevelt and fiancée Miss Ethel DuPont stay by his side.
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Boston
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
George Loring Tobey, Jr
Roosevelt
Harvard
Franklin
Mrs. Roosevelt
Ethel DuPont
Ford Invents Rear Engine in New Auto Design
Washington report states Henry Ford received a patent for a rear mounted engine design. The crosswise engine, unit clutch transmission and differential sit on rubber, with the patent assigned to Ford Motor Company. Only chassis plans were filed. no body design submitted.
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Washington
Patent Office
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Mich
Special Radio Broadcast For Local Households
Listen in on WJISV WABC and WBT at 11 45 a m next Tuesday and Thursday for a special radio broadcast of interest to every housewife in this section Moling and Cather present special value rugs curtains and draperies at 1 p m in the same listing
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Columbia Network
WJISV
WABC
WBT
Mon & Wed
Moling & Cather
Scully Waives Hearing Bond Raised for Jan 2 Return
Thomas G. Scully waives preliminary hearing before Trial Justice A J Tavenner. Bond increases from 1000 to 10000 with Scully to leave state. bond returnable January 2. Special grand jury planned for January 2 to consider pending cases. officer Bayliss injured but improving.
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Thomas G. Scully
A. J. Tavenner
Scully
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Harry McCann
Mr. Scully
Bayliss
R. E. Bayliss
Affleck
Hook
Newlin
Grubbs
Apple Pie Ridge
Kidnapping Strikes Wealthy Mattson Family in Tacoma
In Tacoma, Charles Mattson, 10, was abducted from his home. A ransom note demanded 18 000 or 28 000 in old, wrinkled bills with two and five dollar notes preferred. Police credited a note left by the kidnapper and warned a Seattle rendezvous for payment.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ulnd
W. W. Mattson
Charles Mattson
Seattle
Charles
Mattson
W.W. W. Mattson
Seattle Point
Department of Justice
Muriel
Virginia Chatfield
William Mattson
President Roosevelt to Deliver Message on January 6
President Roosevelt will address Congress on January 6 around 2 p m after electoral votes are officially counted. Speaker Bankhead announced the date and suggested the speech would set administration policy for the new Congress and likely be broadcast.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bankhead
German Torpedo Boats to Escort Nazi Merchant Ships Bay of Biscay
Berlin reports Germany will convoy merchant ships with torpedo boats in the Bay of Biscay and may allow volunteers to sail for Spanish fronts while Britain weighs a six power naval patrol to seal Spanish ports. Bilbao authorities say Palos freighter carried contraband and destroyed compromising papers before capture. Paris and Bilbao clash over release amid nationalist stance on war contraband.
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Bay of Biscay
Berlin
London
Russia
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Great Britain
France
Spain
Bayonne
Bilbao
Paris
Har
Arthur Brisbane Buried at Hillside Estate After Funeral
Arthur Brisbane was laid to rest this afternoon at the foot of his tower on his 5000 acre New Jersey estate. Private interment with flower bearers barred. Family, former government and journalism figures, and a dozen longtime staff attended near the knoll overlooking the mansion, the tower, and the Boy Scouts of America Deserted Village camp site nearby.
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Arthur Brisbane
New York
America
Brisbane
Boy Scouts of America
Manasquan
Auto Rates Increase Hit Virginia Drivers
City Manager Arthur M. Field seeks data from the Automobile Rating Bureau on the February 1 rate rise. The statewide change raises bodily injury protection up to ten percent or more in many areas while property damage rates stay unchanged. Norfolk plans about a ten percent cut in private passenger coverage.
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Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County
Arthur M. Field
E. W Cadmus
Automobile Rating Bureau
Richmond
Norfolk
Exoneration Given in Berryville Pedestrian Death
Robert Lee Sandy of Stephens City was exonerated of responsibility for the death of 60 year old Ben Phillips struck by a truck on Route 277 near White Post. Coroner ruled the accident unavoidable after inquest held in Berryville. Funeral held for Phillips. additional wreck near Berryville resulted in a reckless driving conviction for George Robinson.
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Robert Lee Sandy
Berryville
Stephens City
Ben Phillips
Sandy
White Post
Double Tollgate
Phillips
Winchester
Dr. Dearmont
C. H. Iden
M. K. Sandy
Robert Sandy
W. O. Luttrell
George Robinson
Auburn
N. Y
John L. Rice
Myersville
Gov C M Smith and officers rearrested on banking law charges
Rutland Vermont December 28 Governor Charles M Smith and Marble Savings Bank officers Lathrop H Baldwin Samuel A Howard and Bert L Stafford were rearrested on charges of violating banking laws they allegedly failed to audit and report Cocklin's defalcations Each pleaded innocent and posted $3000 bail Former Republican committeeman Earle Kinsley posted the bail for the governor Prior concealment charges against Smith remain pending
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Rutland
Charles M. Smith
Marble Savings Bank
Lathrop H. Baldwin
Samuel A. Howard
Bert L. Stafford
Stafford
Howard
John J. Coghlin
Cocklin
National Republican
Fisher Body Plant Hit By Sit Down Strike In Cleveland
Louis F. Spisak president of local No 45 United Automobile Workers announced a sit down strike in the metal division has halted all operations at the Cleveland Fisher Body plant of General Motors. About 7000 persons are employed there.
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Cleveland
Louis F. Spisak
United Automobile Workers
Cleveland Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
Pope Pius XI in worsening paralysis amid dire illness
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XI, after a hemorrhage and spreading paralysis, told a church official he cannot be pope in his condition and prefers death. Dr Milani and two doctors monitor his night of excruciating pain as the left side and arm grow weaker. Continuous care from doctors and a hospital attendant accompanies morning Mass prayers for relief.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Amanti Milani
Pius XI
Holy Father
Milani
Each Has A Share: Work For Your Community
An editors note from the Winchester Chamber of Commerce urges readers to help the home community grow. The piece argues community strength boosts prosperity for all, with personal benefit from neighborly effort and civic enterprise, and notes continued discussion on page seven.
Climber Christie Found Dead After Night Long Rescue
William Christie, a 25 year old climber, was found dead dangling head downward from a rope after an all night rescue on a 3000 foot Scottish mountain. Rescue efforts had continued since yesterday afternoon as dawn revealed his still suspended body.
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Glenore
Argylshire
Scotland
William Christie
Glencoe
Argilshire
Christie
Flower Bulbs at Miller's Drug Store Sale
Flower bulbs including hyacinths tulips and narcissus advertised by Miller's Drug Store with delivery option and phone number 569. Sale notice appears in a small classified style blurb with a delivery promise.
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Miller’s Drug Store
United Airlines Missing Plane Sought Near Simi Valley
Searchers sighted wings of a missing United Air Lines plane with 12 aboard near Saugus north of Burbank, with Dickinson reporting the rest of the craft spread in a valley. A mobile party including Paul Wright and two mechanics headed toward the Simi area to check a potential crash site amid reports of radio and power disruptions.
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Dickinson
United Airline
Burbank
Calif
United Air Lines
Simi Valley
Here
Union Air Terminal
Simi
San Francisco
Paul Wright
Edward Blom
Harrington
Croft
A. L. Markwell
Los Angeles
Edward T. Ford, Jr
San Marino
Ford
Grace Line Steamship Company
John Korn
FE Centro
H. S. Teagus
W. A. Newton
M. P. Hare
A. Novak
BE. Valance
Prayer Week Plans Made for Winchester Observance
Services during the Week of Prayer will be held January 11 to 15 at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church. The Winchester Ministerial Association reports all community churches will participate with speakers including Rev. George Earle Owen and pastors from Church of Christ Grace Lutheran Congregational Christian Church Market Street Methodist and others.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
George Earle Owen
Winchester Ministerial Association
Ministerial Association
Church of Christ
C. Worthington Lowe
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Sarah Zane
Wolleys
MR Winchester
Roosevelt, Jr
Homer Hook
Tacoma, Wash
The
Associated Press
Bor
Jersey
Evening Star
Clarke County
Stephens City Youth
Vermont
Fisher
Pontiff
Chamber of Commerce
California
United Transport
Presbyterian Church
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