Peter W Rouss to Be Buried in Mount Hebron Mausoleum
Peter Winchester Rouss 57 died Wednesday at his Brooklyn home from pneumonia. Retired from his father's New York mercantile firm, he was famed as an East Coast yachtsman owning four vessels named Winchester. Funeral will be held at Mount Hebron with interment in the family mausoleum. Survived by wife Ellen Swan Rouss two daughters and sister.
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Peter Winchester Rouss
Charles Broadway Rouss
New York
Winchester
Garfield Place
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rouss
Mount Hebron
Nis
Charles
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Baysville
L. I
Long Island Sound
William B. Leeds, Jr
Flying Fox
Trilora
Guggenheims
Vincent Astor
Cornelius Vander
New York, Columbia and
Seawanhaksa
The
Friars
Montauk Club
Ellen Swan Rouss
George J. Patterson
Leonard J. Buck
Hopkins’ Gibson
Frederick
Body torso found in city dump torn by skilled surgeon
A Los Angeles worker found a torso without head and an arm in a city dump incinerator package. No ID marks. Authorities suspect a skilled surgeon crafted three incisions with expert stitches, possibly a crazed killer.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Edward Davis
Parking Rule Shifts South Side on Rouss Avenue
Chief of Police C. W. Hollis warns Winchester motorists of a Winchester Common Council regulation requiring parking on the south side of Rouss avenue from Capitol Theatre to Farmers and Merchants Bank. The north side will be kept clear to ease access to offices on Reuss avenue.
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Rouss Ave
C. W. Hollis
Winchester Common Council
Rouss Avenue
Reuss Avenue
Capitol Theatre
Cameron Street
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Loudoun Street
James Clark Dies at Cumberland Former Winchester Resident
James Clark 86, Confederate veteran and Cumberland financier, died in Cumberland Md after a paralysis stroke. Born to Irish parents aboard a ship, he lived in Winchester before the Civil War and built a large distilling and banking empire there and in Cumberland. He chaired the Second National Bank of Cumberland and owned extensive Baltimore street property. services Monday at St Patrick’s Cumberland.
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Winchester
Cumberland, Md
James Clark
Maryland
Clark
Cumberland
United States
Nore
New Jersey
Clarke
Rosser
William Riley
Loudoun Street
Keystone Shoe
Mr. Clark
Clabaugh
James
Braddock
James Clark Distilling Company
James Clark and Company
Cumberland Brewing Company
Col
John Keating
Lloyd Lowndes
Second National Bank of Cumberland
Baltimore Street
National Banks of
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Philip Roman
Angela Brown
Helen Casey
Maurice Clark
Helen
Nannie Keating
William Keating
Brannon Home Raided. 17 Gallons Liquor Seized
Winchester police with a search warrant found 17 gallons of alleged whisk at William Jack Brannon’s South Kent Street home. Brannon was arrested and jailed for trial on illegal possession of liquor under state prohibition laws. Chief Hollis said Brannon had previous prohibition convictions.
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Winchester
William
Jack”) Brannon
South Kent Street
W. Hollis
B. C. Cline
Jackers
Branne
Mr Glass Will Teach On Sunday At Loudoun Street Church
The Young Men's Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will be taught Sunday morning by William W. Glass Jr a Union Theological Seminary student in Richmond. The class meets at 10 o clock. Glass is spending holiday here with his parents and led the class last Sunday to a favorable reception.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
William W. Glass, Jr
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Glass
Youth Who Slew Father Is Given Life Sentence
George Tate aged 19 pleaded guilty to killing his father Tey S Tate and received a life term from Judge S John Morrow in Uniontown Pa. Brother Sam Tate 15 was sent to Huntingdon reform school and John 21 was paroled after admitting receiving part of the stolen $200.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
George Tate
Tey S. Tate
S. John Morrow
Sam Tate
Huntingdon
Reform School
John
Tait
Bruceton Mills
W. Va
Haydentown
West Virginia Line
Memorial Session Honors Sheriff Luther Pannett in Frederick
Judge Philip Williams convened a special Circuit Court session in Frederick County to memorialize Luther Pannett the late sheriff who died December 21. The court adjourned after eulogies to attend the funeral with Burr P. Harrison representing the Commonwealth in attendance.
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Judge Williams
Sheriff Pannett
Luther Pannett
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Circuit Court of
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Oliver DeHaven Laid To Rest In Jamestown Ohio
Funeral rites were held in Jamestown Ohio for Oliver O DeHaven uncle of Mrs Luther Pannett of Winchester and a DeHaven of Chestnut Grove Frederick County. He died after a brief illness Tuesday. Surviving are sister Mrs Ellen Meredith of Dayton and brothers Fred G DeHaven Charles G DeHaven Unger's Store and Enoch DeHaven Shanghai W Va plus many nieces and nephews in Frederick and nearby West Virginia.
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Jamestown
Oliver O. DeHaven
Luther Pannett
Winchester
DeHaven
Chestnut Grove
Frederick County
Ohio
Mr. DeHaven
Ellen Meredith
Dayton
Notice of Store Closure and Account Transfer in Winchester and Martinsburg
The operator discontinues business at Winchester Virginia. All accounts due should be paid to Frank Son & Son in Martinsburg West Virginia. Trading as F S Emmert Son & Company. Also notes a special price on No 1 potatoes at 1.25 per hundred and references ACA MATAWAAN Ip-11 AER Waanaveeway at 818 South Main St.
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Winchester
F. S. Emmertson & Co
Franks
Sone & Son
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mother of Three Confesses Bankette Bakery Robbery
Yonkers mother of three, Mrs Alice Scribner, aged about, told police how she used her husband’s revolver to rob a Brooklyn bakery. She took 55 dollars from the cash register, was pursued after leaving by the manager Miss Margaret Mellish, and arrested following a sidewalk struggle.
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Associated Press
New York
Alice Scribner
Yonkers
Brooklyn
Scribner
Miss Margaret Mellish
Shooting match on Gainsboro road prizes on turkey and chicken
A shooting match is scheduled for Monday January 2 starting at 10 o'clock on Gainsboro road half a mile from Winchester. The event offers prizes for turkeys and chickens. Signed Buck McDonald.
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Gainsboro Road
Winchester
Buck McDonald
New Year Holiday Observed at City Postoffice
Next Monday will be a legal and postal holiday for New Year’s Day. No city delivery, money order, or rural free delivery services. One mail collection from street boxes around 8 a.m. General delivery and stamp windows open 11 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. All mails dispatched as usual.
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Winchester
Operation Upon Mrs. C. K. Over
Mrs. Charles K. Over of South Loudoun Street underwent an operation at Memorial Hospital to treat a bruise from an automobile accident near Charles Town West Virginia last summer. She is resting easier and expected to return home within a week. The injury caused weeks of hospitalization but all other issues healed.
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Charles K. Over
Loudoun Street
Charles Town
W. Va
Baltimore
Memorial Hospital
Over
Committee To Consider Taxation In Budget Balance Effort
Chairman Collier said the ways and means committee will be offered a chance next Wednesday to pass on proposed taxes including manufacturers sales taxes as part of balancing the budget. Roosevelt opposition noted though he will still allow full consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Collier
Ways and Means Committee
Mississippi Democrat
Floral shop ad lists offerings and contact details
In front of Court House at eleven o'clock Boxwell property 507 S Braddock street The Baronness Flower Shoppe r W. Piccadilly Phone 1497 Flower tributes $2.00 up Floral tributes for all occasions
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D. H. Anderson
S. Loudoun Street
Court House
Boxwell
Braddock Street
Baronness
W. Piccadilly
Influenza Spreading Throughout Winchester and Virginia
Influenza spreads across Winchester and nearby Virginia sections with some cases followed by pneumonia. Doctors warn against overexertion and sudden temperature changes. Some call it grippe. experts say the plague of 1918 is not occurring. Health authorities note many cases may go unreported due to economic hardship and reduced doctor visits.
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Winchester
Virginia
Bandits Loot Patung On the Yangtse
Dispatches from Ichang report 3,000 bandits crossed the Yanetse river sacked Patung and moved south looting and burning. Catholic mission buildings were destroyed and missionaries’ fate could not be learned immediately. Adventist missionaries at Shihnan prepared to evacuate in Hupeh.
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Associated Press
Hankow
China
Yalistes River
West Hupeh
Ichang
Yanetse
Patung
Seventh Day Adventist
Shihnan
Hupeh
Woman Who Poisoned Son Put to Death
Mrs Daisy De Mekler was executed in Pretoria on December 30 for murdering her son Cecil Rhodes Cowle by poisoning. The case, among South Africa’s most sensational crimes, followed a November 25 death sentence. She was found not guilty on charges of poisoning two former husbands. She faced execution bravely despite claims of innocence.
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Associated Press
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Daisy de Mekler
Cecil Rhodes Cowle
de Melker
Bonds Stolen From Chevy Chase Home Near Washington
Police report bonds valued at about 20000 were taken from the home of Mrs. Henrietta Page Farrar in Chevy Chase Maryland. The non negotiable mortgaged securities include four bonds with values 500 2000 and 13000 and were reported missing after a Wednesday night theft. Authorities broadcast a lookout and notified banks and brokerages for traces of the securities.
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Metropolitan Police
Washington
D. C
Henrietta Page Farrar
Chevy Chase
District of Columbia
Parrar
Henrietta Page
Nathaniel B. Page
Boyce
Clarke County
West Underwood Street
Washington Police
Banker's Son Dies In Gas Explosion Train Crash
In dense fog last night a car struck a moving coal train on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad at Braddock road crossing. The banker’s son, Lashley, suffered severe burns from a gas explosion and flames. He freed himself from the wreck before assistance arrived as crews and motorists were kept back by the intense heat.
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Burns
Braddock Road
Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad
Lashley
Special Rights For Prisoners Is Frowned Upon
United States Marshal George W. Collier, under Sanford Bates, warns Maryland sheriffs and wardens not to extend special privileges to federal prisoners. Counties are paid a reasonable sum for each prisoner’s well being, and such practices must be discontinued at once.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
George W. Collier
Sanford Bates
Federal Superintendent of Prisons
Flashes From the Nation Benwood to Joliet in Winter
Gloom over Benwood W V A town of 4000 lost 12 billiard parlors to taxes and now replays fall football while taking up checkers. Portland police sergeant Nick Short gets a turkey headed cane and monocle as a prank gift. Oklahoma City leader Dennis Flynn urges adversity as 1933 opportunity. Battle Creek dealers repay debts by selling to gun buyers and rebuilding. Floyd remains elusive as reports spread of bank robberies. Seattle names Knife Mountain Colquhoun Mountain after a drowning incident. Joliet inmates face New Year booze crackdown as guards seize home brew.
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Associated Press
Benwood
W. Va
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F S. Emmert Son & Company
Jack
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C. K. Over
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Farrar
Portland
Ore
Fred C. Short
Portland Police
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Oklahoma City
Dennis Flynn
Oklahoma Territorial
Congress
Oklahoma Territory
Battle Creek, Mich
R. d. Corlett and Sons Coal and Lumber Dealers
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Arkansas
Kansas City
Seattle
Jack Knife
Mount Rainier National Park
Carlton Colquhoun
University of Washington
Forest Service
Colquhoun
Joliet, Ill
Joliet Penitentiary
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