Middletown Man Killed in Morning Vehicle Crash
Charles A. Hammack, 59, a prominent Middletown restaurant operator, was killed instantly when struck by a merchandise truck on Valley Pike near his home. The driver Oscar Sites, 33, of Franklin, W Va., was held on reckless driving charge with a trial set for 2 pm. The accident occurred as Hammack walked along the road near a snow bank, and a second truck followed the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hammack
Valley Pike
Middletown
Oscar Sites
Franklin
W. Va
Bert Sites
Accid
Hammack
Rural Homes Campaign Urged for Frederick County
A writer urges support for a rural homes improvement drive led by demonstration workers to upgrade conditions in farms as winter outreach continues through February. The piece notes rural life can rival cities with roads electricity and sanitation, and calls for broader campaigns in towns as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spo
Frederick County
Jwho
Training Course For Leadership Opens Tonight
The Worker's Council of the Congregational Christian Church announces a leadership course No 118 in the Standard Leadership Training Curriculum titled How the New Testament Grew. Dr E J Goodspeed's The Formation of the New Testament is the text basis. The class meets Wednesday evenings at 1730 starting tonight in the church for twelve weeks, with credit available from the International Council of Religious Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worker's Council of the
Congregational Christian Church
Direcor
International Council of Religious Education
E. J. Goodspeed
Mr. Smith
Dr. Goodspeed
As Necessary As Steel Wine and liquor held needed in ship building
N R Parker of the New York Shipbuilding Corp told the Senate munitions committee that wine and liquor were necessary as steel in warship building. He cited trial cruises and alleged liquor provisions on Shipping Board vessels, noting officials were invited to parties, while denying liquor parties on naval ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. R. Parker
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Senate Munitions Committee
Yee
Parker
Charles Denby
Edwin Denby
Harding
Orient
Clark
D-Mo
Jameson
Shipping Board
Clay
Friendship Fire Co. to Hold Regular Meeting Tomorrow Night
The Friendship Fire Company will meet in Friendship Hall tomorrow Thursday night at 8 o clock. All members urged to attend to transact important business. Captain C D Barnett signs the notice. Square Dance at Hotel Winchester tonight. 2 6 1p 11
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Hall
C D. Barnett
Square Dance Hotel
Winchester
Sheriff Sale At J W Costello Farm Feb 8
Sheriff sale set for Friday February 8 at 11 a m on the J W Costello farm located 214 miles east of Widdletown. Stock includes horses cattle sheep feed and a complete air equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W
Council Hears Millwood Board Results And Welfare Plan
The Common Council discussed Millwood avenue intermediary board findings and authorized the City Manager to draft plans for enlarging the Rouss spring collecting basin. A slaughterhouse ordinance hearing was postponed amid talks with George Eagle, Amos Shryock, and others. An election to fill a Handley board vacancy and creation of a centralized welfare department were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Millwood Avenue
George Eagle
Amos Shryock
J. H. Henry
Ralph Snapp
Richard Messer
State Health Department
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to appoint new directors
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival will have new directing heads this year as longtime leaders William E. Cooper Clifford D. Grim and Pinckney Arthur step aside. Dr. Lewis M. Allen is named chair of the nominating committee to propose officers, while other officials plan to remain active in support of the festival. An official reorganization plan is to be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
William E. Cooper
Clifford D. Grim
Pinckney Arthur
Lewis M. Allen
Substitution Bid On Work Relief Bill Edged By Tie
In Washington the Senate appropriations panel split 10 to 10 on a Democratic move to substitute a 2.88 billion dole plan for the administration's 4.88 billion work relief bill. The tie halted the proposal in committee after initial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dole
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mrs Johnson Cleared In Night Court Slaying Verdict
A Corporation Court jury returned a verdict at 11 20 last night finding Mrs Rena Johnson not guilty of the October slaying of Lewis Washington in her home. The hush fell as the foreman signed the verdict and spectators waited in the lobby, warned by City Sergeant Barr to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Rena Johnson
Lewis Washington
C. Lee Barr
Clark M. Smith
Lee Coble
Judge rules jury cannot be discharged amid deadlock in Bruno murder trial
Pontisville Pa Feb 6 Judge Cyrus M Palmer of Schuylkill County affirmed that a murder jury in the four week trial of Joseph J Bruno cannot be discharged for disagreement. Ten jurors were still deliberating more than 42 hours after start with sickness or death only reason to discharge. The long trial approaches the county deadlock record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Cyrus M. Palmer
Schuylkill
Joseph J. Bruno
Palmer
Schuykill County
Hosiery Sale Wide Silk Hosiery in All Shades
Full fashioned silk hosiery offered at regular 89 cents now 69 cents this week. Clara V. Fultz advertised in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara V. Fultz
College Choir from Susquehanna to sing at Grace Lutheran
The Susquehanna University Lutheran Motet Choir will perform at Grace Lutheran Church on Saturday February 16 at 815 pm. Rev Dr G Morris Smith president of Susquehanna and Rev Dr Luther A Thomas Grace Lutheran pastor are noted alumni of Roanoke College in Salem Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Susquehanna University Lutheran
Grace Lutheran Church
G. Morris Smith
Strasburg
Susquehanna University
Smith
Luther A. Thomas
Roanoke College
Salem
Garland Quarles to Toast at Rouss Banquet
The forty first annual Charley Rouss Fire Company banquet honoring Charles Broadway Rouss will be held Monday evening February 11. Garland R. Quarles Handley Schools superintendent will be toastmaster with several speakers including Daniel Hollenga Alexandria Chamber of Commerce secretary. Attendance expected about three hundred firemen officials and business leaders. Tickets on sale at Hodgson and Brown.
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Charley
J. Madison Spurr
Reuss
Martinsburg
W. Va
Herman Hipsley
Martinsborg
T. B. Boies
Hodgson and Brown
Advertising In Newspapers Best For Loan Groups
Washington Feb 6 Federal Savings and Loan Associations were told newspaper advertising is the best way to reach the public for their plans The Home Loan Bank Board sponsored 26 adaptable advertisements created by expert writers and paid from 650000 authorized to promote organizing and developing savings and loan associations They cover one and two column spaces in a series of ads
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Savings and Loan Associations
Home Loan Bank Board
Home Loan Act
World News At A Glance Highlights
Domestic Washington reports Richberg accused of favoring power interests as new deal coordinator. Baltimore PSC fixes Feb 12 public hearing on Potomac Edison rates. Major General Malone transferred to west coast post. Flemington Hauptmann defense seeks exculpation as prosecution exhibits grow. Bronx radio repairman Streppone admits depressive psychosis history. Washington Roosevelt says bootlegger on the run and endorses Williams in letter to AFL chief. Paris notes violence on Bloody Tuesday anniversary. London warns Germany isolated by defensive alliances if Hitler responds unsatisfactorily. Tokyo reports the Ji Maru freighter believed lost with 26 aboard.
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Washington
Donald R. Richberg
New Deal
Baltimore
Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison
Paul B. Malone
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann Defense
Sam Streppone
Bronx
Roosevelt
Congress
William Green
A. F. of
S. Clay Williams
Paris
London
Great Britain
Gerany
Hitler
Tokyo
Hamilton seeks surrender to dodge electric chair
Raymond Hamilton the fugitive outlaw offered to surrender to federal authorities if spared from the electric chair for murder. Floyd Hamilton, arrested yesterday in Shreveport, saw the offer rejected by U S District Attorney Clyde Sie. The brothers escaped a Dallas police trap after nearly 200 shots were fired. Raymond is wounded and at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Raymond Hamilton
Alcatraz Island
Raymond
County corn hog checks arriving for Frederick county
County Agent I Fred Stine reports most corn hog checks have arrived totaling 7676 54 with the Shawnee district first ten names and all Opequon district still pending final days. Farmers may collect checks at educational meetings as contracts are ironed out for a list of named parties.
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I. Fred Stine
Frederick County
Shawnee
Opequon
Stine
Paul P. Glynn
W. H. Huber
Ethel M. Pangle
J. W. Clark
Carrie Croson Ritter
William P. Caldwell
C. J. Fawcett
Robert W. Racey
A. D. Henkel
Bond Brothers
H. C. Kline
C. L. Taylor
Harry A. Thompson
William H Shaffer Dies After Long Illness
William H. Shaffer 52 died at 6 30 p m yesterday at his home 1 East James street after a six week bed illness from tuberculosis He had spent six months in a Danville sanatorium and returned last April He is survived by two sons Carson and Newton Shaffer a daughter Mrs Thomas Lillis two brothers Milton and Newton and two sisters Mrs Ida Dove and Mrs Anna Bowers Funeral services set for Friday February 8 at 10 am from Mount Hope Presbyterian Church Lebanon Church with Rev Seb Flickinger officiating Interment in a family cemetery near the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Shaffer
East James Street
Shaffer
Danville
Mr. Shaffer
Toms Brook
Shenandoah County
John Shaffer
Naomi Fauver
Carson
Newton Shaffer
Lebanon Church
Thomas Lillis
This City
Milton Shaffer
New York
Baltimore
Ida Dove
Annapolis
Anna Bowers
Martinsburg
W. V
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Lebanon Curch
Seb Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Three Held For Manslaughter In Officer's Death
In San Francisco on February 6, Major Charles A. Ross of the Presidio died from heart failure after a nightclub brawl. Three men Clem Gaviati Joe Vanessi and Sam Erlich were charged with manslaughter and released on $2500 bail each with a preliminary hearing set for February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Charles A. Ross
Presidio Arny
William J. Quinn
Clem Gaviati
Joe Vanessi
Sam Erlich
Sherman Leland
Ross
Army
Mrs Price III Taken For Major Operation
Mrs. Ethel Price of Parkway avenue was taken to Memorial Hospital this morning for a major operation and treatment. She was reported to be seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Price
Shirley Price
Parkway Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Testimony in Lindbergh case ties attic board to ladder claim
A Bronx plumber testified that an attic floorboard was not missing in August 1934 when he inspected a leak, countering the state’s claim it was removed for the Lindbergh kidnapping ladder. The testimony touches the ladder fit and notes about ransom money later found in Hauptmann’s garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Flemington
N. J
Bronx
Gustave Miller
Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Edward J. Reilly
Defense
Miller
Isador Fisch
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West Virginia
Millwood
Rouss Spring
W. E. Cooper
Handley Board
City Board of Welfare
Millwood Avenue Report
Charles H. Harper
Walker Bond
B. M. Sullivan
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
Fine
America
Liberal Arts College
Susquehanna Motet Choir
Garland Quarles
Daniel Hollings
Alexandria
World News
Ay Hamilton
Hauptmann’s
Wm. H. Shaffer
Shenandoah Co
Mt. Hope Church
Mrs Price III
Carpenter
Ladder
Wilentz
William A. Kinney
Fisch
Thomas W. Trenchard
Oscar John Bruchmann
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Reilly
Streppone
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