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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
6
Front Royal February report of 17 year old Osborne Henry son of Tra Henry severely burned on the Riverton Lime Company roof. He was burning a mixture of gasoline and sawdust to melt ice when he slipped and fell onto the live portion, carrying a bucket of the mixture.
Royal, Feb. two World War trophies arrived from Aberdeen Proving Grounds and are being set in place today on the courthouse yard. The cannons were secured by the local Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Front Royal All-Stars were defeated by a Winchester team from Funk's Bowing Alleys in Winchester. The hosts pulled ahead in the final two games to win by 108 pins. The high scorer was s., with a 148 single and 635 total. Hill and Reynolds paced their teams in the loss. Billy Smith plans a four-match series, with two events on local alleys starting Wednesday night.
Under J. M. of 411 West Cecil Street a Winchester merchants sponsored series broadcasts talent from the city on WJEJ BR ed. Tickets via Apollo Theatre Hagerstown. Nancy Ritter to sing. Call Grayson to join air. Sundays feature local orchestras and musicians. Zeke and Rose perform musical readings on a 1:15 schedule Monday Wednesday Friday from Martinsburg studio.
In Montgomery on February 7 a House resolution urged Huey P. Long of Louisiana to address a joint session on March 19 as a substitute for a circus. Legislators shouted no we don t want him and debate followed. Representative Owens of Madison filed the measure noting a circus was scheduled but business before the legislature could prevent attendance.
Front Royal and Warren County items note visits illnesses travel and social events. Notables include Mrs Anna Wharton Byrd of Woodstock entering John son Nursing Home for treatment and Senator Aubrey G Weaver improving at home.
Mrs Bettie Jean Hillyard of Berryville remained hospitalized at Winchester Memorial after an automobile crash near Abrams Creek on the Berryville pike. Her condition showed some improvement though the full diagnosis was not yet complete and David Boles has been summoned for inquiry before Trial Justice A J Tavenner.
A federal prisoner linked to the Bremer kidnapping escaped by leaping through a hotel window in Aurora Illinois. Two DOJ agents were escorting him. one was knocked out as the prisoner dived through a window. A manhunt with machine gun armed agents spread from Chicago to Kane county.
Basketball players and members of the rere, club are asked to meet at the club rooms on West Boscaken street this evening at 7 30 to discuss important business. The basketball team has not practiced the past week due to the Handley faculty play postponement and hopes to resume on the floor later this week.
Reports describe 14 inch diameter hailstones in New South Wales in 1847 and hailstones weighing a pound and a half in Natal in 1874. Additional notes mention children reportedly killed by hail in Romania in earlier years.
Frechette and accomplices fled from Kala mazoo to Pontiac Michigan and back planning to reach China. A highway patrolman found Roy Brown shot in the trunk of the car and Frechette confessed after being captured near Truckee California. He and three passengers were detained while Michigan authorities prepare extradition.
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