Slaying Scene Photos and Man Arrest in Pingley Case
Commonwealth's Attorney Burr Harrison and Sergeant Francis Funk traveled to Mountain Falls Frederick County to photograph the crime scene of Sheriff J W Newcome’s slaying and officer George Miller’s wounding for trial use. They also sought to arrest Wade Line for misleading officers during the search of Pingley last Monday. Officer Miller shows improvement, no longer needing the oxygen tent, and Pingley’s condition includes appetite return, shock concerns, and limited access to newspapers while in jail.
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Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Francis Funk
Winchester Police Department
Mountain Falls
Frederick County
J. W. Newcome
George Miller
Pingley
North Mountain
Miller
B. B. Dutton
Sages Ern Bale Police Department
Sheriff Newcome
Pingley’s
Harrisonburg
Monay
Edwin J. Lee
Howard Armstrong
Hiere
J. W. Bazzle
Batch cooking and humor in a domestic visit
Ma Winchester jokes that men will discover a kitchen is simple yet chaotic when left to manage meals. A skillet fire and eggs suffice, but toast burns and coffee tastes better with a little humor. The piece notes the sink fills with dirty dishes as the routine repeats.
Byrd Arrested in Alexandria for Left Turn and Permit Violations
H F Byrd Jr of Winchester was arrested in Alexandria for making a left turn on Main Street and for not carrying a driver's permit and registration. He must appear in court next week.
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Alexandria
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Winchester
Main Street
Flying Fortresses Making Progress On Friendly Hop
Six U S Army bombing planes on a goodwill flight to South America sped from Miami toward Lima Peru as they crossed the equator. Encountered head winds reduced speed but officials projected arrival about 2 30 p m local time.
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Cristobal
Panama
Buenos Aires
Miami
Lima
Peru
U.S. Army Corps
Canal Zone
Equator
Colon
Panama Canal Zone
United States Army
South America
Chapman Field
Canal
Parker to Lead Division in Aid Drive
Edwin C. Parker is named chairman of the industrial employees division of the Central Relief Campaign for the week of March 17. Sam D. Preston announces the move. Parker is a former American Legion leader with ties to the Virginia Woolen Company and past involvement in 1936 relief drives. The drive planning is led by Kathleen Spates and J. C. Oakes with weeks of prep ahead.
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Edwin C. Parker
Industrial Employees
Central Relief Campaign
Sam D. Preston
Mr. Parker
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
Virginia Woolét Company
William Beverley
Kathleen Spates
J. C. Oakes
Virginian Appointed White House Police Captain
Lieutenant A. L. Walter from Bealeton Virginia was named Captain of White House Police today succeeding the late Captain Clarence L. Dalrymple who served forty years as a White House guard. Dalrymple died recently.
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Washington, Ffeb
A. L. Walter
Bealton
White House
Clarence L. Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Hamburgers to Flourish Along Super-Highways
Senator Bulkley of Ohio backed super-highway legislation promising to grant 550 feet on each side of the road to the highway builder. The strips would host filling stations pop emporiums and ham burger stands as the nation builds interstate scale highways.
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Washington
Senator Bulkley
Ohio
Bulkley
Communists Credited for Helping Industrial Workers
Joseph Curran, head of the Committee for Industrial Organization Maritime Union, told a Senate committee that the Communist party did more for industrial workers than liberal agencies. He denied charges from Joseph P. Ryan that CIO leaders were Communists and urged that relief recipients still deserve work and self-respect.
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Washington
Joseph Curran
Committee For Industrial Organization Maritime Union
Senate
Communist Party
Curran
Russian scientists delay departure awaiting icebreaker
Four drifting Soviet scientists drank beer and ate tangerines as they decided to stay on their ice floe camp until the icebreaker Taimyr reaches them. Ivan Papanin sent word they could move out three months later if needed and hoped to transfer gear later. Pilot Gennady Viasoff said the party was in excellent health as Taimyr closed the five mile ice barrier.
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Moscow
Russia
Greenland
Ivan Papanin
Alexei Ostaltseff
Taimyr
Ostaltseff
Gennady Viasoff
Mumman
Seysz-Inquart Meets Hitler as Austria Moves On
Austria’s pro Nazi interior minister Seysz-Inquart met Hitler in Berlin signaling a fast track to German backed reforms in Vienna. Talks included Ribbentrop and Goering with expectations of economic aid and co operation between Austria and Germany. In Washington the Navy chief urged expansion funds and yard upgrades for rapid building of 800 million dollar naval program amid contentious testimony.
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Austria
Herr Hitler
Berlin
Arthur Seysz-Inquart
Reichs-Fuehrer
Hitler
Vienna
Seyze-Inquart
Fuehrer
Seysz- Inquart
Europe
Washington
Navy
House Naval Committee
Navy Yard
William G. Dubose
Merrill Awarded A Harmon Trophy
Clifford B. Harmon announced the Harmon trophies for general aviation promotion to Dick Merrill and Jean Batten, with Howard Hughes earning the American men’s national trophy and Jacqueline Cochran the women’s general aviation prize. Merrill, Batten, Hughes, and Cochran cited for notable transoceanic and cross country feats and records set in 1937.
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Cannes
France
Clifford B. Harmon
Harmon
Dick Merrill
Jean Batten
New Zealand
Howard Hughes
United States
Jacqueline Cochran
New York
Veteran Deputy Steers Frederick County Sheriff Duties
Deputy sheriff A. J. Wigginton, a 35 year veteran in Frederick County, temporarily assumes sheriff responsibilities after the death of J. W. Newcome. The code allows the acting deputy to run the office until a successor is named, with past instances when Wigginton filled in after prior sheriff deaths. He is widely known in the county courthouse and continues his duties amid inquiries.
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A. J. Wigginton
Frederick County
J. W. Newcome
James A. Miller
Harry McCann
Newcome
Wigginton
T. W. Harrison
Burr P
Commonwealth
Luther
Boss) Pannett
Clark Purcell
John Silvers
Newsome
Auction of Lemley & Brother Tailor Shop in Stephens City VA
Lemley and Brother Tailor Shop property offered at auction on Saturday February 19 1938 at 2 pm in front of the post office Stephens City Virginia Sale bills referenced for details
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Lemley & Brother Tailor Shop
Post Office
Stephens City
Naming Of Radford College For Edith Maxwell Proposes
A Virginia committee urged limiting local shares in state public aid to 20 percent and defeating pollution and jail reform bills. It criticized added local costs and supported local administration under state standards, with study urged for jail reform and county executive secretary and school board appointments.
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Radford College
Edith Maxwell
Richmond
League of VI Municipalities
League of Virginia
General Assembly
Price
Virginia
Poisoning Probe in Charlottesville Family Tragedy
Detectives investigate whether arsenic poisoning of seven family members and two relatives is accidental or intentional. University hospital analyses found poison in the Shiffletts bodies and in flour used for biscuits. Mrs Bertha Shifflett and her son Randolph are paralyzed and may never recover fully.
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Charlottesville
J. E. Adams
University of Virginia Hospital
George Shifflett
Maggie Shifflett
Shifflett
Carlton
Bertha Shifflett
Randolph
Pharmacist Is Highly Praised
Richmond Virginia February 17 delegates to the Virginia Pharmaceutical Association heard state health commissioner Dr I C Riggin call pharmacists uniquely positioned to educate the public on health matters He said beyond dispensing drugs pharmacists can offer unobtrusive health guidance and play a key role in venereal disease control including syphilis and gonorrhea.
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Richmond
I. C. Riggin
Virginia Pharmaceutical Association
Riggin
Hangs Up Record For Absenteeism
Congress disclosed that Ambassador Joseph E. Davies set an absentee record with 199 days away from Moscow last year. Only 89 days were official business. he was paid for 162 days while on leave. Davies, now assigned to Belgium, planned to return to Moscow to settle affairs.
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Davies
Moscow
Washington
Congressional
Joseph E. Davies
Rep. Bacon
R-Ny
State Department
House Appropriations Committee
Department
Brussels
Belgium
United States
Shorter Sheets Bill Provokes Winchester Rotary Ire
At a George Washington Hotel luncheon the Winchester Rotary Club unanimously signed a 34 member resolution opposing H R No 5280 on Shortening of Sheets. The text complains the bill would diminish hotel and bunkhouse comfort while increasing costs and cutting living standards.
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Rotary Club
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington
E. Blackburne Moore
New Soil Bill Is Advanced
Richmond Va Feb 17 The House of Delegates passed 84 to 3 the Cole man Senate bill renaming Fredericksburg Teachers College to Mary Washington College and Harrisonburg Teachers College to Madison College The bill also authorizes the State Board of Education to rename other state teachers colleges and a suggestion to name Radford S T C Edith Maxwell College caused an uproar Edith Maxwell, now in prison for slaying her father in Wise county, attended Radford Other Senate bills passed included tax and fund amendments for public service rate making dog funds library aid and loans from the literary fund A long debate over a bill to let game wardens and county agents vaccinate animals failed to pass due to an emergency clause The soil conservation districts bill moved forward with amendments and is set for potential passage tomorrow Continued on Page 2 Col 3.
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Richmond
House of Delegates
Coleman Senate
Fredericksburg Teachers’ College
Mary Washington College
Harrisonburg Teachers’ College
Madison College
State Board of Education
H. M. Bandy
Wise
Radford S. T. C
Edith Maxwell College
Edith Maxwell
Wise County
Radford
Senate
House
State Corporation Commission
Glascock
Boards of Supervisors
Haskin Hobeen
Leon Bazile
Hanover
E. O. McCue, Jr
Isaac Walton
Garrett- Vaden Senate
Tuck Senate
Board of Education
Literary Fund
Parker Senate
Four Die in Colorado Freight Passenger Train Crash
Four trainmen died and seven others were hurt when a Colorado and Southern freight and passenger train collided 68 miles south of Trinidad New Mexico late last night. The dead were all from Trinidad and include Gus Diemer R E Selders E Hampton C H Cook and Fireman C Greenwade. Five passengers were injured with names not fully learned.
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Trinidad
Col
Colorado and Southern
Here
Folsom
N. M
Gus Diemer
R. E. Selders
Co. E. Hampton
C. H. Cook
Ssenger Tran
Courtney
C. Greenwade
Eee
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Wade Line
Harrison
Funk
Army Air Corps
E. C. Parker
Virginian
Sey Inquart
Legation
Vinson
Seysz-Inquart
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
McBath
Dcalif
Dubose
Congress
Mauritz Hallgren
Baltimore
Benjamin P. Marsh
People’s Lobby
Thomas Healey
Boake Carter
Lester P. Barlow
Stamford, Conn
Brewster
R.me
D.-Ga
New
Merrill
Jack Lambie
Miss Batten
Lympne
England
Darwin
Australia
Hughes
Los Angeles
Newark
Miss Cochran
F. ‘Pingley
Wiggington
Wickham
Legislative Council
C. T. Moses
Appomattox
Agricultural Committee
H. T. Wickham
W. Stewart Moffett
New Mexico
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