Road repairs progress after severe winter hits county
Engineers report highway damage lower than feared. Route 50 grading on hold due to weather but will resume. dirt roads like Route 274 to Summit Point and Brucetown show ruts. Convict crew works on Route 7 Potter's Hill to curb accidents as spring patching begins on chief routes.
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Tdea
G. P. Bozell
Martinsburg Pike
Summit Point
Brucetown
West Virginia Line
Bozell
Boles
Front Royal
Potter's Hill
Anniversary of the Winchester and Staunton Gas Companies
The note marks the gas industry in the area as an anniversary item. It recalls charter dates on February 21, 185 and wartime destruction. noting the Winchester and Staunton Gas Companies as locally important assets with years of continuous operation apart from two years during the war. It invites readers to contribute more anniversaries of local interest.
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Winchester Gas Company
Staunton Gas Company
Virgina
Music Lovers Club Skips Weekly Meeting
No meeting of the Music Lovers Club will be held this week according to the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Lovers Club
Civic League Plans Milk Fund Show at George Washington Hotel
Civic League members led by President Mrs Melvin Green outline plans for the Milk Fund benefit show on March 1 at the George Washington Hotel. The program begins at 8 with floor acts and a dance to 2 am. Tickets 75 cents cover floor show and 10:30 pm dance. prizes include card-game awards and a permanent wave for a lady winner.
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Civic League
Melvin Green
Milk Fund
George Washington
Bob Iley
Quick Flight Sets West to Capital Nonstop Record Attempt
Leland Andrews, flying an all metal monoplane for American Airlines, landed at Washington airport at 1 12 p today after a 10 hour 22 minute 54 second flight from Los Angeles. He aimed to beat Major James H. Doolittle’s transcontinental record and then continued to Floyd Bennett Field New York. Andrews, 42 and brother in law to Doolittle, credited excellent west coast weather with the long nonstop leg and noted overcast conditions near the end.
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Washington
Leland
Andrews
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Floyd Bennett Field
N. Y
James H. Doolittle
Doolittle
Andrew
New York
Scouts Address Rotary Birthday Meeting Today
Winchester Rotary Club marks Rotary International 30th anniversary with a noon session. Boy Scout representatives outline troop work while Scout Forest Jones and Scoutmaster Lawrence Jones present viewpoints. A garden club member speech and plans for a Ladies Night party define the birthday observance.
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Rotary
Winchester Rotary Club
Rotary International
Forest Jones
Lawrence Jones
Winchester Garden
Rotary Club
Suffers Painful Injury Falling In Refrigerator
Conley Anderson sustained a severe ankle sprain when his ankle slipped while carrying a quarter of beef into a large rear refrigerator at his father Walter P. Anderson’s store on North Loudoun Street. He was helped to a chair, taken home on Angerona Terrace, and X rays revealed the injury. He poses a delay in resuming duties at the family store.
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Conley Anderson
Walter P. Anderson
Loudoun Street
Anderson
Angerona Terrace
Soviet Press Links Germany to European War Moves
Moscow papers denounce Germany as ready for war in Europe while accusing Japan and Poland of plotting against the Soviet Union. Pravda and Izvestia attack Berlin with hints at English complicity as they downplay Franco Soviet ties amid London agreements.
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Moscow
Germany
Central
Europe
London
Maxim Litvinoff
Czechoslovakia
Narondi Politika
Japan
Poland
Soviet Union
Pravada
Lzcestia
England
Pravda
Burgeoise
Ana Tetam
French Movie Director Calls Off His Challenge
Paris February 21 The duel between Bertrand de Jouvenel and Julien Duvivier was called off today. Duvivier the motion picture director was quoted by his seconds as saying he does not believe in dueling. De Jouvenel the journalist called it deplorable that an adversary refuse satisfaction by arms. The controversy stems from De Jouvenel’s resentment of insulting remarks made after his unfavorable critique of a Duvivier directed film.
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Paris
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Julien Duvivier
Duvivier
de Jouvenel
de Jouvene
Duvier
Boles Denies Public Intoxication Role as Nurseryman
David C. Boles, tried in justice court before Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner, says he is a nurseryman and tree surgeon operating under his own name. Witnesses testifying for him included Calvin Shu maker of Rippon West Virginia and Harry K. Russell who questioned Boles’ intoxication. Character witnesses from White Post and city residents supported him. Also noted is the Braddock Street M E Church Young Christians Class monthly meeting set for Friday at 8 PM with Mrs. D. O. Louderbach’s home 302 North Loudoun Street.
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David C. Boles
Justice Court
A. J. Tavenner
Boles
Calvin Shumaker
Rippon
W. Va
Harry K. Russell
Gwynn Jones
John O. Hardesty
Rev
Ronald Rowland
White Post Section
J. Victor Arthur
Young Christians
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
D. O. Louderbach
N. Loudoun Ee
Agia
Tacky and game party at Episcopal Parish House
Advertisement notes a game party at the Episcopal Parish House on Friday February 22 at 8 p.m. admission 25 cents, refreshments free, with wordy clutter and nearby business lines for shipping, junk, and soap ads. Winchester Milling Co. announces a Washington’s Birthday closure.
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Episcopal Parish House
Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Bet
Main and Braddock
Bat P. & G
Orcaec
Washington
Winchester Milling Co
Scarletts Air Views On Love In Court Room
Washington court heard two contrasting versions of the elopement of George Scarlett, a chauffeur, and his society bride Jane Cooke. Scarlett testified she eloped knowing marital duties, while he claimed she protested wealth and comfort yet agreed to marry for love and devotion.
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Scarletts
Washington
George Scarlett
Jane Cooke
Scarlett
Regular Red Cross Executive Meet Postponed To February 28
The Winchester Frederick County Red Cross executive committee meeting scheduled for today is postponed to next Thursday February 28 due to chairman Walker McC Bond being out of town. The later meeting will cover topics planned for today's session.
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Winchester-Frederick County
The
Red Cross
Walker McC. Bond
Tugwell Faces Decision on Resigning From Under-Secretary Post
Rexford Tugwell weighs three options amid department opposition to his liberal plans. He may stay and fight, resign to return to Columbia University, or shift to relief and social security work in another government role. He advocates federal initiative in social problems.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Tugwe
Department of Agriculture
Columbia University
Revenue Agent Here Next Month
A deputy collector of internal revenue will be at the Winchester post office building March 4 and 5 and again March 9 and 11 to aid taxpayers in filing 1934 income tax returns, according to Staunton revenue service.
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Internal Revenue
Winchester Post Office
Staunton
The
Revenue Service
Elm Springs Filling Station Saturday Night Update
Readable scraps note Elm Springs Filling Station activity every Saturday night. OCR fragment mentions a schedule or event pattern on late evenings but lacks specific details or dates beyond the generic Saturday night reference.
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Elm Springs
Byrd Opposes Large Work Relief Bill On Senate Floor
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia condemned the 4.88 billion work relief measure as excessive and warned the nation against spending beyond its income. His broadside aligns him with fellow Democrat Senator Glass who also opposes the bill.
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Byrd
Nation
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Senate
Senator Glass
Appropriations Committee
Sisters Die in Mysterious Plane Fall Near Paris
Jane and Elizabeth Du Bois American consul general’s daughters in Naples were killed when their plane bound for Paris plunged into a field. Witnesses described a clasped farewell as the craft disappeared. The girls, under 24, were linked to two Royal Flying Corps officers killed days earlier aboard the Ace of Diamonds.
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Jane and
Elizabeth du Bois
Plunge
Fissex
Eng
Jane
Naples
Paris
London
Royal Flying Corps
Ace of Diamonds
Sicily
Elizabeth
Henry Longfield Beatty
John A. C. Forbes
Flying Corps
Misses du Bois
Lu Bois
Hudson, N. Y
San Francisco
Margaret Mendell
Boston
Three Negroes Held for Numbers Racket in Winchester
Police arrested Macruder Snowden Moses Long and Talmadge Lamar on warrants from Chief C. W. Hollis charging them with operating a lottery. Snowden and Lamar were taken by Sergeants Funk Cline and Officer Ritter with State Officer Bayliss. Long was arrested yesterday. Tickets sold for one cent to five dollars with 100 to 1 odds. The winning number based on last digits of bets from the first three races at the principal race meet.
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C. W. Hollis
Macruder Snowden
Hagerstown
Moses Long
Talmadge Lamar
Winchester
Snowden
Lamar
Francis Funk
Cline
Frank Ritter
R. E. Bayliss
Long
Ritter
Stafford Girl Found Tied To A Tree Near Home
Caroline Mustaine, 15, of Stafford County was found tied by hands and feet in the woods about a mile from her home near Fredericksburg. Her father Leo Mustante said he and the dog Queenie located her this morning unharmed after she vanished yesterday at 8 o clock.
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Fredericksburg
Caroline Mustaine
Stafford
Leo Mustante
Queenie
Caroline
Mustante
Fisher Files a Writ of Error In Hauptmann Case
A writ of error to stay Hauptmann's execution for the Lindbergh baby killing was filed in the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals by defense attorney Frederick A. Pope. The document names Col. Kimberling and clerk C. Lloyd Fell as officials to receive and forward the record, with further court actions possible in a later term.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Errors and Appeals
Frederick A. Pope
Summerville
Thomas A. Mathias
Hauptmann
Wss
Col
Mark O. Kimberling
C. Lloyd Fell
Hunterdon County
Court of Errors and
Appes
Izreh
Rmay
Waiton
Pope
Edward J. Reilly
Brooklyn
Chir
C. Lloyd Fishrer
Plemington
Egbert Rosecrans
Blairstown
Kennamer Case Sent To Jury In Tulsa Murder Trial
The Phil Kennamer case wrapped with final arguments as Tulsa County officials urged the jury to impose the death penalty for the Thanksgiving night murder of Gorrell. Assistant District Attorney Gilmer denounced the defendant as arrogant and demanded life for him. Judge Hurst predicted a verdict by night.
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Mard Gorrell
W.F
Dixxie) Gilber, Jr
Tulsa County
Gilmer
Phil Kennamer
Gorrell
Tulsa
Kennamer
Opal
Thurman Hurst
C. B. Stuart
Patman pushes quick vote on $2.1 billion veteran bonus
Representative Patman announces immediate petition to bring his veteran bonus bill from Ways and Means for a House floor vote. If 216 signatures are gathered he can demand a vote, while Blanton seeks to attach it to the legislative appropriation bill.
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Patman
Washington
Texas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Blanton
Congress
Vinson
American Legion
Melons Agent Under Fire In Income Probe
Howard M. Johnson, longtime financial secretary to W. Mellon, testified in Pittsburg about a $5 million stock sale of Pittsburgh Coal to a family controlled firm. He described Melon related actions and stated Mellon had nothing to do with the final purchase while noting Mellon's personal fortune on handbooks at $97.6 million.
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Pittsburgh
Purgh Coal Company
W. Mellon
Howard M. Johnson
Pittsburg
Mellon
Robert H. Jackson
Board of Tax Appeals
Treasury
Revueue Bureau
Johnson
Union Trust Company
Pittsbur Coal Company
Oli
Land
J Son
D. D. Shepherd
Paul Mellon
Pittsburcher
Byrd voices opposition to work relief in Senate
Senator Byrd peaks in opposition to the administration's work relief program as debate unfolds in Washington. A separate item notes a writ of error seeking to stay Hauptmann's execution as various courts review the case.
Saturday's Special taeee Gown Slips and Prices
A small classified ad promotes Saturday's special taeee gown and slips with price details. Margaret L. Hodgson is listed with a 1p-11 designation and a $2.00 amount appears in the notice.
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Margaret L. Hodgson
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Coleman C. Claherty
United Rubber Workers’ Council
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Tugwell
Brain Truster
Frank
Hillman Air Service
Fisher
Warren County
Ront Royal News
Star Today
Melons
Howard Johnson
World News
George J. Sheppard
Level Academy
Court du Bois
Plume
Duel Boi
Jul Duvivier
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