Jury Convicts Scully of Manslaughter in Winchester Case
A Winchester jury of 12 found Thomas G. Scully guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Frederic Affleck’s death the night of December 25. He receives a three year six month penitentiary term. Bond of $10,000 is renewed pending a March 3 motion to set aside the verdict.
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Thomas G. Scully
Frederick M. Affleck
C. C. Brannon
Fred Affleck
Bryan Stotler
Mr Sienae
Berts
J. I
Holmes
Harvey Shiley
Ollie
Larrick
J. W. Harrell
Norman L. Carbaugh
Preston Hershman
E. L. la Follette
Philip Williams
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Scully
Homer Hook
Affleck
Williams
Brannon
Winchester
Winchester groups praised for good works in community drive
MA Winchester highlights numerous worthy organizations in Winchester and Frederick, noting the Stephenson Social Club as an example of aiding invalids and shut ins. The Evening Star on page 4 prints a daily Scripture quotation, and last Saturday featured a verse about not living to oneself.
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Winchester
Frederick
Stephenson Social Club
the Evening Star
No Ladder For Him Celebrates Birthday in Window Wash
Centered on Robert Wadlow of Alton Illinois the eight foot seven inch giant at 450 pounds marks his 19th birthday by washing his mother’s windows no ladder needed in a clip from Central Press highlighting his extraordinary height and gentle task.
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Robert Wadlow
Alton
Ill
Robert
Central Press
Co op Leaders Meet February 24 Harrisonburg
On Wednesday February 24 at the Kavanaugh Hotel in Harrisonburg the third annual Virginia Institute of Cooperation for farmers will be held. The event offers roundtable talks and personal conversations for cooperative leaders with similar institutes planned February 23 in Roanoke and February 25 in Richmond. The program includes Denmark Russia co op pictures at 10 AM and a talk on The Social Security Act as It Affects Co operatives at 11 AM by Harry Powell followed by a directors and managers roundtable at 11 30.
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Kavanaugh
Harrisonburg
Virginia Institute of Cooperation
Virginia
Roanoke
Murphy’s Hotel
Richmond
Harrisonburg Institute
Denmark
Scandinavia
Russia
Gordon H. Ward
Harry Powell
Audit Service, Division of Markets
Seniority Dispute Tests GM UAW Talks at Detroit
Con ferees of General Motors and the United Automobile Workers remained at odds over seniority questions after nine bargaining sessions. The union seeks straight seniority based on service while GM favors distinctions for dependents and highly skilled key workers. Homer Martin said the UAW seeks recognition as the sole bargaining agent for all Chrysler employees pending next moves.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler Corporation
C. E. Wilson
Homer Martin
Chrysler
Deaths in Philadelphia Household Under Suspected Pact
In Philadelphia on February 22 Albert Freimann 52 his wife and their 26 year old son were found dead from gas in their home. Detective Sergeant Daniel Davies said the deaths appear to be a death by own action pact among the parents.
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Philadelphia
Albert Freimann
Daniel Davies
Night of Freak Weather Shocks Lower Valley
Northern Virginia towns endured a wild weather event with thunder, lightning, rain, snow, and hail. A 1.05 inch precipitation brought monthly total to 2.88 inches as winds gusted and temperatures swung while an electrical storm rattled buildings.
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Winchester
Virginia
Fluit
Wound Fatal To Divorcee In Baltimore Shooting
Mrs Lenora M Viel a 37 year old divorcee died from wounds after being pinned to her floor for over 12 hours by a man who shot her and killed himself. The shooter William Henry Armstrong 60 apologized before deaths and had threatened her after she refused his advances.
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Baltimore
Lenora M. Viel
William Henry Armstrong
Armstrong
Virginia Bageant Coe dies after brief illness at 76
Mrs Virginia Bageant Coe widow of Charles Coe and member of a Frederick county family died at noon yesterday at her son in law and daughter's home on North Loudoun street after a brief illness in the seventy seventh year. Born August 11 1860 in Frederick county she was previously Miss Virginia Harris Bageant. Survived by four daughters Mrs Coleman Dunn Mrs Frank Chapman Mrs S H Braithwaite and Mrs U S Braithwaite five grandchildren and two brothers C F Bageant and Benton Bageant.
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Virginia Bageant Coe
Charles Coe
Frederick County
Coleman Dunn
Loudoun Street
Mr. Coe
Virginia Harris Bageant
Frank Chapman
City
S. H. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
U. S. Braithwaite
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. F. Bageant
Benton Bageant
St. John
Washington
Fox hound seeks good home through local listing
Wanted a good home for a handsome fox hound. Contact via phone 41 J for 91 J with details. includes line A2 19 lp tf in listing.
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Handsome Fox Hound
GM Worker Warns of Ride for Unionists at Baltimore Plant
Michael Gallo testified before the La Follette Civil Liberties committee that Roy Wismer the GM Baltimore plant manager warned union members would be taken for a ride. Gallo described hostility toward the United Automobile Workers and said he faced demotion after protesting production-speed pressures.
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Washington
Michael Gallo
General Motors
Baltimore
Roy N. Wismer
Wismer
United Automobile Workers Union
Gallo
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Chesapeake Bay
Capitol
Banquet Honors Eighteen Templar Leaders in Winchester
Eighteen former eminent commanders of Winchester Commandery No. 12 Knights Templar will be guests of honor at a banquet Friday evening March 5 at the George Washington Hotel. Past commanders will receive emblems, with Rev Sir Knight Simpson B Daugherty of Washington DC as principal speaker. The event aims for large attendance and all Sir Knights are urged to attend in full uniform.
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Winchester Commandery
Knights Templar
George Washington Hotel
Virginia
Sir Knight Simpson B. Daugherty
Washington, D. C
United Brethren Church
Demolay Commandery
Grand Lodge of Masons
District of Columbia
Father Dead and Son Injured in Valley Accident
Death and accident strike the Lemley family of Stephens City as Frederick M. Lemley dies at his Washington home after illness while his son Ted Lemley suffers facial cuts and bruises in a Millwood road collision near Opequon. Garland Strickler of Stephens City was riding with Ted. other driver unidentified. Ted was hospitalized at Memorial with shock and injuries. Frederick had long health problems and died after a Florida sojourn.
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Lemley
Stephens City
County
Frederick M. Lemley
Edgar L. Lemley
Washington, D. C
Ted Lemley
Washington
Garland Strickler
Opequon
Here
Millwood Road
Mr. Lemley
Memorial Hospital
Florida
Ethiopia forgone mercy in Graziani plot aftermath
Addis Ababa reports say Mussolini orders death by firing squad for all Ethiopians tied to the Graziani assassination attempt and all native chieftains opposing Italian rule. Reprisals are described as extensive and swift as Fascist forces push into the city after a festival attack injuring the viceroy and others.
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Addis Ababa
Rodolfo Graziani
Mussolini
Duce
Graziani
Abuna Cyril Coptic
Ethiopia
Aurelio Liotta
Vittorio Emanuele
Stinchfield Attacks Roosevelt Plan to Reshape Court
Frederick H. Stinchfield, head of the American Bar Association, told the Minneapolis audience that President Roosevelt’s plan to reorganize the Supreme Court would destroy the high tribunal. He warned the justices would be beholden to Congress and the administration, altering the Constitution in effect.
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Minneapolis
Frederick H. Stinchfield
American Bar Association
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Stinchfield
Minneapolis Civic and Commerce Association
CBS
United States
Congress
Noted Civic Leader Edwin F Hill Dies in Chevy Chase
Edwin F Hill 55 a prominent Kiwanis figure in the Capital District died Saturday night at his Chevy Chase home after a two week battle with leukemia He served as information director for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co and had gathered early Winchester telephone history data The funeral will be held at Hines Funeral Home Washington DC from Fourteenth Street Northwest.
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Winchester
Edwin F. Hill
Kiwanis Organization
Capital District
Chevy Chase
National Capital
Bea
Hill
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
The
Star
Hines Funeral Home
Fourteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Meyer Held Under Guard In Slaying Case At West Chester
Alexander Meyer remained under extra guard in the West Chester county prison as investigators verify his confession about killing and secretly burying 16 year old Helen Moyer. Authorities noted growing public sentiment since the statement, which described running over the girl with a truck and hiding her body in a wet well, was released. Plans to reenact the confession were postponed. police drained the dynamited well and an inquest was planned in Coatesville tonight.
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Coatesville
Alexander Meyer
West Chester
Helen Moyer
Philip J. Reilly
Meyer
Household effects sale of late B West Baker
Auction notice states household effects from the late B West Baker will be sold at his residence on Saturday February 27. A sale bill is on page 7. Moling and Cather advertise continued bargain sale this week.
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B. West Baker
Farm Leaders Meet Roosevelt Over Court Plan At White House
The Senate judiciary committee moved to report the Sumners retirement bill for Supreme Court justices at age 70 and set March 9 for hearings on the broader court reorganization. President Roosevelt met with eleven farm leaders and Secretary Wallace to urge support for his court program and farm legislation.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sumners
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
White House
Wallace
Edward A. O'Neal
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Mr. Roosevelt
House
Eritos
Borah
Burke
Pittman
Steiner
King
J.E. Winslow
Raleigh
North Carolina Farm Bureau
N. C. Williamson
New Orleans
Louisiana Cotton Cooperative
R. E. Short
Brinkley
Ark
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation
Donald Kirkpatrick
Illinois Agricultural Association
L. C. Trousdale
Houston
Texas
Ranson Aldrich
Michigan City
George T. Chance
Texas Cotton Grower
Ace G. Lucas
Brownwood
Tex
Texas Agricultural Association
C. G. Henry
Memphis
Auditors To Aid In Making Reports In Winchester
Henry L. Caravall of the Unemployment Compensation Commission says Richmond field auditors John Spenger and Benford Wiltshire will report to the Winchester Chamber of Commerce Friday morning February 26 to help employers prepare contribution forms and status reports due by March 31. They will answer questions on the unemployment compensation law.
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Henry L. Caravall
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Richmond
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Winchester
Caravatl
Andrew Bell
John Spenger
Benford Wiltshire
Unemployment Compensation Commission of
Virginia
Regain Control Delivers Madrid-Valencia Highway Victory
Government militiamen employing tanks artillery and air power regained control of the Madrid Valencia highway after fierce Jarama sector fighting 16 miles southeast of Madrid, as reports from commanders described a hard fought operation.
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Madrid
Madrid-Valencia
Jarama
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Virginia Institute
Leonora Viel
Man
Fred M. Lemley
Department of Public Welfare
Central
Gaziani
Gabra
Bar
Tribunal
Edwin F
Moling & Cather
Palace
A. C. Oates Gas Company
Rite Way Sennee
Buncutter Tireweer
Chapin Motor
Winchter
Timberlake
Hedzsen & Brown Eeesata
Sanitary Dairy Pine
Pingley & Carper
Miller & Anderson
Parkers Grocery
Rhodes Drug
OLE J. S. Miller
Saker & Anderson
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