Rosoff to Testify in Jersey Slaying Case
Hackensack authorities move to compel testimony in the slaying of R Norman Redwood, subway union leader. Samuel R Rosoff agrees to go to New Jersey for questioning as bail is set at 1000 dollars. Widow Victoria Redwood emerges as a key figure in the two state inquiry. Prosecutor Breslin says he may question her again as part of the investigation.
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Rosoff
Jersey
Hackensack
N. J
Amuel R. Rosoff
York Subway
John J. Breslin Ried
New Jersey
R. Norman Dwood
New York
Newark “Sandhogs
Reviously
Breslin
Fiorello la Uardia
Redwood
Ca Teneck
John J. Breslin, Jr
Hich
Garrell Potter
Demarestn
Potter
Wstolen
Winchester on American Iris Dress in Small Towns
MA Winchester reports that David Lawren, after a 20000 mile journey, notes African girls appear better dressed in smaller towns than big cities. He argues city crowds dampen vanity, while small towns showcase neater streets and attire. He contrasts rural charm with urban taunts of hick town.
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David Lawren
United States
Iris
Mrwrence
Maller
Boy in Chicago Eats Through His Stomach
Three year old Tommy Lee Scott of Chicago has not eaten for 16 months yet he continues to endure. He began life in a Chicago hospital in September 1935 after swallowing poison that damaged his digestion.
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Tommy Lee Scott
Chicago
Tommy
Promotion for Stultz at Potomac Edison in Hagerstown
D F Stultz has been promoted to vice president in charge of commercial activities at Potomac Edison Company of Hagerstown. The new role oversees the sales department and distribution of electrical appliances. Stultz previously served as general manager of the Windise unit.
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D. F. Stultz
Potomac Edison Company
Hagerstown
Stultz
Potomac Edison
Windise
Fry Sit-Down Strike Settlement Ends Four-Day Tie Up
A four day Fry Products sit down strike in Detroit ends with a settlement announced by volunteer mediator Alfred R Glancy former GM executive and ex Oakland Motor Car president. The dispute involved labor and management at the seat cover maker.
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Detroit
Fry Products, Inc
Alfred R Glancy
Oakland Motor Car Company
General Motors Corporation
Mid
Scully Bond Renewed In Double Homicide Case
In Frederick Circuit Court the bond renewal for 23 year old Thomas G Scully from Winchester was placed alongside final disposition of the Commonwealth versus Scully for the deaths of Frederick Affleck and Homer Hook. A jury had fixed Scully’s punishment at 342 years in the penitentiary in the Affleck case, and the Hook case will be judged with identical evidence. Scully pleaded not guilty to the Hook indictment and awaits further court action as Commonwealth’s Attorney Harrison endorsed the verdict and recommended sentence aligned with the Affleck outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commonwealth
Thomas G Scully
Winchester
Frederick Affleck
Homer Hook
Frederick
Fred Affleck
Scully
Affleck
Burr P. Harrison
Winners to Be Announced in Palace Theatre Baby Pageant
Tabulators have finished counting votes for the Palace Theatre Winchester Merchants Baby Popularity contest after the midnight deadline. The stage ceremony at 9 pm Thursday will reveal winners and award cash and merchandise prizes from sponsoring merchants.
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Palace
Palace Theatre
Winchester Merchants
Grand Jury To Convene In Corporation Court Saturday
A special grand jury has been summoned to convene Saturday in Corporation Court. Commonwealth's Attorney James P. Reardon will present cases involving alleged larceny forgery and assault. Included is Mary Wolford charged with assault with intent to kill Newton Williams.
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Corporation Court
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Mary Wolford
Newton Williams
You Ain’t No Cowboy Harold Tells Urchin Tale
Harold Anderson known as Big Yank arrives in town weighing 356 pounds, down from 497 pounds a year ago and 530 pounds at the Century of Progress Exposition. An urchin in Loudoun Street taunts him about being a cowboy while Harold displays his 10 gallon hat and carved cane in a department store lobby.
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Harold
Big Yank
Anderson
Loudoun Street
Chicago
Moorefield Presbyterian calls Rev Allen Jones as pastor
The Moorefield Presbyterian Church has extended a call to Rev Allen Jones of Kernstown Virginia to become pastor. The decision came at a congregational meeting and fills a vacancy since last summer when Rev J C Frist left for Mississippi. Jones led the Opequon Memorial group in Frederick County for seven years and is well known in the Southern Presbyterian church.
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Moorefield
W. Va
Presbyterian Church of
Allen Jones
Kernstown
Frederick County
J. C. Frist
Statesville
Miss
Moorefield Valley
Winchseter
Mr. Jones
Opequon Memorial
Presbyterian
Southern Presbyterian Church
Lions Name Committees For Pun Festival Plans
Lions Club discusses Pun Festival set for March 30 to April 3 with committees announced led by Sam D Preston. Assistants include P. G. Ireland and F F. Schenck. Arrangements Publicity Henry Goode Swifty Rush George Rush Walter Dent Finance Earl Mason Rebert Smith Blackburn Jack Glaize John Barr Patt Hall & Decorations Hildum Shewbridge Clevenger.
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Lions Club
Sam D Preston
Preston
F F. Schenck
Goode
Henry
Rush
Swifty
George
Dent
Walter
Financemason
Earl
Glaize
John
Barr
Patt
Hall & Decorations
Hildum
Shewbridge
Clevenger
Four Cash Prizes For Shenandoah Apple Blossom Suggestions
The Evening Star and the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival invite four entries with cash awards for parade and festival improvements. Prizes: $10 for first, $5 for second, $2 for third, and $1 for fourth. Entries due by March 6 at Festival Headquarters George Washington Hotel. Judges are W. E. Cooper J. W. Arthur and H. Clay DeGrange.
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Evening Star
Festival
George Washington Hotel
Rail unions seek 20 percent pay hike across rail industry
In Chicago sixteen operating unions representing about 800000 railroad workers voted to demand a 20 percent raise totaling about 360 million dollars yearly. Union leaders claim 1100000 workers are now united for a share of prosperity as sit down strikes and settlements unfold in Detroit and other centers. Anderson Indiana reports union membership over 200000 with troops preparing to withdraw after February riots. Senate civil liberties panel opens Anderson disorder inquiry.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Committee For Industrial Organization
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler
Anderson
Ind
Homer Martin
Death Comes On Visit Here
Mrs. Sidney A. Foreman wife of James Foreman of Frederick county died at 1 20 AM in Winchester after a brief influenza illness. She was born August 4 1851, daughter of Dorsey and Sarah McKee, and had been visiting her daughter at 916 South Cameron Street.
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Sidney A. Foreman
James Foreman
Gore
Frederick County
Arthur S. Seabright
South
Cameron Street
Foreman
Winchester
Mrs. Foreman
Dorsey McKee
Sarah Noel McKee
Hampshire County
W. Va
Special Bargain Two 1934 Master Chev Coaches
Two 1934 master Chev coaches offered by Bickers Used Car Lot at $335 each. Low mileage cars with decent condition advertised in a compact dealer notice.
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Bickers
J. W. Hodson Property to be Sold February 27
Fourteen acres with a comfortable residence, located 142 miles south of Winchester near Front Royal Turnpike, to be sold on Saturday, February 27, in front of the Court House.
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J. W. Hodson
Winchester
Front Royal Turnpike
Court House
First Baptist Church Bake Sale Notice
Wed 11 to 2 at First Baptist Church offers homemade rolls for sale priced at 35c. Proceeds support church activities.
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First Baptist Church
Wed
Wanted Good Home for Handsome Fox Hound
A concise classified notice seeks a secure home for a handsome fox hound. Contact numbers 41 J or 91 J for interested buyers or foster care.
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Handsome Fox Hound
Sale of Household Effects for Late B West Baker
Household effects will be sold at the residence of the late B West Baker on Saturday February 27. See sale bill on page 5 for details and terms.
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B. West Baker
Two Broadcasts Highlight Singers This Week
Gladys Swarth performs old familiar songs Wednesday at 10 30 p m from Elearnor Howe home makers exchange hosts Thursday 11 45 a m with a brief program schedule.
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Gladys Swarthout
Elearnor Howe Home Makers Exchange
Winchester Park Association pushes drive for municipal swimming pool
The Winchester Park Association plans a fundraising push to build a city pool. With 92 000 park attendance last year and a $1 annual membership, officials say more funds are needed and ask citizens to contribute beyond dues. Fred Forney leads with W A Baker and J William Stryker backing.
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Winchester
Winchester Park Association
Fred Forney
Mr. Forney
W. A. Baker
J. William Stryker
Park Association
Attorney Skirmish Clouds Peggy Garcia Suit Against Rubinoff
New York report says Peggy Garcia's $500000 suit against violinist Rubinoff faced a delay as her lawyers clash over moves behind their backs. One attorney alleges Peggy left with another lawyer to Roanoke Virginia, while new evidence is cited about a 1925 marriage and a 1935 divorce filing.
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New York
Peggy Garcia
Dave Rubinoff
Perry Bittel
Roanoke
Bernard Sandler
Salvatore A. Cotillo
Virginia
Juste
Peggy
Pauline Michelin Taylor
Taylor Vance Guinn
Rubinoff
Jos. Steele Dies at 86 in Winchester Home
Joseph Steele, age 86, of 115 East Clifford Street Winchester, dies after long illness. Unmarried, he lived in his home, worked as a cigar maker, later ran a small grocery. Survived by a few family connections with funeral arrangements expected soon. his sister Mrs. Bertie Kurtz predeceased him. He was part of Winchester’s historic community, with Civil War family ties to the Confederate era.
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Joseph Steele
Winchester
East Clifford Street
Mr. Steele
Bertie Kurtz
Peter L. Kurtz
Stonewall” Jackson
Stephen Steele
Second
Virginia Infantry
Jackson
W. L. Clark
Friendship Fire Company
Old Friendship Band
Fire destroys Douglas Alaska town of 600
The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa wirelessed that a fire almost completely destroyed Douglas Alaska early today. The town of about 600 people faced an undetermined cause as Coast Guard division headquarters reported.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Tallapoosa
Douglas
Alaska
Coast Guard Division
Dress Sale at Lovett's Smart Shoppe
Two dress lots that sold up to $12.95 are reduced to $1 and $2 for Thursday only. All sales final. Lovett's Smart Shoppe.
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Lovett
Relatives Learn Stranger Lived The Same Name At Oklahoma Hospital
In Aman Oklahoma relatives mourned a man buried as Sam H Wilson who later turned out to be alive after a daughter questioned the death. The two men named Sam Wilson shared a ward and both had paralysis and age 70 prompting a dramatic family revelation.
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Aman
Okla
Sam H. Wilson
Sam W. Wilson
Davis
Pearl Royce
Norman
Wilson
Bud
D. W. Griffin
Senators Discuss Roosevelts Court Plan With Amendment Push
House leaders said they would wait for Senate action before taking up Roosevelts court reorganizations plan. The White House meeting included Speaker Bankhead and other leaders as talks covered possible combining the judicial program with a constitutional amendment to win wider support.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Bankhead
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Summers
Supreme Court
Ame
George L. Berry
National Convention of Labor
Berry
Printing Pressmen’s Union
League
Congress
John L. Lewis
Tey
Eleanor Jarrett to turn professional after Olympic year
Eleanor Holm Jarrett, famed 1936 Olympic swimmer from New York, says she has given up all hope of regaining amateur status and will compete as a professional at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland this summer.
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New York
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Jarrett
Cleveland
Stock Buy Offer for Winchester Bank Shares
R T Bryarly Jr of Bryarly and Green Insurance advertises a cash offer of 52.50 per share for stock in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company of Winchester Virginia, noting this price is double from a little more than a year ago.
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Ences
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Ick Affleck
Big Man
Harold Anderson
Rev. A. Jones
Moorefield Church
Fete Committee
Winchester Evening Star
W. E. Cooper
J. W. Arthur
H. Clay DeGrange
Perry Bitter
Jos. Steele
Pearl
Eleanor Jarrett
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