Wyncoop On Trial For Arson In Clarke Court Virginia Case Developments
Charles T. Wyncoop faces arson charges in Clarke county circuit court for allegedly burning a barn on Arthur Lee’s farm on August 3, 1930. Jury seated after voir dire. testimony to date includes warnings to cut telephone poles. Trial widely attended as proceedings may finish today.
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Berryville
Charles T. Wyncoop
Castleman's Ferry
Clarke, County
Circuit Court
Clarke County
Arthur Lee
Wyncoop
Philip Williams
A. M. Morris
E. H. Willingham
A. L. Withers
Holmes D. McCormick
Shade Moore
B. W. Tapscott
Joseph Perry
Luther Poston
C. D. Adams
James B. Cook
W. P. Meade
E. K. Meade
Lee
Court House
Capa
Tenant House on Dr Boyd Farm Razed by Flames
A tenant house on Dr Philip W Boyd s Middle Road Frederick County burned last night about 9 30. Loss estimated at 3000 not including personal effects of renter Reuben Wisecarver. Firefighters suspected arson. sheriff planned an investigation.
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Philip W. Boyd
Middle Road
Frederick County
Reuben Wisecarver
Wisecarver
Luther Pannett
Frederick Country
John F Elliott Dies at Hayfield of Pneumonia
John F Franklin Elliott 77 died at his brother R H Elliott's Hayfield home after a two week illness from bronchial pneumonia. He lived in Hayfield all his life, was never married, and leaves three brothers William R H Elliott and James B Elliott, with Mahlon deceased. Funeral Saturday at Mount Olive Church with Rev C H Anderson and Rev Luther McFarland. Burial beside the church. He affiliated with Bethel Methodist Church in Trone and was a respected Hayfield citizen.
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John Franklin Elliott
Frederick County
R. H. Elliott
Hayfield
Mr. Elliott
William and
Mary Scrivener Elliott
William
James B. Elliott
Indiana
Mahlon Elliott
Mount Olive Church
C H. Anderson
Luther McFarland
Elliott
Bethel Methodist Church
Trone
Apple Markets Shipments to British Ports for Week End Feb 21 1931
Apple shipments from New York to British ports for the week ending February 21 1931 total 20663 4731 5139 with Liverpool London Southampton Manchester Glasgow Bristol Cardiff and other destinations. Prices quoted for varieties include Yorks Albemarle Pippins Winesaps Staymans and Black Twigs with exchange rate 24 cents per shilling. G R Cooper Harnden & Company Liverpool reports good demand and provides specific price ranges and shipments. Apple exporters England Scotland advertise lingerie and Warner's form shaping garments at Moling & Cather's.
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New York
Brils
Bskts
Liverpool
London
Southampton
Manchester
Glasgow
Bristol
Cardiff
G. R. Cooper
Harnden & Company
Caro Adriatic
Yorks
Albemarle
APPLE
England
Scotland
Coal Salesmen Must Get Permit To Operate Here
City Solicitor James P. Reardon ruled that selling coal to local customers by taking written orders for later delivery requires a license. Winchester police will enforce the license law, with fees from 50 to 125 dollars depending on delivery vehicles. Previously, outsider dealers from West Virginia operated without local taxation, drawing protest from local coal merchants.
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James P. Reardon
West Virginia
Reardon
Coal Deales
Winchester
Common Council
C. W. Hollis
Hollis
Campaign to continue for Virginia Children’s Home Society funds
Winchester churches and local committees extend the drive for the Children's Home Society of Virginia in a meeting at First Baptist Church. The goal remains a $3,000 quota, enough to support the 23 children currently in care with about $100 yearly per child.
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Children’s Home Society of Virginia
First Baptist Church
Phillips
Winchester
Children's Home Society of Virginia
Visionary note on Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival mass meeting
Director General Nelson F. Richards views the upcoming Eighth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in a crystal ball scene. He urges attendance at the mass meeting tonight at the George Washington Hotel at 8 o'clock to insure the festival's success.
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Nelson F. Richards
Mr. Richards
George Washington Hotel
Frazer admits shooting woman claiming accidental death
Prosecutor A J David said William M Frazer confessed to shooting Mrs Phoebe Stader but claimed it was an accident. Frazer had been seen with Stader near Bolling Green Va and was arrested in Raleigh after inquiries into where the crime occurred. He agreed to extradition to New Jersey.
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Raleigh
N. C
A. J. David
Ragway
N. J
William M. Frazer
Phoebe Stader
David
Frazer
Ira Jensen
Hilda Frazer
Stader
New Jersey
New York
Davis
N. A. Hoey
Orange County
N. Y
Diamond Brooch Found In Theatre
A horseshoe shaped diamond brooch containing about 39 diamonds, advertised as lost in yesterday's Stars, has been found at the Capitol Theatre. Grant H. Taylor, assistant manager of the cinema, located the jewel and returned it to the owner.
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Capitol Theatre
Grant H. Taylor
Taylor
Grain Stabilization limits wheat exports to 35 million bushels
The Grain Stabilization Corporation said not more than 35,000,000 bushels of wheat would be exported in the next four months to clear room for the 1931 crop storage. A South Carolina state treasure’s office previously held a claim on a deposit for two years with no claimant.
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Chicago
The
Grain Stabilization Corporation
South Carolina
Handley music pupils delight Kiwanian luncheon
Handley High School music pupils under Miss Kathleen McCartney performed at the Kiwanis Club luncheon in George Washington Hall. Marshall Snapp Mifflin Clowe and Benny Davis presented piano and instrumental numbers to enthusiastic applause. Dr. Robert Glass praised the trio and invited them back. Cy Mee and guests also contributed solos. EB J Snapp led the music program.
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Handley High School
Kathleen McCartney
Kiwanis Club
George Washington
Miss McCartney
Mifflin Clowe Marshall Snapp
Benny Davis
Robert McC. Glass
Mifflin’ Clowe
Mifflin Clowe
Columbia
Colorado
Dr. Glass
Cy Mee
Mr. Brooks
Baltimore
Henry
Baker
EB. J. Snapp
Quarterly Meeting At County Church
The Gainesboro circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South holds its second quarterly conference March 1 and 2 at Gainesboro church. Presiding elder Rev. C. M. Hesser of Romney West Virginia will preside. He preaches Sunday night and administers communion, again at 10 a.m. Monday with a business session for circuit officials to report.
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Gainesboro Circuit
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Gainesboro
C. M. Hesser
Romney
W. Va
Moorefield
Hes
Charles Wagner
Night light testing at Eberts Garage on 26th 27th
Inspection and light testing conducted at Eberts Garage during night hours up to 9 oclock on February 26 and 27 property records show H W Ebert as issuer for the notice
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Ebert
H. W. Ebert
Couzens Calls Halt on Rail Mergers in Senate
Senator Couzens urged halting further railroad consolidations stressing the need to avoid concentration of transportation facilities. He called for evidence before broad merger approvals and noted House action delaying Parker bill to bring railroad holding companies under ICC authority, delaying committee recommendations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Congress
House
Capitol
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Claude B Weeks Dies at Baltimore Home
Claude B Weeks 33 died at his home on the Baltimore Catonsville road near Baltimore early today. He is survived by his widow Helen Doran and three children Helen Lee Gloria and John Robert Weeks. Funeral services will be held from his home Saturday morning and interment will be in Maryland.
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Claude B. Weeks
Baltimore- Catonsville Road
Baltimore
Mr. Weeks
Winchester
Helen Doran
Robert Doran
Walter Barnett
Will Jr. follows path from Hill empire to bank clerk
Louis W. Will Jr., grandson of James J. Hill known for empire building, works as a bank clerk to gain practical education and experience.
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Louis W. Will, Jr
James J. Hill
Empire Builder
Leesburg Independents Meet Woodstock Shamrocks For NV Title Showdown
Tonight at 8:15 in Handley High School gym Leesburg Independents and Woodstock Shamrocks clash for the Northern Virginia basketball crown. The Shamrocks boast 11 victories in 13 starts and will face the 15 game win streaks Leesburg, in neutral territory, with scout game by Woodstock Boy Scout Troop at 7:15 p.m. Referee will be W. D. Smith Jr. of Shenandoah Valley Academy.
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Handley High School
Northern Virginia
Leesburg Independents
Invincible
Loudoun County
Valley Shamrocks
Cage Squad
Woodstock
Trishmen
Shamrocks
Independents
Handley Gym
Leesburg
W. D. Smith, Jr
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Con Sitios
Cumberland
Smith
Cage Facrs
Fout
Keller
Dymock
Kibler
Wilson
Shannon
Hockman
Winchester
Basketeers
Potomac Edison Installs Group Insurance Plan for Workers
At a February 19 meeting in Hagerstown M P Riley announced Potomac Edison Company and subsidiaries adopt a group life and disability insurance plan effective March 1 1931 with 75 percent employee participation. About 3 million dollars coverage for system employees includes disability and death benefits with partial company funding and monthly advances during retirement.
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Potomac Edison Company
Hagerstown
M. P. Riley
Potomac Edison System
Northern Virginia Power Company
Potomac Edison
Potomac Edison Employes Association
Riley
Valley Shamrocks Meet Leesburg For Northern Virginia Title
Valley Shamrocks face Leesburg in the northern Virginia championship at Handley Gym tonight at 8 30 admission 25 cents.
Bus Information Hotline via United Utilities Corp
Phone numbers 999 or 730 provided for bus information by United Utilities Corp with reference to December 26.
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United Utilities Corp
Some Little Pixel Promises Benefit for Berryville School
Berryville School League plans a Friday night performance of Some Little Pixel featuring faculty women in lead roles to raise funds for elementary school improvements. Cast includes Hilda Levi Ruth Berlin Jessie Carpenter Jessie Fadeley Eunice Carper and others with local educators and officials assisting.
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Berryville
Berryville School League
Hilda Levi
Ruth Berlin
Jessie Carpenter
Jessie Fadeley
Eunice Carper
Gladys Hart
Louis Stolle
Louis Lickey
Frank Humston
Oscar Ramsburg
Donald Cooley
R. M. Ware
C. O. Handley
Albert Fletcher
M. D. Hart
Sec
Clarke County Game Protective Association
M. Wray
Was the Ass
Clarke Aiy
Battletown Inn
Hattie Douglas ‘Wallace
Red Fox Tavern
Charles D. Lanier
Becky Lanier
H. Perkins
Greenwich
Conn
Ewing
New York
Percy Randolph
Ralph Ca A
Chicago
T. W. Whitaker
Eye
LeRoy Whitaker
J. M. H. Clagett
Garden City
L. I
Russell Cather Announces Virginia State Senate Candidacy
T Russell Cather respectfully announces his candidacy for the State Senate from the Twenty sixth Senatorial District of Virginia. The announcement appears in this advertisement with a note of Democratic primary action forthcoming.
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State Senate
Virginia
Winchester Eagles Notice for Meeting and Sale
All members and former members of Winchester Area of the Fraternal Order of Eagles are requested to attend a sale on Thursday February 26 at 211 North Main Street. Grand Organizer Bro Walter F Zietz of Montana will attend. Ipsit E, Lk Funk, Secy.
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Winchester Arie
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Eagles
N. Main St
Walter F. Zietz
Montana
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Mclwaine
Clarke Court
Castleman’s Ferry
Jas. Locke
Sidney Locke
DR. Boyd
John F. Elliott
Warner
Moling & Cather’s
B. & C. Bread
William Frazer
Jersey
Handley Music
Gouzens
Mercers
Leesburg Wive
Handley
N. Va. Power Co
Mrs. Wallace
T. Russell Cather
Ipsit
E, Lk Funk, Secy
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