Roosevelt Pressed as Democratic Presidential Candidate
Virginia leaders join Jackson Day dinner in Washington led by Governor Pollard to press Roosevelt for renomination. Richmond delegates Col. Peter Saunders E R Combs and J Stewart Bryan travel to attend with Byrd and other Virginia figures. Prohibition stance discussed in Democratic committee letters amid 1932 election chatter.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ritchie
Maryland
Roosevelt
New York
North Dakota
House
John J. Raskob
Country Trust Company of New York
Democratic Committee
Joséph A. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Vic
Rind
Virginia
Pollard
Richmond
Virginia Capital
Col
Peter Saunders
Commonwealth
E. R. Combs
John Stewart Bryan
Harry F. Byrd
National Capital
Democratic National Committee
Richard Crane
Westover
Czechoslovakia
Charles J. Harkrader
C. S. Carter
Bristol
Raskob
Prohibition
Dribblers to Organize Independent Team Saturday Night
An independent basketball team will be organized at Handley High School gymnasium tomorrow evening at 7. A mix of all stars college graduates and high school alumni are expected to attend the preliminaries.
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Handley High School
Jewelry Theft Reported At Park Avenue Home
Jewelry valued at $50,000 was stolen from the Park Avenue home of Albert Tilney chairman of the Bankers Trust Company. The thief climbed the fire escape to the ninth floor, entered Mrs Tilney's room and looted a jewelry case.
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Associated Press
New York
Park Avenue
Albert Tilney
Bankers Trust Company
Tilney
Free Movie Tickets at Hable's Theatre for Wrappers
An advertisement offers free movie tickets at Hable's Theatre for 15 Wrappers of Big Joe Bread. One child ticket is 30 arenes and one adult ticket is 8.1 pence.
Emmert's Dress Sale Continues With $1 Dresses
Emmert's store held a dress sale on Saturday offering dresses for one dollar each. Early shoppers reported strong turnout and steady demand for affordable apparel at the event.
Woman Sees Attacker Die In Chair at South Carolina Prison
Three Black men were executed by electric chair in Columbia at the state prison. David King 22 and Richard Dean 17 of Spartansburg, convicted of murder for the holdup killing of Haskill Kill, and James L. Sturdevant 27 from Horry county, convicted of attacking a widow on a farm. The woman testified at Sturdevant's execution.
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Columbia
S. C
David King
Richard Dean
Spartansburg
Haskill
James L. Sturdevant
Horry
Sturdevant
Richards Again Chosen to Head Apple Festival
Nelson F. Richards was reelected director-general of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival at a meeting of the executive committee held at the offices of Hansbrough and Carter. The committee also reelected William E. Cooper as chairman and reappointed Grim as treasurer, with Stultz and Robinson named joint finance committee clerks. The 1931 festival in Winchester will be the ninth annual celebration, set for the week apples bloom, and Richards plans to name committees soon.
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Nelson F. Richards
Hansbrough
Carter
Richards
William E. Cooper
Clifford D. Grim
D. E. Stultz
H. D. Robinson
W. E. Cooper
C. D. Grim
Victor Arthur
Clay DeGrange
Ray Robinson
Shirley Carter
W. D. Myers
T. Russell Cather
T. B. Patton
Fred. L. Glaize
R. Gray Williams
H. F. Byrd
Winchester
Mrs. Mary Sutphin Dies in Winchester Hospital
Mrs. Mary B. Sutphin widow of Jesse W. Sutphin of Riverton Warren county died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital from complications. She had been a patient since December 30. Her remains were taken to Riverton for funeral rites and interment.
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Mary B. Sutphin
Jesse W. Sutphin
Riverton
Warren County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fune
Ex Rep Fordney Dies In Saginaw
Joseph Warren Fordney former U S representative for 24 years and co author of the Fordney McCumber tariff of 1921 died at his Saginaw home aged 78 after months of ill health.
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Fordney
Saginaw
Associated Press
Saginaw, Mich
Joseph Warren Fordney
Congress
Slayers Electrocuted for Girl Murder in North Carolina
Raleigh January 8. Asbury Respus, a black man who confessed to slaying eight people, was electrocuted at the state prison for the murder of Vera Leonard a nine year old girl from Guilford County.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Asbury Respus
State Prison
Vera Leonard
Guilford Equnty
For Rent Five Room Apartment by Earl Shade
For rent a five room apartment offered by Earl Shade. Includes reasonable terms and an early August move in. Contact details uncertain from the fragment for scheduling.
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Earl Shade
Captain Forney Re-elected Leader of Friendship Fire Co
Fred W. Forney was reelected captain of the Friendship Fire Company for the twelfth consecutive term at the annual meeting in the hall on East Cork Street. The record length of service as presiding officer was noted. 158 members attended, a new meeting attendance record. The event included officers elected, a social after, and a 67 alarms tally for the year. Funeral services were held for Elsie McFarland, with a large local gathering and multiple clergy in attendance.
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Fred. W. Forney
Friendship Fire Company
East Cork Street
Winchester
Captain Forney
C. Harry Hardy
Virginia State Firemen's Association
Common Council
C. Douglas Barnett
Richard Boxwell
Robert Eagle
John Eagle
G. Reginald Haines
Forrest Fansler
J. H. Jones
W. L. Dudley
Wallace M. Brashears
C. R. Anderson
B. B. Dutton
J. D. Collins
Boseman
Wesley Hawkins
J. P. Reardon
J. P. Haddox
William Deshon
W. E. Jones
Driver
Lester Forney
Herman H. Hable
Palace Theatre
Elsie McFarlland
Harry McFarland
Elizabeth McFarland
Highland Avenue
Market Street Methodist Church
Miss McFarland
W. M. Brashears
Market Street Church
C. H. Anderson
Assembly of God
C. J. Racey
United Brethren
Stanley Carter
Luther McFarland
Holmes McFarland
John Cooper
Edward Cooper
Jesus
Mount Hebron Cemeary
Harry Flood
F. McFarland
Walter Morgan
Cumberland, Md
Stanley McFarland
Hancock, Md
Walter Smith
Evelyn and
Thelma Smith
Baltimore
Charles McFarland
Clyde McFarland
Washington
Bank Bids In Farm In Jefferson County Auction
S. W. N. Bank Bids In Farm In Jefferson Co. The Shiley farm 117 acres with buildings on Opequon Creek above Middleway sold in Charles Town by court bid of 3075 dollars. A second tract known as Pine Hill land in Berkeley county was offered in Martinsburg but withdrawn at 540 dollars.
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Shiley
Timberlake
Opequon Creek
Middleway
Court House
Charles Town
Enandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
Pine Hill
Two Put To Death For Murder in Ossining
In Ossining New York on January 8 Joseph Garicari 27 and Alfonso Car rato 41 were executed by electric chair for the murder of Guivanni Volpe of New York. The double execution left 27 condemned men on death row.
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Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Joseph Garicari
Alfonso Carrato
Guivanni Volpe
New York
Public sale of estate on Berryville Winchester pike
Public sale at the home of the late Géo A Pine on the Berryville Winchester pike about 1120 miles west of Berryville. The event takes place Tuesday January 12 at 1 p m with livestock and farming implements offered for sale.
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Géo. A. Pine
Berryville-Winchester Pike
Berryville
Tues
Japan says intervention not justified in Manchuria
Ambassador Forbes delivered Secretary Stimson's note to Tokyo as Washington and Japanese officials clash over Manchurian policy. The nine power treaty opens the path for possible moves by signatory powers while Japan maintains its actions stem from treaty rights and does not seek third party intervention.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Forbes
Stimson
Manchuria
Washington
Japan
China
South
Chinchow
Orient
State and Federal Income Tax Returns Prepared
J. H. Seal Jr offers state and federal tax preparation services ready to file as of July 1, 1921, providing complete income tax return assistance.
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J. H. Seal, JR
Pflaster Goes to Jail After Bitter Berryville Case
In Berryville Judge Williams orders George Pflaster to serve a 30 day jail term for driving under the influence. The case began in 1930 with a Mayor Bell verdict of a $100 fine and jail time, later affirmed by circuit and Virginia Supreme Court.
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Williams
Berryville
George Pflaster
Pflaster
Bell
Circuit Court
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Washington
Massey Former Clarke County School Head Dies at 79
Caleb G. Massey longtime Clarke county schools superintendent died at his White Post home at 79 after months of ill health. He taught school lore and stories to students, led local Methodist church members, and is survived by widow Lilly Beale and three daughters Mabel Lilly Eva plus sister Lula Frame. Funeral Sunday at White Post Methodist Church with interment at Jones Memorial Cemetery.
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Star White Post
Caleb G. Massey
Clarke County
Massey
Mr. Massey
White Post Methodist Church
South
Miss Lilly Beale
Bealeton
Mabel Massey
Roanoke
Lilly Massey
Washington, D. C
Eva . Massey
Boyce Agricultural High School
Lula Frame
California
Post Methodists C Church
Noes Memorial Cemetery
Jobless Army Plans To Enter City In Triumph
The vanguard of Father Cox's unemployed army arrived in Pittsburgh seeking rest in Father Cox's church basement. Thousands trailed from Washington for federal relief. Cox and the main group linger in Uniontown, planning a triumphant homecoming with a possible welcome at Pitt Stadium.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Father Cox
Washington
Uniontown
Pitt Stadium
Trading Dips as Volume Shrinks in Mixed Market
In New York on January 8 the stock market extended a third day of movement but momentum waned. Volume was small though copper and rail shares held firm. Sterling opened at 3.41 dollars and call money returned to 2.5 percent as traders hesitated during early profit taking.
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New York
Soper nominated to Circuit Court. Chesnut to district bench
A Senate judiciary subcommittee ordered a favorable report on Judge Maurice A. Soper of Maryland for the Circuit Court of Appeals after an Atlanta lawyer accused him of truculence in denying a new trial. The panel also backed W. Calvin Chesnut of Baltimore for Soper’s district bench seat.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Judiciary
Maurice A. Soper
Maryland
Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta
R. S. Hore, Jr
Soper
W. Calvin Chesnut
Itimore
Bomb Threat Foils Japanese Cabinet Resigns
Inukai government resigns after a bomb attack nearly hits Emperor Hirohito during a military review. The blast injures no one. a young Korean is arrested and another bomb is found in his pocket, prompting the cabinet to step down per precedent set by Yamamoto.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Inukai
Emperor Horohito
Yamamoto
Makinok
Rotary Club to Feature Gillilan Guest Speaker
The Winchester Rotary Club will host famed writer Gillian Gillilan as the principal speaker next Thursday evening January 14 at 7. It marks the tenth anniversary of Rotary in Winchester and will be ladies night with inviting Rotarians and wives from nearby towns.
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Strickland Gilliian
Rotary Club
Gillilan
Finnegan
L. D
Arnold
Winchester
Rotarians
Hanes
Peyton Marshall
Rotary
Peyton J. Marshall
Still at Large Paul Young in Texas man hunt
Paul Young, brother of Harry and Jenkings Young, remains at large after the Springfield Missouri massacre. He and a man thought to be Fred Barker are the focus of an intensive patrol from Missouri to Texas, with Young linked to vehicle thefts in Texas.
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Paul Young
Harry and
Jenkings Young
Houston
Tex
Springfield
Fred Barker
Texas
Friendship Fire Company Annual Sermon Service
All members are requested to meet at the company's hall at 7 o'clock Sunday evening and attend church services with the company at the Church of Christ where Rev W L Dudley will deliver the annual sermon. Captain Fred W Forney.
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Friendship Fire Company
Church of Christ
W. L. Dudley
Fred W. Forney
Dress Sale Continues Saturday With One Dollar Dresses
A dress sale resumes Saturday offering dresses for one dollar each. The event promotes value buys and may draw shoppers seeking affordable apparel.
New Conception Of Talk Of The Church Needed
The Winchester District's Kingdom Extension Institute met at Braddock Street Methodist Church with about 100 delegates. Rev E O Goddard urged prudent money use, noting Bible references to money outnumber regeneration references, while Rev E L Woolf pressed a real sense of God and a new church task for world needs. Training courses were announced for January 24 in Frederick city with topics on Christian education, Southern Methodist missions, and growth in Christian religion.
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Kingdom Extension Institute
Winchester
Methodist Ep Church
South
Braddock Street Methodist Church
E. L. Woolf
Isaiah
Uzziah
God
Woolf
E. O. Goddard
Nashville
Tenn
J. H. Rosenberger
Frederick County
Bei
Braddock Stree Methodist Church
Youths Renounce Crime Confession In Wake of Publicity
Two youths Albert Ramer and Elsworth Moyer recanted their confession to Burned cabin deaths near Gallipolis claiming the statement was made for publicity and to win release from the boys reformatory.
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Associated Press
Gallipolis
Albert Ramer
Elsworth Moyer
Charles Swanson
Here
Free oranges with celery and lettuce purchase offer
Free oranges to every customer who buys two bunches of large celery two heads of large lettuce or a bag of potatoes at Winchester Fruit and Vegetable Market next to Union Bank. Phone 117 lp-11.
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Winchester Fruit and Vegetable Market
Union Bank
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White Post
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