Remains Claimed for Ruth Snyder and Gray Widely Noted Death
Relatives claim the bodies of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray after their executions at Sing Sing. Grief-stricken kin plan burials in Orange and Rosedale Cemetery. Nine-year-old Lorraine Gray and Ruth Snyder’s daughter receive letters on birthdays as news notes the tragedy and its aftermath.
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Gray
Ruth Snyder
N. Y
Henry Judd Gray
Orange
J. Tau
Sing: Sing
Rosedale
Jane Gray
Henry Fceive
Roth ‘Sny
Lorraine
Josephine Brown
Mr.Snyder
Sing Sing
Ossining
Henry Judd
Mrs. Snyder
Snyder Sand
Grey
Aaron Levy
Firemen's Association Meeting Notice
Firemen's Association calls a meeting Friday evening January 13 in Sarah Zane Hall at 7 30. Members requested to be present. W Lee Fisher secretary.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Accused of Many Murders Is Hanged In Canada
Earle Nelson known as The Strangler and The Gorilla Man was hanged at Winnipdg Manitoba after a murder spree spanning 7 000 miles from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic and across to Canada. Police attribute 222 murders to the notorious criminal who knelt before his execution.
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Winnipdg
Manitoba
Earle Nelson
Atlantic
Pacific
Nelson
Nelson O Pitas
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Chesapeake and P Phone Company Plans Major 1928 Improvements
Washington January 13 1928 the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company outlines a 13 1 million program to expand and improve networks across Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The plan covers 27000 poles 4900 miles of copper long distance wire 10200 miles of insulated wire 4200 miles of bare iron wire 210000 miles of cable wire and 165 miles of underground conduit. Central offices in Baltimore Frederick Cumberland Annapolis Hagerstown and Hyattsville will cost about 421000. Maryland outsized plant and station equipment total 1459000 with Maryland outsider facilities at 518000. Virginia sums reach 531000 for station apparatus 235000 for switchboards and office gear plus 274000 for outside plant at Norfolk Roanoke and Richmond.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chesapeake and Pa- Telephone
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Baltimore
Frederick
Cumberland
Annapolis
Hagerstown
Hyattsville
Norfolk
Roanoke
Richmond
Radford
Suffolk
Fredericksburg
Christian Endeavor At the County Home
The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Societies of Winchester and Burnt Church announce a song and prayer service at the county home. It will be held at 4 o clock Sunday afternoon January 15. Ladies invited.
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Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Societies of
Winchester
Burnt Church
Ladies Aid Society to Meet Friday Night at Mrs Larrick's
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Christian Church will meet at the home of Mrs D L Larrick 375 Gray Ave on Friday night January 13. All members are requested to be present by order of the president.
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Ladies Aid Society of the First Christian Church
D. L. Larrick
Gray Ave
For Sale Or Rent 280 A Mt Falls Farm Va
Farm at Mt Falls Virginia offering 280 acres with 16 acres in orchard. Will rent or sell and can divide into 100 acre and 180 acre tracts. Includes good buildings, water, well fencing and suitable for farming hay and orchard. Contact I D Wright 603 E Piccadilly St Winchester Va.
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Mt. Falls
I. D. Wright
E. Piccadilly St
Winchester
Lutheran Bible Glass Enjoyed A Successful Year
Grace Lutheran Church Men’s Bible Class executive committee appointed standing committees for the coming year. President B F Davis and officers reported a very successful year with strong attendance and a bright outlook for 1928, noting club growth and active leadership under Rev C A Freed and C K Over.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Benjamin F. Davis
Peyton Street
Davis
B. F. Davis
Charles K. Over
C.A
W. H. Sampsell
Curtis, Bowers
William Brown
Walter Bosserman, Jr
Paul A. Beck
Oscar Brown
John Carpenter
KK. J. Snapp
Elmer Lamp
Edward McCartney
Gilbert White
W.S. Dove
Strong Denial Issued in Hornsby Gambling Case
In St Louis on January 13 a lengthy statement by attorney William F Fahey denied charges that Rogers Hornsby was a welsh er. Fahey claimed responsibility for the gambling defense in the Moore suit to collect 92000. Hornsby approved and signed the statement.
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ST. Louis
Rogers Hornsby
Hornsby
William F. Fahey
Frank Moore
Kentucky
Moore
Fahey
Compton Heads American Road Builders for 1928
Col. R. Keith Compton superintendent of public works in Richmond Virginia was named head of the American Road Builders Association for 1928 after a membership poll. He is known for street and boulevard planning and advocates building large municipal garages to ease traffic and wide high speed boulevards for fast passenger cars.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Col
R. Keith Compton
Richmond
American Road Builders’ Association
Colonel Compton
Mrs. Julian Ward Knocked Down In Street Accident
Mrs. Nellie K Ward wife of Dr wian Fy Ward of Winchester was struck by a passing automobile on North Loudoun street while crossing. Pedestrians carried her to a nearby store for aid before she was returned home. She appeared to recover and sit up for luncheon at her South Washington street home.
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Nellie K. Ward
Wian
Winchester
North Loudoun Street
Pastor and Wife Injured in Tree Crash Near Gainesboro
The Rev. Charles Wagner and his wife of Gainesboro were seriously hurt when an oak toppled onto the Apple Ridge road and crushed their car. Farmers Fowell Bond and A J Kidwell helped pull them to Memorial Hospital, where the pair faced days of recovery and possible reassignment for Wagner’s duties.
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Charles Wagner
Gainesboro
Methodist Episcopal
Chuch
Memorial Hospital
Apple Ridge Road
Charles R. Anderson
Wagner
Fowell M. Bond
A. J. Kidwell
Elmer
Oscar Jenkins
Wyho
Reserve Officers To Meet On Next Monday Evening
The United States Army Reserve Corps officers in Winchester will meet Monday evening at Handley Library lecture hall at 7 80 The meeting will be led by a regular army officer and cover Combat Orders The reserve officers group school also meets the third Monday of each month at the same time and place All reserve officers are invited to attend
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United States Army Reserve Corps
Winchester
Handley Library
B. M. Roszel
Reserve Officers’ Group
Japanese Steamer Torei Maru Sinks in Storm
A Sapporo dispatch reports the Japanese steamship Torei Maru sank off Hokkaido during a storm. Eighteen crew members' bodies washed ashore.
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I'Rese
Tokyo
A_ dispatch
Sapporo
Hokkaido Island
Suspect Held in Connection With Stealing of Girl
Flint Michigan January 13 a man who answered in general terms to the description of the kidnapper and slayer of five year old Dorothy Schneider was arrested today. Police said the suspect drove a sedan matching the kidnapper's car and severed body parts were found along a creek near Mount Morris after Dorothy's body was discovered yesterday. The child's parents Mr and Mrs Leslie Schneider expressed grief and demanded the slayer be caught as they recalled Dorothy as shy and gentle and waiting to return home from kindergarten.
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Associated Press
Flint
Mich
Dorothy Schneider
Withold
Vers
Mount Morris
Leslie G. Schneider
Dorothy
Lindbergh Plane Groomed as Panama Prep Welcomes Flyers
In Panama the Lindbergh monoplane is readied for maintenance before a 900 mile leg to Caracas. French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le Brix are due to arrive from Guayaquil, Ecuador, about 800 miles away. Colonial aviation chatter suggests Colonel Lindbergh may take a two day rest while preparations occur.
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Panama
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph le Brix
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Canal Zone
Charles A. Lindbergh
Caracas
Venezuela
Jury Bribing Allegations Cloud Hill Murder Trial
In Ottawa Illinois on January 13 the Hill murder case faced a scandal as State's Attorney Henson asked dismissal of 11 jurors remaining in three venues. He alleged one juror heard money could be offered to secure service, naming Carl Kratz who admitted talks occurred but details were not disclosed.
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Ottawa
Harry Hill
R. O. Henson
Venireman
Carl Kratz
Kratz
Siddons Denies Motion to Quash in Contempt Proceedings
Justice Siddons in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denied a motion to dismiss charges that the government intimidated witnesses in the Sinclair Burns contempt proceedings. The ruling came January 13 in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sinclair-Burns
Justice Siddons
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
S V A Graduate and Fiancee Die in Winchester Wreck
Word reaches Winchester of the death of Thomas McDaniels of Pulse Okla a graduate of Shenaidoun Valley Academy during the recent Christmas holidays. He and his fiancée were in a northern trip when the fatal accident occurred leaving friends to mourn.
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Winchester
Thomas McDaniels
Pulse
Oklo
Shenaidoun’ Valley Academy
McDaniels
Schooner Alvina Returns to Port After False Loss Claims
The four masted schooner Alvina arrives in Portland Maine after distress off Cape Hatteras a week earlier. Captain Thomas M. Brant expresses surprise that fears for the crew's safety were raised as no signals were sent.
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Associated Press
Portland
Alvina
Cape Hatteras
Thomas M. Brant
Wreck Near Clearbrook Involves Fred Penn Family
Fred Penn of East Mart street and his family escaped serious harm after a car overturned and caught fire near the Martinsburg pike crossing on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Slippery wet roads and fog caused a skid on brake application, a short circuit set the car alight and destroyed it. The Penn family and Robert Jackson of Stephens City sustained bruises and bruising but are recovering, with Penn back at work.
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Fred. Penn
East Mart Street
Martinsburg Pike
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clearbrook
Hollis Insurance Agency
Penn
Robert Jackson
Stephens City
Mr. Penn
Waynesboro
Ee aEevo
Public Sale at Miss Haney Home in Lancaster
Public sale held Saturday January 14 at 1 30 PM at 611 E Laudoun St Lancaster home of Miss Josephine Haney offering household goods and antiques including stove furniture bureau corner cupboard and sideboard with cash terms J W Rosenberger Adgr Also notes Mr Roger Harford left for Kansas City MO to start a new job with a large firm in that city
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Josephine Haney
E. Laudoun Street
J. W. Rosenberger
Adgr
Roger Harford
Kansas City
Smith Out For A Clear Stand In Democratic Split
New York Governor Alfred E. Smith urged the Democratic Party to declare its political faith now as the party gathers in Houston June 26 to choose a standard bearer. William G. McAdoo attended the Jackson Day dinner and urged unity while Smith sent a message from New York.
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Washington
Jar
Houston
Texas
Madison Square Garden
Jackson Day
Eon Houten
San Francisco
Detroit
Democratic National Committee
William G. McAdoo
Alfred B. Smith
New York
McAdoo
Smith
Jackson
Jefferson
White House
Guy
National Committee
Governor Byrd Probes Reported Attack on Fisheries Patrol Vessel
Newport News Virginia January 13 Governor Byrd is investigating reports that watermen in Mobjack Bay fired seven volleys at the fisheries patrol boat Katy patrolling leased oyster grounds. Harry R Hetgren deputy fisheries declined to comment this morning saying he had informed the governor.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Byrd
Mobjack Bay
Commission of Fisheries
Katy
Harry R.hétgren
Co Fisheries
Riley's Saturday 49c Combination Food Sale
Shopper notice announces Riley's sale event on Saturday offering a 49 cent combination meal. Details limited. promotes value and limited-time deal at the store location.
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Riley
Saturday Special Free Kellog offer with purchase
Kellog promotional note advertising a Saturday special: free with the purchase of two Kellog's packages and other Kellog products. Authored by C. P. McVicar on page 1 column 11.
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Ge of Kellog
Kellog
C. P.mcvicar
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