Man Who Ran From Still Held By Federal Agents
Rufus Hawkins, indicted for conspiracy to violate Internal Revenue laws, was taken into custody at Little Washington and is held in Harrisonburg awaiting bond. He is linked with Dr. W. D. Myers Otis L. Bennett and Andrew Hawkins in a July 1936 federal grand jury indictment. Seven overt acts involve unregistered distilleries and large purchases of sugar and yeast.
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Rufus Hawkins
Harrisonburg
Hawkins
Lynchburg
W. D. Myers
Winchester
Otis L. Bennett
Andrew Hawkins
Rappahannock
Dr Myers
Frederick County
Little Eeee Rappahannock Couny
James Lillard
Rappahannock County
Otis Bennett
Deu
Ted
United States
Glen Roebush
Rrisonburg
Madison County
United States District Court
Western District of
Virginia
Little Washington
Canada
Baltimore
Federal Grand Jury
Hawkins Brothers
Bennett
Dr. Myers
Star
Hazardous Boscawen and Braddock Intersection Prompt Signals
Mr Winchester notes a dangerous intersection at Boscawen and Braddock where No 11 and No 50 cross amid heavy traffic and careless parking. He cites near misses and urges stop and go signals to be installed soon to reduce serious accidents.
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Boscawen and
Braddock
No. 11
No. 50
General Motors Strike Expands Across Fisher Body and Chevy Plants
In St Louis units of the United Automobile Workers strike Fisher Body and Chevrolet assembly lines at GM plants. Governor Murphy seeks talks with Knudsen and Homer Martin in Lansing. National guard mobile to Flint raises to about 2000. John Doe warrants issued for sit down strikers. GM blames outside organizers for riot. John L. Lewis reports after talks with strike leaders in Washington.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
United Automobile Workers of America
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
General Motors
Fisher
Frank Murphy
William S. Knudsen
Murphy
Knudsen
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
Explorer Is Crash Victim
Explorer Martin Johnson, noted, dies from injuries after Western Air Express crash that killed Braden of Cleveland. Co-Pilot Owens and passenger Loomis badly injured. Mrs Osa Johnson suffers concussion and knee fracture. Other victims, including Hulse and Anderson, sustain multiple injuries in foggy mountain wreck near Union Air terminal en route to Burbank from Salt Lake City.
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Los Angels
Clifford P. Owens
A. L. Loomis
Omaha
Neb
Osa Johnson
H. H. Hulse
Chicago
R. T. Anderson
Atlantic City
Freight locomotive backs over crew near Brant kills eight
A freight locomotive backing in darkness on the Mojave desert ran over a section crew near Brant, seventy five miles west of Las Vegas. Eight men were killed, and the Union Pacific said officials were notified today. The crew had been called at 3 am to clear snow from the tracks ten miles west of Brant.
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Los Angeles
Mojave Desert
Union Pacific Railroad
Brant
Las Vegas
Ley
Capital Taximen Declare A Strike Inauguration Referendum Looms
In Washington on January 13 a taxicab strike began in the capital as the inauguration approached. Police arrested nine independent cab drivers for disorderly conduct while they urged others to join the protest against low fare rates.
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Washington
Dancing Classes Forming at Ewing Studios of Dance Art
Now forming for the second term classes for adults and children at Ewing Studios of Dance Art. Enrollment opens this term with sessions designed for all skill levels and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing Studios of
Hats 79 Cents and One Dollar Friday and Saturday
Hats priced at 79 cents and one dollar headline a local sale event on Friday and Saturday featuring Mary Yeakley boxing day deals. The brief item notes dates as January 13 and January 1 with page-spot shorthand.
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Yeakley
Inauguration Dress Is To Be An Everyday Dress
Washington report on Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt choosing an everyday blue dress for morning events and a red dress for tea, with plans for a light blue ensemble for the evening concert. Disputes over her fur coat persist, styled as broadtail by editors but described as black fur trimmed with gray by Mrs Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Baby Parade Draws Long Line on Loudoun Street
Mothers lined Loudoun Street near Jolliffe Studio yesterday for a Baby Popularity Contest sponsored by the Palace Theatre and the Winchester Evening Star. The crowd stretched far as applicants queued to enter, signaling strong early interest in the event.
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Loudoun Street
Jolliffe Studio
Palace Theatre
Winchester Evening Star
Palace Theatre Evening Star Baby Popularity Contest Entries Closer
Registration for the Palace Theatre Evening Star Baby Popularity Contest will close at noon. As of today, 60 babies have entered, with 38 registrations since yesterday noon. Prizes valued at 200 dollars will be awarded to winners. A complete entrant list with parent names will appear in the Evening Star Thursday along with contest details.
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Palace Theatre
Evening Star
Pope Leaves His Sickbed
Pope Pius, 79, left his sickbed for the first time in over a month. He rode in a specially built wheelchair to a private chapel, then to an ante chamber to meet family members barred for weeks. Vatican said his condition may allow private papal audiences. doctors deem him not in immediate danger.
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Vatican City
Pius
Holy Father
Papal
Vatican
Budget Adoption Receives Minor Amendment By Council
The 1937 tentative budget, set at $299,891 expenditures and a $1.20 tax rate, was finally adopted with one dissenting vote after a Finance Committee move by Herman Hable. W Nelson Page urged funds to buy the Consumers Utility Co property on East Boscawen Street with cash, prompting a reallocation of $5,500 from surplus to 1938 as a reserve. The city plans to borrow if needed to cover lean revenue months, saving interest on the $5,500.
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Herman Hable
W. Nelson Page
City Planning Commission
Council
Consumers’ Utility Company
Col Roszel Delivers Talk At Kiwanis Luncheon
Col B M Roszel spoke on General Lee at Gettysburg as the Kiwanis Club held its luncheon this afternoon. Andrew Bell the secretary filed the annual report detailing improved finances and a larger bank balance. Mr Bell presented three gold attendance certificates to retiring President W B Goode, Past President J C Oakes, and President E B Cooper for perfect attendance during the year.
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Col. B. M. Roszel
Lee
Gettysburg
Andrew Bell
Kiwanis Club
Bell
W. B. Goode
J. C. Oakes
Consolidation Plan Studied by Legislators
President Roosevelt's government reorganization plan prompted debates across the Capitol as committees began work. A House panel examined the $790,000,000 relief fund request while a Senate inquiry into Van Seeringen railroads financing resumed, with broad focus on the plan's implications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol
Congress
Receivership Sought for King Ranch Heirs Claim Mismanagement
Heirs to the King ranch petitioned a federal court to appoint a receiver over the massive Texas estate alleging mismanagement by trustees Edwin Ewood and Alice B Atwood of Chicago. Trustees deny the charge saying the ranch is in better condition than since Captain King founded it in 1852. A master in chancery was named to hear evidence as hearings continue indefinitely. a February 9 date was set for further jurisdiction questions.
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Houston
Texas
Edwin E.wood
Alice B. Atwood
Chicago
Richard King
Captain King
Rio Grande
Middletown Bank Elects New Directors and Officers
The Middletown State Bank held its annual meeting with 215 of 250 shares represented. Cashier reports higher earnings and a 2 percent dividend plus an added amount to undivided profits. Directors named M H Rhodes E M Punk E R Sperry E R McDonald E L Humston Herbert S Larrick B O Brumback J Pickeral. Officers elected M H Rhodes president E M Punk vice president W R Campbell cashier W A Everly assistant cashier.
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Middletown
Middletown State Bank
M. H. Rhodes
E. M. Punk
E. R. Sperry
E. R. McDonald
E. L. Humston
Herbert S. Larrick
B. O. Brumback
Pickeral
W. R. Campbell
W. A. Everly
Viscose Buys Plant Site in Front Royal Virginia
Viscose Corporation moved to build a large artificial silk plant at Front Royal, acquiring several hundred acres. Four checks totaling 52004 were paid for the land and deeds filed. Roanoke plant already operates. new site aims to employ about 4000 people and spur housing and expansion.
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Front Royal
Viscose Corporation
Weaver and Armstrong
Roanoke
Winchester Mayor Sends Sympathy Telegram
A telegram of condolence was sent yesterday from Winchester to Dr. W. W. Mattson and his Tacoma family after a bereavement. The message offered sincere sympathy, condemned the cruelty of the act, and prayed for comfort, ending with Fraternally yours, C. R. Anderson, M. D.
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W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Charles R. Anderson
Winchester
Little Charles
President's Ball in Winchester Plans Announced
Dr Charles R Anderson mayor named chairman of Winchester committee for the National President's Ball to be held at the George Washington January 29. Andrew Bell to serve as secretary treasurer with Riley's Orchestra engaged for the event. Eligible to raise Infantile Paralysis funds, 70 percent of net proceeds stay local, 30 percent sent to National Committee.
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Charles R. Anderson
National Committee
New York City
Winchester
Anderson
Andrew Bell
George Washa Emanuary 20
Bell
Bathtub Slaying Case Nabs Harlem Porter in Queens Death
New York police charged Major Greene a 33 year old Harlem negro with the strangling of Mary Robinson a 25 year old housewife in Jackson Heights Queens. District Attorney Sul livan announced the arrest after Greene was questioned and later brought from Harlem to the apartment scene. Two others named Henry Greene and William Johnson also identified in connection with the case.
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New York
Mary Robinson
Harlem
Jackson Heights
Queens
Charles P. Sullivan
Major Greene
Porter
Greene
Frank Case
Newtown
Henry
William Henry Johnson
Dress Sale at Home Style Shop Closes Stock at Cost
The Home Style Shop announces a wholesale dress sale to close out all stock at cost. Dresses available in sizes 12 through 46. Sale must end within ten days due to other business needs. Telephone 1289 for prices. Located at 316 West Piccadilly.
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Telephone
West Piccadilly
Kidnappers Slay Tacoma Boy After Abduction
Charles Mattson, ten, was fatally stabbed and left to die after being abducted in Tacoma Washington. Police hunt the kidnapper across the Pacific Northwest as details from an autopsy are withheld. The body was found after several days in freezing conditions. investigators pursue leads from Missouri to Southern California.
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Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
Pacific Northwest
W. W. Mattson
Mattson
Charles
San Francisco Chronicle
Dispatch
Otto H. Mittelstadt
Seattle
Bouy Srett
Mittelstadt
Washington
Kent Roosevelt
Mexican Line
Pacific
Mississippi River
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Missouri
Fulton
Kelso
Firsts for 1937 in Winchester and Frederick Co
A digest of 1937 firsts in Winchester and Frederick County including first marriages James P Reardon Jr to Winifred C Browne and Harry Rogers to Pauline Beatley first mothers Mrs Ray Curtis and Mrs Laurence Ruble first deaths Mrs Victoria Dix and Mrs Harvey Boyer first taxpayers Minnie O and Clarence Sgh and Walter Pingey first business licenses John Nixon and J E Peacemaker first deed records John P Allen and J B Singhass first dog licenses Richard Vietel and L B Teets first Star subscriptions C H Hamlme and James McFaden and first automobile license sold Charles F Brown.
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Winchester
Frederick County
James P. Reardon, Jr
Winifred C. Browne
Harry Rogers
Pauline V. Beatley
Ray Curtis
Laurence Ruble
Victoria Dix
Harvey Boyer
Minnie O
Clarence Sgh
Walter Pingey
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Frederick
Little Washington, Va
Treasury Department
MR Winchester
Strite
Flint
General Motors Corporation
Firnt
Lewis
Explorer
Martin Johnson
Pope
Pontiff
Luttrell Brothers
Col. Roszel
Byrd
THE
King Ranch
Biggest Cattle Domain
Henrietta Welton Page
Clarke County
Middletown Bank
Viscose
Cc. R. Anderson, M. D
Dr. Anderson
Mrs. Case
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