Children Admit Involvement in Hazardous Material Incident
Erwin testified after a preliminary hearing that Lee Walker and Ulysses Walling of Pikeville Tenn confessed to plotting and carrying out the dynamiting with White Tollett and Church Lester, also of Pikeville. Nine others were bound to the grand jury and seven others mega in connection with the incident.
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Erwin
Lee Walker
Ulysses Walling
Pikeville
Tenn
White Tollett
Church Lester
Grand Jury
Fellowships For Seminary Students
Union Theological Seminary announced five senior class members received the institution's top scholastic fellowships for another year of theological study. Recipients are Chares Haller Gibboney of Roanoke Virginia Andrew R Bird of Washington D C William Cecil Neill Jr of Hollins College Virginia Robert H Bullock of Greenville Texas and Donald R Brandon of Kannapolis North Carolina.
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Richmond
Union Theological Seminary
Ben R. Lacy
D. D
Chares Haller Gibboney
Roanoke
Andrew R. Bird
Washington, D. C
William Cecil Neill, Jr
Hollins College
Robert H. Bullock
Greenville
Texas
Lawmakers On Capitol Hill Seated in Tax and Anti-Lynching Debates
On Capitol Hill today the Senate continued anti lynching act speeches while the House debated treasury post office appropriations and changed tax measures. The Senate had yesterday debated the anti-lynching bill and the House discussed Treasury Post Office funding.
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Associated Press
Senate
Appropriations
House
House Committee
Treasury Post Office
Work of Trial Justices Heavier in Virginia
State auditor L. McCarthy Downs reported Virginia trial justices face heavier dockets with a rise in criminal cases. Audits of 14 justices for the year ending June 30 show most dockets larger in 1937 than 1935, though all funds received were properly accounted for.
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Richmond
L. McCarthy Downs
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Virginia
Downs
Learn Character From the Hands Palmistry Guide
The piece promotes a Fortune Telling booklet explaining how to study character from the hands. It describes square hands long fingers nail shapes and flesh cushions and offers a coupon deal with ten cents for delivery through the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau directed by Frederick J. Haskin in Washington.
Daily Gross Word Puzzle Across Clues
Puzzle lists across clues with scattered fragments and partial phrases. The readable entries include various word hints such as larva Chinese botfly plucks and many cryptic segments, suggesting a crossword style grid with multiple incomplete definitions and supposed answers.
Casey Stengel Never Lost Heart Despite Ups and Downs
The piece chronicles Casey Stengel’s career path from Dodgers center field to Pirates, Giants, Braves and minors, then Dodgers manager, and finally Boston Bees. It notes his misfit image, comic demeanor, World Series performance, and eventual belief in himself leading to acceptance and success.
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Casey Stengel
Casey
Dodgers
Babe Ruth
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Philadelphia
Phillies
New York
Giants
Boston Braves
Braves
Stengel
Yankee Stadium
Boston
Brooklyn
Boston Bees
Casey4
McNaught Syndicate
Fawcett Gap Social Roundup and Local Updates
Mrs. Mattie Snapp, Miss Kathleen Snapp, and Mr. Garland Snapp of Middletown visited the Snapp family. Mrs. Blanch Bayliss is recovering well after an operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital. John and Mrs. Burcham start housekeeping in a tenant house. Rural-Urban Banquet attendees included J. B. Bywaters, J. W. Richard, Lucian Brumback, George Bywaters, C. K. Wright, and H. T. Snapp with Dusty Miller entertaining. Earl Lantz broke an ankle recently while pruning. he is in a cast. Lee Brumback bought corn in Charles Town. H. C. Clagett visited Winchester on Saturday.
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Fawcett Gap
Mattie Snapp
Kathleen Snapp
Garland Snapp
Middletown
H. T. Snapp
Blanch Bayliss
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John Burcham
J. W. Richard
Burcham
Lucian Brumback
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Messrs
J. B. Bywaters
George Bywaters
C. K. Wright
Dusty” Miller
Wilmington
Ohio
Earl Lantz
Robert C. Snapp
Mr. Lantz
Lee Brumback
Charles Town
W. Va
H. C. Clagett
Spoken moods and political speeches fear and haste
A narrator complains that political speeches stir unease and fear. He recalls his uncle panicking after a gloomy talk and trying to pawn a diamond to raise money, only to learn the jeweler already swapped it for an imitation stone.
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Bob Burns
Esquire Features, Inc
Byrd Urges 10 Percent Cut in Regular Government Expenditures
Senator Byrd of Virginia asks Congress to require the executive branch to cut all regular expenditures by 10 percent. He plans to offer an amendment tied to the proposed government reorganization bill. He argues waste, overlap, and high overhead threaten public welfare and rising taxes.
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Washington
Byrd
Congress
Senate
Legislaon
Murderer Robideau Hangs After Killing Kuntz Family
Frank Robideau, 47, who killed Mr and Mrs Mike Kuntz and beat their 6-year-old son in Wheat Basin Montana on November 26, was executed by hanging in Columbus. He urged sympathy for his wife and family only, saying they needed it, not him.
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Columbus
Mont
Frank Robideau
Mike Kuntz
Wheat Basin
Billings
Robideau
Bulb Powers Warmth For Premature Babe In Glass Jar
In Washington Missouri a 60 watt bulb placed in a glass jar inside a wicket basket warmed 49 day old Marlene Monica Pohl born November 29 to Aloys and family. The infant weighed 27 ounces at birth and gained 18 ounces with nearly two months of care. Dr. J P Post said she has a good chance to live and would be normal.
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Washington
Marlene Monica Pohl
Aloys Pohl
J. P. Post
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