Martinsburg Tragedy Leaves Pall Of Gloom In Community
A fatal accident near Martinsburg involving Howard Stevens Robert and Lester Hess and others left two dead and two injured. Funeral plans for Mr Small set at St Johns Lutheran Church Martinsburg with Rev F R Wagner officiating. Pallbearers named Clyde Hess Trammell Hollis Sylvia Mowrey Ralph Burkhart H A Doman and John L Miller.
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Martinsburg
Helen Miller
Howard Stevens
Scott Stephens
Berkeley County
Robert
Lester Hess
J. Wesley Miller
Miller
Clarence Hess
Winchester
Small
Mr. Small
Mr. Stevens
F. R. Wagner
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Clyde Hess
Trammell Hollis
Sylvia Mowrey
Ralph Burkhart
H. A. Doman
John L. Miller
Feeble Minded Man Recommitted To An Asylum
Earle Wines, after pleading guilty to stealing a suit and a left foot pair of shoes, had prior arrests and an insanity history. Magistrate Pulliam orders recommitment to the Marion Institute for the criminally insane. A jail escape attempt is thwarted by Sergeant Levi.
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Berryville
Earle Wines
Ray Hile
Pulliam
Staunton
Ogoed
Lynchburg
Marion
Levi
Would Shoot Foxes On Sight
A letter by Nina Glynn Anderson argues farmers should be allowed to kill foxes on their land to protect crops and poultry. She denounces laws protecting foxes as unjust and cites drought and economic hardship as evidence of the fox as a thief and nuisance.
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Fox
Mr. Fox
Nina Glynn Anderson
Virginia Finances Report Positive Despite Tax Shifts
Virginia appears fiscally sound as tax segregation policy mitigates economic depression and drought. Four years ago the state taxed only intangible property while real estate and tangible personal property stayed with subdivisions. Reduced income taxes are effective this year.
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Associated Press
Richmond
C. H. Morrissett
Virginia
Byrd
Raid on Rex Hotel in Chicago Reveals Graft Evidence
Chicago January raid described as one of the most important against gangdom. Detectives seized books and ledgers showing operations and alleged payments to policemen politicians and public officers. Records to be presented to the grand jury as evidence of broad government collusion.
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Chicago
Rex
Special Grand Jury
Underworld
Capone
Dennis Cooney
Charles J. Mueller
Charles E. Loudsbury
Herald and Examiner
Moe
Cook County
Congress of the United States
Silent Suspect Stands Accused in Mysterious Austin Murder
Otis Lee Adams, 22, shot last night and Johnson, free on 10000 bond, faces murder charges. Johnson refused to explain motive while authorities note Elizabeth Johnson died December 28 in a car near the First Methodist Church. Investigators say Robert L. Williams drove Elizabeth to the church hoping for reconciliation. he was charged but released after a grand jury declined indictment. Police Chief Ward says Adams dated Elizabeth and Williams opposed the relationship. motive remains unproved.
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Otis Lee Adamss
Johnson
Liberty
Elizabeth
First Methodist Church
South
Robert L. Williams
University of Texas
H. W. Williams
Austin
Methodist Church
M. B. Ward
Violent Deaths Mark Sunday in New York
Sunday yielded multiple fatal incidents across New York City. Among the cases, 15 year olds William Hays and George Karavas died after a pistol dispute, while others perished by hanging, carbon monoxide, gunshots, or falls. Investigations target unidentified victims and a midtown double death.
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New York
William Hays
George Karavas
Karavas
Alexander Dukes
Anna Cohen
William Healey
Joseph Devine
William Frommer
Joseph
Federal Agency To Make Loans Now Functioning
The government moves to loan 45 million dollars for seed feed and fertilizer to drought and storm areas in over half the states. Field offices open in St Louis Memphis and Washington with voucher forms ready for processing and collateral papers in place. Warburton as head of the drought relief committee notes no estimate of farmer recipients.
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Washington
Union
W. Warburton
National Drought Relief Committee
St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Grand Forks
N. C
Warburton
Primitive Postures Indicate Semi-Erect Squatting among Ancient Humans
Flattened reg bones observed in prehistoric skeletons suggest that early humans spent much time in a semi-erect or squatting posture. The findings point to habitual postures influencing skeletal development and behavior in ancient populations.
Cotton Weavers Go Out As Miners Call Off Strike
London reports mixed joy over settlement of the South Wales coal strike as 29000 weavers, mostly women, are attested amid a lockout in Lancashire. A government education bill controversy deepens as Catholics and Free Church factions clash over grants to non provided schools.
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London
South Wales
Lancanshire
Free Church
Millstone Bursts Frying Clyde Tillman Killed
Eight year old Clyde Tillman was killed when a millstone burst while in motion at a corn mill in Sanford North Carolina. A fragment ripped through the mill wall striking him as two others inside were only injured.
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Sanford
N. C
Clyde Tillman
Civil suit notices Parson and Dunlap in Frederick County
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia on January 7 1931 C F Dunlap plaintiff vs M L Parson def and the Bank Co Defendant. The suit aims to obtain judgment against Parson and subject Parson property and co defendant control to payment. Parson nonresident ordered to appear within ten days after publication to protect interests. Publication to Winchester Evening Star weekly for four weeks and posting at courthouse front door by February 2 1931. Clerk to mail copies to defendants and file certificates.
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Circuit Court OF the
Go’nty
Frederick
C. F. Dunlap
M. L. Parson
Feol
Ee Ee Bank
State of
Virginia
Winchester Evening Star
Donald L. Weems
Clarke County Horse Show Chooses Officers and Directors
A. B. Hummer reports on the club’s finances at the annual meeting. R. P. Page was honored posthumously with sympathy resolutions read. Reseated as secretary treasurer A. B. Hummer, with J. T. Lindsey H. C. Warden F. W. Tilford G. H. Levi Dr. L. M. Allen W. Lodge Bowles Ewart Johnston K. N. Gilpin G. H. Burwell and J. H. Bell elected as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hummer
of the House
Wowknete Naia
la Pemremiios
R. P. Page
Frank V. Tilford
K.N. Gilpin
G. H. Burwell
J. H. Bell
Eggplant origin and sailors timekeeping history
The text notes eggplant as native to southern Asia with ancient cultivation. It also discusses the sailor timekeeping system using bells, tracing its antiquity and unclear origin.
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Asia
Public Sale of Desirable Apple Orchard in Frederick County
Trustees offer for sale at public auction a 30 acre apple orchard near Winchester Virginia with York Staymen Delicious and Black Twig varieties. Main dwelling with city utilities sits on the tract with one third cash payment due sale day and the balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust. Auction set for eleven o'clock A M Saturday February 7 1931 in front of the County Courthouse Winnaviner Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Freedrick County
Virginia
Frederick County
T. Russell Cather
Winnaviver
Stonewall Magisterial
Winchester
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roy W. Richards
Public Sale of Valuable Real Estate in Frederick County Va
Public sale scheduled for February 4 1931 at 2 PM in Middletown Virginia in front of Middletown State Bank. Property includes Lot 3 Warehouse Lot and Lot 4 with frontage on Chapel Road and railroad, previously conveyed to Clarence E Cougill. Terms: one third cash then two equal yearly installments secured by deed of trust and insurance. Special Commissioners Herbert S Larrick and M M Lynch oversee.
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M. M. Lynch
Ter
M. H. Rhodes
E R. Sperry
C. E
Middletown State Bank
Middletown
Frederick County
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chapel Road
Clarence E. Cougill
Chapin Sacks Corporation
Herbert S. Larrick
M M. Lynch
J. W. Baker
Circuit Court
Nine killed in single auto accident at grade crossing
A group of nine people died when their automobile crashed at a grade crossing the other day. Authorities investigated the scene and are reviewing reports for causes and safety failures.
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Hansbrough & Carter Insurance Real Estate
Goodrich Silvertown
THE
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
H. W. Ebert
Shenandoah Motor Company, Inc
Rome Roy Amet Aeecce Aa
C. B. Organ
Willys Dealer
Braddock ST
Ford
Bickers Motor CO
Ford Dealer
Martinsburg Pike
Packard
Ea Ae
Wright Motor
Valley Avenue
Star Office
Federal Agency To
Clarke County Horse Show
Salor
Duvall & Dunn
India
Mobile
Restice
Sakiavedie
Associated Presa Phote
Sankey
Round Table
R. M. Swimley
Leela
Leah Leal
C. I. Brumback
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