Eight Miners Die in Gilberton Mine Blast Fumes
Eight miners were killed and several reported missing after a deadly gas explosion at the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company mine in Gilberton. About 69 men worked on the sixth level when after damp spread, sending rescuers rushing from Pottsville with gas masks and ambulances.
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Gilberton
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mahanoy
Pottsville
United States Bureau of Mines
Draper
Roy Morgan
Richard Evans
Gilbertson
Gilbe
Millwood road entrance grading begins today
Workmen start grading the Millwood road entrance as signs of recovery are noted this year. Mass and Legenza, described as desperadoes, are slated for Richmond penitentiary in the death cell this time. City workers clear snow in the business district, easing slush for pedestrians.
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Millwood Road
Mass
Legenza
Penitentiary At
Richmond
Hauptmann
Schedules For Corn Hog Meets Announced Across County
Community committees met at the county Court House on Saturday to approve a mass meeting for corn hog contracts in 1935. The event will be Saturday at 2 p.m. Speakers include W. R. Legge and probably George E. Herring. County Agent I. Fred Stine released dates for a countywide series of 7:30 p.m. schoolhouse meetings starting January 28 in Gainesboro, Stonewall, Back Creek, Shawnee, and Opequon districts, with multiple townships listed and aides assisting.
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County Court House
W. R. Legge
Handley High School
George E. Herring
Virginia
AAA
Fred Stine
Gainesboro
Fairview
Reynolds
Kauffman
Stephenson
White Hall
Round Hill
Stonewall
Back Creek
Star Tannery
Gore
Opequon
Midletown
Stephens City
Armel
Stine
R. A. Wall
D. J. Howard
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chamber Officials Clarify Endorsement Policy
Dr. C. R. Anderson and Andrew Bell of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce state they did not endorse Mr. William Lomax Parker or his non profit grocery store. They explain personal references were for Parker’s character only and not Chamber policy.
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C. R. Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
William Lomax Parker
Parker
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Supper and sale at Reformed Church event notice
Supper of turkey and sauerkraut offered by the Reformed Church on Tuesday January 22 from 5 to 8 PM. Price 50 cents. Moling and Cather advertise coats and suits at bargain prices.
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Turkey
Moling & Cather
Oyster Supper at South End Hose Co Hall
South End Hose Co hall hosts an oyster supper on Thursday and Friday January 24 and 25. Tickets cost 50 cents. Proceeds support the fire company.
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South End Hose Co
Hall Thurs
High Court Delays Ruling on Gold Payments Policy
Nine Supreme Court justices deferred ruling on Roosevelt money policies until February 4 while hearings opened on social security measures. Congress debated old age pensions unemployment insurance and a $4.88 billion work relief fund as the Senate considered a $100 million 1935 crop loan bill and approve drought relief provisions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Buchanan
Senate
Washinon
Global Winter Blues Deepens Across North America
A sweeping cold spell presses south and east from the Rocky Mountains into winter hubs like Atlantic City and Washington. Key items note a police escape in New Jersey, a Supreme Court stance on the National Industrial Recovery Act, and ongoing international tensions from China to France, with disasters and political actions shaping the day.
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Washington
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic City
N. J
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
Supreme Court
Ickes
Tom Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
Richmond
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
Virginia
Pottsville
Annapolis
Roosevelt
Harry W. Nice
White House
Fredericksburg
CCC
Norfolk
Thonon-Leg-Bains
France
Halifax
Valverda
Peiping
China
Jehol-Chahar
Handley Graduates Attend Washington Medical Meet
Five Handley School graduates residing in Winchester joined the George Washington University Medical Association meeting in Washington DC. Dr Warren W Sager presided with Mrs Sager Joseph H Roe Mrs Roe and Grace Clevenger as guests. They reminisced on early local ties and noted Handley’s enduring influence.
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Handley Grads
George Washington University Medical Association
Washington
D.C
Handley Schools
Warren W. Sager
Sager
Joseph H. Roe
Roe
Grace Clevenger
House Moves To Pass $4.88 Billion Relief Plan
The House introduced a $4.88 billion emergency and work relief resolution requested by President Roosevelt. Preparations were made to bring the bill up for action tomorrow under a gag rule. Speaker Burns indicated urgency at a press conference, stating the bill must pass.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Burns
Legenza And Mais Soon To Be Put To Death
Richmond VA January 21 1930s report says Department of Justice officials expect execution of gangsters Robert Mais and Walter Legenza by Wednesday with only the legal minimum ten days between sentencing and death in the electric chair.
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Richmond
Department of Justice
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
Second Distress Call From Hokuman Maru
A second distress call was flashed by the Japanese freighter Hokuman Maru shortly before 10 a m today in the North Pacific. Mackay Radio picked up the call. Hokuman Maru requested assistance from the coast guard cutter Chelan the liner President Jackson and the salvage tug Salvage King.
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Portland, Obe
North Pacific
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Station
Coast Guard
Chelan
President Jackson
Salvage King
Gunmen Karpis Campbell Cornered in Atlantic City Raid
Police surrounded the Dun-Mar Hotel after a dawn raid on Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell. The fugitives fled in a stolen car as a gun battle erupted. two women companions, Dolores Delaney and Winona Burdette, were taken for questioning in Philadelphia, one detective wounded.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Philadelphia
New York
Cape May
Delaware Bay
Mass
Maryland
Midwest
Massachusetts
Desperadoes
Coleader
Bremer
Karpis
Little Hotel
Dolores Delaney
Winona Burdette
Louise Campbell
Delaney
Department of Justice
Bremer Band
Chicago
Florida
Elias Saab
Dun-Mar
Campbell
Dan Mulhern
L A Miller Dies After Illness From Pneumonia
Lewis A. Miller of Winchester dies at age fifty eight after three weeks of pneumonia and a brief recovery, survived by sister Miss Peggie Miller. He was a longtime hardware businessman with brother John 8 Miller. funeral at North Washington street home with Rev E B McGukin officiating and Mount Hebron Cemetery interment.
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Lewis A. Miller
Winchester
Mr. Miller
John 8. Miller
Loudoun Street
Mary
North
Washington Street
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
P. W. Boyd
Fred S. Boyd
Godfrey Miller
William R. Miller
Robert 8. Bell
Charles G. Miller
J. W. Riley
Stewart Bell, Jr
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
John G. Miller
William C. Miller
John O. Boyd
Roanoke
Police Hunt for Body of Weiss in Secret Search
Philadelphia authorities launch a secret hunt for the body of William Weiss the kidnaped nightlife figure after directions from Robert Mais the tri state gang leader. Police superintendent Lestrange says the search will locate Weiss before night and notes Mais McKeever Farrell and Gale were rounded up in New York clearing up three month old abduction mystery.
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Philadelphia
William Weiss
Joseph A. Lestrange
Robert Mais
Weiss
Lestrange
New York
Mais
Marie McKeever
Martin Farrell
Edwin
Bones) Gale
Cumberland to be given lower electric rates
Potomac Edison officials filed a revised rate schedule with the Public Service Commission in Baltimore. The plan promises about a 15 percent average reduction in electric light and power rates for Cumberland and nearby areas, with Cumberland alone saving roughly 14.6 percent versus Hagerstown. The schedule amounts to a $90,000 earnings reduction for Cumberland and $235,000 in other areas.
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Cumberland
Potomac Edison Company
Public Service Commission
Baltimore
Vicinity
Lewis M. Wilson
Hagerstown
Reilly Objects to Prosecutor Question Aimed at Lindbergh
The article reports that Reilly objected to a prosecutor question, claiming it was designed to bring Lindbergh before the jury. Details on the legal maneuver and potential implications for the case are discussed.
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Reilly
Lindbergh
Money Testimony Moves Lindbergh Case Toward Verdict
Government accountant testifies that assets of Bruno Hauptmann and his wife grew by 44 486 dollars after a 50 000 payment for the Lindbergh baby. Defense argues the line of questioning was to smear Charles A. Lindbergh. Court opens final phase with Lindbergh attending. Hauptmann appears calm as finances are reviewed.
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Isadore Frisch
Germany
Flemington
N. J
Hauptmann
Fisshe Theansom
Fisch
Amrica
Associated Press
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Justice Trenchard
David
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Reilly
Egbert Rosecrans
Thomas W. Trenchard
Henry Breckinridge
Col. Lindbergh
David T. Vilentz
William E. Fran
U. S. Treasury Department
Mannfried
Edward J. Reilly
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HIGH
Supreme Tribunal
World News
Czerba Fisch
Hanna Fisch
Minna Steguitz
Warren County
Front Royal
Star Today
L.A. Miller
Body of Weiss
Wilentz
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