Amazing Kidnapping and Killings Linked to Peter Anders Case
FBI chief Edgar Hoover reports Peter Anders confessed to kidnapping and robbing banks in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Bodies of Charles Ross and James Gray found in a cave near Spooner Wisconsin. Ransomers paid $50,000, with $30,000 later recovered in a portable typewriter case.
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Paul
Searby
Charles S. Ross
Chicago
James Atwood Gray
Wisconsin
Anders
St. Paul
Minnesota
Edgar Hoover
Buof
Ross
Pacific Northwest
Hoover
Gray
FBI
John Borcia
Olivia
Borcias
Spooner
Wis
St. Cloud
Minn
Here
Emily
Light unseen nomination for best picture Snow White
MA Winchester notes a prescient, unseen nomination for best picture praising Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs as a singular family entertainment milestone. Critics nationwide applaud the film, predicting it will redefine what constitutes fitting family entertainment and outshine prior productions.
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Walt Disney
Disney
Lost Springer Spaniel Needs Return
Brown and white springer spaniel missing with license number 29604. Contact 970-1 or return to 803 S. Stewart St. after January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springer Spaniel, Brown and White
S. Stewart St
Winchester Central Relief Association elects new president
Term ends with W Nelson Page succeeding Howard as president of the Winchester Central Relief Association. Howard completes his term as first president and cannot seek reelection by the association's laws. Page, the new president, led last year's funds campaign, which was fully subscribed.
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W. Nelson Page
Winchester Central Relief Association
Howard
Relief Organization
Page
Star Among Prize Winners In Papers Contest
The World News Roanoke won three of four first places in its size class at the Virginia Press Association mid winter convention. Danville and Newport News papers led next size class. Fredericksburg Free Lance Star won two firsts in third division with Staunton Evening Leader and Bristol News Bulletin earning one each. Judges included W. Challenger and Virginius Dabney.
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Richmond
World News
Roanoke
C. C. Rhame
Virginia Press Association
Danville
Newport
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star
Staunton Evening Leader
Bristol News- Bulletin
Winches
Bristol News
Harrisonburg
Bur¢ -News-Record
Staunton
Bristol
News-Bulletin
Martinsvil
Staunton News-Leader
W. Winfield Challenger
N. W. Ayer and Son
Philadelphia
John C. Meyer
Lee
Lee School of Journalism
Washington and Lee University
Star
Farm for Rent Lewis and Rouss Spring Farms
Farm for rent comprising about 38 acres with dwelling barn and outbuildings and 22 adjoining acres of Rouss Spring Farm. Possession March 1. Inquiries directed to City Manager's office.
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Lewis Farm
Rouss Spring
Barkley Pushes Night Sessions Over Anti-Lynching Bill
Senate debate intensifies as Democratic Leader Barkley announces nightly sessions to clear the anti-lynching bill while filibuster persists led by Bilbo who vows long speeches. Meanwhile committees gather opinions on bills and a housing measure gains a breakthrough in conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barkley
Senate
Bilbo
D.-Miss
Senate Public Lands Committee
General Accounting Office
CCC
Southwest
Kansas
John D. Bigsers
E. H. Lane
Alta Vista
Cedar Chest Company
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate House
Lodge
R.-Mass
Administration
Perry To Take a Trip To Florida
Roanoke Va January 21 Florida holds attraction for former governor George C Peery now 64 who says life has been strenuous and he will likely visit Florida for a few days. He denies retirement and plans to decide on Virginia road to progress as he drives back to Tazewell in his car.
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Roanoke
Florida
George C. Pee
General Assembly
Virginia
Peery
Tazewell
Mason's Taxi Service and textile ad card
An old newspaper fragment advertises Mason's Taxi offering day and night service with phone contact 201. It also promotes special value tapestry and slip materials from Moling and Cather, mentioning pelt as a line item.
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Mason’s Taxi
Moling & Cather
Pelt
Chautemps Appeals for National Unity in Parliament
Paris January 21 Camille Chautemps urges national unity as dangers threaten France amid Labor strife a falling franc and budget woes. The cabinet vows to press the People's Front reform program and centralize defense under a new ministry while seeking Socialist and Communist support.
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People’s Front
Paris
Camille Chautemps
National Unity
Centrali
Ministry of National Defense
Elk's Minstrel Well Received This Afternoon
The Elk's charity minstrel show Hit It Up at Capitol Theatre drew enthusiastic attendance and unanimous praise for its staging. Windle's five piece band performed this afternoon and will return tonight with Bob Riley leading a 11 piece orchestra after intermission. The event featured Blackface routines by Potts Snider Snyder Hollis Ritter Hottel and Glass with strong jokes and confident delivery earning broad audience laughter.
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Capitol Theatre
Windle
Kenneth Windle
Bob Riley
Benny Goodman
Mr. Riley
Russell Potts
Skip Snider
Bill Snyder
Bill Hollis
Joe Ritter
John Hottel
Mr. Glass
Cause Of Fatal Fire Is Sought In Quebec Tragedy
Police probed the wrecked College of the Sacred Heart in St Hyacinthe to test a coal gas explosion theory after a January blaze killed 46. Three more bodies were recovered, raising the total dead to 26, with about 20 still missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Hyacinthe
Que
College of the Sacred Heart
Ready To Select A New Fete Director
The Fifteenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival moves to name a new Director-General after Fred A. Read's three year term ends. An Executive Committee chaired by Dr. L. M. Allen appointed L. D. Arnold J. W. Arthur and Fred Glaize to recommend a successor. Headquarters typically open at the George Washington Hotel after the rally as planning resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Allen
L. D. Arnold
J. W. Arthur
Fred Glaize
Fred A. Read
George Washington Hotel
Bienandent Cumberland Fruit Belt
Whitehead Rites Held for Baltimore Lawyer Irving Whitehead
Funeral services are planned for Irving P. Whitehead 69 general counsel for the Farm Credit Administration in Baltimore who died yesterday. Burial will be in Amherst Virginia after services at St Pauls Church. Whitehead served 20 years on the Democratic state central committee in Virginia.
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Baltimore
Irving P. Whitehead
Farm Credit Administration
St. Paul’s Church
Amherst
Whitehead
Democratic State Central Committee
Manufacturers approve tax plan in Washington meeting
The National Association of Manufacturers per H Boardman Spalding of New York gave qualified approval to the House Ways and Means committee tax revision program in Washington on January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
H. Boardman Spalding
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Execution of James Sermons in North Carolina gas chamber
Raleigh January 21 James Sermons a 30 year old Winston Salem Negro was put to death in the state prison gas chamber for the murder of Jesse Carlyle Miller a young white man near Winston Salem several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
James Sermons
Winston-Salem
Jesse Carlyle Miller
Origin of the term lynch law traced to Bedford County
U S Senate debate cites Senator Bilbo stating the term lynch law began with a Revolutionary War era extra legal court led by Charles Lynch in Bedford County Virginia. He notes the court punished loyalists and that later exonerations by the Virginia Assembly justified acts as necessary. The practice evolved from whipping to tar and feathering and now mob killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford County
U. S. Senate
Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
Virginia
Charles Lynch
John Lynch
Lynchburg
Charles
Auto Makers Back Roosevelt Installment Plan
Leading automobile manufacturers told President Roosevelt they back his installment selling principles. Alvan Macauley said used properly it aids families and employment, and officials expect a spring sales upswing. Roosevelt said talks are clearing atmosphere and progress is being made while suggesting unions study the British system.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Alvan Macauley
The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Macauley
Automobile Finance Company
Seeroo
Great Britain
Brown
D.mich
Automobile
Attempt To Flee Prison Thwarted
In Lansing Kansas a mass escape failed as eight convicts tried to flee a fog bound prison. Cecil Thornbrugh 25 died from wounds, Clifford Ottinger 21 critically wounded, Carnes Addington 21 wounded, while five others surrendered. The pair had tunnelled from cells and cut window bars with a pipe cutter before the lights went out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Kas
Kansas
Cecil Thornbrugh
Clifford Ottinger
Carnes Addington
Ottinger
Addington
Thornbrugh
EtxEnes Cover Price Details From W Kurtz
Brief note lists etxEnes cover price at 85 cents and credits W Kurtz with item reference ip 1t mg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Kurtz
Waller Reappointed Adjutant General of Virginia
Governor Price reappointed Gardner Waller of Front Royal as adjutant general of Virginia. The governor also named staff members including John Nutune, E. T. Price, a Richmond physician, Major Alan Hart and Captain Edwin P. Cox. Edith Maxwell case not before him. she remains in prison after second degree murder conviction and 20 year sentence. Price to speak at Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
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Richmond
Price
S Gardner Waller
Front Royal
Virginia
Oreral John Nuteune
Rercee E. T. Price
Alan Hart
Edwin P. Cox
Virginia National Guard
Edith Maxwell Case
Edith Maxwell
Miss Maxwell
Wise County
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Fredericksburg
Appointed Administrator Named for Julia Derry Estate
On motion of Pansy Shanholtz Gladys Smith and Reba Derry children of Julia Carpenter Derry who died intestate January 15 Walace M Derry is appointed administrator of her estate with bond set at 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pansy Shanholtz
Gladys Smith
Reba Derry
Julia Carpenter Derry
Walace M. Derry
Tragic Fire Claims Norfolk Toddler Gwendolyn Hopkins
Gwendolyn Hopkins two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William C Hopkins died in a boarding house room fire. The room occupied by the family was wrecked by flames before the blaze was controlled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Gwendolyn Hopkins
William C. Hopkins
Apples Apples Come and Get Them at Butler's Packing House
Wanted to find owner or good home for pretty female Shepherd dog. Phone 41-1 or 1182. Classified notice from January 19 listing sale items and a pet ad with a price range 35 to 50 cents for Grimes Golden apples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes Golden
Butler’s Packing House
W. T. Hansacker Farm To Be Sold At Sheriff’s Sale
Fifty acre limestone farm with a seven room house and a large bank barn, located nine miles west of Winchester and one mile north of Relief, to be sold in front of the Court House on Saturday November 22. Sale advertised by court order and listed under public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Relief
Court House
Virginia Old Age Plan Sparks Debate On Costs And Rates
Delegate L Gordon White of Albemarle rejects lowering the maximum old age assistance from 30 to 15 or 20 per month while agreeing the state cost is high. Governor Price favors 15 or 20 during an experimental stage. The General Assembly debates eight hour day for women and outdoor billboard rules, with public hearing set for Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Via
L. Gordon White
Albemarle
Price
White
Virginia Commission On
General Assembly
House
Senate
General Laws Committee
Assembly
Charles J. Harkrader
Bristol
Charles W. Crowder
Shoes Needed For Children Urgent Appeal From Board
The Board of Public Welfare appeals for shoes for boys and girls as supply is exhausted. They will arrange pick up by phone call No. 1243 and offer repairs if needed. Quick action urged to aid Winchester children deprived of these necessities.
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Board of Public Welfare
Winchester
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Superior
Eye
Oak Grove
Ana
D. J. Howard
Canute
Congressional
Perry
Chautemps
Elk’s Minstrel
Whitehead Rites
Business
Finance
Gwaller
Waller
Adjutant General
W. T. Hansacker
Delegate White
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