Six Army Bombers Collide. Six Killed At Luke Field
Six army airmen died in a night collision of two bombers at Luke Field on Ford Island Hawaii. Two other crew members bailed out and were injured. Lieutenant William Beard, Bernard Jablonosky, Hartman, Bruce Taylor, Truman Gardner, and Gordon Parkhurst are listed among the dead. Lieutenant Fisher and Thomas Lanigan survived after one parachute snag near the oil tank. An official investigation was ordered into one of Hawaii’s worst aviation disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Ewing
Aeclanes
Honolulu
Army
Luke Field
Military Air Base
Ford Island
Hawaii
William G. Beard
San Francisco
Bernard F. Jablonosky
B. Hartman
Chicag
Bruce Taylor
Pulallup
Wash
Truman J. Gardner
Olney
Gordon M. Parkhurst
Yorkville
N. Y
Charles BE. Fisher
Asheville
N. C
President's Ball to Aid Infantile Paralysis Victims
Mr Winchester invites able bodied readers to support the campaign for infantile paralysis relief and research. He urges those who cannot dance to donate to the committee, noting 70 percent of funds aid local victims and the rest support research toward eradicating the disease.
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Lunds
For Rent Zinn farm at Stephenson Virginia
FOR RENT The Zinn farm at Stephenson Va 170 acres of the finest land in the country large commodious building running spring Possession Mar 1 GEO H EAGLE Agt 25 1p 3t
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Zinn
Stephenson
GEO
For Rent Office on Rouss Avenue Heat Furnished
Income tax service offered by J H Seal Jr. while a notice about good clean cotton fass appears. The fragment references a Star Office location and a Clp tf notation with dates 11 23 25 1p 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Avenue
Star Office
Two Guilty In Egg Nog Poison Death Case
In Mineola New York Frances Applegate and Mrs Creighton are found guilty of poison death linking the two to the slaying of Applegate's wife. The jury convicts after complex testimony about a joint home life and alleged assaults proceed against Creighton's daughter. The court sets January 30 for mandatory death sentencing.
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Mineola
N. Y
Frances H Maryton
Evgerett C. mc Pelee Eggnogplegate
Nassau County
Cortland A. Johnson
Applegate
Expansion Plan Proposed for Virginia Penitentiary System
A program to expand Virginia's penal system was released by Ashton Dovell. The plan includes a new prison farm, four road camps, a women’s industrial unit, and a cannery, funded by the state budget. It also proposes a probation plan to begin a broader system of probation parole and indeterminate sentences.
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Richmond
Virginia
Ashton Dovell
Williamsburg
House
Governor’s Advisory Council
Dovell
Penitentiary
United States
Hland
State Prison Board
Three students seek 75000 in Maryland auto collision case
Aggregate damages of 75000 will be sought Monday in Baltimore by three Winchester students injured May 13 when their automobile collided with a truck owned by William H. Clowser of Winchester operated by Paul Campbell. Attorney Harry R. Kern joins Venable Baetjer and Howard for the hearing.
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Baltimore
William H. Clowser
Winchester
Paul Campbell
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Venable, Baetjer and Howard
Kern
Maryland
Johnson
Spicer
Laurel
David Diamond
Nathan Swartz
Weiner
Washington
Maegan
Campbell
Crowser
Quick Thawing Would Damage State's Roads
The Virginia highway department warns a rapid thaw will harm roads while a gradual warming allows frozen surfaces to recover. Dirt roads remain passable overall. Route 460 from Petersburg to Suffolk is closed and Barretts Ferry at Chickahominy mouth is not functioning. Bad mud is expected on Route 4 between New Kent and West Point as thaw occurs.
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Richmond
Virginia
Highway Department
Petersburg
Suffolk
Barretts Ferry
Chickahominy
New Kent
West Point
Lieut Miller Wins Citation for Berryville Armory Robbery
First Lieutenant George F. Miller of Company I 116th Infantry received a commendation from Virginia Adjutant General Brigadier General S Gardner Waller for excellent service in solving the Berryville armory robbery. The探 loot included 13 automatic pistols and ammunition with arrests that recovered about $600 worth of arms.
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George F. Miller
116Th Infantry
S. Gardner Waller
Virginia
Berryville
Waller
Rice W. Levi
91St Infantry Brigade
Virginia National Guard
Berpyrite
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival names nine chairmen
Director-General Fred A. Read Jr announces chairmen for nine festival committees for the thirteenth annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Gar land R. Quarles heads the Pageant. C W Hollis leads Parking and Traffic. Mrs F L Harris chairs Housing. Mrs B B Dutton again chairs Her Majesty and Court. Mrs Richards handles Princemate housing. Mrs Clarke T Cooper leads Coronation. Mrs Philip 2 Fowle directs Transportation. Mrs W Nelson Page oversees Entertain ment. Mrs Dorothy McCann Rice chairs Dances. Headquarters open Monday at George Washington Hotel.
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Fred A. Read, Jr
Garland R. Quarles
Handley Public
Handley
B. B. Dutton
Shenandoah
XIII
Richards
Princemeataet Ilies
Clarke T. Cooper
Transportation Department
Philip 2. Fowle
W. Nelson Page
Dorothy McCann Rice
George Washington Hotel
Read
Miss Osburn Dies After Long Illness in Clarke County
Miss Alverda Osburn longtime Clarke county resident died at 6 am at 303 Fairmont avenue after a prolonged illness under a physician’s care. A daughter of Decatur and Nellie Osburn she lived in Clarke and Frederick counties and is survived by three brothers Mason Osburn of Clarke Decatur Osburn of Washington and other relatives.
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Alverda Osburn
Clarke County
S. B. Price
Fairmont Avenue
Miss Osburn
Plainfield
Samuel M. Chiles
Kernstown
Plans Outlined for School of Fruit Growers
A meeting of fruit growers and specialists including Phil H. Gold and A. H. Teske outlined plans for a horticultural school to be held January 31 in the county courthouse from 9 30 a m to 3 p m. The program will cover the general fruit situation aphids and scale sprays milder fungicides and apple oil. Continued to Page Five.
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Phil H. Gold
William Beverley
L. O. Dick
Peyton Marshall
H. B. Groves
W. 8. Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
A. H. Teske
I. Fred Stine
County Court House
Smith to Address American Liberty League Tonight
Alfred E. Smith travels to Washington for a dinner speech and a 10 p.m. radio address before the American Liberty League. Observers expect a direct stance on the New Deal with Davis avoiding explicit endorsement while denouncing centralized government. The event fuels talk of a party split and potential Senate revolt against Roosevelt’s positions.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Alfred E Smith
American Liberty League
Smith
New York
Alfred BE
Davis
House
Senate
Wickersham Former Attorney General Dies in Taxicab
George W. Wickersham former U S Attorney General died suddenly in a taxicab in New York at age 78. He boarded at Forty eighth Street and Park Avenue to go to Fifty third Street and Fifth Avenue. An ambulance declared him dead and the body was taken to West Forty seventh Street station where lawyer Henry W Taft identified him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George W. Wickersham
United States
Henry W. Taft
Mr. Wickersham
Grand Jury Probes Lacon Fight After Powell Wounds
Decatur announces a grand jury will convene February 17 to investigate the clash between Scottsboro defendants and officers near Lacon. Ozie Powell remains in grave condition at a local hospital. Prosecutor Melvin Hutson disclosed the plan today.
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Decatur
Ala
Lacon
Ozie Powell
Melvin Hutson
Drama to Be Held by Dr Thompson World’s Bid For Christ
A drama titled The World’s Bid For Christ will be presented Sunday at 7 30 pm at the arch of Christ under Dr J L Thompson who has staged it in major cities. Leonard Riley leads as auctioneer with a large cast including Mrs W L Dudley Ray Blosser Rachael Jennings Richard Owen Mrs Ralph Crisman C L Butler Margaret Jones Rev W L Dudley Mrs Thurman Pierce Claude Grove Mrs Hubert Cather Mrs C L Butler L L Hockman Dick Clevenger Juanita Riley Robert McKelvey and Mrs Garland Canter Children participate plus many youths and a director Dr Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Thompson
Scouting Values Highlighted By Winchester Speaker
Rev W W McIntyre told Shenandoah Area officials that Scouting emphasizes boy health and should expand to cover 9 to 21 year olds. He urged firsthand study of camps, noted program growth from troops 12 to 15 to Cubs and seniors, and outlined officers elected for 10 counties, led by President Dr M H Porterfield.
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W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Shenandoah
Din Mit Sen
District of Columbia
Roosvelt
Ea Scout
Rover Scout
W. D. Boyce
London
M. H. Porterfield
Martinsburg
C. Vernon Eddy
New Bridge Over Opequon at Wadesville Progresses
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad advances a heavier steel bridge over Opequon Creek at Wadesville with concrete piers in place. Construction aims to lift the old span and install the new one by February 2, not disrupting Valley Division trains due to Sunday休.
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Baltimore and Railroad
Opequon Creek
Wadesville
Valley Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
E. P. Slifer
Muse Attacks Governor in Virginia Old Age Debate
State Senator Benjamin Muse accuses Governor Peery of unsubstantiated statements and wild conjecture over delaying old age pension action. Muse urges respect for the humane measure while warning against misleading cost estimates and lavish funding fears. He calls the issue vital to Virginia’s aged population.
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Norfolk
Benjamin Muse
Peery
Dinwiddie County
General Assembly
Dinwiddie
Virginia
Ege
Penal expansion program eyed in Virginia
Richmond reports an agreement on a plan to expand Virginia's penal system. Other briefs note Mary Frances Creighton and Everett C Applegate sentenced to death in Mineola for the pot eggnog slaying, and Alabama officials alleging the Scottsboro attack was organized by white allies. Ethiopia claims victory in Ma kale region as Italian fronts fall.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mineola
N. Y
Mary Frances Creighton
Everett C. Applegate
Applegate
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
al Smith
American Liberty League
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MR. Winchester
Income Tax Service
J. H. Seal, JR
F. C. Applegate
Mrs. Creighton
ASK
Harry Kern, Jr
Lieut. Miller
N. G. Armory
C. W. Hollis
Thomas W. Boyd
F. L. Harris
Department of Housing
Ol Clarke
School of Fruit Growers
League
U. S
Theen
Grand Jury
Church of Christ
Mr. Eddy
Opequon
MUSE
World News
Addis Ababa
Makale
Ethiopia
Italy
Tembien
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