Boy hero faces possible blindness after kidnap rescue
Leonard Joyce, who lost sight in his remaining eye during a rescue of his cousin Marjorie Joyce from kidnapers on an Athens county road, is shown at Cherrington hospital Logan Ohio. One kidnapper, Frank Evener, was later arrested in Columbus on a warrant. a second man fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Joyce
Leonard Joyce
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Athens
County Road
Frank Evener
Columbus
Roehm Revolt Watch Promises Iron Fist Rule In Germany
Berlin reports say Nazi vigilance resumes as Boehm revolt signals wider ramifications. Storm troopers in civilian dress shout revenge in Berlin while officials consider tightening guard and possible disbanding of the storm troops. Reports also hint at renewed anti Jewish activity and government moves toward economic policy changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Nazi Party
Boehm
Hitler
Germany
Kurt Schmidt
Gibson Shull In Critical Condition After Accident
Gibson Shull son of Mr and Mrs H E Shull Marlboro remained in a Memorial Hospital in critical condition two weeks after a truck motorcycle crash. He suffered a fractured pelvis and wound infection causing serious concern though doctors have gained the upper hand. James Madigan the motorcyclist with him escaped with minor injuries and was discharged. John Frederick the truck driver charged with operating while intoxicated remained jailed awaiting the injuries outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson Shull
H. E. Shull
Marlboro
Memorial Hospital
Young Shull
James Madigan
John Frederick
Shull
Louis E. Baker Dies in Braddock
Louis E. Baker died at 2 a.m. Friday June 22 at his home 424 Fourth Street Braddock Pennsylvania. He was in his seventy ninth year. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Monday June 25 from the home with Winchester papers asked to announce the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Louis E .Baker
Fourth Street
Braddock
Winchester
Yard Party Benefit at Round Hill M E Church
Robinson Farm on N. W. Grade Snt hosts a yard party and benefit round Hill M E Church on July 7. Proceeds support church activities and community programs.
Minister and Church Relations Change in Winchester Presbytery
Winchester Presbytery met in Lou doun street Presbyterian Church and approved Rev. J. W. Witherspoon’s dissolution of relations with Shepherdstown to accept a call from First Presbyterian Church of Lexington North Carolina. He will move July 16 and is brother to Rev. Eugene D. Witherspoon. The body also licensed and prepared Rev. C. K. Poole for ordination and installation as pastor of Rom ney, West Virginia, with ceremonies slated for the fifth Sunday in July at Romney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Loudoun Street
J. W. Witherspoon
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Lexington
N. C
Winston-Salem
Witherspoon
Eugene D. Witherspoon
Blacksburg
C. K. Poole
Albemarle
North Carolina
Presbyterian Church
Romney
Charles R. Bailey
Gaffney
S. C
Poole
Davidson College
Davidson
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Allen Jones
Stephens City
Brothers Felons Executed in Arizona Gas Chamber
Manuel Hernandez aged 18 and Fred Hernandez 19 were executed at 5 12 am in Florence Arizona for the Needles California prospector murder during a Casa Grande holdup in which $25 was taken. They were brought to the box at 4 55 am and died within minutes as cyanide fumes filled the chamber. Forty witnesses were cleared from the area before the executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Florence
Ariz
Manuel
Fred Hernandez
Arizona
Charles Washburn
Needles
Calif
Casa Grande
Fred
General Strike Of Longshoremen Now Considered
Blood stained San Francisco waterfront as 1,300 guardsmen patrolled after two longshoremen were killed and 34 wounded in clashes. Warnings of a general nationwide strike spread to Portland and New York as ILA leaders urged broad union support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
National
Portland
Oreg
Atlantic
Joseph O. Ryan
International Longshoremen’s Asociation
New York
Howard Sperry
George Counedurakis
Ralph Nallen
International Longshoremen’s Association Publicity Committee
Yard Party at Market Street M. E. Church
A yard party at Market Street M. E. Church is set for Friday July 6 from 5 to 10. Home made ice cream cake and candy will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street M. E. Church
Fresh Air Fund Raised Locally To Aid 23 Children
Winchester and Frederick County Welfare Board appeals for funds to care for 23 destitute local children. With no money available, leaders urge donations to place these children near home, possibly at the Children’s Home Society for two, and seek local country-home care to prevent delinquency. Contact Mrs. Robert Barton, Miss Hurst, or Mrs. Grove C. Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City and County Welfare Board
Winchester and
Ok County Welfare Board
Children’s Home Society
Winchester
New York
Frederick County
Robert Barton
Miss Hurst
The
Welfare Board
Grove C. Rose
Knights Templar Conclave Broadcast Set For July Ninth
The 39th Triennial Conclave of Knights Templar will air Monday night July 9 from 9 to 10 PM Pacific Time on NBC national hook up in San Francisco. Sir Knight Hugh Barrett Dobbs known as Captain Dobbsie will MC with Acting Grand Master Andrew D. Agnew of Milwaukee delivering an address. The program will be rebroadcast at 12 o'clock midnight EST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
San Francisco
National Broadcasting Company
Hugh Barrett Dobbs
Dobbsie
Andrew D. Agnew
Milwaukee
Educators Seek Half Billion Federal Fund for Schools
The National Education Association considered a proposal to obtain 500 million dollars in federal aid for public schools with stipulations against federal control. The resolutions urged endorsement of Roosevelts slum clearance housing and unemployment insurance policies. The session followed applause for critic Robert C Moore of Carlinville Illinois who challenged the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
National Education Association
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Robert C. Moore
Carlinsville
Named To Staff Of Gov Laffoon From Beckley With Colonel Rank
Cecil B Richards of Beckley West Virginia son in law of the late Rev S R and Mrs Mattie V Ludwig has been appointed to the staff of Governor Ruby Laffoon with the rank of Colonel Richards received his commission at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Beckley where he is plant superintendent He formerly lived in Clarksburg and Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. Richards
Beckley
W. Va
Heavy Rain Hits Winchester Area With Localized Floods
A thunderstorm brought 1.37 inches to Winchester and 13.65 inches total for the year, with heavy hail brief in the city. A farm horse owned by Ray Robinson was killed by lightning at Shenandoah Apple Cider and Vinegar Co. Miss Nellie Baker reported two inches of rain in about an hour on Merry Man's Lane. Fields washed, hollows filled, and some areas like Stephens City to Middletown saw little rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester Laboratory
Frederick County
Stephens City
Middletown
Ray Robinson
Shenandoah Apple Cider and Vinegar Company
Nellie Baker
Jacob Baker
Merryman’s Lane
Abram’s Creek
Meeting Called Snag Sargent Sets City Twilight League Night
Sargent calls a 8 oclock meeting of the City Twilight Baseball League at the American Legion pool. Bantam Boys and Woolen Mills will play the makeup game from yesterday rainout this evening.
Rotarians Explore Farm Aid Plans and Red Cross Station
Frederick County farmers may receive up to 60000 in 1934 payments under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. I Pred Stine outlined aims to reduce distress and remove 43 million acres from production. A Red Cross First Aid station will open at Fireside Inn near Stephens City with visits by national and local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
George Washington
I. Pred Stine
Stine
Peyton Marshall
Bertha Hicks
Red Cross
Rotary Club
Fireside Inn
Stephens City
John Rodman
D. J. Howard
Charles Coffman
J. J. Montgomery
Orlando
Fla
H. D. Fuller
Clergymen Will Exchange Pulpits This Sunday
The Rev. Franklin G. Senger of Winchester Circuit United Brethren Church and the Rev. Joseph R. Collis of Berkeley Springs W Va will exchange pulpits Sunday July 8. Collis will preach at Pleasant Valley 11 a.m and at Mount Pleasant W Va 8 15 p m. The pastors seek large attendance at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin G. Senger
Winchester Circuit
United Brethren Church
Joseph R. Collis
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Mr. Collis
Pleasant Valley
Mount Pleasant
Dr B B Dutton Dies At Home In Middlesex
Dr Benjamin B Dutton senior aged 83 died suddenly last night at Middlesex County after a long career as a physician. Survived by wife two sons Dr B B Dutton and Dr M W Dutton and daughter Mrs J R Laughton. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin B. Dutton, Jr
Middlesex County
Benjamin B. Dutton
Dutton
Richmond College
Middlesex
Dutton, Jr
Winchester
Joseph L. Carson
Woodstock
Roosevelt welcomed in Puerto Rico on motor tour
President Roosevelt toured Puerto Rico by car starting in Mayaguez and heading to San Juan with Governor Blanton Winship. Natives lined roads with flags as rain threatened, and the open car moved slowly to greet the reception before Roosevelt continued toward St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
Mayaguez
Blanton Winship
San Juan
Rosevelt
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Five Armed Bandits Rob Gloucester Jewelry Store
Five bandits in summer clothes held up Hodgson Kennard and Company in Gloucester Mass. They bound and gagged manager Charles A Orcutt and four others as gems valued at about 500000 were taken. The thieves fled in two cars on the store’s planned first day of the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gloucester
Mass
Hodgson Kennard and Company
Charles A. Orcutt
Magnolia
North Shore
Siamese Twin Files Suit for Marriage License in New York
Violet Hilton, Siamese twin of the Hilton sisters, plans to seek a court mandamus to compel New York authorities to issue a marriage license to musician Maurice Lambert. Officials had refused the license in New York and Newark and Hilton had considered Maryland before deciding to sue. Attorney Irving Levy will file in Supreme Court asking the city clerk to grant the license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Violet Hilton
Hilton
Maurice Lambert
Newark
N. J
Maryland
Irving Levy
Supreme Court
New York City
Sarah Zane Fire Co Regular Meeting Notice
The Sarah Zane Fire Company calls a regular meeting for Friday July 6 at 8 oclock with full attendance requested. Refreshments will be served. Signed by Captain R B Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Fire CO
R. B. Brown
Rouss Fire Company Holds Regular Monthly Meeting
The Rouss Fire Company will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday at 8 PM with special entertainment and refreshments. President M. D. Weaver presiding.
Boozer Delivers Talk as Lions Club Attends Meeting
John W. Boozer district governor of the Lions from South Boston was guest at the George Washington Hotel. Sam Preston elected president for the year with officers including John Allen C F Schenck Lee Miller H B Barr John Glaize and Robert Jasper. Reports were given by Rev Wallace Brashears and Dr C R Anderson on the District Nurse Association work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Boozer
The
Lions
Boston
George Washington Hotel
Sam Preston
John Allen
C. F. Schenck
Lee Miller
Ltd
H. 8. Barr
John Glaize
Wallace M. Brashears
C. R. Anderson
District Nurse Association
P. G. Ireland
Winchester
Mr. Page
Berryville
South Boston Club
Andy Bell
Arthur Athey
Kenneth Windle
Margaret Athey
Melvin Miller
Winchester officials head to Charlottesville meeting
Mayor C R Anderson City Manager P P Pilcher and Councilman L C Hollis depart for a municipal supper at the Monticello Hotel in Charlottesville. The event, tied to federal aid to municipalities, features Harold S Buttenheim editor of American City Magazine as speaker. It is part of the Institute of Public Affairs activities at the University of Virginia with reps from nearly every Virginia city attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Anderson
P. P. Pilcher
Lawrence C. Hollis
Charlottesville
Monticello Hotel
Harold S. Buttenheim
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
R. Gray Williams
Middletown and Strasburg All-Stars Visit Park Club
The Middletown and Strasburg All-Stars travel to meet the Park Club, a Shenandoah Valley lineup featuring top local players. Park Club then faces Capital Transit Club of Washington, D C in a rematch after a ten inning tie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown and
Strasburg
Improvements to Front Of Mrs Funk Property
Mrs Jane Funk of 111 South Loudoun Street responds to the city council plea for better sidewalks in the 100 block. Workers removed the old brick sidewalk and prepared to lay a level concrete path. A new roughened steel cellar door in a steel frame will replace the old wooden door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Funk
South Loudoun Street
Public Auction for Ramsburg Property at County Court House
In front of the County Court House on Saturday July 7 at 12 noon a valuable business property on East Piccadilly Street with 27 feet 6 inches frontage and 120 feet depth known as the C W Ramsburg property will be sold. Terms require one third cash, balance in one to three years secured by deed of trust and fire insurance. DuVal l and Dunn, Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
East Piccadilly Street
C. W. Ramsburg
Clearance sale children's frocks for sale
Margaret L Hodgson advertises a clearance sale of children’s frocks sized 2 to 12 years priced at 2 for $1.00. The notice appears under the reference J-5-1p-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret L. Hodgson
Tragic double murder in Shenandoah County woods
Marshall Hottle, 30, killed his wife Mrs. Bessie Miller Hottle and her father Bernie Proan with a 12 gauge shotgun then shot himself. Bernie Miller died on the second floor while the couple’s four year old child was found bleeding but alive. The incident followed a pattern of abuse and included a dynamite charge reportedly placed in the home. The bodies of Hottle and his wife were found in a field near the Miller residence. A double funeral is planned for tomorrow at ten from the late home of Bernie Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Miller
Calvary
Shenandoah County
Mr. Miller
Bessie Miller Hottle
Marshall Hottle
Hottle
Oes
Pley
Woodstock
Conkville
Pe Ler Hottle
Bernie Proan
Miller Home
Narrow Passage Creek
Free Dancing at Valley Creek Beer Garden
Dine and dance noted at Valley Creek Beer Garden in a brief item. Mentions Cook's Service Station and page continuation references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Creek
Cook’s
Frederick County Fruit Growers Plan July 7 Meeting
An important gathering of Frederick County fruit growers is scheduled for 2:30 PM at the Handley Library auditorium on Saturday July 7. The meeting aims to discuss local fruit industry issues and cooperative plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
Frederick CO
Golden Glow Coffee Shop Sat Night Laugh Contest
ISHEALIVE advertises a laugh contest at the Golden Glow Coffee Shop Saturday night from 8 to 9 with a $100 prize. Other line items offer seed potatoes, fruit market ads, and inexpensive home goods at Moling and Cather with attractive prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Glow
Green Mountain
City Fruit Market
Moling and Cather
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Roehm
Louis E. Baker
Tia
Frisco
Laffoon
County
Pioneer Highway
Butler's Packing House
B. B. Dutton
Mr. Roosevelt
Rouss Fire CO
Rouss Fire Company
M. D. Weaver
Boozer
Lions Club
Winchesterians
Duvall & Dunn
Collins
Miller
Fruit Growers
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