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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1932
Page
7
Pattern 9329 offers a chic scarf design with pointed details in color and line. Sizes 14 to 20 and 32 to 40 require specific fabric yardage. order 15 cents plus name address size and send to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department, 232 West 18th Street, New York City.
The article describes a grave exhumation linked to a missing woman. A drag-path from the grave to Cedar Creek and a mattock found nearby are cited as crucial evidence. Deputies believe the tool was used to open the grave and retrieve the dismembered body.
Orndorff and MclIlwee maintain a death like silence denying knowledge of the affair. Orndorff reiterates his stance when shown the mutilated body of his wife Sunday afternoon. Orndorff is jailed here while MclIlwee is kept in the case county jail at Woodstock.
John F. Somerville of Cumberland now Martinsburg has filed a $16000 damages suit in Baltimore alleging animals were injured during a sheriff seizure. The Journal cites information from Baltimore as the source of the filing.
Sensational modern drama Unashamed at the Palace Theatre features Helen Twelvetrees in a tense court room style battle between defense and prosecutor framed by Bayard Veiller’s script. Robert Young Monroe Owsley Jean Hersholt and Gertrude Michael are among the notable cast with entertaining shorts to follow. President Adams attended the House and President Johnson was elected senator from Tennessee before dying prior to taking office.
Arthur R. Padgett on behalf of Somerville sues Kenneth N. Gilpin of Boyce Virginia and Sheriff Joseph C. Deegen in Baltimore City Court alleging wrongful seizure of horses Chatty and Sea Fox last November at Pimlico. Suit seeks damages for loss of use and humiliation plus costs.
D Leigh Colvin of New York City national Prohibition chairman is expected to play a leading role in forming a new third party uniting drys progressives and liberals. The party will be launched at a July 14 15 conference of organized drys in Washington DC.
Warner Bros Cap itol presents Blonde Captive a living duplicate of Neanderthal man created from ancient skeletons with a blonde child twist and a dramatic climax. Also shown Arthur Stone comedy Lines Busy and Capitol News plus Love Is a Racket featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr tomorrow and Thursday.
A London Tit-Bits note claims a woman's voice can be heard by a man in a balloon at two miles, while a man cannot hear a male voice beyond one mile, inviting readers to test the claim.
Harrisonburg Virginia July 12 Lewis Harper 19 of Winchester is held in Rockingham jail on a charge of resisting an officer. Harper rode a motorcycle to the Newton Baker farm six miles southeast of Harrisonburg and asked for food. He ate, then acted oddly on the porch and resisted Deputy Frank Newman who overpowered him and arrested him. He remains jailed awaiting word from Winchester relatives.
In 1776 the Declaration of Independence appeared alongside Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations and Wilkinson's cylinder invention enabling Watt's steam engine. These events mark foundational moments in political economy and industrial progress.
Police announce strict enforcement of stop at stop signs and city speed limits. Officers instructed to penalize flagrant violations. Citizens warned against sprinkling lawns after 8 pm, with full enforcement.
A London humorist notes a German claim that near Ay special pneumatic boots let him walk on air, boosting sales of the concept as a novelty.
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