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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1930
Page
2
In a tragic incident a pair of children named Dipman, aged four, and Eldridge ae were burned to death while playing with matches in an abandoned chicken house. Emergency crews found the victims at the scene. Authorities are investigating the fire’s origin and circumstances.
In Willmar Minnesota on July 16 five bandits robbed the bank of 35000 dollars after wounding two women with machine gun and revolver fire. Mrs Emil Johnson and her daughter Mrs Don Gide were injured but not fatally. Panic spread among 25 customers and staff as robbers fled. two bandits likely wounded. Local residents fired at the getaway car as police pursued.
Three unmasked bandits robbed the Woodlawn American National Bank in Birmingham Alabama taking about 24000 dollars in cash. One robber watched from a car with a machine gun while the other two bound three employees and a customer and forced them to the floor.
Three children of farmer Wilbur Stanton died after dinner and his wife and two year old foster child fell ill from poison. Elizabeth 13 Fanny 12 and Alice 10 are named victims. The father Wilbur Stanton is critically ill and doctors give little hope for the mother. No cause is given by physicians.
Robert Woolsey 14, son of a Jersey City dealer, was taken into custody in Green Pond New Jersey charged with killing nurse Anna Miller 23 of Scranton Pennsylvania. Police said he confessed after wandering into Dover station seeking lodging.
New York state remains the most populous state with 12,609,555 residents, a gain of 2,224,328 or 21.4 percent since 1920, per Associated Press compilation of 1930 census county totals from district supervisors.
In Myansingh, India, July 15 four people were killed and two wounded as rioting between Muslims and Hindus escalated after activity began last Saturday in Kinshoneganj Bengal. Police made 53 arrests and fired into the crowd to halt the violence. Hindu casualties are confirmed amid ongoing unrest.
Ross Golden, 29, shot 14 year old Mary Raff and her sister Lula Mills in Washington. Mary remained in critical condition while Lula Mills was expected to survive. Golden left three notes expressing love for the girl before dying by suicide.
A regional tobacco campaign touts a slogan despite limited details in an OCR fragment. The item hints at advertising language urging safer or cheaper tobacco use with a bold claim. Local business ties or campaigns are not specified.
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