Promised Help For Slain Girl's Mother In Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Attorney General Claude Reno pledged immediate consideration of ways the Department of Justice can assist Mrs. John Stevens of Nesquehoning in her bid for justice after her 14 year old daughter Joan Stevens was shot by Corporal Benjamin Franklin of the state police. Governor Arthur James referred the case to Reno saying the final decision rests with a jury.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Joan Stevens
John Stevens
Nesquoehoning
Claude T. Reno
Department of Justice
Reno
Benjamin Franklin
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Albert Heims
Mrs. Stevens
James
Hitler confirms 1939 Party Day of Peace badge
Berlin reports the German press shows Fuehrer Hitler sticking to his announced plan for the 1939 Nazi party congress titled The Party Day of Peace. A reproduction badge depicts a mother with child, grain sheaves across her lap, and a grape vine near her feet.
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Berlin
Fuehrer
Hitler
Personal and Social Mention From Millwood
Personal notices recount visits and arrivals in Millwood. The Tartouse and Court ney Jones host Mrs Tartouse’s mother in Woodbine, and the Hughs family from Norfolk visit Mrs Richard Whiting. Dining guests include Mrs Henry Mitchell and Agnes Mitchell with other locals. A group tours Camp Meade then returns via Clarke and Washington, with Charlotte Meade and Margaret Dole mentioned in Virginia Beach and Clarke.
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Richard Dole
Everard K. Meade
Charlotte Meade
Camp Meade
Tom W. Meade
James Himelright
Winchester
Baltimore Market Quotations for Livestock and Produce
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago on July 19 report produced apples and potatoes pricing, poultry and eggs movement, and cattle calves hogs and sheep figures. Key items include Baltimore butter and eggs levels, cattle steady at 6.00-6.50 for medium to good grades, calves 9.50-10.00, hogs 6.35-7.60 for 160-210 lb, sheep 9.00-9.50, and Chicago hogs uneven with top at 7.10 and cattle receipts around 8 000 head.
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Baltimore
William
Delaware
Eastern Shore
Maryland
Virginia
U. S
Futures and Cash Grain Quotes From Chicago Market
Chicago reports July 19 grain quotations with corn futures down to new season lows and weak export prospects. Wheat and oats follow corn lower while spot cash bids for wheat and corn vary by grade and quality across No 2 and No 3 offerings.
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Chicago
Liverpool
U. S
Board of Trade
Chicago Cash Grain
Prayer Service at Grace Lutheran led by Captain Bott
The mid week prayer service at Grace Lutheran Church will be conducted tonight by Captain Mathias Bott of the Salvation Army at 8 o clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Mathias Bott
Salvation Army
Stock Market Report from New York July 19
Stocks fell from opening declines with a late day rally fading as profit taking dominated. About 1 million shares traded as foreign markets weakened and domestic commodities mixed. Notable quotes and prices included Am Can 97 1 8 and U S Steel 50 1 4 among others.
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New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
London
Amsterdam
Paris
Danzig
Market Prices for Livestock in Winchester and Vicinity
Winchester Virginia steers bring 8.00 for good and 7.25 plain. Heifers 7.75 medium and 6.00 plain. Fat cows top 6.50, bulk 5.50. Cut ter 3.75 to 4.50. Bulls butcher 17.25, sausage 6.25 to 6.75. Veal calves top 10.50, bulk 9.60, culls 7.00. Fresh cows and springers 40.00 to 10.00. Lambs 9.00 choice, 8.50 good. Sheep about 3.00. Hogs top 7.05, bulk to packers 6.85, shoots good to choice 8.00 cwt. Pigs 1.50 to 4.5 per head. Fat sows 4.40 to
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Ea Ae
Charge Against Dolezal Reduced to Manslaughter
In Cleveland on July 19 Frank Dolezal 52 a brick layer had his first degree murder charge reduced to manslaughter and was held for the grand jury under 15 000 bond He allegedly killed Florence Polillo and parts of her body were found in January 1936 The torso killer sequence is discussed with a lie detector test cited by police officer Olin Troescher and Justice of the Peace Myron J Penty was presiding.
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Cleveland
Frank Dolezal
Dolezal
Justice of the Peace
Myron J. Penty
Olin Troescher
East Cleveland
Florence Polillo
Danzig Arrests Marx Adherents
Free City of Danzig reports 20 Marxian Socialists arrested over several weeks for alleged treason and explosives storage. Police say three ring members remain at large and probe possible ties to Poland and Russia. Socialists were outlawed in 1933 and emergency measures cited amid strained Danzig Polish relations.
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Free City
Danzig
Poland
Russia
Ring
Socialist Party
Prayer service at Lutheran Church with guest speaker
The regular mid week service at the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will be tonight at 8 o clock. The Rev C Worthington Lowe is away on a trip abroad and a guest speaker will lead the pulpit. The public is invited to attend.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
C. Worthington Lowe
Miss Michigan Aviation shows carefree New York society visit
Willa Sheridan, 23, Detroit native and Miss Michigan Aviation, spent five hours in three night clubs with a dozen dances, met luminaries like Tallulah Bankhead and Patsy Kelly, and topped a New York City evening with milk rather than champagne. She says she is a moderate girl and respects Governor Dickinson’s views while pursuing her own fun in a tasteful manner.
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Mary Elizabeth Plummer
New York
Miss Michigan Aviation
Loren D. Dickinson
Michigan
Tallulah Bankhead
Patsy Kelly
Ethel Merman
Quentin Reynolds
Cobina Wright, Jr
Times Square
Willa
Shep Fields
Ben Bernie
Bernie
Bankers Meet at Berryville Host Banks Dinner
One hundred thirty four bankers directors and employees gathered at Berryville High School for a dinner session of the Clearing House Association of Shenandoah Page Warren Clarke and Frederick with Berryville banks as hosts. Louis W. Bishop Richmond addressed the group urging standardized farms and equipment and bank cooperation in buying supplies. J Thomas Clarke county clerk and bank director spoke as Roy A. Potts and Ralph M. Ware led session arrangements.
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Berryville High School
Clearing House Association of
Shenandoah
Page
Warren, Clarke
Frederick
Berryville
H. H. Newman
Edinburg
Louis W. Bishop
State Planters Bank & Trust Company
Richmond
Virginia Bankers Association
J. Thomas
Clarke County
First National Bank
Roy A. Potts
Bank of
Ralph M. Ware
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American Institute of Launting
Aleo
Serta, Inc
SERTA
Avality
Winchester CO Co
Millwood
Piere Tartouse
Miss Tartouse
Mrs. Tartouse
Courtney Jones
Woodbine
Robert Hughs
Robert, Jr
Caroline
Norfolk
Richard Whiting
Henry P. Mitchell
R. G. Mitchell
Agnes Mitchell
Hugh Powell
Gwynne Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Virginia Avenue
S. Main
Hable’s Real Estate
James H. Adams
Gainesboro
Bath
East Clifford Street
East Cork St
Fairmont
S. Loudoun
Leicester St
Loudoun Street
Palace Theatre
Loudoun
Pairmont Avenue
Marlboro
Erskine
Studebaker
Gilkeson
N. Washington St
Fairmont Ave
RCA Battery Radio
Main Street
Joe Hodgson
Care Winchester Star
Wallace Brown
Fifth Ave
Dept
Susie Glass Strider
Pifer Printing Co
N. Loudoun
Films & Pictures
Economy Picture Makers
Staunton
J. W. Ellyett
Goodrich
Silvertown
Braddock & Boscawen
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agri
Ci Tle
Chicago Livestock
Jones Eee
Loudoun 8&T
Stock Market Report
Avaew Re al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
A. T. and
Anaconda
B. and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Can. Edison
Corn
Genl
Elec
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Package
Penney (Jc
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Republic Steel
Southern R
N. Kent St
Marx
Clarke
State Senate
William R. Shaffer
Maurertown, Va
Bell’s Convenient
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