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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1934
Page
10
Dillinger’s body is transported by hearse to a family farm in Indiana after federal bullets end his crime spree. Investigators hunt for hidden loot and possible hideouts as claims of his money and partners surface. Purvis questions theories that Dillinger was broke.
Federal troops pour into Ballhausplatz while Prince Ernst von Starhemberg escapes Nazi captors and issues an ultimatum. A 22-year-old socialist, Josef Gerl, is hanged in Vienna as Dollfuss government enforces death for terrorists. Police report 1,500 under arrest with 1,200 more earlier.
Shirley Temple headlines a double feature at the Capitol Theatre with Little Miss Marker, a Damon Runyon story about a Broadway bookmaker who bets on horse races but never attends them, alongside another Temple film.
Workers at the Tubize Chatillon nitrocellulose silk plant in Hopewell face plant closure as management announces the end of artificial silk yarn production and its shift to Washington for a resolution. The move follows strike disruptions, with union leaders vowing solidarity and urging Virginians to oppose corporate action undermining the workforce.
Judge John Paul of the Federal Court spoke to the Harrisonburg Lions Club on federal crime detection and punishment. He traced Acts expanding interstate commerce power, noted enforcement shifts from states to federal agencies, and highlighted recent moves giving DOJ polic e powers and expanded personnel. The meeting included musical interludes from the Mocking Bird Quartette and Shenandoah Mountaineers.
Feature number two on this program is Un Certain Lady starring Edward Everett Horton Genevieve Tobin and Paul Cavenaugh. It marks the second offering in the evening alongside another feature.
E. H. Stuart, 27, confessed to killing his four year old daughter Dortha Stuart by holding her head under Cypress Creek to collect a $585 life policy. The case drew swift legal action with a grand jury investigation planned and trial expected in about ten days.
A Richmond meeting on August 13 1934 will consider Proposal 119 for a continuous beaver closed season and a three year raccoon trapping ban. It also sets dates for corn and muskrat seasons and restricts possession of firearms on migratory bird waters. By order Carl H Nolting chairman. 7-25-11.
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