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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1937
Page
9
Baltimore residents praise quick work by firefighters who rescued ten people from a blaze at a local building. Fire crews arrived promptly and contained the flames, preventing spread to adjacent structures. No serious injuries reported.
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia calls for feminine help at City Hall urging more women candidates for public office. He says governance is not difficult and politicians merely pretend it is. A separate note from Burlington reports Mack Leath facing speeding charges. a chase ended with Leath fleeing into an open door before being halted and a sentence suspended on costs.
Captain Charles O. Brooks, master of the Chesapeake Bay steamer City of Baltimore, is shown in an auto photo after the vessel burned off Bodkin Point Maryland. The fire cost two lives and injured several as nearly 100 people jumped overboard into shallow water to escape the flames.
In Virginia the average life term exceeds the national figure by about five years. Lifers in the state spend 15 years 11 months behind bars, while the U.S. average is 10 years. The data were released to Governor Peery by secretary Laura Allen. Virginia then had 285 lifers and 31 conditional pardons had been granted since January 1934.
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