Ransom Money Lists Out In Detail In Kidnapping Case
Justice Department agents distributed bulletins detailing the 20000 bank notes used to ransom 9 year old George Weyerhaeuser last week. The reports note 9 United States notes and 19991 federal notes including L series, with pages listing the bill numbers. Volney Davis was arrested in Chicago in connection with the Bremer kidnapping case.
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Tacoma
Wash
Department of Justice
George Weyerhauser
Washington
Chicago
Volney Davis
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau Investigation
Davis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
George
Seattle
F. Rodman Titcomb
Titcomb
Elme
Here
Titcob
Seattle Post-intelligencer
Charles Ingram
Timber Company
Weyerhaeuser
Bulletin
United States
Federal Reserve
Drive Carefully After Weekend Winchester Auto Accidents
The article notes a surge of automobile accidents involving Winchester residents over the weekend and urges drastic action to reduce this toll. It argues driver error, not vehicle defects, is to blame and calls for careful driving to prevent further suffering and property loss.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Park Case May Go To Supreme Court
Robert H Via owner of land in Shenandoah National Park Virginia may block Virginia Conservation and Development Commission from condemnation for federal transfer The Supreme Court agreed to review a Western Virginia Federal District Court ruling that the commission had authority to proceed with eminent domain in a land seizure.
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Washington
Robert H Via
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Western
Death Summons Mrs. Wingerter At Daughter's
Mrs. Mary Millisa Wingerter 84 died Saturday night at the home of her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Miller Jenkins 115 North Cameron street after a long illness from progressive paralysis. Born December 16 1851 in Cedar Grove Frederick county she was the widow of David Wingerter and mother of three daughters and several siblings. Funeral services Tuesday at 3 p.m. from the Jenkins home conducted by Rev. Dr. Luther A Thomas and Rev. Dr. John Hancher with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named James N Hott William B Snider Dr A D Henkel Charles P Bailey Charles W Fries J Henry Moling Sr.
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Mary Millisa ‘Wingerter
Miller Jenkins
North
Cameron Street
Wingerter
Cedar Grove
Frederick County
David
Mary Clark Davidson
Winchester
David Wingerter
North Cameron Street
Allen Davidson
Washington, D. C
T. Edward
A. Hunter Davidson
D. Newton Davidson
Newport News
Hamline Haines
Nora Davidson
Washington
Wilbur
Douglass
Marion Jenkins
William Lockhart
Cedarville
Frances
Dorothy Jenkins
William
Donald Lockhart
Jenkins
Luther
A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
John Hancher
Mount Hebron Cemetery
James N. Hott
William B. Snider
A. D. Henkel
Charles P. Bailey
Charles W. Fries
J. Henry Moling
Sunday highway crashes injure several across region
A beautiful day lured motorists to the highways and produced three major accidents with multiple injuries. In Martinsburg eight miles south three locals were seriously hurt including Miss Virgie Largent and Miss Ethel Michael, while Saylor Michael remained unconscious. Other incidents occurred near White Post and Winchester with minor injuries and one car upset.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
White Post
Winchester
Middletown
Virgie Largent
North Kent Street
Martinsburg City Hospital
Ethel Michael
Highland Avenue
Saylor Michael
Kings Daughters Hospital
William Bailey
Inwood
Linwood Michael
Front Royal
Thomas Guy Reynolds, Jr
Mary Robinson
Colo
Winch R Memorial Hospital
South End Hose Co Regular Meeting And Fencing Supply Ads
South End Hose Co calls a regular meeting for Monday night June 3 with full attendance urged. Secretary notes special value on window shades at 39 cents and announces woven wire fencing with posts and barbed wire arriving. Contact distributing agents for fencing. P M Funkhouser.
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South End Hose Co
Funkhouser
Civic League Luncheon Tour Planned to Historic Middleway
The Civic League hosts a Friday luncheon on June 7 at the Middleway Inn dwelling of Miss Edith Grantham followed by visits to the Priest's Field Harewood Dolly Madison wedding site and Saint George's Chapel. Reserve by Wednesday via Mrs Schmidt or Mrs Bosserman. Luncheon price 75 cents, served at 12:45 pm.
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Civic League
Edith Grantham
Middleway
Clip
Harewood
Samuel Washington
Dolly Madison
Saint George's Chapel
Harry Schmidt
W. H. Bosserman
Right To File New Complaint Denied by Supreme Court
The United States was denied permission by the Supreme Court to file a new complaint against West Virginia and three companies to test federal jurisdiction over hydroelectric development on the New and Kanawha rivers. The court had previously dismissed the federal case for lack of a proper controverts.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court
West Virginia
New
Kanawha
High Court
Strawberry Festival Benefits Welltown Church Repair
A Welltown Church fundraiser titled Strawberry Festival is planned for Wednesday night June 5. The event runs 6 to 11 p.m. and aims to raise funds to repair the church.
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Welltown Church
Auction on premises near Winchester on Valley Highway
On the premises five miles south of Winchester along Valley Highway an auction will start at 10 a m on Tuesday June 4. The sale offers a fine residence and fifty home and commercial lots. Descriptive notes state None better, few as good. J E and B C Pitman announce.
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Winchester
Valley Highway
Walker May Succeed Farley in Roosevelt Campaign Effort
Walker may succeed Farley to devote much of his time to the 1936 Roosevelt campaign without intruding upon government time. He served as treasurer of the national Democratic committee during the 1932 presidential campaign.
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Roosevelt
Walker
National Democratic Committee
Frank C. Walker
Federal Work Relief Administration
James A. Farley
Washington
Farley
Winchester to Host State Lions Convention in May 1936
Winchester Lions Club to host the State Twenty Fourth District Lions convention in May 1936 at the George Washington Hotel. Twenty local members attended the Ocean View Norfolk convention and led in contests while Averett Jr. is named district governor succeeding N. E. Wicker Jr. Other officers include H. B. Wade and R. B. Torbett.
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Winchester Lions
Bags
George Washington
Ocean View
Norfolk
Fra Winchester
Ik Club
Winchester
N. E. Wicker, Jr
Danville
H. B. Wade
Vinton
R. B. Torbett
Bristol
Williamsburg
Wilbur J. Dixon
Mexico
Don Francisco Castillo Najera
Winchester Lions Club
Sam Preston
1 Ch
Ene Eens For the Blind
Virginia
Hoye Riley
Zone 1
Supreme Court bars commodity prices in utility rate cases
The Supreme Court ruled that using certain commodity prices to value utility properties for rate making is invalid. The Maryland Public Service Commission had ordered Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Baltimore to implement rates reducing intrastate revenue by at least 850000 dollars. The decision leaves the rate issue open and demands further action by the commission.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland Public Service Commission
Baltimore
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
No Charge Against "Crucified" Man in North Carolina
High Point June 3. Solicitor Gaston A. Johnson said no charge would be brought against J. R. Riggs 36 year old filling station operator who had his son crucify him on a crude cross of boards Riggs found nailed to the cross near his filling station early Saturday He spent the weekend reading his Bible at a local hospital and was to be kept there for several days.
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High Point
N. C
Gaston A. Johnson
J. R. Riggs
Riggs
Preacher Claims Snake Immunity Through Faith in God
The Rev. George Hensley, a Holiness preacher from St. Charles Virginia, said he remains unharmed after a copperhead bite and after handling three rattlers, asserting immunity via faith during a Norton revival in front of a large congregation. He touted his belief as an antidote to venom for believers, following a recent bite.
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ST. Charles
George Hensley
Norton
Bazaar at Middletown School Grounds
Bazaar runs June 6 to 8 at Middletown school grounds with bingo grab bag soft drinks ice cream cake fortune telling and other stands. Nights on Thursday Friday and Saturday feature events and sales.
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Middletown
Girl Graduates In Tuberculosis Sanitorium With Highest Honors
Frances Fourt, 20, a Fairfield Iowa sanitorium patient, graduates with highest distinction from the University of Iowa in a hospital room. Despite 15 months illness and multiple operations, she earned Phi Beta Kappa and completed political science studies, joining a class of 1,000 seniors.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Frances Fourt
University of Iowa
Fairfield
Frances
A. S. Fourt
University Athletic
Oakdale
Phi Beta Kappa
Guilt Admitted by Volney Davis in Bremer Case
Volney Davis pleaded guilty in St Paul to his part in the $200000 Bremer kidnapping of banker Edward G Bremer. He was brought to court under heavy DOJ guard after being captured in Chicago. Barker case ties place Alvin Karpis as the gang’s remaining top fugitive.
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ST. Paul
Volney Davis
Barker-Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Davis
Twin Cities
United States Department of Justice
Chicago
M. M. Joyce
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Bremer
Barker
Barker- Karpis Gang
Alvin
Bo”) Karpis
ST. Paul. Minn
Kore
Karpis-Barker
Midwest
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dust Storms Slam Colorado Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle
Springfield city editor Ralph Williams describes another severe dust storm sweeping southeastern Colorado southwestern Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. Two storms struck simultaneously one from the south and one from the north driving sand and silt as floods threatened low lands within 200 miles.
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Springfield
Colo
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Ralph Williams
Guyman
Okla
Williams
Farm To Market Roads Drive Aimed At Relief Funds
Five Midwestern congressmen outlined plans to present a comprehensive farm-to-market roads program to federal work relief authorities and the Bureau of Public Roads. The slogan get the farmer out of the mud underscores the drive for a sizeable share of rural road work relief funds.
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Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Supreme Court rules on oil shale claim authority
The Supreme Court ruled the Secretary of the Interior lacked authority to cancel oil shale claims where the locator failed to perform required improvement work under the mining act of 1872 and the claim was not located by another. Virginia-Colorado Development Co. of Winchester, Virginia, held six claims near Glenwood Springs, Colorado, and spent $7,500 on assessment over thirteen years but did not in 1931.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Supreme Court
Virginia-Colorado Development Company
Winchester
Glenwood Springs
Colo
King George II Central Figure At Troop Ceremony
King George V rode at the head of a column with his four sons during the trooping the colors ceremony in London marking his seventieth birthday anniversary. The king paused to salute the queen, thrilling the large crowd gathered to honor the occasion.
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King George II
London
George V
British Empire
Doomed Felons Denied Appeals in Bank Robbery Slaying
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with death sentences for Irving Millen Morton Millen and Abraham Faber in the February 2 1934 slaying of Forbes A McLeod Needham Massachusetts police officer during a bank robbery. A review of convictions was denied.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Irving
Morton Millen
Abraham Faber
Forbes A. McLeod
Needham
Mass
Dr Alan Dafoe Honored By King in Birthday Honors
London announces Dr Alan Roy Dafoe a member of the Order of the British Empire for nursing the Dionne quintuplets through their first year. The Canadian physician receives the honor in King George VI's birthday honors list.
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London
Alan Roy Dafoe
Order of Theritish Empire
Bond Provided For Floyd Brill
Floyd M Brill, held on multiple charges, was released on $500 bond for appearance before Judge Donald Weems. Bond was posted by Gilbert Brill of Clifton Forge. Brill faces alleged Virginia check law violations from two warrants, plus a charge of unlawfully taking 150 dollars belonging to R. R. Stronsider and W. B. Whitlock.
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Floyd M. Brill
Donald Weems
Vergil Brill
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Crystal Confectionary
Earl Shade
R. R. Stronsider
W. B. Whitlock
Auto Crashes Claim At Least 51 Lives In Weekend Toll
AP reports at least 51 people died in weekend automobile accidents across the United States. Among fatalities, a notable collision near Clover, eight in one car and eleven in another, with four black victims killed and seven injured. New York and Indiana each logged seven deaths.
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Associated Press
United States
Clover
8. C
New York
Indiana
River flood strands residents as Junction City braced
Floodwaters of the Republican River surged into Junction City in the worst rise on record. U S Army units at Fort Riley aided by local agencies prepared rescues while upriver towns reported dam concerns and missing persons as crews evacuated to safety.
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Union Pacific Railway
Milford
Kan
Republican River
Junction City
Eas
Republican
Smoky Hill
Kaw
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
New Valley
Riley
Union City
Fort Riley
CCC
Clay Center
Concordia
Civil Service
Fort
Union Pacific
Oxford
Neb
Convicted Bremer gang member captured in St Paul
St Paul Minnesota reports the capture of a Bremer kidnaping gang member, identified as a convicted murderer and member of the Karpis Barker group. Other notes include Justice department distributing ransom serials in Tacoma and a Holiness preacher recovering from a snake bite in Virginia.
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St. Paul
Minn
Volney
Karpis-Barker
Bremer
Tacoma
Wash
Department of Justice
St. Charles
George Hensley
Rapid City
S. C
Washington
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Lad
Shenandoah Park
Mrs. Wingerter
Sister
Virgie Sargent
Moling & Cather
Middleway Inn
U. S
J. E
B. C. Pitman
W. W. Averett, Jr
Lynchburg
Preacher
Faith
Warren County
Front Royal News
Star Today
University Hospital
Bo” Karpis
Doc” Barker
Penitentiary
Alan Dafoe
Bond
Floyd Brill
U.S
World News
Alan Rey Dafoe
Dionne Quintuplets
Order of the
Dublin
Irish Free State
Irish Free State Hospital
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