Tar Barrel Explosion Leaves Front Royal Man Burned
L Skinner, a young street engineer from Charles Town West Virginia, was badly burned when a tar barrel exploded during street repair in Front Royal. He was covered with hot tar from the waist up and rushed to Winchester Memorial Hospital in critical condition. His parents traveled from Charles Town to be with him.
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L. Skinner
Memorial Hospital
Front Royal
Mr. Skinner
J. J. Skinner
Charles Town
W. Va
Skinner
Winchester Memorial Hospital
E. C. Stuart
Mrs Hockman Dies Near Slanesville
Annetta Hockman 75 widow of Isaac M. Hockman of Hampshire county near Slanesville died after five weeks illness. Survived by five daughters Nora Fultz Bertha Smith Ella Kidwell Rosa Hockman Ela Deem and four sons Homer Floyd William Marvin Hockman. Funeral from her home tomorrow at 2 pm conducted by Rev J Lee McLean pastor.
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Anetta Hockman
Isaac M. Hockman
Hampshire County
Slanesville
Hockman
Nora Fultz
Bertha Smith
Ella Kidwell
Rosa Hockman
Ela Deem
Parsons
W. Va
Homer, Floyd
William
Marvin Hockman
Capon Bridge Presbyterian Church Service and Interment
The Capon Bridge Presbyterian Church will officiate and interment will be in the family graveyard nearby.
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Capon Bridge Presbyterian Church
American tennis players chosen for Davis Cup finals in Paris
Frank S. Shields and Sydney R. Woods Jr. of New York, joined by George Lott Jr. and John Van Ryn of Philadelphia, were selected by the U S Davis Cup committee to represent the United States in the inter zone finals in Paris.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank S. Shields
Sydney R. Woods Jr
George Lott, Jr
John van Ryn
Philadelphia
United States
Paris
Man Shot By Kidnapped Girl Dies of Wounds
Roy Ashley a 38 year old Bever Dam Wisconsin section worker died in a Wabasha Minnesota hospital twenty four hours after Evelyn Brown a 15 year old kidnapped him and fatally wounded him in an incident near Winona Minnesota. Ashley killed the girl after she shot him in the abdomen when they stopped to fill the automobile radiator. He confessed to kidnapping the girl from her home Tuesday night despite her mother's protests.
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Wabasha
Minn
Roy Ashley
Bever Dam
Wis
Evelyn Brown
Ashley
Winona
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