Man Promoter of Fake Hardware Plant Arrested in Winchester
George R. Shepherd alias E H Stanley alias B V May, sought for a $420 bad check in Winchester Virginia, was traced to Minnesota and arrested. He allegedly posed as a Stanley Manufacturing official to set up a large hardware plant, convincing local businessmen before the hoax unraveled. Indictment cites unlawful taking of funds from Farmers and Merchants Bank. He faces extradition to Virginia for trial.
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Winchester
Grand Marais
Minnesota
George R. Shepherd
E. H. Stanley
B. V. May
Shepherd
Stanley Manufacturing Company
New Britain
Virginia
Corporation Court
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
C. Lee Barr
Eddie Lupton
Minneapolis
Minn
United States of America
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Comny
Winchest
Commonwealth of Virginia
L. E. Armel
Bell
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina
Mr. Bell
C. W. Hollis
Connecticut
Cumberland
Five True Bills Are Returned By A Special Jury
A special grand jury summoned for the Corporation Court term returned five true bills this morning led by judge Philip Williams. Indictments include George Shepherd, Woodrow Milburn and William Woolingham with burglary and theft charges. Joseph Smith faces six counts for multiple break ins and thefts at local businesses. Frank Campbell is charged with passing and uttering forged checks. Grand jury members listed include L. E. Armel as foreman and John P. Lamb, Lloyd C. Carper, Cecil H. Bailey, Roy A. Larrick.
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Philip Williams
George Shepherd
Evening Star
Woodrow Milburn
Winchester Seed Company, Incorporated
William Woolingham
Aginst Milburn
Joseph Smith
B. W. Sargent
Piccadilly
Cameron Streets
H. W. Swartz
Loundoun
Cork
Valley Food Company
Bailey Brothers
South Cameron Street
L. Gulliana
Loudoun
Boscawen
Rustic Tavern
West Cork Street
Frank Campbell
Eugene H. Campbell
Katie Campbell
Campbell
Grand Jury
L. E. Armel
John P. Lamb
Lloyd C. Carper
Cecil H. Bailey
Mr. Armel
Roy A. Larrick
Public Invited To S V A Finals At The Library
Shenandoah Valley Academy will hold its commencement exercises at 10 o clock tomorrow in the Handley Library lecture hall. Col B M Roszel will supervise, and Lieut W Benton McCall of Marion SC will deliver the address to graduates. The event closes the 149th annual academy session.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Handley Library
Piccadilly
Braddock Streets
B. M. Roszel
Lieut. W
Veterans of Foreign Wars to March in Confederate Memorial Day Parade
Commander A. Lee Cobbe of Winchester Post announces VFW members will march in the Confederate Memorial Day parade on June 6. He invites Spanish American War veterans in Winchester and Frederick County to join, with formation on Cameron Street in front of the George Washington Hotel. Gift merchandise at Moling & Cather spit.
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A. Lee Cobbe
Winchester
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frederick County
Cameron Street
George Washington Hotel
Peonies Display For June Sixth Event
White pink and red peonies listed for June sixth with contact at phone 819 Hurst. Includes catalog note and limited availability for local display or sale.
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Hurst
Wanted Good Clean Cotton Tags at Star Office
Classified item notice seeking good clean cotton tags. Listing from Star Office dated May 28 indicating a posting for fabric materials.
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Star Office
Progress Pushes Virginia Woolen Mill Expansion Ahead
The Virginia Woolen Company advances a new middle unit expected by September, adding about 100 jobs and completing a 14 year development plan. The final unit eliminates the old plant and modernizes facilities with fireproof construction, better heating and lighting, while employing about 560 workers in total.
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Virginia Woolen Company
H. B. McCormac
Virginia
Barr
Perry
Stuart Perry
Wendell B. Goode
McCormac
Turkey
South Africa
Australia
New York
United States
Chicago
Rochester
Buffalo
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cormac
Notre Dame Chief Father O'Donnell Dies at 66
Father Charles L. O'Donnell head of Notre Dame University for nearly six years died early today in South Bend Ind. After illness over a year he received last rites weeks ago but rallied He was elected Notre Dame president in 1928 for a three year term and re elected in 1931 his six year limit would have expired next month.
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South Bend
Ind
Charles L. O'Donnell
Notre Dame University
O’donnell
Notre Dame
Lowell Thomas Passes Through This City
Famous radio broadcaster Lowell Thomas toured the Valley for a week and passed through this city at about 9 30 this morning on his way from Washington to Keyser West Virginia. He called Keyser to say he was coming and paused at Rhodes Drug Store for refreshments.
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Lowell Thomas
Washington, D. C
Keyser
W. Va
Potomac State Teachers’ College
Rhodes Drug Sten
Funeral Rites for David H Glenn Held in Middletown
Funeral services for 69 year old David Henry Glenn were held at his late home in Middletown at 2 pm. The deceased, a retired steel moulder, died after a long illness. He is survived by his widow Laura Elizabeth Kelley and two children, Howard Glenn and Mrs Carl Evans. Interment followed in Edinburg Cemetery with pallbearers Alonzo Stickley John Shull John Ludwig Elliott Wright Charles Rhodes Theodore Willey and honorary pallbearers Ogden and McCartney.
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Middletown
David Henry Glenn
W. P. Saunders
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Edinburg
Glenn
Shenandoah County
David and
Ellen Donaldson
Theodore Willey
Messrs. Odgen and
McCartney
Strawberry Festival Benefit at Stewart Street Site
A community strawberry festival is set for June 6 from 6 30 to 8 p m at 20 S Stewart St in Section B to raise funds for a local benefit.
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S. Stewart St
No Fears Felt For Wheat Crop In Local Area
Frederick County agricultural agent Fred Stine said there is no immediate fear of drought effects on local wheat. He estimated about 60 percent of normal yield possible with 50 to 75 percent range, assuming no rain before harvest around June 20, and warned dry weather could hurt apple trees without rain soon.
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Middle West
Frederick County
Fred Stine
Stine
Young chickens fetch top prices at Valley Grocery sale
Prices paid for young chickens are reported as the highest at Valley Grocery in Stephens City Virginia. Phone contact listed as 34 for buyers seeking poultry.
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Valley Grocery
Stephens City
Antarctica Records Twelfth Day of Warm Spell
Little America Antarctica June 2 reports a persistent warm spell puzzling meteorologists of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Temperatures have fluctuated from 50 to 60 below zero to 25 above zero with no clear relief. Vast streams of warm air aloft from the oceans drive the mild spell as surface winds shift counter to the upper air currents.
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Little America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Haines
Polar Plateau
Ross Sea
Amundsen
Byrd
GOP Fire Opening Shot in Chicago Meeting
Chicago June 4 leaders of the Republican party here to select a new national chairman signaled bold moves against the New Deal and plan to rally for the 1934 congressional and 1936 presidential campaigns. Moves to shift the national headquarters to Chicago were discussed as caucuses precede Tuesday’s formal session.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Washington
Walter Kohler
Wisconsin
Hoover
Kohler
George F. Getz
Getz
Everett Sanders
Indiana
New Harmo
Walter J. Kohler
Governo A
Strawberry festival at Market Street Church set for June 7
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Market Street Church will hold a strawberry festival Thursday night June 7 from 7 to 10 serving homemade ice cream and cake. The public is invited.
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Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of Market Street Church
Notice of South End Hose Co Meeting Monday June 4
Business meeting notice for South End Hose Company to be held Monday night June 4. Every member is expected to be present. Secretary. 6-1-1p-3t
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South End Hose Co
Wanted: Small house with furnace or private apartment
Classified note seeks a small living space with a furnace or a private family apartment preference. Requesting options from any available listings and willing to consider immediate occupancy.
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Iptf
Farm near Opequon to be sold Saturday
A 40 acre farm near Opequon formerly home of Luther Miller will be sold at noon Saturday in front of the Court House. The sale is set for June 9.
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Opequon
Luther Miller
Court House
Milk Licenses Due From Dr. Miller Under Board Order
Licenses for milk handling are now due and obtainable from Dr. E. W. Miller by order of the Board of Health.
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E. W. Miller
Board of Health
Edelnlt
MRS Minnie C Seal Dies at 62 in Frederick
Mrs Minnie C Seal widow of Washington M Seal and member of a prominent Frederick county family died at 12 30 am at her home 453 North Braddock Street after pneumonia following a cold She was born December 27 1872 in Gainesboro Frederick County daughter of the late Albert and Ella Brown Her survivor is son Albert M Seal Funeral services expected Wednesday with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Minnie C. Seal
Washington M. Seal
Frederick County
North Braddock Street
Seal
North Cameron
Brown
Citiees
Frederick
Ella Sellars
Albert M. Seal
Late Mrs Weems Funeral Held In Washington
Funeral services for the late Mrs Courtney Wells Weems widow of Eugene V Weems Sr of Winchester were held in Washington. A Requiem High Mass at 10 a m at St Matthew Church preceded private interment beside her husband in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Son Donald L Weems attended from this city.
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Courtney Wells Weems
Eugene V. Weems
Winchester
S. Logan Owens
Washington
St. Matthew’s Catholic Church
Mount Olivet
Son Confesses Hatchet Slayings of Mother and Brother
Louis Payne, 21, turned himself in at Huntington Beach after police found the bodies of his mother Carrie Payne and brother Robert in their Westwood Hills Los Angeles home. He confessed to killing them during an overnight grilling and said he attacked his relatives with a hatchet after a prolonged strain. He provided a telegram and a letter to his father, Lucas F. Payne, in St Louis, indicating the double slaying and his plan to surrender.
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Huntington Beach
Cal
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Louis Rude Payne
Hubert J. Wallis
Westwood
Carrie L. Payne
Robert
Here
Louis
Wallis
LeRoy Sanderson
Ray Giese
Lucas F. Payne
St. Louis
Calif
Louis Payne
St. Louise
Westwood Hills
Carrie Payne
Discovery
Individuals Set Memorial Day Graves Decorators
The graves in Stonewall Cemetery will be decorated Memorial Day June 6 by Mrs. Fred L. Glaize Sr and Miss Nancy D Bowly those of the Alabama lot by Miss Slonaker and the Arkansas lot by Mrs W B Snider Other southern lots will be decorated by those listed by The Star last Saturday Also notes on PAPER CUPS for drinks paper plates saucers napkins rolls Frankfors potato chips olives cold cuts and PURE FOOD STORE.
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Stonewall Cemetery
Fred. L. Glaize, Sr
Nancy D. Bowly
Alabama
Slonaker
Arkansas
W. B. Snider
Star
Pure Food Store
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Stanley Manufacturing Co
Chashy
Stanley
Winchester Police
Geo. R. Shepherd
Atlantic City
The
David H. Glenn
G.O.P
Minnie Seal
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