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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1935
Page
7
A PA safe weighing about 500 pounds with about $9 in cash inside was taken from Earl L Brewer’s potato factory office at night. Police found the front door open and believe thieves rolled the safe to a truck and hauled it away. The Dart household reports a separate theft of 15 colonies of unspecified items.
A horticulture note explains how to use dormant sprays to kill scale insects and overwintering fungi on trees and shrubs. It stresses applying lime sulfur or oil sprays while plants are fully dormant, avoiding maples, and spraying all twigs to the ground. Two applications may improve control, especially before rain or wind.
State and local police expanded a manhunt across Kentucky Indiana and Ohio for five escaped convicts three convicted murderers and two robbers who slipped from the Frankfort State Reformatory on May 12. In Kentucky officers patrolled Pewee Valley after shots were fired near Middletown where a citizen traded gunfire with the fugitives and they fled in a stolen car. Authorities asked neighboring states to watch for the escapees now believed to be dispersed across the three states.
Richmond VA June 6 The Virginia ABC Board says it will fill any gaps created if Supreme Court nullifies Federal Alcoholic Beverage Control rules. The board can promulgate parts of the Federal Liquor Code under the State Control Act and focuses on identity and labeling standards per public relations counsel A B Clarke.
Returns from the May 25 wheat referendum indicate 86.6 percent of voters favor continuance of the crop adjustment program for wheat. Contract signers backed the program 89 percent, non-signers 72.5 percent, prompting drafting of a new four year contract for 1936 to 1939, potentially ready in July.
The state police radio system will be extended to connect with Lynchburg and Roanoke stations creating a statewide radio net. Director John Q. Rhodes of the division of motor vehicles said the hookup will vastly increase rapidity of communication between cities and aid in capturing criminals in high speed pursuits.
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