12 Injured In Auto Mishaps One Death In Loudoun Co
A weekend surge of weather related auto accidents in northern Virginia left one person dead and twelve injured. The deceased was Nettie Coates of Waterloo Clarke county who died when a car skidded into a Mason and Dixon van west of Leesburg. Among the injured are John L Lane 48 of Fairfax Dr Robert Colley 25 of Medford Arlene Bronstrup 9 of Cleveland Blair March minor injuries and others. Several crashes occurred at the Double S curves on Route 50 west of Gore where a Cleveland family car plunged down an embankment. The Bronstrups suffered scalp wounds and a broken leg while the father escaped with jolting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Nettie Coates
Waterloo
Clarke County
Mason and Dixon
Leesburg
John L Lane
Fairfax
Robert Colley
Medford
Oxhla
William Steele
Winchester
Estella Coates
Katherine Patel
Cumberland
Arlene Bronstrup
Cleveland
Warthen Hall
Boyce
John Lee
Blair March
Annie L. Bowley
Route
Gore
William Bronstrup
Ohio
Arlene
Bronstrups
Skyline Drive
Great Inoational Park
Poland Deports Three German Landowners in Danzig Border District
WARSAW June 19 Polish authorities ordered the deportation of three German landowners in the Polish sea district bordering the Free City of Danzig. A night meeting of young farmers in Warsaw turned into an anti German demonstration with reports of tension rising in the region.
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Warsaw
Polish Sea District
Free City of
Danzig
Gift to Handley Library from George Sullivan
Mr Sullivan of New York City donated heirlooms to the Friends of Handley Library last week. The gesture aims to safeguard and organize the collections for future generations and is praised by MR WINCHESTER and other library supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
George Sullivan
New York City
Sullivan
B N A I B R I T H Honors Klompus at Banquet
B N A I B R I T H honors Philip Klompus at a George Washington Hotel banquet with a watch for community service. Ill but convalescent, he attended as Seymour Guthman spoke. A J Novick was installed as president with officers Ben Belchie Abe Leven Jack Luixemberg Charles Town Jack Steinl Sam Edlavitch I Bloom W Weiner J Nachman among attendees.
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George Washington Hotel
B’nai B'rith
Philip Klompus
Klompus
Seymour Guthman
Washington, D. C
Guthman
Congressman Deeler
New York
A. J. Novick
Sam Edlavitch
Ben Belchie
Abe Leven
Jack Luixemberg
Charles Town
Jack Steinlwarden
Sam Edilavitch
Monitor
J. I. Bloom
Walter Weiner
Winchester
J. Nachman
Middlebury
Belchie
Squalus Inquiry Opens With Surviving Officers Questioned
A Navy board in Portsmouth New Hampshire began hearings into the Squalus disaster. Four officers saved from the sunken submarine were questioned as the inquiry opened. Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant led the panel while the 33 rescued sailors watched from the gallery.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval
Oliver F. Naquin
Squalus
William T. Tarrant
First Naval District
Boston
Lee
Homme
Age Cortece
Navy
Sale of home farm of late Charles M. Ebert near Winchester
The home farm, 172 acres of level limestone land with a nine room residence and bank barn, owned by the late Charles M. Ebert, will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday June 24. The property lies four miles north of Winchester.
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Charles M. Ebert
Winchester
Court House
Coffey Ties For Fourth At Virginia Open
E R Rut Coffey a Winchester golf pro tied for fourth in the Virginia Open at Danville Golf Club earning 70 dollars. Jack Isaac and Coffey shared fourth, with Bobby Chuickshank of Richmond winning the event and Chandler Harper placing third. John Kelly of Ocean View tied Coffey for fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R
Coffey
Winchester Golf Pro
Danville, Va
Bobby Chuickshank
Richmond
John Kelly
Ocean View
Jack Isaac
Langley Field
Chandler Harper
Bomb blasts kill 18 Arabs in Haifa marketplace
Eighteen Arabs die and 24 are wounded when a bomb explodes in Haifa market near the port. Nine men, six women and three children among the dead. Curfew imposed and troops deployed as police secure the area. Telephone exchanges and booths damaged. Similar earlier clashes cited from July 1938 events.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Market Place
Three Die In Providence Apartment Fire
A major Providence fire left three dead including restaurateur Eddie Healey and former Governor Alfred E. Smith. Twenty five injured and $150000 to $200000 in losses were reported after the blaze gutted a fashionable apartment house with 54 units. The Booths also perished in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Eddie Healey
Alfred E. Smith
New York
William A. Booth
1 183 Licenses Now On Record
A survey of records shows about 300 marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Brannon as of June 10 plus 884 issued by Clerk Smith, totaling 1 183 licenses this year in the city. The final tally may rise with last few days' issuances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doe C. Brannon
Clark M. Smith
Corporation Court
Manufacturers Seek Revision of Wagner Act Provisions
The National Association of Manufacturers urged Congress to revise the Wagner Act to curb Labor Board discretion. John C. Gall argued the board has perverted the law and pressed limits on unfair labor practices, a ban on the closed shop, and clearer protection of free speech. He called for employer rights to petition for elections and a statute of limitations on unfair labor practice complaints.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Labor Board
John C. Gall
Association
Senate Labor
Congress
Legion Pool Opens Tuesday In Winchester
The American Legion swimming pool will open for the summer tomorrow at ten o'clock with Halford Baker and Hugh Crisman in charge. Otis Sargent, president of the Swimming Pool Committee, a Winchester non profit, announced rules for free admission to underprivileged children each Wednesday and Saturday after obtaining an admittance card from the Red Cross chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Halford Baker
Hugh Crisman
Otis Sargent
Winchester
Sargent
Red Cross
Posey divorce suit filed in Reno cruelty charge
Estelle Randolph Bolling Posey filed for divorce from Charles Rowland Posey Jr. of Baltimore in Reno alleging cruelty. The action was filed on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Posey
Reno
Nev
Estelle Randolph Bolling Posey
Charles Rowland Posey, Jr
Baltimore
Four Women Escape from Ohio Reformatory
Marysville Ohio June 19 four women escaped from the Ohio reformatory for women led by Velma West the 33 year old who killed her husband with a hammer in 1927. Three other prisoners fled with her Virginia Brandy 19 Akron incorrigibility Florence Sheline 23 Gallipolis breaking and entering and Mary Ellen Richards 23 Cincinnati robbery were also reported as missing at 6 am cell inspection. Sheriff Roosa noted sighting near Marysville around 5 am and the escape prompted shock from Wests mother in Cleveland.
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Marysville
Velma West
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Thomas Edward West
Cleveland
Homer Roosa
Reformatory
Marguerite Reilley
Florence Sheline
Gallipolis
Mary Ellen Richards
Cincinnati
Queen Shenandoah Festival Highlight Spreads International
Edwin Spates received a Manila clipping showing Miss Genevieve Garner as Queen Shenandoah XVI on the front page of the Manila Bulletin May 25. The image underscores the festival's prominence as the Shenandoah Apple Blossom celebration gains nationwide attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Spates
Manila
Philippine Islands
Manila Bulletin
Genevieve Garner
Spates
James Taylor
Ministers Named in Baltimore Conference Closing Session
The 155th and final meeting of the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church closed with ministerial assignments for the next year. Bishop Edwin H. Hughes spoke on unification and urged avoiding old tensions in the new alignment, listing changes across districts and churches with several pastors reassigned or retained.
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Washington
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Edwin H. Hughes
Mr. McKay
Frederick
Harry Evans
Bunker Hill
C. A. Sadofsky
Cumberland
Kingsley
W. F. Atkinson
Doubs
Henry Lamb
Ellerslie
T. W. Kemp
Hagerstown
Howard Street
J. T. Riley
Washington Square
John E. Fort
Keyser
O. C. Mitchell
Morgan
Leopold M. Hays
New Windsor
W. A. Ledford
Paw Paw
Edward H. Porter Smithbure
Watfordsburg
John Obee
Winfield
W. D. Dickney
Herman McKay
Market Street Methodist Church
Winchester
G. E. Williams
Burtonsville
Warner P. Thompson
Concord
Cabin John
J. E. James
Dodge Park
H. Hughes Evans
B. Laytonsvill. Groves
St. Marys
R. F. Bucking
Posse Clashes With Outlaw Ray Olson Near Moose Lake
A large posse pursuing Ray Olson, 35, killer of two volunteer deputies, fought through northern Wisconsin woods near Moose Lake as they closed in on him after he robbed the Moose Lake Store. Olson, who had killed two possemen on a theft arrest attempt, left a note in a rowboat, a possible ruse to mislead the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Wyi
Ray Olson
Moose Lake
Wisconsin
Olson
Whalen Says New York World's Fair Has Gone Over The Top
Grover A. Whalen president of the New York World's Fair declares the $155,000,000 exposition has already gone over the top after 47 days of operation. He calls the fair financially satisfactory, rebutting critics who called it a flop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover A. Whalen
Whalen
Handley Library Receives Gifts From George Sullivan
Handley Library in Virginia received a four item gift from New York attorney George Hammond Sullivan. The collection includes silhouettes of four ancestors a mother made scrapbook from 1862 and printed memorial sermons with frontispiece and a widow’s letter to her son Christopher the gifts honor Sullivan and will be placed with a memorial bookplate.
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Handley Library
George Sullivan
New York
George Hammond Sullivan
C. Vernon Eddy
Mary Mildred Hammond Sullivan
Thomas Hammond
Sullivan
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
Mildred Hammond
Winchester
George
Captain Hammond
Hammond
Christopher
Japan blocks Tientsin as U S eyes wider China actions
Secretary Hull expressed U.S. concern with broader developments in China after Japan’s army blockade of British and French concessions in Tientsin. He noted keeping special interest in related events and offered mediation through the Tokyo charge d affaires and the U.S. consul-general at Tientsin.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Tientsin
China
Tokyo
Eugene Dooman
Counsul-General
John K. Caldwell
Murder Charges Against Woman in Baby's Death
Freemont Ohio reports Prosecutor A L Hyzer will file first degree murder charges against Velma Baker Fink 22 after she confessed to taking her son Haldon from Clyde and throwing him from a bridge into Green Creek. the body was found by deputies the next day. Sheriff H L Myers said she is in emotional distress and two women are supervising her jail watch. The confession followed lie detector testing by H G Robinson who cited a dramatic warning about the killer looking in the mirror each morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freemont
A. L. Hyzer
Velma Baker Fink
H. L. Myers
Haldon
Clyde
Green Creek
Fink
Hyzer
H. G. Robinson
Nine Killed In Tornadic Storm Near Minneapolis
A tornado tore through 25 miles of countryside near Minneapolis on Sunday, killing nine people and injuring over 60, with property damage estimated at 500000 dollars. The National Guard established a refugee camp to shelter those left homeless as guardsmen and volunteers searched for victims. Seven towns including Corcoran and Anoka were hit, with Corcoran hardest hit by 40 to 50 buildings destroyed and five deaths. The dead included a four member family whose car barreled into the wind near Corcoran.
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Minneapolis
Here
Walter Israel
Anoka
Minn
National Guard
Corcoran
Maple Grove
Champlin
Cedar
St. Francis
Bethel
Yard Party at Mecedonic Church Event
June 24 yard party hosted by the Young People's Department at Mecedonic Church. Public invited to join for community fellowship and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecedonic Church
Young Peoples Dept
British and French concessions sealed by 1000 volt barricade
In Tientsin on June 19 Japanese authorities reinforced the blockade surrounding the British and French concessions by erecting a 1000 volt electric wire barricade. British officials weigh evacuation of women and children as conditions worsen with food deliveries significantly cut. A British destroyer returned from a nearby beach resort after assessing conditions.
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Tientsin
China
Bsn
of British Municipal Council
Hai River
Atlantic Clipper Lands In France
The Atlantic Clipper arrived at Marignane airport near Marseille at 3 22 p m on June 19 for a preview flight from the United States. Eighteen American journalists moved to an Air France ferry plane for a two hour flight to Paris with a formal welcome arranged by government officials Air France and Pan American Airways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maseille
France
Marigone
United States
Air France
Paris
Pan-American Airways
Special Benefit Bill Is Vetoed
President Roosevelt vetoed a Senate bill granting special retirement benefits to civilian officers and employees who built the Panama Canal. He said he regretted the veto and the Civil Service Commission did not justify further special recognition for these workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Panama Canal
Civil Service Commission
Parkers Ordered To Begin Terms In Kidnapping Case
In Trenton New Jersey on June 19 Assistant U S Attorney Thorn Lord said the Parker father and son were ordered to surrender Friday to begin prison terms. Parker Sr a former Burlington County detective faces six years and Parker Jr three years for conspiracy in the kidnapping of Paul H Wendel to force a false Lindbergh baby confession.
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Trenton
N. J
United States
Thorn Lord
Parkers
Parker
Burlington County
Conepheaas
Paul H. Wendel
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Loudoun Co
Poland
MR Winchester
W. A. Booth
Williams
Rhode Island
Cranston
Novick
Rage
Labor Committee
Relations Board
Legion Pool
Old Methodist Church
Bishop
Thomas Burgess Ball Hammond
Ben. Allen
St. Andrews
Richard Williams
W. Va
Tientsin Zone
U. S
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