Capone Stabbed In the Back By Fellow Inmate
In Alcatraz Capone was stabbed in the back by James Lucas a bank robber and prison rival. Capone fought back wounding Lucas who was placed in solitary confinement. Capone then walked to the hospital with a non serious wound and remains a model prisoner serving tax evasion time through 1942. Also notes Howard Hall’s pet foxes and a later pet snake plan in Virginia.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Chicago
James C. Lucas
United States
Capone
Lucas
Jamés A. Johnston
Trees Alen
Tehretonan
Texas
Johnston
Childress
Howard Hall
Hall
Presidents and Their Wives booklet offer for sale
The Winchester Evening Star promotes a booklet titled Presidents and Their Wives with pictures and biographies of every President and White House hostess. It details ages at inauguration and family weddings and invites readers to mail a dime and address for a copy.
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White House
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winchester Evening Star
Presidents and Their Wives booklet request letter
A reader submits ten cents and requests a copy of the booklet Presidents and Their Wives from the Information Bureau in Washington. The sender provides name street state and a mailing address to send the booklet.
The King Steps Out At Hable's Palace Tonight
Hable's Palace Theatre presents The King Steps Out with Grace Moore and Franchot Tone in a romantic musical drama. The program includes a Fox News Reel and the feature The Mine With The Iron Door on Thursday and Friday with Richard Arlen in a wartime adventure.
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Palace
Grace Moore
Franchot Tone
Columbia
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Fox News
Richard Arlen
Harold Bell Wright
Friay
San Capello
Dread Secret
League of Dead Men
Aging Hampshire County Farmer Dies After Stroke
R J McKeever 74, a retired Hampshire county farmer, died yesterday after a second stroke. He had lived with his sister Mrs Aman da Anderson of Clearbrook for twelve years. Survived by two sisters Mrs Anderson and Mrs Almira Shade of Shanghai W Va and one brother Elias. Funeral Friday at 10 from Mrs Andersons home with burial at Mount Hebron. Rev James Brill to officiate.
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R. J. McKeever
Hampshire County
Amanda Anderson
Clearbrook
McKeever
Willam
Mary Stevenson
Anderson
Almira Shade
Shanghai
W. Va
Elias McKeever
Mount Hebron
James Brill
United Brethren Church
Martinsburg
Pallbearers named for memorial service
Those who will serve as pall bearers will be S. W. Shewbridge, E. H. Moore, Esten Rudolph, Will Whetzel, Lemuel Spaid and Henry H. Wilson.
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S. W. Shewbridge
E. H. Moore
Esten Rudolph
Will Whetzel
Lemuel Spaid
Henry H. Wilson
No Electrification Work In County Now
Dispatches say Frederick county and Shenandoah Valley counties received a $125,000 allotment for rural electrification. No groups exist to handle funds yet and no meetings or organizations have formed to push the program. Mentions include lines near Hayfield Marlboro and toward Star Tannery with only general publicity so far.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Hayfield
Marlboro
Star Tannery
Easy Stitches Promote Gay Linens in Applique Patterns
The article describes brightening plain linens with gay scraps and simple stitches like French knots and lazy daisy. Pattern 5471 offers transfer motifs of various sizes, applique patches, material needs, color ideas, and stitch illustrations, available for 10 cents via Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY.
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Winchester Evening Star
Household Arts Dept
14Th Street
New York
Guymon Orange Freight Wreck Shreds Shipment
In Guymon Oklahoma a freight train derailed scattering a shipment of fresh oranges along the tracks. Citizens salvaged what they could as authorities investigated the incident and utilities pushed rural electrification funds.
Cool Shirtwaister For Today's Barbara Bell Pattern
Youthful yet sophisticated dress design featuring a one-piece yoke and panel, full bodice gathered to the yoke, simple circular skirt with two wedged pockets and back darts. Easy to sew in one to two hours using cotton silk linen or synthetic crepe, Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1699-B in sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14.
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Barbara Bell
Churchill Downs gloomy view of British plight
London dispatch quotes former chancellor Winston Churchill at an agricultural meeting saying Britain faces a worse European situation than in 1914. He warns defenses are neglected and Britain sits in political paralysis with an artificial, precarious position and no solid basis for defense or supplies.
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Churchill Downs
London
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
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Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
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Hable’s Palace
Mir. McKeever
Brooke
Ceed
Guymon
Okla
the Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N
Oy the Gell Syndicate. Inc
Churchill
Secreteogene
Northern Virgina Power Co
N. Loudoun St
Weyenberg
Ize
Loudoun Street
P. Klompus
Children’s Sun Suits
Ladies
Oxfords
Winchester, Virginia
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