Chicken Peddler Accused In Slaying Of Wife And Children
Elizabeth Sanderlin 5 Joseph 7 Shily Joalice 6 months perished in a chicken house rafters. Police report the substance of the accused’s interview before a county court as the case heads to the Norfolk grand jury Monday in Portsmouth. The Sanderlin farm is under investigation with funeral services scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday at Graham Funeral Home South Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sanderlin
Aries Joseph Sanderlin
Shily Joalice Sanderlin
Rafis
Norfolk
Commonwealth
A. C Linch
Frank H Wilson
Casteen
Sanderlin
Graham Funeral
Mystery Fatality Near Spooks Mount Airy
June 26 report from Spooks Mount Airy North Carolina says Cecil Galloway 25 a Black man was found dead near a cemetery. Coroner rules heart attack possibly triggered by fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Airy
N. C
Cecil Galloway
Philadelphia raid tied to powerful bomb discovery
Detectives and FBI agents seized Al Heller and a companion in Philadelphia while probing a powerful bomb discovery near the Republican convention city. Local authorities coordinate with federal agents as the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
al Heller
Philadelphia
Windsor and Duchess Dined on Sardines in Paris Flight
The Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield, the former Duchess, told reporters at the British embassy in Madrid on June 26 that they had dined on sardines in the days before leaving France. The duchess said Paris kitchens lacked shortages and their chef allegedly bought ahead against orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
France
Paris
Retailers Elect Patterson Virginia Merchants Leader
Virginia retailers meeting in Waynesboro elected Cr Patterson of Lynchburg president for the coming year. C W Holt of Martinsville urged pledging service and profits to support national defense. Louis Spilman urged selling the association to non members by showing its impact on credit regulation and legislation. Next year’s meeting set for Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Virginia
Cr. Patterson
Lynchburg
C. W. Holt
Martinsville
Louis Spilman
Waynesboro News-Virginian
Henry Ford Praises Newspapers As Best Educators
Henry Ford extols newspapers as the best educators noting their daily arrival and up to the minute reporting. He emphasizes timely information and constant accessibility as vital for learning.
Know Your Bank Directors
Claude Richard Cammer born December 22 1889 at Harrisonburg moved from Shenandoah Valley Academy to Virginia Military Institute and served in France 1917 19 wounded in action later becoming secretary treasurer of Valley Service Station Inc. He sits on the boards of Shirley Carter Building and Loan Association and Shenandoah Valley National Bank and is active in Masons and the American Legion. Maurice Lynch a longtime Farmers and Merchants Bank director and Winchester lawyer born May 14 1854 attended Shenandoah Valley Academy and the University of Virginia served as Frederick and Winchester schools superintendent and began law practice in 1887. He has served on the Farmers and Merchants National Bank board since its founding and on Handley School Trustees. married Theresa B Ahearn April 19 1887. they have five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Richard Cammer
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Cammer
E — Valley Academy
American Expeditionary Corps
France
Valley Service Station, Inc
Shirley Carter Building and Loan Association
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Presbyterian Church
Alda Leatherman
Margaret Ann Cammer
Winchester Hiram Lodge
John Dove Chapter
Masons
Winchester Commandery
Acca Temple
Shrine
The
American Legion
Maurice Maynch
Maurice M. Lynch
Farmers and Merchants Bank Board of Directors
Winchester Bar
Hopewell Church
Frederick County
University of Virginia
Lynch
Winchester
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Handley School
Martinsburg
W. Va
Community Sees Weekend Visits and Illness Notes
Kernstown Virginia locals report family visits to Elizabeth Furnace and gatherings with relatives. Several residents including Ruth Brill and Virginia Herbaugh are ill while Betty Mae Rinker stayed two weeks with George Branner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown
Otis Brill
Walter
Lucille
Norman Funk
Nettie Lou Brill
Clarence Willams
Helen
Charles Barton
Betty Lou
Patricia
Lucy Funk
Edward McCarty
Samuel McCarty
Elizabeth Furnace
Betty Mae Rinker
George William Branner
Ruth Brill
Virginia Herbaugh
Cochran
Stanley Ginn
Raymond Swartz
Ray Swartz
Harmon Brumback
Richard Ginn
Hagerstown
Buzz Sours
Marshall Goliday
Larry
Vaughn
Woodstock
Charles Herbaugh
Opequon Notes on Children’s Day and Local Schools
The June 26 column recalls a successful Memorial Church Children’s Day service on June 23 with strong church participation led by teachers and families. It notes Mr J B Singhass’s appearance, then shifts to post school vacation activities with fishing swimming and softball, and mentions Mt Airy School’s successful year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opequon
Memorial Church
J. B. Singhass
Local Social Notes From Stephens City Area
Mrs Mayme Miller hosts visitors at her home and the Mountain View School community notes honor students Fred A Jr and Mary Belle Watts plan to finish high school at Stephens City. Robert Richard recovering from a broken arm expects to return as catcher next season. Denzil Fawcett seeks boxing honors. Other visits include Charles Windle Marvin Holtzman and H K Brown family etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Miller
Fred A. Jr
Mary Belle Watts
Mountain View
Stephens City
Robert Richard
Denzil Fawcett
Minnie Headley
Charles Windle
Marvin Holtzman
Marshall Hayden
Mr. Brown
Alexandria
Mr. Hayden
Jacques Billmyer
M. J. Billmyer
Winchester
Harry Claggett
Walter Funk
Lost diamond in Kansas City purse case guiding search
Miss Eleanor Faunce, a clothing store cashier, reported a diamond dropped from a ring and placed in a woman's purchase bag. A note in the personals column offered a reward for returning the bag containing the jewel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Eleanor Faunce
Bees Take Over Bluffs Bridge Toll Free Crossing
A Nebraska Iowa bridge across the Missouri River remained toll free after opening but drew no traffic. A swarm of bees escaped from a bee truck and claimed the span, delaying crossing and creating a brief unusual halt in travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair, Neb
Nebraska-Iowa Corporation
Missouri River
Mystery donor helps Red Cross in Fremont
In Fremont Nebraska a $5 contribution to the Red Cross was listed under the label a friend. An anonymous Mister X called to inquire why the donation did not appear in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, Neb
Mister xX
Red Cross
Mister X
Retailers Back National Defense Resolution At Lynchburg Meet
Virginia merchants adopted a strong defense resolution at their annual convention in Lynchburg. President Sy Holt urged readiness and support for expanding naval air and military forces. They also backed bankruptcy law enforcement cooperation, freight forwarder regulation bills, and asked Governor Price to declare Thanksgiving Day on November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Virginia
Lynchburg
Sy Holt
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Governor Price
Land Use Conference Draws Eight States In Blacksburg
In Blacksburg on June 26 eighty representatives from eight states and the U S Department of Agriculture discuss land use program planning. Attending are extension work officials district agents state representatives and project leaders from North Carolina West Virginia and Virginia exchanging viewpoints with federal officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
M. L. Wilson
North Carolina
West Virginia
Rattlin Good Story From St Augustine
E C Creech of St Augustine drove his car over a rattlesnake on the highway then stopped to inspect the snake. He said the wheel not only killed it but caused the snake to cough up a dime dated 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Augustine
Fla
E. C. Creech
Creech
City and County Realty Transfers Across Frederick County
Frederick County real estate records show transfers including Oliver Copp Baker to Mary Shifflett for a 2 acre Paper Mill Road lot with $10 and valuable consideration, and Edward L Thorp et ux to R G Thorp for a city edge lot at $25. Other entries include highway strip purchases along Route 50 to Commonwealth of Virginia, multiple farm and tract sales near Winchester Middletown and Stephens City with prices from $10 to $4,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Oliver Copp Baker
Mary Shifflett
Edward L. Thorp
R. G. Thorp
W. T. H. Carperet
Winchseter
E. A. Fisher
J. W. Brumback
Middletown
H. L. Hayes
J. Margaret
F. Josephine Golightly
City
Senseny Road
Grace V. Forney
Commonwealth of Virginia
Arthur Honesty
Robert Kremer
Henrietta Kremer
Mary D. Haines
Howard Raymond
Ray Kline
Answers to Today's Quiz Answers on Page Four
The page lists quiz solutions including Samuel L. Clemens and Mrs. Paul C. Wilson with Florida as a location. It notes Theodore Roosevelt and references a plant as item six and Tema of the Sun sun as item nine. Wilber ee appears as item ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel L. Clemens
Paul c. Wilson
Florida
Theodore Roosevelt
Tema of the Sun
Wilber Ee
Lively Election by Boy's State in Virginia
BLACKSBURG June 26 Returns today from nine cities yesterday at the Old Dominion Boys State show Allen Webb of Portsmouth as federalist governor candidate far ahead of Allison Draper. The nationalist party gained by electing lieutenant governor Charles Ide Jr Bristol and attorney general Philip Stenger Richmond. Ed Stenger, Philip’s brother, was attorney general last year. Inauguration set at Virginia Tech administration building with Governor James H. Price to deliver the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Old Dominion Boys
Allen Webb
Portsmouth
Allison
Draper
Charles E. Ide, Jr
Bristol
Philip Stenger
WPA to Weed Out Communists in Virginia
Richmond June 26. R S Hummel Virginia WPA assistant says all communists and German American Bund members will be purged from Virginia WPA rolls by July 1. He noted WPA officials in other states are taking similar action on Washington instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
R. S. Hummel
Virginia
WPA
Bund
Hummel
Washington
Gospel Choir To Sing Tonight at Mount Carmel Church
The Rev. J. T. Wallace and his Gospel Choir of Charles Town West Virginia will perform at Mount Carmel F B Church Wednesday night at 8 30. A short sermon solos duets and choruses will be offered. The service is under the Improvement Rally and ends Sunday night. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Wallace
Gospel Choir
Charles Town
W. Va
Mount Carmel F. B
Improvement Rally
Union Service at Burnt Church
The Rev. E Summers McGavock announced union services will be held Sunday at 11 o clock at Burnt Church. Cyril Mee from Kernstown and Hubert Kerr from Opequon Chapel will sing solos. John Larrick will offer the prayer and Burnt Church quartet will sing. The pastor will deliver the sermon and invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Summers McGavock
Opequon
Presbyterian Churches
Burnt Church
Cyril Mee
Kernstown
Hubert Kerr
Opequon Chapel
John Larrick
Opposition To Wise faces steady Virginia delegation
Virginians backing Henry A. Wise of Kiptooke for reelection as national Republican committeeman said opposition to him comes from the same sources that tried to unseat C Bascom Slemp of Big Stone Gap. Some Ninth District Republicans back Ryland Craft of Gate City against Wise as the delegation meets to decide the main business today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry A. Wise
Kiptooke
C. Bascom Slemp
Big Stone Gap
Wise
Slemp
Ryland Craft
Gate City
Lewis and Dorothy Anand differ on U.S. entry in war
In Maplewood New Jersey Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Anand discuss the likely U.S. role in a European war. Lewis opposes involvement while Anand favors joining France or England to aid the Allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplewood
N. J
United States
Sinclair Lewis
Dorothy Anand
Bankhead Named Keynoter at Democratic Convention
William B. Bankhead, senator and House speaker, was chosen as the keynoter for the Democratic national convention in Chicago. He is also mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Bankhead
Sen
House of Representatives
Chicago
Bankhead
Eaton Children Escape Injuries In Motor Crash
Miss Frances Eaton and her brother Oscar Eaton Jr of Capon Bridge West Virginia escaped injury when a car driven by their brother in law Mervil Purtlebaugh collided with a motorcycle driven by John Sealock at a street intersection. Sealock sustained scratches and bruises. The Eaton children were in town for the day and suffered shock but no serious harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Eaton
Oscar Eaton
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Mervil Purtlebaugh
Route No. 1
John Sealock
Miss Eaton
Fritz Loeb Dies in the Air Over Germany at 45
Berlin reports Fritz Loeb a key figure in arming Germany and directing the four year plan died in the air or in an airplane crash. The World War veteran had been recalled in 1936 by Marshal Goering to lead raw materials and foreign exchange for the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Fritz Loeb
Germany
DNB
Loeb
Marshal Goering
Help Your Red Cross Chapter By Giving To The War Relief Fund
A brief appeal urges readers to support the War Relief Fund through their local Red Cross chapter. The notice stresses patriotic duty and community assistance for wounded service members and families, calling for donations and involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
War Relief Fund
Red Cross Slogan And Early 20th Century Clergy Notes
The piece cites a Red Cross drive urging charity and mentions Dr. Frank Buchman of the se Groups as an ordained minister. It recounts Dr. Suchinen’s ordination in 1902 at Mount Airy ecological Seminary and his pastorate at the Church of Good Shepherd Overbrook then his 1905 appointment as House Father at the Lutheran Hospital in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Buchman
Suchinen
Mount Airy Ecological Seminary
Philadelphia
Church of Good Shepherd
Overbrook
Pennsylvania
Lutheran Hospital
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Spooks
John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
South Braddock St
Windsor
Wife
Henry Ford
America
Greyhound
Cincinnati
San Fran
Knoxville
Atlanta
Savannah
W. Salem
Charleston
Jacksonville
RaTrip
Colonial
Atlantic City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Niagara Falls
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
Goodrich Silvertown
Perfection Stove Co
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Rattlin
To Sing Tonight
Union Service
Lewis and Wife
Eaton
Fairfax Lane
Miller’s
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Pry Co
Philco
Anderson
E. Boscawen ST
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
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