Poisoned To Make Sure Of War's Spark
The Zagreb reporting of Dr. Leo Pfeffer’s claim on Princess Sophie’s death as likely poisoned to ensure war marks a revived autopsy doubt. Pfeffer recalls his 1914 investigations and says autopsy was refused. Prinzip allegedly said the Archduke was shot accidentally during cross examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Parker, Jr
Barajevo
Yugoslavia
Sophie
Pfeffer
Serbia
Austria-Hungary
Europe
Gavrillo Prinzip
Prinzip
Road Workers To Join Lewis Group
Somerset County Independent reports the Construction Workers' Association will affiliate with John L. Lewis' CIO group in the push against the AFL for Pennsylvania's $60 million express highway projects. About 250 members voted ten to one to join, rebelling months earlier over AFL initiation and dues.
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Somerset
Somerset County Independent Construction Workers’ Association
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis’ Labor Organization
A. F. L. International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union
Average monthly rainfall over 26 years
The record shows present and past rainfall in inches. 24 hours ending 8 a.m. accumulated 16 inches in June to date 7.84 inches year to date 21.25 inches. Average monthly rainfall for Jan to Dec based on 26 years 1913-1938 lists 2.53 1.98 2.94 3.20 3.64 3.58 3.34 3.68 2.36 3.13 2.32 2.40 inches. Average annual rainfall 35.09 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Rye
Cash Grain
Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Baltimore and Philadelphia Market Quotation Roundup
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia detail dull apples and steady new potatoes, mixed egg and butter quotes, and U S Department listings. Chicago livestock and grains show hog price highs, steady cattle, strong sheep, and mixed grain futures with no major shifts.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Quotations Va Livestock Market Tuesday Sale Prices
Quotations Va Livestock Market on N Kent Street Extended Sales every Tuesday with steers to 8.60 top, heifers to 7.50, fat cows to 6.25, bulls to 7.30, veal calves up to 10.00, lambs 10.00, hogs to 7.65, pigs 1.50 to 3.75 per head, stocker cattle and feeders listed.Sale held Tuesday June 27 1939 with range for fresh cows and springers $40 to $65.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
U. S
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
U. 8
Chicago
Wheat and Grain Prices End Week Slump in Chicago
Wheat prices fell late in Chicago trading, dropping up to 2 cents a bushel after an earlier advance near a cent. Closing prices hit day’s low as scattered offerings reversed the rise. Wet harvest complaints in the southwest were confirmed by the weekly government report.
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Chicago
European crisis shadows New York stock market slump
New York stocks edged lower amid concerns over a looming European crisis centered on Danzig. Mining shares fell as silver prices dropped and U S treasury cuts reduced the imported metal value. Investors watched Polish wartime flows to Danzig and faltering silver legislation as officials warned July and August may bring renewed tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Danzig
U. S. Treasury
Congress
Beacon Beacons Planned for Massanutten and Mill Mountain
Power lines set to a point 0.25 miles south of Signal Knob near Stras, elevation 2100 feet, will support a revolving beacon for airliner pilots on the Washington and Elkins route. Another beacon at Mill Mountain, 8 miles west of Zepp and 3 miles northeast of Perry, W Va, at 3000 feet, will serve the Elkins Washington flight.
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Signal Knob
Stras
Washington and Elkins
W. Ca
Mill Mountain
Zepp
Perry
W. Va
Police Court Disposes Cases Before Trial Justice Weems
William Bell Watkins Jr of Millwood Avenue fined four dollars plus costs for no city tag. C Lee Braithwaite aged 26 of Winchester fined fourteen dollars for operating truck without transfer license. William Johnson aged 42 of 223 North Main Street jailed three months suspended for drunk and disorderly conduct. Wilbur Kern of Shawnee Avenue fined four dollars for no city tag. Bryan Brown of 335 Fairview Avenue fined four dollars for no city tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Weems
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Millwood Avenue
C. Lee Braithwaite
Winchester
William Johnson
N. Main St
Wilbur Kern
Shawnee Avenue
Bryan Brown
Fairview Avene
Jubilee Church to Host July Music School Led by Prof Hall
A two week music school at Jubilee Church on Front Royal road runs July 3 through July 15 under Prof J H Hall of Harrisonburg Va. Sessions include 2:30 pm rally and nightly 7:30 to 9:30 pm instruction in sight reading theory voice culture and choir drill with tuition of 1 per person or 3 for a family.
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Hall
State Prison Is Object Of Probe
Indiana officials investigated life inside the Michigan City state prison after three convicts captured Ruth Joiner a 29 year old Crawfordsville welfare worker and threatened her with butcher knives while negotiating for guns a car and safe passage. Guards and state police ended the standoff firing into the prison physician’s office. Mrs Joiner and four inmates and staff were wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Ruth Joiner
Crawfordsville
Alfred F. Dowd
Patrick H. Weeks
Conquest Would Cost Hugo Sums
Douglas MacArthur, adviser to the Philippines, said conquest of the islands by Japan would be costly in men and money. He viewed invasion as unlikely to lead to a bloody future and possible destruction of an independent Philippines. He estimated the enemy would incur about half a million casualties and over five billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
MacArthur
Philippine Army
Postponed Softball Game Lions and Rotary Clubs
The softball game between the Lions and Rotary Clubs scheduled for tomorrow evening has been postponed to Friday evening July 7 at 6 o'clock.
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Lions and Rotary Clubs
Conversations With Japanese Start At Once
London June 28 Prime Minister Chamberlain announced negotiations would start immediately in Tokyo to settle conditions relating to Tientsin He noted Japan agreed to discuss and expected Japanese soldiers treatment of British subjects to end He said food shortages persisted at Tientsin but local authorities were taking steps to help The talks would cover local issues rather than broader demands from Japanese spokesmen
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London
Chamberlain
Tokyo
Tientsin
House of Commons
Japan
Commons
Poles Fire On German Plane Near Puck
Warwa? Warsaw June 28 reports from Gdynia say Polish coast artillery fired on a German military plane near the Free City of Danzig. Berlin denied the plane was shot down amid persistent rumors of damage near the naval station of Puck at the corridor’s end.
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Warsaw
Gdynia
Poland
Free City
Danzig
Berlin
Air Ministry
Puck
Pomoze
Prayer Service at Lutheran Church Tonight
The regular prayer service of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will be held tonight with Rev. C Worthington Lowe delivering a sermon titled The Circle Within and Without. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
C. Worthington Lowe
Mrs Shanholtz Dies In Night In Frederick County
Mrs Shanholtz wife of Cecil Shanholtz a well known Whitacre area resident of Frederick County died last night in Memorial Hospital from complications. Born February 19 1895 she lived in the area all her life. Survived by husband two children Marie and Jessey one sister Mrs Winton Kerns and one brother Dorsey Strother. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at her home then proceed to Redland Methodist Church Whitacre for rites conducted by Rev Spitzer and Rev Crow burial beside the church. Pallbearers Fred Whitacre Fred Braithwaite A T Braithwaite Wilbur Strother Edgar Largent Clinton Tinsman.
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Kanaza Shanholtz
Cecil Shanholtz
Whitacre
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Scott
Eliza Soe Strother
Mt. Hebron
Dorsey Strother
Redland Methodist Church
Spitzer
Crow
Fred Whitacre
Fred Braithwaite
A. T. Braithwaite
Wilbur Strother
Edgar Largent
Clinton Tinsman
States to share WPA costs in relief bill vote
The Senate approved a $1.735 billion relief bill with a 25 percent state contribution requirement for WPA projects. The 51 to 24 vote followed debates over adding a $500 million PW A fund. The rule would take effect January 1, with concerns about administration and regional ability to pay. Senator Schwellenbach warned of administrative difficulty.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Byrnes
D-Sc
Mead
D-Ny
Hayden
D-Ariz
Schwellenbach
Dwash
Public Works
Kiwanians To Hold Outing At Capon River Picnic
Kiwanis Club announces an annual picnic on Wednesday July 19 at Ralph Pifer's Capon River cabin. Committee chair Ralph Pifer with E E Harbaugh C Curtis Frey and Earl Shade set arrangements. Guest speaker W W Wheeler of C and P Telephone Company spoke on recent research and inventions and displayed exhibits.
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Kiwanis Club
Ralph Pifer
Capon River
Pifer
E. E. Harbaugh
C. Curtis Frey
Earl Shade
W. W. Wheeler
C. & P. Telephone Company
L. J. McElligott
Wheeler
Flying Turtle Bug Spotted by A L DeHaven of Siler Va
A L DeHaven of Siler Virginia describes a queer insect he calls a flying turtle. The creature shows a five inch wing span and a shell like body cover, leaving him unsure of its species.
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A. L. DeHaven
Siler
Third attempt to select jury in Temple Kirk Skok case
In Harrisburg a third jury selection was ordered for the second trial tied to a grand jury probe of campaign charges. State police hunted a missing witness as Judge Howard W. Hughes extended delays for H. H. Temple former Highways Department chief engineer and Pittsburgh insurers James P. Kirk and Victor Skok charged with conspiring to monopolize bonding work for state projects.
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Harrisburg
Howard W. Hughes
H. H. Temple
Highways Department
James P. Kirk
Victor Skok
Pittsburgh
Dentist's Wife In Pinch Hit Role
In Cheyenne Wyoming on June 28, Mrs. Naegeli, wife of Dr. Floyd C. Naegeli, stood in for a dentist by taking an exam to keep her husband fishing for trout. She said she enjoys dentistry and will fix tooth aches when the doctor is away.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Floyd C. Naegeli
Treasury Status June 26 Receipts and Expenditures
The Treasury reported on June 26 receipts of 11 million 971 thousand 756 dollars and 7 cents, expenditures of 32 million 467 thousand 895 dollars and 66 cents, and a gross debt of 40 billion 374 million 110 thousand 82 dollars 68 cents, a decrease of 2 million 188 thousand 626 dollars 58 cents from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
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Lewis Group
DODGE
Chapman Motor CO
S. Loudoun St
Battery Service
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock & Valley Ave
American Institute of Laundering
N. Kent St
Stock Market Report
al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
A. T. and
Anaconda
B. and. O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Can. Edison
Corn Prod
Cigar
Elec
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Ey (Jc
R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Va. Car. Chem
Va. Car. Pid
Western Union
Woolworth
Massanutten
York World’s Fair
Martinsburg
Harpers Ferry
Fountain Lake
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Church Plans Music School
J. H. Hall
Jubilee
State Prison
Hugo
Gimco Rock Wool
Chas. R. Keeler
Pine Motor Co
Braddock & Cecil Sts
Chevrolet
Bickers Motor Co
North Braddock St
I and
SALE
North Loudoun St
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
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