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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1932
Page
8
Virginia delegates gathered at Chicago headquarters to drum up support for Olmer Byrd for vice president during the Democratic National Convention. The bid has been in the works for days as officials awaited formal action.
CHICAGO June 29 optimism spread among Maryland supporters as Governor Albert C. Ritchie nears nomination. Roosevelt factions show no two thirds, boosting Ritchie as a strong second choice. Byrd calls for a clear platform and reforms including tariff adjustments and direct voter repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
The Rev. Wallace M. Brashears pastor of Market Street Methodist Church was introduced as a new Lions Club member at a George Washington Hotel luncheon. He thanked the club and spoke of serving the community. Other new members James R. Snider John L. Glaize Lee Miller and Dick Clevenger also spoke. Cyril Mee attended as guest and sang and played piano.
A deranged man in Opelika Alabama killed his wife and Sheriff W. Jones then wounded two others before a posse killed him in a corn field three miles away. The slain suspect had earlier slashed his wife and shot two other victims during the rampage.
The eighteenth annual Baltimore Young People's Conference drew about 400 attendees including residents of private cottages on site. Speakers included Rev W Hedley Clews Dr William E Hudson Dr Edgar Swann Dr Martin Dr W A Shelton who urged a sober, peaceful future and strong youth leadership. A candle light service and hotel reception followed with leaders listed and text class instructors named.
Police traced a suspect after a robbery haul and found a new pair of cotton gloves and a flashlight at the scene. They seek to confirm the man’s identity and whether he has past offenses in Pittsburgh. Three additional robberies were reported as 26 cents, 35 cents, and candy losses, with doors or windows pried open.
Five year old Sonya Goldberg died in her bed as flames and smoke from a fire in her father's tailoring shop on Light Street trapped her. Nathan Goldberg and Edward Trason entered the building but were forced back by dense smoke. The blaze began when a gasoline can exploded while cleaning clothes.
The Winchester Association will open city playgrounds at 9 o'clock Friday morning with John S Brown Jr in charge assisted by Virginia Boyd. Grounds run 9 am to noon and 2 to 3 pm daily, with baseball teams organized for boys and separate groups for colored children.
The Justice Department announced antitrust charges against 136 bituminous coal mining companies in Lynchburg Virginia to test the legality of a regional sales plan for their products. An injunction was sought as the plan faced charges of combination and conspiracy in violation of the Sherman Act. The Appalachian Coals Inc led the regional sales group.
The defending companies based in Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia account for about 70 percent of regional production.
Baltimore News cites a Chicago dateline reporting fugitive lifer Jack Hart is being hunted in Chicago. William J. Hubbard, released from Maryland prison in 1929 after two robbery terms, told State's Attorney Herbert R. O Conor at the Democratic national convention that he spoke with Hart yesterday.
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