02 Mar 1932
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1932
Page
1
Colonel Lindbergh signals willingness to pay $50 000 or more for safe return of the senator. Virginia State Police alerted to heightened watch while President Hoover and the Department of Justice monitor efforts. Airplanes are used to inspect surrounding woodlands.
Hopewell New Jersey March 2 The mother of the Lindbergh baby appeals to the kidnapper in a public plea detailing the child's strict daily diet. She asks the thief to follow the regimen including milk cereal vegetables egg potato juice and Viosterola to aid the ill infant's recovery.
Ransom demanded for the Lindbergh baby kidnapped from its nursery in Hopewell New Jersey Col. Charles A Lindbergh ready to pay for safe return The note pinned to the window sill warned of harm if the payment or method were revealed Authorities report the threat was severe and ongoing as of morning news reports
Police intensify efforts to reconstruct the crime at the Lindbergh estate. Investigators study the nursery window, mud on the sill, and the warped shutter while Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh search for their missing son. A ransom reportedly around 50,000 is not denied. A tri motor plane from Newark is dispatched to aid the search.
City Sergeant C Lee Barr and Officer B C Cline pursued two foreign looking men in a high powered car with Pennsylvania plates. After a chase through Charles Town Winchester and the Valley Pike, a stop near Woodstock halted the car with riot guns. One occupant claimed to be a deputy sheriff. both were later released. Sufficient details and a foreign appearance noted. names withheld.
Col Lindbergh's son remains missing and a large search by air and ground expands. The Quiet Birdmen organize planes from Newark and Hicksville to probe Sourland Mountain for clues. A delivery driver report of a doll baby in a ditch yields no new information as federal agents coordinate with Hoover and Mitchell authorities.
Virginia Senate approves four major county reform measures including consolidation of counties and budgets audits while House debates time and a clause for bar association setup. Budget bill set as special order for Thursday morning with other measures lingering to page three.
Dr B Floyd Flickinger from the Interior Department and connected with the Colonial National Monument at Yorktown Va will give two lectures in Handley Library lecture hall at 8 p m Monday March 7 Under the Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR auspices Stereopticon slides will illustrate the life of General George Washington at Yorktown and the siege final victory Admission is free and open to all.
Beautiful lot for sale in city limits along Valley pike. Apply at Miller's Hardware or see O. J. Wells at 562 N Market Street. Paper hanging offered by room for 2 cents and up with 3-2-1p-2t pricing, plus mining and cellar spraying services.
The Red Cross First Aid Course led by Dr. W. J. Fenton at Rouss Fire Company runs nightly at 7:30 this week. Visitors may attend any session, with the last class Friday. About twenty-one of forty-one original participants are expected to complete the course and further training will be offered through the local Red Cross office.
James DeJute Jr., 11, son of a local contractor, was abducted near Niles while walking to school. Anna May Mellina, 12, a cousin, described two men in a brown coupe grabbing him after a hood repair pretense, with James resisting once before being taken again.
David Jayne Hill historian educator and former ambassador to Germany died in Washington on March 2. He shaped diplomatic and academic circles through his work and writings.
The city basketball championship at Handley gym features a Girls' Athletic Association versus Round Hill Athletic Club game at 8 30 tomorrow night as part of the event.
For sale chow puppies advertised with a repair department offering watches jewelry and clocks. The ad cites best materials and mechanics and includes a slogan It Pays to Walk. Also mentions Dr E W Miller and a numeric code 342-Ip-21.
Japanese forces push along the Chapei Woosung line as the Nineteenth Route Army retreats west after five weeks of battle. Chinese positions collapse with Chapei left a mass of wreckage and fires roaring.
Gen Smedley D Butler announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator against James J Davis. He pledges a bone dry program with Governor Gifford Pinchot's support while Davis favors a modification of the federal prohibition amendment.
Luncheon event at Market Street M E Church on Thursday March 3 from 11 30 to 2 00. Price 35 cents. Also a note about our scientific washing being easier and safer for all concerned with contact numbers and Winchester Steam Laundry schedule listed.
The article notes a demand by the Common Council for legislative authority to appoint the local school board, amid a broader push for municipal control over education governance. A separate jail incident recounts Prisoner Dewey Newlin attempting to kiss Judge Tavenner during an arraignment. the judge escaped the advance.
Judge Donald L. Weems presided as five defendants faced traffic and liquor law charges. L. E. Hess of Berryville was fined 123 dollars, jailed 30 days, and barred from driving for a year for DUI. Dan Long, colored, paid 73 dollars and served 30 days for possessing liquor. William Ramey of Berryville was guilty of reckless driving and fined 12 dollars after a collision with a truck owned by Henry Bell. Frank Russler of Martinsburg paid 3 dollars for ignoring a stop sign. J. V. Saville of Augusta was fined 12 dollars for public drunkenness.
The monthly regional sales meeting of Potomac Light and Power Company Northern Virginia Power Company and Loudoun Light and Power Company was held at the Shenandoah Hotel in Martinsburg yesterday. Thirty representatives from Martinsburg Winchester Purcellville and Middleburg Virginia attended a business meeting after luncheon.
New York March 2 brokers saw a slightly more cheerful outlook as shares edged higher in a slow, narrow trading range. Sterling cables opened at 3.483?8 and call money renewed at 2 1/2 percent.
Walter A Herr of 33 North Duke Street Lancaster Pennsylvania advertises farm horses and three yearling colts for sale. Address listed for inquiries.
Dance lessons offered at the Washington Hotel each Thursday. Instruction times listed as 2 and 8 p.m. with weekly sessions spanning Monday through Wednesday in the timetable.
The Winchester Common Council unanimously adopts a resolution urging state legislators to restore the city’s power to elect school trustees. Eleven of twelve members attend as officials discuss buses, insurance, water surveys, a new Dunlop street, a $50,000 general fund borrowing, and a 1931 audit.
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