Spencer Wise to Face Murder Trial in Livers Case
Spencer Wise, wealthy Washington dairyman, will plead not guilty at his Martinsburg Circuit Court trial for the murder of Leo A. Livers, a prominent local businessman. Livers died after an altercation at a Martinsburg hotel following a dice game, and Wise was arrested after an inquest and bailed at $5,000.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Je-Spencer Wise
Washington
D. C
Leo A. Livers
Livers
University Hospital
Baltimore
Wise
Clyde EB. Smith
Walter Fitzsimmons
Marlinsburg
H. G. Tonkin
Clarence E. Martin
West Virginia Bar Association
C. M. Seibert
Brandenburg
Winchester bricks used for exterior walls in public buildings questioned
Reports say inferior Inferton Ricks brick is used for exterior lining in a Washington D C public school and Camp Meade Md while higher quality Winchester bricks fill joints a test in Chicago shows Winchester brick resists over 4000 pounds pressure Colonial Brick Co samples show cracks and chipping yet are still used for finishing while Winchester bricks appear in Walter Reed Hospital projects and other sites
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Handley High School
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Camp Meade
Colonial Brick Company
A. Hoshour
Colonial Company
Maryland
The
Brick and Clay Record
Chicago
Brick Manufacturers’ Association
Washington
Winchester Corporation
Winchester Company
Walter Reed Hospital
Parade Committee Named for Blossom Festival
The Apple Blossom Festival announced Nelson F Richards Frank W Bailey and Harry W Butler as parade committee. They set offices in Shenandoah Valley National Bank building rooms 5 6 and 7 and expect to assign parade positions in late April or early May. The trio has been involved with the festival for five years.
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Mhane
Nelson F. Richards
Frank W. Bailey
Harry W. Butler
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Messrs. Richards, Bailey and
Butler
Last of Cast of Famous Play Dies at 83
Mrs. Jeannie Gourke Strouthers Mary Meredith from Our American Cousin, who performed on the fatal Ford Theatre night of Lincoln's assassination, died at 83 in MBEDIA Pennsylvania at her daughter Mrs. Charles Newell's home.
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Associated Preas
Mbedia
Jeannie Gourke Strouthers
Ford Theatre
Washington
President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Mary Meredith
Charles Newell
Untangling Tony to Be Performed Again Tomorrow Night
Due to high demand from those who missed the Bry arly School house showing, Untangling Tony will be presented again tomorrow night. A special musical program by the United Brethren Church orchestra will accompany the play with refreshments available for all.
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Tony
Bryarly
United Brethren Church
Banker In Ohio Pleads Guilty To Eleven Indictments
Clyde Whelan assistant cashier at Arcadia Bank and Savings Company Arcadia pleaded guilty in Findlay Common Pleas Court to eleven indictments charging falsification of accounts. He pleaded not guilty to three embezzlement indictments. Whelan is the first of 13 bank officers and directors to plead. Indictments allege embezzlement of about $273000.
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Associated Press
Findlay
Ohio
Clyde Whelan
Arcadia Bank and Savings Company
Arcadia
Common Pleas Court
Whelan
Virginia House Speaker Hails Byrd Program Achievements
Thom as W. Ozlin of Lunenburg says the Byrd program of progress is largely enacted in this General Assembly session. He highlights a tax cut of about 1.2 million dollars annually, highway expansion adding 1 587 miles, and a well balanced biennial appropriation bill boosting roads schools and mental institutions funded by treasury surplus and higher revenues.
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Carter Wormeley
Richmond
Thomas W. Ozlin
Lunenburg
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Virginia
Ozlin
Mr. Ozlin
Lindbergh Flies On With Companions From Washington
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and four companions prepared to depart from Bolling Field for a new destination. A broken tail skid halted the first attempt. a fresh skid from Hoover Field enabled a second takeoff. Harry H Knight, backer of the trans Atlantic flight, declined to reveal the intended destination though St Louis was suspected. The party includes Major William B Robertson Harold M M Bixby and B F Mahoney.
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Washington
Charles A. Sackets
Bolling Field
Hoover Field
Potomac River
New York
Harry H. Knight
Lindbergh
St. Louis
William B. Robertson
Harold MM. Bixby
B. F. Mahoney
Pittston Miners Reject Peace Plan To End Strike
More than 1,000 Pittston district miners reject the peace proposal outlined by union chiefs and coal operators. They will not return to work for a 30 day trial period and instead name a committee to seek a new agreement on resuming work.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Pittston
Evans Suffer Paralytic Stroke at Baltimore and Ohio Station
Samuel Evans stationmaster at the Baltimore and Ohio offices was stricken with paralysis Saturday evening and his condition is listed as critical. This is his second stroke and his children have been summoned from out of town as friends fear for his outcome.
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Samuel Evans
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Evans
Potomac Edison Team Cancels Game With Lions Club
The Potomac Edison Company basketball team of Hagerstown canceled the scheduled game with the local Lions Club quint at Handley gym tomorrow night. No details were given, but a new date is expected to be set. Fans were looking forward to an interesting matchup and the cancellation is noted with regret.
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Potomac-Edison Co
Hagerstown
Lions Club Quint
Handley Gym
Chicken Supper at New Baptist Church Mar 8
Church hosts chicken supper at New Baptist Church cross streets Wash and Piccadilly Sts on March 8 from 5 to 8 pm. Tickets priced at 1.00. Proceeds support church activities.
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New Baptist Church
Cor, Wash
Piccadilly
Sts
Rumor on Cape Charles Amphiibian Helmet Report False
A Fisherman’s Island rumor that two aviators’ helmets washed ashore led naval searchers for the missing amphibian plane to intensify. Lieut Miles Browning verified the report as groundless, prompting further air searches near the site where the craft’s rudder and stabilizer were previously found.
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Norfolk
Fisherin's Island
Cape Charles
Miles Browing
Registering Bill Applies To Larger Cities of State
An emergency bill passed last week by the General Assembly and signed by the governor. It requires that the books of the general election registrars be closed 15 days before the primary election. The act excludes cities under 50 000 population. The Star Telegram confirmed from Governor Saunders that the bill is general and applies to cities with 50 000 or more inhabitants.
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General Assembly
Richmond
Winchester
Star
Stricken in One Eye During Winchester Walk
G Baller of Luray Virginia was suddenly blind in one eye while walking on Loudoun street in Winchester Saturday night. He was taken to Memorial Hospital where Dr Allen Hawthorne reported he remains totally blind in the affected eye though slightly improved. Bailey had conducted a farm sale near Rosemont Clarke county and was in Winchester for the night before returning to Luray.
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Loudoun Street
Winchester
G. Baller
Luray
Memorial Hospital
Allen Hawthorne
Bailey
Rosemont
Clarke County
South End Hose Company Meeting Notice
The regular meeting of the South End Hose Company will be held on Monday night at o'clock. Every member is requested to be present. C. D. Grim. Sec.
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South End Hose Company
C. D. Grim
Virginia Senate Eyes Contested Brewer and Water Power Bills
Richmond March 5 The Virginia General Assembly nears adjournment with Governor Byrd’s program largely adopted. The Senate is poised to challenge the Brewer bill increasing revenue commissioners pay and a water power measure granting broad eminent domain powers to develop latent state resources. House objections loom for carillon and bus fine bills.
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Brewer
Commissioners of the Revenue
Senate
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Byrd
House
Commission On Conservation and Development
Commissioners of Revenue
State Corporation Commission
Excellent Program Arranged This Week At Local Theatres
Empire shows Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle in Wickedness Preferred. Greta Garbo stars in The Divine Woman with Lars Hanson and Lowell Sherman. Rose Marie features Joan Crawford with James Murray and House Peters. Buck Jones in Black Jack plus The Hawk of the Hills serial. Colonial presents Pretty Baby with Jimmy Hodges and 80 cast. Win Theatre offers Westerns and action with shorts and news reels.
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the Empire
Lew Cody
Aileen Pringle
Greta Garbo
Divine Woman
Lars Hanson
Lowell Sherman
Miss Garbo
Rose Marie
Joan Crawford
James Murray
House Peters
Buck Jones
Walter Miller
Arlene Rar
List of Patriot Soldiers Found in Court Record
A Frederick County discovery reveals nearly five hundred Colonial War soldiers listed in a 1755 deed book. Researchers, genealogists, and archives gain access as the list, prepared for the State archives in Richmond, was hidden in martial court records led by Lord Fairfax.
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Frederick County
State Archives
Richmond
Norris
Cartmell
Morton
Kerchival
Winchester
Freedrick
Thomas
Lord Fairfax
Violent Bidding Lifts General Motors and Stocks
In New York on March 5 General Motors stock surged nearly four points to a new high of 148 on huge turnover. United States Steel and American Can led the bear advance as the market broke from a narrow trading range with lower call money rates from 4% to 4.5% aiding sentiment.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
United States Steel
Common
American Can
Carnegie Will Beneficiaries Liable For Federal Tax
Supreme Court affirms lower court ruling that beneficiaries under Andrew Carnegie's will must pay federal income tax on annuities. among named beneficiaries are Chief Justice Taft Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Grover Cleveland David Lloyd George and about 60 others. annuities were paid from interest on United States Steel Corporation bonds. Beatty of Pittsburgh argued the annuity was an untaxable gift.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Supreme Court
John W. Beatty
Pittsburgh
Beatty
Theodore Roosevelt
Mra
Grover Cleveland
David Lloyd-George
United States Steel Corporation
Former Freedrick Man Dies in Frederick Prison
Robert H. Baer, once a trusted employee of a Frederick newspaper, died in the house of correction from acute alcoholism. Officials deny self-inflicted neck wounds. earlier reports suggested a razor cut, but warden Durlaney says the injuries were minor and not the cause. Baer had been jailed after breaking into the office with a duplicated key.
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Associated Press
Frederick
Robert H. Baer
House of Correction
Baer
Durlaney
Bauer
Death claims two in Hardy county church incident and bond vote
A West Virginia pastor momentarily concluded a Sunday service as his wife Mrs. Lillie Anderson collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage at their Concord parsonage. In Stephens City a bond election for a $25,000 water system is contested with seven objections alleging mayor and council qualifications, local tax payment, and ballot issues.
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Courtney St. Anderson
Hardy County
West Va
Lillie C. Anderson
Concord
Mr. Anderson
Charles R. Anderson
Winchester
Frederick County
Anderson
Courtney H. Anderson
The
Christian Church
Hampshire
Hardy Counties
Circuit Court
Stephens City
Prabord
Armstrong and Wea
Front Royal
James P. Reardon
T. Russell Cather
Clarence Wood
Phens
Frce
No Evidence Ties Doctor to Torch Murder in New Jersey
New York police state they have no evidence linking Doctor Louis A. Clement to the killing of governess Miss Misa Margaret Brown near Bernardsville New Jersey on February 20. Deputy Inspector Carey urged Clement to surrender after a World letter claimed he lacked funds for a lawyer, promising a square deal. Clement’s connection arose when Emily Miller identified his photo as the man seen with the victim. authorities still search for the real killer.
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Fes
New York
Louis A. Clement
Misa Margaret’ Brown
New Jersey
Bernardsville
N. J
Clement
Arthur A. Carey
New York World
Carey
Emily Miller
Brown
Maytag to Expand Virginia West Virginia Reach From Winchester
Winchester will become the central distributing point for Maytag in a large Virginia and West Virginia territory. J L Clarkson announces expansion with more salesmen, new agency held by B J and Charles G Scott, and branches planned in Woodstock Front Royal Martinsburg Charles Town Romney and Berkeley Springs. Thirty sales reps expected. Maytag claims leadership in power washing machines with 40 percent of U S sales in 1927.
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Winchester
Maytag
Virginia
West Virginia
J. L. Clarkson
Clarkson
B. J
Charles G. Scott
Babb’ Brothers
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marietta
Ohio
South
Loudoun Street
Woodstock
Front Royal
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Romney
Berkeley Springs
Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
United States
Lenten Services At Christ Church Schedule Change
Lenten services at Christ Episcopal Church this week run Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at 5 o clock. Thursday service moves to 7 30 PM with a life of St Paul lecture. Read Moling and Cather ad on page 7 for new ready to wear.
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Christ Episcopal Church
St. Paul
Moling & Cather’s Adv
Car fruit trees from Adams County
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Adams County
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Inferton Ricks
Associated ‘Press
Mr. Evans
P.E
Carnegie
Doctor
Torch
Winchester Wholesale
Christ Church
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