Death of Hade Shoemaker Ends Gun Battle Gang Era
Hade Shoemaker died of tetanus from a leg wound after a February 15 gun battle with officers at Moorefield. The 27 year old and his family were linked to robberies along the Virginia border. Roy Shoemaker received a 10 year sentence after capture. Other relatives face trial as the clan's activities linger in memory.
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Keyser
W. Va
Shoemaker
Hade Shoemaker
Moorefield
Hade
Virginia
Lee
West Virginia
Hardy County
Roy Shoemaker
John Grant
Skinner) Foltz
Winchester
Randolph Shoemaker
Frederick
Shenandoah
Mount Jackson
Lost City
Motive Mystery In Youth Suicide In Mill Valley Garage
In Mill Valley California 16 year old Robert Anderson died by carbon monoxide inhalation in a garage. Deputy Coroner Robert Russell said the boy perhaps killed himself to atone for about 3 damage to a garage door. He had recently found a home with Mr and Mrs Carl Priest after years in an orphanage.
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Mill Valley
Calif
Robert Anderson
Robert Russell
Robert
Carl Priest
Priest
Russell
Woman dies in jail plunge linked to unsound mind
Baltimore March 14 A coroner's jury found the death of Mrs Mary Cummings 44 in jail was death by own action due to an unsound mind. She leaped from a railing around a third tier cell block soon after her husband Joseph Cummings a retired florist was beaten to death with a hammer in their home six days earlier.
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Baltimore
Mary Cummings
Grace Church Hosts Gettysburg College A Cappella Choir
Dr. Parker B. Waynild directs the Gettysburg College A Cappella Choir in a Lent themed concert at Grace Lutheran Church in Winchester tomorrow at 7:30 PM. The group, organized in 1935 by Waynild, has performed across Pennsylvania Maryland and New Jersey. The program includes works by Bach Kalinnikov Gretchaninoff Tschesnokoff and Christiansen with Moravian tunes and a Dickinson piece. A free will offering will be accepted.
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Parker B. Waynild
Gettysburg College
Grace Lutheran Church
Winchester
Grace Church
Gettysburg
Waynild
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Harrisburg
York
Bach
Angus Dei
Kalinnikoff
Christiansen
Dimittis
Gretchaninoff
God
Tsschaikowsky
Thompson
Tschesnokoff
Dickinson
Golden Glove Scrappers Continue Tourney Tonight
NEW YORK March 14 A handful of 32 scrappers from 12 cities gear up for the final rounds of the Daily News golden gloves tournament at Madison Square Garden. Tonight two more sessions decide champions who will face the western winners in Chicago. Last night 120 fighters from 16 cities fought two rounds with 13 knockouts before 9 335 spectators, producing standout performances by Bill Speary Joe Golomback and Buddy Moore.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
Bill Speary
Nanticoke
Philadelphia
Joe Golomback
Elon
Charlottte
N. C
Buddy Moore
Poland Takes Obvious Interest In New Situation
WARSAW March 14 Poland shows clear interest in the German Czecho Slovak crisis. Foreign Minister Joseph Beck met with Andreas de Hory Juraj Slavik and Hans Adolf Von Moltke to discuss the shift. Poland supports Hungary over Carpatho Ukraine as eastern Czecho Slovakia is carved up.
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Warsaw
Joseph Beck
Andreas de Hory
Juraj Slavik
Hans Adolf von Moltke
Official Poet of Baltimore Dies at 73
Alexander Geddes, 73, nicknamed the poet laureate of Baltimore for his topical rhymes, died last night from a heart ailment. A former vaudeville performer who retired from the stage in 1906, he turned to poetry for a living and published pamphlets for friends. Named city poet laureate in 1912 by Mayor James H. Preston, he regularly marked civic events with timely verses.
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Baltimore
Alexander Geddes
James H. Preston
400 Seek New Bridge Jobs
Havre de Grace Md March 14 Work on the Susquehanna river bridge may start this week providing jobs for several hundred unemployed men in the area About 400 applied for work when the state employment service opened an office yesterday Harford and Cecil counties residents will be given first preference.
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Havre DE Grace
Susquehanna River Bridge
State Employment Service
Harford
Cecil Counties
Spectacular Santa Anita meet closes with record handle
Los Angeles reports the five year high season ending at Santa Anita with a total handle of 34 589 051 dollars and daily average 665 174 dollars. Forty thousand spectators wagered 1 145 968 dollars in eight races and proceeds go to Shrine Catholic Jewish and Elks welfare. Jockey Johnny Longden tops meeting with 302 mounts and 48 wins while C S Howard leads stables with 120 600 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Santa Anita
Arcadia
Elks
Charles S. Howard
Kayak I
Seabiscuit
Applause Ciencia
King Ranch
Texas
Cravat
Johnny Longden
Basil James
C. S. Howard
Howard
The
Maj
A. C. Taylor
Vancouver
B. C
A. G. Vanderbilt
Bud Stotler
Vanderbilt
New Telephone Directory Being Delivered Here
The Winchester and vicinity telephone directory is being delivered to subscribers. L. J. McElligott of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia notes the new listings include C and P subscribers at Berryville Boyce and Stephens City and connecting company subscribers at Whitacre. Readers should review old directories and return or destroy them due to many changes in listings.
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Winchester and Vicinity
L. J. McElligott
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Berryville
Boyce
Stephens City
Whitacre
McElligott
Cow Recovers From Caesarian Operation At Maryland Farm
A valuable Holstein cow owned by dairyman Richard Vansant underwent a Caesarian operation by Dr. John Lindsay and Dr. Alexander Gow in Mt. Airy Maryland. The deformed calf could not be born naturally. The day after the 14 inch incision and 100 stitches the cow rose, fed and drank.
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MT. Airy
Richard Vansant
John Lindsay
Alexander Gow
Hardy Will Retain The Reymann Farm
MOOREFIELD W Va March 14 As a result of wires phone calls letters and trips to Charleston the legislature decided to return the purebred Ayrshire herd of cattle to the Reymann memorial farms and to rebuild the barn which was destroyed by lightning and fire last year County Agent S L Dodd received the following wire from Hardy Delegate C C Hershman State Farm barn will be rebuilt herd will be returned to Wardensville.
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Moorefield
W. Va
Charleston
Ayrshire
Reymann Memorial Farms
S. L. Dodd
Hardy
C. C. Hershman
State Farm
Wardensville
Waynesboro Star Bud Little Leads Cumberland Valley Scorers
Waynesboro High pivot Bud Little averaged 10.3 points over six games to top the Cumberland Valley Athletic League scoring in the season. Harold Lloyd of Martinsburg led in total markers with 64 across two more games, while several players from Fort Hill H S Handley and Hagerstown posted strong totals. Fort Hill retained the title with a perfect record despite fewer games, while Waynesboro forfeited two games to Fort Hill.
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Bud Little
Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Harold Lloyd
Martinsburg High
Little
Lloyd
Charles
Chick
Snider
Fort Hill High Sentinels
Hilltop
Yeakle
Frank Yeakle
Handley High
Kelley
Hagerstown
Joe Hoppengardner
Frank Morgomery
Fort Hill
Dick Sutton
Handley
Donald Edmonds
Martinsburg
Waynesboro
Sutton
Sentinels
Cumberlanders
W. L
Artists Booked For Symphony In Hagerstown
HAGERSTOWN March 14 The Hagerstown Symphony Orchestra announced its next season will feature guest artists. Signed to appear are Fritz Krueger tenor Noah Bielski violinist Elsie MacFarlness contralto and Jorge Bolet pianist.
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Hagerstown
Hagerstown Symphony Orchestra Group
Fritz Krueger
Noah Bielski
Elsie MacFarlaness
Jorge Bolet
Warden Quits Over Gift Accepting and Borrowing Allegations
Thomas L. Rudkin, assistant warden at the House of Correction, resigns after the State Board of Welfare accepts his resignation following failure to request a hearing on charges of accepting gifts from a prisoner and promiscuously borrowing funds from other employees.
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Baltimore
Thomas L. Rudkin
House of Correction
State Board of Welfare
Bates Activity of Loan Sharks
Commissioner of Loans W. David Tilghman reported to Baltimore after presenting Wicomico county grand jury evidence of alleged loan shark activities on the eastern shore. He said he would return if the case goes to trial as reports of racketeering by some loan firms followed a recent eastern shore investigation.
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Salisbury
W. David Tilghman
Baltimore
Wicomico County Grand Jury
Tilghman
Virginia Supreme Court Expedited Under 1938 Rules
Chief Justice Preston W. Campbell credits the 1938 General Assembly with speedier dispositions in Virginia Supreme Court cases. Amendments let the court meet more often, reduce docket delays, and require appeals within four months, speeding monetary relief and easing access for poorer litigants.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Preston W. Campbell
Abinga
Richmond
Staunton and Wytheville
Supreme Court
Staunton and
Wytheville
Campbell
Southwest Virginia
Staunton
Supreme Court Committee
Virginia Bar
John J. Palker
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
American Bar Association
Virginia Supreme Court
Restrictions Placed On Weekend Beer Sale By Council
Front Royal town council voted unanimously to ban beer and wine sales from midnight Saturday to 6 am Sunday and from 11 pm Sunday to 6 am Monday. Violations carry fines of 10 to 50 dollars. The session also awarded a $46,000 bond for improvements and funding for R. S. Dickson and Stine Brothers Boyce on a joint bid of $46,524.40 at 2 percent interest, with a $524.40 premium lowering the rate to 2.6 percent.
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Council of Front Royal
Front Royal
Council
Galt
R.S. Dickson
Richsmond
Stine Brothers Boyce
Baltimore
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