Slut Grant Dies After Head Injury At Winchester
Scott Grant stockman and Frederick county figure died in Winchester Memorial Hospital at 2 40 PM from probable skull fracture. He was found unconscious at his South Stewart street home between 9 and 10 AM yesterday after being ill, two operations performed without saving him. Police continue inquiry into whether blow was foul play or accident as doctors link injury to blunt instrument.
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Scott Grant
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
South Stewart Street
Luther Pannett
C. W. Hollis
Winchester
Grant
E. C. Stuart
Memorial Hospital
Charles R. Anderson
Mr. Grant
Stuart
Ohio man given life term for child kidnapping
Dowell Hargraves, 31, was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Lynn B. Griffith to life imprisonment for abducting 11 year old James DeJute Jr. in Warren Ohio. The judge found Hargraves guilty of kidnapping with intent to extort money in a case carrying a maximum life sentence for victims under 12. Hargraves offered no comment on naming a possible third suspect.
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Associated Press
Warren
Common Pleas
Lynn B. Griffith
Dowell Hargraves
James DeJute, Jr
Hargraves
Ohio
Griffith
S. B. Maude
Men’s League of Church Discuss Timely Problems
A Cen Tenary Reformed Church meeting explores church life roles under a national program. Allan Gray Lawrence Hollis and Frank Horton spoke on The Place of the Church in a Man’s Life. President Clayton Hartman is credited with forming the local league and a joint meeting with Harrisonburg is planned for April at Woodstock.
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Men’s League
Centenary Reformed Church
National League
Allan Gray
Lawrence Hollis
Frank Horton
Clayton Hartman
Harrisonburg League
Woodstock
Apple Market Shipments From New York To British Ports
Shipments for the week ending March 12 1932 show totals to British ports with Liverpool London Southampton Glasgow Manchester Cardiff Bristol Hull and overall totals. Prices for various apples including Yorks Pippins Ben Davis Ganos and Winesaps are listed with ranges and present exchange rates govern prices. G R Cooper Harnden & Co Liverpool report active demand for cargo and reference U S apple varieties and utilities.
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New York
Blis
Exs
Bskis
Liverpool
London
Southampton
Glasgow
Manchester
Cardiff
Bristol
Hull
G R Cooper
Harnden & Co
Yorks
U. S
Utility
Winesaps
U.S
Pippins
al. Pippins
Ben Davis
Ganos
G. R. Cooper Harnden & CO
APPLE
England
Scotland
Harrisonburg Asked To Enter Float In Apple Blossom Festival
The Apple Blossom Festival organizers in Winchester request Harrisonburg to create a float depicting a George Washington or Gov. Spotswood era. They propose a Knights of the Golden Horseshoe feature led by Spotswood, with a Morrisonburg label and golden horseshoes on gear. The plan ties to the George Washington Bicentennial and aims to draw tourists to Virginia and surrounding states for the two day event.
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Harrisonburg
George Washington
Gov. Spotswood
Winchester
Nelson F. Richards
Spotswood
British Empire
Morrisonburg
Shenandoah
Denia
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Old Dominion
Apple Belt
Fee
Ashington
Washington
Park Ball Club To Hold Meeting On Thursday Night
The Park Association Baseball Team will meet at 8 o'clock Thursday evening March 17 in the council chamber to arrange practice games and sign up new members for tryouts. About thirty players have applied for the 1932 team as officers aim for the city’s best squad this year.
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Park Association
Learn to Dance at Washington Hotel
Dance classes offered at the Washington Hotel every Thursday from 1 to 2 and 8 to 1?p. Note the readable portion lists weekly sessions and a standing time each week for instruction.
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Washington Hotel
Woman Teacher Katherine G. Miller Dies in Albany
Mrs. Katherine G. Miller 41 of Boyce Virginia died in Albany New York from complications of diseases. She taught at Boyce High School under Prof. D G Cooley and was remembered for unselfishness. She is survived by husband Edgar K. Miller daughter Betty T. Miller son Edgar L. Miller Jr and brothers William D Garvin Jr Linwood D Garvin. Funeral set at Hagerstown Methodist Church with burial in Maryland.
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Boyce
Albany
Katherine G. Miller
Edgar K. Miller
Katherine Garvin
Berryville
J. F. Stinson
Belle Shipley
Stephens City
Lucy Powell Holliday
William D. Garvin, Jr
Linwood D. Garvin
Lancaster, Paig
Miss Garmany
Security Cement Company
American Cement Company
Hagerstown
Roosevelt Leads In North Dakota Preference Poll
In North Dakota early returns show Franklin D. Roosevelt leading Alfalfa Bill Murray in the Democratic presidential preference race by about two to one. Among Republicans James Fontaine France leads, while Jacob Coxey trails. Hoover receives 18 votes though not on the ballot.
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Associated Press
N. D
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
William
Murray
Togen
James France
Maryland
Jacob
Coxey
Massilon
Ohio
Hoover
Oklahoma
Special Passion Week Services at Cen tenary Reformed Church
Special services in observance of Passion Week will be held at 8 oclock this evening in Cen tenary Reformed Church. The pastor, the Rev. Dr. 8. L. Flickinger, will be in charge and will speak.
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Centenary Reformed Church
8. L. Flickinger
Reserve Officers Meeting Tonight in Winchester District
The Officers' Reserve Corps of the Winchester district meets at 8 this evening at the Shenandoah Valley Academy. Major H C Dagley will lecture on The Organization of a Center of Resistance. All Reserve and National Guard officers are expected to attend. others interested in military affairs are invited.
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Winchester District
Shenandoah Valley Academy
H. C. Dagley
Cavalry
National Guard
Water supply pressures Winchester industries in 1932
Article reprints letters from 1932 noting Virginia Woolen Company Winchester suspended operations due to contaminated Rouss Spring water. Roanoke official invites relocation and possible new plants if affordable water. Chamber of Commerce secretary warns the city would face calamity if industries depart and promises more details later.
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the Star
Winchester
Textile World
United States
Virginia Woolen Company
Virginia
Rouss Spring
H. B. McCormac
Roanoke
Gilbert Wood
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Dr Anderson Sets Forth City Campaign Platform
Winchester physician Dr Charles R Anderson a Democratic mayoral candidate outlines his platform in a campaign advertisement. He cites public duty and no personal ambitions and endorses taxes only for essential schools efficient administration and debt service with impartial enforcement of all city ordinances and equal rights to all.
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Charles R. Anderson
Winchester
the Star
Anderson
Easter fashion care and local sales mix ad
The item promotes dry cleaning for Easter attire from NAT HAWKINS and lists on sale baked goods and eatables at W. P. Anderson's window on Friday morning March 18. It notes a Ladies S. S. Class event at U. B. Church and mentions a lost electric clippers reward at 205 E. Water St.
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W. P. Anderson
S. S
U. B
Police Revisit Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Links
Police in Hopewell and surrounding areas reopen examination of historic kidnap cases as they probe a new lead in the Lindbergh baby case. Investigators study 1923 Verner Alexander kidnapping and question ex-con Crandall while tracking two foreign-born servants and a missing chisel found near the nursery window.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
Max Phillips
Little Verner Alexanderson
Schenectady, N. Y
Rochester
N. Y
Stanley G. Crandall
New York City
Crandall
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
Leandro Lightfood
Highland Park
William Gleason
Oliver
Gleason
Jersey City
Abraham Levinson
Philadelphia
Engle Supports Pure Water Supply Pending Cost Estimate
J T Engle writes in favor of an adequate and pure city water supply while noting tax increases depend on cost estimates. He mentions a $1500 survey by the Common Council to assess water sources and asks for the figures before replying about taxes. Winchester Steam Laundry ad follows.
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Melvin Green
Woman’s Civic League
Winchester
Green
Common Council
J. T. Engle
Union Choir 10 Presents Cantata on Palm Sunday
The You People’s Union Choir directed by Floyd W. Haines will present the cantata From Olivet to Calvary next Sunday at 3 o clock in the Capitol Theatre. An adjacent junior choir and a 15 piece union orchestra will provide accompanying music with lighting by the Capitol Theatre staff. A devotional first half precedes the cantata and an offering will be collected for a local purpose.
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Olivet
Capitol Theatre
You People’s Union Choir
Floyd W. Haines
Calvary
Capitol
Union Young People's Choir
Young People's Choir
The
United Brethren Church
Elsie Carpenter
Lation
Melvin Miller
Mr. Barnes
Billy Barnes
Frank M. Boucher
Warner Brothers
France lifts blanket fruit embargo with new import rules
Paris March 16. The French government ended a blanket embargo on fresh fruits from the United States Canada and other nations. A special provision allows fruit in transit or at ports under a March 9 decree with certificates from origin authorities required for fruit shipped since March 8. Apples and certain pears face inspection and forms. other fruits enter without special scrutiny. The move aims to prevent the San Jose scale from entering France while limiting disruption to shipments.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Canada
France
Ministry of Agriculture
San Jose
Baltimore
Ile de France
Ecusa
Washi
Oregon
California
Virginia
York
New Jersey
Richmond Governor’s Wife Ill Advisor Improves
In Richmond Mrs. John Garland wife of the governor has shown improvement after days in residence care by four nurses at the executive mansion. Longtime arthritis sufferer Mrs. Pollard remains an invalid for several years. Charleston police in six weeks search report Irving Ritchie banker missing since February 1 is believed located in Libby Montana.
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Richmond
John Garland
Executive Mansion
Pollard
Charleston
W. Va
Irving Ritchie
Missingklin
Libby
Mont
Ritchie
Baltimore
Farmers Bank of
Pendleton
Franklin
Hagerstown Hotel Alexander Sold at Public Auction
Hagerstown Hotel Alexander a ten story building on the public square sold at public auction to the Antietam Hotel Corporation of Richmond Virginia for 25000. The sale was subject to first mortgage bonds of 524000 taxes and sewer rents totaling 28000. Antietam Hotel Corporation now operates the hotel under a lease. The sale described as the largest public auction in western Maryland history.
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Hagerstown
Alexander
Public Square
Antietam Hotel Corporation
Richmond
Maryland
Provisions of New Auto Law Studied in Virginia
Richmond officials study the new automobile drivers permit law ahead of its July 1 1933 effective date. They aim for a simple and convenient system modeled on experiences of other states to benefit the public.
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Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
Governor Declines Police Chief Role Over Special Police Power
Governor Pollard says he will not act as a police chief and will not deploy special police powers unless local law enforcement collapses. He comments on Senate bill 79 allowing the governor to send special police to cities counties and towns for criminal law enforcement.
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Richmond
Pollard
Former Pastor Guilty of Improper Advances
Danville Virginia, former Mosely Memorial Methodist Church pastor J Arthur Winn was fined fifty dollars after a Corporation Court jury found him guilty of making improper advances to a church member. Ada Hailey testified Winn, a neighbor, made unwanted advances in her home last July and she threatened to stab him with scissors if he persisted.
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Danville
Arthur Winn
Mosely Memorial Methodist Church
Corporation Court
Ada Hailey
Page County Budget Cut by 25 Percent
The Page county board of supervisors in Luray Virginia reduced the tentative budget for the coming year by 25 percent, a state operation of the county roads as a secondary highway system enabling the cut. The measure saves about $23,000 in taxes.
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Luray
Page County Board of Supervisors
Many Seek Position as City Manager in Charlottesville
Mayor Fred L. Watson appointed City Engineer S. L. Williamson Jr as temporary city manager to fill the vacancy after Yancey left to lead Petersburg. Williamson has been with the city about a year and will serve until a permanent manager is chosen amid 75 applications for the post.
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Charlottesville
Fred L. Watson
S. L. Williamson, Jr
Yancey
Petersburg
Williamson
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Slut Grant
Men's League OF Church
Centenary Reformed
Festival
General Washington
Governor Spottswood
Golden Horseshoe Knights
Rockingham
Boyce Aho
Cienly
Edgar L. Miller
Miss Garvin
Hagerstwon
Roosevelt
North Dakota
Mr. Bell
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Anderson
Nat Hawkins
Mr. Engle
Winchester Steam Laundry
Philomena Laren
Elsie Duncan
F. L. Buckley
R. E. Griffith
Hugh
Margaret Tidler
Elizabeth Tidler
Irene Headley
Rosalie Headley
Elsie Mathews
Winifred Ward
Mary Ritenour
Patsy Sartelle
Dorothy Stouffer
Gladys Patton
Lucy Ritenour
Evva Stouffer
Louise Glass
Mary Louise Sartelle
Eloise Caldwell
Marshall Kline
Orville Hoover
Dennis Haley
J. McVay
Joseph Haines
Harry Haines
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