Negro in Dillinger manhunt identified as Herbert Youngblood
Port Huron Michigan March 16 officers battle a gunshot wounded suspect identified as Herbert Youngblood companion of John Dillinger in a Crown Point jail break escape. He named Dillinger and three others and claimed they had been with him in South Port Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Port Huron
Tip
Desperado
Port Huron
Mich
Herbert Youngblood
John Diler
Crown Point
Ind
John Dillinger
Crown Ganish
Smee
Dillinger
Sen
Charles Cavanaugh
Howard Lohr
van Antwerp
Ferris Lucas
Kiwanis Plans Passion Play at Handley High School
Kiwanis Club sets March 29 at Handley High School Auditorium for Oberammergau Passion Play. Committees formed for tickets music advertising including Garland Quarles R Ed Buncutter Paul Rhodes Eugene Cooper Andrew Bell Billy Barnes Dr R M Glass E J Snapp Jesse Oakes Ansel Solenberger and more. Senator Cather praised for schoolwork during General Assembly session and received thanks from the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Oberammergau
Handley High School
Garland Quarles
R. Ed. Buncutter
Paul Rhodes
Eugene Cooper
Andrew Bell
Billy Barnes
R. M. Glass
E. J. Snapp
Jesse Oakes
Ansel Solenberger
Harry Ebert
Wendel Goode
Assembly
Seven Negroes Put To Death For Slayings
Seven men were executed in three southern states for murder and violent crimes against whites. In Hernando Mississippi Isaac Howard Ernest McGehee and Johnny Jones were hanged for attacking a 17 year old school girl. John Downer and Sandy Walker were electrocuted in Georgia for assault and killings. In Raleigh North Carolina Jesse Brooke was electrocuted for murdering a Durham detective and James Johnson for killing his sweetheart.
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Hernando
Miss
Isaac Howard
Ernest McGehee
Johnny Jones
John Downer
Georgia State Prison
Sandy Walker
Raleigh
N. C
Jesse Brooke
Durham
James Johnson
Middletown School League Meeting Promotes Kindergarten Plan
Middletown Va March 16. Principal speakers Leslie D Kline superintendent and Miss Annieton Starling rural supervisor outlined a plan funded by federal emergency relief to start a kindergarten with nurse and meals. Starling discussed future dental clinic efforts and health visits by Miss Barker in April. The meeting awarded a prize to Virginia Grantham and Samsell tie broken by percentage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Community League
Leslie D. Kline
of, Ry
Annieton Starling
Kline
Miss Starling
Clair
Miss Barker
State Board of Health
G. W. Ropp
League
R. B. Nelson
Winchester
Virginia Grantham
Grantham
Samsell
Garland Williams Appointed Admr
A. Garland Williams has been appointed administrator of the estate of the late Harrison R. Diehl. He has qualified by posting a $2,000 bond with Maryland Casualty Company as surety. Appraisers named are Coleman Dunn, Robert S. Smith, Bryan Stotler, Chas. H. Harper and H. Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Garland Williams
Harrison R. Diehl
Maryland Casualty Company
Coleman Dunn
Robert S. Smith
Bryan Stotler
Chas. H. Harper
H. Edwards
Chicago Wheat Prices and Spot Rates Report
Closing quotations show Chicago May at 87 14 and July at 87 44 with September 88 44. Baltimore spot wheat quoted at 94 3/4 percent. Winchester Spot wheat listed at 92.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
Cash
North Washingtontreet Hagerstown
Winchester
Objectives For Church Council Are Outlined
The Winchester Federation of Churches held a council meeting at First Baptist Church the first since federation formation. The roster lists ministers and two delegates from each church. a study of cooperative movement and five works of the churches was presented by Rev. S. L. Flickinger with goals for Winchester outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of the
Winchester Federation of Churches
First Baptist Church
First Baptist
E. T. Clark
S. D. Preston
A. T. Hawthorne
Church of the Brethren
Emerson J. Rohart
Maynard Rogers
Holmes Fletcher
Church of Christ
W. L. Dudley
G. W. Riley
Melvin Miller
Congregational
A. R. van Cleave
John Spaid
Orville Hoover
Christ Episcopal
Robert B. Nelson
R. L. Stickel
George B. Bushnell
Society of Friends
Walker McC. Bond
William H. Brown
Annie J. Reese
Grace Lutheran
L. A Thomas
S. C. Hoshour
E. B Cooper
Market Street
Silas Cather
Federated Council of Church Women
D. W. Lupton
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
L. Flickinger
Carson Spillman
United States
Winchester
City Raises Aid For Tubercular Patients In 1934
Mrs. H. D. Puller president of the District Nurses Association told the City Council the group cares for tubercular patients city and county. Last year the city gave 1500 dollars and the budget includes 365 dollars for the coming year. The association helped a family shelter a tubercular visitor and plans to send the man to a sanatorium at a cost of one dollar per day. The treasury holds 11.50 dollars with income entirely from volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Puller
District Nurses Association
City Auto Tags Now Available
City Commissioner of Revenue McVicar announced city license plates are now available with no price change. The rate is 20 cents per horsepower plus a 25 cent fee, making a 25 HP car cost 5.25 dollars. The office issued 51 licenses to city residents yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commissioner of Revenue
McVicar
Commissioner's
Gun Club Announces Saturday Shooting Match at Rouss Park
The Gun Club will hold an shooting event at the Rouss Park grounds at 1 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Prizes include turkeys geese chickens merch targets and clay targets. Everyone is invited. No shoot was held last Saturday due to bad weather.
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Rouss Park
A and P Teaco ad corrects two item prices
The A A P advertisement in Thursday's Star quoted wrong prices for round steak and large skinned ham. Correct prices are round steak per pound 17 cents and ham per pound 14 cents. Also notes Porto Rico molasses 90 cents per gallon and New Orleans molasses 1.00 per gallon. Pure Food Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Porto
Rico
New Orleans
Death Takes a Holiday Opens at Little Theatre
The Little Theatre presents its second 1933-34 season offering, Death Takes a Holiday, a three act drama from Alberto Cassella in American form by Walter Ferris. Arthur M. Field directs a strong cast with expert scenery by Virginia Tayloe Boyd and team. Tickets: $1 reserved, $0.50 rear orchestra, $0.35 mezzanine. Capitol Theatre box office open until curtain.
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Little Theatre
Warner Brothers
Capitol Theatre
Alberto Cassella
Walter Ferris
Little Theatre Group
Arthur M. Field
Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Lewis N. Barton
Mary Miller
Denise Livsey
Georgia Conrad
Mrs Roosevelt Returns From Economic Survey Flight
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in Miami after an eleven day economic survey trip to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. She is met by Governor Dave Short and local women leaders and calls the journey wonderful though she makes no further comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Miami
Fila
Pranklin D. Roosevelt
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Here
Cream Ale Ad Promotes Healthful Malt Beverage
An advertisement touts Drink Cream Ale as the lead and most healthful malt beverage with no bad after effect. Contact via phone numbers 43 or 741-W as of March 15.
Virginia counties ranked by farm auto and truck ownership
Frederick county ranks seventh in Virginia for farms with autos and trucks. Using the 1930 census data Ren Delaney reports percentages: Frederick 68.8 percent autos and 27.9 percent trucks. Clarke 67.9 and 14.1. Shenandoah 65.1 and 10.9. Warren 53.6 and 10.1. Rockingham 70.1 and 12.4. Augusta leads with 79.2 percent autos and 14.8 percent trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Virginia
Ren. B. Delaney
School of Rural Social Economics
University of Virginia
Clarke County
Shenandoah
Warren
Rockingham
Augusta
Dairyman Denies Lynching Link in Armwood Case
William Thompson a Princess Anne druggist denied before a Senate sub committee that he participated in the Armwood lynching last October. Testifying amid calls for the Costigan Wagner anti lynching bills Thompson asserted his innocence and offered to prove he was in Salisbury at a movie when the assault occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
William Thompson
Princess Anne
Senate
George Armwood
Thompson
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Armwood
Judiciary
Salisbury
Woodstock visitors include bank president and locals
Mr. E. W. Newman, president of Shenandoah National Bank in Woodstock, and former Winchester Cold Storage manager, visited town this week. Woodstock shoppers also included Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hottle, Mrs. M. B. Bauserman, and Mrs. William Burner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Newman
Shenandoah National Bank
Woodstock
Winchester
Austin Hottle
M. B. Bauserman
William Burner
Lower License Rates Stimulate Big First Day Sales
The chamber of commerce reported strong demand for the new 1934 motor licenses. 178 passenger car licenses, 45 truck licenses, 3 for hire and 2 motorcycle licenses were issued, totaling 2548.50 dollars in one day. The rate drop from 70 to 40 cents per 100 pounds cut taxes by about six dollars per car, with a minimum of eight dollars. Frank Hack took the first number, 35 601, and the new tags are black with white numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Bell
Frank Hack
Assembly
News Glances From Across The Nation
Summary of the day highlights with regional and national items. Farm policy under New Deal aims, key deaths in Virginia, Lindbergh on air mail, Youngblood shot after jail escape, stock controls revised, recovery efforts and political shifts noted. Roosevelt era events touch labor, crime, and international diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Virginia
Richmond
Henry Read McIlwaine
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Port Huron
Mich
Hrobert Youngblood
John Dillinger
Washington—Stock Exchange
Treasury
Staunton
Newton C. Conner
Hugh
Johnson
Miami
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Saturday Specials at City Fruit Market
Local advertisement lists: Iceberg lettuce 5c per head, asparagus 2 lbs for 25c, tomatoes 3 lbs for 25c, new cabbage 5 lbs for 15c, sweet bananas 15c per dozen. South Loudoun Street market offers these deals on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun St
Inquiries Pour Into Apple Blossom Festival Headquarters
Travel bureaus and automobile clubs from the eastern United States are sending inquiries about the Apple Blossom Festival. Director J Pinkney Arthur reports a week of letters after the festival’s spring return announcement. Committees are at work on tasks and local Scout Jimmy Grove resumes his volunteer messenger role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pinkney Arthur
Arthur
United States
Jimmy Grove
Historians Seek Local Lore In Olden Books
Historians gathered for a conference on early Valley events after the Henkel Press stored ancient records in New Market. Attendees included C B Musser editor of the Shepherdstown Independent and Drs Wayland Cook, with a session at Handley Library. No definite conclusions were announced, but researchers promised upcoming data releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henkel Press
New Market
Board of Supervisors
Shenandoah County
New Castle
C. 8. Musser
Shepherdstown Independent
Shepherdstown
W. Va
John W. Wayland
Harrisonburg
Roy B. Cook
Charleston
Hugh E. Naylor
Front Royal
R. E. Griffith
John M. Steck
Walker McC. Bond
Frank Crawford
Here
Handley Library
J. W. Baer
Prices Steady After An Early Nervous Show
New York report shows stocks and staples uneven at open but soon steadied. Market mood remained dull with limited speculative enthusiasm as grains and metals eased and the pound steadied against the dollar. Labor walkout talks in the automotive centers drew little market reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Brother Insull Extradited From Canada to U S for Theft
Martin J. Insull former Chicago utilities operator and brother of Samuel Insull was ordered extradited to the United States. Chief Justice Mulock ruled against his appeal after a 17 month legal battle over charges of embezzlement and grand larceny in Cook County Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Metaxas
Metaxas
Toronto
Can
Martin J. Insull
Chicago
Samuel Insull
United States
William Mulock
Insull
Martin Insull
Orillia
Ont
Scout Committee Meeting Postponed at Handley Library
The Shenandoah Area BSA committee will meet Tuesday night at Handley Library to elect a new council president after Judge Rodgers of Martinsburg, W Va, was unable to fill the post recently elected to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Area
Handley Library
Rodgers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Free Dancing Orchestra at Oak Haven Saturday Night
A compact native notice announces a free dancing orchestra event at Oak Haven this Saturday night. Public attendance is encouraged and the venue location is Oak Haven. The listing highlights a social evening with music and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Haven
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