Jafsie Willing To See Hoffman At Residence
Dr. John F. Condon ready to discuss the Lindbergh case with Gov. Harold Hoffman at his Bronx home while omitting comment on Hauptmann’s fate. Rev. Beets says Condon would welcome Hoffman for dinner and cigars but won’t travel to New Jersey.
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Donald C. Bolles
Associated Press
New York
John F. Condon
Panama
Santa Inez
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Lindbergh
Henry Beets
Presbyterian Missions
South America
Valparaiso
Chile
Gov. Hoffman
Bronx
Hauptmann
Gets Two Years For Embezzling Printing Funds
Harvey E. Atkinson, former assistant in the State Division of Purchase and Printing, was sentenced to two years in the State Penitentiary for embezzlement. He pled guilty to stealing 2,586.91 dollars of state funds over 20 months ending November 29 1935. His counsel attributed the shortage to heavy drinking.
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Richmond
Harvey E. Atkinson
State Division of Purchase and Printing
State Penitentiary
Hastings Court
Atkinson
Benjamin Lowenstein
Shenandoah Valley Weather Reassured After Rain
Mr Winchester notes heavy rain on St Patrick's Day but urges gratitude for not facing floods elsewhere. He extols Shenandoah Valley climate as balanced, with occasional showers and mild seasons, calling it the finest climate in the world.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Shenandoah Valley
Seven Robbery Suspects Questioned In Brooklyn Armored Car Case
Detectives questioned seven men and three women linked to the 427000 Brooklyn armored car payroll heist two years ago. The dawn West Side raid exposed a rooming house lair with sawed-off shotguns, a short wave radio, and stolen gear. William O'Brien, 25, matched fingerprints on a wanted card, amid other arrests for Sullivan law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Upper West Side
William O’brien
Madeline Tully
Riverside Drive
Ninetieth Street
Tully
Vivian Gordon
Harry Stein
Rogues Gallery
Gang of 12
O'Brien
Snow Drops 18 Inches in Southwest Virginia
Snow up to 18 inches fell in the mountain country of southwest Virginia as heavy rains drenched lower valleys and high winds continued. The C&O main line across the Alleghenies was blocked by high water at Millboro, with trains delayed. Western Virginia roads were blocked by landslides and high water as crews cleared Route 220 between Clifton Forge and Iron Gate. Colder weather was forecast for tonight and tomorrow.
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Richmond
Virginia
Lee
Wise
St. Charles
Chesapeake and Ohio
Allegheny Mountains
Millboro
Bath County
Staunton
State Highway Department
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Iron Gate
Virginia Girl Dies From Gas in Rooming House
Miss Bessie Tipton 16 of Baileys Cross Roads Va. was found dead from gas in bed at a rooming house in Washington. Sister Bettie East 21 was found unconscious in the same bed and described as in critical condition. Gas was reported issuing from three stove jets.
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Washington
Bessie Tipton
Baileys Cross Roads
Bettie East
Litvinoff Attacks Hitler in League of Nations Speech
Russian foreign commissar Maxim Litvinoff condemned Hitler in a League of Nations Council address in London on March 17, accusing the dictator of using fear of Russia as a cover for aggression aimed at other states.
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London
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
Hitler
League of Nations Council
Stubborn March Snow Douses Wise County
In Norton Virginia on March 17 residents woke to heavy March snow. Beginning at daybreak, a three inch fall blanketed the ground by 10 a.m. The temperature stayed above freezing as locals noted the unruly season.
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Norton
Patrick
Wise County
March
Moonshine camp near the capital arouses police
In Washington on March 17 neighbors complained of a whisky odor from a backyard. Police found a burning pile of old tires 25 gallons of liquor two illicit stills and a haze of fumes masking the smell. Two men and a woman were arrested.
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Washington
Girl ace on Webster high baseball team at stake
Nellie Twardzik, 17, star first baseman, seeks to remain on the Webster high school boys’ baseball squad. Coach George Finnigan and the athletic council question whether a girl belongs on a boys’ team amid calls for a Thursday meeting to decide her fate.
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Webster
Mass
Nellie Twardzik
George Finnigan
Nellie
Arthur Spaid Noted Educator Dies in City
Arthur R M Spaid 79 noted educator writer and lecturer on nature subjects died at the home of his daughter Mrs Russell O Lafollette 448 North Loudoun Street after several weeks illness from heart trouble and other complications Born in Capon Springs Hampshire County West Virginia he held posts including principal DuPont High School Wilmington Delaware superintendent schools New Castle County Delaware commissioner of education Delaware 1917 1920 and head of education at Salem College West Virginia He taught at Salem College until a recent leave of absence. He is survived by his widow formerly Mary Farquhar of Wilmington Ohio.
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Arthur R. M. Spaid
Russell O. LaFollette
North Loudoun Street
Hampshire County
W. Va
Capon Springs
John W
Margaret Elizabeth Brill Spaid
Concord
Timber Ridge
West Virginia
Ohio
Wilmington
Haverford College
Columbia University
DuPont High School
Del
New Castle County
Dorchester County
Suggestions Made For Many Home Repairs Campaign
Frederick County Home Demonstration Group promotes a House Repair Campaign to have at least 500 homeowners complete three improvements this year. The circular lists numerous outside and inside projects such as repairing roofs and shutters, repainting, refinishing floors, mending furniture, renewing curtains, and making mats from scrap materials.
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Frederick County Home Demonstration Group
Inquiry into Affairs of Phone Monopoly Opens
The FCC begins a five day public hearing into the AT and T combine with Walter S Gifford testifying as president. Becker notes assets over 5 billion and an annual gross of 934 million while Gifford confirms a five day week and voluntary pay cuts. The probe, authorized for 750000, seeks company history finances inter company contracts and rate effects across the Bell system.
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Bell System
Samuel Becker
FCC
Gifford
Becker
A. T. & Mile
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Walter 8. Gifford
Commission
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
John Bickley
Wisconsin Commission
Congress
The
Communications Commission
Funeral services for Mrs Ella Greene Norton
The funeral for Mrs Ella Greene Norton widow of George F Norton, veteran Winchester newspaper publisher, will be at 2:30 PM tomorrow from the family residence 431 North Braddock Street. The Rev R B Nelson and the Rev Dr S L Flickinger will conduct services, with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery family lot.
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Ella Greene Norton
George F. Norton
Winchester
North Braddock Street
Star
R. B. Nelson
5S. L. Flickinger
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Postponed Sale Notice for Funkhouser Estate
Postponement announced for the sale of J. M. Funkhouser and P. M. Funkhouser assets. Original sale suspended and rescheduled to Friday March 20 with lender notes and administration details in the public notice.
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O.T
J. M. Funkhouser
Admis
P. M. Funkhouser
Frederick River Floods Narrow Roads Across Frederick County
Heavy rains sent the Shenandoah and Opequon rivers to record levels in Frederick County. Flooded streets and cellars disrupted Front Royal to Winchester travel while Route 11 and Route 50 bridges were compromised. Schools closed early as traffic halted and streams rose across Opequon Isaacs Creek Hogue Creek Parlett's Run and Cedar Creek.
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Shenandoah River
Front Royal
Happy Creek
Berryville Pike
Opequo
Millwood Road
Opequon Creek
Golightly
Clarke County
Opequon
Isaacs Creek
Hogue Creek
Parlett's Run
Cedar Creek
Lions Enter Float for Apple Blossom Parade In 1930s
Lions Club votes to enter a parade float for the Apple Blossom Festival with Handley High School and Rotary Club already announcing. Plans include a Fun Festival April 2 3 4 at the Kent Street post office site with McIlwee Band as a feature, 15 games, small admission, dancing, gifts, and proceeds split between band and Lions Club for uniforms and instruments.
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Lions Club
R. A. Cather
Handley High School
Rotary Club
Kent Street
C. F. Schenk
McIlwee Municipal
Paul Owens
George E. Owen
Mr. Hutchinson
Bethlehem Steel Company
Dave Sencindiver
Charles Keeler
Curtis Puckett
Russell H. Carpenter
WPA Projects Not Given Preference In Labor Demand
F W Bailey director of the WPA in Winchester and Frederick county says federal non WPA projects now receive priority in labor requisitions. WPA work may pause if demand for non WPA labor rises, with sewer and storm sewer projects in progress and other approved sites awaiting allocation. If a project halts, steps will be taken to avoid public inconvenience and keep partial work usable.
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F. W. Bailey
WPA
Winchester
Frederick County
Works Progress Administration
Mr. Bailey
Shawnee
Greenawalt
Euclid
Grove Street
Bailey
Amherst
Stewart and
Braddock
Valley Avenue
Gerard
Jefferson Streets
Winchester Park
Milburn property for sale near Winchester on Martinsburg pike
For sale notice offers the Milburn property about two miles north of Winchester on the Martinsburg pike. The property covers around eight acres with improvements and is available through Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Milburn
Winchester
Martinsburg Pike
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Junior Century Club Meeting With Miss Stock
The Junior Century Club will hold a meeting tomorrow evening at Miss Virginia Stock's home 700 South Washington Street.
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Junior Century
Junior Century Club
Virginia Stock
South
Washington Street
Hitler Accepts League Invitation Amid European Crisis
London reports Hitler agreed to discuss the Rhineland crisis with the League of Nations council, sending Joachim von Ribbentrop to attend. Britain and France clash over sanctions while Britain favors a reinforced Locarno framework to curb German aggression.
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Hitler
Rhine
Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press
London
League of Nations Council
Rhineland
League
Tovernment
Ge Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Great Britain
France
League of Navns
Falas
Berlin
League Council
Belgium
Europe
League of Nations
Prench
Britain
World News At A Glance Highlights From March
Dr. John F. Condon arrives from Panama. Fire destroys Father Coughlin’s Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak. FCC launches a gigantic investigation into American piney operations. Income tax receipts for the first 16 days of March total 281,758,032, up 46.4 percent from a year ago. Berlin says Germany to be represented in London at the League of Nations council. Eight killed in fresh political strife incidents near Madrid.
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New York
John F. Condon
Panama
Royal Oak
Mich
Father Coughlin
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Berlin
Germany
London
League of Nations Council
Madrid
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Condon
MR Winchester
New York City
Arsenal
New Georgia
Joseph Heel
Newark Avenue
Newark, N
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Sister
M. Litvinoff
Moonshine
Arthur Spaud
Delaware
Maryland
A. T. and T
Combine
Communications Commission Today
Walter Stifford
Frederick
Johnstown
Bulletin
East Lexington
James River
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Strasburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Rockbridge County
Greenville
Linville
Winchester Research Laboratory
Mount Sion
Clearbrook
Edinburg
Hogues Creek
Romney
Clarksburg
Banks
Robert B. Golightly
P. C. Petrie
Hayfield
LIONS
Atwater Kent
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