Trial of $100000 suit against Thaw begins in court
Miss Marstin Astardus testsifying in New York Supreme Court claims Thaw enticed her to a room during a New Year party and assaulted her with a hair brush after meeting Pendleton Thaw's secretary at a dinner. Her mother testified to her former marriage to a naval officer and support duties. The suit seeks $100000 for alleged attack and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshia ‘Astardus
New York
Associated Press
Aganst
Harry K. Thaw
Marstin Astardus
Supreme Court
Miss Astardus
Thaw
Mary O’neill
Miss Estardus
William Pendleton
Byrd Plans Air Search For Missing Antarctic Team
The Byrd expedition reports three days without word from geologist Larry Gould and pilots Bernt Balchen and Herold June who are on an aerial geological flight to the Rockefeller Mountains. Commander Richard E. Byrd intends to fly to locate them as soon as weather allows.
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Associated Press
New York
Larry Gould
Bernt Balchen
Herold June
Rockefeller Mountains
South Pole
New York Times
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Richard E. Byrd
Miss Margaret E. Howard Dies Near Cedar Grove
Miss Margaret E. Howard longtime Fredrick county resident and blind for years died yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Smith near Cedar Grove in the eighty third year of age. Born October 22 1846 she was noted for piety and was last member of her immediate family. Funeral held today at 3 from the Smith residence with Rev. C. J. Racey of the United Brethren Church officiating. Interment in Little Mountain Church cemetery.
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Margaret E. Howard
D. A. Smith
Cedar Grove
Miss Howard
Jonathan J
Charlotte Ruble Howard
Fredreick County
Wanted Girl for Stenography and Book Work
Short ad seeking a girl to do stenography and bookkeeping. Respond in her own handwriting to G. A. R., care Star. Published as a small help-wanted notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care Star
Windmill and engines for sale at Green Orchard
For sale item listing describes a windmill in excellent condition with an automatic oiler and several old gasoline engines. Interested buyers may apply at Star office or at the orchard.
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Green Orchard
Orchard
Hoover May Not Use Mount Weather for Week End
Washington March 18 There is little likelihood President Hoover will use Mount Weather near Bluemont Virginia selected by Coolidge as a rural retreat. He may not spend the $48000 appropriated to prepare Mount Weather for occupancy. He would prefer fishing and a spot with access nearby, while Mount Weather offers little fishing and appeals mainly for scenery. Continued on Page Six.
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Washington
Hoover
Mount Weather
Bluemont
President Coolidge
Congress
Coolidge
Blue Ridge Mountains
Witchcraft Cry After Death Of Miss Verna Delph
In Allentown Pennsylvania authorities opened a full autopsy on Verna Delph 22 after her death at Friday. Coroner Baush suspects murder and poison as the cause while the foster father Anglus Dehammer reports pow wow treatments. The body was found in a field after being moved from the road.
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Verna Delph
Allentown
Associated Press
Catasauqua
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Monroe Counties
Dehammer
Eaker Fails Dawn Flight From Panama To Brownsville
In a dawn to dusk attempt Captain Ira C. Eaker piloting the record plane The Question Mark departed France field heading to Brownsville Texas. Severe head winds and thick cloud formations forced elevations to 15 000 feet but could not meet the schedule. The mission aims to test one day communication with the Canal Zone for military dispatches.
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Associated Press
Colon
Panama
Ira C. Eaker
France Field
Brownsville
Tex
Baker
Canal Zone
Newark Plane Crash Kills Thirteen In Sightseeing Flight
Del mont Parsons of Brooklyn dies in St James Hospital as the crash claims 13 lives. Pilot Lou Foote is critically injured and the only survivor. Mayor Congleton orders a multi agency investigation.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Delmont Parsons
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. James Hospital
Lou Forte
United States
Jerome T. Congleton
Congleton
Colonial Airways
Lou Foote
William Patterson
Foote
New York Harbor
Manhattan
New Jersey Central Railway
Patterson
Market Upswing Seen in American Apples at Liverpool Auction
Prices for American apples at the Liverpool auction on March 13 showed an upward trend for both barreled and boxed lots. Demand was strong for Virginia Albemale Pippins and Winesaps, with prices rising from last week, while New York Greenings and Oregon Spitzenbergs faced tighter offerings and varied demand.
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The
Star
Washington
Liverpool
Foreign Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Edwin Smith
Bureau
Europe
United Kingdom
U.S
U. S
Virginia
New York
Hood River
Oregon
Hamburg
Chest Clinic To Be Held On Friday By State Expert
A free chest clinic sponsored by the District Nurse Association will be at their office near the Court House Friday March 22 from 9 am to 12 noon and 2 to 4 pm. Dr. C. W. Scott of the State Board of Health will lead, with local nurses assisting. People with tuberculosis symptoms are urged to attend, including both colored and white residents.
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District Nurse Association
Association
Court House
C. W. Scott
State Board of Health
Death of J B Cooper in Capon Springs Causes Wide Mourning
J B Cooper aged 68 native of the Capon Springs area Hampshire county West Virginia died at his home on Saturday afternoon after suffering a stroke of paralysis last Tuesday. He earlier worked at Capon Springs hotel and resort with Capt William H Sale and later ran a general store at Capon Bridge and was in the lumber business. He is survived by four sons Carson Nelson Ellwood Conley and a daughter Ada Dunlap all of Capon Springs. wife Alice May Anderson died three years ago. Funeral arrangements set with services at Hebron Church conducted by Rev Cartney H Anderson. He was a son of Nathan and Rebecca Cooper. Relatives and friends to meet at 7 o'clock tomorrow to accompany the remains to the church graveyard.
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J. B. Cooper
Capon Springs
Hampshire County
W. Va
Cooper
William H. Sale
Winchester
Capon Bridge
Alice May Anderson
Carson
Nelson
Ellwood
Conley Cooper
Ada Dunlap
Nathan
Rebecca Cooper
Hebron Church
Cartney H. Anderson
Calvin Chambers Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack
Calvin K. Chambers 58 longtime Martinsburg resident and Red Men leader died Saturday afternoon in his confectionery store from a heart attack. He was active in four fraternal groups, former grand Sachem of West Virginia Red Men, editor of The Tomahawk, and formerly with The Evening Journal. Survived by widow Mrs Walker and sons Francis and Ray. funeral Tuesday afternoon.
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Order of
Red Men
Calvin K. Chabers
Martinsburg
W. Va
Chambers
W. A. Wallace
Mr. Chambers
E. P. Hl. Chambers
Improved Order of Red Men
West Virginia
Great Councils
United States
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows
United American Mechanics
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Tomahawk
Evening Journal
Walker
Francis
Ray
F. A. Chambers
Public Sale of Household Furniture at 115 Peyton St
Auction notice for a public sale of household furniture on March 20 at 1 o'clock at 115 Peyton Street. Cash terms. Conducted by J Wesley Larrick.
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Peyton St
J. Wesley Larrick
Red Haired Baby Abandoned At Rooming House
Winchester and Martinsburg police seek a stylish young woman who abandoned a one week old girl at a Braddock street rooming house run by Drusilla Craig. The mother arrived by bus from Martinsburg, left with the baby, then returned alone later in the day. Authorities describe the suspect and pursue charges of abandoning the infant.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Roominghouse
Drusilla Craig
Braddock Street
Craig
Miss Craig
M. A. Doran
Robert Anderson Dies of Stroke at Nain Home
Robert Anderson of an old Frederick county family died at 11 30 AM yesterday at his home near Nain from effects of a stroke he suffered Saturday He was found by neighbor Peter Snyder and had earlier recovered from a previous stroke He was unmarried and lived alone at Nain Survived by one brother in the west Funeral from Parlett funeral home on North Braddock Street at 10 AM tomorrow with Rev John H Parlett Interment in Friends burying ground on Apple Pie Ridge He belonged to Bethel Lutheran Church of Nain
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Robert Anderson
Frederick County
Nain
Peter Snyder
Reeuryes
Mr. Anderson
Parlett
North Braddock Street
John H. Parlett
Friends
Apple Pie Ridge
Anderson
Bethel Lutheran Church of
Aldie Postoffice Burglarized And Burned In Loudoun County
The Aldie postoffice in Loudoun County Virginia was burglarized during the night and then set afire. The safe was blown open and cash money order forms and other valuables were stolen. The frame building burned to the ground and remained in smouldering ruins when observed by a bus driver en route to Winchester.
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Aldie
Loudoun County
Winchester
Washington - Winchester
Blast in Clairton District Destroys One Building
An explosion in Clairton near McKeesport destroyed one building and damaged several others in the business district. No injuries were reported as residents escaped. most windows in the area were shattered and a nearby bank neighbor caught fire briefly before being controlled. Police suspect a dynamite bomb or a gas leak as possible causes.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Clairton
McKeesport
Clairton Bank
Household furniture sale notice at Gerrard Street
A notice announces a household furniture sale on Thursday at 1 p.m. at 15 W Gerrard St. The listing credits Mrs. N G Hottle as the contact.
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W. Gerrard St
N. G. Hottle
Winchester Steam Laundry Rough Dry Service Ad
Local advertisement for Winchester Steam Laundry offering rough dry cleaning at 7 cents per pound with contact phone number 28, dated February 22.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Stroke Fatal to Mrs Gibson in Charles Town
Mrs. Margaret Mason Gibson aged 69 died at her Charles Town home Sunday from a stroke that struck a few days earlier. She was daughter of Dr. Gerad F. Mason and Margaret Holliday, sister of Gov. Fred W. M. Holliday of Winchester. Survived by husband, three nieces in Virginia and Washington, a nephew in St Louis. Funeral set for Tuesday afternoon.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Margaret Mason Gibson
Braxton D. Gibson
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Winchester Woman Left Valuable Realty Holdings
Mrs. Gibson owned major Winchester property inherited from her mother the late Mrs. G F Mason who had inherited it from the Holliday estate. Her assets include the southeast corner brick building at Loudoun and Boscawen housing Fred S Boyd druggist and Dr P W Boyd on upper floors, with adjacent commerce and professional offices and the Holliday building on Rouss avenue containing lodge rooms and apartments.
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Gibson
Winchester
G. F. Mason
Holliday
Loudoun and
Boscawen Streets
Fred S. Boyd
P. W. Boyd
John Y. Kremer
Frank Crane
T. J. Orndorfft
Boscawen Street
Miller and Anderson
T. Russell Cather
John M. Steck
D. W. Lupton
Rouss Avenue
Cameron Street
Charles L. Robinson
Reuss Avenue
Mrs Perry DeHaven Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Texahna V DeHaven wife of Perry C DeHaven of Ridge West Virginia died early yesterday at her sister Mrs A L Place 1200 Berryville Ave Frederick County The funeral will be held at 10 o clock tomorrow from her sister s home and proceed to the Methodist Episcopal Church near Ridge for services by Rev Bell Interment will be in the nearby cemetery She was about 57 and survived by her husband two daughters and two sons.
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Texahna V. DeHaven
Perry C. DeHaven
Frederick County
Ridge
W. Va
A. L. Place
Berryville Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Bell
Methodist Church
Berkeley Springs
Walters Sentenced To Life For Slaying Stotler
In Hagerstown Maryland on March 18 1928 Reginald B Walters a former prohibition informer received a life imprisonment sentence for the July 1927 murder of his chief Hunter R Stotler. Walters was retried after an appeals ruling and again convicted of first degree murder with no death penalty recommendation. He killed Stotler on the Boonsboro pike during a raid on a still, later claiming self defense amid dispute over Mrs Walters.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Reginald B. Walters
Prohibition
Hunter R. Stotler
Walters
Court of Appeals
Waltera
Frank Wagamer
Albert Dove
Cumberland
Stotler
Boonsboro Pike
Waltres
Flu Reports Deaths in Albania From Mysterious Illness
Reports from Tirana on March 18 describe 1,000 deaths at Scutdria from a mysterious flu with cholera like symptoms. The illness is viewed as similar to intestinal influenza seen in the United States, causing considerable alarm among residents.
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Associated Press
Tirana
Albania
United States
Rebels Offer Fierce Resistance As Federal Armies Close In
Rebels put up stiff opposition as U S and Mexican federal forces converge on Torreon. General Calles reports plans to attack Torreon and seize the city soon. Insurgents claim victories in skirmishes at San Pedro with heavy casualties and prisoners, while air raids cause deaths. A bridge destruction threatens rebel escape and a possible federal advance from Baja California. General Mosley ordered to Columbus New Mexico to inspect border conditions and units from Fort Bliss move in.
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Associated Pres
Torreon
Calles
Bacobar
San Pedro
Whith
Gomez Palacjo
Chihuahua
Sonora
Baja
California
Washington
Mosley
Columbus
N. M
Fort Bliss
Two Are Indicted On Girl's Charge In Court
A special grand jury in ion Court returned three indictments. Fred Mills and James Newlin, both white, are charged with criminally attacking Mrs. Mary Martz, wife of a Harrisonburg man, who came here recently. Mills is out on bail and Newlin is jailed. The complainant was taken into custody after police learned her husband planned to flee with her from the jurisdiction. The jury also indicted Harry Johnson, a former negro convict, for murder in the fatal stabbing of Frank Blair, a negro bootblack, recently. No trial dates set. George W. Bowly served as grand jury foreman.
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Ion Court
Fred. Mills
James Newlin
Mary Martz
Harrisonburg
Floyd Haines
J. H. Cather
Frank W. Bailey
H. Clay DeGrange
D. R. Slonaker
Harry M. Sartelle
Frank Gearing
Several Waves Of Selling Sweep Through Market
Several waves of selling swept through the day’s stock market carrying many industrial and public utility stocks down 1 to 6 points but support quickly appeared and a general recovery was under way by early afternoon. The shifts in sentiment showed opposing forces for control with bulls gaining the larger outside following. Call money remained unchanged at 7 7 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
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Pendleton
William B. Roulston
Byrd
Howard
Central Coal Yard
E. Cork St
Eaker
Panama Canal
Miller's Drug Store
Rich Uu. R. Mel
J.B. Cooper
William ¢. Stuart, Jr
Newport News, Va
R. Gray Williams
Amherst Street
Calvin Chambers
Aldie Postoffice
B.d.gibson
Perry DeHaven
Mosely
U.S. War Department
Columbus, N. M
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