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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1932

Page

6

Militia Officers Are Stoned In a Strike District

Ohio National Guard officers observing a coal strike district in Millfield were attacked as their auto was stoned by about 1,500 striking miners. The drivers escaped injury. the strike began February 1 over a wage scale miners say cuts pay by twenty five percent.

iBy Associated Press Athens Ohio National Guard Sunday Creek Coal Company Frank Henderson Millfield

Arrest Expected In Maryland Kidnapping Case

Sheriff William F. Purnell of Worcester County said an arrest would come within hours in the kidnapping and imprisonment of Charles Brown. Brown, found chained to a tree in Holly Grove, identified one of four men who abducted him on a lonely road Tuesday night and forced him to sign a statement. He was chained to the tree after resisting. Brown was found by Ward Taylor and taken home.

Associated Press Berlin William F. Purnell Worcester County Charles Brown Holly Grove Brown Purnell Ward Taylor

Graf Zeppelin Aims Nonstop Flight to Pernambuco Brazil

The German airship Graf Zeppelin departed Friedrichshafen this morning on its first 1932 nonstop flight to Pernambuco Brazil. The departure marks a bold long distance test for the dirigible as officials anticipate favorable winds and smooth air travel.

Associated Press Friedrichshafen Germany Pernambuco Brazil

Dear Noah Broker on the Curb Eyes Window Shade Sales

Fragmentary historical note references Noah Numskurr and Dear Noah as a broker on the curb with mentions of department stores and a blind man selling window shades. The text is garbled but implies a curious local oddity or satire involving Noah and shopfront activity.

Noah

Wife Helps Hubby Rise Then Leaves Him For Photo

A Specialty Salesman quips that many wives aid husbands to success and then abandon them to pursue other ambitions, likening the act to chasing a better picture elsewhere.

Rivals of Easter Talk It Over

Rivals for supremacy in children’s hearts at Easter debate the rabbit and the chic. Mr. Bunnie is larger and wiser, but without the eggs Mrs. Chick asks what Easter would be.

Rabbit Mr. Bunnie Mrs. Chick

Parts of plane found on bank of Ohio River

Browns Island near Steubenville reported parts of an airplane and air mail sacks, prompting belief a Transcontinental Western Air Lines mail plane crashed into the Ohio River. The missing plane carried pilot Hal George and Mrs Karol S Cole en route from St Louis to New York. Two planes searched. later a deadly crash near Calimesa, California, added seven deaths, with details of the midair disaster and identified victims from Los Angeles and New York.

Associated Press Steubenville West Virginia Ohio River Browns Island Here Western Air Lines Hal George Columbus Ohio-Pennsylvania Transcontinental Western Air Lines Port Columbus Karol S. Cole St. Louis New York San Bernardino Calif American Airways Calimesa Arthur Thomas Tucson Ariz Redlands Department of Commerce San Bernardino County A. N. U’ren Harold J. Kelsey Los Angeles H. H. Campbell Dallas Phoenix Glendale San Bernardino Mountains Thomas Kelsey Campbebb Albert Coburn Frederick Coburn H. A. McKellar Firestone Tire

Two Basket Ball Tilts At Handley Tomorrow Night

A double header at Handley High School gym tomorrow starts at 7 45 p m with the Girll Athletic Association sextet meeting Capon Bridge Bee squad. The nightcap features Company I Virginia National Guard five versus Capon Bridge Athletic Club around 8 30 p m.

Handley Handley High School Girll’ Athletic Association Capon Bridge Virginia National Guard Five

Women Shot By Soviet While Defending Church

Reports from the Ukrainian border describe a "bloody Sunday" in which Soviet troops fired on villagers defending churches. Eye witness accounts claim soldiers killed and wounded several, including women, as they attempted to defend the holy cross in Bucuraba and other villages.

Associated Press Bucharest Rumania Ers Mihamvitsavu Holy Cross Bucuraba

Notes Found On Carrier Pigeons In Lindbergh Case

Notes found on a carrier pigeon and a decoy bird prompted renewed scrutiny in the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry. Police report the bird carried a leg band marked AU-305e4181 and that several informants were interviewed as investigators search for means and signal of the communication. In Jersey City, Henry Red Johnson was exonerated of complicity after investigations in Connecticut and New Jersey.

C. E. Stein Lehighton, Pa Arthur L. Bond East Stroudsburg Johnson Jersey City N. J Henry Red”) Johnson Betty Gow Lindence Connecticut Newark

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