Airplane Crash Damage Case Nears Jury Verdict
A $10,000 suit arising from the fatal Grottoes airplane crash last July goes to Rockingham circuit court with jury instructions and arguments. Plaintiff William E. Breuer seeks damages from plane owners George Olinger and Harry Strickler, while administrator William Eaton, Jr.’s estate contends negligence and preflight drinking.
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George Olinger
Harry Strickler
New Market
Olinger
Strickler
G. Luther Sheetz
Shenandoah County
Eaton
Roosevelt seeks peace parley in auto and rail disputes
President Roosevelt urges postponement of a planned 9 am auto strike and accepts rail wage extension talks. Auto workers suspend action after Pontiac conference with AFL leaders while railroad managers agree to six month extension and drop extra 5 percent cut. Cleveland and Detroit plants pause as nationwide tensions over wage cuts and price fixing in the N R A era ease with White House mediation.
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Hull
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Federal Trade Commission
N. R. A. Steel
Washington
Roosevelt
Pontiac
Michigan
P. C
Auto Workers
Detroit
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American Federation of Labor
Collins
Automobile Workers Union
Cleveland
Fisher Body Company
Winton Engine Company
General Motors
Automotive Workers’ Union
Paul Miley
Labor unions threaten walkout over injunction stance
A Washington labor delegation told President Roosevelt that an injunction against the Weirton Steel Co. is insufficient. They warned workers will strike at 9 am if employers ignore the law and refuse to bargain with the union.
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Washington
Miley
Tam
Roosevelt
Weirton Steel Company
American Federation of Labor
White House
Weir
E. T. Weir
Steel Company
McCormick Sues Bell for Ten Thousand Damages in Fatal Collision
Harrisonburg case details an auto crash on the Valley Pike near Winchester in which Henry Bell died and H Eugene McCormick seeks $10,000 in damages. McCormick testified his windshield shattered, eye injuries and temporary blindness followed, with medical expert Dr Hunter McGuire noting no permanent vision loss and one eye light-sensitive.
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Star
Harrisonburg
H. Eugene McCormick
Inwood
W. Va
Henry Bell
Winchester
United States District Court
McCormick
Valley Pike
Bell
Hunter McGuire
McGuire
Columbia Furnace
James Teaball
Clarence Gray
George McCormick
R. A. Shaver
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Insull's Ship Ignores Calls Made By Radio
Port Said Egypt March 21 radio signals and telescopes scanned the horizon for Samuel Insull aboard the Maiotis. All messages sent from Port Said remained unanswered as search efforts continued for his possible arrival and extradition fate.
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Insull
Associated Press
Port Said
Egypt
Samuel Insull
United States
Klompus Opens New Store in Nail Building
Philip Klompus is relocating stock from the Jack and Jill Shop space to a remodeled Nail Building room vacated by the Golden Glow Restaurant. Stock arrives this week and the new store is planned to open Friday.
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Philip Klompus
Nail
Golden Glow
Mr. Klompus
Byrd and Mates Rescue Stranded Planes in Antarctica
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd flew to aid two pilots Bowlin and Bailey who were forced down 15 miles from Little America. A second plane was repaired while ground teams with dogs prepared to rescue the stranded aircraft and its crew.
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Associated Press
Little America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
William C. Bowlin
Clay Bailey
Richard E. Byrd
Bailey
Bowlin
Byrd
William McCormick
Admiral Byrd
McCormick
Labor Trouble Fears Dominate Stock Market
Labor trouble fears dominated the market with bearish brokerage sentiment ahead of key talks. Washington intervention raised hope for settlements with auto and rail sectors, but dealers stepped back awaiting reassurance as stocks slid after yesterday's rally.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices From Grain Markets
Closing quotations show Chicago May 87 15, July 87 75, Sept 88 14. Baltimore spot wheat 94 1/2 percent. Winchester spot wheat 92. Prices supplied daily to The Star via Winchester Milling Corporation and Sticker Sales Corporation dealers in cash grain and futures.
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Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
Cash
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Farley Defends Cancellation of Mail Contracts
Farley defends cancellation of airmail contracts at a Jackson Day dinner in Wilmington. He argues private interests back attacks on the administration to preserve benefits and warns against returning to pre recovery misery. Congress debate swells as Amelia Earhart presses for changes in the air mail bill.
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Farley
Wilmington
Del
Tic National Committee
Robinson
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Arkansas
Fess
Ohio
Walter F. Brown
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Speed in Case Sends Man to Pen
Claude Hampton Bell of near Staunton received a six month federal sentence for forging an endorsement on a Civilian Conservation Corps check. Arrested at 1:00 am by Deputy Marshall C H Allen, he pled guilty in Harrisonburg Federal Court and was sentenced by Judge John Paul within a single day, after a swift grand jury action. the forged endorsement was on a $25 check cashed in Harrisonburg.
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Star
Harrisonburg
United States District Court
Claude Hampton Bell
Staunton
Middlebrook Road
Fort Eustis
Civilian Conservation Corps
Bell
Marshall C. H. Allen
U. S
Taylor McCoy
Staunion
John Paul
Frank Tavenner
Annie Callahan
Liquor Control Board Besieged By Job Hunters
Richmond readers learn the Alcoholic Beverage Control board offshore plans to open offices Thursday at noon. Alan Burton Clarke, ex Richmond Times-Dispatch editor, is named assistant secretary to handle statistics and press relations as the skeleton staff goes to work. The board fights a flood of job applications while outlining license rules and store plans amid legal timing issues and dry-area cautions.
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Richmond
Alan Burton Clarke
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Alcoholic Beverage Control] Board
New Liquor Commission
Clarke
S. Heth Tyler
R. McC. Bullington
T. McCall Frazier
Frazier
Edwin H. Gibson
A. B. C. Board
Virginia
Felon Backgrounds and Temporary Misconduct Fear
A reflective note questions lingering worries about brief misdemeanors versus long felon status. It contrasts years of being labeled felons with perceived light penalties and social burden.
Postmaster Page Improves After Illness
Mead W. Nelson Page, city postmaster on Amherst Street, has been confined at home for weeks by illness but continues to improve and is now able to take short daily motor drives. He expects to resume his duties soon.
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W. Nelson Page
Amherst Street
Page
Police Radio Awaiting City Council Action
The police radio installed for demonstration was dismantled this morning and returned to Washington. Officials considered the equipment satisfactory, but purchase action by the city would be postponed to a later date by the City Council.
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Washington
Assassination Attempt Reported on Prussia Premier Goering
In Berlin on Unter Den Linden a hand grenade exploded near Premier Hermann Goering's car. A taxi driver was injured as the blast shook windows across the district. Karl Ernest, a Nazi group leader, was said to be in the vehicle.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Prussia
Unter den Linden
Goering
Karl Ernest
Spring Makes Her Official Bow Today
New York reports spring arrival with mild sunshine and forecasts for fair warmer weather tomorrow. Signs of spring appear across the nation from Boston to Virginia as harbors and campuses show changes with yachtsmen caulking boats and Harvard crews on the Charles river.
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New York
Washington
NBA Baseball Nine
Boston
Harvard
Charles River
Dartmouth
Chicago
Virginia
Norfolk
Little Rock
Georgia
Senator Cather in the Virginia attorney general race
Senator Cather leads for attorney general with a reform plan to reorganize the office by adding four assistants and ending special departmental counsel. Staples of Roanoke is a leading rival with strong Democratic backing while Governor Peery plans a weeklong decision.
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Virginia
Abram P. Staples
Roanoke
Staples
Virginia Democracy
Peery
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R. G. Raines
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Marvin Miller
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