Winchester woman awarded Vail medal for public service
Mrs Vera C MacMillan chief operator at Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Winchester Virginia receives a Vail medal for notifying police of a burglary in a creamery office. Her prompt call helped officers trap a burglar who was killed by a responding officer, linking a string of two year old burglaries to him.
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Vera C. A Wien
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of
Virginia
Winchester
Vail
MacMillan
Taking of Fifteenth United States Census Begins in Winchester
Sixteen census enumerators will begin work Wednesday in Winchester and Frederick County for the 1930 census. Twenty five questions will be asked covering name relation home ownership race age marital status birthplaces language immigration naturalization occupation industry employment status and veteran service with information kept confidential. Districts and enumerators are listed for Winchester and the surrounding county.
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United States
Winchester
Frederick County
Russell Potts
Mary R. Buckner
Theodore Jackimier
Eva M. Stretchberry
Walter M. Schmidt
Back Creek
Rogert P. Sager
William B. Sager
Gainesboro
James L. Dialey
Edward Brown
Opequon
Claude C. Rickard
Luther Hottle
William M. Stickley
Levi J. Cave
Shawnee
Clarence L. Peffer
Orville B. Willey
Stonewall
Mabel H. Stotler
Samuel Zeigler
Slaying In Scranton Taxicab Driver Murder Executed
BELLEFONTE Pa March 31 Ralph Russell Sloat 30 of Philadelphia was electrocuted at Rockview penitentiary for the murder of John Lowry a Scranton taxicab driver on February 2 1929 Sloat was put to death today following his conviction for the crime reported by the Associated Press
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Associated Press
Bellefonte
Ralph Russell Sloat
Philadelphia
Rockview, Penitentiary Today
John Lowry
Scranton
Ogden to Present Father's Creed at Handley Schools
Hon. James M. Ogden of Indianapolis arrives in Winchester with family to present a framed parchment creed written by his late father Jesse S. Ogden. Handley Schools chosen to house the two by three foot handlettered parchment for public display and lasting value to students.
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James M. Ogden
Indianapolis
Indiana
Winchester
Jesse 8 S. Ogden
Ogden
Warren Rice
Harry M. Sartelle
Handley Schools
Rice
Sartelle
Jesse S. Ogden
John J. Ogden
Danville
Jesse 5
Bess Dean
New Tea Room Opens on West Boscawen Street
Charley Rouss Fire Company announced leasing its Eagles Club building on West Boscawen Street to Mrs Selah Cissell and Miss India Mason for the Little America Tea Room. The overhauled site features a large dining room and home cooking, with meals for parties by order. Opening date to be announced soon.
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Charley Rouss Fire Company
Eagles’ Club
West Boscawen Street
Selah Cissell
India Mason
Little America
Seven Men Feared Lost After Ben Doran Sinks
Seven crew members who clung to the Ben Doran rigging after striking a reef vanished with the trawler off West Shetland. Rescue boats returned reporting the vessel broken apart and no signs of life aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lerwick
Shetland Island
Aberdeen
Ben Doran
West Shetland Islands
Wisconsin highway plan to employ 20000 workers
Madison March 30 1930 twenty thousand men will find work on Wisconsin's 1930 highway construction program says state highway engineer.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
For Sale Estate Lot at Pall Mall and Stewart Streets
Real estate listing to settle an estate offers a building corner lot 56 by 188 feet at Pall Mall and Stewart streets. Interested parties should write Mrs. Gordon Lind, Exec. J. L. Maphis, Wayside Place, University, Virginia.
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Pall Mall
Stewart Streets
Gordon Lindsay
J. L. Maphis
Wayside Place
University, Virginia
Winchester voters urged to back pro growth candidates
A 1930 letter from F A Shayock of Winchester Virginia urges citizens to vote in the upcoming primary on April 1. He claims city officials mismanage funds and push water tax increases while criticizing leaders of the water committee. He urges voters to support candidates who back progress and enforce laws for better government.
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Winchester
Nelson Page
Mir J. Henkel Henry
F. A. Shayock
Winchester man graduates in embalming and plastic surgery
Laurens P. Jones of Winchester has completed embalming and plastic surgery courses at the Cincinnati College of Embalming and returns to join R. T. Jones and Company funeral directors and embalmers on South Loudoun street. A Handley High School graduate, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jones.
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Laurens P. Jones
Cincinnati College of
Cincinnati
Winchester
R. T. Jones and Company
South Loudoun Street
Jones
Handley High School
Cincinnati College
Robert L. Jones
Palmer Dies In Hospital In Winchester
Palmer, a long time Winchester resident and member of the South End Hose Company, died this afternoon at Memorial Hospital after a recent operation. The bell of the Friendship engine house was tolled by request as the South End Company’s engine house had been torn down for rebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rah. Palmer
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
South End Hose Company
South End Company
London Naval Conference Sees Pessimism Rise
Reports from Washington and London indicate growing gloom over Anglo French talks on a security pact. Key figures Stimson Briand MacDonald discuss possible impasse as Japanese draft instructions signal cautious progress toward a multi power agreement.
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London
Stimson
Briand
France
MacDonald
Washington
Cotton
Great Britain
State Department
White House
Hoover
Men
Tokyo
Japan
Baron Shardehara
St. James Palace
Wakatsuki
Wandi
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Heavy Wave of Profit Taking Hits Market Turning
New York March 31 The stock market, after a week of new highs, moved irregularly as profit taking swept numerous issues down 1 to 5 points. A burst of demand for United States Steel common lifted it to a fresh 1930 high while over 50 stocks earlier reached new year peaks. Call money rose to 4 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel Common
Mr. Smitil in Hospital After Misdiagnosed Stroke
James G. Smith, a prominent city resident, was rushed to Memorial Hospital yesterday with reports of a paralytic stroke. The condition was a mistaken diagnosis of acute indigestion, and he was recovering today.
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James G. Smith
Memorial Hospital
Lime Shipment Promoted for Spraying by MO Rosenberger
Local notice promotes shipment of high grade lime for spraying and names MO W Rosenberger as contact. The item appears in an archival newspaper fragment dated March 29 with page and column markers.
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MO W. Rosenberger
Furniture Sale at 126 N Washington Street
An advertisement notes a furniture sale at 126 North Washington Street in Web., scheduled for April 2. The notice references multiple catalog or ad codes 4 3-24-27-31-1p-3b.
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Furniture Sale
Washington St
Web
City Primary Voters Urged to Cast Early Ballots
Democratic leaders expect a large turnout in the city primary to nominate three candidates in each of two wards for the Common Council. Ten candidates vie, with five in each ward facing three nominations. polls open 5 52 a m and close 6 30 p m with appointed judges at four precincts.
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First Ward
Fred. W. Forney
Herman H. Hable
J. Henkel Henry
Lawrence C. Hollis
Peyton J. Marshall
Friendship Engine House
Reuss Engine House
R. Frank Barr
Benjamin F. Davis
W. W. Dellinger
Fred L. Glaize
John H. Rosenberger
Tieine 10
Hall
Sarah
John Dunn
Amos B. Schlack
City
M. Lohr Capper
Aene Harmer
James
Ait
Sarah Zane
John A. Huntsberry
Robert
Bell
Carlin F. Gray
Man badly burned when auto catches fire near Winchester
William C Ellsworth of Cumberland Maryland was badly burned in a Chevrolet sedan blaze on the Washington pike near the Flying Field. He called his mother but disappeared after the car was destroyed and no trace of him or his three companions has been found. License Maryland 281 210.
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L. L. Shanholtz
Southwark Street
William C. Ellsworth
Cumberland
Winchester
Shanhaltz
Alice Shanhaltz
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ellsworth
Maryland
Dr John G Nelson dies after long illness at 57
Dr John Garnett Nelson 57 a leader in Richmond tuberculosis work and head of the Richmond Tuberculosis Association died at St Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Services at Saint James Episcopal Church with burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Survived by widow Miss Rose Morris of Athens Georgia two sons Kinloch and Charles Morris Nelson a daughter Louise Bolling Nelson two brothers Rev Robert B Nelson and Rev Thomas B Nelson and two sisters. He served in World War One rising to lieutenant colonel and headed the medical department of the McGuire Unit before burial.
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John Garnett Nelson
Richmond Tuberculosis Association
McGuire Hospital
St. Luke's Hospital
Winchester
Saint James’ Episcopal Church
Hollywood Cemetery
R. B. Nelson
Episcopal
Maryland
John. J. Yellett
Fauquier County
Kinloch Nelson
Alexandria
Grace Fenton McGuire Nelson
Nelson
Episcopal High School
McGuire’s University School
Richmond
Ie College of Medicine
Ee College of Viraceepa
Army Medical Corps
Camp Lee
McGuire
Mrs Emma Desper Dies At 50 In Hampton
Mrs Emma McVicar Desper 50 wife of Charles J Desper of Hampton Virginia died this morning at Buxton Hospital Hampton from pneumonia She was born in Winchester and taught school earlier Her survivors include five daughters two sisters and two brothers Funeral services set for tomorrow afternoon in Hampton with relatives traveling from Winchester and Newport News
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Emma McVicar Desper
Charles J. Desper
Hampton
Charles W. McVicar
Winchester
Buxton Hospital
Turner Ashby
United Confederate Veterans
Lewis
Desper
Newport News
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Independent candidate for Council seat in June election
Fred A. Robinson announces as an independent candidate for City Council in the June election. The notice lists his name and a date code (3-27-16-61) for identification.
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Fred A. Robinson
Princesses Named For Apple Festival Court
Nominations pour in for Queen Shenandoah VII’s court at Apple Blossom Festival headquarters. Sixteen princesses named so far from Virginia, the District of Columbia, and nearby states, with more to follow from counties and congressional districts.
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Queen’s Court
Shenandoah VII
Handley School
Virginia
District of Columbia
Westween
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Boro
D. T. Coiner
Directng Valley, Inc
Broad Road
Tirst
Columbia
Proctor L. Dow Miss ‘Mouneas Lehew Cabell
Cedarville
Warren County
Shenandoah Valley
Alleghany County
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Elizabeth George McDonald
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Jefferson County
Gwendolyn Biles
Stuart Hall
Staunton
Bath County
C. S. Anderson
Mary Lunsford
West
Olga Lamb
Hot Springs
H. H. Byrd
Catherine Gills
Appomattox
Bank Statements Called For by Comptroller on March 9
The comptroller of the currency called today for a report on the condition of all national banks at the close of business on March 9. The request seeks a detailed financial snapshot from each insured bank as of the specified date.
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Associated Press
Comptroller of
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The
C. and P. Telephone Co
Father’s Creed
Atty
Gen
Boscawen Street
Shryock
Raw
Palmer
MR. Smitil
Just
Common Council
Man
W. C. Ellvroth
John G.nelson
C. W. McVicar
Pioneer Carriage Builder
Apple Festival
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