Refused Table Clubman Kills Police Officer Then Suicide
Washington May 17. Refus able Wash gomery son of Boston and New York family shot and seriously wounded the club manager killed a policeman and then killed himself. Policeman Jesse Taylor fell on the stairs as Montgomery fled. Garbett the manager was shot in the chest and died later. Montgomery entered twice demanding a table and fired during a confrontation. He then fled, shot himself in the street. Police found liquor in his clothing and noted his prominent family background.
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Washington
Boston
New
Garbett
Montgomery
Taylor
Robert H. Montgomery
War Policies Commission
New York
E. Shaw Montgomery
Princeton
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Marsvin J. Hayes
Winchester party swept from Le Paredis Cafe tragedy
A manager was killed and a Montgomery is said to have killed himself at Club Chantecler in Le Paredis Cafe. Among the many patrons were Winchester visitors who did not witness the shooting but heard the shots and observed the ensuing confusion before paying and leaving.
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Montgomery
Chantecler
Winchester
Washington
Governor Roosevelt Learns From the Mighty Oak
The governor compares a mighty oak to state challenges noting damp north side and dry south side conditions. He emphasizes learning from nature to guide policy decisions and resilience.
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Roosevelt
Rainfall Reported For January to April and 1931 Comparison
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ends at 8 a m today shows none. May to date totals 3.8 inches. Comparison with the 18 year average and 1931 rainfall for January through April shows 1931 values of 2.43, 1.06, 1.93, 2.41 inches for January to April respectively, with 10.22 inches for the 18 year average and 9.58 inches recorded. Proportion first five months of 1930 lists January 11.5 inches, February 0.6, March 2.22, April 1.79, and May 1.19 inches.
Handley High to stage Quality Street on May 23
Handley High School senior class will present Quality Street as their annual drama on May 23. A historic farm structure near Marlboro in Frederick County was destroyed by fire. Thomas B. Byrd received a puppy from his brother Admiral Byrd born in Antarctica. Dorcas Class Reform Church recently presented The Cousin From Coon Ridge.
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Handley High School
Quality Street
Frederick County
Marlboro
Thomas B. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Antarctica
Dorcas
Centenary Reformed Church
Coon Ridge
Queen Shenandoah III to wed in June
Miss Priscilla Bridges of Hancock Massachusetts will marry in June. A surprise party was given to Miss Virginia Grim on her fourteenth birthday by her parents Mr and Mrs Luther Grim. President Coolidge praises Virginians for leadership. Amundsen arrives in Alaska after traversing the North Pole in a dirigible. Annual banquet of the Friendship Fire Company will be held May 27.
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Shenandoah III
Priscilla Bridges
Hancock
Virginia Grim
Luther Grim
Coolidge
Amundsen
Alaska
North Pole
Friendship Fire Company
Fire endangers sixty thousand feet of gas in Kent street stable
Fifteen years ago on May 18 1916 a blaze swept the stable of Charles P Krem er on South Kent street near the gas house endangering sixty thousand feet of gas. Courtney W Weems returned from Vera Cruz Mexico where he had worked at a sugar plantation United States internal revenue agents searched mountains.
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Charles P. Kremer
Kent Street
Courtney W. Weems
Vera Cruz
Mexico
United States Internal Revenue
Moonshiners Put on Notice by Plainclothes Police
Plain clothes policemen appointed by Mayor Julian F Ward arrested seven motorists for speeding. Eight hundred dollars in prizes were offered at the 1916 Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen Association convention.
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Julian F. Ward
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association
Hunger March at Capital Signals Tepid Revolution
State with 000,000 people fields only 200 hunger marchers for a demonstration at the capital. The text casts doubt on the immediacy of a revolution, implying weak turnout and limited momentum for change.
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Herman H. Hable
Loudoun Street
Green Pastures
Shenandoah Valley
Hansbrough & Carter
the Commercial & Savings Bank
H. S. Larrick
H. C. Sheetz
John I. Sloat
Sadie Hamrick
Gen'l Ledger
Belva Shenk
Rabahi
A. Crisman
Ashier
Nate Teller
Harold Rowe
Harold R. Edwards
Carl G. Brown
Teller
Taylor Simpson
A. Hunter Davidson
Vs. SU Ays Co. Bass
Puver OO
Warner Bros
Merry Goldwyn Mayer
Talking Screen
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main Street
Lupton Orchard Service CO
N. Loudoun St
Firemen’s Fund
James H. Jones
Firemen’s Convention
Clubman
Wash, D. C
Balti, Phil
Points North
Roanoke
Staunton
Bristol
Knoxville
Points South
United Utilities Inc
George Washington Hotel
Virginia
Eastern Public Service Corp
Wash., D. C
United Bus Terminal
Great Eastern Terminal
Pennsylvania Ave
Cor
14Th
Penn
United States
Acts
Wil Seiesate
Y F. Shryock
Cameron Street
Farmers & Merchants
McGregor
Smrown & Fisher
Gray & Sheetz
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