Diphtheria Clinic Run By Health Boards For Frederick County Kids
A toxin-antitoxin clinic will operate from May 25 to June 9 at Frederick county schools with doctors from Winchester and Frederick County. Attendance days and times vary by location, cost ten cents per child, and aims to prevent diphtheria amid rising cases and historical death rates.
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Frederick County
State Board of Heath
County Board of Health
Winchester
Gore
Middletown
Stephens City
Virginia
Curtis Free of Blame in Lindbergh Kidnapping
Hopewell May 19 exonerates John H. Curtis a Matawa Lindbergh hoaxer of any link to the actual kidnapping or ransom. New Jersey officials plan to question the Rev H Dobson Peacock in Norfolk Va about his role as a negotiator in the case.
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Eancenet Press
Hopewell
John H. Curtis
New Jersey
H. Dobson-Peacock
Norfolk
Exoneration of Curtis in Lindbergh kidnapping case
A clergyman who flew to Hopewell on March 28 sought Col onel Lindbergh to place $25 000 in a Norfolk bank as earnest money in negotiations with the kidnapers He declined to come to Hopewell but offered cooperation to police Governor Moore favored sending a representative to Norfolk to hear him Col Schwarzkopf said he was eager to confront Curtis with Peacock A mysterious letter connected to the case was received ten days after the kidnapping The exoneration bulletin from Col Schwarzkopf stated Curtis had no link to the kidnappers or ransom money
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Hopewell
Lindbergh
Norfolk
A. Harry Moore
New Jersey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Schwarzkopf
Curtis
Peacock
William Water
Trenton
Colonel Schwarzkopf
Fingerprints Implicate Different Man in Crawford Case
Andrew Rowell, colored, held in Orangeburg South Carolina for murder, is believed not to be George Crawford. Fingerprints do not match Crawford’s, though descriptions align. further investigation planned. Rowell identified as Crawford by Orangeburg officers amid a nationwide manhunt with a $1,000 reward.
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Andrew Rowell
Orangeburg
Aes
Crawford
United States Department of Justice
Rowell
South Carolina
Agnes B. Ilsley
Mina Buckner
Middleburg
Galleher
Star
Jerome M. Jackson
Jackson
Associated Press
Commonwealth Attorney
United States
Park Nine Baseball Weekend at Rouss Spring Park
The Winchester Park Association nine under new manager Sandy Baker hosts two games at Rouss Spring Park this weekend. Saturday at 3 p.m. they meet Bunker Hill Athletic Club of West Virginia, and Sunday at 2 30 p.m. they face Staunton Military Academy cadets arriving for their encampment. The Sunday game is early to allow the S M A drill in the grandstands and bleachers.
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Winchester Park
Association Nine
Spicey
Sandy” Baker
Rouss Spring Park
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Park Nine
Staunton
Lad Not Run Over After Bicycle Incident
The Star was asked to state that H R Grim’s car did not pass over Marion Jenkins after he swerved his bicycle at the corner of South Loudoun and Germain streets Tuesday. Jenkins is reported to be improving at the hospital with head and body injuries from the scare and fall.
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H.R. Grim
Marion Jenkins
South Loudoun
Germain
Jenkins
Grim
Staunton Cadets Begin Annual Camp at Rouss Spring Park
The Staunton Military Academy cadet corps will travel by Baltimore and Ohio train to Rouss Spring Park southeast of Staunton for their annual encampment ending May 28. An advance party has set up mess, guard and officers tents with sleeping tents to follow. Col. Rusell oversees the academy as drills and a May 28 close date approach. A baseball game with Winchester Park is on Sunday and visitors may view drills from the hillside near the parade ground.
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Staunton Military Academy
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rouss Spring Park
Joe Taylor
Staunton
Thomas H. Russell
Academy
S. M. A. Nine
Winchester Park Association
Radio Stocks Pool Profits Tie to DNC Chairman Rascob
Senate banking committee hearings reveal a seven day pool in 1929 yielded 4.92 million dollars from a 12.68 million investment. John J. Rascob chairman of the Democratic National Committee led with a 1 million stake earning 221 thousand. Charles M. Schwab Walter P. Chrysler and Mrs. David Sarnoff also profited.
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Washington
John J. Rascob
Democratic National Committee
Senate Banking Committee
W. F. Kenny
M. J. Meehan
Walter P. Chrysler
Charles M. Schwab
David Sarnoff
H. B. Swope
William A. Grady
Raskob
Gray
Schwab
Sarnoff
Radio Corporation
Thomas E. Bragg
Wall Street
Famed German Do-X Arrives Over Halifax
Halifax Nova Scotia reports the Do-X arriving at 10 15 a m on a flight from Newark. In New York Harbor the DC X began its return trip to Germany via Harbor Grace Newfoundland after a night flight from Manhattan Bay. The Radio Marine Corp cited longer safer runway at Manhattan Bay for the seaplane.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Standard Pc
Newark
Harbor Grace
New York
Harbor Grace Newfoundland
Germany
North Beach
Manhattan Bay
Radio Marine Corporation
Slemp Named Master Mind of the Owl Tariff
Senator Tydings denounces C Bascom Slemp as the mastermind behind the oil tariff lobby amid a heated Senate dispute. He cites Wirt Franklin and Hitchcock as other lobbyists and ties Slemp to Hoover campaign activities and a Paris posting as reward.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Paris
Hoover
Will of Frederick county farmer Mattison probated
The will of Don Scott Mattison a Frederick county farmer and apple grower is admitted to probate after sworn handwriting verification by the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company. The estate valued above 20000 is left to his wife Nenah Love Mattison with a codicil directing trustee bank be empowered to manage the remaining estate and specific gifts to cemetery Lucille Sowers Yeakley the Children’s Society and others with equal residue to heirs including Mrs Gertrude Glassinger and Mrs Mary B Brown. Mrs Mattison serves as executrix posting a 20000 bond. Appraisers named Samuel E Brown Holmes Yeakley Ray Robinson Hunter Brown and J Fred Thwaite.
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Don Scott Mattison
Frederick County
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Mattison
Nenah Love Mattison
Bank
Gertrude Glassinger
Chicago
Bertha Marooney
Alice Tom
John Marooney
Garden City
Kas
Mary B. Brown
Winchester
Archie S. Robinson
Wadesville
Charles Hunter Robinson
Kirkville
H. Douglas Puller
Jacob H. Yost
Samuel E. Brown
Holmes Yeakley
Ray Robinson
Hunter Brown
J. Fred Thwaite
Byrd Endorsed by Two More Counties for Presidency
Accomac and Arlington counties join other Virginia counties backing former Governor Harry F. Byrd for the Democratic presidential nomination. Accomac is home county of Walter G. Mapp, a past Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Arlington, a densely populated county, adds strong regional support.
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Accomac
Arlington Counties
Old Dominion
Harry F. Byrd
United States
Walter G Mapp
Virginia
Byrd
John Garland Pollard
Arlington County
Public Sale of Farming Implements
A public sale of farming implements is held at Robert Schultz's Warehouse on Fairmont Avenue Saturday May 21 at 1 PM. The listing notes items to be sold and location details.
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Robert Schultz
Fairmont Avenue
Oak Grove Tea Room Ad Promotes Fresh Barbecue and Coffee
A Martinsburg Pike listing advertises Oak Grove Tea Room offering fresh daily barbecue and tasty coffee at hours 1p to 9pm and 9 to 11pm.
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Oak Grove Tea Room
Martinsburg Pike
Miller's ad advertises insecticides and pest control products
An old advertisement lists insecticides including Pyrox, Paris Green, Slug Shot, Cro-Tox, and other bug killers. It promotes buying at Miller's Medicines Magazines News and mentions a slogan about killing crows and corn robbers.
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Florida
Miller's
Nat Hawkins Dry Cleaning Ad Promises Cheap Service
Just a bundle of soiled clothes collected and turned in ends your laundry work. Wet wash rough dry linens and any service return clothes clean and carefully handled at today’s economical prices. Nat Hawkins Dry Cleaning phone 392 M 19 19 31.
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Nat Hawkins
Roanoke Brothers Die in Roanoke Crash Near Bristol
Clyde Patterson 31 and his brother Earl 33 of Roanoke were killed or critically injured when their car collided with another vehicle in Bristol while en route to Oklahoma wheat fields. James Morris 21 of Roanoke was arrested on murder charges after his car struck a truck and overturned multiple times.
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Associated Press
Bristol
Clyde Patterson
Roanoke
Earl
Herman Coleman
Oklahoma Wheat Fields
James Morris
Wanted good home for fine young female collie
A notice seeks an immediate home for a young female collie. Contact Dr. Landis at 496-W or 41-1 5-19-1p-tf for details and adoption arrangements.
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Landis
James W. Good property sale at 432 Highland Ave
The James W. Good property at 432 Highland Ave will be sold at noon Saturday May 21 in front of Court House. Sale bills provide details. The notice ends with a wry publisher’s syndicate closing remark.
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James W. Good
Highland Ave
Court House
Mrs. Orndorff's Shoe Found Near Mountain Home
Sheriff Luther Pannett reports shoes found in a Mountain Home area thicket may belong to Mrs Frances Nicholson Orndorff wife of Kermit Orndorff missing since December 29. Relatives identify the footwear as once worn by the missing woman as investigators expand searches through Northern Virginia and nearby West Virginia.
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Luther Pannett
Star Tannery
Frances Nicholson Orndorff
Kermit Orndorff
Orndorff
Virginia
West Virginia
Delay USDA apple crop estimates to August first
Washington apple growers and the West Virginia Horticulture Society urge delaying United States and state crop forecasts until August first or fifteenth. They argue early July estimates mislead growers and traders after history showed crops vary from predictions, risking price shocks and wrong market signals.
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Washington
West Virginia
Petersburg Kiwanis Aids Destitute Children Through Relief Work
Winchester Kiwanis Club luncheon featured Dr. Frank Talley of Petersburg detailing over eight years of relief programs. Talley, chairman of Petersburg’s underprivileged and crippled children's committee, cited more than 25 thousand dollars spent and rising demand amid economic downturn. 21 visiting Kiwanians joined 51 locals for the event.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Frank Talley
Petersburg
Talley
Petersburg Kiwanis Club
Ralph B. Snapp
Virginia State Dental Association
George G. Snarr
Scandal Topic Set for Sacred Heart Mission Sermon
The Rev. Father Thomas J. Barrett will preach on scandal as the mission subject at Sacred Heart Church this evening at 7 30. Everyone is invited to attend these services.
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Thomas J. Barrett
Church of the Sacred Heart
Round Hill Church Debate for Christian Endeavor Benefit
Round Hill Presbyterian Church hosts a Friday night debate on May 20 at 8 oclock. Luttrell Brothers participate in the event to raise funds for the Christian Endeavor program.
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Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Luttrell Bros
Benefit Christian
Endeavor
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