Winchester plan tests Red Cross highway first aid stations
The American Red Cross begins a new experiment named The Winchester Virginia Plan to establish eight highway first aid stations along Route 11 from the West Virginia line to Bristol Virginia Tennessee. Taylor Barr and Mrs Lottie M Wolfe train volunteers for northern and southern sections with class HQs in Winchester and Stephens City.
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Winchester
United States
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Virginia
West Virginia Line
Bristol
Tenn
Frederick County
Taylor Barr
First
First Aid Committee
J. T. Boyd
Elenora Clevenger
Lottie M. Wolfe
Stephens City
Hicks
Frank R. Horton
Barr
Wolfe
Civil Works Administration
Berryville
Luther M Miller property sale near Opequon
About 40 acres with a residence outbuilding 5 acres in orchard and 15 acres timber located around 1 mile west of Opequon to be sold in front of Court House at noon Saturday May 26. Describes a desirable home and land package with details of acreage and sale site.
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Luther M. Miller
Opequon
Court House
Barbecue Sandwiches at Apple Way
Barbecue sandwiches offered at Apple Way for ten cents with 19 to 1p to 1t pricing indicated.
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the Apple Way
Negro Charged With Attack Is Spirited Away
A mob of about 1000 formed to lynch a young negro accused of assaulting a 13 year old white girl near the county jail. The suspect was secretly moved to an unnamed prison around 12 hours earlier, preventing violence. A bonfire and vigil were reported as crowds gathered, but the jail escape halted any immediate action.
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Associated Press
8. C
Maylc
Dillinger Indicted by U S Grand Jury in Wisconsin
A federal grand jury in Madison returned indictments against John Dillinger and nine associates for harboring and concealing sought persons. Charges include bank robberies shootings jail break and other acts with Dillinger previously charged under the Dyer Act for interstate auto transport.
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Associated Press
Madison, Wis
John Dillinger
Indiana
Desperado
Department of Justice
Dillinger
Byrd To Introduce Roosevelt At Lafayette Commemoration
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia will introduce President Roosevelt at a joint session in the Capitol Hall of the House of Representatives. The address marks the Marquis de Lafayette heroism centennial observance, with a radio broadcast of the program.
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Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Marquis de la Fayette
Washington
Byrd
Joint Congressional Committee
Hand of Death Claims Charles Newcomb
Charles Newcomb a Frederick County native and long time Winchester resident died yesterday at his Washington home where he had lived for 14 or 15 years He was about 65 and had built a chicken raising business in Washington Survived by widow daughter Camillus and Ethel two sisters and a late sister The funeral will be held in Washington Monday at 10 then in Winchester for interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery with a graveside service.
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Charles Newcomb
Frederick County
Winchester
Washington
Mr .Newcomb
Mr. Newcomb
White Hall
Charles D
Margaret Mills Newcomb
Lottie Copenhaver
Camillus Copenhaver
West Monmouth Street
Camillus Newcomb
Noble Simpson
Ethel Newcomb
James White
Clinton Miller
Opequon
William B. Flemister
Newcomb
Forney Hutchinson
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mount Hebron
Mrs Hubbard 87 Dies at Frederick Family Home
Mrs Elizabeth P Hubbard 87 longtime Frederick resident and widow of Francis A Hubbard died at noon at her daughter s home 123 West Peyton Street She leaves three daughters Mrs J M Stiles Mrs John W Lodge of this city and Mrs John G Stiles of Chicago and two sons John Hubbard of Winchester and C C Hubbard of Tacoma Wash Funeral 8 pm Monday at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev Wallace M Brashears and Rev C S Luce Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery
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Elizabeth P. Hubbard
Frederick
John M. Stiles
West Peyton Street
Francis Asbury Hubbard
John G. Stiles
Chicago
John Hubbard
Winchester
C. C. Hubbard
Tacoma
Wash
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Wallace M. Brashears
Methodist Church
Bunker Hill
Three Believed Killed In Powder Company Plant Blast
An explosion at Bronze Powder Company works near Painesville Ohio caused four deaths and three serious burns. Firefighters could not use water due to stored explosive materials. Four bodies were believed trapped. three survivors were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Painesville
Ohio
Bronze Powder Company Works
Here
Death summons J Edward Giles in Washington
Relatives report the death of J Edward Giles former local resident at his Washington D C home following a January fall and prolonged illness He was born September 14 1852 and aged about 81 Funeral services will be held Monday at Mt Hebron Cemetery with Rev E B McGukin officiating Interment in the family lot Pallbearers include J Madison Spurr John H Seal Jr Louis H Grimm A Taylor Ritter and William B Wagner
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J. Edward Giles
Washington
D .C
Mr. Giles
Giles
Katherine Seal
John H. Seal Sr
Lewis W. Seal
A. Taylor Ritter
Wash. M. Seal
Barrie Giles
William A. Verhas
David Brewer
Rudolph DeGlantz
Mt. Hebron
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mount He
Britain Seen Aligning With Japan Over China Policy
A Chinese official in high quarters accuses Sir John Simon and Britain's policy of inviting Japanese aggression in China. The official links Cripps and British action to a potential alliance with Japan to counter Russo American reapproachment. He urges Britain to side with the United States to balance Japan’s push into Manchuria.
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Associated Press
London
John Simon
Great Britain
China
Stafford Cript
Japan
Manchuria
Jeehol
John
House of Commons
Britian
United States
Stafford
Manchukuo Number Two
Mrs De Vonde Beauty Nook Ad
Mrs De Vonde offers permanent waving and hair tinting at Beauty Nook located at 129 S. Loudour St. Phone 1312. Ad proclaims By Reputation The Best. Register 4-18-1p-tf.
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Mrs. de Vonde
Beauty Nook
S. Loudour
Betty Weakland Sermon Series At Market Street Church
Betty Weakland headlines a series at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church with talks on death afterlife and grief of a rejected suitor. The schedule includes sermons by Betty and a conversion story by Dr J Roy Weakland, with biblical commentary and critiques of evolution.
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Betty Weakland
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Betty
J. Roy Weakland
Laughim
Double Header Baseball Tomorrow At Park Association Grounds
The Park Association diamond hosts a double header starting at 2 pm tomorrow with Funkstown Maryland providing the opposition in both games. Lefty Williams is named as a top catcher from Waynesboro Pennsylvania and two Florida League third basemen from Tampa. One admission covers both games with a short intermission. Park boys seek to extend a current eight game win streak as they prep for Martinsburg today.
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Park Association
Funkstown
Lefty Williams
Waynesboro
Tampa
Fila
Park Boys
Martinsburg
Urgent Fund Drive Call by Miss Agnes Page
Miss Agnes R. Page, chairman of the Children's Home Society of Richmond Clarke County fund drive, urges all donations to be sent in during the coming week. She asks for liberal support to boost the campaign.
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Agnes R. Page
Saraa
Boyce
Children’s Home Society of Richmond
Clarke County
Miss Page
Soft water, cold cuts and pure foods ad note
Winchester Steam Laundry advertises soft water and phone contact. Pure Food Store Spillman & Alexander Drug Co offers olives pickles cheese pretzels crackers and other items with delivery and Sunday hours 9 am to 9 pm.
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Winchester Steam
League Council seeks embargo on Boliva Paraguay arms
League of Nations adopts a resolution authorizing its Chaco committee to consult arms exporting countries for an embargo on arms and munitions to Bolivia and Paraguay. Roosevelt asks tighter arms export controls and licensing. measures to bar US sales pending Congress action.
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Geneva
Council of the
League of Nations Today
Chaco
Boliva
Paraguay
Council
League
Commission
Washington
Bolivia
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
State Department
House Foreign Relations Committees
United States
Pittman
Stock Market Had Dull Day and Wheat Rises
New York May 19 The stock market showed one of its dullest sessions in two years with mildly mixed prices and scattered week end profit taking. Transfers were 249300 shares, the smallest since July 9 1932. Wheat rose more than one cent a bushel, other cereals firmer, cotton steady, silver futures up slightly, rubber down a touch.
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Associated Press
New York
Rhodes Drug Co Open Sunday Hours
Rhodes Drug Co announces Sunday hours from 9 a m to 9 p m with prompt order delivery available by phone 373.
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O. A
Rite Way Cleaners Corp Offers Quality Dry Cleaning Deals
A local notice advertises Rite Way Cleaners Corp offering quality dry cleaning at no higher cost than competing services. The brief promotion highlights affordable pricing and reliable service for customers seeking value in garment care.
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Rite Way Cleaners Corp
Track Athletes Contending For League Honors
A Cumberland Valley track meet at Handley bowl features Handley Heath athletes led by Thrift Lake Clevenger and Miller contending for the league trophy Martinsburg sends a strong contingent to challenge Hagerstown Waynesboro and Alleghany. The meet opens at 1 pm with events including 100 yard dash mile run shot put and more leading to Miller tying the Winchester league record at 5 feet 7 inches in high jump.
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Cumberland Valley Athletic League
Handley
Thrift
Lake
Clevenger
Miller
Alleghany High
Cumberland
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Otis Sargent
Hoffman
Klipp
Nave
Bell
Winchester
Stonebraker
Buckle
Crisman
Shockey
Cunningham
Cumbenand
Wingerstown
Boone
Wincheschester
Murray
Hater
Ed Shockey
C. Shockey
Staley
Moler
Clinger
Georgia rivals form to challenge Talmadge renomination
Democratic governor Eugene Talmadge faces rivals led by Judge Claude C. Pittman as the party braces for a heated re election contest in Georgia. The Central Press report notes rising competition and a party political stir ahead of the nomination.
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Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
Georgia
Claude C. Pittman
Central Press
Two Pennsylvania Couples Receive Marriage Licenses
City Clerk Clark M. Smith issued licenses to Frank B. Gams and Gertrude I. Bergner of Philadelphia and to Norman H. Rowe of Waynesboro and Alta B. Null, who plan to marry in Kernstown. Both couples met in the clerk’s office and did not know each other previously. seven of ten May licenses be outside of Virginia.
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Clark M. Smith
Pennsylvania
Frank 8. Gams
Gertrude I. Bergner
Philadelphia
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Norman Henry Rowe
Alta Beatrice Null
Waynesboro
Kernstown
Virginia
Fire Destroys Newburyport Shoe Factory and Shipyard
A major blaze in Newburyport Massachusetts leveled a quarter mile area, destroying factories homes and a shipyard with private yachts. The fire caused an estimated 700 000 to 900 000 in damage and left about four hundred workers unemployed. Two firemen were overcome by smoke but survived. Aid came from nearby towns including Salem.
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Associated Press
Newburyport
Fisher
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Salem
Bulgaria Falls Under Military Rule After Coup
In Sofia on May 19 a military coup dissolved Parliament and set up a new authority. Troops seized key sites, arrested the cabinet, and King Boris approved a new premier and 30 decrees reorganizing the government.
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Sofia
Boris
Bulgaria
Kimon Gueorguieff
Monarchic Edict Ends Parliament and Municipal Elections
A government manifesto proclaims an independent authority free from political passions and dissolves Parliament with mayors to be appointed from the capital. Municipal elections are ended amid past Communist vote gains, while rumors swirl abroad of a possible royal assassination.
Darrow May Be Engaged In the Insull Defense
Chicago date May 19 rumors say Clarence Darrow may return from retirement to defend Samuel Insull. Insull faces mail fraud bankruptcy and embezzlement charges as talks quote Darrow as a potential attorney for the deposed utilities magnate.
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Darrow
Insull
Associated Press
Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Samuel Insull
Samuel, Jr
Massie
Honolulu
National Recovery Review Board
Special Sale Pet Rabbits at Miller's Drug Store
Miller's Drug Store advertises a pet rabbits sale at 25 cents each with a small format listing. The notice is dated May 17 and appears as a local classified item.
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Miller's Drug Store
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Baby Face" Nelson
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