Bainbridge Mob Burns Slain Women Suspect in Georgia
A mob of over 100 took Willie Reed from a negro undertaker in Bainbridge Georgia and dragged his body behind cars to a negro baseball park where a pyre was lit. Reed was killed by deputies during an escape attempt as he was being transported to Albany jail after confessing to the slayings of Verne Mae Richards and Mrs Ruby Hurst.
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Bainbridge
W. J. Catledge
Willie Reed
Catledge
Reed
Albany
Dothan
Ala
Verne Mae Richards
Ruby Hurst
H. G. Pollock
R. A. Stephens
H. J. Rhames
Driver electrocuted in freak Maryland wreck
In Rockville Maryland on May 24 John Carlton White 28 was electrocuted when his car struck and knocked down a live pole wire. His brother Michael 27 and Leslie Luhn 41 suffered shock. A fence wire was charged. a dog owned by a school official died after contact. Funeral plans for White were set near Buck Lodge.
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Rockville
John Carlton White
White
Buck Lodge
Michael S. White
Leslie Luhn
Dickerson
Rockville Pike
John White
Luhn
Thomas C. Darby
Marion B. Dayhoff
Wilson Payne
Montgomery County
Barnsville
Ernest T. Harrison
Poolesville
Bank Closing Notices for Memorial Day 1937
Banks announce closings for Monday May 31 1937 a legal holiday. Paper maturing on that date may be paid Tuesday June 1 1937. Signatures include J H Yost cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co John I Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank Geo B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley Net Bank.
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J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John I. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Net] Bank
Stolen Rosenberger Car Abandoned After High Speed Chase
Chase across Route 50 through Maryland and West Virginia ends with the stolen John H Rosenberger automobile abandoned on East Lane. Police believe the Kern vehicle may have been stolen by the same suspects after a 45 minute pursuit ending in Romney.
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Romney
Paw Paw
W. V
Route 50
Cumberland Md
West Virginia
Keyser
Winchester
Stat
R. E. Bayliss
Williams
Amherst Street
Morgan
Cumberland Valley
John H Rosenberger
East Lane
Rosenberger
Kern
Tributes to Soldiers Observance Program at Cemetery
The observance led by Edwin C Parker of the American Legion opens with a bugle call and includes flowers placed with Capt D M Sprinkle supervising cemetery affairs. Participating groups include the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars United Spanish War Veterans Boy Scouts Handley High School Band Company I 106th Infantry Virginia National Guard. Banks and post office hours affected by the holiday.
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D. M. Sprinkle
Ladies’ National Memorial Association
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Spanish War Veterans
Bo Scouts of America
Handley High School
Company I One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Corporation Court
Edwin C Parker
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Handley Band Program Includes Gettysburg Address
Invocation by Rev Ronald S Wilson of Loudoun Street Presbyterian opens the Handley Band program. W R Legge of Handley High School reads Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Col B M Roszel O RC delivers an address. Hymn America and Onward Christian Soldiers are performed by the Handley Band. Benediction by Rev Herman McKay of Market Street.
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Handley Band
Ronald S Wilsons
Loudoun Street Presbyterian
W. R. Legge
Handley High School
America
Col. B. M. Roszel O. R. C
Virginia Department
Salute of Three Valleys by Company I
A veterans ceremony featuring a salute of three valleys, performed by Company I with taps by bugler marking a solemn military tribute.
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Three Valleys
Company I
Trotskyist Spy Charges Linked to Siberian Rail Sabotage
The report states that executed individuals were charged with sabotaging the Siberian railway system, part of the Russian military communication and transportation network, with sabotage tied to Japanese intelligence directions.
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Siberian
Hable's Palace Features Four Stars Tonight
At the Palace Theatre the cast including Don Ameche Ann Sothern Slim Summerville and Stepin Fetchit appear for the last time in Fifty Roads To Town Practically strangers and marooned in a mountain cabin their antics provide the humor. Also shown are coronation footage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth plus the film Let's Get Married with Ida Lupino Ralph Bellamy and Walter Connolly scheduled for Wednesday.
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Palace
Don Ameche
Ann Sothern
Slim Summerville
Stepin Fetchit
Palace Theatre
Slim
Stepin
George VI
Elizabeth
Ida “Lupino
Ralph Bellamy
Walter Connolly
Pal
Ace Theatre Presents Love Battle of the Century
Ace Theatre shows Wednesday only with the feature Hold your sides and love battle of the century. A Fox News Reel and comedy supplement the program for audiences.
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Ace Theatre
Fox News
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Chrysler
Plymouth
Chapman Motor Co
South
Loudoun St
U.S
Hevrole
Shenandoah
S-L-I-P
Buncutter Tire Co
Georgia
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Central Press Association
Richford
N. Y
Oswego
John D
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Mary Ann
Lucy Ann
William, Jr
Frank
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
John D., Sr
John D., Jr
Hughes
S. Loudoun and
Cork Streets
Hable’s Palace
Mason’s Taxi Service
Bickers Motor Co
Philco Auto Radio
Philco
Puleo
Phileo Universal Control
Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen St. Main Street
Winchester Front Royal
Buick
H. W. Ebert
Virginia
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power Co
Goodrich
Silvertown Tires
Cammer Tire CO
Braddock and
Boscawen Sts
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