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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1938
Page
9
Daylight photo depicts a wing fragment among toppled trees at the fatal crash site. The plane was en route west from New York to Chicago with a planned Cleveland stop, carrying three crew members.
Daughters of Toronto mother who died in childbirth, Marjorie and Shirley Shaw were separated as infants and adopted by different families in London Ontario and New York. Both became nurses and were reunited when a clinic supervisor noticed their striking resemblance in New York City.
Residents along the flight path found burned metal in their yards supporting evidence that a fire preceded the crash in which ten people died. Federal inquiry members at the scene included George W. West J. W. Lankford D. Murphy and Byron M. Jacobs.
A daring plan to kidnap Viscount Nuffield, 60, renowned British carmaker, was thwarted when a friend overheard orders to lure him into a vehicle and alerted London police. Two men were arrested as the plot unfolded near his car plant after hours. Kidnapping was nearly unheard of in Britain.
Dickey a canary had a neck tumor. Dr Wallace J. Flynn performed a delicate operation and sewed the incision with two hairs from his own head. The bird was given a single drop of anaesthetic.
Mrs. Mary Bradley, an elderly widow from New York City, says a court decree forced her to flog her 16 year old son Tommy for a prank. She displayed the strap and described the whipping, after which Tommy went to school crying and she cried as well.
Nine Coast Guard ships were sent to Alaskan waters after Capt. J. B. Shields requested arms for two American vessels amid threats of open conflict with Japanese fishermen off the Alaska coast. The ships are tasked with keeping peace and keeping Japanese craft outside the three mile limit.
William Buchly, 57, a White House clerk and father of four, is held on charges of pilfering presidential mail after five years at the executive mansion. fingerprinting photos show him being processed by secret service agents.
Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan and David A. Lilienthal defended TVA accounting methods at a Washington hearing. They counter charged that former chairman Arthur E.B. Morgan implied personal dishonesty to attack them and that the ousted leader tried to sabotage the government’s case in litigation over TVA Act constitutionality.
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