Insull Salary Details Highlight Trial Testimony
In Chicago on November 2, Samuel Insull disclosed thirteen salaries paid by his companies totaling about 500000 dollars for 1930 and 1931. He testified under cross examination in his mail fraud trial that the salaries supported his control of the vast utility system and defended motives as not personal.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
Insull
Leslie E. Salter
Salter
Socrates
Ynsull
Commonwealth Edison Company
Commonwealth Subsidiary Corporation
Peo
Sweet country girl seeks dating advice from dear mother
A letter writer advises a country girl to consult her mother before pursuing love, noting generational and relational differences. She suggests independence, dating others, and accepting a fiancé’s jealousy, framing the guidance as practical and motherly.
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Tom
Jack
Sam
Judge Blasts Interference in Franklin County Grand Jury Probe
A U.S. district grand jury investigation into alleged national revenue violations in Franklin County Virginia emerged from secrecy as Judge John Paul warned of concerted efforts to hinder the probe. Contempt cited against Joe Joplin, relief administrator for Franklin County, who allegedly pressured a witness. The judge dismissed Joplin with a warning and ordered state officers barred from serving warrants on federal witnesses.
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United States District Grand Jury
National Revenue
Franklin County
John Paul
Joe Joplin
Rocky Mount
Tennessee
Joe Hodges
Paul
Jamison
Hodges
Farmers and Merchants Bank suit against Connelly Shaw
Information from Harrisonburg indicates the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Winchester filed suit for $9 000 in notes against Connelly Shaw Ltd Liverpool England apple importers. The case opened yesterday and is expected to conclude soon.
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Harrisonburg
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Winchester
Connelly-Shaw, Ltd
Liverpool
England
Rev Rohart to preach at Burnt Church Albin
The Rev E J Rohart pastor of the First Brethren Church will preach at Burnt Presbyterian Church in Albin at 3 30 Sunday afternoon. A special song service will accompany the meeting. Everyone is invited.
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E. J. Rohart
First Brethren Church
Burnt
Albin
The Coventry Plays A Medieval Corpus Christi Cycle
The Coventry Plays were a set of 42 morality and mystery plays from the sixteenth century staged near Coventry on Corpus Christi day. Likely authored by clerics, they drew large crowds and reflected religious drama of the period.
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Coventry
Sarah Zane Fire Co Regular Meeting Notice
Regular meeting announced for Friday November 2 at 8 p m. All members are requested to attend. Captain R B Brown signs the notice.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
R. B. Brown
GOP Candidates Plead Case At A Speaking Rally
A crowd of about 500 heard Republican candidates L. C. Page seeking the Senate and J. Everett Will for the Seventh District House at the Colonial Theatre. McCormac opened with a critique of 1930s policy and defense of constitutional principles, urging votes against emergency measures.
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Colonial Theatre
H. B. McCormac
Winchester
Republican State Committee
L. C. Page
Norfolk
United States
J. Everett Will
Luray
House of Representatives
H. B. Garber
Orville B. Willey
Middletown
J. D. Price
H. R. Potts
McCormac
Congress
Will
Roosevelt
Procter and Gamble Carload Sale Aids Clean-up Drive
R M Lindsay of Procter and Gamble announced a full carload sale of Camay Ivory P and G Oxydol and Chipso to a local jobber. The sale supports a clean-up campaign linked to the Better Homes Campaign sponsored by the federal government. The firm says the move will keep Winchester and vicinity shining and encourages a Clean-up and Cheer-up spirit of cooperation with the government housing drive.
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R. M. Lindsay
Procter and Gamble
Better Homes
Proctor and Gamble
United States
Winchester
South End Hose Co. Joint Auxiliary Meeting
Joint meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary and South End Hose Co. members set for Monday night November 5. Captain Gough asks for full attendance. Refreshments to be served.
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South End Hose CO
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Gough
Rexall 1 Cent Sale at Brooks Pharmacy
Rexall 1 cent sale now on at Brooks Pharmacy featuring tremendous values in stationery toilet goods rubber goods drug sundries household remedies and candies. Buy now for Christmas and save on a wide range of items.
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Brooks’ Pharmacy
Relief Director Defends Sending Funds To States
Henry P. Fletcher, Republican national chairman, defends relief funds at a press conference. Hopkins rebuts Roosevelt administration politics with relief money and criticizes Republican claims as lacking understanding of the unemployed. He says November grants were timely and warns GOP would cut unemployment support if in power. Royal Scarlet Cranberry Sauce promotes sale.
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Henry P. Fletcher
Roosevelt
Hopkins
America
Remnants Sale at Lewis Jones Knitting Mill
Remnants of children's union suits and sleepers and ladies and men's garments offered at low prices by Lewis Jones Knitting Mill. Proceeds indicate a merchandise liquidation or stock sale.
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Lewis Jones Knitting Mill
Saturday Specials and Annual Supper Notice
Saturday Special items include chickens for 25 cents and pumpkin pies for 18 cents at Cameron Street. An annual supper is planned Thursday November 22 from 5 to 9 at Mrs. Geo Pitzer residence, hosted by the Clear Brook Presbyterian Church Auxiliary.
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Cameron St
Geo. Pitzer
Clearbrook Presbyterian
Man Falls In Furnace Pit At Newton Corner
A Newton Corner worker at 113 West Cork Street fell about six feet into a furnace pit while moving a iron plate. He suffered a serious leg strain and was treated at home by his physician who deemed the injury painful but not dangerous.
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Newton Corner
West
Cork Street
Consumers Utility Company
Rosenberger Sentenced To Serve Term For Drunkenness
Holmes Rosenberger, brought to police court on a charge of being drunk, was fined $10.25 including costs by Judge Donald Weems. He remains under a six month suspended jail sentence for habitual drunkenness, with the term to begin immediately per Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner. Also notes a classified ad seeking a good home for a young mule dog.
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Holmes Rosenberger
Donald Weems
Rosenberger
A. J. Tavenner
Tavenner
Ford Plans $415 Million 1935 Drive to Boost Auto Supply Chain
Henry Ford announced a $415 million program to back a 1935 target of one million cars, funding railroads carrying materials, Detroit bodies, steel and non ferrous metals, textiles and leather, lumber, and other supplies. The plan will involve 87,000 Ford workers and new hires from former Ford staff in Detroit.
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Manufe
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Detroit
Shawnee Club Reopens Under New Management
The Shawnee Club reopened on the Berryville pike under new management led by R. M. Marvin. He presented a floor show featuring Miss Mary Burns and Miss Glades Gladden, both delivering several numbers, a surprise to guests familiar with New York and Philadelphia clubs.
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Berryville Pike
R. M. Marvin
New York
Philadelphia
Mary Burns
Glades Gladden
Rome Seeks France Troop Aid Over Saar Crisis
The Rome foreign office expects France to seek support in Rome for sending troops into the Saar after the January plebiscite. Italy will consult with England. the Saar issue should not trigger war, and France may place troops at the League of Nations Saar commission’s disposal. Berlin reports Hitler discussed the Saar with storm troops as anger grows over French action.
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Rome
Foreign Office
France
Saar
London
Italy
England
League of Nation
Hitler
Berlin
Germany
Rhineland
Ruhr
Beobatcher
Grande National
Frankfurt-on-main
Catholics and Protestants Unite Against Rosenberg Book
In Berlin Protestants join Catholics in opposing Alfred Rosenberg's The Myth of the Twentieth Century. Rev Martin Niemuller declares Rosenberg's book a common enemy threatening Christian faith. Protestant leader Christian Kinder is named as a potential successor to the Nazi church commissioner posts.
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Berlin
Alfred Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Martin Niemueller
Pastors’ Emergency Federation
Ludwig Mueller
Philosphy
Dares
Germany
Christian Kinder
August Jaeger
Russia
Kinder
Rous Fire Company to Meet Friday Evening
Regular monthly meeting of Rouss Fire Company will be held Friday evening November 2 at 8 oclock. Special entertainment. M D Weaver president. Wanted large clean cotton rags. Star Office.
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Rouss Fire CO
Rous Fire Company
M. D. Weaver
Death of Mrs Martha Combes Page 72
Mrs Martha Combes Page 72 widow of Edgar M Page died at her son in law and daughter's home one mile north of Middletown after several months of declining health. Heart disease and complications caused death. Born in Talbot County Maryland she came to live with her daughter three years ago and was affiliated with Grace Methodist Church South Middletown. Survived by daughter Mrs Norman K Wise. Funeral and interment in St Michaels Maryland beside her husband.
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Martha Combes Page
Edgar M. Page
Norman K. Wise
Middletown
Page
Baltimore
Grace Methodist Church
South
Talbot County
Maryland
Nicholas
Sarah Jackson
Mr. Page
St. Michaels
Inquiry Into Grave Robbery On Hallowe'en
Quantico officials and Marine Corps base officers probe a graveyard theft in which the body of John Rainey of Prince William county was exhumed stripped and moved to a vacant lot under a street light. The body was found by Hoyt Reid and reburied after Coroner Dr. E H Marsteller supervised an initial examination.
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Quantico
Marine Corps
John Rainey
Prince William County
Washington
Marine Cevetery
Marine Post
American Legion
Hoyt Reid
E. H. Marstellar
Society Group To Meet November 8
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will hold a group meeting at Middletown on Thursday November 8 at 10:30 in the morning. The auxiliaries from Mount Jackson Edinburg Woodstock Toms Brook Strasburg and Middletown form the group. Next week is the week of prayer and the group will observe an all day prayer service. Each society is urged to be represented.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Middletown
Mount Jackson
Edinburg
Woodstock
Toms Brook
Strasburg
Red Cross Membership Drive Urged at Loudoun Street
All residents who have not joined the Red Cross for the coming year are urged to bring or send memberships to Red Cross headquarters at 23 Loudoun Street. The campaign hopes to close by the middle of next week.
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Red Cross
Red
Loudoun Street
Noted Bronx Lawyer Confirms He Defends Hauptmann
An associate of Edward J. Reilly announced that Richard Hauptmann remains represented by Fawcett despite rumors of a change. Morris Edelbaum said Floyd Fisher of Flemington and Reilly’s firm would join as counsel, with formal confirmation planned after a meeting at the Flemington jail Monday.
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Ard Hauptmann
Edward J. Reilly
Pawcett
Fawcett
Hauptmann
Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Reilly
Morris Edelbaum
Floyd Fisher
Flemington, N. J
Pine
Edelbaum
Flemington
N. J
World News Highlights Across Nations
Reports from Dillinger escape questioning in Crown Point Indiana. Prosecution and defense clash in the Bruno Hauptmann case in Flemington New Jersey. George A. Sloan protests a buyers strike in Baltimore over NRA gains. Officials in Gauley Bridge West Virginia plan probe into five drownings or crush deaths. Archbishop John William Shaw of New Orleans dies of a heart attack. President Roosevelt welcomes Ford's declaration that the downturn is ending. Samuel Insull testifies again in mail fraud case in Chicago. Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller complete a round trip flight to Australia from London. Ottokar Hoffman suicide linked to hunger strikes in Pecs. Italy may seek Rome support for troops into the Saar Basin. Hitler addresses Saar Basin tensions in Berlin. Zamora signs clemency decrees in Madrid. Van Der Straten named ambassador to the United States pending Brussels posting.
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Crown Point
Ind
Ernest Blunk
Dillinger
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Baltimore
John William Shaw
New Orleans
Washington
Roosevelt
Ford
Chicago
Samuel Insull
London
Cathcart Jones
Ken Waller
Australia
Budapest
Ottokar Hoffman
Pecs
Rome
Italy
France
Saar
Berlin
Hitler
Saar Basin
Germany
Madrid
Zamora
Brussel
le Ro
Bert van der Straten
United States
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