Flaming 15 Year-Old Veteran Found in Tree
Frightened farmer James El Hott saw flames at his window and found Gunnoe’s blazing body hanging from a tree near the Elliott farm. Troopers suspect murder as a heavy wire wrapped the neck and gasoline burned the clothes. Gunnoe, CCC foreman from Raleigh county, was last seen leaving camp about 6 pm. No motive is clear as investigators cover the rain soaked woods seeking clues.
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James el- Hott
Elliott
Gunnoe
Ripley
Jackson
Gunnee
James H. Filinger
Charleston
Elliott Farm
Bradley
Ccc
Edwright
Raleigh County
Ohio Valley
Jackson County
Handley High pupils aim to improve speech habits
MA Winchester notes the November 13 carnation gathering as a springboard to discuss speech correction at Handley high school. He reflects that many may err in grammar and diction and suggests hearing ourselves as others hear us would prompt purging vocabulary and precision in language.
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Handley High School
British Election Campaign Ends in Disorders and Predictions
The piece reports violent incidents and heckling as the British campaign peaks. It notes 1,348 candidates, with 584 government aspirants and diverse opposition totals, including 51 Labor and Liberal candidates, 45 Independent, and 17 Independent Labor. 37, including Prime Minister Baldwin, were unopposed.
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Labor
Liberal
Ministre Baldwin
Dance Halls And Beer Parlors Ordered Closed Saturday
Deputy Sheriff J W Newcome and State Trooper R E Bayliss led a closure of the Blue Moon on Martinsburg Pike after a month of drunken brawls. Officers said many arrests occurred weekly and warned further closures if drunkenness continues.
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J. W. Newcome
Troper R. E. Bayliss
Tom Boyd
Ben Cline
Martinsburg Pike
Board of Supervisors
American Painter Charles Hall Thorndike Dies in Nice
Charles Hall Thorndike, 57, American painter once of Boston, died at his Nice home after a brief illness. The death occurred last night.
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Nice
France
Charles Hall Thorndike
Boston
Rally Here On November 17 For Christian Endeavor
The Winchester Church of Christ hosts the Western District rally of the Christian Endeavor Society on November 17. The theme is My Share in Building A Better World with a 6:30 prayer meet ending by 7:15, followed by music, district news at 7:45, an offering, and a 8:30 consecration service led by Rev. George Jane Owen.
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Winchester Church
Free Virginian In A Slaying Acquitted in Halifax County
Abie Lowery was acquitted of the murder of Dave Whitt, the Halifax county farmer found shot near his home weeks earlier. A 20 minute jury deliberation accepted his alibi that he was not in the neighborhood when the crime occurred.
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South
Boston
Abie Lowery
Dave Whitt
Halifax County
Lowery
Whitt
52 Horses Enter Middleburg Fall Meet
Virginia racing fans learned from an entry list released by secretary Daniel G. Sands that 52 timber brush and flat horses will run at the Middleburg Racing Association’s fall meet opening next Saturday. Top eastern stables enter, including Indigo the gray steeplechaser from Northwood Stables Oyster Bay and L. L. Woe who won the spring meet.
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Middleburg
Virginia
Daniel G. Sands
Middleburg Racing Association
Indigo
Northwood
Oyster Bay
L. L. Woe
County Plans Market Building Financed by Special Fund
Frederick county voters go to the polls on Thursday December 3 to decide on a county market building and vault expansion financed by short bonds paid off in four to five years or less from Virginia ABC Board revenue. The county holds about 4750 in deposits from the first year of Virginia ABC Board stores and tax increases are not planned, per Commonwealth's Attorney Burr P. Harrison and Board Chairman C I Brumback.
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Frederick County
Virginia Abc Board
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
C. I. Brumback
Detroit baseball magnate Navin dies at 64
Frank J. Navin owner of the Detroit Tigers and vice president of the American League died of a heart attack while riding at the Detroit Riding and Hunt Club. He was 64, survived by his widow and nephew Charles Navin. Navin built a championship era for Detroit from 1935 onward and oversaw the world series win over the Chicago Cubs. Mickey Cochrane, manager, called the loss terrible and canceled travel plans.
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Frank J. Navin
Detroit Tigers
Detroit Riding and Hunt Club
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Charles F. Navin
Battle Creek
Ravin
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Tiger Town
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Tiger Club
New York
Navin Field
Adrian
Mich
Thomas
Eliza Crotty Navin
Ireland
Thomas H. Yawkey
Detroit Baseball Co
Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Cochrane
Trespass Notices For Sale at Star Office
A single page item notes trespass notices available for sale at Star Office. Details specify location and page count, with emphasis on legal notice posting practices and public accessibility.
Wanted to find home for pretty female dog part hound
WANTED To find at once owner or good home for very pretty female dog part hound about one year old white with black and tan on head and two black spots on back. Phone 41-1 or 629-1. 11-13-1p-1f.
Fire Injures Eight at Selma Graded School
Eight young pupils were injured when they leapt from second story windows as a fire destroyed Selma Graded School in Clifton Forge Virginia. Firemen evacuated about 200 students, with Mil ton Craft among the injured having both legs broken. others suffered fractures and shock, none fatally.
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Clifton Forge
Selma
Chesapeake and Ohio Hospital
D. L. Carter
Jackson River
Apparen Carter
Milton Craft
Roy Heatwole Sentenced For Non Support
In a court session Judge A J Tavenner sentenced Roy Heatwole to one year on the state road force for failing to support his wife and six children. James Miller and Emmett Whitlock faced separate charges of drunken and disorderly conduct and were fined $14.25.
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A. J. Tavenner
Roy Heatwole
James Miller
Emmett Whitlock
Alabama Names Delegates For 1936
The Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee elected Gov. Bibb Graves U S Senators Hugo Black and John Bankhead and John D McQueen as delegates at large to the 1936 Democratic National Convention to support President Roosevelt for another term.
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Montgomery
Ala
Democratic Executive Committee
Bibb Graves
U. S
Hugo Black
John Bankhead
John D. McQueen
Alabama
Roosevelt
Duke Tar Heels clash draws record southern crowd
Durham N C November 13 with a huge turnout expected for the Duke versus unbeaten North Carolina football game. Advance sales top 35 000 as organizers aim to break the southern attendance record set at 41 000 by Georgia Tech and Georgia in 1927.
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Durham
N. C
Duke
North Carolina Tarheels
South
Georgia Tech
Georgia
Fruit Cake Ingredients and Prices Ad from Pure Food Store
A vintage ad lists fruit cake components including red, green or yellow pineapple at 45c, red or green cherries Ib 50c, citron 32c, orange or lemon peel 32c, plus figs currants raisins and more from Pure Food Store.
Farms Increase by 183 in County During 5 Years
Frederick county Virginia leads in apples with a 183 farm rise from 1930 to 1935. The preliminary census report cites acreage shifts in crops, oats and barley changes, and livestock totals including 10 691 cattle and 6 512 cows and heifers two years old and over. Figures for fruits vegetables and legumes await later release.
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Frederick
Virginia
William L. Austin
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Legionnaires Meet Tonight at Handley Library Auditorium
Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion will hold a meeting tonight at 7 30 in the Handley Library auditorium. Commander E C Parker urges full attendance of veterans as topics of interest will be discussed. Also note help wanted for an experienced soda fountain girl at Baker's Drug Store.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Handley Library
E. C. Parker
Parker
Baker's Drug Store
Jr Auxiliary Plans Midweek Clinic For Diphtheria Serum
The Jr Auxiliary will hold a near future acne anti diphtheria clinic for children aged six months to seven years who cannot visit a family doctor. Registration is Monday Nov 18 at 9:00 at the District Nurse's office. White children may receive serum Wednesday and colored children Thursday.
Frederick Club Seeks Basketball Games in Frederick
The Jeffersonian Club of Frederick requests scheduling games with strong amateur teams. The club asks interested teams to contact R. J. Atkinson in Frederick, Maryland.
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Star
Frederick, Md
Jeffersonian
Frederick
R. J. Atkinson
Murder warrant issued for Noah Kolbfleisch in Mc Henry killing
State's Attorney Neil C. Fraley announced a warrant for murder has been issued for Noah Kolbfleisch, nephew of Miss Ella Pysell, who was shot in her Oakland Maryland home last week.
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Oakland
Neil C. Fraley
Noah Kolbfleisch
Ella Pysell
McHenry
Centenary Reformed Church Ham and Oyster Supper
Centenary Reformed Church hosts a ham and oyster supper on Thursday November 14 from 5 to 8 pm. Tickets are 50 cents. Proceeds support church activities and programs.
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Centenary Reformed Church
Thurs
Italian Army Tightens Grip On Tigre Province
Harar Ethiopia reports unconfirmed moves of Italian columns circling Ethiopian left wing near Sasa Baneh and advancing toward the Webbe Shibeli valley. Rome officials say the Italian northern army has reached the Takkaze river, with operations continuing on the Somaliland front and aviation tracking enemy movements.
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Tigre
Harar
Ethiopia
Sasa Baneh
Here
Rome
Takkaze River
Dessa
Second
Adi Rassi
Adi
Banks declare prosperous era as 593 banks in receivership
New Orleans November 13 1935 national banks report 3.93 percent profit on capital in first half 1935 predicted to rise in next six months by J F T O Connor comptroller of the currency. He notes 1 423 national banks in receivership 593 since March 16 1933 with deposits totaling 1 067 524 707.
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New Orleans
J. F. T. O’connor
National Bank
American Bankers’ Association
O'Connor
Tao T. Crow
Federal Insurance Corporation
Meen Fae
Ponat
Dent Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bankers’ Convention
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Leo T. Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Winceseney Poging
Rudolf
Hecht
Association
Jones
World News At A Glance Domestic And Foreign Incidents
Ripley West Virginia J Patton Gun noe 45 dies in a tree. A mob in Columbus Texas hangs two Black youths for the slaying of Geraldine Kollman a white high school girl. Eight Cunningham children die in a house fire Alexis North Carolina. President Roosevelt signs authorization for Canada US reciprocal trade treaty. US government payroll October 1 794467 employees largest since wartime. In Tientsin a woman assassin kills Marshal Sun Chian Fang. in Sydney the commonwealth offers 5000 toward a searching plane for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. In Cairo 39 injured in clashes between police and students on independence day. Miss Jean Batten NZ flier departs Dakar for Natal Brazil in a land plane.
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W. Va
J. Patton Gunnoe
Columbus
Texas
Geraldine Kollman
Alexis
N. C
Hough Cunningham
Washington
Roosevelt
Tientsin
China
Sun Chian-Fang
Nanking
Sydney
Australia
Commonwealth
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Cairo
Egypt
Dakar
Africa
Jean Batten
New Zealand
Natal
Brazil
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