Death by Own Action Shocks Westchester County
Marie Burckhalter 44 is charged with first degree manslaughter in the death of Eugene Burckhalter 47 in Hastings on Hudson. Prosecutor says she aided and encouraged his suicide by attaching a vacuum hose to a car exhaust and aiding entry of the nozzle. She allegedly planned the act, photographed the scene, and held a $10 000 life policy as beneficiary.
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White Plains
N. Y
Westchester County
Eugene Burckhalter
Marie
Hastings-on-Hudson
Amos O. Squire
Burckhalter
Gallagher
Avalanches Kill, Injure Dozens in St Lucia Disaster
In Castries and surrounding hamlets, rain loosens earth causing massive landslides. Forty five are dead and sixty injured. a second collapse buries the dead again and traps rescuers. A company of fifty laborers swept into a river. communications cut as the island copes with floods.
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Port Castries
St. Lucia
Winward Islands
Martinique
Trinidad
Caribbean
President Maps Plans for Congress from Warm Springs
President Roosevelt returns to Pine Mountain and plans a restful two weeks before Congress, with no firm appointments but a Thanksgiving dinner for infantile paralysis patients at the Warm Springs Foundation. Mrs Roosevelt joins a 50 mile motor tour and Civil War battlefield visits as part of the trip.
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D. Harold Oliver
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Pine Mountain
Congress
Marvin McIntyre
Chattanooga
Tenn
Red Cross Roll Call Urges Members to Meet Quota
MA Winchester urges local residents to join the Red Cross in this year’s annual campaign. The roll call ends tomorrow night and organizers warn that participation must increase to meet the quota. Call the campaign headquarters to join.
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Red Cross
Masons Plan Pilgrimage to Staunton Lodge
Twenty nine members of Hiram Lodge travel by motor to Staunton Virginia for a special communication hosted by Staunton Lodge No. 13 led by Worshipful Master Wesley C. Marsh. Included are Most Worshipful C Vernon Eddy and numerous Hiram Lodge officers and past masters.
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Hiram Lodge
Staunton
Byrd Eyes Virginia Farm Lab Location In Debate
Senator Harry F. Byrd returns from Washington after talks with Agriculture Department officials about establishing a Virginia farm laboratory. He urges Virginia due to its diverse farm products and central location and notes a Senate resolution to study tobacco by products as a pilot activity.
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Harry F. Byrd
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Congress
Byrd
United States
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Thanksgiving Shooting Match at Gainesboro Road
A shooting match is set for Thanksgiving Day beginning at 10 o'clock on Gainesboro road. Prizes include turkeys geese chickens and guineas. Organised by L R McDonald. Date shown 11 21 1p 21.
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Gainesboro Road
L. R. McDonald
No Action Yet In Pingley Case
George Pingley awaits execution for the February 13 slaying of Sheriff J. W. Newcome. Governor Price has taken no action on clemency appeals or commutation to life imprisonment, though he has studied the case record. Judge Lemuel Smith declined to alter the verdict, saying it was warranted by the Clarke county jury.
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George Pingley
J. W. Newcome
Price
Associated Press
Pingley
Lemuel Smith
Charlottesville
Smith
Clarke County
Flays Williams On Class Wars In Hearings
Washington November 22. Chairman Dies cited a clipping quoting Aubrey Williams deputy WPA administrator as saying he was not sure that class warfare is not all right. Dies claimed the remark shows officials spreading class hatred. He also cited alleged Communist activity in a WPA writers project in New York City and a letter from the American Writers Association chairman to federal writers' projects.
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Washington
Dies
D.-Tex
House
Aubrey Williams
WPA
New York City
C. V. Statcliffe
Plant plans December wedding in Waterford
Philip Plant, once a Broadway playboy, aims to wed Marjorie King in Waterford on December 15. The Oswegatchie farmer spoke of a African honeymoon to collect rare birds and game, following a recent divorce from Edna Dunham Plant with a $173500 settlement.
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Waterford
Conn
Philip Plant
Marjorie King
New York
Africa
Mr Brumback Re-elected Leader of Pomona Grange
At a Middletown meeting, Pomona Grange of Frederick county re elected B. O. Brumback as Pomona master for two years. E M Funk presided as Middletown subordinate grange master with officers J L Hershman I H Hammond Ethel Barrett F J Marshall George Shepherd James Frye Joice Baker E M Funk Ceres J L Hershman Pomona B F Strother Flora Roy Bageant secretary Princess Strother treasurer. An upcoming Friday night session will elect Middletown subordinate grange officers.
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Middletown
Pomona Grange
Frederick County
B. O. Brumback
Pomona
E. M. Funk
J. L. Hershman
I. H. Hammond
Ethel Barrett
F. J. Marshall
George Shepherd
James Frye
Joice Baker
Ceres
B. F.strother
Flora
Roy Bageant
Princess Strother
Grange
Two Officers Return From Roanoke Trip
Deputy Sheriff Robert DeHaven and State Trooper George Miller visited Roanoke to trace Edwin H. Smith movements before his death on Papermill road. Commonwealth's Attorney Burr P. Harrison said no inquest today as funeral plans proceed for 311 East Piccadilly Street. Pallbearers include George F. Miller and Burr P. Harrison.
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Edwin H. Smith
Papermill Road
Commonwealth
Burr P. Harrison
Robert DeHaven
George Miller
Roanoke
Smith
Harrison
East Piccadilly Street
Ronald Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Dea
Mount Hebron
George F. Miller
Frances Punk
Carlton Manuel Asbury Jackson
Thomas Timberlake
Bankers Meet in Luray Hosts Address by Knuckles
Forty four bankers and bank employees from Winchester attended a meeting of the Clearing House Association of Frederick Clarke Warren Shenandoah and Page counties at the Mimsiyn in Luray. A B W Knuckles of Richmond, connected with First and Merchants National Bank, was principal speaker discussing bank customer relations. J H Siler of the Federal Reserve Bank spoke on A I T study courses to better prepare banking personnel. Houston H Newman of Edinburg, president of the association, presided and a supper followed.
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Fourty
Winchester
Clearing House Association
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Page
Mimsiyn
Luray
A. B. W. Knuckles
Richmond
First
Merchants National Bank
J. H. Siler
Federal Reserve Bank
Houston H. Newman
Edinburg
Association
Premier's Pilot Dead in Bristol Channel Crash
Eric Glynne Lawrence Robison who piloted Prime Minister Chamberlain to Germany during the Czechoslovakian crisis was killed when his plane crashed at Redcliffe Bay in the Bristol Channel. Co pilot R P J Legborgne also died.
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London
Eric Glynne
Lawrence Robison
Chamberlain
Germany
Redcliff Bay
Bristol Channel
R. P. J. Legborgne
Thanksgiving prices drop for most items in Chicago survey
A Chicago survey shows most Thanksgiving dinner items are cheaper than last year with prices at wholesale and retail markets down across staples. Roasted turkeys and poultry are notably cheaper, while cranberries rise and some fruits stay near steady.
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Chicago
Berlin Denies Ambassador Has Been Asked To Report
Berlin rejects claims that Germany plans to recall its ambassador Herbert Von Dirksen from London over the Nazi anti Jewish drive. Berlin officials and a German embassy spokesman dismissed any recall, while Parliament in London passed a motion urging concerted action including the United States to oppose Nazi policies and discuss boycotts and asset controls.
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Berlin
Witt Hancock
London
Germany
Britain
Herbert von Dirksen
Europe
Tapganhika
East Africa
House of Conmons
United States
Philip J. Noel-Baker
Labor Party
Labor
England
Daladier Moves to End Factory Occupations in Strikes
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier orders prefects to end occupations of factories as labor opposition rises against the government's decree laws. The franc falls amid mounting labor conflict, with 500 Denain workers discharged after refusing to work at the Cail arms plant.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Denain
Cail
Kennedy Seeks Washington Explain Departure as Navy Inspector
Raymond Kennedy 37 plans a Washington summons to explain his resignation from a $2,000 yearly Navy materials inspector post. He cites impossible inspections across five Aluminum Company of America divisions and a pledge to government. Capt. R. T. Hanson calls Kennedy’s record eloquent and offers little significance to the complaint.
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Cleveland
Raymond Kennedy
Washington
Navy
Kennedy
Aluminum Company of America
Swanson
American Legion
R. T. Hanson
Pittsburgh
Hanson
Metal weatherstripping and caulking estimate
Armstrong Co offers metal weatherstripping and caulking for windows and doors. For estimate call 639. Address 39 E Piccadilly St. (Nov 15 Tue and Fri 1 pm).
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E. W. Armstrong Co
E. Piccadilly St
Hitler Declares War Between France and Germany Over
Berchtesgaden Germany November 22 Hitler stated Germany and France are no longer divided by border conflicts. He cited Coulondre French envoy to Moscow and said both nations can esteem each other and live on neighborly terms. He urged European well being through Pacific competition ended.
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Hitler
France
Nea Coulondre
Moscow
Fuehrer
Europe
Rockefeller Left Large Estate to Family and Institute
New York tax records show John D. Rockefeller Sr died May 23, 1937 in Florida leaving a net estate of 26 410 837 principally in securities with a gross at 26 905 182 and over 17 million in U S Treasury notes. The bulk was left in trust for granddaughter Margaret Strong De Cuevas and her two children and the Rockefeller Institute. federal tax estimated at 12 245 000 and state tax at 4 616 467. John D Rockefeller Jr received personal effects valued at 33 678. He had given 530 830 000 to philanthropic agencies in his lifetime.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Florida
United States Treasury
Margaret Strong de Cucas
Rockefeller Institute
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
de Cuevas
Agarquis
Lakewood
N. J
James J. Fleming
Westchester County
Stock Exchange
Anti-Semitic Campaign To Continue Through Winter
Berlin dispatch reports the United States demanded assurances that the decree expelling Jews from business enterprises does not apply to American citizens. Nazi plans for a nationwide winter drive include 1,000 Goebbels talks and 1,500 Berlin meetings featuring anti Jewish rhetoric and a film titled Jewry Without the Mask.
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Foreign Office
Berlin
British Tanganyika
East Africa
Gobbels
Kroll Opera House
Zevelf Uhr Blatt
Red Cross Lags Toward Quota With One Day Left
Winchester Freder ick Red Cross chapter nears its goal with 750 members and over $1 800 still short of its 3 000 objective as workers race against a Thanksgiving eve deadline. Chapter chairman Rev E T Clark urges those not yet contacted to call headquarters for arrangements. County memberships totaled 200 last year.
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Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
E. T. Clark
D. D
Three Die After Drinking Alcohol At Kansas Penitentiary
Three Kansas State Penitentiary convicts died and a fourth was critically injured after ingesting a compound containing alcohol. A total of 20 others were treated in the prison hospital as officials investigated the incident. Warden Kirk Prather said a convict acted as an injector, distributing the substance in the prison ward.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kirk Prather
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Valley Pike
Flays Williams On “Class
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Brumback
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Paul Jo
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