Blunt On Trial for Murder in Clarke County Va
Blunt, charged with first degree murder in the July death of Sherman Jackson, appeared in Clarke County Circuit Court with Judge Philip Williams presiding. Prosecution seeks to prove murder and placement of the body along railroad tracks near Boyce after Jackson's demise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yville
Blunt
Sherman Jackson
Clarke County
Philip Williams
Jackson
Norfolk and Western
Boyce
Horace Blunt
Hagerstown
Commonwealth
Frank M. Wray
Trac
Harry R. Kern, Jr
John W. Rice
Winchester
Kern
Lions Club Provides Sleeping Room at City Hall
The Lions Club has rented a room on East Boscawen Street to house up to 12 transient men for one night each. Furnishings include a stove donated by Miller and Anderson and lighting by local electrician Charles Baker. Soap is supplied by Bob Lindsay and E Herman. William McCoy oversees the space and issues slips to visitors after police verification. The plan, supported by Chief C W Hollis and the Lions activity committee, aims to relieve cold, uncomfortable stays at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Che Ser
City Hall
Lions’ Club
East Boscawen Street
Percy Miller
Miller and Anderson
Mr. Miller
Charles Baker
Bob Lindsay
E. Herman
William McCoy
Police Department
Lions Schenk
L. Miller
Preston
Newlin
Kline
Hawkins
C. W. Hollis
Clerks' Offices To Be Closed On One Day Holiday
The city and county clerk offices will be closed all day on a national holiday while the county treasurer's office remains open for tax payments. Citizens may call in for payments that day.
Monetary policy sparks hari kari comparison and Wall Street debate
Central Press writer links Professor Sprague's resignation to a dramatic protest against Roosevelt's monetary plan. The piece discusses devaluation, inflation signals, and various expert views from Bernard Kilgore and others as debate intensifies between sound money advocates and inflationists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
G . W. Sprague
Harbars
Nancal
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Japan
Shanghai
Yangtse
Sprague
Treasury
Department
Gov
New York
George F. Warren
Bernard Kilgore
The
Wall Street Journal
Battle At Old Jail Ends In Lynchings Of Thurmond And Holmes
A mob ransacks the old San Jose jail, using a battering ram and a fire hose to storm the building. Thurmond and Holmes, seized after a ransom call, are hanged from trees as thousands look on, amid gas blasts and stifling crowds. The governor supports the sheriff and calls the act a lesson to the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Hart
San Jose
San Francisco Bay
Old Jail
Holmes
Thurmond
Hart
Sacramento
James Rolfe, Jr
Rolfe
California
Fined in Police Court for Drunkenness
Two men were fined 10.75 dollars each before Judge Donald L. Weems. Fred Crane of Capon Bridge West Virginia and James Shanholtz of Frederick County were cited for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Weems
Fred Crane
Capon Bridge
W. Va
James Shanholtz
Prederick County
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Acci
C. H. Iden
Berryville
H. D. Rodgers
Norfolk and Western Rail
Charles Enders
Berry Gormick
P. Cornwell
Robert Hag
J. Copenhaver
Vicks
Wayfarers
Action of Lions’ Organization
Ata
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
By Leslie Eichel
William J. Emig
Hart Home
America
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Maytag
Maytag Co
OWA
RB. B. Mitchell
N. D
American and State N
Dr. Mitchell
Mrs
Barbara Adkins
Fourth Avenue
Huntington, W. Va
General Health Center
George Washington Hotel
Piccadilly Street
OMLY
E. Boscawen St
Bickers
Winchester Motors Corp
S. Braddock Street
Rouss
Packard
Chrysler
Plymouth
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
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