Bishop Kern Cancels Winchester Engagement Due to Illness
Bishop Kern must cancel a joint Winchester Methodist service after Bishop Mouton falls ill in Charlotte North Carolina. Kern plans to preside at the Baltimore conference in Baltimore on Saturday and cannot reach Winchester in time for Sunday duties. The notice, from Braddock Street Church, cites a streptococcal throat infection epidemic and contact with Bishop Mouton.
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Mouzon
Charlotte
N. C
Paul B. Kern
Baltimore
Mouton
Gang Terrorizes Village During Bank Raid
Three men terrorized Gresham Wisconsin for two hours early today and escaped with 4000 dollars after dynamiting the First National Bank safe. They cut telephone lines, extinguished street lights, and barricaded themselves inside the bank while firing at residents and forcing others back into their homes. A sentry box was placed before the bank and one man covered the others during the robbery.
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Showand
Wis
Gresham
Here
First National Bank
Weirton Bosses At Pinchot Meeting Draw Fear Among Workers
In Wilmington on October 3, a Weir Steel Company employee testified in the government injunctive suit that about 15 foremen and bosses attended a meeting led by Mrs. Gifford Pinchot and caused workers to fear losing their jobs. George Moore of Weirton noted bosses rarely attended such meetings and said their presence was unusual.
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Wilmington
Del
Weir Steel Company
Gifford Pinchot
George Moore
Weirton
John P. Nields
Legion Backs Protective Actions by Winchester Police
The Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 American Legion votes unanimously to commend Winchester mayor and police for taking firm steps to deter textile strikers from Martinsburg West Virginia. The resolution thanks Virginia Governor for sending ten state police to aid local officers and notes distribution of inflammatory literature.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Martinsburg
W. Va
Robert ¥. Conrad Post
Department of Virginia
Winchester
Virginia
Robert Y. Conrad
Harry W. Butler
Island of Tuanaki sinks in 1836 with 13000 dead
The island of Tuanaki in the Cook Islands reportedly sank into the sea in 1836, drowning over 13 000 inhabitants.
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Island
Tuanaki
Cook Islands
War on crime chiefs meet at Washington convention
Three top figures in the national war on crime pose at the Association of Police Chiefs convention in Washington D.C. Left to right Chief C A Wheeler head of the association J Edgar Hoover head of the Department of Justice investigation department and Attorney General Homer Cummings.
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the Association of Police Chiefs
Washington, D.C
C. A
Richberg potential attorney general in Roosevelt era politics
Washington column recalls Donald Richberg as a leading NRA figure and labor lawyer, admired by progressives and feared by conservatives for a potential attorney general role. The piece contrasts Richberg’s leftward stance with fears of radical influence, noting his Chicago labor roots and ties to transportation unions. It also comments on Hauptmann and Lindbergh case coverage from New York.
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Washington, D. C
Donald R. Richberg
National Recovery Administration
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
White House
Richberg
Justice Department
Don Richberg
America
Transportation Brotherhoods
Washington
NRA
Alexander F. Whitney
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Damage Suit Set For Trial In Frederick County Court
A ten thousand dollar damage suit to Allen O. Maloney administrator of Wallace E. Maloney deceased against Percy D. Miller goes to trial before Judge Philip Williams in Frederick County Circuit Court on Friday. The case stems from a fatal accident October 8 1931 involving a child from North Loudoun Street. coroner and witnesses deemed the driver Lyle Strosnider blameless. The Weaver and Armstrong firm of Front Royal represents the plaintiff with State Senator T Russell Cather as counsel for the defense.
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Allen O. Maloney
Wallace E. Maloney
Percy D. Miller
Philip Williams
Frederick County
Loudoun Street
The
Star
Lyle Strosnider
Miller and Anderson
Strasnider
Frank H. Krebs
Strosnider
Twister Damages Ancient Trees Around Capon Lake
A miniature cyclone struck near Capon River Saturday night damaging many old trees along Capon Lake and at nearby properties. The event toppled willows on Capon Springs Company land and blocked the road, prompting a state road crew to clear the right of way. Capon Lake’s beauty spots suffered notable loss, drawing concern from locals.
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Winchester
Bayliss Ford
Capon River
Luke J. Chandler
Capon Lake
Capon Springs Company
Five Indicted Men Set for December Trials in Frederick County
Five persons indicted by the October grand jury will face Frederick county petit juries in December. Paul and Howard Winfield Cameron are charged with highway robbery in a gun hold up of Gordon Riley at a Middletown area filling station. Trials for the Camerons are set December 6 after they refrained from pleading guilty. Raymond Roe will be tried December 4 after a change of mind. John Frederick faces December 3 for the death of Gibson Shull, and John Willis faces December 3 for hit and run driving.
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Frederick County
Paul and
Howard Winfield Cameron
Gordon Riley
J. C. Deighton
Middletown
Trout
Front Royal
Republican Club Boycotts NRA Code Businesses in Waynesboro
Waynesboro Virginia October 3 The Waynesboro Industrial Employees Republican Club votes a boycott of all business houses displaying the blue eagle or adhering to NRA code prices. The club expresses deep disapproval of the National Recovery Act and Agricultural Adjustment Act and will ban, as far as feasible, any concern doing business under NRA codes.
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Waynesboro
Waynesboro Industrial Employees Republican Club
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