Farm Work Dangerous from High Farm Hazards
Chicago reports a Doctors study noting farming as a highly dangerous occupation. Dr John H Powers cites American Medical Association findings that agricultural accidents accounted for about a quarter of injuries at a rural New York hospital from 1929 to 1938 with barns being a main danger locus and tools animals machinery and vehicles contributing equally.
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Mother of Eight Faces Life For Slaying Husband
UNIONTOWN Pa Oct 5 A mother of eight faces life imprisonment for shooting her husband when he stopped her credit at a company store. Mrs Tony Vallelonga cried aloud in court as Judge W Russell Carr called the act wilful deliberate and premeditated. She said her husband cut off food to starve her and the children and that he began choking her prompting her to fire seven bullets into Vallelonga.
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W. Russell Carr
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Preacher Convicted Of Wife Slaying
Flint Michigan October 5 A circuit court jury found Rev. James W. Lane 61 guilty of first degree murder in the shooting of his ailing wife He faces a mandatory life term and was noted to have admitted intimacies with his 41 year old housekeeper Helen Sherwood during the trial
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Flint, Mich
James W. Lane
Helen Sherwood
Give a Job Campaign Opens in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg October 5. TheState administration drafted an extensive give-a-job campaign to reduce relief rolls and lower taxes on industry. Governor Arthur H. James urged citizens to assume responsibility, promising faster job creation and tax relief for business. A nationwide home-owner appeal will push homeowners to spruce up property as a major offensive.
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Arthur H. James
Winchester String Ensemble To Play For Reuss Firemen Meet
The Winchester String Ensemble will provide music for the Reuss firemen meeting Friday night at 8. The program starts 8:30 after the 8 o'clock business session. Members may invite friends and relatives. Ensemble members include Lewis Kneiling, Mrs. Austin Sloat, Mrs. Wallace Lutz, Richard Veitel, Robert Edwards, and Mrs. Georgie Cather with accompanist.
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Winchester String Ensemble
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Austin Sloat
Wallace Lutz
Richard Veitel
Robert Edwards
Georgie Cather
Help a bashful girl build poise and social ease
A reader asks how an eighteen year old senior can gain friends and dating experience. The columnist advises easing into social life, joining activities and sports, hosting guests, and boosting self confidence through achievement. Count calories if she is overweight, and focus on natural growth through gentle social exposure.
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Bank clerk defies robber by offering counterfeit pills
Sumner Missouri reports a bank robbery attempt where assistant cashier Jessie McCormick refused to surrender cash. She offered a $100 bundle of pills to delay the bandit, who then fled with the money.
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Jessie McCormick
The
Exchange Bank
France Fights Reds as Daladier Moves Parliament
Paris reports France intent on crushing defeatist propaganda at home while eastern fronts seek better positions to blunt a German offensive. Premier Daladier sent Parliament on vacation stripping deputies of immunity after their push for peace talks with the Reich. The Communist party was abolished by government order and is reorganizing under a new name.
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France
Reich
Daladier
Communist Party
Germans Report West Front Calm
Berlin reports no rush to begin western operations as army communique notes almost complete calm with minor enemy artillery. In Paris, French forces aim to improve positions near Germany’s Siegfried line while Warsaw occupation nears completion amid ongoing mop up against Polish remnants.
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Women Jurors Cook Own Meals in East St Louis
Women jurors on the first panel in East St Louis Illinois defied a precedent by not eating on the state after finishing a case. They went home to cook their own dinners, underscoring independence in a historic moment for local jurors.
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Hil
Berryville to Meet H Ferry Eleven in West Virginia
Berryville coach George Pope leads his eight returning starters and 10 lettermen to Harpers Ferry West Virginia for a Friday afternoon game against the experienced River town eleven. Expected Berryville starters include Potts Lickey Strough Berry Pitta Pope Lee Potts Emmart Alexander Rocap with Pope at right tackle and Rocap at fullback.
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Berryville
Gridiron Warriors
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B. Potts
Lickey
Strough
Berry
Pitta
Lee
R. Potts
Emmart
Alexander
Rocap
Brucetown Notes from Virginia Weekend Visitors and Birth
Brucetown Virginia notes list weekend guests from Philadelphia Miss Evans visiting Mr and Mrs Tom Price Mr and Mrs Ward Purcell and daughter spent Sunday in West Virginia relatives Mr and Mrs E S Jobe Winchester welcomed a son on September 25 at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr and Mrs Paul Shirkey and daughter visited Summit Point relatives and spent Sunday with Leo Price
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Swimley
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Pennsylve
Tom Price
Ward Purcell
Little Daughter
Been
W. Va
Relaves
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
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Leo. Price
Fisherman Nets 400-Pound Sea Turtle Worthless Catch
A fisherman and a partner spent two hours to haul a 400 pound sea turtle into port. Experts called the catch large but said it had no commercial value.
Special Prayers For U S Congress Convene Episcopal Group
The 173rd semi annual meeting of the Valley Convocation of Episcopal churches opened with prayers for Congress in its deliberations. Rev Beverly T White of Harrisburg denounced Christianity as dead in Europe. Rev D Campbell Mayers led the service and preached on European war ethics. services continue tomorrow with a quiet hour and communion at 10 a m, followed by a business session.
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Episcopal Churches
Congress
Beverly T. White
Harrisonburg
Europe
D. Campbell Mayers
Middleburg
H.op
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