Flashes of Life and Oddities From Various Cities
A collage of brief items includes five escapees from a jail in Lake Village Arkansas with a sixth detained for suspected insanity who stays behind, a Philadelphia bootlegging case with a six month sentence for besmirching a president, and a Cleveland safety note where a speaker reads his paper from home due to a broken leg. Additional items cover burglaries in St Petersburg and Pittsburgh, a party gone wrong in Absentia, and humorous thefts in Wheeling plus Colorado college freshmen punished with 50 licks for attempting to steal gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silly Lake Village
Ark
Safety First
Cleveland
Guy W. Jacobs
Steubenville, C
National Safety Congress
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado College
Pueblo
Itinerant crawls from drain as officer doubts Annie’s residence
In Oakland California police officer Fred Favero suspects a culvert resident may be Annie the Python. A bewhiskered itinerant emerges instead and denies ever seeing Annie, correcting the mistaken belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Oakland
Calif
Fred Favero
Yarge
Favero
Popular Youth Killed In Crash Near Staunton
Wampler Harrison Wetsel 22 of Harrisonburg died instantly when his Wetsel Seed Co truck collided with a car on the Valley Pike four miles south of Staunton Virginia at 2 15 pm Thursday. Mrs Ruth Buckner and Miss Violet Greene of near Staunton were injured and hospitalized. Deputy J P L Long said he would review survivors’ statements before determining fault. Wetsel was chief pipe man for Fire Company No 1 and survived by his mother and many siblings. Funeral plans had not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onburg
Wampler Harrison Wetsel
Harrisonburg
Wetsel Seed Company
Valley Pike
Staunton
Ruth Buckner
Violet Greene
King’s Daughters Hospital
Buckner
Wetsel
Young Wetsel
D. M. Wetsel
Fire Company No. 1
Arnold W
Biedler J. Wetsel
New York
J. M. Miller
M. L. Lineweaver
Jonestown
Luella Weisel
Gasoline siphoning blamed for oil drainings in Menominee
Menominee police report a wave of thefts where motorists find crank cases drained for lubricating oil. Police Chief Frank Parsek warns drivers to guard against siphonings as thieves target cars for oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menominee
Mich
Frank Parsek
Budget Book Aids Owners to Plan Modernization
Miller and Anderson heating contractors announce availability of the 40 page Budget Book How to Prepare Your Modernization Budget. The guide, distributed at the World's Fair Modernization Center by the American Radiator Company, helps homeowners plan modernization room by room and arrange Better Housing loan financing through the Federal Housing Administration and the Heating and Plumbing Finance Corporation of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Anderson
Federal Housing Administration
Heating and Plumbing Finance Corporation of
New York
Pastors to Meet Monday in Winchester Ministerial Association
The Winchester Ministerial Association will gather Monday at 10 30 in the Handley Library building. Rev. George W Stover will lead the devotional period and Rev. Wallace M Brashears will present a paper on The Minister as a Preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ministerial Association
Handley Library
George W. Stover
Wallace M. Brashears
Constitution Provision Defines Supreme Court as Federal Constitution
The Supreme Court stands unique as the only federal court created by the Constitution while all other courts were established by statute. This distinction underscores its constitutional foundation and independent status within the U.S. judiciary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the
United States
Home teachers meet to discuss new state study plan
Boyce Virginia October meeting in Strasburg gathers Miss Martha Creighton state superintendent of home economics and other educators to map plans for the new state course of study. Local residents attend church, visits, travels, and farming notes accompany this county brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce
Strasburg
Martha Creighton
Richmond
C. C. Rhodes
Stephens City
Katherine Watson
Middletown
Aces Cooley
Virginia Richard
Berane
Nettie Tuck Yowell
Joe Joliffe
Marion Heine
Ethél Vorous
Elspeth Peyton
Frances
Doris Reid Jolliffe
Myrtle
Wilhelmenia Sipe
Thorntonompson
Winston Pyne
William Sipe
Jenkins
Madison County
Charles Jenkins
C. B. Levi
Mary Humston
Winchester
Oscar Carr
John Nelson
Huntingdon
Clay Carr
Frank Yowell
Greenwalt
Hagerstown
J. Kemper Yowell
T. P. Jolli
Woodbury
Warren County
W. W. Stephens
Baltimore
Armstead Colston
Shepherdstown
Jesse Carr
Madrid Heine
Blackstone College
Blackstone
Wm. Eddy
W. Va
Reverend Williamson Preaches to Small Fairview Church
Cross Roads Va October 5 Rev L B Williamson held his regular appointment at Fairview Church as rain and sickness kept numbers low. Visitors included Mrs Bertha Sirbaugh and two children from Points West Virginia. Also noted are pleasant improvements for Mr Janney McKee and visits by Parish Miss Dora Parish Mrs Pearl McIlwee and Arlene McIlwee of Winchester. Arthur threshes buckwheat and crops yield well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Roads
L. B. Williamson
Fairview
Bertha Sirbaugh
Points, W. Va
W. W. Hicks
Janney McKee
G. W. Parish
Dora Days
Parish
Pearl McIlwee
Arlene McIlwee
Winchester
J. B. White
Arthur
Grimes Gleanings: Edward Anderson Family Visit
Grimes Virginia October 5 Mr and Mrs Edward Anderson and their child are noted in Grimes Gleanings with a brief family update. The item mentions the couple and their young child visiting the area during autumn.
Hudson To Stage Ruggedness Run
Hudson Motor Car Company kicks off an October ruggedness run covering 1850 miles through DC Virginia West Virginia and Maryland. A random Hudson Terraplane from 1934 models will be driven day and night for two weeks by three shifts of nonprofessional drivers with demonstrations and prize sponsored slogans. The route includes Baltimore Cumberland Wheeling Parkersburg Winchester Staunton Roanoke Martinsville Norfolk and Richmond before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Hudson Motor Car Company
Washington
Baltimore
Cumberland
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Winchester
Staunton
Roanoke
Martinsville
Norfolk
Richmond
First October Rain Recorded at Winchester Lab
The first October rainfall was measured at the Winchester Laboratory at night reaching .40 of an inch. Showers that began yesterday afternoon may continue today. The average October rainfall over the past 20 years is three inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Laboratory
On Being Crazy
A short reflection contrasts a young man who believes others are mad with an elderly man who sees madness in everyone, including himself. The piece explores perception and self awareness across ages.
Reynolds Store Notes Dinner Guests and Visits Around Winchester
Local notes record numerous social calls and visits among Winchester Martinsburg Berkeley Springs and nearby communities. Residents including Mrs. Susan B Lewis Mr. Guy Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Walter Daily and others are noted visiting relatives friends and hosting guests across Sunday and weekend gatherings. A birthday supper honors Mrs. Henry Dick with multiple families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan B. Lewis
Ed. Nelton
Whitacre
Whitlock
Winchester
Guy Reynolds
Martinsburg
Walter Daily
H. C. Reynolds
E. D. Shenk
Enlonza
Levi Boyd
Alton Omps
O’nile
Ed. Hottle
E. B. Brann
Irving Kerns
C. W. Moore
German Nudism Pioneer Richard Ungewitter
Richard Ungewitter, son of a watchmaker, left watchmaking to work as a salesman and later founded the first national nudist society. Within eight years the movement reached about 2,000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ungewitter
Ungewitter
Sale of Orchard Property in Frederick County Virginia
By deed of trust dated March 21, 1923 Leslie D. Kline and wife defaulted on debt. Trustee John M. Steck offers 29 acre tract two miles NW of Stephens City at public auction October 20, 1934 at 12 M in front of Winchester Court House. Property fronts a public road, near Massey land, with an apple orchard. Terms: one third cash. two equal annual installments with 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust and fire policy. sale conducted by Duvall Dunn Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie D. Kline
J. M. Steck
Frederick County
Winchester
Stephens City
Virginia
Benjamin Massey
John M. Steck
Duvall & Dunn
Aucts
Cabaret Nights at Capitol Theatre Featuring De Carlos and Granada
Warner Bros Capitol presents Cabaret Nights with De Carlos Granada and a vaudeville lineup including 8, Fox, Je Williams, Slim Burrell, Soddy Haines and the Capitolians, with Billy Barnes on organ. Also showing Man With Two Faces starring Edward G Robinson as the featured film. Kay Francis and Leslie Howard lead the cast in British Agent opening Monday for a three day run at Capitol Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeCarlos
Granada
Grenada
Fox
Je Williams
Betty Boop
Slim Burrell
Soddy Haines
Capitolians
Billy Barnes
Edward G. Robinson
Kay Francis
Leslie Howard
Warner Bros
First National Picture
Capitol Theatre
Western triple feature at Colonial Theatre opens with Guns For Hire
Today's Colonial Theatre program presents Guns For Hire as the feature, Buck Jones in The Red Rider chapter two, and George Bencroft in Elmer And Elsie. Guns For Hire centers on feud tensions between sheep and cattlemen. The Red Rider chapter two delivers a western thriller serial with Buck Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Buck Jones
Hable's Palace Presents Tim McCoy in Cornered At The Palace
The Palace Theatre presents a quadruple program today headlined by Tim McCoy in Cornered with more thrills and action. Clyde Beatty in The Lost Jungle Tom Howard in The Wrong Bottle and a cartoon round out the bill. Warner Baxter in Grand Canary is a main screen attraction Monday and Tuesday with supporting acts including Madge Evans Marjorie Rambeau Zita Johann Roger Imhof H B Warner and Barry Norton plus a Fox news reel and Half Baked Relations short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim McCoy
the Palace
Hable’s Palace Theatre
Clyde Beatty
Tom Howard
Warner Baxter
Grand Canary
Palace Theatre
Madge Evans
Marjorie Rambeau
Zita Johann
Roger Imhof
H. B. Warned
Barry Norton
Fox News
Andy Clyde
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Philadelphia
Joseph L. Kuhn
Andrew Jackson
St. Petersburg
Pittsburgh
Howard Childers
Childers
South Side
Big Sister
Ols Granes
BY Les Forgrave
Louis
Thais
Lowis
Fey
Randall
Level View
Geilies Church
Church
Ellsworth Barrett
Jonah Chamberlain
Welltown
John Kiger
Inwood
Frriends
Kiger
Joseph Grim
Washington, D. C
William C. Grim
Grim
Pharmaceutical Department
Walter Reed Hospital
Grimes
Hudson
Apple
Hagerstown Awning Co
N. Mulberry
Berkeley
Barkeley Springs
Spen
Murvil Dick
Rue Hovermale
Richard Hovermale
Ernest Largent
Walter Moore
Clifton Miller
I. D. Shade
J. Jolliffe
C. W. More
Ardell
Berkeley Springs
Harley Place
Margie Bohrer
Clarence Sibert
Cross Junction
Ernest
Bart
Earl Farmer
Clay Rogers
Gainesboro
Richard Havermale
Harry Larzent
Clearbrookon
Samuel Walkers
Walter Zirkle
Buckland
Ohio
D. K. Muntzing
Mount Williams
Mr. Muntzing
Lucile Jackson
Henry Dick
Warner Bros. Capitol
Eet Dante Team
Warner _ Bros. COLONIAL
Hable’s Palace
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Winchester, Va
BLATZ
Old Heidelberg
Betsy Ross
South End
Bickers Motor Co
Iphilco
MODEL
Philco
Philcos
Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Phone 1444
All Best Brands
Baker’s Service
Winchester Garage
U.S
Herrell Sales Corp
Loudoun St
Heatrolas
John S. Miller & Company
G.e.radios
R.C. A
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Amherst & Bascawen Sts
Shell Station
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
Bas Terminal Bldg
Snapp’s Foundry, Inc
North Cameron St
Lucas
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