Three Days Trial Lets Kellys Face Life Sentences
George Kelly and wife Kathryn were convicted under the Lindbergh law for kidnapping Charles Urschel and received life terms. Federal judge Edgar S. Vaught pronounced the sentences after a three day trial and planned transfer to Atlanta and a West Virginia women’s prison. Jury foreman G H Verity noted only one ballot decided each guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreman
Kelly
Atlanta
Wife
Women’s Penitentiary
West Virginia
Oklahoma City
George
Kathryn
Lindbergh
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma iv Oil Mllonaire
Edgar S. Vaught
Kellys
Memphis
Tenn
Harvey Bailey
Albert Bates
R. G. Shannon
Paradise
Texas
Urschel
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Vaught
Federal Penitentiary
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Kansas City
G. H. Verity
Taxpayers of City Save Much From Discounts
About half of Winchester taxpayers have used the city discount offered by City Treasurer W. A. Baker. By this morning roughly 1 050 tax bills totaling about 61 000 had been paid in advance. The city planned two per cent discount for September and one per cent for October, a record early payment praised by Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
W. A. Baker
Baker
Public Sale of 30 Colonies at Berryville Pike
Moling and Cather advertise a public sale on October 14 at 2 p.m. on the premises of W. W. Stump at Berryville Pike. Thirty bee colonies will be offered with blankets and comforts at special prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Stump
Berryville Pike
Satay
Moling & Cather
Smokers Urged To Aid In Fire Prevention
A public smoking safety message urges smokers to prevent fires by fully extinguishing cigarettes and matches. It cites costs of careless disposal, notes fires often start from cigarette stumps, and recalls the Baltimore fire as an example. It underscores smoking in bed as dangerous and marks Fire Prevention Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Baltimore
Nesro Accused of Attacking Girl Lynched by Mob
In Lafourche Parish Louisiana a Black man arrested in the Miss Louisiana La rose case was taken from Labadieville jail by a mob and hanged from a bridge girder. A note pinned to La rose’s clothing warned against harming local women. Officials investigate how the prisoner was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labadieville
Louisiana Larose
Bayou Lafourche
Ies Negro
Bomb Found Under Window After Extortion Threats
Vincent Cicero a Baltimore fruit dealer who reported threats by extortionists to police found a bomb under his bedroom window. The device was a six inch length of two inch pipe with metal caps on both ends and a fuse that had been lighted but went out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Vincent Cicero
Notice from Northern Virginia Bureau of the Washington Post
The Northern Virginia Bureau of the Washington Post in the Evening Star building handles news and circulation matters for this section. Call Winchester 46 between 3 and 5 p.m. daily for prompt service. The Post offers early morning delivery, daily and Sunday, at 15 cents a week. C. B. Carr, Bureau Manager.
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Northern Virginia
The
Washington Post
Evening Star
Winchester 46
Post
the Post
C. B. Carr
Tries to Find Buyer for Rum Led to Fines and Jail Time
A Warren Parson in police court paid a $50 fine and served three months for attempting to transport and offer 20 gallons of liquor on North Kent street. Several others received suspended sentences or were jailed on related charges after police action on Kent street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Kent Street
Warren Parson
Parson
Chas. Green
Baltimore
Steve Lyle
Clifton Forge
L B. Thomas
Beckley
W. Va
Stanley Day
Columbia Furnace
Margaret George
National Fruit Products Company
Alfred Stephenson
Washington
Floyd Benjamin
White Post
Banks
J. W Newcome
R. E. Bayliss
Francis Funk
Jack Bowers
Nineveh
Benjiman
Kent Street
Richard Swarms
Wilbur Taylor
Charles
Shorty) Whitlock
Court Clears Beer Sale Affidavits in Frederick County
Frederick County beverage dealers have obtained court approval for beer sale affidavits after October. Judge Philip Williams’s circuit court approved and filed the affidavits with the court clerk. Names listed include J. H. Snapp R. W. Bayliss R. L. Pangle Edwards S. Stepes C. W. Franks H. E. Pingley John L. Deighton Carl W. Sirbaugh Cecil Haines Floyd B. Grim J. P. Neil Co. E. Lemley Marvin H. Brown H. M. Lemley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Commissioner of the Revenue
C. C. Brannon
J. H. Snapp
R. W. Bayliss
R. L. Pangle Edwardss
Stepes
C. W. Franks
H. E. Pingley
John L. Deighton
Carl W. Sirbaugh
Cecil Haines
Floyd B. Grim
J. P. Neil
Co. E. Lemley
Marvin H. Brown
H. M. Lemley
Conference of Presbyterian Group At Burlington
The annual District B Winchester Presbytery Group Conference met in Burlington with District chairman Mrs. Paul Leatherman of Petersburg presiding. Missionary F R Crawford spoke on Medical Mission Work in China and a demonstration titled A Pleasing Interlude was performed by several members. Delegates totaled 69 with Moorefield 22, Romney and Petersburg at 11 each. Capon Bridge was invited to host the next meeting in September 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Burlington
Paul Leatherman
Petersburg
F. R Crawford
China
Murray » Winrs
F. C. Warner
William MacDonald
Keyser
Will Rogers Stars in Dr. Bull at Palace Theatre
Tonight audiences flock to the Palace Theatre to see Will Rogers in Dr. Bull with strong attendance anticipated and steady crowd appeal noted as the comedian returns to the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Dr. Bull
Palace Theatre
Winchester notice of sale at court house and home place
Legal sale announcement for October 21 in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia at 303 S Loudoun Street. B E Russell executor invites bids under description inside with references 10 1n 41 6 13 17 and 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Winchester
Virginia
S. Loudoun Street
B. E. Russell
Lying sheet in Amherst Virginia attacks Byrd and politics
Winchester today published at Amherst Virginia is accused of illegal mailing at second class rates. The piece vilifies Senator Byrd with false charges about closed schools and foreclosures. It also attacks the Valley turnpike transfer and the Shenandoah Valley National Park stance, while defending state funds and Republican blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Flood
Amherst
Virginia
Byrd
General Assembly
Henry Wise
United States Senate
Hoover
Republican Party
Major Wise
Democratic Party
Senator Byrd
Valley Turnpike
Westmoreland Davis
Shenandoah Valley National Park
Virginia Rea
Labor Fears Currency Inflation Meet Opposition at A F L
Washington October 12 delegates representing over 3 000 000 workers approved a report opposing unrestrained currency inflation saying it would place unbearable burdens on labor. The A F of L warns against policy actions that could widen hardship for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Virginia Beer Legalization Brings $78,669 In First Month
Virginia state revenue from 3.2 beer in the first month of legalization totaled $78,669, with $48,784 from the 1 cent per bottle and $2.75 per 31 gallon keg excise taxes and $29,885 from state license taxes covering September to January, according to State Tax Commissioner C. H. Morrissett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
C. H. Morrissett
Death summons Oliver Bentzel in Martinsburg
Relatives in Martinsburg Virginia are advised of the death of Oliver G. Bentzel at 77 after a 12 week illness. He lived near Greenwood in this county before moving to Martinsburg 48 years ago and later worked as a machinist at Latrobe and Martinsburg. He was twice married surviving wife Alice Tucker. no children. He was brother of the late Adam G Bentzel and Mrs. Sarah Carper with another brother George Bentzel having died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver G. Bentzel
Martinsburg
First Methodist Church
Frederick County
Bentze
Greenwood
Latrobe
Martha Martin
Alice Tucker
Adam G. ®Ntzel
Sarah Carper
George Bentzel
Alderson
W. Va
Diphtheria Clinic Scheduled Saturday October 14
A diphtheria inoculation clinic will be held Saturday at the District Nurse Association offices. White children may be inoculated from 11 to 12 and colored children from 12 to 1. Officials urge all unvaccinated children to attend this opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Jenkins Band To Play Tonight At Rouss Spring Park
Jenkins popular orchestra is scheduled to play for square dances at Rouss Spring Park pavilion tonight. The public is invited to attend these dances. Net proceeds go toward upkeep of the grounds and equipment.
Loaded Pistols and Clubs Seized From Khaki Shirts of America
Philadelphia police raid three Khaki Shirts of America HQs seizing loaded pistols knives and clubs as hundreds mobilized for a Washington march. Twenty one prisoners were taken and authorities hunted for Art J. Smith who claimed to be commander in chief amid plans to install Roosevelt as dictator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Guard
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Khaki Shirts of
America
Washington
One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment
Pennsylvania National Guard
Art J. Smith
Smith
United States
Nurses' Ball Aids TB Fund At George Washington Hotel
The District Nurse Association sponsors a charity ball at the George Washington Hotel on Thursday October 19 to raise funds for tuberculosis patients from this district. Dan Gregory's Orchestra will perform and tickets are 150 per couple with refreshments and favors provided. Committees from Lions Rotary Kiwanis American Legion Girls Athletic Club and others have been named to organize the event and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
George Washington
Dan Gregory
Harrisburg
Lions Club
Herbert Miller
A. T. Hawthorne
Donald Shockey
John P. Allen
Earl Crowser
Charles Shewbridge
Rotary Club
John Rodman
Lester Arnold
J. Victor Arthur
Kiwanis Club
Garland Quarles
Wendell Goode
D. Whitenour
Young Prosecutor Seeks Conviction of Jim Davis
In New York on October 12 prosecutor Louis Mead Treadwell pressed for the conviction of James J. Davis, Pennsylvania's junior senator, on charges he used interstate commerce to run a lottery. The case traced printing and shipment from Scranton to New York and distribution to Loyal Order of Moose lodges, with promoters and a Moose department head linked to the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis Mead Treadwell
Pennsylvania
James J Davis
Treadwell
Davis
Charles J. Margiott
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Order of Moose
B. C. McGuire
Theodore G. Miller
Propagation Department of Moose
United Confederate Veterans to Reunion in Chattanooga 1934
Petersburg Virginia dispatch reports General Homer Atkinson says the United Confederate Veterans accepted Chattanooga Tennessee as reunion host for 1934. Atkinson notes the date will be set by Chattanooga officials after an Atlanta leaders gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Petersburg
United Confederate Veterans
Chattanooga
Homer T. Atkinson
Atkinson
Tennessee
Atlanta
Death removes Wm. J. Chapman at Lynchburg
Miss Lyda J. Chapman reports the death of her brother William J. Chapman 64 a native of this city. He died after a protracted illness at his Lynchburg Virginia home where he had resided for years. He leaves a widow three sons four daughters two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be held in Lynchburg Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyda J. Chapman
William J. Chapman
Lynchburg
Mr. Chapman
Good Interest in Cooking School in Winchester
Interest grows daily in a cooking school run by the Winchester Retail Grocers' Association at Rouss Hall with Mrs. M. A. Rich as lecturer. Sessions start at 2 PM daily, covering breakfasts lunches and desserts, with praise for Mrs. Rich and the association's service to local housewives and merchants. Prize baskets were won by six residents and a 12 pound bag of Gold Medal flour awarded among 24 smaller prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Retail Grocers’ Association
Rouss Hall
M. A. Rich
Rich
Winchester
Harold Jones
South
Loudoun Street
Alice Groves
North Loudoun Street
BE. H. Koons
East Lane
M. 8. Loy
South Cameron Street
N. W. Hoffman
Parkway
Layton's Slayer Faces Jury In Clarke Court
Fred Cooper Jr. stands trial in Berryville for the murder of Benjamin Lay ton last summer. He claims self defense after testifying that George Mills attacked him. One of five bullets intended for Mills struck Layton, severing an artery and killing him. Trial expected to reach the jury late today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Williams
Shenandoah National Park
Armistead
Fourteenth Judicial District
Fred Cooper Jr
Berryville
Coover
Benjamin T. Layton
Millwood
George Mills
Mills
Layton
American College of Surgeons Studies Cancer at Symposium
The American College of Surgeons hosted a cancer symposium in Chicago as retiring president Dr J Bentley Squier urged surgeons to resist socializing the profession. Dr William D Haggard succeeds him and spoke against external control while endorsing group hospitalization and hospital cost concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
J. Bentley Squier
New York
Squier
William D. Haggard
Nashville
Tenn
Explosions Rock Sullivan Indiana As Guards Lunge In
Three blasts rocked Sullivan Indiana drawing extra Indiana National Guardsmen to the mining district after two previously on duty. Troops under Brigadier General D Wray de Prez imposed curfews and passes to control movement. The same day in Pennsylvania a dynamite blast damaged a miner home setting off a broader labor dispute across coal regions. National Labor Board urged arbitration in steel strikes and coal mine disputes as talks with Weir and union leaders continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sullivan
Ind
Indiana National Guardsmen
Sullivan County
D. Wray de Prez
de Prez
Paul V. McNutt
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Penn Anthracite Coal Company
Washington
National Labor Board
E. T. Weir
National Steel Company
Weirton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Steubensville
Weir
National Steel Corporation
Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Hugh S. Johnson
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Thomas Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Four Killed In Plane Crash Near Kesteren
Two commissioned and two non commissioned officers were killed when two military planes collided in mid air and crashed near Kesteren Holland. The incident occurred on October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Holland
Kesteren
Winchester Fruit and Vegetable Market Ad
Florida oranges arrive fresh with prices 20 25 and 30 cents per dozen and 10 pounds for 49 cents Grapefruit four for 25 and five for 25 cents Many other vegetables Phone 461 Next to Union Bank Newport? Market ad notes current crop and local shop details
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fruit and Vegetable Market
Union Bank
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Carlessness
Balti
Nesro
Presbyterian Group
William Green
United Mine Workers
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Congress
Oliver Bentzel
Jenkins
Nurses’ Society
T B
Benefit Entertainment Is
Geo. Washington Hotel
Jim” Davis
Wm. J. Chapman
Clarke Court
Florida
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