Tragic Mulga mine blast in Alabama kills 32 miners
A huge explosion deep in the Mulga coal mine near Birmingham collapses a shaft killing 32 miners and injuring one survivor. Rescue crews race through smoke as 500 spectators watch, with gas buildup blamed and workers entombed under debris.
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Leroy Simms
Birmingham
Ala
Mulga
Sam Williams
Forrest Kelley
R. M. Marshall
Woodward Iron Company
Charlies McCombs
Marshall Williams
Jefferson County
Winchester urges safe driving after weekend accidents
A columnist urges drivers to stay alert and avoid rushing after weekend accident reports. He stresses keeping a clear head behind the wheel, avoiding reckless behavior, and maintaining a car in good condition to prevent harm.
Episcopalians Elect Tucker Presiding Bishop
The Rt. Rev. Henry S. G. Tucker of Richmond was elected presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Cincinnati. Aged 63, Tucker can serve six years before retirement. he succeeds Rt. Rev. James Dewolf Perry, who led for seven years.
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Cincinnati
Henry St. George Tucker
Richmond
Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Church
Tucker
James Dewolf Perry
Providence
Rhode Island
William Cabell Brown
Japan
Orient
Tsing
Lucker
Bishop Tucker
Winchester
Hunter H. McGuire
Lewis Hyde
W. Nelson Page
Chperent Payne
Charleston
Novel Case Set for Warren County Court Hearing
Paul Rudacille of Front Royal sues Blue Wood of Flint Hill for 3000 alleging injuries to a horse struck by Wood’s car on the Front Royal road. The case, with Judge Philip Williams presiding, will be heard in Warren Circuit Court with James P. Reardon and John Downing as defense counsel and Weaver and Armstrong for the plaintiff. The horse, a valued schooled hunter, was injured in April when ridden south toward Front Royal. The jury trial will determine liability and damages.
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Warren Circuit Court
Front Royal
Philip Williams
Paul Rudacille
Blue Wood
Flint Hill
Rappahannock
James P. Reardon
Winchester
John Downing
Weaver
Armstong
Rudacille
Wood
Rainy Weather Expected Early Week Outlook
Weather outlook for October 18 to 23 covers North and Middle Atlantic states. Rain begins late Monday or Tuesday and again on Thursday with warmer start, cooler midweek, a warmer Thursday, and cooler end of week.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Marriage of Crider and Wagaman in Brucetown
Announcement reports the marriage of Ray L. Crider a Waynesboro Pa salesman and Lela Wagaman of Waynesboro. The ceremony occurred last night at Brucetown in the county with Rev. Thomas Morsyn of the Methodist Church officiating at the parsonage.
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Ray L. Crider
Waynesboro
Lela Wagaman
Brucetown
Thomas Morsyn
Methodist Church
Italy Accepts Partial Withdrawal Of Volunteers From Spain
Count Dino Grandi told the nine power sub committee that Italy would accept the proposal for partial withdrawal of a certain number of volunteers from the Spanish civil war. He insisted withdrawals must be in equal quantities from both sides as a substantial beginning toward evacuation. The meeting adjourned to continue early next week amid pressure from Eden for prompt action.
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London
Dino Grandi
Italy
Anthony Eden
Spain
Count Grandi
Dwyer Confesses to Maine Doctors Slayings
In a Maine double murder case, Paul Dwyer, 18, of South Paris, cremated the elderly Dr John Littlefield and his wife Lydia 64, then drove the car to New Jersey where their bodies were found in a parked auto. Dwyer confessed after police questioned him near Newark. The officer cited a morbid confession detailing the fight that led to the deaths.
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North Arlington
N. J
Maine
John J. Breslin
New England
New Jersey
Paul Dwyer
Paris
Bergen County
John J Preslin
John G. Littlefield
Lydia
George Shippe
Young Dwyer
Jersey City
New York
Shippee
Dwyer
I C C Rules To Be Enforced In State
Interstate Commerce Commission enforcement will target trucks buying coal for resale and violating rules. Inspectors will check marker and signal lights per Virginia law. A semi annual DMV vehicle inspection is underway with only about one third completed and twelve days left to complete before the deadline.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
R. E. Bayliss
Department of Motor Vehicles
Election Notice for Absentee Ballot Application
Voters unable to be at the polls on election day may apply to the registrar to secure a ballot. Walter M. Shade is the Democratic nominee for Clerk of the Corporation Court.
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Walter M. Shade
Clerk of Corporation Court
For Sale 1937 Lincoln Zephyr Sedan at Hughes Motor Co
Sale notice offers a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr four door sedan at a substantial reduction from Hughes Motor Co. Contact details are not provided.
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Hughes Motor Coo
Pickers' Tickets Print at the Star Office
Notice directs readers that pickers' tickets can be printed now at the Star Office with a code 1-21-1p-1f indicating the print location or form.
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Star Office
Officials Named For Election On Tuesday November 2
City Electoral Board announces judges and clerks for the November 2 election at five polling places Friendship to House Rouss Engine House City Hall Sarah Zane Engine House and more. Voters are reminded the new affirmative balloting law is in effect and differs from the old rule.
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Electoral Board
City Electoral Board
John
W.M. Sumption
Zteiling
Lester Forney
C. Frank Grim
Rouss’ Engine House
John Dunn
O. T. Ritter
W. A. March
F. M. Yeakle
Robert Swartz
City Hall
James S. Ritter
Arthur G. Athey
Herbert Haines
Forrest Fansles
J. Mack Cain
Sarah Zane Engine House
Robert S. Bell
J. F. Helsley
E. Earl Parks
E. C. Lupton
George Simpson
Grand Jury to Consider Cases in Williams Court
Judge Philip Williams will convene the October term as Commonwealth's Attorney James P. Reardon plans to request a grand jury to review several pending cases. One case involves E S Fletcher and Benjamin B Snarr with indictments expected. Fletcher pled nolo contendere. Snarr pled guilty and both await grand jury action.
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Reardon
E. S. Fletcher
Benjamin B. Snarr
Wlliams
Ethel Dunlap Fletcher
Donald Weems
Police Court
Fletcher
Snarr
No Parking Signs Target Bridge Inlet Flood Risk
No Parking signs and red curb paint appear on Town Run bridge to keep inlets clear. Officials say blocked inlets contributed to flooding on Boscawen and Cameron streets last summer, hindering water flow during heavy rain.
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Town Run
Boscawen
Cameron Street
Lindbergh Accepts Third Five Year Air Corps Reserve Term
The Army and Navy Journal reports Col. Charles A Lindbergh has accepted reappointment as an air corps reserve officer for a third five year period.
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Washington
Army and Navy Journal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Air Corps
Lorimer gravely ill at his home in Pennsylvania
Bulletin reports George Horace Lorimer former editor of the Saturday Evening Post is seriously ill at his Wyncote Pennsylvania home from pneumonia. Separate dispatches note Harvard and Navy football clash in Baltimore with 45000 in attendance and a Zaragoza munitions factory fire set by bombing squad. Indiana police chief Don F Stiver says decision pending on James Dalhover last Brady mob member.
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Philadelphia
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Wyncote, Pa
Hendaye
Zaragoza
Aragon
U. S
Indianapolis
Don F. Stiver
Indiana State Police
James Dalhover
Mussolini’s Son Departs New York Sailed Home
Vittorio Mussolini aged 21 son of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini left New York aboard the Italian liner Rex under close guard by detectives. He commented briefly that he likes American night clubs and that some American women are beautiful.
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New York
Vittorio Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
May steal the show when Duke and Duchess visit DC
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor are expected to draw attention if they visit Washington on the opening day of Congress, November 15. It remains undisclosed whether they will be entertained by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Duchess of Windsor
Congress
Roosevelt
Libyan Arabs Back Moslems in Palestine Stand
Libyan Arabs tell Premier Mussolini they stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow Moslems in Palestine opposing British policy in the mandated Holy Land.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Palestine
Holy Land
AFL Accepts CIO Peace Proposal for Washington Conference
The American Federation of Labor accepts the CIO peace plan for a Washington meeting on October 25 with or without committees. AFL leaders Harrisons Woll Knight and William Green say the move could end labor's civil war as telegraphic negotiations continue. The CIO proposal was presented to the AFL executive council and a formal reply is expected later.
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Denver
American Federation of Labor
Washington, D. C
Philip Murray
Harrison, Woll and Bugiiaret
Willard Hotel
William Green
A. F. of L
George Harrison
Harrison
Washington
Federation
Matthew Woll
Felix Knight
A. F
Executive Council
A. F. of
Labor
British Market Amply Supplied With Imported Fruit This Week
The United Kingdom market shows large supplies of imported deciduous fruit with generally lower prices at the October 13 sale. Apples remain in demand for good stock. pears and grapes show steady to weaker conditions. Apples, pears, and grape imports are projected to ship in sizable volumes over the next week.
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United Kingdom
Frederick A. Motz
London
Virginia Grimes
Jonathan
Rome Beauty
York Imperial
Virginia
Maryland
Grimes
Delaware
U. S
Grave of First Inscribed Grave Marked at Mt Hebron Cemetery
The grave of George Helm who died in 1769 is identified as the first to bear an inscription. Weathering damaged the original marker so a white marble slab with a duplicate inscription was cemented beside it. Helm’s grave lies north of the old Lutheran Church wall near a small fenced lot overgrown with vines.
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George Helm
Old Reformed Church
Mount Hebron Cemtery
Helm
New Minister Arrives to Lead First Brethren in Winchester
The Rev Norman Uphouse of Baltimore arrived to succeed the Rev Emer son Rohart as pastor of the First Brethren Church on the Berryville pike. He was born in Johnstown Pa and trained at Ashland Theological Seminary earning ordained status in 1935. He has attended Johns Hopkins University and will continue studies there while serving the Winchester church, planning eventual permanent residence here. The Berryville road church was built in 1925 during Roharts pastorate.
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Norman Uphouse
Baltimore
Emerson Rohart
First Brethren Church
Berryville Pike
Mr. Uphouse
Johnstown
Ashland Theological Seminary
Ashland
Ohio
Johns Hopkins University
Winchester
Berryville Road
Rohart
23 Hurt In Derailment near Riegelsville
Twenty three persons were injured today when a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train from Stroudsburg to Trenton derailed a mile north of Riegelsville New Jersey. The locomotive left the tracks on a curve, broke from three coaches and overturned. The engineer Charles Gallagher 55 of Phillipsburg was seriously hurt with a possible skull fracture and other injuries.
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Trenton
Here
Charles Gallagher
Phillipsburg
N. J
Shanghai gas shell demo fuels Sino Japanese clash
Shanghai reports show Japanese authorities stage a gas shell demonstration to claim Chinese use of poison gas. Lt Col Hajime Tani presented a shell said to contain phosgene, while Chinese authorities denied any gas use and noted Chinese actions near Tazang and Chapei amid heavy bombing and river crossings.
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Shanghai
Hajime Tani
Japanese Chemical Corps
Tokyo
Tani
Tazang
Chapei
Shanghai International Settlement
Markham Road
International Settlement
United States
China
Tsinan
Shantung Province
Questions and Answers on Page 4 Column 4
The page promises to address queries about Boxer indemnity funds to China the origin of God Save The King the Confederate Supreme Court question longevity linked to financial security and details of the Mermaid Tavern with answers on Page 4 Column 4.
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Supreme Court
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