Two Men Killed In Warren Crash
A fatal crash on the Eastside Highway left Russell Lee Jones of Limeton dead and Downing Henry of Asbury fatally injured, with both vehicles and injuries described after the impact near a culvert. Two more pedestrians from Stephens City were injured when their auto hit a signal post at the Clearbrook railroad crossing.
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Russell Lee Jones
Limeton
Downing Henry
Asbury
Mr. Jones
Eastdie
Stephens City
Clearbrook
Warren Gaunt
Franklin Harris
Bradly
Jackson
Memorial Hospital
Julian Shade
Thurman Haines
Young Farmhand Held For Forgery
Berryville Virginia October 16 Special Donald Jenkins about 21 of Page county is being held in Luray jail on forgery charges and will be returned to Berryville this afternoon Clarke Deputy R W Buckner said today Jenkins who had worked as a farm hand on Charlie Hummers place in the county will face two local forgery courts upon his re arrest he is said to have raised a 3 check Hummer gave him to 13 and forged another check outright for 10
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Berryville
Donald Jenkins
Page County
Luray
Clarke
R. W. Buckner
Jenkins
Charlie Hummer
Hummer
Colored Man Held For Observation
Berryville Va October 16 Jasper Robinson a local man about 35 was held in jail for mental observation after six able bodied men were needed to subdue him He was brought to the jail by J D Griffing and given a hypodermic by Dr Archibald Osborne amid reports of supernatural strength and religious raving.
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Berryville
Jasper Robinson
Robinson
J. D. Griffing
Archibald Osborne
Former Swiss President Dies at 75 in Zurich
Dr. Robert Haab, twice president of Switzerland and former Swiss minister to Berlin, died at his Zurich home at age 75. He was elected to the federal council in 1918 and served as president in 1922 and 1929 by the council rotation system.
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Zurich
Robert Haab
Switzerland
Berlin
Independent Fire Co. meeting in Stephens City
The Independent Fire Co of Stephens City will meet tomorrow night at 7 30 in the high school building. All members are to be present as important business will be transacted.
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Independent Fire
Stephens City
German Troops Unaware of War in France, British Says
The British war office reports German troops captured in France did not know a war had begun for weeks. They were described as absolutely flabbergasted upon learning there was a real war after being shot at and surrounded.
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London
British War Office
France
Supreme Court to Rule on Oil and Milk Antitrust Cases
The Supreme Court agreed to pass on government antitrust suits filed by Midwestern oil firms and Chicago milk dealers. Lower court rulings involved Utility Workers CIO affiliate seeking contempt against Consolidated Edison of New York for alleged National Labor Relations Board violations.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Chicago
CIO
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc
National Labor Relations Board
Delegates Named for Middle Town Grange Meeting
At the Friday night session before the State Convention, Middle Town Grange named delegates Mr. and Mrs. A B Brumback with alternates E M Funk and BE McDonald. The Third and Fourth Degrees were conferred on initiates from Saumsville and Middletown Granges by the First and Second Degree Teams. A Shenandoah County delegation led by Miss Hellen Saum and Berlin Fleming attended. Refreshments followed.
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Middletown Grange
The
Grange
A. 8. Brumback
E. M Funk
BE. R. McDonald
Saumsville
Middletown
Shenandoah County
Hellen Saum
Berlin Fleming
Orchard Man Badly Injured in Barn Attack
William Monroe Price an elderly orchard worker was found unconscious with a fractured skull in a barn near the Bank of Clarke County orchard east of the Norfolk and Western tracks. Doctors say he is in critical condition at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Police suspect robbery as $15 wages were missing and the attacker remains at large. A man calling himself Joe Dave, another orchard worker bunking with Price, is sought. Dave’s address is unknown. Local railway detectives assist state police in locating the missing man.
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Berryville
William Monroe Price
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Price
Clarke County
Norfolk and Western
P. W Boyd
Robert W. Buckner
Joe Dave
Buckner
Portsmouth Va
Dave
Wardell Singrass
County Cornetat Celieve
Hospi
Clarke
Teddy Brown
Youth Held On Assault Charge
Hus key Frank Humel aged 20 was held after confessing to beating auto salesman Harry McGill 55 tying him and placing him unconscious in a trunk to steal an automobile Humel led McGill to his Long Island home for a demonstration ride Krogman said Fear of McGill dying prompted a call to St Johns Hospital and a report of a body in a yard Police found McGill with a fractured skull bound arms and taped lips He is in serious condition and father of four.
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New York
McGill
St. John’s Hospital
War Maneuvers By Turks Noted
Istanbul reports feverish Turkish mobilization amid rumors of Soviet troop buildup in the Caucasus. Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu, in Moscow, rejected three Russian demands and warned Turkey could mobilize about 2 million men unless Britain and France confront Russia.
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Instanbul
Turkey
Russia
Caucasus
Iran
Persia
Sukru Saracogls
Moscow
Poland
Balkan
Germany
Saracogls
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britain
Saniaarie Was
Bee
German Trawler Nordland Brought Into Norwegian Port
BERGEN Norway Oct 16 The German trawler Nordland of Cuxhaven was brought into this southwestern Norway port today by a Norwegian patrol plane a record states the incident under wartime patrol operations with no injuries reported and the ship examined by authorities
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Bergen
Norway
Nordland
Cuxhaven
Scout Drive Underway in Winchester Campaign Launch
The annual Boy Scout fund drive began in Winchester with 40 workers meeting at the Golden Glow for breakfast, instructions, and supplies. Campaign chairman Henry Covington reported gifts running 50 to 100 percent higher than last year and said reports are due this evening with mop up by Wednesday.
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Winchester
Golden Glow
Henry Covington
Notable Names in Local Military Card Case
Leonard Sirbaugh Capt Herbert Solenberger Denver Spring J M Steck Jr Fred Stine Capt Versus Sirbaugh Bryan Stotler J K Wheeler Capt Ridgelay White Capt and others appear in a local roster or legal notice listing multiple individuals with military ranks and roles. The fragment outlines a group of named persons likely connected to a case or ceremonial event in the community.
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Leonard Sirbaugh
Herbert Solenberger
Denver Spring
J. M. Steck, Jr
Fred Stine
Sirbaugh
Bryan Stotler
J. K. Wheeler
Ridgelay White
Justice Douglas Celebrates Forty First Birthday
Justice William O. Douglas, the youngest Supreme Court member in 127 years, turned 41 today. He has served since April 17 and still maintains his informal style, often with a pencil behind his right ear in the courtroom.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas
B. and O. reports gain in loads
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reported carloadings for the week ending October 14 at 57,908, up 13,196 from the same period last year. Loadings for October 7 were 55,417.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
DAR Leader Urges Faith in Congress Amid World Crisis
Mrs Henry M Roberts Jr of Annapolis Maryland president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution calls for faith in representative government during the present world crisis.
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Henry M. Roberts, Jr
Annapolis, Md
the Daughters of the American Revolution
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Eastside
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Independent Fire CO
Grangers
Orchard
Sand Gle
C. P. McVicar
Victor Arthur
Andrew Bell
E. B. Cooper
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Vernon Eddy
C. S. Hartman
Nelson
Sam Preston
John S Scully
Ben Arthur, Jr
Turner Anderson
George Barnsley
Ben Belchie
W. Ford Barry
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Horace Brown
John Cammer
E. T. Clark
M. B. Clowe
Justice Douglas
U. S. Congress
Babes Arms
Rodgers and Harry
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Charles Winninger
Guy Kibbee
June Preisser
Henry Hull
Betty Jaynes
Douglas McPhail
Mickey
Patsy Wady Garland
Morans
Grace Hayes
Patsy
Miss Steele
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