Bungling Nazi Spy Denies Personal Benefit From Confession
Guenther Rumrich, an army deserter turned Nazi spy, testified in a federal espionage trial denying he expected to gain personally from his guilty confession. He acknowledged signing nine copies of a statement with answers differing from earlier responses and noted his cross-examination by attorney Matthews. The exchange occurred as the court recessed for lunch after hearings in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Plummer
New York
Guenther Gustav Rumrich
Erich Glaser
Johanna Hofmann
Otto Voss
U. S
Lester Dunigan
Benjamin Matthem
Glaser
Matthews
Dunigan
State Department
John C. Knox
Otto H. Voss
Federal Court
New York City
Gustave Rumrich
Miss Hofmann
Many Killed In Barcelona Raids
Barcelona reports a dawn air raid by two tri motor insurgent planes killing 24 people and wounding 11. Five alarms sounded through the night. One seaplane attack wounded no one while others struck a market and a children’s reformatory steps. Rescue workers found two children dead in a home.
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Barcelona
Jesse H Jones Praises Bankers For Industrial Loans Rise
Washington, Oct. 21. Jesse H. Jones, head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, praised bankers for expanding industrial loans amid his push to mobilize government funds. He noted more than 7.4 billion dollars lent with about 74 percent repaid and attributed gains to standardized federal banking regulations.
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Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jones
Treasury position for October 19 reported deficit and cash
Treasury figures show receipts of 17.46 million dollars and expenditures of 32.52 million dollars for October 19, creating a deficit of 15.06 million. The reserve balance stands at 38.42 billion, up by 664 thousand from the prior day, as reported from Washington on October 21.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Wilt dies of grief heart attack after son’s drowning
In Baltimore on October 21 Gilbert L. Wilt aged 40 was buried seven months after his seven year old son Robert drowned in Hampden reservoir. Doctors said his heart attack was induced by grief. He leaves a widow and seven children.
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Baltimore
Robert
Hampden Reservoir
Gilbert L. Wilt
Middletown Team Tops F F A Judging Contests
Middletown High School teams won first place with 9664 points at the 9th annual F F A judging contests. Top scorers included Granville Crabill Strasburg and Ralph Wakeman Middletown, with individual event winners in corn potatoes and apples. A silver loving cup will go to the Middletown team and high men receive ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Se ‘Ai
Mannernd
Jackson
Boyce
Washington
Granville Crabill
Strasburg
Ralph Wakeman
Middletown
Junior Wilkins
Woodstock
Homer Long
Mount Jackson
Corn
Austin Zirkle
New Market
Cecil Teets
Stephens City
Earl Wilkins
Edinburg
Pirst
Earl Gore
Keith Judy
Richard Kibler
Toms Brook
Raymond Curry
Eldon Brumback
Midtin Zirkle
En Y Market
Honyson Diggs
Buddie Calanahan
Harold Adams
Handley
Brook Moffitt
Sperryville
Levi Anderson
Apples
James Yeakley
Paul Myers
Conrad Royston
Scout Meeting Opens for Region 3 in Hagerstown
The 18th Region 3 Boy Scouts of America meeting gathers in Hagerstown with hundreds of leaders traveling from distant points including Ottawa. 275 registered at noon. nearly 500 expected by evening as L Vinton Hershey welcomes attendees.
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Hagerstown
Region 3
Boy Scouts of America
Ottawa
Canada
L. Vinton Hershey
Washington County
Large fall bulbs tulips jonquils crocus hyacinths and narcissus
Winchester Seed Co offers extra large fall bulbs including tulips jonquils crocus hyacinths and white narcissus in an advertised seed catalog entry dated 10 19 21 with product code 1p 21.
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Winchester Seed CO
Antiques Auction and Local Musical Acts Listings
Antiques at auction 10 a.m. October 25 at 326 N Cameron St Winchester Virginia with display on October 23 and 24. Marshall Adams and his Colored Rhythm Aces perform Wednesdays and Saturdays at Oak Grove. The GAS Company is referenced in a prior ad.
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N. Cameron St
Winchester
B. Dean
Marshall Adams
Oak Grove
Auto Crash Fatal To Woman In Shenandoah County
A late yesterday Route 11 crash near Toms Brook Shenandoah County killed Mrs. Walter C. Stone of Pittsburgh Pa and seriously hurt her husband. Thelma Stone and John Trannenschmedt survived uninjured as their car struck a telephone pole on a wet road. Mrs Stone died at Memorial Hospital Winchester at 10 15 PM. The husband was expected to recover. Body sent to Perrysville Pa for funeral services.
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Toms Brook
Shenandoah County
Walter C. Stone
Pittsburgh
Stone
Thelma Stone
John Trannenschmedt
Hunter D. Sparrow
Wilbur Butts
Mac Higgins
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
Jeff Davis Claims $50,000 From Studio Suit
Hollywood, Oct. 21. Jeff Davis, famed as a king hoboes in Arkansas Traveler, sues a studio for $50,000. He insists his film debut includes six scenes and ten minutes of wood sawing, asserting the bald head in one shot proves his participation.
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Hollywood
Jeff Davis
King Hoboes
Jeff
Garbage collection rules and ad for coats and suits
Wet garbage for collection must be placed in separate metal containers with covers and must not be mixed with bottles, cans or other rubbish. Otherwise, it will not be collected. Moling and Cather advertise coats and suits priced at $2.95.
Dorothey Hale death shocks New York social circle
Dorothy Hale film actress died after leaping from her 16th floor Hampshire House apartment in New York. She was linked to WPA administrator Harry Hopkins, whose engagement rumors with Hale surfaced last summer. Hopkins, at Roosevelt home, declined comment as friends described them as close confidants.
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Harry L. Hopkins
New York
Dorothy Hale
Hampshire House
Central Park
Gardner Hale
Chicago
California
Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Roosevelt
Americans Win Big in Irish Hospital Sweep Stakes Draw
In Dublin on October 21 Americans held a majority of tickets across the Silver Anniversary Irish Hospital Sweep and Cesarewitch races. Out of 910 tickets drawn on 65 horses, Americans held 491 by midafternoon, with strong showings on leading favorites. Prize structure awards up to 150000 dollars per first-place ticket, 75000 for second, 50000 for third, and 2172 for non-prize runners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Newmarket
England
Dubonnet
Lieutenant of Police Held In N.Y. For Theft
New York reports Lieutenant Cuthbert J. Behan, first in the city to appear in a police line up, being questioned over grand larceny and destruction of public records. Police Commissioner Valentine denounced Behan as a disgrace, stating records were stolen from the Bergen Street Station in Brooklyn on October 15. Special prosecutor John Harlan Amen said the governor’s inquiry into Brooklyn law enforcement includes Behan’s case.
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New York
Cuthbert J. Behan
Lewis J. Valentine
Behan
Bergen Street
Brooklyn
Valentine
William B. Herlands
78Th Precinct
John J. Donovan
John Harlam Amen
Lehman
Herlands
Roll Call To Be Nov 14 24 Red Cross Drive
The Winchester Frederick Chapter of the Red Cross opens its annual roll call on Friday November 14 and runs through Thanksgiving November 24. John Scully and Rev E Summers McGavock lead as Winchester and county chairmen with HQ at 128 North Loudoun Street.
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Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Margaret Keller
John 8. Scully
Winchester
E. Summers McGavock
Kernstown
Opequon
Presbyterian Churches
Surviving Daughters of Brigham Young Remain in Salt Lake
Salt Lake City article notes only four of Brigham Young's 31 daughters survive from his 56 children born to 19 wives. Ages 68 to 78, the women live in Salt Lake City and stay active in church and social centers. One daughter, Clarissa Young, guides at Lion House. Mabel Sanborn leads church genealogical information.
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Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Latter Day Saints Church
Joseph Don Carlos Young
Clarissa ¥. Young
Church
Deseret
Mabel Y. Sanborn
Information Bureau
Fannie Y. Clayton
Young
Orchardists Asked To Aid Beetle Fund
P H Gold chair of the Frederick County Fruit Growers Association asks fruit growers to support a fund to prevent Winchester quarantine over the Japanese beetle. A second meeting for concerned citizens is set for 8 o'clock at the courthouse tonight, called by Dr C R Anderson and C I Brumback.
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P. H. Gold
Frederick County
Gold
Winchester
Church Seeks Pioneer Rolls for Opequon Burial List
The Opequon Church seeks names of pioneer members and Revolutionary War veterans buried in Opequon Cemetery. Rev. E Summers McGavock and Clerk C Crawford urge descendants to communicate. a tablet honoring known soldiers is planned. Memorial hopes aim to identify unmarked graves and restore the cemetery.
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Opequon Church
Opequon Cemetery
E. Summers McGavock
Winchester
Opequon
George Washington
Kernstown
Dentist Dr Edwin C Yost Announces Office Hours
Dr Edwin C Yost lists clinic hours on the Valley Pike from 10 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. Exodontia and prosthodontia services offered. Phone number 1422 provided for appointments.
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Edwin C. Yost
Valley Pike
Peoples Drug Kolynos Tooth Paste Ad Price 39 Cents
An advertisement notes Kolynos Tooth Paste priced at 39 cents. The notice mentions Pepto Bismol and references other gas ad placements on Page 9. Includes stray catalog-like markings and short product mentions.
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Peoples Drug Kolynos
Typhoon Devastates Tokyo and Yokohama Area
A fierce typhoon hits Japan from Kagoshima to Honshu, killing at least 226 and injuring over 590 with 30 missing. Tokyo experiences 24,460 flooded homes, widespread outages, and thousands jobless as schools close. Yokohama ports halt sailings and ships ground.
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Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo-Yokohama
Yokohama
Kagoshima
Kyushu
Honshu
Tax Experts Study Emergency Income Tax Boost for Armaments
Congressional tax experts weigh an emergency 10 percent income tax to fund expanded armament programs. The levy would apply to individuals and corporations for a year or two, with an estimated $200 million extra revenue, and could be paired with reshuffled exemptions. Discussions proceed ahead of Congress sessions as proposals surface from Sen LaFollette and Sen Connally.
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Washington
Congressional
Joint Committee
Internal Revenue
Congress
Great Britain
Senator LaFollette
Prog-Wis
Double Indemnity Policies Tied to Paris Va Slaying
Raleigh Elsen 49, Clarke county farmer slain in Paris last Monday night. Edith Pierce, wife of the accused shooter James Pierce, secured $250 double indemnity life policies naming each other as beneficiaries. Policies sold by Marshall K. Hutchinson of Union Life Insurance. James Pierce, freed on a governor granted pardon, waived preliminary hearing and faces grand jury action.
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Raleigh Elsen
Clarke County
Paris
Edith Pierce
Union Life Insurance Company
James Pierce
Warrenton
Fauquier
Marshall K. Hutchinson
South Braddock Street
Union Life ‘Insurance
Holtes Grim
Hutchinson
Elsen
Pierce
Price
Sharpsburg
Hagerswn
Perfect Husband Recalls Love Triangle in Murder Trial
Rudolph Sikora testified he and his wife had an affair with Edward Solomon, leading to Solomon's death last August. He said Mrs Sikora confessed the incident, recounting Solomon pulling her into an office vault and kissing her, starting March 14.
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Chicago
Rudolph Sikora
Edward Solomon
Margaret
Solomon
Convicted In Fatal Beating At Spring Grove Hospital
Towson Md Oct 21 L Elmer and Annie Ell were convicted today of the fatal beating of a patient at Spring Grove Hospital and given a suspended sentence of one year in the house of correction. Two other guards charged with murder in the death were acquitted by the three judge court sitting without a jury.
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Towson, Md
Lelmer
Annie Ell
Spring Grove Hospital
House of Correction
Lovebridge
New Elementary School Plan For East Salisbury
The East Salisbury elementary project costing 125000 is recommended by the Board of Education for approval by the county commissioners. The plan originally conceived as a WPA project now advances toward funding and construction.
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Salisbury
East
Board of Education
Sioners
See GAS CO ad on Page and Totals Section
Classified snippet notes a gas company advertisement appearing on page and column one of the issue. It lists standard offerings, contact details, and pricing cues within the readable portion.
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See Gas CO
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Jesse Jones
Crabill
Dan O. Henry
Witchester
Shenandoah Area
Fred Maphis
Burg
Thedoah Area
Atten the Sessons
Upper Valley
Moling and Cather
Dorothie
N.Y
John S. Scully
Rev. E. S. McGavock
Beetle
Courthouse
A. H. Teske
Extension Horticulturist
Church Seeking Pioneer Rolls
Historic Opequon
Chosi
Chibi
Hatterlock
Tsurumi
Connally
D-Tex
Congressional Tax Committees
Walsh D-Mass
Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
War
Navy
Tragedy
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