Bankers Told Government Eager to Aid Recovery Effort
Leo T. Crowley, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, told the American Bankers Association that the government is here to assist bankers and not hamper business. He urged keeping deposit insurance limits and called for renewed private initiative and fair profit as essential to recovery and to recapturing foreign trade.
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Leo T. Crowley
Washington
Federal Deposit Visa Corporation
American Bankers Association
Crowley
Francis Marion Law
Association
England
United States
Roosevelt
Veterans of Foreign Wars to elect officers tonight
Winchester Post 2123 to hold an officer election at 8 PM in Main Street club rooms. Current commander A. Lee Coble has served two years. members invited to attend and share letters of feedback or suggestions for the Star column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Main Street
A. Lee Coble
Englishmen Set Record to Win Distance Flight
English pilots Charles W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black won a $50,000 speed race to Melbourne and set a new long distance flight record despite rain and storms. Dutch contenders Plem Tier and Moll, second place, landed near Albury after 70 hours 59 minutes 50 seconds, about ten hours behind the winners. Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn held third, reaching Port Darwin after delays.
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Melbourne
Australia
Charles W. A. Scott
Tom Campbell Black
Parmentier
Mol
Wodonga
Scott
Ces
Melbour
Victoria
Col. Turner
Roscoe Turner
Clyde Pangborn
Trade Agreement To Be Negotiated With Switzerland
The State Department announced a reciprocal trade pact with Switzerland will be negotiated soon, bringing active negotiations to twelve. Other ongoing talks include Brazil Haiti Belgium Colombia Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Sweden and Spain. Hearings on the Swiss pact will be held over 17.
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Washington
State Department
Switzerland
Brazil
Haiti
Belgium
Colombia
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Sweden
Spain
Uber
TVA Puzzled By Lindamood Fire Problem
Washington October 23 the fire that burns continually on Ras Lindamood s hearth in Union County Tennessee complicates TVA plans to move him from the Norris Dam basin. Lindamood agrees to relocate but demands a nearby farm so he can carry the lifelong hearth fire to a new home.
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Washington
Lindamood
Tennessee Valley Authority
Union County
Tenn
Norris Dam
Valley Authority
Virginia
Hoodoo Doctor Found Guilty in Jackson Court
Claude Jones, known as a hoodoo doctor, was convicted in Jackson city court of practicing medicine without a license. He received 90 days in jail and a $300 fine after his arrest shortly before a patient, Annie Robinson, died following treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Claude Jones
Jones
Annie Robinson
Terrific Pace in London to Melbourne Air Race
Pilots T Campbell Black and C W A Scott fly the De Haviland Comet in the London Melbourne 11 300 mile air race. During the first two days they averaged about 200 miles an hour and led the field on the England to Australia route.
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London-Melbourne
de Haviland
T. Campbell Black
C. W. A. Scott
Eng
Australia
Scott
Black
Long Distance Speed Records Are Shattered
The report notes C. W. A. Scot and Campbell Black set a new England to Melbourne speed record at 176.5 mph average for 11 323 miles taking 170 hours 59 minutes 50 seconds. It contrasts Wiley Post’s 1933 round the world pace and other early record attempts such as Bulm from Feltham to Derby in 9 520 miles at 58 mph.
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Associated Press
C. W. A. Scot
Campbell Black
England
Melbourne
Wiley Post
Flat
Alaska
New York
M. Rossi
Paul Codos
France
James J. Mattern
Globe
Moscow
Australia
Co. T. P. Bulm
Feltham
Derby
Scott
Black
No Change In Local Prices Of Motor Fuel
Local Winchester markets held motor fuel at 15 cents per gallon with prices flat since last week. Washington state cut branded gasoline by a half cent to 12 1/2 cents, and unbranded grades were expected to drop to 11 4/4 cents as part of an Atlantic seaboard price war.
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Winchester
Washingon
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Carolinas
Washington
Japan Advances Plan For A New Naval Program
Japan outlined a far reaching naval plan in a bi lateral talk with Great Britain as groundwork for the 1935 conference. The proposal asks equality of armaments based on national defense needs a maximum tonnage limit and freedom to build to that limit and a drastic reduction of offensive ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Tokyo
Byrd Party Discovers Large Ice Plateau in Antarctica
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd reported a tractor party found an extensive ice covered plateau about 420 miles east of Little America in Antarctica. The discovery may redefine the Ross Sea shoreline and eastern water area, with potential links to the Polar plateau and Marie Byrd Land.
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Little America
Antarctica
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Ross Sea
Ross
Weddell Seas
Polar Plateau
Marie Byrd Land
Norfolk Man Held On Highway Robbery Charge
Samuel Burns, 25, of Norfolk, is jailed in Danville on a highway robbery charge. He confessed to beating and robbing Hampton Adams, 50, a patient at Hillton Sanitarium, of 14 dollars and a watch on October 14. Burns was arrested in Halifax.
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Danville
Samuel Burns
Norfolk
Hampton Adams
Hillton
Burns
Halifax
Yugoslavia Forms New Cabinet From Dictatorial Rulers
BELGRADE Oct 23 new cabinet formed entirely from members of the late King Alexander dictatorship. Some observers predicted a brief term as cabinet seeks Croat and Slovene support to gain wider backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Gas Tax In Virginia Surpasses Budget for Highway Relief
Virginia gasoline tax spending has exceeded budget estimates by over one million dollars, freeing funds for highway work relief. The state relief setup defense cited before federal authorities. In 1933 Virginia spent about 3 million for relief lists, roughly the current deficit level. The Virginia Emergency Relief Administration planned to expand rural rehabilitation within thirty days to reach about 150 families in northern southeastern and southwestern Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia
Division of Motor Vehicles
Peery
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Highway Department
Virgina Emergency Relef Administration
Forsythe Held For Insurance Shortage
Woodstock player manager R. O. Forsythe of the Valley League club was jailed on a charge of misappropriating 153.82 dollars from the People's Insurance Co. The warrant, issued by Trial Justice M. L. Walton Jr., cites alleged peculations during his company representation in Woodstock. Arrest followed information from a company agent.
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Woodstock
R. O. Forsythe
Jacob Sheetz
People's Insurance Co
District of Columbia
M. L. Walton, Jr
R. J. Thomas
Forsythe
Clarke County
Berryville
Sheetz
Legionnaires Parade Quietly Captures Miami Street Scene
In Miami on October 23 the American Legion held a massive parade halting business across the city. The route along Biscayne Boulevard ended at a reviewing stand where National Commander Edward A. Hayes observed guests. The event featured the 40 and 8 and auxiliary units. next year’s convention may be in St. Louis with tentative nominees announced for departmental vice presidents.
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Miami Fla
American Legion
Miami
Dave Shultz
Biscayne Boulevard
Edward A. Hayes
St. Louis
Joseph Haney
Omaha
Neb
Ssouri City
Legion
Bisbee
Ariz
Western Department
Estelle A. Saxton
Kayesville
Utah
Northwestern
W. Francis Smith
Lander
Wyo
Southern
Tom Gamig
Ponca City Okla
Eastern
Jonathan. E. Wheatley
Cambridge, Md
Myron Miller
Anthony, Kas
Piccards Alarm Detroit Crowd With Stratosphere Flight
Stratosphere balloon of Dr. Jean and Mrs. Jeannette Piccard drifts south from Cleveland with an altitude believed near 40 000 feet. Ground crews in Detroit say descent may have started as pilots report sightings over Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Edward J. Hill
Jean
Jeannette Piccard
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Piccards
Akron
Hill
Pittsburgh
Atlantic
New Jersey
Cleveland
Lou Gravis
United Airlines
Gravis
American Airlines
L. Stephans
Sandusky
Lorain
Ohio
Lake Erie
Stephans
Norwalk
Here
Pennsylvania
Quadruplets Die Weeks after Birth in Bronx Hospital
New York report says four babies born to Mrs. Cecelia Mulligan of the Bronx died today at Lincoln Hospital after living only a few hours. Two boys died at seven this morning while another boy and a girl died at 1 30 a m. The mother, parent to three other children, was reported recovering.
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New York
Cecelia Mulligan
Bronx
Lincoln Hospital
Major Nooner Ordered to Philippine Islands
War Department dispatch confirms Major James E. Nooner Veterinary Corps U S Army formerly of Winchester now at San Francisco California is ordered to sail January 4 1935 for Manila for a two year tour in the Philippine Islands.
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War Department
James E. Nooner
Veterinary Corps
U. S. Army
Winchester
San Francisco
Cal
Manila
Philippine Islands
Pretty Boy Floyd sought immunity to surrender
The Washington Evening Star reported that Charles Pretty Boy Floyd offered to surrender if guaranteed immunity from execution. J Edgar Hoover rejected the overtures, stating he killed an officer and no deal with gangsters is possible.
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Washington
Washington Evening Star
Charles
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Justice Department
Star
J. Edgar Hoover
Division of Investigation
Hoover
Pretty Boy Floyd Is Shot Dead on Ohio Farm
Charles Arthur Floyd the outlaw known as Pretty Boy Floyd is killed on an isolated East Liverpool farm after a gun battle with Melvin Purvis and officers. Floyd fled toward a wooded ridge after being hit by multiple bullets and dying in a corn stubble field.
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Associated Press
East Liverpool. O
Charles Arthur
Pretty Boy
Benter
Floyd
Purvis
Melvin Purvis
Department of Justice
Dillinger
East Liverpool
Ellen Conkle
Beaver Creek
Spruceville
Seven Years Given In Extortion Case
Edward A. Small 23, a Pulaski chemical plant worker, pleaded guilty to writing a note demanding 1000 dollars under threat of death to his employer M. D. Landsi. In United States District Court Judge John Paul sentenced him to seven years in Atlanta Penitentiary, noting extortion as a mean crime.
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Harrisonburg
Edward A. Small
Pulaski Chemical Pyne
M. D. Landsi
United States District Court
Atlanta Penentum
John Paul
Howard C. Gilmer, Jr
Small
World News at a Glance
Washington baby face Nelson is named Public Enemy No 1. Hauptmann to be arraigned for Lindbergh Jr murder. Switzerland reciprocal trade pact to be negotiated. New York quadruplets die shortly after birth. Government buys about one sixth of cattle in drought states. D Wilson killed by gunmen who mistook him for a gambler. Claude Jones jailed and fined in Mississippi in death of a woman treated by East Liverpool doctor. Pretty Boy Floyd killed by federal officers. Prof Jean Piccard and wife plan stratosphere flight. Belgrade forms cabinet from dictatorial King Alexander faction. Mexico bans sale of arms in some states. General Dimitrievitch attempts suicide. Scott and Black win London Melbourne air derby. first prize $50. Japan outlines new naval treaty plan.
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Washington
Nelson
Flemington
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Switzerland
New York
Washington—D. Wilson
Jackson
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Mexico
D. F
Vienna
Alexander Dimitriyevitch
Melbourne
Australia
C. W. A. Scott
Campbell Black
Black
London
Japan
Seitz Beer and Ale Distributor Ad Sourced
John L. Shine distributor advertises Seitz Beer and Ale in Pennsylvania since 1821. The one page listing notes address codes 1p 41 10 19 23 25 26 and calls for large clean cotton rags for Star Office.
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Penna
John L. Shine
Star Office
Brief Period Left To Apply For Mail Ballot
Voters planning to cast ballots by mail were urged to file written applications with their precinct registrars as soon as possible. To participate in the November 6 election, applications must reach precinct registrars before November 2. Those away on election day should act now to meet mail ballot requirements.
Winchester Firemen Attend Martinsburg School Sessions
A group of Winchester firemen are at a firemen's school in Martinsburg West Virginia. The program opened yesterday and the final session is to be held this afternoon with instruction on fire fighting first aid and rescue work. Attendees include Warren Mason Rosser Campbell H W Swartz Lester Forney James Shryock Wade Guard Pat Dunn Kenneth Triplett Lee Lamp and William Gochenour.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Warren Mason
Rosser Campbell
H. W. Swartz
Lester Forney
James Shryock
Wade Guard
Pat Dunn
Kenneth Triplett
Lee Lamp
William Gochenour
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Goal
TVA
Hoodoo Doctor
Meliwalee
W. A. Scott
Mark
Sidney T. Adair
Legionnaires
Promise Aid
Harrisburg
Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Police
Jean Piccard
Pensylvania
Nooner
Pretty Boy” Floyd
Bragsart
Swift Justice
Paul A. Harrisonburg
World News
Seitz Beer and Ale
Warren County
Front Royal News
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