Forsyth Denies Conspiracy Ties in Grand Jury Case
In United States District Court at Harrisburg, Mayor J Frank Forsyth of Front Royal and three alleged associates deny schemes to influence a grand jury. FBI Agent Marshall McCullen testifies about a conference offering jobs and money to prevent charges, while witnesses describe coercive pressure and contested payments.
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J. Frank Forsyth
Front Royal
Steve Jackson Banks
United States District Court
Harristeer
FBI
Marshall McCullen
Shenandoah Na Park
Lazarus
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Steva Banks
Jackson
Harrimburg
Connacta
Rectortown
Edith Boyd
Edith
Jackson Sisters
McCullen
Julver
Alice
Steve Johnson Banks
Are
Park Rangery
Steva
Grand Jury
L. B. Dutrow
John B. Earl
Board of Supervisors
Marlowe
Vernon Eddy Advises On Collecting Local History Items
Clarke County Historical Association heard librarian C Vernon Eddy of Handley Library urge collecting books and poems by locals first, then bound copies of early local papers, maps, and other material. He cited maps from 1807 and 1854 and noted 200 historic buildings listed, with 82 pre 1860, guiding future bridge naming proposals.
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Berryville
C. Vernon Eddy
Handley Library
Winchester
Clarke County Historical Association
Mr. Eddy
Col
Bryan Conrad
State Conservation Commission
United States
E. K. Meade
R. N. Dorsey
Shenandoah River
Randolph-Macon to Celebrate Homecoming With Delaware Game
Ashland Virginia October 25 Randolph Macon College announces a grand homecoming on November 4 featuring a 10:30 AM football game against the University of Delaware at Dayfield Field. Alumni events include a barbecue band concert a 9 to 12 dance and a snake dance led by cheerleaders.
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Ashland
Randolph-Macon Men’s College
Randolph Macon
University of Delaware
Dayfield
Yellow Jackets
Alumni Gymnasium
G. S. Tarry
Society of the Alumni
Blackwell
Flint's Captain Keeps Busy Across Wartime Seas
Captain Joseph A. Gainard of the freighter City of Flint has endured major wartime events. He previously served as a junior officer on the President Lincoln when torpedoed, commanded the Algie during a crew revolt in Montevideo, and led the City of Flint to rescue 200 Athenia survivors after Britain's entry to war. His ship now reportedly seized by Germany under contraband rules and moved to Murmansk, Russia.
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Washington
Joseph A. Gainard
President Lincoln
Maritime Commission
Algie
Montevideo
Uruguay
Baltimore
City of
Flint
Athenia
Great Britain
Murmansk
Russia
Heavy Gunfire Heard By Dutch at Zandvoort
In Zandvoort Netherlands residents reported heavy gunfire between 11 and 11 30 a m from the North Sea. Sight could not confirm the source but suspected coastal batteries firing at belligerent planes over Holland territory.
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Zandvoort
Netherlands
North Sea
Holland
Witness Testifies On Mother's Description After Park Rape
Arus Jackson testified that the mother approached him the day after the alleged National Park rape. She described how seriously her daughter was injured and said all she could do was pray for her child.
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Arus Jackson
National Park
Grand Jury Indicts 71 In Virginia Administration Case
A U S grand jury at Harrisonburg returned 71 indictments over two days including 21 true bills against 44 defendants for liquor law violations and internal revenue offenses. Notable targets include Walter George Thompson and George Thomas Coleman for causing a stolen car interstate move from Elmira New York to Page County. Additional items detail expenditures across state departments totaling 3.75 million dollars with remaining funds available for allocation.
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Internal Revenue
United States District Court
Grand
Harrisonburg
Walter George Thompson
George Thomas Coleman
Elmira
N. Y
Page County
Beecher Dehaven
Frederick County
Jobie Thomas Miller
John H. Dellinger
Shenandoah
Nettie P. Jenkins
Clifton Sick
Rappahannock
Hinton Charles Hubert Conley
Owen Phillips
Rockingham
Eldridge Sibole
Frederick
John Esten Estep
Calvin Good
Robert Summers
Charlie Somers
Sam Hite
Rufus Rodson
Doyle Parsons
Jack. Bartell
Arthur Coleman Pritchett
Wm. Thomas
Albemarle
Charles Jenkins
Wm. Mooreland
Clarke
Jos. L. Scott
Edward Daly Smithson
Campbell
Thos. Edmonson
Wm. C. Vaughan
Roanoke
Will Thacker
Bathfield Inspection
Division of
State Corporation Commission
Attorney General—Legal Service
Germans Claim Last Frenchman Is Off Nazi Soil
Berlin reports the German high command says the last French soldier was driven from German soil after an assault west of Voelkl. The German communique says French rear guards crossed back across the border, ending a French presence on German soil.
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Berlin
Voelkl
Abstinence Is Advocated By W C T U Virginia Convention
Resolutions from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia closing its Bridgewater session call for total abstinence as the liquor solution, local option elections, a 72 hour wait for marriage licenses, anti gambling and advertising bans, and war opposition. It commends non alcoholic beverages and forestry aid, urging stronger state and national organization for preservation.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia
Bridgewater
Frances Willard
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Virginia
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
General Assembly
Helen Worth Gordon
Forestry Division
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Posses Search For Little Boy Montgom ery
A posse of about 75 men searched the Augusta Springs area for four year old Billy Montgomery who disappeared from his home Monday afternoon. Sheriff G M Gitceson, deputies, Game Warden Clemmer Miller, Warm Springs CCC camp men, county officers, and high school volunteers planned further search efforts.
No Special Actions on Western Front in Early War
A wartime communiqué states that the German military remains on German soil due to operations on the western front in the early weeks of the conflict. It notes no other special actions on the Western Front besides the described action.
Brine Treatment Aims to Halt Intestinal Cancer Case
Dr. W. D. Herrington in Payor Oklahoma uses a rubber brine coil around the abdomen to cool a 46 year old patient with advanced intestinal cancer. The four day refrigeration drops body temperature from 98.6 to 90 degrees, followed by a five day hibernation at 86 to 88 degrees. The patient remains conscious and is fed only fruit juice during refrigeration, with the goal of destroying cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.
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Payor
Okla
W. D. Herrington
Herrington
Dr. Herrington
Temple Fay
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia
Barnyard Wobble Strikes Connecticut Poultry Farmers
In Wallingford the New England epidemic tremor association studies a disease named barnyard wobble that causes chickens to die in tremors. The group formed to combat it and raised $2,500 in funds for research and relief.
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Wallingford, Conn
New England
Wallingford
Connecticut
Windy murals calm after Towson postoffice unveiling
Towson Maryland murals by Nicolai Cikovsky drew sharp reactions as the artist portrayed a capricious wind and scenes of a pioneer family. Critics complained the wind and ship smoke panels moved in odd directions. Cikovsky retouched panels including removing Willie Pioneer Jr to ease readers’ concerns and stamp buyers accepted the depictions.
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Towson
Nicolai Cikovsky
Cikovsky
Washington
Treasury Department
Towson Postoffice
Postoffice
Pioneer
Little Willie Pioneer, Jr
Oregon
Closing date set for 1939 soil building program
S. K. Cassell, state AAA officer, reminds Virginia farmers that October 31 is the final date to carry out soil building practices under the 1939 conservation program. No credit will be allowed for practices completed after October 31. The year shows notable progress and better adapted practices, aided by close county office contact and a county farm plan.
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S. K. Cassell
AAA
Virginia
Cassell
Pal-No-More Tracks A Big Cat Encounter
In Frankfort Indiana young Billy Palmore witnessed a big cat poised to eat a mouse. The creature then bit his finger, prompting minor injury.
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Frankfort
Ind
Billy Palmore
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