Warren Pleaded Guilty in White Slave Case
Warren pleaded guilty before the U S District Court in a white slave case defended by C Owen Warren of Royal Va. He falsely claimed to be single to a girl living near Winchester. After traveling with her they returned home and the girl shot herself. Sheriff Pannett built the case, Warren was arrested on a federal warrant, and he was sentenced to a year and a day in the Atlanta federal penitentiary by Judge McDowell.
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United States District Court
C. Owen Warren - Aio
Pannett
Warren
Atlanta
McDowell
Mrs Davis Injured After Fall At Home
Mrs Eliza Davis of North Avenue was taken to Memorial Hospital after falling down a stairway at her residence Saturday night. An X ray will determine injuries. She was badly cut and bruised on head and body. she is mother of Braddock Street grocer B F Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Davis
North Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Davis
B. F. Davis
Braddock Street
Dr Flickinger Knew Just Where To Place Boat
In Winchester Virginia Elmer E Winefield caught a 5 ½ pound black bass near Berry's Ferry after a drought lowered the Shenandoah. Pastor S L Flickinger guided the boat to a promising spot, prompting a 10 minute struggle that yielded the thrill and the knowledge of the right placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sunday Sun
Peter C. Chambliss
The
Sun
Winchester
Shenandoah River
Virginia
Elmer E. Winefield
Berry's Ferry
Wingfield
S. L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Flickinger
Beatley Wins License to Wed Young Girl in City
In Corporation Court yesterday Thos William Beatley and 15 year old Margaret Ruth Meadows applied for a marriage license. Beatley, 54, is the son of James W Beatley and is divorced. Written consent of the bride's mother Maude Meadows was required. The bride is a native of Page County Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court Clerk’s Office
William Beatley
Margaret Ruth Meadows
James Wm. Beatley
Maude Meadows
William Meadows
Page J
Legionnaires Laud Red Cross in Winchester Letter
Dr. Hugh Clark commander of Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion commends Red Cross for aiding ex soldiers and families. He notes chapter work under Miss Stowers saves many dollars in welfare and disaster relief, and pledges Legion support in the roll call campaign in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hugh Clark
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
H. B. McCormac
Aes
Clark
Winchester
Roll Call
McCormac
National Red Cross
Miss Stowers
Rufus Newcome Dies at 74 in Frederick County
Retired farmer Rufus Newcome died yesterday at his home near Macedonia after a two month illness. He was born in 1856 and was in his seventy fifth year. Survived by wife Nannie Grim and seven children, funeral at Macedonia Church tomorrow at 2 pm with Rev. P. R. Diehl officiating and burial in the churchyard. pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Newcome
Macedonia
Front Royal Road
P. R. Diehl
James P. Reardon
David M. Reardon
J. H. Funkhouser
Charles Price G. W. Haymaker
Stewart Carper
Mr. Newcome
William Newcome
Nannie Grim
J. W. Newcome
John O. Newcome
H. C Newcome
Robert T. Newcome
Magnus G. Newcome
Frederick County
K. J. Drummond
Clarke County
Susie Newcome
Jones
Loudoun Street
Bishop Cannon Has Breakdown He Is In Hospital
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was hospitalized in Sibley Hospital after a breakdown. He admitted Saturday for rest and quiet, following his return from Richmond where he faced four accusers. Doctor Roy Lyman Sexton ordered no visitors, with a possible early discharge hinted by a private nurse.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Sibley Hospital
Richmond
Roy Lyman Sexton
New Country Buckwheat and New Orleans Molasses
C P McVicar reports price patterns for country buckwheat and New Orleans molasses with a cryptic code 10 28 10 21 suggesting internal tracking or timing.
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New Orleans
C. P. McVicar
Raisin Bread Ad At Your Grocery Tomorrow
A brief grocer’s notice announces B and C Raisin Bread will be available tomorrow Wednesday at the local grocery. The ad emphasizes fresh baked loafs for shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grocey
Drunken Driver Fined $200 for Perjury in Court
Raymond Grim of this city was fined $200 and given 30 days in jail with a one year revocation of his license after being convicted of driving while intoxicated and lying on the witness stand. Judge Donald L. Weems cited perjury as the basis for the enhanced penalty. Miss Eva Morris testified that Grim was driving, and Sam Banister received a $200 fine, three days in jail, and a one year license revocation in a second drunken driving case.
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Raymond Grim
Donald L. Weems
Grim
Weems
Sam Banister
Bannister
Small Girl Bitten by Vicious Dog at West Cork Street
Seven year old Thelma Lee Green was severely bitten on the lip by a terrier at a neighbor’s home on West Cork Street. The dog was restrained, Dr. L M Allen treated the injury, and Thelma was taken home to her parents. Authorities have not yet decided on any action against the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Lee Green
Charles Winkfield
West Cork Street
L. M. Allen
S. B. Green
South Braddock Street
Funk
Sheriff Raiders Seize Local Slot Machines and Arrest Five
Sheriff Pannett led a county raid on illegal slot machines, seizing thirteen devices and arresting five people including Mrs A H McCarroll near Clearbrook and Robert Santmyer near the West Virginia line. Trials set for Saturday at 10 am in the county courthouse. seized money may go to the state if convictions occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannett
A. H. McCarroll
Clearbrook
Robert Santmyer
West Virginia
Bidget
Gore
J. F. Nelson and Son
Hayfield
J. C. Ramey
Chambersville
George York
Costume Hallowe'en Party At Capitol Theatre
Winchester youngsters are invited to a Halloween party at the Capitol Theatre next Saturday afternoon hosted by Fred Thomas and featuring a matinee. Two cash prizes will be awarded for the prettiest costume and for the most original or funniest outfit with the lobby adorned in orange and black by Leonard Mason and Joe Bayliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Fred Thomas
Capitol Theatre
Hallowe’en
Messrs
Leonard Mason
Joe Bayliss
Communists Capture Town in Hunan Kill 100 Chinese
AP reports Communists seized Nanchowting in northern Hunan Province and killed about 100 Chinese. The fate of two American missionaries, a man and a woman, at Nanchowting was unknown. The source notes medical advice about quitting certain activities.
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Associated Press
Hankow
China
Nanchowting
Hunan
Royal Wedding Couple Fighting Storm At Sea
Athens Greece October 28 a wireless from Corinth reports the Bulgarian royal yacht carrying Czar Boris and his bride Giovanna en route to Italy. The vessel fought a storm off the Corinth Canal Asiatic terminus and was expected to pass the canal at 3 pm today. Anxiety had grown due to lack of reports from the ship amid the violent seas.
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Athens
Greece
Corinth
Ferdinand
Boris
Giovanna
Italy
Varna
Bulgaria
Corinth Canal
Relatives See Fatal Accident On Navy Vessel
SAN PEDRO Cal Oct 28 An accident during Navy day maneuvers on the U S S Idaho killed Ensign Glen Desch and left Ensign E W Anderson critically injured Their plane catapulted from the battleship deck veered and plunged into the ocean Desch body recovered Anderson found among wreckage Mrs Edna May Desch Long Beach Calif mother of the companion officer and Mrs Anderson the wife witnessed the fatal incident
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Associated Press
San Pedro
Cal
Glen Desch
U.S. S. Idaho
E. W. Anderson
Desch
Anderson
Edna May Desch
Long Beach
Calif
Rescuers Forced Out By Gas Flow At Wheatley Mine
In M Aletser Oklahoma rescue workers retreated from the lower mine level as gas from the Wheatley No. 4 explosion filled the shaft. One rescuer was killed, four trapped miners sighted on the sixteenth level, and officials expressed little hope for survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
M’alester
Okla
Wheatley No. 4
William Donnelly
Miller D. Hay
Tests On Revolvers In Campbell Murder Trial
Chicago expert Calvin Goddard conducts ballistics tests at a marine range to match bullets to five pistols including the defendant Herbert M. Campbell. Ten bullets from two shots per gun are analyzed to determine gun origins, with verdict implications for the murder case of Mary Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gton
Herbert M. Campbell
Mary Baker
Calvin Goddard
Chicago
Goddard
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wesley Gardner
Last Rites Held For Wesley Cranford In Marlboro Fire Tragedy
Funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church Marlboro for Wesley Cranford formerly of this area who died when a fire truck overturned. Burial followed at Upper Marlboro. Attendees included C. W. Glasscock brother in law. Cranford was a Marlboro contractor and former fire company captain involved in Christ Episcopal Church tower work. He belonged to Centrale A F and A M and the Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Trinity Episcopal’ Church
Marlboro
Wesley Cranford
Upper Marlboro
C. W. Glasscock
Crawford
Christ Episcopal Church
Centrale
A. F and
A. M
Eastern Star
Rally Day At U B Church Draws Large Crowd In Stephens City
In Stephens City Virginia a United Brethren Church Sunday school rally drew a large attendance at the People's Bank building. The goal of 100 was surpassed as new scholars joined. Highlights included a rally day address by Rev. H Eugene Richardson, gifts to the oldest and youngest attendees, and a note on Harry Hicks leading in new pupil counts. The event featured songs readings and recitations with E J Hicks serving as superintendent of the Sunday school organized in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Eugene Richardson
Little Velma Shifflet
Robert Craig
Harry Hicks
E. J. Hicks
Two Fire Incidents Reported Near Winchester
Firemen were called twice yesterday to incidents on the city outskirts. A truck at the dump heap was nearly destroyed in a general alarm. About midnight a fire at the fair grounds stables flared up and was quenched by the Sarah Zane truck with high pressure water streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Fair Grounds
Sarah Zane
Major Simpson resigns as Winchester Memorial Hospital head
Major Walter L. Simpson, superintendent since April, resigns effective November 15 to become director of Grace Hospital in New Haven corrects. He is a U S Army reserve member with WWI service on the western front. He previously ran Watts Hospital in Durham and came to Memorial Hospital to fill the vacancy left by Dr J E Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Carter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Walter L. Simpson
Major Simpson
Grace Hospital
New Haven
Simpson
Memorial Hospital
J. E. Harris
Berryville
Ae Hospital
Yale Grace Hospital
Yale University
Yale Sheffield Scientific School
Department of Medicine
Yale Medical
Frank Campbell Injured After Falling From Tree
Frank C Campbell, linesman for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, was badly lacerated in his leg when he fell about 20 feet from a tree south of Woodstock onto a stave fence. Fellow workers stopped the bleeding with a tourniquet and he was taken to Woodstock for treatment before returning home, with officials reporting he remained exhausted but responsive to care.
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Frank C. Campbell
South Kent Street
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Woodstock
Campbell
Valley Pike
Chocolate Cow draws comment in Crystal Cafe window
An exhibit titled chocolate cow in the Crystal Cafe and Confectionery window on North Loudoun street has attracted attention as an advertisement for Hershey's milk chocolate specialties. The life size cow stands among a pile of tinfoil wrapped chocolate bon bons, a Hershey Candy Company product.
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Loudoun Street
Crystal Cafe
Hershey
Hershey Candy Company
Two Young Motorcyclists Die In Pike Collision
York Pennsylvania men Donald Ferree aged 25 and Albert Klaiber Jr. 21 were killed yesterday on the Valley Pike seven miles north of Harrisonburg. J Hayden of August County faces involuntary manslaughter charges after an inquest found he drove on the wrong side of the pike. Parents traveled to Harrisonburg to claim the bodies for burial. The crash occurred at Loop the Loop where Hayden’s car straddled the center line. witnesses say he was traveling about 25 to 30 miles per hour when the motorcycle crossed his path.
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Donald Ferree
Albert Klaiber, Jr
York
Vi Pike
Arrisonburg
J. H.yden
August County
Hayden
J. F. Byerly
Mr. Hayden
Harrisonburg
Ferree
Klaiber
Valley Pike
Augusta Springs
Washington
Daughter of Late President Harrison Dies in Greenwich
Mrs. McKee born Mary Scott Harrison, only daughter of President Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Scott Harrison, died after illness since mid February following an operation. Survived by husband Major Russell B. Harrison, Indianapolis. brother, Mary McKee Reisinger of Greenwich. son, Benjamin Harrison McKee of Paris. Prominent in charity and club circles in New York and Indianapolis. once a Washington society belle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
McKee
Mary Scott Harrison
Caroline Scott Harrison
New York
Indianapolis
Washington Society
President Hoover Denounces Oil Scandal Story
President Hoover denounces as an odious attempt to smear his administration the charges by Ralph S. Kelley that oil firms are getting illegal shale lands from the government. He notes newspapers may have misled readers and suggests Kelley or the papers could verify the facts by investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Ralph S. Kelley
Department of the Interior
Kelly
Ens To Pilot Pirates In 1931
PITTSBURGH Pa Oct 28 Jewell Ens will pilot the Pittsburgh National League baseball team again next season the Pirate club officials announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Jewell Ens
Pirate Club
Veteran Jockey Edward Garrison Dies at 62 in Brooklyn
New York October 28 Edward H Snapper Garrison famed jockey and inventor of the Garrison finish died at Swedish Hospital Brooklyn at age 62 He had been in apparent good health until yesterday according to reports from the track world and press captions noting his influential style and celebrated career
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Edward H
Snapper
Garrison
Brooklyn
Yester
Old man pleads guilty to mail theft at Woodsboro Post Office
Silver haired George M. Catshall entered federal court in Baltimore to plead guilty to extracting money from the mails at Woodsboro Post Office where he once worked as an assistant to the postmaster. His plea was taken from a chair due to illness, with sentence delayed for court doctor examination as his health deteriorates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
George M. Catshall
Woodsboro
William C. Coleman
Cutshall
Ed Regis Cn
Inc
M. W. B. Zantzinger
W. P. Dew
Eee Suicninetion
Oodsboro
Frederick County
Belgian Veteran Seeks Notables for Autographs in Winchester
Captain Dufay, a Belgian veteran and globe trotter, arrived in Winchester seeking autographs for 150 dollars. He has toured Canada and parts of the Americas, carries a bound volume with governors and notables, and has signatures from William H. Taft. He earned the Order of Leopold for capturing eleven German prisoners solo after four years in the trenches. He focused today on Mayor F A Shryock and other local leaders.
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York
Canada
New York
Mexico
Central America
South America
Captain Dufay
Lord Willingdon
William H. Taft Shetfore
Dent
Winchester
Dufay
Order of Leopold
Court declines to quash charges against Jones
In Richmond Virginia former Virginia Methodist Orphanage treasurer James P Jones pleaded not guilty to embezzling 37000 of the institution funds after attempts to quash indictments. Alfred Kirsch challenged the charge while a jury panel formed and court reset to Thursday afternoon for a fresh panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
James P. Jones
Virginia Methodist Orphanage
Alfred Kirsch
John L. Ingram
Commonwealth
Kirsch Sach
Virginia
Ingram
Man Who Talked Too Much Slain in New Jersey
MILBURN New Jersey October 28 Joe Hamley the man who police said talked too much about the shooting of Jack Legs Diamond in New York three weeks ago was found dead in a ditch on South Orange Avenue with a bullet in his head.
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Associated Press
Milburn
N. J
Joe Hamley
Jack
Diamond
New York
South Orange Avenue
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Bishop Cannon
Raisin Bread
Detroit Free Press
Sunday School of
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New Haven Institution
Frank Campbell
Harrison
Ens
Mas
Baltimore Federal Court
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