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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1938
Page
10
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Edgar R. Hamilton, 14, is held by Wilkinsburg police in the stabbing of his 19 year old sister Gertrude as she worked in a department store. He allegedly said she had left home.
Antonio Peronace, 36, coal miner, was executed at Rockview Penitentiary for the killing of his fiancée Mary and her father Vito Mariello in Kulpmont Pa. He had been sentenced May 12 1937 and the sentence postponed seven times. He claimed Mariello prompted the divorce and demanded the wedding present bedroom suite. Both victims were wounded in the dispute.
Martinsburg hosts the fourth annual Apple Harvest Festival November 10 to 12 with Eero Jarnfelt from Finland crowning Lee Goldsborough as ruler of the apple kingdom. Gov. Holt and Congressman Randolph attend coronation and a pageant traces the apple from Eden to modern industry, with a parade planned for November 11.
New York radio plans a tribute to Minnie the singing mouse from Woodstock Illinois honored with a 500 dollar sponsored broadcast. Minnie died of old age after four radio appearances beginning with the Chicago Jamboree on WJZ NBC December 17 1936. The tribute airs Tuesday at 10 p m with Don McNeill eulogizing the soprano and a brief silence.
The committee noted the existing list and added more floats. The king and queen will be protected by horsemen in the parade as in prior years, followed by the princes and princesses and the ladies of the court.
Four Ardmore Pennsylvania police pistol team members were held by Cape Charles Virginia authorities after one man brandished a gun during an incident as they prepared to board a ferry en route to Savannah. No charges were filed. their cash rifles and car were given as surety for a Monday court hearing.
Public sale to be held at the County Court House in Winchester on December 3, 1938 at noon. Description includes three tracts near Kernstown and Brucetown totaling about 187 acres with orchard, residence, and outbuildings. First lien of 8470.94 to be assumed or paid in cash. terms require one third cash, balance in two installments over one and two years with 6 percent interest.
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