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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1939

Page

10

Labor friends seek funds to bury fugitive Dean

Labor allies of James Dean in Sacramento join his wife in urging officials to deny Virginia authorities the request to extradite H Rowe the fugitive who escaped from a Virginia road gang six years ago adopted the name James Dean in California and married He rose to shore patrolman in the Sailors Union of the Pacific and faced a Virginia theft sentence of 13 years and a 300 dollar cash plus 709 dollars in goods robbery charge records surfaced after a Long Beach arrest

Sacramento Calif Labor Friends of James San Pedro Orror H. Rowe Virginia Rowe James Dean California M. Stanley Mosk Culbert L. Olson Dean Mathew Biggs J. H. Prebust Sailors Union of the Pacific Harry Lundeberg Long Beach

Dozen Children Hurt In Crash Near Bedford

Twelve school children were cut and bruised, none seriously, when a school bus collided with an automobile ten miles east of Bedford on Route 460. A physician treated minor leg injuries at the scene as the bus turned into Brook Hill school. State Highway Officer Sam Redding cited the incident amid a series of weekend crashes that killed five people.

Associated Press Bedford Sam Redding Brook Hill School

Contemptible to Tease Wife About Secretary in Column

A reader argues men bully wives with office secretaries and that business girls bear burdens of support and work. The column defends secretaries, notes husbands' abuse harms families, and urges readers to respect women at work. Miss Chatfield handles submissions with confidentiality.

Deer Slayer Hunter Returns After Wild Shot

A hunter named Joe Albert Stuhr fired both barrels at rustling bushes and killed a cow instead of a deer. The incident occurred as he claimed he was determined to take a fifth shot.

Charleston Joe Albert Stuhr

The Only Hope of the World Masses Is Religion

The item promotes a New Testament with red words from Christ, urging moral renewal through religion. It appeals to readers to send 20 cents postpaid via the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau, Washington, D. C., with a coupon for the copy.

Winchester Evening Star Frederick J. Haskin Washington, D. C

Draws Fine For Overloaded Truck

Joseph H. Meskelly of Glenburnie Maryland was fined 29.25 dollars in a hearing before Police Magistrate Donald Weems for operating an overloaded truck.

Joseph H. Meskelly Glenburnie Donald Weems

Weather forecast warns strong winds over Seaboard

The weather service warns of strong northeast and east winds this afternoon and tonight from the Virginia capes to Boston due to an offshore disturbance. Winds shift to northwest near Delaware breakwater by late tonight or early Tuesday, with intensification along the North Carolina coast moving north northeast.

Washington Lessau Virginia Capes Boston Mass North Carolina Sandy Hook Delaware Delaware Breakwater

Pig Mistake in Blencoe Resulted in Unlikely Dinner

Farmer Earl Carlson reported hogs escaping onto the highway and a hit and run that killed three. He arranged to press the meat and reserve space in a cooler. Neighbors questioned missing hogs but a census found none. Carlson then delivered the pork to Mrs. Bertha Boyd.

Blencoe Earl Carlson Carlson Bertha Boyd Boyd

Ventura Police Car Crash Arrests Suspect at Headquarters

A man in Ventura drove through the headquarters front door in his car and startled Chief T. W. Neel and four officers. He was charged with drunken driving and related offenses.

Ventura Calif T. W. Neel

Younger Cripples Clinic Planned at Memorial Hospital

The District Nurse Association announces a free clinic for cripples at Memorial Hospital Cork street entrance on Saturday November 11 from 9 30 a m to 2 p m. Dr Robert V Funsten of the orthopedic section at the University of Virginia Hospital will supervise. The clinic is open to people 20 years old and under with deformities treatable by operation or adjustment. those over 20 will not be examined due to advanced conditions.

District Nurse Association Memorial Hospital Cork Street Robert V. Funsten University of Virginia Hospital

Explosion Sinks British Steamer Cairn Mona

London report says the British steamer Cairn Mona of 4666 tons sank after an explosion with 41 survivors landed and three missing. A survivor described the blast as sudden without warning.

London

Crisfield Oysters Abundant as Dredging Season Nears

Crisfield Maryland on the eve of the dredging season reports a 5 cent rise in oyster prices to 50 cents a bushel. Watermen say demand is up and catches range from 15 to 30 bushels daily with good quality.

Crisfield Maryland Watermen

Attractive Stewart Street Home For Sale

Public auction in Winchester Virginia on Saturday November 25 at eleven oclock A M offers a brick dwelling 707 South Stewart Street with four rooms on first floor three on second floor attic full second floor two car brick garage and modern heat. One third cash and two bonds payable in one and two years secure by trust deed and fire insurance. Special commissioner R Gray Williams supervised by Corinne Barnett deputy clerk.

A. C. Swimley Corporation Court of Winchester Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Ada L. Swimley Virginia South Stewart Street C. A. Swimley R. Gray Williams I. Corrine Barnett Corporation City of Winchester

Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid

A compact display of a themeless crossword style with across and down clues, including references to woodwinds Mediterran and Indian themes, and a hint toward a previous puzzle answer. The grid shows partial entries and a playful set of foreign and domestic terms across 1 to 35 and down clues.

India Ireland Asia

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