Roosevelt Responds To Planned Effort To Create False Impression
President Roosevelt denounces a purported plan by a notorious newspaper owner to suggest he would support hostile groups. White House secretary Ste T. Early clarifies the President does not want or accept orders from any external source. Mrs. Roosevelt’s health shows slight improvement as the President remains beside her and delays scheduling maritime commission naming.
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Ashingto
White House
Crippe
Vnry
Delibera
Roosevelt
Ie Park
Morthau
Red flags mark school zones in Fre ck county safety plan
Winchester notes cartoon reminder urging drivers to follow the rural Freck county school zone plan. Signs are placed during school openings and recess to warn motorists with a red flag double alert. He says most drivers complied last spring and extra precautions could prevent accidents and deaths of children.
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Freck County
Bank robber sentenced after July Citizens' Bank heist in Virginia
Joseph Williams of Richmond pleaded guilty to the July 7 Citizens' Bank robbery in South Boston and received a 30 year sentence from Circuit Judge N H Turnbull. He made no statement and was sent to Richmond’s prison. Earlier, an escape bid from Danville jail with Riley King failed as they tried to saw bars and brandish butcher knives. King claimed to have saved the bars while guards intervened. Williams had testified in a related case against co defendants.
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Halifax
Joseph Williams
Richmond
Citizens’ Bank
South Boston
N. H. Turnbull
Commonwealth
Marshall Booker
Williams
Danville
Riley King
Harper Chandler
King
Insurgents Claim Bodies Found At Ronda Mass Arrest
In a Seville radio address Gonzalo Queipo de Llano accused the Spanish government of a serious incident at Ronda where 800 people were held. He said his troops identified 512 bodies among the alleged victims.
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Saint
Serious Damage in Ocean City After Big Storm
Ocean City Maryland, the state’s sole seaport and largest summer resort, surveyed damage after a tropical hurricane. Officials estimate about 100000 dollars in destruction as 2000 residents woke to candles, debris, sand filled streets, smashed windows, roofless homes, sunken boats and a largely wrecked boardwalk with a quarter destroyed.
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Ocean City
Maryland
Grounded Fliers Detained By Storm Near Harbor Grace
Harry Richman and Dick Merrill faced grounding as forecasts warned of a northward hurricane. They planned to fly to New York Sunday if weather allowed, but the storm may delay the Atlantic crossing and the finish.
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Harbor Grace
Mid
Harry Richman
Dick Merrill
New York
McLean Holds 3 Up Lead Over Fischer in Amateur Final
Garden City N J Sept 19 Jack McLean 25 year old Scot led 3 up after 27 holes of a 36 hole US amateur golf final against Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati. Fischer played with a taped sprained left ankle.
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Garden City
N. J
Jack McLean
Wes
Alohnny Fischer
Diker
Cincinnati
Fischer
Sailor Wounded Writes of Shrapnel Wound on Kane
Kenneth Fitch, 21, a Kane destroyer crew member, reports a shrapnel wound to the leg from a bombing by an unidentified plane in Spanish waters last month. The message was sent to his mother from El Paso Texas.
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EL Paso
Tex
Kenneth Fitch
U.S
Kane
Battle of Winchester Remembrance Marks Civil War Day
Seventy two years ago Winchester observers saw Civil War action as Jubal Early clashed with Sheridan. Citizens watched cannons and rifles near Hackwood and Mount Hebron, amid shelling and casualties. surgeons worked overnight as fear and grief spread through the town.
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Winchester
Jubal A. Early
Phil Sheridan
Kate McVicar
Evening Star
Nemo
Morton
Mount Hebron
Boys Rescued After Night Afloat on Bay Shore Platform
Two Bay Shore youths Victor Pye and Alec Weskowski rode a bobbing five by five foot wooden platform after their boat capsized in a gale on Great South Bay. Ocean Beach ferry Captain A. Robinson spotted and rescued them off West Island.
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Ocean Beach
N. Y
Bay Shore
Victor Pye
Alec Weskowski
Great South Bay
A. Robinson
West Island
Death by self-inflicted gas in Larchmont home
Burton Rascoe Jr., 22, son of the author and literary critic, was found in a gas-filled kitchen in Larchmont and pronounced dead this after noon. Police chief William Keresey said it was death by his own action.
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Larchmont
N. Y
Burton Rascoe, Jr
William Keresey
Fire destroys two buildings. damages estimated at 175000
A serious blaze in Stretchcr Ill during the early hours swept through two large store and office buildings. Fire Chief Frank Owen put the damage at 175000. Six men including Owen and Police Chief Harry Reynols were injured while fighting the flames.
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Stretcr Ill
Frank Owen
Owen
Harry Reynols
Picture of Dr Anderson and family at Southampton dock
A London newspaper image showing Dr. C. R. Anderson mayor Mrs Anderson and daughters Susie and Juanita Riley at the dock in Southampton early this month was received in Winchester. Roy T. Mathews, formerly of the city, clipped it and mailed it to his father Thomas W. Mathews.
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C. R. Anderson
Anderson
Susie Anderson
Juanita Riley
Southampton
England
Winchester
London
Roy T. Mathews
Thomas W. Mathews
Air race winner Tom Campbell Black killed in Speke crash
The 1930s air race champion Tom Campbell Black, famed for the England to Australia event with C. W. A. Scott, died at Speke Airdrome when his aircraft collided with a Royal Air Force machine during taxiing for takeoff.
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Liverpool
Eng
Tom Campbell Black
C. W. A. Scott
Australia
Speke Airdrome
Royal Airforce
Watershed Fire Threatens California Brush Burnout
A major brush and timber fire burned across about ten square miles in the San Francisco and Elizabeth Lake canyons threatening water shed regions. Los Angeles aqueduct and city water supply were kept safe as crews battled the blaze today.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Elizabeth Lake
Federal Aid Hinges On Winchester Bond Vote For Water Project
City officials push Sept election on bond issue to boost a $239 400 grant request from the Public Works Administration. Col E W Clark notes that PWA cannot commit before voters decide, urging a favorable bond vote to aid allotment and share of project costs.
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Col
E. W. Clark
Ickes
Arthur M. Field
Winchester
Col. Clark
Washington
Public Works Administration
Clark
Virginia
Four Unpardonable Offenses In A Girl's Eyes Poll
A city poll of 28 young women lists four unpardonable offenses in a man including heavy drinking and visiting a girl when she needs a shave. Other disliked habits include a superiority complex and ogling, while moderation in drinking and neat dress are favored by many respondents.
Miss Maxwell Released on 6000 Dollar Bond
Edith Maxwell 22, former schoolteacher, to be freed on a $6,000 bond pending a new trial for the fatal shooting of her father. Judge H A W Skeen granted bail after appeals court ordered a new trial. Maxwell has been jailed since July 21, 1935, after a family quarrel episode. Deputy P H Kennedy to escort her for release papers. bonds to be signed by A T Dotson and Rodney Taylor.
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Big Stone Gap
H. A. W. Skeen
Wise County Circuit Court
Edith Maxwell
A. T. Dotson
Richmond
Pound
State Supreme Court of Appeals
P. H. Kennedy
Jonesville
Miss Maxwell
Wise
Dotson
Rodney Taylor
Norton
Sheen
Commonwealth
Fred Greear
Crash Takes Second Life in Kennett Square Pa
Mrs E H Beard died in a hospital near Kennett Square Pennsylvania about 4 PM yesterday following a crash that cost the life of her daughter Carrie Lee Beard. The two were en route to Kernstown Virginia to spend the winter while Carrie Lee attended Handley High School. A double funeral is planned in Strasburg Virginia with services likely at the Presbyterian Church. Interment will be in Strasburg Cemetery. Survived by husband Mr Beard and son Howard Beard.
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E. H. Beard
Kenneth Square
Beard
Carrie Lee Beard
Kernstown
Miss Beard
Handley High School
W. J. Lupton
Strasburg
Presbyterian Church
Sharp Quake Shakes Malay States and Straits
An earthquake today shook Malay states and the Straits Settlements with Penang Prince of Wales Island and Kuala Lumpur reporting shocks. Ipoh and Perak also felt tremors while Singapore was only slightly affected with no casualties or damage noted.
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Singapore
Malay States
Straits Settlements
Penang
Prince of Wales Island
Kuala Lumpur
Ipoh
Perak
Anti-Fascists Given Long Terms in Romanian Demonstration
A military court in Bucharest sentenced five Jews, including two women, to 10 years each for shouting down with Fascism on the citys main street. The court ruled the phrase insulted Romanian nationalism during the demonstration.
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Bucharest
Romania
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Publisher George Platt Brett Dies at Age 57
Fairfield Connecticut September 19 George Platt Brett 57 chairman of the MacMillan Company founder of the publishers died today after a boardroom career lasting decades in publishing.
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Fairfield, Conn
George Platt Brett
MacMillan Company, Publishers
Howling Hurricane Darts Out To Sea Leaving Wreck Trail
Spanish government forces inch into the Alcazar ruins amid smoke as fascist defenders man machine guns from shattered parapets. The Fascist Junta reports northern and southern armies advancing toward Madrid encirclement, with Lozoya Valley operations and Franco’s southern thrust along two main lines.
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James C.oldfield
Associated Press
Toledo
Alcazar
Plan Madrid
Burgos
Spain
Guadarramas
Francisco Franco
Parker To Head Legion Posts In This District
Edwin C. Parker was elected commander of the Seventh District Department of Virginia at the American Legion meeting in Richmond on September 15. Parker already serves as commander of Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 in Winchester and is in his second term. The district covers Winchester Luray Harrisonburg Berryville Bridgewater Front Royal Charlottesville Strasburg Shenandoah Stanardsville Scottsville Madison and Woodstock.
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American Legion
Department of Virginia
Richmond
Edwin C. Parker
Parker
Robert Y. Conrad
Winchester
Luray
Harrisonburg
Berryville
Bridgewater
Front Royal
Charlottesville
Strasburg
Shenandoah
Stanardsville
Scottsville
Madison
Woodstock
Mr. Rosenberger Taken Ill Again
James W. Rosenberger, a Spanish American War veteran and former house painter, who had been treated at Memorial Hospital for a stroke like episode, collapsed at lunch today at the Crystal Confectionary on North Loudoun Street. He seemed unconscious before leaving, and though the Friendship Fire Company ambulance arrived, he declined transport.
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James W. Rosenberger
Memorial Hospital
Crystal Confectionary
North Loudoun Street
Rosenberger
Friendship Fire Company
Japanese Officer Is Shot To Death
Hankow China reports Niwajiro Yoshioka a Japanese police member was shot in the back of the head while standing inside a police box. An unidentified Chinese assailant is noted in Domei dispatches. The incident occurred on September 19.
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Hankow
China
Niwajiro Yoshioka
Hankan
Domei
Mey
Yoshioka
Veteran Ball Player William Hart Dead at 71
Cincinnati report states William F. Hart, 71, longtime pitcher and umpire in major and minor leagues, died of a heart attack. Hart began his career in 1885 with Chattanooga in the Southern League after 32 years in the sport.
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Cincinnati
William F. Hart
Chattanooga
Severe quake hits near Sumatra, Weston report says
The Rev. Daniel Linehan S. J. director of Weston College seismograph station reported a very severe earthquake occurred during the night, presumably in the vicinity of Sumatra, Weston Massachusetts.
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Weston
Mass
Daniel Linehan
S. J
Weston College
Sumatra
Foaming Sea Yields Alive 34 More of Crew of Fishing Craft
A foaming sea yielded alive today 34 more crew members of a foundered fishing steamer. Skipper and son were among those saved as searchers counted 34 rescued, three dead and four missing from the Long Island No. 44 tragedy near Lewes Delaware. The Hindenburg forecast loomed as the storm subsided.
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Associated Press
New York
Tury
Atlantic
Long Island
Delaware Bay
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Zepplin Hindenburg
Lakehurst
N. J
Lewes
Del
George Romey George
Long Island No
Hallow
Maritime Exchange
Delmar George
The Boy Scouts A Nation’s Welfare Effort Quote
A Woodrow Wilson quote emphasizes that any action improving the Boy Scouts of America strengthens national welfare and serves the country.
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Boy Scouts of America
Woodrow Wilson
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