Braddock Street Methodist Church Aims Notable Report
Braddock Street Church plans an excellent annual conference report with a total membership of about 1,230 and a raised general fund of 15 115 dollars. Under Rev. T M Swann the past year saw 150 new members and full funding of all church obligations. The church helped establish Montague Avenue Church at a cost around 7 500 dollars and will send leaders to the Baltimore conference in Roanoke October 2 4.
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Win_Shester
Weteday
Teckel
Swann
Braddock Street
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
South Winchester
Kingdom of God
Harry Balthis
Montague Avenue
Balthis
John H. Rosenberger
Baltimore
Roanoke
W. W. Peele
Th. W. W. McIntyre
Rally Day Next Sunday at Congregational Christian Church
Rally Day marks Rev. Whitten's fourth year at Winchester and Timber Ridge Churches. A morning service at 11 oclock in Winchester features special music by Mrs. Nalley Scott Atkinson and the youth vested choir with a sermon titled The Church At Work. A 3 30 p m service at Timber Ridge will present a special program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational-Christian
Robert A. Whitten
Winchester
Timber Ridge
Eulalia Nalley
Scott Atkinson
Young’ People’s
Whitten
Aspacia Sempeles Wins Child Life Art Prize
Aspacia Sempeles age 13 daughter of Mrs. George Sempeles won a $2.50 cash award from Child Life magazine for a Hallowe en themed drawing. Her piece joined works by Patricia Stewart 12 of Cincinnati Ohio and Doris Simons 11 of Oriente Cuba in the junior editors Hobby Club page.
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Aspacia Sempeles
George Sempeles
Child Life
Hallowe’en
Miss Sempeles
Patricia Stewart
Cincinnati
Ohio
Doris Simons
Oriente
Cuba
Gorilla Man Being Sought in Slaying Case
State and county police hunted a suspected killer described as about 50 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, 150 to 155 pounds with long arms and reddish blue hands. Harriet Danehower reported an attempted assault two weeks earlier, and a ring believed stolen was guarded at Philadelphia pawnshops amid a tri state search.
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Norristown
Clara Buchanan
Harriet Danehower
Buchanan
Frederick B. Smillie
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Philadelphia
Law Halts a Honeymoon
Former city solicitor Churchill Medard received three consecutive one year sentences on three bribery counts for out of court settlements of personal injury suits against Pittsburgh. Medard, an army brigadier general, claimed innocence but was sentenced as the court called for a substantial punishment. He had been honeymooning with his third wife after divorcing his second wife in Reno.
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Pittsburgh
Churchill Medard
Oliver K. Eaton
Medard
Army
Reno
Nev
Californa
Answers to Today’s Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include themes such as shellfish, a life ending impulse, South Africa, the dealer’s right hand card cutter, the number ninety, playful pronunciation, Elma, the number 5,280, a bureau within the Interior Department on public land management, and Vermont.
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South Africa
Gee’-La
Elma
Interior Department
Vermont
Poison widows face electric chair in Philadelphia ring
In Philadelphia two women, Mrs Giovanetti and Mrs Romauldo, were found guilty of poisoning their husbands as part of a wider insurance murder plot spanning four eastern states. Prosecutors push for the death penalty while Paul Petrillo, a tailor labeled a mastermind, nears completion of his trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Paul Petrillo
Petrillo
Herman
Traffic cases charged with running a red light
Clem E. Ross of Boyce Virginia was fined 13 dollars including costs after trial before Judge Donald Weems for running a red light.
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Clem E. Ross
Boyce
Donald Weems
Neutrality Bill Advances Amid Shipping Pressure
A new neutrality measure faces continued committee action amid pressure from domestic ships and airlines. The bill would bar American vessels from transporting enemies or their passengers while allowing refueling at belligerent ports and return of cargoes and passengers to the United States. Shipping interests met with Vice President Garner, hearing that freedom of the seas is no longer guaranteed for neutrals.
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Belligeren
West Indies
Central
South America
Pittman
Garner
Murderer Has a Faint Appeal Hope
West Palm Beach Fla Sept 28 A bogus theatrical promoter luring two Miami girls with fame promises killed one of them. Charles Jefferson 29 convicted of first degree murder with death sentence mandatory. He plans an appeal aided by court attorney Jack Salisbury. The defense portrays the act as unpremeditated amid a dispute and kidnap hoax.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Miami
Supreme Court
Charles Jefferson
Frances
Palmetto
Boca Raton
C. E. Chillingworth
Jefferson
Thomas Cochran
Herbert Goddard
Thomas Ashwell
Jack Salisbury
Salisbury
Miss Dunn
Jean Bolton
Miss Bolton
Smith College Names Acting President Mrs Dwight Morrow
Mrs Dwight Morrow, a Smith College alumna and mother of three graduates including Anne Mor row Lindbergh, becomes acting president of Smith College in Northampton Massachusetts. She will serve until a successor is named to Dr William Allan Neilson who resigned.
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Dwight Morrow
Smith College
Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Northampton, Mass
William Allan Neilson
Will Placed On Record Names Beneficiaries and Appraisers
The estate document lists bequests to Chloe Magruder of the residence furnishings with clock to Chloe Magruder and to Galt and Virginia Brumbaugh. A mare and colt go to Mr. Bromley, property at 5 and 7 East Pall Mall to William Thomas, and stock in the Hagerstown Agricultural Fair to Samuel Brumbaugh. The remainder goes to Chloe Magruder and Richard Bromley. Appraisers include Ansel Solenberger, Fred A. Robinson, Frank W. Magruder, H. W. Copenhaver and C. H. Harper.
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Ellen Kiger
Chloe Magruder
Galt
Maine
Virginia Brumbaugh
Richard Bromley
Mr. Bromley
East Pall Mall
William Thomas
Clifton Thomas
Johnny Thomas
Hagerstown
Samuel Brumbaugh
Ansel Solenberger
Fred A. Robinson
Frank W. Magruder
H. W. Copenhaver
C. H. Harper
Four Naval Middies Killed In Crash At Braden Tenn
A sedan crash near Braden Tennessee killed four midshipmen and injured two others on the eve of the 1939 1940 academic year at Annapolis. The dead were Britton C. Cole Thaddeus Brown Orr Jr Philip L Leewald and others from the academy had remained over summer to study aeronautics.
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Leveritt
Thomas
Annapolis
Braden
Tenn
Naval Academy
Academy
Britton C. Cole
E. C. Cole
Bryan
Tex
Secretary of the Navy
Honor Military
Bugle Corps
Cut Exchange
Academy Magazines
Thaddeus Brown Orr., Jr
T. B. Orr
Ardmore
Okla
Elmer Thomas
Philip L. Leewald
Harry Meyers
Amarillo
Texas
Marvin Jones
New Budget Built Around Education
Richmond reports Gov Price aims to base the new budget on public schools. The State Board of Education seeks 11.6 million for teachers salaries and supervision plus 878 thousand for free textbooks, with steps toward a 720 dollar teacher unit and a retirement cost of 878 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
James H. Price
Lew Ros
State Board of Education
Sidney B. Hall
Virginia
Price
Dr. Hall
Hall
Board of Education
Mays
E. Lee Trinkle
Advisory Committee
General Assembly
Tina DeHaven Charged With Drunken Conduct in Whitacre Court
Tina DeHaven of Whitacre appeared before Judge Weenis in Police Court charged with being drunk. She was fined $10.25 and released.
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Tina DeHaven
Whitacre
Weenis
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