Tobacco Crop Short Durham Receives First Lot In North and South Carolina
North and South Carolina planters begin cutting tobacco as adverse weather and low prices curb demand. Two carloads of cured tobacco arrive at markets in Durham and Lynchburg, signaling a wary start to the season amid labor scarcity and shifting acreage toward peanuts and cotton. Market reports from Lynchburg, Petersburg, Danville, and Baltimore note light receipts, mold damage, and weak prices, with buyers monitoring quality and preparation for the upcoming sales season.
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Freight Conductor Die After Fall From Fast Moving Train
Arthur Myrele, a Norfolk and Western conductor aged 37, was killed on the Shenandoah Valley Railway near Natural Bridge while walking atop a speeding train. He fractured his skull and lost his right leg above the knee. A Roanoke resident, he had fifteen years with the company and left a wife and young child. The body was sent to Roanoke for burial preparation.
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East Broad Top Railroad Plans Extension to McConnellsburg
Cumberland Maryland July 31 Officials Woods Sibert and E R Woods of the East Broad Top Railroad with Thomas Morehead met D WHanter Patterson in McConnellsburg to discuss extending the railroad to McConnellsburg and onward to Hancock Maryland to tap Webster Mills ore beds. The ore was analyzed at 56 percent pure and Philadelphia officials are expected to favor development.
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Virginia Republicans plan nominations in every district
Chairman Park Agnew of the State Republican Committee said he will nominate candidates in all congressional districts and wage a vigorous fall campaign. He cited disaffection among white voters and Democratic promises on a new constitution as aiding Republicans and predicted unity behind the eventual nominee. Morgan Treat and allies protested the committee's actions, while African American members threatened to nominate their own candidate for Congress.
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Pistol Duel On Train Averted By Firearm Disarmament
Roanoke Virginia July 31 Joe Dotson known as the bad man of the Clinch Valley attempted to take control of Norfolk and Western train No 26 firing through the smoking car causing a panic among passengers. Charles Barker the conductor confronted Dotson in a pistol duel, wounding him in the right hand and tearing off the middle finger, before Dotson was overpowered and arrested.
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Boy Drowned While Bathing at Lake Royer Near Pen Mar
Sharon Oler twelve or thirteen died in twenty feet of water after a raft excursion with friends on Lake Royer near Pen Mar. A drag party recovered the body about thirty minutes later in an accident blamed on rough play and a knock from the raft. Justice Ferguson investigated and deemed an inquest unnecessary. another drowning had occurred previously at the artificial lake when a boat was rocked and a boat rocker was tried and acquitted.
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Shot at Target Kills Man in Newport News
George Lawrence of Baltimore, sixty, died after a bullet pierced his abdomen in an odd accident. He slept under a workbench in a defunct power plant when W S Powell and a companion fired at a target. Powell was arrested in $500 bail. investigators say Lawrence was under the influence earlier.
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Body of Young Lamar Found in Willow Thicket Near Wheeling
The body of Joseph Lamer Jr of Pittsburg was found in a willow clump by the river shore in Wheeling. A three inch knife blade was recovered from the chest area. Officials doubt self inflicted death as the shirts remained buttoned and intact, and the man reportedly left home ten days earlier after a quarrel.
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Defect in extradition treaty may require Canada change
The U S State Department may need to amend the extradition treaty with Canada after Harris Cohn, charged with receiving stolen goods in Chicago, was released by the High Court of Justice in Ontario on the ground that the alleged clothing was not the exact equivalent of money and valuables. The American government has appealed to a superior court to seek a remedy. Prizes offered for military motors amid horse shortage in wartime Paris. Earthquake shocks felt in Woodland California with no damage reported.
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Aged Police Officer Stricken and Other Alexandria Briefs
Washington Post Bureau reports Officer James L. Howson, about seventy five, stricken with paralysis and in serious condition at his home. He recently returned to duty after a prior recovery. Also covered: attempted freight car theft in North Fairfax street yards, a wounded man at the Washington-Southern depot, a drowned body found near Notley Hall, and the shooting of Armistead Harris. Fort Hunt hosted a baseball game where Fort Washington defeated Alexandria 7 to 1.
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Plaint of Rural Carriers At Ithaca Convention
The New York State Rural Letter-carriers Association at its annual meeting in Ithaca July 31 criticized the Post Office Department for an unjust interpretation of the law. It demands remeasurement of all routes in the state and full pay increases under the new measurement. The group objects to the graduate salary scale that deprives about 90 percent of carriers of a full $120 raise and urges a straight $900 salary rise.
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South Carolina Bond Case Decided by Judge Pritchard
In Asheville a decision by Judge Pritchard in the U S Circuit Court grants a mandamus in the case ex parts Ellen Folsom Jenny F Pack and Nannie F McCanless v Ninety six township to compel levy of a tax for railroad bonds. The ruling marks a key test of the South Carolina constitution and municipal divisions’ effect on bonded indebtedness. The judge granted the mandamus after hearing arguments.
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Cotton's $160,000 Commission on Massachusetts War Claims Referred
The claim of J B Cotton the Washington agent holding a 1 600 000 treasury voucher for Massachusetts war claims has been referred to Attorney General Moody for settlement. Cotton was to receive about 160 000 commission under a Wolcott contract. Attorney General Parker is challenging the claim and has sent a brief to Washington.
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Harvester Plants to Close in Chicago for Indefinite Period
Three International Harvester Company plants in Chicago will close tomorrow for an indefinite period. About 15,500 workers will be laid off as officials order a company inventory. Plants are expected to restart in a few weeks.
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