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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1939

Page

2

Trial reveals plan to kill Ben Carter in murder case

Roy Carter, 39, testifies Harry Stewart alias Orr threatened to kill Ben Carter and that Stewart tried to buy a gun during Washington trip. testimony ties Stewart to two killings including Samuel Carter and Annie Miller as state rests its case in Winchester court.

Ben Carter Roy Carter Harry Stewart Orr Samuel Carster Sam Carter Washington Harry Carter Stewart Annie Racey Winchester Berryville Harrison Kay~kendall Fee Williams

Million to Operate 86 New State Buildings

A Virginia budget report for Governor Price warns the 1938 General Assembly faces a need for an extra 1 million dollars to operate 86 new state buildings completed or planned in two years. The net annual increase totals about 499 thousand, yielding roughly 1 million for the next biennium.

Richmond General Assembly Price Aubrey Weaver Senate Finance Committee Senate Institutional Ags PWA Weaver

Witness recalled ride from Strasnider filling station

The testimony described a trip to a house from the Strasnider filling station with an unknown companion. The witness said Hart did not offer a doctor ride, expressed less drunkenness next morning, and noted Orr questioned money after the first shot. He heard two rifle shots and a claim of being hit. Court adjourned until 7:30.

Robert Stewart Clarence Stewart John Bywaters Louise Miller Stewart Orr Samuel Carter Bywaters Stewart Stone Chapel Clarke County Commonwealth Harrison Williams Beverly Perry Tom Boyd Winchester Red Bud Road Annie Racey Miller James A. Miller Boyd Miller Mrs. Stewart (Orr Carter Sam Carter GROVE New Deal Allen Carter Ben Carter Abram’s Creek Millwood Road Lyle Strosnider Mr.Kuykendall Strosnider Chambers Kuykendall Annie Stewart Burnt Factory Washington Shack Strasnider Hart

Junior Board Meets Tonight 1939 Meeting Called

The last regular meeting of the local Junior Board of Trade will be held tonight at 7:45 at the George Washington Hotel. Lynn Keller secretary has written all members to attend as matters of importance will be discussed.

Junior Board of Trade George Washington Hote Lynn Keller Disc

Answers to Today's Quiz List

Answers printed on page 4 cover key topics. Notable items include refracting versus reflecting, Russia as a subject, aims to secure border state votes, Princeton and Rutgers, Columbia and the Snake rivers, Clarke Griffith of the Washington club, an island in the San Francisco Bay, the British Expeditionary Force commander in chief, the Nile in Egypt, and Polynesian origins.

Russia Princteon Rutgers Columbia Snake Rivers Clarke Griffith Washington U. S

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