Mystery ties deepening in missing lawyer case
Virginia police doubt a murder occurred as reports tie R. S. McCain’s disappearance to a highway crime spree across North Carolina and Virginia. A burned suit and glove found near Hagerstown prompt search delays due to rain, while an anonymous hotel letter suggests cross state leads.
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Lynchburg
Farmville
Dewitt
Columbus
McCain
Hagerstown
M. A
Iton
North Carolina
MacCain
Clear Spring
North Carolina Supreme Court
Raleigh
Slim
Shorty
Jacksonville
Fla
Petersburg
Virginia
Frazier
Quoted Prices in Wheat and Grain Markets Across Cities
Live poultry and produce prices listed for Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond and New York. Includes fowls turkeys ducks eggs butter potatoes and various poultry weights with ranges and weekly readouts, plus hogs cattle sheep and government bond quotes.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Baltimore
New York
U. S
Washington
Maine
Idaho
Florida
Richmond
Virginia
Yorks
Virginia Creamery
NEW York Poultry
Democrats Seek Full Authority for Roosevelt Spending
Two Democratic leaders Rainey and Burns proposed blanket authority for President-elect Roosevelt to slash government spending after taking office. They suggested tying budget relief to a beer tax and continuation of the federal gasoline levy, hoping to balance the budget without new taxes. The Ways and Means Committee would review the situation next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Burns
House Appropriations Committee
Rainey
House Ways and Means Committee
Fragmented OCR Data Listing Totals and Refs
The text presents a string of codes and numbers with partial dates and ranges. It resembles a ledger or index fragment showing entries like 4s, 44-54, 106.23, and Treas. with references to months and figures, but lacks coherent narrative.
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Treas
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Reported by Logs and Company
A Markets note lists Chicago grain closing prices as supplied by Logs and Company located in the 210 Chamber Commerce Building Baltimore. The item references members of the Chicago Board of Trade and Baltimore Chamber of Commerce with telephonies Plaza 1498 and 1746.
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Chamber Commerce
Baltimore
Chicago Board of Trade
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Plaza
Iago Board of Trade Rxise
Hiah Low
Fourth Victim Dead In Florida Domestic Tragedy
Miami Florida December 29 1930 Mrs Sarah Ann Parnell 57 died today as the fourth victim in a family shooting spree that claimed multiple relatives including her son Raymond Parnell 34 and six year old grandson. The gunman Raleigh E Still 32 killed himself after the attack at the Parnell home where he sought his estranged wife.
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Miami
Fila
Sarah Ann Parnell
Parnell
Robert Still
Raymond Parnell
Raleigh E. Still
Still
Chauffeur slays wife and daughter then kills himself
In Chicago a long time Studebaker chauffeur Peter Peterson murdered his wife and daughter after learning a new will cut a $5,000 legacy. He then killed himself and telephoned authorities and the Studebaker family. The earlier will left the bequest, but a later probate nullified many small bequests.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Clement Studebaker, Jr
Peter Peterson
Studebaker
Peterson
Clement Studebaker
North Side
Sun
Pauline
Northwestern University Liberal Arts College
South Bend Automobile Manufacturing Family
Petersons
Highway funds scarce for balancing annual construction
Details show the state used funds not for balancing the highway budget while delaying seasonal work to provide winter jobs. The year recorded $6,811,929.81 spent on primary system construction, including $586,695 of convict labor, with maintenance at $5,892,000 and a comparison to $11,922,000 the previous year.
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Mary
State Highway Department Reports Secondary Road Work Totals
The department completed 360 miles of concrete and patk ing and 83 miles of macadam surface treatment along with 158 miles of grading and 13 gravel and soil surface treatments. It also built 49 bridges over 20 feet and oiled over 1 000 miles of primary roads and 200 miles of secondary roads. About 2.5 million were spent on the second system with salaries and materials totaling 1 740 192.36 and equipment 507 281.47. County payments for equipment were 225 663.50, with the other half due next year. County system maintenance 1 648 758.22 and construction 824 379.11. Some 39 000 miles are in the secondary system. weather slows the secondary work while the primary holds up.
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Henry G. Shirley
Colored farmer dies at Leetown in Frederick County
John Gant a well known colored farmer died yesterday at his Leetown home after several weeks illness. Born near Brucetown he spent nearly all his life in Frederick County. He leaves a widow three sons a daughter four brothers and two sisters. Funeral from Leetown Church at 2 PM Saturday with burial nearby. He worked long for Irwin Zinn. Loyalty is a virtue that covers many shortcomings.
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John Gant
Leetown
Brucetown
Frederick County
Jane Gant
Irwin Zinn
Final Rites For Veteran of P. O. Service Are Held
The funeral of John J. Brown Sr a retired city letter carrier who died at his home on South Kent street was held from the family residence with many relatives and friends attending. Members of the Society of Friends led the services with readings by Annie J. Reese and Walker McC Bond and Rev George W Stover assisting. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers including Dr B Mitchell Knight Sr Clarence S Robinson Allen Bond Harry Lee H P Boyce and B H Otts.
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John J. Brown
South Kent Street
Altoona
Baltimore
Society of Friends
Brown
Annie J. Reese
Walker McC. Bond
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
B. Mitchell Knight, Sr
Clarences. Robinson
Allen Bond
Harry = Lee H. P. Boyce
B. H. ‘Otts
Reservations for Dance at Winchester Memorial Hospital
The committee for the Junior Auxiliary announces all dinner dance reservations for tomorrow night at the George Washington Hotel must be taken by noon tomorrow. Unpaid reservations cannot be held beyond that hour.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Washington Hotel
Watch Night Party Postponed At Church Services
Watch night services planned for Saturday at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church were called off. The Epworth League watch night event has been postponed to 8 oclock next Monday evening in the church, with all league members and friends invited. Marlborough, the British battleship torpedoed in World War I, is being scrapped.
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Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
League
Marlborough
Japan Raises Armed Forces in Manchuria
Tokyo announces a fundamental readjustment of the empire military establishment in Manchuria. The plan modernizes arms and training for 100000 personnel, increases aircraft tanks and heavy guns, and shifts troops from Japan proper, aiming to 60 65 thousand Manchurian troops within two years.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
War Office
Japan
Su Ping-Wen
Red Army
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