Negro Confesses Stabbing Staunton Youth At Dance
Special to The Star reports James Johnson, a Black waiter, confessed stabbing Mitchell Dahl, 22, at Ed's and Bud's dance hall near Harrisonburg on July 1. Johnson described grabbing a knife after an argument, striking Dahl once above the left shoulder, then fleeing to a barn before surrendering days later. He said he remained hidden three days without water.
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Neorg
Colo
Eceasion
Mitchell
Dahl
Staunton
Bud
Kaylor’s Park
Harrisonburg
Johnson
Lwke
Dillard
James McAleer
J. T. O'Donnell
Staunted
O'Donnell
McAleer
Daily News Record
James Armentrout
Kaylor
Williams
Baltimore and Ohio
Edna Williams
East Elizabeth Street
Virginia ABC Board bootlegging cases yield convictions in Berryville
Virginia ABC enforcement officers led by C S Bennett prosecuted cases in Berryville and nearby Leesburg resulting in thirteen convictions. Total fines reached $900 with eighteen months in jail and three years suspended sentences. Affected defendants include Charles A Renner and Carl J Renner who were enjoined from storing or dispensing alcohol and barred from buying alcohol from the ABC Board. Other outcomes include Jessie Welton fined $10.25 for drunkenness and Eddie Doman and James F Ware receiving short penalties. Officials praised bond posting to curb bootlegging and noted the action as a state law first use in that region.
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Virginia Abc Board
C.S. Bennett
W.E. Dalton
V. O. Smith
E. L. Carter
Berryville
Leesburg
Charles A. Renner
Carl J
Tony) Renner
J. W. Newcomb
W. O. Smith
Phillip Williams
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Burr P. Harrison
Commonwealth
Carl J. Renner
ABC Board
ABC
STAR
Weems
Jessie Welton
Eddie Doman
Clarke County
James F. Ware
Earhart Plane Search Intensifies As Weather Fairs
The battleship Colorado plans to launch three planes again to resume an aerial search of the Phoenix Islands amid forecasts of rain and poor visibility. Officials call today and tomorrow the most critical period since the coast guard began the search a week ago. Airmen say recent flights have ruled out Winslow Reef area as the missing aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Frederick J. Noonan remain sought across about 136000 square miles with no sightings.
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Colorado
Phoenix Islands
Coast Guard
Winslow Reef
Frederick J. Noonan
Lae
New Guinea
Howland Island
Equator
Howland Islands
Lieuts. J. O. Lambrecht
L. I. Fox
W. B. Short, Jr
Howland
Lexington
Phoenix
Itasca
Hawaii
Gardner Island
Carondelet Reef
Lonely Howland
Equatorial
Lahaina Roads
Honolulu
San Diego
Baker Island
Phoenix Group
Swan
Aviatrix
Naval Fliers
Canton Island
O. G. Murfin
14Th Naval District Commandanit
Naval
Avia
George Palmer Putnam
San Francisco
Search for Earhart Misses Howland Island in Pacific
Planes from the battleship Colorado scanned the Howland Island area and Phoenix Islands as part of a broad search for Amelia Earhart. The missions aimed to locate the missing aviatrix and her craft, with coordination from Lexington and Itasca units and radar of Hawaii.
Baltimore and Chicago Market Report Moments of Mixed Demand
Livestock prices show declines in cattle and hogs in Baltimore reports with cutters at 4.00 to 5.00 and hogs mostly 10 to 25 lower in Chicago data. Sheep show steady to weaker trends with spring lambs softening amid weak demand, while grain prices drift with No. 1 red wheat around 1.27 to 1.28 in Chicago and Baltimore spot wheat at 1.19 1/2.
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Baltimore
Dept
Chicago
U. S. Ag Agri
New Hope
Wheat and grain futures pullback on uncertain reports
In Chicago July 9 futures, wheat and other grains softened after U.S. and Canadian crop report uncertainties. Rain in Canada and strong domestic receipts weighed on prices, with some session lows near close. Closing figures show July wheat at 1.22 3 8, Sept 1.23 3 8 to 5 8, Dec 1.25 3 8 to 5 8. corn July 1.28 1 8 to 1 4, Sept 1 14 to 1 8, Dec 84 1 4 to 3 8. oats July 43 5 8, Sept 38 1 2 to 5 8, Dec 40 1 4 to 3 8. soybeans July 1.45 1 4, Oct 1.15, Dec 1.14.
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Lord
Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago
United States
Canada
Search Continues For Earhart and Noonan Fliers
Radio operators tracking the search say the hunt has widened and the belief grows that Amelia Earhart and Noonan may still be alive. Officials and close associates, while hopeful, decline to publicly doubt that the pair will be found.
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Miss Earhart
Noonan
Mrs Bowen obituary highlights family and local roles
Mrs Bowen of Virginia is survived by two sons Andrew Bowen Jr and Maurice Bowen and daughter Mrs Joseph DeJarnette Keyser. Surviving siblings include Manjey Simpson Frank Simpson and Robert Simpson and Alice Dunaway. Her late husband was a nephew of Mrs S H Hansbrough. She was historian of the Warren Rifles Chapter UDC and led Rockland Cemetery improvement efforts. Her home was famed as a hospitable county landmark.
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Page One
Andrew Jackson Bowen
Berryville
Maurice Bowen
Rockland
Joseph DeJarnette Keyser
Washington, Va
Manjey O. Simpson
Front Royal
Frank R. Simpson
Robert H. Simpson
Alice Dunaway
Winchester
S. H. Hansbrough
Bowen
Warren Rifles
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Rockland Cemetery
Last Rites For Mr Bondurant Held By Masons
Nath aniel Thomas Bondurant died Monday at his home west of Stephens City Virginia. His funeral was held Wednesday with a service at his house followed by a Methodist Church service at Relief officiated by the pastor. Masons assisted in the rites.
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Mr. Bondurant
Masons
Stephens City
Nathaniel Thomas Bondurant
Methodist Church
Relief
Market slides after steady start on uneven trading
New York stock activity cooled after a firm opening as investors weighed mixed news. Bonds and commodities showed only narrow moves while optimism for farm machinery stocks grew on bumper crops and revived farm revenues.
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General Motors
Sterling
Allied Chemical
Can
Radiator
Smelters
Tel
Anacoda
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Edison
Corn Products
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Southern Railway
Stand. Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
Steel
Va.-Caro. Chem
Va.-Caro. Pid
Woolworth
Bondurant Rites Held at Mount Hebron Cemetery
The Rev. C. L. Reiter led services as the body of Mr. Bondurant was taken to Winchester for interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery with Masonic honors by Hiram Lodge. Postmaster Frank H. Dorsey supervised graveside ceremonies. Pallbearers included Briscoe Snapp Jonas Burkhart Elon Hicks William Neikirk Luther Snapp and Miller Craig. Floral tributes expressed esteem from many friends in Relief.
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Winchester
Mount Hebron
Hiram Lodge of Masons
Frank H. Dorsey
Briscoe Snapp
Jonas Burkhart
Elon Hicks
William Neikirk
Luther Snapp
Miller Craig
Mr. Bondurant
Death Removes Aged Woman in Loudoun County
Mrs. Lucy Smith aged 89 widow of Nathan Smith dies at her Airmont home near Bluemont Loudoun County Va. Funeral at Powell's Grove Church Sunday at 2 pm Interment in Rock Hill Cemetery She survived by one sister and one brother both of Montclair New Jersey seven children including Amanda Moten Elizabeth Gregg Mary Lucas Emma Smith Robert and Gregory Smith Five generations lived before death with 42 grandchildren 52 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren named in the obituary.
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Lucy Smith
Nathan Smith
Loudoun County
Airmont
Bluemont
Powell's Grove Church
Rock Hill Comery
Montclair
N. J
Amanda Moten
Elizabeth Gregg
Glenarm
Mary Lucas
Purcellville
Emma Smith
Robert
Gregory Smith
Ford Company labor practices questioned at hearing
Examiner John T. Lindsay interrupted as 5 J. Colombo Jr. protested several questions as immaterial and prejudicial to Ford. Colombo was told to keep objections brief before the record was encumbered.
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Ford Company
J. Colombo, Jr
Ford
John T. Lindsay
Mr. Colombo
Radio Safety Rules From The Radio Commission
A list of 12 precautions advises inspecting electrical systems and devices to prevent radio interference and fire hazards. It covers labels by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, guaranteed non interference from oil burners and appliances, grounding of service wires and conduits, firm fuse and connection setups, lamp socket checks, and cord integrity with emphasis on lamp cords as a major fire risk.
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Trical
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Radio Commission
Suit Ends as Wallace Seeks Accounting of Community Property
In the ongoing case, Blount notes the suit may seek an accounting of community property. Wallace's attorney Siegel reports offers of $30,000 to drop the ceremony, but Wallace aims for higher stakes, including half of his wife’s reputed $3,000,000. Miss West remains in seclusion in Hollywood.
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Ation
Miss West
Blount
Wallace
New York
Samuel J. Siegel
Hollywood
Fighting again as China and Japan clash near Peiping suburbs
Chinese and Japanese troops resumed fighting in the western suburbs of Peiping after an agreement to withdraw failed. Chinese say Japanese attacked gendarmes en route to Wan pinghsien, with casualties and renewed bombardment as both sides maneuver along the Yungting river.
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Shanghai
Priping
China
Wanpinghsien
Peiping
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Gen. Sung
Yungting
Fengtai
Hankow
Barbara Bell Summer Dress Pattern No. 1915 B
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1915 B offers a sleeveless summer dress with apron style buttoned shoulder tabs in six pieces. Sizes 14 to 42 require specified yardages and trims, with material options in seersucker pique broadcloth denim or linen. Send fifteen cents for the pattern book exploring woman and child fashions from Barbara Bell.
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Barbara Bell
Adress
Givven
Belewr
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York
N. Y
Battles Escalate Near Peiping Amid Night Skirmishes
Chinese gendarmes guard Wanpingsien as Japanese troops clash near the Marco Polo bridge. Night maneuvers and renewed truces mark growing tensions with both sides reporting shots fired and troops reinforced in the Peiping area under Boxer protocol.
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Sung
Marco Polo
Yungting
Japan
Pieping
United States
Peiping
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Winchester Grain
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Stock Market Report
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the Evening Star
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Paoting
Pinhan
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Sanico Grape
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