Eastern Shore potato farmers block trucks in wage dispute
A tense night on Virginia’s Eastern Shore as farmers blocked roads to stop potato shipments, firing at trucks and threatening to destroy any that attempted to move. Prices rose toward two dollars as a mass meeting was planned at Painter High School with leaders predicting at least 1,500 farmers.
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Eastern Shore
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Princess Anne
Painter High School
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Lewis
Eastville
Virginia official urges farmers to hold wheat for better prices
Georgia W. Koiner Virginia agriculture commissioner says the forthcoming department bulletin will advise farmers to hold wheat if current bids are unsatisfactory. The suggestion follows a price cut on the Richmond exchange and stems from Piedmont Millers' Association meetings.
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George W. Koiner
Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
Department
Koiner
Piedmont Millers’ Association
Scare of Black Rust Lifts Wheat Prices to Day Limit
Black rust reports across Nebraska spring and winter wheat and Red River Valley boost Chicago prices about four cents a bushel with heavy trading, while Minneapolis hits the five cent daily limit. Traders warn crop damage could worsen, given late seeding and growth in the Dakotas Minnesota and eastern Canada.
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Nebraska
Red River
North Dakota
Minneapolis
Dakotas
Minnesota
Canadian
Funeral Rites On Sunday For Allen Williams
Funeral services for the late Rev. Allen Williams colored 52 will be conducted Sunday afternoon June 30 at 3 o clock from Gill field Baptist Church in Millwood Clarke county. Interment will be in the colored cemetery at Millwood. The deceased pastor served 30 years at Gillfield Baptist Church and his father before him. Survived by widow Eva B Williams and children Geo Allen Williams Manahan N J Alice Rebecca Banks Henry B Williams Ridgewood N J David T Mary Susan Hattie G and Luke Williams all of Millwood. He also leaves one brother two sisters one half brother and one half sister all of Millwood.
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Clarke County
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Willie Williams
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Mary Fleets
Atlantic City
N. J
Lewis Mason
Susie Bannister
U S Children Shown Brighter Science Minds
Minneapoli s June 28 A A A S official Miss Jean L Marquis told the American Association for the Advancement of Science today that United States children are superior in scientific thinking. She noted boys excel in explaining causes of natural phenomena and used such examples.
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Minneapolis
United States
Jean L. Marquis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Fatal crash claims Georgia native in Maryland vicinity
Benjamin R. Faulkner 26 of Shadyside Maryland and Maryville Georgia died after a head on collision with a coal truck one mile north of Clearbrook. The wreck also injured James Case and left Claude McDonald of Romney West Virginia to be summoned as the driver. Funeral plans set for Maryville Baptist Church.
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Claude McDonald
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Winchester
Lenz Completes Whist Title Sweep at Skytop
Sidney S. Lenz the New York bridge expert swept multiple titles at the Forty-fifth American Whist League Congress at the Skytop Club. Lenz with Dr Elsworth E Eliot won the whist pair championship and Minneapolis trophy. With Eliot along with E J Tobin and Zina J Fronst they captured the team of four championship and Hamilton trophy. The same four also won the combination team and pair whist title, and earlier Lenz with Commander Winfield Liggett Jr won the league contract whist pair championship.
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New York
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Elsworth E. Eliot
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E. J. Tobin
Chicago
Zina J. Fronst
Aurora
Hamilton
Winfield Liggett, Jr
Slain attorney may have been taken for ride
Detroit police intensified a manhunt for William Lee Ferris after a New York attorney Howard Carter Dickinson was found slain in a Detroit park. Ferris had told an acquaintance he planned to go out with a well funded lawyer named Dickinson, and he disappeared after checking out of a hotel. A woman who later checked Dickinson’s briefcase at the hotel was also sought.
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Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
William Lee Ferris
Dickinson
Ferris
Ohio
Andrew Smygen
Lee Ferris
Zibilis Dog Strays Again After Court Bet On Pups
Boston bulldog owned by Bill Zibilis caused ongoing disputes with H. R. Triplett. Court orders split the dog and pups, but the animal keeps wandering to Triplett’s home prompting police involvement.
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Mutinous troops fail to seize Peiping as gates close
Mutinous Manchurian soldiers attack Peiping but are driven back by loyal forces after a night of terror. Martial law is declared then lifted as the ancient capital returns to quiet, with city gates closed and rail traffic to Tientsin resumed. Two US embassy secretaries helped rescue Americans marooned outside the west wall.
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United States
China
Forbidden City
Tientsin
Tokyo
Rengo
Shang Chen
Pai Chien-Wu
Fengtai
Park To Meet New Dealers At Reuss Park Diamond
The PWA Washington team tangles with Park on Sunday as Washington strengthens its lineup with BI recruits from the disbanded Antietam nine of Hagerstown. Park hosts the game hoping to lift its record, while Washington aims to boost its season total to 16 by Monday.
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Washington
Bureau of Investigation
Antietam Nine
Hagerstown
Reuss Park
For Sale Deering binder in good condition
R L Long of Middletown Virginia offers a Deering binder in good condition for sale. Includes contact details and location Middletown Virginia. Item posted as a classified sale notice with limited additional information.
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R. L. Long
Middletown
To Fruit Growers Will Start Receiving Transparent Apples
Butler's Packing House announces shipments of Transparent apples to fruit growers starting Monday July 1. The notice dated June 28 appears on page 21.
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Grave beside that of victim awaits Mrs. Coe
Eva Coe died in Sing Sing after being convicted of hiring Martha Clift to murder handyman Harry Wright for 12000 dollars. A grave beside the victim awaited her in Cooperstown as relatives considered burial plans and awaited word from Ontario.
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Associated Press
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Sing Sing Prison
Harry Wright
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Ontario
Coe
Valley Pike Improvement Begins Today
Fifteen workmen started on the Valley Pike project at the south end of town on U S Route 11. Echols Brothers of Staunton and Clarke and Lewis of Luray hold the contract to rebuild a 0.46 mile stretch to Abrams Creek. Stuart Perry operates a gasoline shovel rented by the contractors as grading proceeds. 50 to 75 local men expected to gain work during the rebuilding effort.
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Clarke and Lewis
Luray
Abrams Creek
Stuart Perry
Shawnee Inn
Oil Stove Needed For Tubercular Patient
Welfare department appeals for an old oil stove to heat a single room for a tubercular patient under care. Miss Nan Keating has donated a mattress for a different patient, while salvage efforts gather discarded clothing and household items for the poor.
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Welfare Department
Capitol Hill Activity Summary on Senate and House
In recess, the Banking committee continues amendments to the AAA bill. The House debates the Utility bill. Rules committee weighs TVA, Ways and Means holds a hearing on the Guffey Coat bill. Passed rivers and harbors, conference reports on deposit insurance extension and Wagner labor disputes, and on nuisance taxes. Ship subsidy bill passed. Resolution extending nuisance taxes sent to the White House. Wagner bill conference report adopted. Deposit insurance extension resolution adopted. Debates begin on the holding company bill.
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Wagner
White House
Notice of no agency in Virginia by J. H. Goodwin Ltd
The undersigned declares no agent or representative exists in Virginia for J. H. Goodwin Ltd. This public notice serves as official confirmation and directs any inquiries to the company.
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J. & H. Goodwin, Ltd
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Dance Tonite at Crystal Palace with Shenvaleers
Yard party at Bethel M. E. Church near Nain on Thursday night July 4 features music by The Shenvaleers. Community event advertised in local notices.
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Roosevelt Eyes Capitol Hill Meas In White House Action
President Roosevelt reviews measures arriving from Congress as he considers tax, banking, and labor bills. He has signed a nuisance tax extension to two years while awaiting action on the Wagner labor disputes bill and potential holding company regulation changes.
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Endurance record spans sky as Meridians Key brothers fly on
Meridian Mississippi reports the Key brothers remain airborne after breaking an endurance record. Hollywood sees Daniel W. Nield charged with murdering his sweetheart Frances Conklin after a lover's quarrel. Detroit police hunt Lee Ferris for a York attorney slaying. New York hints at solving a deadly virus causing infantile paralysis and related diseases. Washington denies plans to delay wealth taxes. Tulsa vaccinates 4000 dogs amid rabies outbreak. Peiping troops repel mutinous Manchurian soldiers. London discusses gold standard currency stabilization with US bankers. St Johns scouts light a giant bonfire to open the International Jamboree.
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Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
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