Negro Youth Keeps Quiet in Norfolk Rape Trial
Judge J. Sydney Smith upheld a high school student’s fifth amendment claim in a Norfolk Corporation Court proceeding. The youth refused to testify about a relationship to a 15 year old girl in the rape trial of Richard B. Johnson, who was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and fined $100. The student cited self incrimination and said he learned of the fifth amendment in school.
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Norfolk
J. Sydney Smith
Norfolk Corporation Court
Richard B. Johnson
Relative airline distance shorter than rail or highway
The average airline distance between two places is about 15 percent shorter than the distance by rail or highway.
Mounties arrest four after clash at Canadian school protest
The Sons of Freedom sent objects to children attending Canadian schools claiming militarism. Police arrived in patrol cars Thursday, were pelted with stones as they left the autos, and the Mounties answered with tear gas before four arrests were made. It is unclear if McIntosh read the proclamation.
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Sons of Freedom
McIntosh
Mounties
Proper Wrapping Of Plant Specimens For VPI Diagnosis
Virginia farmers and gardeners are urged to mail diseased plant specimens to the VPI Agricultural Extension Service in Blacksburg for free disease identification. Include history, full plant samples, variety, location, seed history, cultural notes, and wrap roots to avoid soil loss, mail promptly with a letter.
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VPI
S. B. Fenne
Fenne
Virginia
VPI Agricultural Extension Service
VPI Agricultural Exension Service
Mounties Assaulted by Freedomite Women at Gilpin
Fifteen Royal Canadian Mounted Police escorting a truant officer were attacked by about 50 Freedomite women near Gilpin, Nelson district. Tear gas dispersed the mob as four women were arrested for assault and sent to jail. Ralph McIntosh, reading a proclamation, was attacked by nude women who clawed him in a prior incident.
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Grand Forks
B. Co
Royal Canadian Mounted
Sons of Freedom
Nelson
B. C
Gilpin
Ralph McIntosh
McIntosh
Revolutionary War Battle Less Deadly Than Ship Explosion
This week’s explosions and fire aboard the aircraft carrier Bennington killed far more than the Revolutionary War battle that inspired its name. In 1777 the Battle of Bennington in Vermont cost 14 American lives, while 97 lives are known to have been lost on the carrier.
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Quonset Point
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Bennington
Car buyers chase value at Minor Motor Co
In a bold pitch, Minor Motor Co promises daily double in value and economy for used car shoppers, urging buyers to seek a winning deal at the dealer.
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Minor Motor CO
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