Crawford Trial Scheduled for December 12 in Virginia
A Virginia circuit court will decide if an indictment charging George Crawford, a Black man, with the murder of two white women is constitutional, amid claims Grand Jury racial exclusion. Judge McLemore postponed ruling after defense motions and state arguments, with heavy security and a packed courtroom in Leesburg.
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Houston
Virginia
South
Leesburg
George Crawford
James L. McLemore
Suffolk
Pollard
J. R. H. Alexander
Loudoun County
Alexander
Crawford
Charles H. Houston
Washington
Agnes Boeing Lisley
Alexandria
Gen. Waller
Commonwealth
John Galleher
Galleher
Virginia Campaign Quiet Amid Last Minute Speeches
The article notes leaders, including Mr McWane and Mr Hooker, commenting on the state election. Dissatisfaction with the current Virginia government and a revival of intelligent voter engagement are cited as factors. Prohibition and socialist ticket pushers are mentioned along with independent candidates in the final polling push.
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Pace
McWane
Virginia
Hooker
Republi
George Cary
Elizabeth Lewis Otey
United States Senate
Prohibition
Newman H. Raymond
Senate
A. J. Dunning, Jr
John M. Daniel
W. A
Chicago and Baltimore Wheat Prices Report
Closing quotations for Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets show December at 86 34 cents May at 88 4 cents July at 86 cents Spot wheat in Baltimore at 91 54 Winchester Spot at 86 cents.
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Chicago
Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Death Removes Mrs. C. B. Guyer At Strasburg Home
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Randall Guyer 76 longtime Middletown resident died after a long illness at her Strasburg home. She was born February 11 1857 in Kirkwood Illinois and married C B Guyer in 1862. She leaves a sister Mrs Angelina Harris and two foster children Albert Minor and Elizabeth Jones Riddleberger. Funeral will be held at 10 AM Wednesday from her home with burial at Mount Camel Cemetery.
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Middletown
C B. Guyer
Buena Vista
Lexington
Atlanta
Strasburg
Guyer
Angelina Frances Harris
Oswego
Ore
Albert Minor
Winchester
Mount Jackson
H. M. Crim
Presbyterian Church
Mount Camel Cemetery
T. M Willey
Floyd Ridings
L. Burgess
Fred Larrick
J P. Peffer
C. R. Clougherty
Canary Islands See Land Values Up to Fifteen Thousand Per Acre
Real estate notes report Canary Islands land reaching as high as 15 000 dollars an acre. Buyers eye coastal plots amid scarce supply and growing interest from developers and investors.
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Canary Islands
British To Pay 7 1 2 Million Next Month On Debt
President Roosevelt announced Britain will pay 7 500 000 dollars on its December 15 debt installment in American currency. The move, described as a token payment, keeps Britain from default and signals ongoing negotiations without prejudice until world conditions clarify.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
United States
London
Wallace Urges Unity of Industry and Agriculture
Wallace urged industrialists and farmers to join in a full fair trial of the National Recovery program. He said cooperation and not jealousy would lift the economy and cited rising payrolls supporting stronger purchasing power for butter beef pork and eggs. Governors plan farm strike actions and calls for price fixing and marketing control intensify as farm relief moves advance with new taxes and credits.
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Washington
Wallace
Industry and Agriculture
Associated Press
Midwest
Congress
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
William Langer
North Dakota
Lincoln
Neb
Lown
Sioux City
le Mars
James
Plymouth County
Kansas City
A. G. Black
Credit Machinery
Wahoo
Des Moines
Reno
Iowa
National Guard
Milo Reno
Tice
Ralph Rippey
Rippey
Northwestern
Conference For Youth Training Opens Tonight
A free training conference for Boy Scouts leaders opens tonight at Stephens City High School agricultural building with a 35 cent turkey dinner at 6 30. O H Benson national director of rural Scouting and D G VanDeBoe deputy regional executive Region 3 will lead sessions guiding city and rural leaders toward a scouter key certificate. Participants include Scout leaders from Martinsburg Winchester Berryville Middletown and Stephens City with local officials and ministers noted.
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Stephens City High School
Boy Scouts of America
New York
Philadelphia
O. H. Benson
D. G. VanDeBoe
Region 3
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Martinsburg
Winchester
Berryville
Middletown
Stephens City
C. Vernon Eddy
Area Rural Committee
C. S. Hartman
John S. Scully, Jr
B. W. Largent
Rinard Largent
Robert Jones
William Eshelman
Carl Peer
Marshall Martin
Frank R. Horton
Violence erupts as NYC election day unfolds
A heated scene at polling places with Tammany badges removed and threats from a Tammany captain. Nearly 40 percent of Manhattan and Bronx voters had cast ballots by noon amid the early morning rush. Postmaster General James A. Farley urged support for Joseph V. McKee, praising the recovery party and linking it to reforms championed by Smith, Roosevelt, and Lehman.
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Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
South Carolina
North Carolina
Kentucky
Utah
New York City
Tammany Hall
Farley
A. D. Thomas
King
Dern
Carolinas
James Byrnes
Blackwood
E. D. Smith
Cameron Morrison
E. Yates Webb
Edwin D. Mouton
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Clyde R. Hoey
Robert R. Reynolds
Walter L. Murphey
Salisbury
Josiah Bailey
White House
Joseph V. McKee
McKee
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Harry Davis
Albany
John B. Thacher
Reynolds K. Townsend
Louisville
Neville Miller
University of Louisville Law School
Dan M. Carrell
New Jersey
Virginia Assembly
Tammany
LaGuardia
Manhattan
Bronx
James A. Farley
Joseph Vu
Recovery Party
la Guardia
Fusion
O’brien
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert H. Lehman
Litvinov Arrives for Talks with Roosevelt on Disarmament
Soviet foreign minister Maxim Litvinoff lands in New York to confer with President Roosevelt on normalizing relations and pursuing disarmament. He says no treaties will be negotiated during the visit and travels by liner to Jersey City and a special train to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Maxim Litvinoff
Roosevelt
United States
Brerengaria
Jersey City
Washington
Election Day Violence Reported in Kentucky
One man was killed and another critically wounded in Kentucky election violence. Watt Dearing, 72, was shot in Fleming County where his son Jim Dearing, 48, was arrested in connection with the shooting near a voting place in Louisville.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Kentucky
Watt Dearing
Fleming County
Jim Dearing
Soured On Life to Hopeful Change Narrative
A first person reflection chronicles a struggle with drugs or self harm and the shift to recovery. The speaker recalls tiredness and reluctance to act, debating daily whether to engage, but notes a transition toward choosing movement and improvement.
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C. B. Guyer
Rosa M. King
Sixth St
Frederick
Stephens
City Meeting
R. O. Locke
Cyrus Price
Robert A. Wall
R. £. Ayler
J. A. Everly
G. W. Borden
Lewis K. Knicely
Guy Reynolds
Litvinof
Mitchell’s General Health Center
O. K
General Health Center
George Washington Hotel
Piccadilly Street
R. B. Mitchell
D. C
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