Early Winchester Ties Through Letters From England to Virginia
S Ward Evans recounts Winchester Virginia’s origins with Colonel James Wood 1707 birth and Glen Burnie home, Washington era ties to George Washington, Civil War battles including the Sept 19 1864 fight, and relics exhibited at Handley Institute.
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Hampshire Observer
Winchester
Eng
C. R. Anderson
Council of
Winchester Evening Star
The
Observer
S. Ward-Evans
Virginia
Hampshire
James Wood
Our City
Scotland
Glen Burnie
George Washington
Edward Doyle
Great Britain
Stonewall” Jackson
Southampton
Handley Institute
Apple Crops and Labor in Virginia Orchards
The article notes continued spot picking to improve color, a heavy apple crop in Frederick County, Virginia, and a lighter statewide yield. It mentions no local labor shortage, but reports of labor issues near Mt. Jackson, New Market, and parts of West Virginia. Packing methods improve with oiled paper wrapping and box packing reducing fruit damage.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Winchester
West Virginia
Mt. Jackson
New Market
Mars
Salvation Army
Marshe
Resignation Decision Reached After Solicitor’s Request
The speaker describes leaving council, noting the option to withdraw earlier. A solicitor, Gregory Zatkovich, urged withdrawal, but the decision was later finalized.
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Council
Gregory Zatkovich
Local Negro Wounded After Alleged Stabbing
Wallace Ford, colored, is a patient in Memorial Hospital with serious wounds. His wife Kathleen Ford is charged with stabbing him. This afternoon she sought bond pending further proceedings, which cannot occur until he is released from the hospital.
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Wallace Ford
Memorial Hospital
Kathleen Ford
Deadline For Strike Lifted At Celanese Plant
The deadline for a strike at the Celanese Corporation of America plant in Cumberland Maryland was lifted as officials began new talks with the United Textile Workers of America. Union leader William F. Kelly said workers should report to duty unless told otherwise and a mass meeting is planned for Tuesday night at the State Armory. The company’s Charles D Walton noted easing tensions while labor seeks recognition higher wages wage classification and pay equity.
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Cumberland
Celanese Corporation of America
United Textile Workers of America
William F. Kelly
Celanese
State Armory
Charles D. Walton
Kelly
Robinson Urges Voters To Study The Real Issue
Amherst Va Oct 12 Representative A Willis Robinson son of Lexington urged voters at a Democratic rally to focus on the real campaign differences. He tied tariffs to foreign trade and world peace, criticized Hoover era isolation, and contrasted Democratic banking and currency policies with Republican stance on strong versus weak banks.
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Robinson
Amherst C. H. Va
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Democratic Party
Republican’ Party
Landon
Robertson
Virginia Speech Warns Republicans About Economic Policy
Robertson argues Mr Hoover ran a deficit of over five trillion but counted two trillion via RFC loans to banks railroads and insurers under a fallacious stimulus theory. He says tariff banking and currency differences will decide how Virginians vote and predicts the South will not be alone.
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Hoover
RFC
Robertson
Virginia
South
Republican Party
Rockingham
Welsh Nationalists Plead Not Guilty in Welsh Language Case
Three Welsh nationalists including John Saunders Lewis and D. J. Williams pleaded not guilty in Carnarvon to charges of incendiarism at a Royal Air Force field in Pwllheli. They initially demanded to speak Welsh, then complied after three prompts to use English as the trial centers on Welsh independence and rights amid Wales cultural revival.
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Carnarvon
Wales
John Saunders Lewis
Welsh Nationalist Party
Lewis Edward Valentine
D. J. Williams
Royal Air Force Field
Pwllheli
National University
League of Nations
Prices of Apples Reported Firm Across Regions
The USDA weekly market survey shows apple prices steady in Eastern, Midwestern, and Southern sections at 1 to 1.50 dollars per bushel, with some varieties reaching 2 dollars in city markets. Greenings range 1 to 1.40 in New York and 1.35 to 1.40 in Chicago. prices firm in Virginia and West Virginia.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Chicago
Virginia
West Virginia
Roosevelt Speech Outlines Peace Drive in Kansas City
The President planned brief talks before dark at the New Wyandotte county courthouse in Kansas City Kansas and later in Kansas City Missouri at the municipal auditorium. He said we are gaining peace and security at home and expressed confidence in American public support for seeking peace and security abroad.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Wyandotte County
Girl Turning To Stone Cheerfully Plays With Dolls
Delores Breska a two year old from Arcadia Wisconsin has an ossifying rare disease turning her right arm into stone. She continues to play with her brother and care for dolls left handed while her parents seek cures. Doctors in Madison say the condition may progress but she is not in immediate danger and time will tell how other muscles are affected.
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Arcadia
Wis
Delores Breska
Aloysius Breska
Delores
New Polling Place Chosen For Old Fourth Ward
The City Electoral Board selects the first floor front room of the American Legion building on North Loudoun street as the new polling place for the presidential election in the second precinct of the second ward. The Sarah Zane Fire Company engine house is being rebuilt and remains designated but inaccessible. Allen B. Gray chairs the board and notes the change.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Allen B. Gray
American Legion
North Loudoun Street
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R. L
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City Hall
Los Angeles
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Puffle
Boom and Board
Gene Ahern
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