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Associated Press Copyright Notice and Biblical Verse
A brief disclaimer notes The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to its dispatches and local news published in the paper. It also includes a Bible verse from Proverbs. The items function as a standard front matter statement rather than a news event.
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Remarkable Quaker Relief Record Highlighted in Richmond
Sylvester Jones of Chicago presented at the Richmond Society of Friends meeting a report stating no Quaker has been on relief rolls amid national low mood and government waste. The Quaker church urges strict discipline in economics and accounting, praising William Penn era welfare contributions while elevating national esteem for their example.
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Richmond
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Prohibition and Road Safety Debate in Virginia
Richmond News Leader argues that preventing alcohol sales is needed to curb dangerous driving and highway deaths. It proposes mandatory vehicle speed reductions as the only drastic, effective measure, warning the public may demand stopping liquor sales to save lives.
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War in a hot country alters Ethiopia conflict outlook
The Danville Register notes Italy faces a difficult campaign in Ethiopia where terrain favors Ethiopian defenders. Addis Ababa observers say it may take Italy at least two years to reach its objective, with doubts over long war financing and the likelihood of victory.
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Heat and supply strains hit Italian troops in Ethiopia
The report notes massaua detainees suffer from furnace heat, scant rations, and no shade as war costs rise with ten shillings a ton at Massaua, two shillings six pence at Port Sudan, and one shilling at Sueb, while exhausted Italian laborers worsen massaua congestion. The Italian army struggles to cope with heat and water scarcity despite expert provisioning.
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Judge Spares Negro After Four Months In Jail
A Baltimore judge sentenced a guilty forger to one day in jail, noting four months already served while the secret service agent delayed the case. The ruling, praised by the Baltimore Evening Sun, argues justice must guide sentencing beyond mere technical legality and criticizes government delays as harmful to public confidence.
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Unacquainted with Surrender Grit of a 79-year-old fighter
Oberlin M. Carter, a West Point classmate of Goethals and once a top cadet, served as a model of fortitude as he seeks to refute a 1898 court martial verdict. Convicted of misappropriating $2,000,000, he faced dismissal, a $5,000 fine, Fort Leavenworth imprisonment, and public disgrace, yet he pursues vindication rather than quiet retirement.
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Rainfall totals for period and averages from Winchester Lab
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 am. October to date 0.92 inches and year to date 29.51 inches. The Winchester Research Laboratory reports a 22 year average annual rainfall of 34.61 inches and monthly averages by month from January to December, with values listed for each month.
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Five Events and Obituaries From the Era
Robert L. Johnson dies at 67 in the county. Les W. A. Scott and Tom Li Black win a $50,000 speed race to Melbourne. Byrd’s Antarctic party reports a large plateau 420 miles east of Little America. Dr. Jean Piccard and wife begin another stratosphere flight over Detroit. Pretty Boy Floyd is shot down at East Liverpool. Five years ago James K. Maddux, 77, died at Warrenton. Richmond News Leader forecasts defeat of Congressman Ja cob A. Garber. An October blizzard strikes New York. Annefield Races list thirty nine horses. President Hoover calls on industry to aid jobless workers.
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Clarke county sights high in state finances and crops
Clarke county ranks 91st in size but sits among the upper tier in finances and agriculture. Officials say national park land requests are excessive. A full Armistice Day program is outlined for observance. Mrs. Charles W. Fries, 53, dies after 17 years of invalidism. The League of Nations acts to avert Balkan war.
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Twenty Five Years Ago Electrocution Accidents Noted
A 25 year old man was electrocuted after grabbing a dangling chain on an electric pole. Norfolk’s Miss Mary Singleton Payne and Clarke County native William Ludwell Baldwin wed. James N. Carr wins sewerage disposal bed contracts. Woodstock couple arrested for honeymooning here with a tail lamp out. Harry B. Noland, 18, convicted of murdering Mrs. Alice B. Litten by a Cumberland jury.
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Norfolk
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Clarke County
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Woodstock
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Alice B. Litten
Cumberland
Special Meetings At Burnt Church Begin Monday
The Rev. E. B. McGukin of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will preach at Burnt Church for a week starting Monday October 28. Services are at 7 30 each evening except Saturday with preliminary song and prayer next Sunday afternoon after Sunday School. Cottage prayer meetings have increased interest and the community is invited to attend.
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Newfoundland Dog’s Rise Tied to Prince of Wales Visit
A large Newfoundland dog, gifted to the future king, spurred the breed’s popularity after the Prince of Wales’s 19th century visit. Descriptions cite the dog towering over 30 inches, unmatched on the island, a monarch among canines and a symbol of royal favor.
Mozart Requiem Legend Sparks Mystery and Malice
A tale recalls Mozart facing ridicule as a mere flunkey while composing for any occasion. At 35 a mysterious stranger urged a requiem, which Mozart believed foretold his death by typhoid fever. After a third visit, the physician died and the now famed requiem emerged.
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What is an elf and other school day quiz items
An old quiz excerpt defines an elf as an English measure of length equal to forty five inches. It asks what the Levant is, describing it as the eastern Mediterranean region with islands and neighboring lands. It notes bats are mammals, not birds, and they suckle their young.
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Flashes of Life items spark quirky local scenes
A rambling AP roundup from Jamestown to Milwaukee sketches odd small events. Randolph hatchery worker George Phillips naps at the wheel, a car ends up in a fish market entrance, Jim Atwater grows giant produce, a man trapped by a bear trap yells for help, Ralph McCurdy fears exposure after wrecking his dad’s car, F Ehlenbure wins permission to move a dog pound from dump to home, Chicago notices praise a city alderman, and Milwaukee authorities seize illicit alcohol from an old car deemed not worth confiscation.
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Shakedown Justice in Helena Federal Plea Bargains
In Helena Montana eight prisoners pleaded guilty in a federal court amid a 12 day quake affecting the county jail. The shake down allegedly pressured inmates to admit guilt in exchange for leniency or favorable treatment.
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What's What as a Gla are Washington DC 65
Washington authorities report on labor issues and NRA power. A commercial firm lengthened weekly hours without pay rise, prompting NRA criticism and debate over regulatory reach. Separately, Aubrey Williams of NYA warns five to eight million youths are idle, on relief, or leaving school, amid a stubborn labor market and policy debates.
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Viscount Snowden enters lists against the coalition cabinet
Entry of Viscount Snowden, once Labor backbone and critic of Ramsay MacDonald, against the present coalition cabinet in England signals a blow to Conservatives. He calls the general election on Nov 14 a spurious appeal to patriotism and warns sincere voters against fearing national danger when voting against the government. He argues opposing the government may strengthen country safety.
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Ramsay MacDonald
England
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Inherited Wealth Brings Carol Kennedy to New York
Orphan Carol Kennedy pursues freedom and love after becoming wealthy. She navigates social life with Isobel Bronson and meets Gary Crandall, a playboy, before a kiss sparks ongoing tension. Owen Craig, fiancé of Carol’s cousin Kathy Prentice, appears as a looming figure in her evolving ambitions and romantic entanglements.
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Carol Finds Her World Shrinking Beneath Dr. Harding’s Office
Carol wakes early to work at Dr. Harding’s office and spends her days under the serviceable glamour of a white apron-frock. She misses leisure, yet she values the office’s atmosphere of comfort, dusting shelves, arranging flowers, and tending ashtrays as a daily ritual.
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President Receives War Situation Reports And Help
President reviews war situation and economic prospects as Hopkins and Ickes return to push relief and job programs. Budget aims at relief and recovery funding with a focus on narrowing income disparity amid policy decisions for neutrality era. London dogs honored with somber memorials while Paris commemorates canine heroes with elaborate monuments and wreaths.
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