University Graduation To Be In Two Sections
Charlottesville Va June 14 About 150 degrees will be conferred in the University of Virginia 1945 graduation exercise held in two sections the first at 1130 a m Saturday in Cabell Hall the second on Monday June 25 Wartime study accelerates degree timings about 65 medical graduates will receive the medical degree at the first ceremony Dr Staige D Blackford will speak He organized Army evacuation hospital No 8 and served as chief medical officer in Africa and Italy He is now assigned to Valley Forge General Hospital The arts sciences law engineering education and graduate studies colleges will graduate in the second exercise Most alumni festivities are bypassed but medical graduates and families will join a buffet luncheon after the Monday exercises The class gift will be a portrait of Dr Harvey E Jordan dean of medicine The piece is by Miss Irene Higgins of Boston A greenstick fracture is a partial bend typical in children bones.
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Blackford
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Italy
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Rotunda
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Owever
Alumni Hall
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Boston
Record low June temperatures hit West Virginia crops
West Virginia faced some of its coldest June readings through June 12, 194? The Weather Bureau noted corn progress was fair while potatoes thrived. Ohio Valley plantings bloomed. Pickens logged 22 degrees with others at Cranberry Glades 24 Terra Alta 26 Wardensville 30 and Cairo 32. State average 56.6 degrees 11.1 below normal. Rainfall 0.66 inches 0.39 inch below normal.
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Parkersburg
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West Virginia
Thed. Weather Bureau
Tony
Ohio Valley
Pickens
Cranberry Glades
Terra Alta
Wardensville
Drive To Promote Gardening Outlined in Parkersburg
At a state victory garden council meeting in Parkersburg West Virginia J O Kaapp Morgantown director of the West Virginia University agricultural extension service and council chairman outlined a campaign to promote gardening and a food conservation drive He warned that next winter shelves will be short on canned fruits and vegetables due to military needs low warehouse stocks and a smaller harvest Plans urged planting tomatoes for canning beans beets carrots corn and greens with late summer crops for fall use and urged non gardeners to participate in the effort.
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W. Va
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J. O. Kaapp
Morgantown
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service
Extension Service
College of Agriculture
Knapp
West
Community groups promote information sharing across counties
Knapp notes fruit and vegan groups seek opportunities to buy when local markets are well supplied. The groups adopted a program that calls for passing along helpful information and advice throughout each county.
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Knapp
Girl 15 Dies in Tractor Accident on W Va Farm
Irene Virginia Clark 15, daughter of C J Clark of route 1 Bruceton's Mill, was crushed to death today when a tractor she was operating on her father's farm overturned in a field near the Clark home in Kingwood.
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W. Va
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C. J. Clark
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Clark
June 15 Deadline For Quarter Tax Payments
Richmond Va June 14 The 40 000 Virginians who have not yet filed the second quarter payments on 1945 estimated income tax were reminded today by Collector N B Early Jr that tomorrow is the deadline Refunds on 1944 income taxes are being sent to Virginians at the rate of 6 000 daily The largest whale known to exist the blue whale weighs more than 150 tons and attains a length of more than 100 feet
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N. B. Early, Jr
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