Virginia highway bids awarded on seven projects
The highway department announced seven Virginia projects with low bidders. Route 1 Fairfax Prince counties includes a 1,073 foot crossing of Occoquan Creek with planned bridge work. Highway Con Inc of Norfolk bid $288,757.35. Total awarded amount equals $590,902.61.
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Virginia
Highway Department
Fairfax
Prince Counties
Occoquan Creek
Highway Con Inc
Norfolk
River Forest Parents Face $4000 Slingshot Damage Bill
Police Lieut. Raymond Rheinguber cites a River Forest incident as an example of teenage mischief causing harm to families. Four high school boys caused window damage in River Forest and nearby Oak Park, with fathers required to contribute $4000, including a $1000 share mortgaging a home to pay.
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River Forest
Ill
Raymond Rheingruber
Oak Park
Southeastern Folklore Society Meet At University Of Virginia
In Charlottesville on April 4 the Southeastern Folklore Society holds its annual convention at the University of Virginia. Enthusiasts from many states gather as scholarly discussion blends with old fashioned entertainment. Madison Hall hosts sessions this afternoon with students sharing tales and native music including Virginia fiddle tunes ballad singing and Jack Tales of the southeast.
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Charlottesville
Southeast
University of Virginia
Southeastern Folklore Society
Madison Hall
Virginia
Average monthly rainfall and yearly total
Report shows rainfall data with 24 hour, April to date and year to date values. It lists monthly averages from January to December based on 1913-39 and notes an average annual rainfall of 35.80 inches over 28 years. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Honeymoon Gold and a Hidden Flight from Trouble
A man on Halcyon Island learns his new partners plan to smuggle aliens through his domain and vows to stop them. In a coast city a young woman, exhausted and frightened, secures food from a stranger who offers a possible escape and a risky job, as dusk falls on the beach.
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Jordan
Supar
Radio Highlights and Ermine Color Change Quiz
The excerpt lists radio highlights on stations WISV WMAL and WISV V with various programs and times. It includes entertainment segments featuring Noel Coward Eddie Cantor and Lou Nova boxing, plus music news and a sports update. A Q and A asks if the ermine fur changes color, noting summer reddish brown and winter snowy white with a black tail tip.
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Elmer Rice
Charles Martin
Noel Coward
Europe
Eddie Cantor
Owen Davis
WMAL
Max Baer
New York
Madison Square Garden
Lou Nova
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