Virginia area mobilizes to protect Chincoteague base
Virginia officials form committees to appeal to Navy and Congress to prevent abandonment of local base amid intergovernmental budget tensions. The Navy and Marine Corps announce Operation Crossover at Camp Lejeune to test 1950 amphibious procedures with two specialized units.
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Navy
Norfolk
Washington
Chincoteague
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Marine Corps
Leroy P. Hunt
Fleet Marine Force
Jerauld Wright
Navy Amphibious Forces
Atlantic Fleet
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Polio Not Linked To Tonsil Operations Says Panel
ROANOKE delegates at the Gill Memorial Hospital Spring Congress heard a paper by Dr. Daniel Cunning stating there is no reason to discontinue tonsillectomies during polio prevalence. Dr. Frederick White of Roanoke read the report, with speakers including Dr. Walter Hoover, Dr. Karl Houser, Sir Alexander Fleming, and Dr. Stuart Cullen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Gill Memorial Hospital
Daniel
Cunning
New York
Frederick White
Walter B. Hoover
Lahey Clinic
Boston
Karl M. Houser
University of Pennsylvania
Sir Alexander Fleming
Stuart C. Cullen
Discrimination Charges Filed Against Two County School Boards
Racial discrimination allegations were filed by Negro pupils and their guardians against Buckingham and Cumberland County school boards. Petitions, routed through Hill Martin and Robinson, threaten legal action if issues are not resolved. Cumberland official McIlwaine called the petitions premature and noted existing plans for a new Negro school with Star Literary Fund loan consideration.
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Richmond
Buckingham
Cumberland Counties
Hill, Martin and Robinson
T. J. McIlwaine
Cumberland County Schools
Governor Signs Over Fifty Bills in Virginia General Assembly
In Richmond Governor Battle signed more than 50 bills from the 1950 General Assembly. One measure directs the State Board of Education to prepare tests every two years to assess what Virginia school children have learned.
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Richmond
Battle
General Assembly
State Board of Education
Virginia
Electric Coops Given a Job
Old Dominion electric cooperative plans to borrow 14.32 million dollars in federal funds to build a plant and transmission lines. The State Corporation Commission called the financing unsound though an engineering report supported it. Eleven Virginia co-ops form Old Dominion to generate and transmit power to members.
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Richmond
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Charles C Drummond
Frank S. Givens
Drummond
Old Dominion
Virginia
REA
Shenandoah Valley
Dayton
Craig-Botetourt
New Castle
Virginia Electric
Electric cooperatives membership passes fifty thousand
A list of Virginia electric cooperatives includes Bowling Green Southside Electric Crewe Northern Neck Warsaw Central Virginia Lovington BARC Millboro Mecklenburg Electric Chase City Northern Piedmont Culpeper Prince George Waverly Community Electric and more with consumer membership totals exceeding 50 000.
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Bowling Green
Southside Electric
Crewe
Northern Neck
Warsaw
Central Virginia
Lovingston
B-A-R-C
Millboro
Mecklenburg Electric
Chase City
Court Martial Trials Progress At Missouri Officers Face Duty Charges
Court martial hearings for former Missouri officers Millett and Morris proceed as navy investigates the January 17 grounding near Chesapeake Bay. Rear Adm. Smith orders Peckham to show cause why a caution letter should not be issued while Brown’s findings await review in a separate action. Carr receives a reprimand as part of the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Missouri
John R. Millett
Frank G. Morris, Jr
Chesapeake Bay
Allan E. Smith
Big Mo
George E. Peckham
William D. Brown
Smith
Peckham
Atlantic Fleet
Brown
Morris
Miller
John E. Carr
Navy review proceeds after three court martials
Smith completes his review of the three court martials and will hand the record to Admiral Fechteler who will forward it to Washington for final review. Peckham plans an official reply to clarify points from his testimony before the court of inquiry.
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Smith
Eee
Adm
William H. Fechteler
Atlantic Fleet
Fechteler
Washington
Walace
Secretary of the Navy
Peckham
Missouri
Norton to retire from Congress after 25 years of service
Congresswoman Mary T. Norton of New Jersey announces retirement on her fifth birthday after 25 years in Congress. Known as Battling Mary and Aunt Mary, she led the House Labor Committee from 1937 to 1947 and championed the Wage and Hour law while recovering from pneumonic influenza at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
Mary T. Norton
D-N. J
Mary
Norton
House Labor Committee
Governor Battle Urges State Agencies to Cut Jobs
Governor Battle asks all Virginia agencies to practice economy of operation. He directs a careful examination to reduce staff and to avoid creating new positions unless clearly justified. He says no specific crisis prompted the move and no link to reorganization plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Battle
Norton of New Jersey Pioneer in Washington Politics
The text portrays Mrs. Norton as a forceful New Jersey Democrat and early Washington power broker. It notes her 1924 election as Congresswoman, leadership roles in state and party conventions, and seven years as unofficial mayor of the District. It highlights her groundwork on housing, liquor laws, gambling, and DC representation in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Hague
Democratic Party
Washington
House
District of Columbia
Norton
Congress
Amateur winners shine at Palace Theatre show
Janice Dennis of Brucetown won the weekly amateur show at the Palace Theatre as a singer in a cowboy suit finished first by audience applause. Chester Shumaker of Stephenson Virginia took the final cash prize as vocalist while the remark noted some odd worm fact about a branching stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Dennis
Brucetown
Palace Theatre
Chester Shumaker
Stephenson, Va
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