Government to Confiscate Hamilton Battlefield Strip
The United States government won a court order to condemn a 3.6 acre tract inside Colonial National Historical Park near Yorktown, Va. The strip includes the site of Hamilton’s October 14 1781 victory over British forces. Federal Judge Sterling Hutcheson approved the action and a marshal moved to seize the land after compensation of 17800 dollars had been set.
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Yorktown
Alexander Hamilton
Colonial National Historical Park
Cornwallis
Hamilton
America
Sterling Hutcheson
Richmond
Commonwealth
Julian Cornick
Virginia Defense Bond Sales Total Over 4.1 Million in March
Virginia defense bond purchases in March reached 4 544 949 with E bonds at 4 132 075 F bonds 703 374 and G bonds 342 500. The Payroll Savings Plan added 8328 savers against a 7125 state quota. Postmasters urged updated posters and materials and Langley Field plans events for Minute Man Flag with 90 percent participation. Frederick County and Winchester sold 28 912 50 in March.
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Defense
Virginia
Richmond
U. S. Savings Bond Division
Treasury Department
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Minute Man
Frederick County
Winchester
Clothing Workers Withdraw Salary Demand Amid Slump
The CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers will not seek a wage increase for about 150,000 members due to a downturn in the men’s clothing industry. The United States Clothing Manufacturers Association said contracts will be extended until September 15.
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New York
CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers
United States Clothing Manufacturers Association
Danube Waters Test Yugoslav Russian Strain
Yugoslavia faces a growing tension with Russia and Cominform as Danube traffic, once freely flowing, remains under a 1948 convention that grants Moscow allies control. Barges still move between Vienna and Belgrade while both sides accuse the other of modern piracy amid a cold war stalemate.
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Alex H. Singleton
Belgrade
Danube River
Europe
Yugoslavia
Cominform
Danube
Yugo Slavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Russia
Ygoslavia
Danube Commission
Vienna
Virginia turkey output seen near five million in 1952
The Virginia Department of Agriculture reports a planned rise to about 4.9 million turkeys in 1952, a 35 percent gain from last year. Egg sets at hatcheries jumped 25 percent in late February and early March, then 45 percent as peak set period began, with most growth in year round fryers rather than heavy Thanksgiving birds.
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Virginia
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Division of Statistics
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Trail's End
Gordonsville
South St
Amherst St
P. W. Mitchell
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A. W Wright
Grove Furniture Co
Ford
Leo Baker
McCormick
Thorpe Bros
Charles Town
W. Va
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Collie
L. W. Levi
By Fred Neher
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Shawnee Avenue
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Roy Rudolph
Acorn Heights
Harry H. Willis
H.W.H
Bryan Stotler
Gaineseboro
Shenandoah Realty
Cameron St
E. W. Adams
Settle
M. M. Adams
N. Loudoun
Union Life Insurance Co.,, Inc
T. T. Teates
Deb
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Martinsburg Pike
Woodland Avenue
Fips
Dezama Iter
Worge Electrical Appliances
Winchester & Vicinity
Singer Sewing Machine Center
Loudoun
Arlington County
Department of Public Service
Highway Division
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Arlington County Highway Division
R. M. Wirt
J. Smoot
George Washington Garage
Ralph Anderson
Lyle P. Strosnyder
Loudoun Street
W. M. Southard
Sherwin-Williams Co
E. Piccadilly St
Winchester, VA
Brown
Howard Johnson
N. Cameron St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Tucker
Food Department
Siennemues
Chanticleer Inn
Veneer Home
J. R. Alexander, Jr
Winchester Star
Applewood
Dimension Stock Mill
Draper Corp
Pine Motor Co
S. Braddock
Colonial Heights
Robinson
E. Piccadilly Street
Soler
National Avenue
Loudoun St
Warmstrong
Charles W. Pope
Southern Bldg
H. Street NW
Washington, D.C
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Dr. Sedan
Zuckerman
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Firestone
Nena Ree
N. Braddock St
Turkey
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J. G. Hollinger & Son
Rouss Ave
Westminster Kennel Club
W. T. Grant Company
Jubilee Church
Front Royal Pike
Kenneth E. Henry CO
Rt. 11
Riley
Bath
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S. Braddock St
Handley School
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