Martinsville jury convicts Byrd in second degree murder
Virginia hushed trial with Harry B. Byrd Jr. found guilty of second degree murder in the December 17 slaying of Kenneth A. Vaden, a Gretna flour mill executive. Sentencing set for Thursday. defense argues involuntary manslaughter.
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Martinsville
Harry B. Byrd, Jr
Ville
Kenneth A.vaden
Gretna
State
Kenneth C. Whittle
Byrd
Vaden
W. Carrington Thompson
Hannibal N. Joyce
W. N. Broaddus, Jr
William Vaden
Vadens
Mrs Hardy’s Services Slated
Funeral rites will be conducted tomorrow for Mrs Jane L Mahood Hardy 82 mother of Representative Porter Hardy Jr of the Second Congressional District. Services at the home of Mrs J M Batten at 11 a m. Interment in Blandford Cemetery Petersburg. Mrs Hardy died yesterday at her daughter’s residence.
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Smithfield
Jane L. Mahood Hardy
Porter Hardy, Jr
Second
J. M. Batten
William Fields Rites Tomorrow
Final rites will be held here tomorrow for William Franklin Fields 89 past president of the Virginia Federation of Labor. He died yesterday. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Fields was a cigar maker by trade and for 15 years a delegate to the State Federation of Labor active in organizing labor union locals.
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South Norfolk
William Franklin Fields
Virginia Federation of Labor
Elmwood Cemetery
Fields
State Federation of Labor
Millett Navy Court Martial Faces Punishment Today
Comdr John R Millett former operations officer of the battleship Missouri faced punished at a general court martial in Norfolk. One specification was found not proved and the trial ended with others pending a verdict on conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline. Lt Comdr Frank Morris Jr navigator stands trial on neglect of duty and culpable inefficiency.
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Norfolk
Navy
John R. Millett
Missouri
Millett
Chesapeake Bay
Waterloo
Iowa
Frank G. Morris Jr
Morris
Teachers Group Meeting Slated For April 22
Virginia chapters of the American Association of Teachers of French and of the American Association of Spanish and Portuguese will meet at Mary Baldwin College Staunton on April 22. Principal speakers include Dr. Emile B. Desauze of Western University Cleveland and Dr. Juan R. Castellanio of Duke University.
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Emile B. Desauze
Department of
Western University
Cleveland
Ohio
Juan R. Castellanio
Duke University
Railway President Urges Air Industry To Stand On Its Own
Norfolk and Western President R H Smith told the Atlantic States Shippers Council in Roanoke that the U S air industry should loosen its hold on taxpayers and stand on its own, noting airlines received 350 million dollars in subsidies last year while railroads defend private enterprise and individual effort.
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Roanoke
U. S
Norfolk and Western Railway
R. H. Smith
Smith
Atlantic States Shippers Council
New Charges Pile Up Against Captured Escaped Convicts
Three Halifax County inmates who escaped on April 1 face new charges after a week of crimes in Virginia and Louisiana. The FBI tied George Able Amos Nuckols and Tyler Hodges Jr to shootouts and robberies across states. They were captured near Abingdon as they slept in a sedan once linked to the WV victims.
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Abingdon
Halifax County
Virginia
Louisiana
FBI
George Able
Amos Nuckols
Tyler Hodges
Here
West Virginia
O. C. McCourt
Okey Cougar, Jr
Halifax
University Proxy To Be Installed
Dr. H. Sherman Oberly will be installed today as the sixth president of Roanoke College succeeding the retired president Dr. Charles J. Smith who is now provost. Former Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota will deliver the inaugural address. Stassen is president of the University of Pennsylvania, where Oberly came from last year. Dr. J. M. Scherer of Richmond, a Roanoke College trustee, will formally present Oberly.
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Salem
H. Sherman Oberly
Roanoke College
Charles J. Smith
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Oberly
J. M. Scherer
Richmond
Fire causes smoke damage in skillet incident
Smoke damage occurred yesterday evening when grease ignited in a skillet while supper was being prepared in the apartment of C. P. Edwards at 131 Montague Ave. Fire equipment responded. no structural fire damage. A second alarm at N. Cameron St. was false.
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C. P. Edwards
Montague Ave
N. Cameron St
Average man walks about three miles an hour
The usual gait of the average man is about three miles an hour as noted in the source.
Middletown Man Claims Publicity Urge Caused Truck Hold Up
A Middletown man told Sheriff J M Lillard that a publicity urge led to a $106 robbery. He later admitted the tale was false and the money was found under the truck dash. He said his motive was to get his name in the newspapers.
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Middletown
E. J. Am
Millbrook Mill and Feed Company
J. M. Lillard
Bowser
Flint Hall
Massie’s
Lillard
Local Farmer Reports Triplet Ewes at Opequon Farm
E. D. Funkhouser, owner of a city farm near Opequon, found a ewe had triplets during a farm visit about ten days ago. The ewe is nursing the lambs without assistance, and all are progressing well.
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E. D. Funkhouser
Opequon
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