Campaign rhetoric escalates in Virginia 1st District race
In the May 2 special election to replace a late congressman four candidates take heated shots at each other. Nile Straughan of Fredericksburg calls for vigorous battles while Edward J. Robeson Jr. of Newport News retires April 30 to focus on the campaign. Blake T. Newton of Hague and William A. Wright of Tappahannock attack Robeson as a labor ally turned corporate figure, with Wright labeling him a political philanderer.
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Associated Press
Otis Bland
Nile Straughan
Fredericksburg
White Stone
William A. Wright
Tappahannock
Gloucester County
Edward J. Robeson, Jr
Newport News
Wright
The
Three Judges to Hear Hopewell Annexation Case
A three judge court was designated to hear Hopewell Virginia's annexation dispute with Prince George County. Judges Floyd E Kellam A L Oast and resident Judge J Jordan Temple will preside in Prince George County circuit court. The panel was named by Chief Justice Edward Hudgins and will set the start date.
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Richmond
Hopewell
Prince George County
Floyd E. Kellam
Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit
A. L. Oast
First Judicial Circuit
Circuit Court
J. Jordan Temple
Edward W. Hudgins
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Collective Bargaining Ordered by Board
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a plant election at the Newport News Virginia Children’s Dress Company within 30 days. Eligible employees except clerical, guards, and supervisors may vote on representation by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union for the dress factory workers.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Newport News
Children's Dress Company
NLRB
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Appomattox Shrine Dedicated Amid Civil War Remembrance
More than 10 000 Southerners gathered at Appomattox Court House to witness the dedication of the surrender house as a national shrine. The scene recalled the final moments of the Civil War with Robert E Lee in his gold laced uniform as he prepared to meet General Grant. Northern observers attended, but the memory centered on the Army of Northern Virginia and the war's end.
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Appomattox Virginia
Appomattox Court House
McLean House
America
Robert E. Lee
General Grant
Army of
Northern Virginia
County Seat Quiet After Arm Laying Amid Oaks
In a quiet scene the group laid down its arms beneath bare oaks and locusts of the county seat, signaling an ending to the confrontation in the small town center.
Simple Graveside Services Held
Wakefield mourned with a large turnout for the Blanks family graveside services. William A. Blanks Sr., 46, his wife 39, son Billy 18, and daughter Valinda Brent, 10, were killed in a rampage in Huntington, West Virginia, before the son killed himself after police ordered him out of a garage.
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Wakefield
Blanks
William A. Blanks
Billy
Valinda Brent
Huntington
W. Va
J. E. White
Wakefield Baptist Church
J. L. Blankenship
Wakefield Methodist Church
Governor Authorizes Bids for Virginia Projects
Governor Bat tle today authorized the Virginia Commission for the blind to seek bids in Charlottesville for a project costing about 200000 dollars. He also approved the State Hospital Board accepting a low bid from Catlett-Johnson Corp. of Richmond totaling 26184 dollars for refrigeration equipment at Southwestern State Hospital.
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Richmond
Vernor Battle
Virginia Commission For the Blind
Charlottesville
State Hospital Board
Catlett-Johnson Corp
Southwestern State Hospital
Escaped convict Horsley captured in Abilene Texas
Authorities report Marshall P. Horsley a 19 year old escapee from a Virginia road camp was captured in Abilene Texas He disappeared August 19 while serving a 16 year term for breaking and entering and for escaping from a local jail Mart insville note remains in the record.
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Martinsville
Virginia
Abilene
Texas
Marshall P. Horsley
Horsley
Physicians Attend First Northern Virginia Assembly
About 93 physicians from northern Virginia and the District of Columbia attended the first annual Northern Virginia Clinical Assembly in Alexandria. The Alexandria Medical Society hosted the event to help busy general practitioners brush up on latest medical and scientific developments for treating common emergencies.
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Alexandria
Northern Virginia
District of Columbia
Circulating Petitions Aim to Refer Bond Plan for Schools
Abingdon Washington County citizens weigh circulating petitions to force a referendum on a bonds funded plan for seven new county schools. The idea follows a school board meeting that rejected a proposal for four high schools and three elementary schools with an estimated $2,000,000 bond cost and $666,554 in grant funds.
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Abingdon
Washington County
General Assembly
Catholic War Veterans End Their Meeting
In Alexandria the Catholic War Veterans of Virginia closed their annual convention with new officers sworn in led by State commander Capt Arthur L. Jackson of Arlington. Appointments named include Rev Ernest Unterkoeffler of Arlington as State chaplain and Tech Set Jesse Hawkins USMC of Arlington as state adjutant. John J. Daly editor of the Catholic Virginian in Richmond received Virginia's Catholic layman of the year honors.
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Alexandria
Catholic War Veterans of
Virginia
Arthur L. Jackson
Arlington
Jackson
Ernest Unterkoeffler
Tech
Jesse Hawkins
USMC
John J. Daly
Virginian
Richmond
75 Year Old Dies of Shock in Lexington
John T. L. Preston aged 75 dies in Lexington. Authorities report the death as sudden events surrounding the elderly resident. The obituary notes his long life and ties to the Lexington community.
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Lexington
John T. L. Preston
Resident Dies After Early Morning House Fire
A resident confined by illness died of shock from an early morning fire that swept his bedroom. The blaze was found around 3:30 a.m. He had been moved from his home to the Washington Street residence of W and L president Dr. Francis P. Gaines for medical aid.
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Reid White
Washington and Lee University
Preston
Washington Street
Francis P. Gaines
Court Clerk Commended In State Audit Roundup
Richmond records show R. J. Watson clerk of Roanoke Hastings and Law and Chancery Courts commended by State Auditor J. Gordon Bennett for meticulous records. Other audits approved and sent to the Governor cover William Hodges Baker of Portsmouth Hastings court and C. B. Moran of Charlottesville Court.
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Richmond
R. J. Watson
Roanoke
Hastings
Law and Chancery Courts
J. Gordon Bennett
William Hodges Baker
Portsmouth
C. BE. Moran
Charlottesville
Cor
Petersburg Courts Proceed With orderly Records
Fragmentary OCR notes show the Corporation Court and the Civil and Police Court of Petersburg operating with orderly accounts and records. The mention indicates routine administration of municipal justice and governance.
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Poration Court
Petersburg
Navy Officer Held In Murder Near Norfolk
Norfolk County police hold Navy chief petty officer Charlie Walter Burns on a murder charge after a family quarrel at the Burns home. Charles L Bray, 26, a Navy personnel man, died at a local hospital after a chest wound from a 20 gauge shotgun. Burns’ wife, 26, is reported in satisfactory condition in a Portsmouth hospital after being beaten.
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Norfolk County Police
Charlie Walter Burns
Navy
Burns
Here
Charles L Bray
Portsmouth
Bray
Burs
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