Marines, nursing leaders, and an officer trainee cited in Okinawa and Fort Sam Houston
Hugh B. Lubehusen of Route 1 serves with the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa. Hugh B. Lubehusen is listed with FPO San Francisco. Col. Peggy G. Jones heads nursing at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, with a 1940 entry into the Army Nurse Corps. Alan Oates from Winchester, a Handley High School teacher, chosen for Officer Candidate School at Quantico, to become a Marine Corps second lieutenant after 10 weeks. References to other officers and a Maryland scholarship program for the 7th Infantry Division conclude the item.
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Hugh Lubehusen
Okinawa
Hugh B. Lubehusen
L. J. Lubehusen
Route 1
3Rd Marine Division
H&s Co
3Rd Medical Btn
FMF
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Peggy G. Jones
Harry M. Carbaugh
Stephens City
Department of Nursing
Army Medical Service School
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Jones
Army Nurse Corps
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, DC
University of Minnesota
Kenneth P Jones
Alan Oates
Winchester
Handley High School
Quantico
Oates
United States Marine Corps
Ctead
U.S
William Brash
E. Whitlock Ave
Kenneth A. Scholes
University of Maryland
7Th Infantry Division
Jury conviction of bribe charge set aside by judge
Navy CPO Harold Soltis of Yonkers New York and a mess caterer aboard the Orion had his May trial verdict for taking a bribe set aside by Federal District Judge Walter E Hoffman after defense counsel contended evidence was insufficient. He was among 27 Navy men indicted in an alleged food fraud case connected to a Portsmouth firm accused of taking money for undelivered shipboard meals.
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Norfolk
Navy C. P. O
Harold Soltis
Walter E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Herbert K. Bange
Yonkers
N. Y
Orion
Navy
Portsmouth
Musial Tops Cobb for Third in Extra-base Hits
Stan Musial, in his 16th season with the St. Louis Cardinals, moved past Ty Cobb into third in all-time extra-base hits with 1,140. He went 4-for-4 with two two-run homers as the Cardinals beat the Giants 8-0 to reclaim the NL lead. He also passed Rogers Hornsby for second in NL RBIs with 1,552, behind Mel Ott’s 1,860.
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ST. Louis
Stan
Musial
Ty Cobb
Cobb
St. Louis Cardinals
New York
Giants
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Ruth
Gehrig
Rogers Hornsby
Mel Ott
Virginia Tobacco Suggested as Cause Of Lung Cancer
London report cites Dr Antonios Georgeades of Cyprus suggesting Virginia tobacco may drive rising lung cancer rates. He notes higher Balkan cancer trends after shift from Turkish to Virginias and urges research into tobacco types’ carcinogenic properties.
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Virginia Tobacco
London
Antonios Georgeades
Cyprus
Ysterday
Europe
Georgeades
Brinkley Tours Drought Areas of Virginia
Agriculture Commissioner Parke C. Brinkley toured nine Southside counties reporting Chesterfield and Amelia as awful dry and parts of Nottoway and Prince Edward Counties in bad shape. He visited Campbell Bedford Pittsylvania Halifax Charlotte Nottoway Amelia Prince Edward and Chesterfield with more notes to Gov. Stanley next week.
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Parke C. Brinkley
Norfolk
Virginia
Brinkley
Chesterfield
Amelia
Nottoway
Prince Edward
Blacksburg
Institute On Rural Affairs
Campbell
Bedford
Pittsylvania
Halifax
Charlotte
Gov. Stanley
Cooling Breezes Reach Northern Areas Amidst Widespread Heat
A weather summary notes cooler conditions in the northern plains and upper Mississippi Valley, with fair skies in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile the South, Midwest, and West sweltered with 100 degree plus heat, reaching 105 in Pierre and 104 in Bismarck, and 100s extending from Texas to Nebraska as scattered storms offered brief relief.
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Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Pacific Northwest
South
Midwest
Pierre
N.D
Bismarck
Utah
Texas
Nebraska
Columbia
N.C
Birmingham
Ala
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In Va. Slaying
In Buena Vista, a Circuit Court jury convicts Claude Raymond Noel of murder for the Dec 9 1956 pistol killing of Grace Drumwright Spence a 28 year old pregnant mother of four The verdict carries a 20 year sentence while a Sept 26 hearing will address a defense motion to set aside the conviction.
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Buena Vista
William F. Moffett Jr
Claude Raymond Noel
State Penitentiary
Noel
Grace Drumwright Spence
Spence
Court of Appeals Asked to Review Death Sentence
Roanoke attorney for Frank Jimmy Snider Jr. asks the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to review Snider’s death sentence citing mental illness and absence of a written mental examination report. The appeal follows a federal habeas writ granted July 9, and Snider’s execution, once slated for July 1 in Richmond, is stayed. Snider, 29, Alabama steelworker, was convicted of raping a 10 year old Roanoke girl. prior appeals have failed.
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Roanoke
Frank Jimmy Snider Jr
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Snider
Kennon C. Whittle
T. Warren Messick
Whittle
Walter E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Hastings Court
M. Ray Doubles
Richmond
Virginia
NV. S. Supreme Courts
Alabama
Messick
Supreme Court
Staunton
Man Electrocuted by Floor Lamp in Dinner Room
St Louis police report Orenza Young, 43, died after a short circuit in a floor lamp near his dinner table. Moisture on his body caused heavy sparks as he reached to move the lamp, an accident described as freak and fatal.
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ST. Louis P
Orenza Young
St. Louis
Young
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