National Guard in Virginia Beach encampments proceed
The 264th Coast Artillery Virginia National Guard will fire eight inch railway guns and 12 inch mortars at Fort Story and Marine targets tomorrow and Thursday. About 650 coast artillery and 1000 infantry troops are stationed for two weeks of intensive training at Fort Story and the State Military Reservation Virginia Beach.
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Norfolk
Fort Story
264Th Coast Artillery
Virginia National Guard
Fortress
116Th Infantry
State Military Reservation
Virginia Beach
246Th Coast Artilery
Coast Artillery
Railway Yard Death Attributed To Accident In Richmond
Richmond police say J. L. Ellis of Newport News died in Chesapeake and Ohio yard last night from an accidental fall beneath train wheels. Coroner not called due to obvious circumstances. body decapitated and returned to Newport News.
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Richmond
Henrico County
J. L. Ellis
Newport News
Chesapeake and Ohio
T. Wilson Seay
Arrest Negro For Shooting In Luray Va
Town officer Heywood Leake and Sheriff J W Ruffner arrested 59 year old Thomas Porter of Madison eight minutes after Sheriff T M Lillard notified them Porter faced a felony warrant. Porter sought on a charge of shooting Pearl Hill Saturday night. she was wounded with a twelve gauge shotgun.
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Luray
Heywood Leake
J. W. Ruffner
Thomas Porter
Madison
T. M. Lillard
Mad
Porter
Leake
Pearl Hill
Lillard
Cleveland judge rules police may not bar plant picketing
Judge David Ralph Hertz ruled that police cannot forbid picketing at Republic Steel plant gates after a restraining order by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. He criticized Safety Director Eliot Ness for a broad 500 yard limit, preserving civil liberties but allowing reasonable limits on crowd size.
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America
Common Pleas
David Ralph Hertz
Cleveland
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Eliot Ness
G-man
Republic Steel
Central Press
State Firemen's Convention Opens In Charlottesville
Charlottesville hosts the 51st Virginia State Firemen's Association opening with Chief Frank W. Darling leading Hampton Fire Department honored for traveling 75 miles with 25 or more members. Over 500 members registered as tents planned for Harrisonburg and Clifton Forge contingents.
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Charlottesville
Frank W. Darling
Hampton Fire Department
Virginia State Firemen’s Association
Harrisonburg
Clifton Forge
James M. Hayes
Frank H. Wheeler
Leo Campbell
Luray
Ladies’s Auxiliary
Ruth B. Brock
City Recreation Department
Five More Deaths By Accident In Virginia Tuesday
An Associated Press report details five fatalities in Virginia from accidents and drownings. Drownings included Robert Royer 18 of Plymouth Pa at a CCC pool near Amherst after a diving collision and Clarence McNeil 13 of Norfolk in the Elizabeth River while two youths tried to help. Paul Montague 15 and Thomas Fritsinger were pulled under while aiding McNeil. Charles Edward Cox 22 of Covington died after a pit accident at West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. A Miami yacht crew assisted in the search and another listing notes a runaway horse, another drowning, and motor vehicle deaths in the state Monday.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Robert Royer
Plymouth
CCC
Amherst
Clarence McNeil
Norfolk
Elizabeth River
Paul Montague
Thomas Fritsinger
McNeill
Miami
Frank Patrick
Ellison
Charles Edward Cox
Covington
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Cox
Fredericksburg College Visited By Gov Peery
Gov Peery and state budget commission visited Fredericksburg State Teachers College. The tour included a luncheon with Dr Morgan L Combs and a review of campus improvements. Commission findings will help shape the upcoming bicentennial budget.
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Fredericksburg College
Gov. Peery
Fredericksburg
Peery
State Budget Commission
Hanover County
Beaumont
Bon Air
Eastern State Hospital
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Saxon W. Holt
Newport News
Oklahoma City Man Fined for Drinking After Lake Incident
R. Disney told Judge Frank P. Douglass he fell in a lake and took a couple of nips to ward off a chill. The judge approved the initial claim but disapproved his continued drinking claiming it worsened pneumonia. Disney was fined $5 plus costs.
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Oklahoma City
W. R. Disney
Frank P. Douglass
Disney
Report 26 Cases of Spotter Fever in Virginia
Virginia health officials disclosed 26 cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever since February with no specific cure known. The disease spread by ticks was unknown in the state until 1930. fatalities include Wilson Hudgins and five year old Irving Eugene Archer of Ettrick, Chesterfield County, with more cases reported through August. The department plans a pamphlet on sources symptoms and fatality rates.
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Richmond
Sug
Virginia
State Health Department
Wilson Hudgins
Irving Eugene Archer
Ettrick
Chesterfield County
Health Department
Youthful Car Thieves Held At Richmond
United States commissioner Melvin Flegenheimer committed Mike Lansky and John Sitarski both 17 of Philadelphia to the juvenile detention home pending federal grand jury action on transporting a stolen automobile from Philadelphia to Chesterfield County. Also Wilbur Johnson alias Henry Johnson was committed to Henrico jail in default of bond on a check fraud charge tied to a forged Treasury check indorsement.
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Richmond
United States
Melvin Flegenheimer
Mike Lansky
John Sitarski
Philadelphia
Chesterfield County
John F. Kershaw
Department of Justice
Wilbur Johnson
Henry Johnson
Harry C. Shepherd
The
Secret Service
Henrico Pail
District Court
Shepherd
Johnson
Edward J. Applegate
U. S. Treasury
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