Plank Found By Divers Hints At Civil War Vessel Near Richmond
Jackson Jenks retrieved an eight foot waterlogged plank from a river near Richmond and suspects a Civil War era wreck. Smithsonian curator Mendel Peterson and Navy officials say the timber likely dates to the early 19th century while Jenks seeks salvage rights and reports a 150 foot hull with four foot square side ports and debris suggestive of an explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
Navy
Smithsonian Institution
Jackson Jenks
Virginia
Jenks
Mendel Peterson
Smithsonian
Ernest Bell
Thomas Vaughn
Bell and
Vaughn
Missing Franklin County farmer Jamison case reopened
Police in Rocky Mount Virginia search for the skeleton of Filmore Jamison a 51 year old farmer who vanished on December 18 1950 after heard horn near his Snow Creek home. A promising tip prompted the reopened probe and a prior reward of 3500 has been withdrawn.
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Rocky Mount
Filmore Jamison
Ralph H. McBride
Jamison
Snow Creek
Franklin County
Franklin - Henry County
McBride
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
G. C Richardson
Alger Hiss Named $12 000 A Year Administrative Aide
Alger Hiss, released from a federal penitentiary in 1954, has taken a clerical post at Feathercombs Inc. in New York earning $12 000 yearly. He works as an aide to R Andrew Smith, firm president, with rapid promotion after proving effective in solving office problems. The firm employs about 1 000 staff, including 150 in New York and others in Germany and Japan.
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New York
Alger Hiss
New York City
State Department
Hiss
R. Andrew Smith
Feathercombs Inc
Smith
Germany
Japan
Whittaker Chambers
Local Firemen to Attend CVVFA Convention in Waynesboro
Twenty Winchester firemen will represent city companies at the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association 56th annual convention set for August 22 to 24 in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. Delegates listed include Jesse Riggleman Ronald Bowers Charles Shewbridge Eugene Line Fred Hildebrand Sarah Zane Chester Webber Roy Fisher Larry Jones Harold Bagent Charles L. Webber Tommy Wolfe Hawker Greathouse Miles Orndorff James Snapp Roxy Hockman Reuss William Louthan Robert Smallwood Richard Wolfe Marvin Williams and Walter R. Willis.
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Winchester
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Waynesboro
Friendship Fire Company
Jesse Riggleman
Ronald Bowers
Charles Shewbridge
Eugene Line
Fred Hildebrand
Sarah Zane
Chester Webber
Roy Fisher
Larry Jones
Harold Bagent
Charles L. Webber
South End
Tommy Wolfe
Hawker Greathouse
Miles Orndorff
James Snapp
Roxy Hoc
Berryville Fire Company meeting details and talks
The H Enders Fire Company and Berryville volunteers plan a convention on August 22 with 8 30 a m registration and 10 a m session. Sessions include a police fire cooperation address by Sgt Kinback and a Maryland Fire Service Extension School talk on fire control. A grand parade closes the event. The fox weight Q A provides ranges: red foxes average nine pounds for males and eight for females.
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Sarah Zane
Mr. Pope
Marshall G. Kinback
Bureau of Fire Protection
Pennsylvania
J. C. Robertson
Fire Service Extension School
Universty of
Maryland
New York State
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Purcellville
Purcellville, Va
Krackers
OLD Stone Church
Greenspring
Keith Crim
Henry T. Goode
S. Braddock ST
Hansbrough & Carter
Lagug
Automobile
L. Mason
General Insurance
Loudoun St
Gray and Eddy
Gray
and Eddy
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Richardson
CVVFA
Jane Russell and
Richard Ecan
Mamie Stover
Milt Grant
Winchester Armory
V.F.W. Post
Mais Ra
Stephens City
CAR & Driver
van van Joanson
THE
Lone Ranger
Price Old
U. 8
ROYAL
Dale Robertson
Debra Paget
LL Tay A
Natchez
Scott Brady
Rita Gam
Johawk
Northern
Winchester Drive-In Theatre
Evvn
Ld Oa
Cte i
Technicolor
P. m
Main Street
Ralph ©. Lockman
Christ Church—Methodist
Mr. DeMille
Francis Cardings
Moses
Rae
Universal Law
Cecile
Demilles
Winchester Credit Corp
Rouss Ave
Hable
20 Century-Fox
Presente
Cary Grant
Deborah Kerr
Ciineemascor
FBI
Bom
Jayne Mansfield
Rock Hunter
Ofluxe
Cinemascope
Tony Randall
Betsy Drake
Joan Blondell
Stanley Warner
Ufpe
Presley
Scott
Corey
HAL Wallis
Retucome
Spm
Benefit Vo FW
Eshemval Music CO
Gray & Eddy
J. V. Arthur
Touugh
Hitch
John Deere
Luptonorcians
John Deere Beste
Heston
Brynner
Robinson DE Carlo Paget
Derek
Sir Cedric Nina Martha
Judith Vincent Hardwicke
Foch
Anderson - Price
the Seven
Alneas Mackintic
Stanley
Vem Capitol
Entertainments
Bambi
Thumper, Flower
MTS
Saltons
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