Proposal to make Hog Island a James River game reserve
The Virginia State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries discussed designating Hog Island in the James River as a game reserve. No action was taken after the proposal was forwarded by William Mc L Ferguson of Newport News for the Peninsula Sportsmen's Association at the commission meeting.
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Richmond
James River
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Commission
William Mc. L. Ferguson
Newport News
Peninsula Sportsmen’s Association
Nox-Ivy claims fast relief for poison ivy itching
Scores find Nox-Ivy from the makers of Noxzema Skin Cream offers quick relief from poison ivy itch and helps dry blisters. Available at drug stores for 39¢ and 73¢.
Three Persons Charged with Murder in Manassas
Three people face a preliminary hearing in Prince William County Trial Justice Court on September 6 over the death of about 60 year old Richard Cornwell. Richard Watson Mrs Mary Watson and Andrew Cornwell are held in default of $10 000 bond each after Cornwell was found severely beaten at his home seven miles south of Manassas.
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Manassas
Richard Cornwell
Prince William County Trial Justice Court
Richard Watson
Mary Watson
Andrew Cornwell
Cornwell
Here
Tax Decrease Blamed on Strikes
In Richmond Virginia a drop in federal income taxes paid in 1950 is blamed on coal strikes reduced ship building and less war activity. Corporations paid 126,398,032.14 dollars compared with 143,710,524.66 in 1949 and individuals paid 203,379,585.17 dollars versus 208,035,040.32 last year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Collector of Internal Revenue
Daily Crossword Across Clues
A crossword style list of clues with numbers and terse hints covering religious terms plant life and body parts. The set includes entries such as project ends of churches plots small water vessel faithful and a fluted reamer with other clues like plunder constell ation put on fresh loud sound and more across the grid.
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Rugged Mountain Crest
Welfare Workers Hear Address at Charlottesville Workshop
Egger director of Virginia University's Bureau of Public Administration spoke to about 100 welfare workers at a Charlottesville workshop. He warned that while social services are a public good, complete planning could sacrifice liberty, as federal state local and private agencies inter-relate in the discussion through Friday.
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Charlottesville
Rowland Egger
University of Virginia
Bureau of Public Administration
Egger
Virginia Polio Outbreak Spreads Across State
Richmond reports 16 new polio cases with four in Norfolk County two in Prince William County and others in ten localities including Wythe County raising total since July 1 to 156 in the nation’s hardest hit area The Armed Forces plan to start accepting Wythe County enlistments later this week after a summer ban on drafts and enlistments due to the epidemic.
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Richmond
Virginia
Norfolk County
Prince William County
Wythe County
Bristol
Army
Air Force
Navy
Negro to Be Tried On Stabbing Charge at Colonial Beach
Eugene Johnson, 27, of Colonial Beach, will stand trial September 12 on a stabbing charge from the August 5 interracial clash at the Potomac River resort. He was indicted after witnesses Alvin Tate, 17, Rollins Fork, and Richard Fritter testified to the Grand Jury in Westmoreland County Circuit Court. Tate was stabbed during a disturbance that followed a Negro swimming party at the town beach amid discrimination disputes.
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Montross
Colonial Beach
Eugene Johnson
Westmoreland County
Alvin Tate
Rollins Fork
Richard D. Fritter
Johnson
Tate
Potomac River
Virginia Workers Describe SS Law Changes
Sidney T. Adair of the Richmond Social Security Office says about 116 000 Virginians will come under the amended bill signed by President Truman. Benefits rise 50 to 100 percent with increases effective September 1 and first higher checks dated October 1. 7 642 beneficiaries in Richmond and the 23 local counties are affected.
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Richmond
Virginia
Truman
Sidney T. Adair
Social Security Administration
Worker Rescued From Fumes In 50 Foot Well
In Danville a 30 year old textile worker was overcome by gas fumes at the bottom of a 50 foot well. Thomas Dunbar was rescued after Reginald Wallace entered the shaft and tied a rope. Dunbar was unconscious but revived after being brought to the surface.
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Danville
Thomas Dunbar
Clarence Matthews
Matthews
Dunbar
Reginald Wallace
Ice Cream Company
Wallace
Richmond Painter Faces Murder Charge In Slaying
A Richmond grand jury will consider murder against 58 year old painter George W Watts for last Saturday's fatal shooting of 43 year old contractor D W Stoup in front of Stoup's West Main Street office. Detectives quoted Watts claiming Shoup assaulted him before the shooting and a separate accessory charge against 40 year old Early Lanes Bowden was continued until next Saturday.
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Richmond
A_ Husting court
D. W. Stoup
George W. Watts
Watts
Shoup
Stoup
West Main Street
Bowden
Picketing At Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry Continues
Picketing continued at Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry Company in Lynchburg amid a union claim of a lock out. CIO United Steel Workers of America representative Robert D. Boyer said a meeting with company officials would be held to iron out difficulties, while Company President John D. Capron denied knowledge of such a meeting. He noted a hearing would occur for five men dismissed for a work stoppage over objections to overtime beyond the eight hour shift.
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Lynchburg
Glamorgan Pipe and Foundry Company
Robert D. Boyer
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
John D. Capron
Republicans Use MacArthur Affair As Campaign Issue
Washington politicians react to General Douglas MacArthur's Formosa remarks amid claims of a presidential gag order. Democratic leader Senator Lucas defends the president while some Democrats support MacArthur and one Republican backs Truman. The episode sparks national debate on U.S. policy and MacArthur's future.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Lucas
Ilinois
MacArthur
Pacific
Mr. Truman
Chicago
United Nations
White House
U. S
Truman
Motel Planned Near Stephens City
Frederick County issues a permit for a 11 room motel with a three room apartment on Route 11 east side just north of Valley Pike. Construction uses frame and stone with an estimated cost of 22000 dollars.
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Frederick County
John P
R. Haubrich
Stephens City
Route 11
Valley Pike
Russell Kerns
Route 3
Winchester
Paper Mill Road
Kerns
Finder of $20,000 To Become Owner
David Lumiansky of New Bedford Massachusetts becomes the legal owner today of $20,000 he found on a roadside last August 29. He says the windfall has caused sleepless days as many claimants surface while others offer to spend the money. No one has established a trial claim to the funds.
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New Bedford
Mass
David Lumiansky
Lumiansky
Dynamite Found in Coal Supposedly for Springfield Schools
Workmen screened coal in two Springfield public school basements after 12 sticks of dynamite and detonating caps were found in a railroad carload of coal consigned to the schools. Some fuel had already been placed in the schools before the explosives were discovered. Police awaited details on how the dynamite entered the car.
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Springfield
Mass
Dining room from Lansdowne House exhibited at Met in NYC
The dining room from Lansdowne House in a Square will be shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The house, built 1765 to 1768 by Robert Adam for the Earl of Shelburne, later Marquess of Lansdowne.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Robert Adam
Earl of
Ghost of Guam Back in Service
PORTLAND ORE. The sailor George Ray Tweed famed as the Ghost of Guam after surviving under Japanese occupation has been recalled to active duty at age 48. A 22 year Navy veteran he returns as a chief electronics technician and may be assigned to the Far Western Pacific, where he was once known as the Ghost of Guam.
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Portland, Obe
Robinson Crusoe
Guam
George Ray Tweed
Tweed
Far Western Pacific
State and parish share voting machine costs in Louisiana
The question and answer reveal that half of the expense is borne by the State and half by the individual parish. The first world chart to include the word America is the Waldseemuller map from 1507.
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Louisiana
America
Students Urged Not to Sell Textbooks This Year
R. E. Aylor, superintendent of schools, asked county students to refrain from selling last year’s textbooks until after the opening of school. Classes will begin with some time spent on this at the start of the term, and students should bring books used last year to school on opening day.
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R. E. Aylor
Aylor
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