First Socialist elected to Congress
In 1911 Victor L Berger was elected to Congress as the first Socialist to hold a seat. He served 1911 to 1913 and was later elected again for another term.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1951
Page
9
In 1911 Victor L Berger was elected to Congress as the first Socialist to hold a seat. He served 1911 to 1913 and was later elected again for another term.
Postmaster Carl Campbell warns of a Yuletide rush as 63 000 pieces per day are expected at the peak. He urges town residents to mail greetings and gifts early and bundle stamps, with clear addresses and uniform envelopes to speed cancellations.
Funeral services for Etta Kremer 80 were held at 11 a m at Jones Funeral Home led by Rev W E Eisen burial followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers included J Thomas Kremer Kenneth Cornwell J Richard Kremer Luther C Kremer Rory Garrabrandt and Fred
The note explains that Second Class Mail is used for circulars and advertising and that cards should not contain writing or be sealed. It warns cards cannot be forwarded or returned if undeliverable and promotes sending Christmas cards via First Class Mail for prompt delivery and personal appeal.
Floyd Joyner Jr., 39, a Black man, was executed at the state penitentiary for the hammer slaying of Mrs. Addie G. McCormack, 47. He died at 7:41 a.m. after a prior death sentence overturned, with defense notes about his failure to testify.
Funeral services for John D. Warren, 52, of Toms Brook, who died in Woodstock Hospital, were held yesterday afternoon at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home. Rev. J. S. Duckwall officiated. Interment was in Mt. Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers R. Pallbeare, L. Funk, Jr., C. W. Hofe, Meryeegga Q, C. Windle, J. O. Windle, and B. F. Liggett.
A lien for 68885 dollars was filed in the federal district court here yesterday for unpaid taxes on the Cetlin and Wilson Show property based in Petersburg.
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