State Jail Committals In Virginia Decline For First Time Since 1934
Richmond, Dec 13. Committals to Virginia jails in the fiscal year ended June 30 dropped 5,464 under 1938, the first decline since 1934 and the seventh year since 1911 with a decrease. Total 83,058, breakdown by county 40,627 city 36,381 and city farms 6,050, with Wise county highest among counties and Norfolk city highest among cities. Juvenile totals rose in city farms and counties, while adult commitments fell.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Public Welfare
State Department of ‘Public Welfare
Russell B. DeVine
Welfare Department
DeVine
U. S. Census Bureau
Wise
Elizabeth City
Nansemond
Buchanan
Henrico
Lee
Norfolk
Roanoke
Danville
Norfolk City
King and Queen
Mathews
Gloucester
Charles City
Middlesex
Craig
Fredericksburg
Lynchburg
Mrs Cook Attends Rites For Mother In Baltimore
Mrs Roy N Cook visits at her son Charles Cook’s home after attending funeral services in Baltimore for her mother Mrs Annie B French wife of the late Henry B French She is survived by four daughters Ella and Margaret at home Mrs Charles G Henkle of Philadelphia and Mrs Cook of Baltimore one son Theophilus French and nine grandchildren Requiem Mass was held at St Ambrose Church and interment followed at Cathedral Cemetery Baltimore
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Roy N. Cook
Charles Cook
Valley Pike
Here
Baltimore
Annie B. French
French
Henry B. French
Ges
Gael
James Ne Donald
B. MacDonald
Aelphia
Ella
Margaret
Charles G. Henkle
Philadelphia
Cook
Theophilus French
St. Ambrose Church
Cathedral Cemetery
Russian Ambassador to Italy Leaves Rome Without Credentials
Diplomatic circles report Nicolai Gorkhin, newly appointed Russian ambassador to Italy, left Rome for Moscow yesterday without presenting credentials. He had been in Rome only 15 days. Soviet embassy attaches said they had no information on a sudden recall or his return schedule.
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Rome
Italy
Nicolai Gorekhin
Moscow
Robbery on dark street ends with empty bottle thrown
In Greenville Ohio a man was robbed on a dark street as a thief pressured him with a weapon. The assailant took 31 dollars and fled discarding an empty beverage bottle.
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Greenville
8. C
Partition suit in Winchester Virginia courts
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on December 6 1939 Mary Anne Marple plaintiff and Rose Sheipp defendant seek partition of a Winchester land parcel under Elizabeth Gratchens will. If in kind not possible sale and distribution of proceeds. Defendants not VA residents ordered to appear within ten days after publication. Publication four weeks in Evening Star and posting at courthouse by December 11 1939. Teste Corinne Barnett. Herbert S. Larrick p q 412-714.
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Corporation Court
City OF
Winchester
Mary Anne Marple
Everhart
Et Als
Rose Sheipp
Rose Sheip
Lee Everhart
George W. Everhart
Howard Steele
Greta Everhart
Gloria G. Valentine
Kenneth ‘Lee Everhart
State of
Virginia
Evening Star
Corinne Barnett
Herbert S. Larrick
Budget action sets capital cuts and school rise in Winchester
Winchester council adopts lump sum capital cuts to 23700 with possible 40000 total if a federal grant applies. School appropriation rises from 63000 to 65000 after debate. Water rate kept at 1.25, despite concerns over large users, while revenue officials note 490 property owners are delinquent.
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Page
Council
C. R. Anderson
Dr., Anderson
Messrs. Hable
W. P. Anderson
Barr
Barnett
Forney
Hollis
Jemison
Streit
Messrs Miller
Weaver
R Frank Barr
Fred Forney
Percy Miller
Front Royal
O. L. Jamison
Jamison
Hable
Barntt Forney
Messrs
Miller Streit
Reardon
Virginia Woolen Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Mr. Miller
W. A. Baker
C.F McVicar
Herman Ecpogu
Baker
Surviving Danish Sailor Clutches Officer's Corpse
A Danish sailor, lone survivor of a 26 crew Danish vessel sunk by a submarine, was picked up by an Aberdeen trawler after four days adrift. He clutched the body of a dead officer when found.
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London
Robertson Backs Hull and Trade Pact in Broad Defense of Tariffs
Washington dispatch reports Representative Robertson of Virginia pledging unqualified support for the reciprocal trade agreements program and urging a world trade framework for lasting peace. He notes Republican concerns over agriculture, cites Hawley Smoot era protection, and contrasts 1930 and 1934 votes as proof of course.
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Washington
Robertson
D-Va
House
Ways and Tariff
Hul
Germany
France
Great Britain
Europe
Republican National Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Smoot
Hawley
Hawley-Smoot
Hoover
Cupid Eliminates Entire School Class in South Carolina
In Gaffney South Carolina on December 13 a sixth grade at a Negro school was eliminated when all five pupils aged 16 to 18 quit to marry. The teacher stated the free textbooks were returned after the students left.
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Gaffney
S. C
Cupid
Here
Robbers In Car Hold Up Man Lazily
A pair of holdup men robbed Everett Ward of 145 dollars from his curbside stop after pulling up in a car. They asked a question Ward did not understand and then declared this a stickup.
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Washington
Everett Ward
Ward
U S Mails Seized From Exeter By British Authorities
Captain F Ransone of the S S Exeter reports 252 bags of United States mail addressed to Germany Austria Poland and Czechoslovakia were removed by British authorities at Gibraltar during the last eastward crossing. The ship docked in Jersey City after a 12 hour delay while contraband control questioned the mail.
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Jersey City
N. J
F. Ransone
S. S. Exeter
United States
Germany
Austria
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bri
Exeter
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Ransh
Ransone
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U. S
Storm Rubbers
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Mrs. Cook
Hable Barnett
Miller
Lawrence Hollis
O. L Jamison
E. Miller Streit
Marvin Weaver
Hable Barr
Tennessee
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main St
Hull
Eae Ee Ls
Bright Nick
Tor Drinks
H.P. Motor
Philco
Gell
R. F
Anderson
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