Powder Plant For Virginia Likely Ammunition Facility
The Bote tourt county school board sold Glen Wilton elementary school land to Triton Chemical Company, a Delaware firm, for possible TNT production. A 1.6 acre site and building were transferred as officials consider moving 75 pupils to Eagle Rock. exact project details remain undisclosed.
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Fincastle
Botetourt County
Glen Wilton
Triton Chemical Company,,Inc
Delaware
County Board of Supervisors
The
Chemical Corporation
Duval Radford
Bedford
Stuart Carter
Commonwealth
Phillip Cohen
Eagle Rock
Jack James
Triton Chemical Company
Clifton Forge
James
Son of Slain Fugitive Faces Murder Charge Decision
In Middlesboro Kentucky 15 year old Clyde Buchanan Jr waits in a jail cell as Bell County Attorney Walter Smith decides whether to press a murder charge for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff George Fisher and the wounding of two others. Buchanan denies firing but says he was armed when captured near Wheeler Virginia after a massive manhunt for his father Clyde William Buchanan a WWI veteran and itinerant worker. The elder man died after a gunfight with a posse following the killing of the deputy and injuries to a patrolman and the chief.
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Middlesboro
Clyde Buchanan
Bell County
Walter B. Smith
Young Buchanan
Wheeler
Smith
Clyde Willima Buchanan
Virginia
Buchanans
Kentucky Mountains
George W. Fisher
George Minton
Buchanan
Alexandria
Traier Camp
Work Horses for Sale at Pagebrook Farm
Six heavy draft horses for sale due to a farm sale. Two mares one in foal, three gildings and one stallion, all leaders. Weights from 1530 to 1720 pounds and ages 5 to 9. See at Pagebrook two miles from Boyce. Call Winchester 359 for details. H. K. Benham.
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Winchester
Pagebrook
Boyce
H. K. Benham
Fewer Felons Sent To Penitentiary In 1940
Virginia reported 1541 commitments to the state penitentiary through November 1940, down from 1717 in the same period of 1939, continuing a recent decline. The total prison population also fell to 4175 on Nov 1 from 4369, while 326 conditional pardons were issued since Jan 19 1938, with 93 revocations to date. Jail committals dropped to 82621 from 83058 the previous year.
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Richmond
Virginia
Raymond L. Jackson
the Commonwealth
Price
Jackson
Virginia Draft Quota Reduced for Second Draft
Lieutenant Colonel F. Neal says Virginia's second draft quota will be 500, down 20 from the earlier figure. White men only due to unfinished quarters for negroes, with inductees scheduled January 9 and 10 at Richmond Roanoke and Baltimore reception centers, en route to Fort Story to bolster the 246th coast artillery. Local boards list quotas by county.
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Virginia
Richmond
Roanoke
Baltimore
Washington
Fort Meade
Fort Story
246Th Coast Artillery
Rev Owen Called by Falling Waters Presbyterians
The Falling Waters group of Presbyterian churches voted to extend a call to Rev. Julian T. Owen of Stephens City. He has served in Stephens City and previously led congregations in Springfield Hampshire County and Lost City Hardy County. The group has lacked a pastor since Rev. Dr. J. A. McMurray retired and moved to Winchester. Mr Owen is expected to announce his decision soon.
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Falling Waters
Presbyterian
Julian T. Owen
Stephens City
Owen
J. A. McMurray
D. D
Winchester
Springfield
Hampshire County
Lost City
Hardy County
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Phonephoto
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Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
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Arlington
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Clarke
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Stafford
Warren
Westmoreland
Mr. Owen
Cammer Tire Coo
Handley School
Unt Vate
LCR
Ieee
Columbia System
Nehi Bottling CO
Ihner Tan and
Rawaror Wran
BELL
Stewart Lane
Sanford
Marlboro
Phoenix Hose
Boston
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