End of VA hearings halts nine month TVA inquiry
Public hearings on the TVA probe ended in Washington after nine months as Edward C. Richnd failed to testify. Senator Donahey paused the final hearing with few attendees. The committee, short on funds, recessed and planned a January 3 report, seeking a time extension and more money.
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Washington
Congress
de Magnion
TVA
Edward C. M. Richnd
TVA Forester
Apear
Donahey
Ohio
IVA
Senate House Committee
For Rent Apartments and Houses Listings
Classified ads list multiple rental offerings including a six room house near the center of the city on Cork Street a six room house at 505 National Ave a large apartment at 608 S Stewart and a six room brick house on Morningside Drive Furnished front bedrooms at 137 S Loudoun and other apartments with contact details and dates.
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Cork Street
D. FP
O'Connell
National Ave
S. Stewart Street
Morningside Drive
For Sale and Wanted Classified Listings
A dense string of classified ads lists items for sale including beds, lamp, dishes, and bicycles, plus pedigreed dogs, a garage door, autos, goods like turkey and razors, and jobs or services. It also includes a call for dead stock removal from farms and a general business contact for Potomac By-Products Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callus
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Potomac By-Products Company
Oldest Dr. John A White Joins Medical College Faculty
Dr John A White professor emeritus of otolaryngology and ophthalmology at the Medical College of Virginia is the oldest faculty member. He began teaching at the institute in 1881. Photo.
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Joh A. White
The
Medical College of Virginia
Enite
Virginia granges urged to aid youth in schooling
Dr. Walter S. Newman state supervisor of agricultural education from Richmond urged local Virginia granges to help present day youth stay in school.
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Walter S. Newman
Richmond
Virginia
Sehsor Ronger
Mrs Guy Roop Named President of National Home Demonstration Council
Snowville Virginia resident Mrs Guy Roop has been elected president of the National Home Demonstration Council. The announcement highlights her leadership role and the council’s goals for home life improvement and community outreach.
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Guy Roop
Snowville, Va
National Home Demonstration Council
President Callaway Brown Named Association Leader
President J Callaway Brown of Bedford county has been elected president of the Association of J Huslicu of Virginia. He was one of the group at its ch sali photo.
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J. Callaway Brown
Bedford County
J. Huslicu
Virosinia
Sali
Five Are Found Dead In Savannah Area Slaying
In Savannah Bar area on Bay Street extension a family of four and a neighbor were beaten with an iron pipe in their beds. J S Tillman 35 Eliza 24 Ella 8 Cora Pearl 6 and Tom Chester about 40 were killed in or near a filling station nearby. The killer used a shotgun blast to kill Chester and swung the pipe like a bat on the Tillman family.
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Psavanbar
Bay Street
Savannah
South Carolina
L. W. Williams
J. S. Tillman
Eliza
Ella
Cora Pearl
Tom Chester
Tillman
Williams
W. F. Chapman
Chapman
Girl Reports Her Robber Had Pretty Blue Eyes
In Cleveland Ohio Mrs Anna Garringer 20 blond and pretty says a robber at Quong Lees Chinese restaurant took seven dollars meant as Christmas gifts for her eight siblings in Shreve Ohio. One gunman who rushed her paused to kiss the waitress and demanded her name and address, noting the intruder had very pretty blue eyes.
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Cleveland
Anna Garringer
Quong Lee
Shreve
Garringer
Tools Ring On Five Thousand Nine Hundred PWA Projects
Ickes announced work on five thousand five hundred nine PWA projects started in the last six months. The 1938 public works program is 75 percent under way with 5,509 projects nationwide costing 1.22 billion dollars. In ten days construction will start on about 1,500 more projects valued at 300.9 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PWA
Ickes
Roosevelt
Three Children Die In Fire Near MT Airy North Carolina
Three young children under five perished when a house burned at MT Airy in North Carolina. Fay Midkiff, a filling station employee, had left the children alone while visiting her mother. the family tragedy occurred today.
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MT. Airy
N. C
Fay Midkiff
Fire Engulfs Small Wooden Building Quickly
A small wooden building was a mass of flames as the fire rapidly consumed the structure. No further details on location or cause are provided in the readable text.
Christmas Chimes at Grace Church to Feature Classic Carols
Grace M. E. Church South will ring Christmas chimes Saturday evening at 7 o clock with Frederick Kline and Miss Ruby Everley at the console. A program of old favorites including Joy to the World Silent Night and Christ Is Born In Bethlehem will be played on the bells. A Christmas tree will be decorated for the program. Ten baskets of food clothing and toys will be distributed to local families through the Fellowship Club on Christmas Eve.
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Grace M. E. Church
South
Frederick Kline
Ruby Everley
Christ
Bethlehem
Middletown
Fellowship Club
French Navy Plans Large War Games Early 1939
Paris dispatch reports the French navy will hold extensive war games early in 1939 in the southern Atlantic Ocean off Africa's west coast. The announcement came tonight, detailing the maneuvers and geographical scope.
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Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
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Leicester St
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James Ford
Valley Ave
Amherst
Shenandoah Body Works
N. Cameron
Star Office
E. L. Lickey
Berryville
F.E. McComas
Kernstown
Care Star
J.O.J Greene
Capitol Theatre
Reward Star Office
B&o
New York
Newark
Plainfield, Elizabeth
St. Martinsburg
St. Harpers Ferry
Conduit
Baltimore & Ohio
Joseph A. White
Mrs
Musica
George
George Dietrich
Arthur
George Vernard
Robert
Robert Dietrich
Bottom
Philip Musica
F. Donald Coster
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. B. Snider & Son
Baldwin
S. Seal ES Music
Philco
Philcos
Winchester — Front Royal
Bell
O’coats
Ted Lewis
Winchester Front Royal
Front Royal
Ralston
N. Loudoun St
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