Virginia Road and Bridge Awards and Local Trials
Richmond reports the awarding of 13 road and bridge contracts totaling updates to 45 miles of new road, including 23.5 miles of farm to market highway and major overpasses at Culpeper Montgomery and near Portsmouth. Martinsville notes a murder case preliminary hearing for E B Byrd Jr. and bond status. State Board of Education defends Dr Robert P Daniel as president of Virginia State College amid alumni concerns. Attorney General to rule on constitutionality of a plan for separate scheduling by state colleges for football teams.
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Culpeper
Culand
Fredericksburg
Montgomery
County
Portsmouth
Beth River
Cnst
Martinsville
M H. M
Circuit Court
E. B
Byrd Jr
Kenneth V Vaden
Yrd
Trial Justice Court
William C. Vaden
Gretna
Byrd
Richmond
State Board of Education
Robert P. Daniel
Virginia State College
Dr. Daniel
J. Lindsay Almond
Statesup
Richeson
Senate
University of Virginia and
William and Mary
Red ships excite comment by trip through Caribbean
Three mysterious Soviet ships labeled fishing vessels without gear are seen near the Caribbean as U S and allied planners prepare a major war game from January to March. The vessels Trepang Peramutr and Chiaka are en route from the Baltic to Vladivostok via St Thomas Panama Canal and Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribbean
Washington
U. S
Trepang
Peramutr
Chiaka
Baltic
Canal Zone
Peramutt
St. Thomas
Russia
Belsk
Navy
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
Asia
Virginia officers raid large still and seize mash in Fairfax
One of the county’s largest stills, about 100 gallons capacity, was seized by Virginia officers in Fairfax. Authorities confiscated 900 gallons mash and arrested Daniel L. and Thomas A. Hill, both charged with illegal whisky violations. Investigator M. K. Bry is named in official notices.
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Fairfax
Virginia
Daniel L. A
Thomas A. Hill
ABC
M.,.k. Bry
Gubitchev Faces Trial, State Dept Says No Immunity
The State Department told Judge Sylvester J. Ryan that Calentin A. Gubitchev has no immunity from arrest or trial. Gubitchev, a Russian engineer, is to stand trial with Judith Coplon, after his UN post immunity claim was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Department
Sylvester J. Ryan
Calentin A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
United Nations
Ryan
Mysterious Object Described Amid Saucer Hype
The witness insisted the object was not saucer shaped and noted its appearance and the witnesses who saw it. Reports mirrored postwar flying saucer tales, suggesting ongoing public fascination with unidentified phenomena.
Daily Quiz Answers and UN Building Cost Summary
The reader provides quiz answers listing topics from pessimism to New Zealand and Panama. The main factual note states demolition and excavation work on the permanent home of the United Nations in Manhattan cost about $750,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Nations
Hattan
General Electric Ends Contract With UE Union
General Electric Co plans to terminate its contract with the United Electrical Workers. The UE has called for a vote in GE plants nationwide to decide which union will represent workers after the CIO ousted the UE for alleged communist domination. About 100 GE plants employ roughly 000 workers under the current contract set to expire April 1 unless canceled 60 days prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric Co
United Electrical Workers
General Electric
Eue
CIO
IUE
Sroupe
On Farm Runs Under GI Bill for Veterans Course
A 1951 GI Bill program invites veterans to qualify for courses and asks localities to report how many veterans can be served, current instructors, and any needed additional teachers to meet enrollment. The questionnaire seeks facilities adequacy and local capacity for immigrant enrolment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jocali
Estate of W Reed sale at Frederick County front
Public notice of auctions listing real estate on Front Royal Road and antiques and household goods. Dates include January 7 at 11 am and January 14 at 11 am at the Frederick County Court House front with James P Reardon, Trustee, handling Estates of W Reed and James P. Reardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Reed
Fredertate
Rearehouse
N. Cameron Antiques
James P
James P. Reardon
Frederick County Court House
Front Royal Road
John W. Reed
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Mahlon H.ice
Court House
Winch O’clock
Ester
Pilot crawls mile after crash to die on mountain
John Anderson 35 of Houston Texas crawled over a mile from a plane wreck on Devil Steep mountain after a hangar crash on December 22. He died from shock and exposure. plane wreckage found a day earlier. authorities note a broken leg and attempts to splint it.
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Crab Orchard
Tenn
Devil Steep
Poteet
John Anderson
Houston
Tex
Andersonad
Columbus
Miss
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Chain Letters Seek Fund for Taft Campaign in Ohio
Chain letters asking for a dollar or more to aid Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio appeared in St. Joseph Missouri. Letters from New York urged recipients to copy ten friends and send contributions to Ben E. Tate in Cincinnati. Taft, a Republican, sought reelection in 1950 amid claims of large sums destined to destroy him politically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Ben E. Tate
Taft
Carew Tower
Cincinnati
Truman Plans Cabinet Meeting On Budget Balance
President Truman scheduled a cabinet review tomorrow to decide if the fiscal year starting July 1 should balance revenue and expenditure. The decision may include tax increases or spending cuts. He returned from Missouri with Secretary Snyder to consult on spending and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
Washington
Missouri
Snyder
Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Commerce Secretary
White House
Spies Confess in Hungarian Tele Company Case
Hungarian authorities report that Robert Vogeler American and Edgar Sanders British in the jail confessed to police they spied and plotted sabotage. They were arrested with Hungarian manager Imre Geiger in November. The official accuses foreign imperialists of using company leaders to run espionage rings and sabotage actions across subsidiaries including Standard Oil MAORT and Standard Electric Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ments
International TelePhone and Telegraph Co
Robert Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
Imre Geiger
Geroe
Standard Oil Co
MAORT
Standard Electric Works
Shell Oil Co
Vacuum Oil Co
Phillips Radio Co
Brown-Bover
Noise Waves Eyed As Possible Agency For Detonation
Dr. Arthur Kantrowitz and Robert Perry reported shock waves can concentrate to create extreme pressures and temperatures, possibly serving as a detonator for explosions. They demonstrated a doughnut shaped shock zone in a three inch tube and suggested potential military ignition uses. Kantrowitz favored conventional spark plugs for auto ignition but saw promise for external detonators.
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Arthur R. Kantrowitz
American Physical Society
University of Virginia
Kantrowitz
Robert W. Perry
Groves on Panel of State Fruit Society Session
Roanoke hosts the 54th annual meeting of the Virginia State Horticultural Society January 23 to 25. Highlights include talks by Mary Barber on Apple nutrition, John Magness on pollination of Red Delicious, and Wesley Judkins on Orchard Soil Management. R L Lee of General Motors to give principal banquet address January 24. A panel on insect and disease control features John C. Donegar Ed Gould and A B Groves.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Virginia State Horticultural Society
John F. Watson
Staunton
Mary I. Barber
Battle Creek
Mich
John R. Magness
Usda Plant Industry Station
Beltsville
Wesley P. Judkins
VPI Horticultural Department
R. L. Lee
General Motors Corp
John C. Donegar
USDA
Ed Gould
West Virginia University Experiment Farm
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Tigers Sign Keller Q
Recurrent question about why many gypsies came to America in early days appears as a fragment. The text cites colonial banishment to America and wartime enlistment offers from Britain. It also notes an Austrian monastery school founded in Salzburg in 745 as background.
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America
Great Britain
Austria
Salzburg
Diva Denies Marriage to President After Manila Calls
Conchita Gaston 22 denies reports of marrying President El Pidio Quirino. She recently debuted as Carmen with the City Center Opera Company and did not deny receiving several telephone calls from Manila.
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Fripino Opera
Conchita Gaston
el Pidio Quirino
Carmen
City Center Opera Company
Quirino
Manila
International
Morse Contends President Cannot Halt Coal Dispute
Senator Morse asserts the three day mine week and coal production cuts cannot be halted by President Truman. He argues TH act powers apply only when a real strike or threat endangers health or safety, not a general economic dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Trumann
Inter- State Commerce Commission
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Corn trophy honors Virginia over North Carolina
Richmond dispatch reports Governor W. Kerr Scott of North Carolina and Governor William M. Tuck of Virginia dined with panned oysters, Smithfield ham, and corn cakes as Virginia received a corn war trophy. Virginia farms increased corn yield by 69 percent in 1949 versus a 61 percent gain for North Carolina, measured against base years 1937 to 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Virginia
William M. Tuck
Old Dominion
Scott
Tuck
Artillery Blasts Communist Craft Off Hainan Island
Nationalist forces report heavy artillery against Communist craft near Hainan as fears grow of guerrilla reinforcements and a broader assault. Gen. Hsueh Yueh returns to Hainan after talks in Taipei as estimates place Communist troops in the tens of thousands and overall forces around 200,000 in the region.
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Hainan Island
Hong Kong
Liuchow
Hainan
Hawaii
Red
Hsueh Yueh
Taipei
Formosa
Wind Chill Freezes Exposed Tissue At 40 Below
A wind of 10 mph at 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit can freeze exposed human tissue. The combination creates dangerous frostbite risk and rapid heat loss in exposed areas.
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Virginia News
By Ruth Cowan
Order of the Golden Rule
Newzeland
Panama
Army
Patton
North
Cameron St
G. E. Baker
M-M Tractors
Minneapolis - Morine
Martinsburg Pike
Stromberg
Roy A. Lee
Kent
UE Union
Chain Letters
Sen. Taft
Hungary
Than Allis
Chalmers
Barr
M. Cameron
State Fruit Society
Tigers
Troy
John W
Rosenberger Braddock
Reds
Peninsula
Cellophane Paper Co
Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Mervel W. Adams Plumbing
N. Cameron S
Lynne Ohinl Lae
Chapman
Studebaker
Chrysler
Heatwole Motor CO
N. Braddock St
the Mighty
Universal Jeep
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Frederick County
Philip Fowle
Robinson
Roy Boyce
Leslie Reed
Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Winchester
Coleman Dunn
Pingley
Fauver
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