Virginia still riding industrial boom into 1940
Virginia’s 1939 employment outlook remains strong with New News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co and other plants expanding. Federal and private construction, utilities upgrades, and new factories in Giles, Front Royal, South Boston, Dillwyn, Stuart, and Winchester fuel a continued growth trajectory as the State Chamber predicts record industrial employment if world events stay steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Old Dominion
State Chamber of Come
Emnt
Mammoth New News Shipbuilding and Drynk Company
Naval and Maritime Commission
Scross
State Library
General Hospital
Medical College of Virginia
Unitity Hospital
Charlottesville
Tech
Virginia
Coatiol
Pearisburg
Giles
Chinese Paration of America
ohns-Manville Company
Fibre Board
Penalcy
South
Virginia Public Ser Company
Alexandria
Ehe
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginian
Alenie
Norfolk
Federal Housing Authority
James River
Carter Fabrics Corporation
South Boston
Paxton and
Burruss
Dillwyn
American Viscose Corporation
Front Royal
South Boston Ribbon Company
Jobbers Pants Company
Stuart
Mountain Empire Hosiery Mills, Inc
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Winchester
State Chamber of Commerce
Raymond B. Bottom
Newport News
Chamber
State Chamber
Industralists
United States
Cavaliers Set for First Big Test Versus North Carolina
The University of Virginia Cavaliers travel to Danville Monday night for a high profile clash with North Carolina in what organizers call their season tester as January play opens.
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Richmond
University of Virginia
Danville
Cavaliers
North Carolina
Test question answers from page four
A numbered list of quiz responses includes metals mixture Jerusalem Steve Dudas a value of 1728 a riddle about a hummingbird and a pen a Hamlet egg size a political pair the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House Elmer FP Layden and a phonetic Ko a ju ter ko ad joo tor.
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Jerusalem
Steve Dudas
Hummingbird
Pen
Hamlet
Senate
House of Representatives
Elmer FP
Layden
Ko-a-joo’-ter
Ko-Ad’joo-Tor
Officer On Trial For Girl Slaying In Pa
State Police Corporal Benjamin Franklin faces murder and manslaughter charges over the 14 year old Joan Stevens shooting in Nesquehoning after a bank robbery probe. He says self defense after the girl brandished a gun though it was a toy. Jury delays possible as 40 witnesses are named.
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Mauch Chunk
Commonwealth
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Joan Stevens
Edward Swatts
Joan
Nesquehoning
Swatji
Albert Heimbach
Carbon County
Ban Branch
John Stevens
Snow plows clear Maryland highways after heavy storm
About 240 State Roads Commission snow plows cleared roads after last night's storm. State officials said main highways were passable with depths up to 14 to 15 inches in southern and eastern Maryland. Plows worked through the night, brushing snow and covering many miles before daybreak.
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Baltimore
Jan
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Commission
Man Killed While Fleeing in Stolen Car Near Lynchburg
Route 647 near Lynchburg an early Sunday crash left R. L. Harper of Lyndhurst Station dead as a stolen automobile overturned and burned. Charles L. Tucker of Altavista was arrested nearby on theft charges. state trooper Duvall Fizer and Sheriff Jack Miles reported the incident.
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Lynchburg
Here
Spring Mill
Sherwill
R. L. Harper
Lyndhs Station
Duvall Fizer
Jack Miles
Campbell County
Charles L. Tucker
Altavista
J. R. Gibson
Tucker
Fizer
Possum Hound Missing After Board Trick Tells Tale
Washington Indiana policeman Christopher D Guthrie reports his possum hound vanished days ago after a claimed trick using a pelt stretching board. He says the dog, spooked by an ironing board sighting, has not returned.
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Munchausen
Washington
Ind
Christopher D. Guthrie
Asset breakdown of a bank report with balances
The fragment lists asset categories and amounts including loans and discounts totaling 787 020.31 dollars, cash and bank balances, bank premises worth 125 000.00, and real estate owned at 264 706.80 plus other entries. Total assets shown around 1 661 425.77 dollars with multiple line items and minor figures scattered.
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United States
Staes
Federal Reserve Bank
Death Summons Richard Bowler At Lynchburg
Word arrived of the death of Richard Lawrence Bowler 74 retired Norfolk and Western official at his Lynchburg Virginia home He was born in Jefferson County West Virginia son of Michael and Mary O Connell Bowler He directed double tracking between Lynchburg and Roanoke and oversaw the belt line project He was the last of seven siblings and brother of the late Very Rev John J Bowler He leaves two sons Michael and Richard Bowler Jr and daughters Mary Gertrude and Helen Bowser His wife Ella Guiheen Bowser died in 1929
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Lynchburg
Richard Lawrence Bowler
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mr. Bowler
Jefferson County
W. Va
Michael and
Mary O’connell Bowler
Ireland
Daniel O’cornnell
Bowler
Roanoke
John J. Bowler
Richmond
Michael
Richard Bowler
Mary
Gertrude
Helen Bowser
the Sisters of Charity
Emmittsburg, Md
Ella Guiheen Bowser
Four Die in Virginia Weekend Vehicle Crashes
Four people died in Virginia auto crashes over the weekend, bringing the 1940 total to nine fatalities. An elderly Norfolk couple, William C. Davis aged 75 and his wife 68, were struck while crossing a city street. Raymond Reid, 20, of Axton died from Saturday injuries in Martinsville when a car hit a parked machine. Jack Austin was injured. R L Harper of Lynch Station died in an early Sunday rollover on Route 647 near Lynchburg. the body lay 25 feet from the wrecked car.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Young
William C. Davis
Norfolk Street
Davis
Coleman Place
Norfolk County
Raymond Reid
Axton
Martinsville
Jack Austin
R. L. Harper
Lynchs Station
Lynchburg
Appeals Case To Have Women Serve On Jury
In Richmond on January 8 a court overruled a motion to quash a venire for not including women as jurors. Attorney Thomas H. Stone appealed for a jury partly composed of women for his client Mrs. Louise Toler, who was convicted of violating the state ABC act and fined $100 with a 30 day jail term. The judge held jury service a male privilege. The appeal may go to the Virginia Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Supreme Court
Thomas H. Stone
Supreme Court
Willis C. Pulliam
Hustings Court
General Assembly of Virginia
Stone
Toler
South End To Elect Officers
The South End Hose Company will vote on officers tonight at 7.30 at South End Hall. This completes the four companies naming personnel for 1940. The year featured the purchase of a Seagraves pumper, a leading Shenandoah Valley fire-fighting unit.
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South End Hose Company
South End
Seagraves
Shenandoah Valley
Treasury January 6 Receipts and Debts Released
Treasury data for January 6 reports receipts of 19 million 666 thousand 513 and expenditures of 32 million 122 thousand 039.99. Net balance stands at 2 billion 449 million 205 thousand 430.10 with gross debt at 41 billion 990 million 565 thousand 947.48 and a daily increase of 8 million 281 thousand 429.47.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Floyd Hughes, Norfolk Official and Lawyer, Dies at 78
Floyd Hughes, 78, longtime collector of customs for the Norfolk port 1907 to 1914 and prominent admiralty lawyer, died after a long illness. A Virginia family member, native of Abingdon, he lived in Norfolk most of his life and played active roles in politics clubs and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Floyd Hughes
Virginia
Hughes
Robert W
Eliza M. Hughes
Abingdon
Pi Kappa Alpha College Fraternity
Egg Laying Contest Guides 4-H Members in Virginia
Report details November averages from 27 members across Page Madison Warren and Clarke counties. Top six flocks by birds and eggs receive Black Leaf worm powder prizes. next twelve get Black Leaf 40. Virginia Tech poultry department advises feeding and housing for laying flocks.
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Raymond Creelee
Page, Madison, Warren and
Clarke
PF. D. Williamson, Jr
George Hale, Jr
Otis Spitler
Jane Carter
Mary Shuler
Basil Comer
Pauline Huffman
John Lowe, Jr
Charles Shuler
Virginia Tech Poultry Department
Unclear financial figures listed in archival entry
A series of numbers appears to show monetary values such as 121352.31 and 504.14 alongside larger sums like 50000.00 and 4361.67, but no context, dates, names, or entities are provided to identify the source or purpose. The fragment lacks readable labels to determine the event or record type.
Seeks Benefits Under A Law He Helped To Make
State Senator William J. Eroe has applied for benefits under the Pennsylvania unemployment compensations law his vote helped enact. A former county auditor turned legislator since 1932 he was employed by American Cyanamid and Chemical Company in New Castle but recently dismissed. His $2,500 Senate salary was paid in full last June 1 and he will not receive further pay before his term ends December 1, 1940. Though nominally a Democrat he voted with Republicans in 1939 to regain Senate control after two terms in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
William J. Eroe
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
American Cyanamid and Chemical Company
Eroe
Senate
House
Debating Society To Meet Friday
The Mount Williams Debating Society will hold a meeting at 7.30 o'clock Friday evening January 12 to debate the motion That the National Government Should Censor Motion Pictures. The meeting replaces a postponed session due to illness and all are invited with expected musical features.
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Mount Williams Debating Society
Dallas Officer Serves Summons to Driver Over Stop
Policeman J. M. Ferguson issued motorist Lloyd George a summons for failing to stop on a boulevard. George quipped that he was headed to Ferguson’s house to collect the final payment on books he had bought.
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Dallas
J. M. Ferguson
Lloyd George
George
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Paul M. Haldeman
Percy D. Miller
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John W. Rosenberger
S. Braddock
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