Commercial and Savings Bank Stockholders in Annual Meeting
The Commercial and Savings Bank held its regular annual meeting at 11 a m on North Loudoun Street. A substantial majority of shares was represented. several named directors were rejected. Bank officers reported a strong year with taxes, interest, depreciation and expenses covered, an eight percent dividend paid, and growth in surplus and undivided profits.
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The
Commercial and Savings Bank
North
Loudoun Street
Charles R. Anderson
Howell M. Bond
Fred 8. Boyd
Fred I Brumback
Ray H. Duncan
H. R Edwards
Llewellyn Jackson
Herbert S. Larrick
Charles P McVicar
H. C. Sheetz
R. Bruce Slonaker
G. Grover Teets
Virginia
U. S
E. W. Braithwaite
Henry T. Goode
Silas G. Cather
C. Vernon Eddy
P. E. Lineburg
Brown orders safeguards after Arlington party brawl
Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Paul D Brown issued recommendations to prevent a repeat of the Thanksgiving night party incident. Two teens faced drunk and disorderly charges and were convicted. The judge cited lack of supervision and noted the fire department representative was away. He urged landlords to require an adult sponsor, designate chaperones, and notify police hours ahead if alcohol is served. A second item reports a small basement fire at the University of Virginia Hospital Psychopathic Wing causing temporary evacuation of sixty patients, with minimal damage. The blaze started from welding sparks and lasted about ninety minutes before containment.
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Arlington
Paul D. Brown
Brown
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Psychopathic
Three Children Die In Norfolk Fire Tragedy
In Princess Anne County two neighboring frame houses were gutted by fire. Mrs. Cora Bryant found her home and the adjacent house destroyed. Three children Evelyn Elizabeth aged three Arthur Lee aged two and Shirley Mae ten months perished in the blaze.
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Norfolk
Princess Anne County
Mall
Cora Bryant
Newport News Council Seeks Civilian Defense Aid
Newport News City Council sends a bill to Governor Battle for civilian defense spending. Delegate Victor Wilson of Hampton saw a prior request rejected. council members insist Hampton Roads communities need more state funds due to higher aerial attack risk in wartime.
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Newport News
Reval Assembly
Battle
Victor Wilson
Hampton
Hampton Roads
Tate
Search Under Way for Two Prisoner Escapees
A statewide search began today for two escapees from a road gang on State Route 28 near Centreville. The fugitives are Eue gene Hall 33 of Albemarle County serving five years for rape and James Monroe Dodson 27 of Culpeper County serving two terms for robbery.
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Centreville
Washington
Euegene Hall
Albemarle County
James Monroe Dodson
Culepeper County
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues Weave Through Turbulent Grid
A compact crossword listing with across and down clues shows a broad mix of slang terms, common nouns, and proper names. The puzzle includes references to weathering, geography, and historic figures hinted at by short clues and partial phrases.
Death of Alexandria Gazette editor Jack Tulloch at 51
John Walton Tulloch 51, managing editor of the Alexandria Gazette, died after collapsing during a meeting of the Alexandria Civilian Defense Committee. Born April 28, 1899 in Washington, he joined the Gazette in 1918, rising from copy boy to managing editor in 1938, and also worked for the Washington Times-Herald.
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Alexandria
John Walton
Jack) Tulloch
Alexandria Gazette
America
Alexandria Civilian Defense Committee
Washington
D C
Harry V. Tulloch
Marguerite Walton Tulloch
Thomas L. Tulloch
Tulloch
Mercersburg
Military Academy
The
Gazette
Washington Times-Herald
Battleship Wisconsin Enters De-Mothballing Drydock
The battleship Wisconsin moved to drydock in Portsmouth for de-mothballing operations. Navy crews prepare the vessel for return to active service after modernization and inspection stages.
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Battleship
Portsmouth
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Battleship Recommissioning Progress Reported
More than 200 officers and men have reported aboard the battlewagon. An additional 300 officers and men from the Atlantic Reserve Fleet are preparing the ship to rejoin the fleet after decommissioning in July 1948. The Wisconsin was brought here last week from Newport News to be ready for sea duty. Officers have declined to estimate when she will be seaworthy.
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Battlewagon
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Newport News
Changes In Train Schedules Are Sought
The Norfolk and Western Railway asks the State Corporation Commission to cancel daily Roanoke Shenandoah passenger runs, keeping only Shenandoah to Hagerstown trains. Civic and business leaders from Shenandoah Valley communities oppose the plan amid protests from Elkton mass meeting and Rockingham County Board of Supervisors.
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Richmond
Norfolk and Western Railway
State Corporation Commission
Roanoke
Shenandoah
N&w
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Valley
Elkton
Rockingham County Board of Supervisors
Harrisonburg
Rehearsal for A Bomb Attack by Middlesex Civilian Defense
A dress rehearsal demonstrated community response to a theoretical atomic attack. A 50-unit convoy moved a field hospital, wreckers, fire gear, ambulances, power generator, and refrigerated food truck to Gloucester to simulate evacuation and debris removal. Doctors nurses aides and volunteers from the Middlesex area and Boy Scouts joined the drill.
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Saluda
Middlesex County Civilian Defense Organization
Gloucester
Electric Company
Boy Scouts
Gloucester County School Clerk Faces Embezzlement Charge
Former School Board clerk Mrs. M Elsie Kemp is charged with embezzling 13161 50 in textbook funds from 1938 to 1950. The trial featured testimony by J Walter Kenney former superintendent who stated Kemp controlled textbook accounts and handled book purchases and payments.
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Gloucester
Gloucester County
M. Elsie Kemp
J. Walter Kenney
Kemp
Most favorable childbearing age 20 to 24 years
National Office of Vita Statist es reports the optimal childbearing window as ages 20 to 24. The finding highlights peak fertility in early adulthood and informs demographic insights, though it notes variations by region and individual circumstances.
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Office of
Vita Statistes
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