Virginia editors praise civil rights bills amid 1950 session questions
The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot editorial says Mr Armistead L Booth's civil rights bills are sound measures deserving enactment, while Alexandria delegates weigh the Assembly's response. Hampden-Sydney alumni secretary Luther Walker dies after a long career in Virginia education. Investigators probe the Sun day morning slaying of 72 year old John Wagner in Heathsville. Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs plans host to National Council meeting in Richmond with Dr Douglas S Freeman as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armistead L. Boothe
Virginia
Norfolk
Hampden
Sydney
Hampden-Sydney College
Almni
Luther Walker
Stuart Circle Hospital
Richmond
Hamps-Sydney
Kenbridge High School
Hampden-Sydney
Heathsville
Northumberland County
John J. Wagner
Thomas T. Bouldin
Wagner
Roanoke
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs
National Council
Douglas 5. Freeman
Coal Miners Strike Deepens Over Wages and Weeklong Work
The dispute centers on a 95 cent daily wage boost for miners now at 14.05 and a 15 cent rise in the 20 cent tonnage royalty for the welfare fund. Operators balk at the cost as Lewis and miners clash over a new contract after the old pact expired July 1. President Truman and NLRB official Denham delay action on injunctions to restore a five day week, while some 50900 miners in seven states strike, and others shift from a three day to no day week. Denham will decide Wednesday or later on possible court action to end the three day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Truman
Denham
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alabama
Virginia
Utah
Unidentified Couple Traffic Stop Near Richmond
Mrs Murray and an unidentified man were stopped on Route 1 north of Richmond on December 29 for speeding 70 in a 50 zone. Spencer charged Mrs Murray and she was bound over to Magistrate Turner on a cash bond of 40.24 dollars.
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Florida
Richmond
Spencer
Murray
Turner
Answers to Daily Quiz From Page Four
Answers to the weekly quiz list responses for 10 questions including a 1920 date, Silverware, Public Housing Administration, infant baptism advocate, GI Bill allowance type, and a note on dividend refunds. The fragment suggests grading or clue reveal in a newspaper quiz page.
Layman Reelected President of South End Fire Co
H M Layman aged 39 of 7 Glaize Ave was reelected president of the South End Fire Co at the annual meeting. New officers include Ronnie Laign as chief hose man and William Gochenour Jr as chief pipeman. Layman, a Rockingham county native and layman at J E Kalback and Son, is married to Frances Hite of Augusta county. they have two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Layman
Glaize Ave
South End Fire Co
Harry Rainsberger Jr
Winton Pope
Howard Hart
Dan Dodson
Earl Hildebrand
Norman Pope
Lester Frank Loy
Herbert Pope
Hugh Clark
Joseph Massie Jr
J. Goode
Shepherd Student Teachers Visit Local Schools
About 50 student teachers from Shepherd College visited Winchester schools to observe teaching practices. The delegation was led by Dr. I. O. Ash and Miss Florence Shaw, with brief remarks from Garland R. Quarles and E. P. Browning before tours at John Kerr Virginia Ave and Handley.
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Shepherd College
Winchester
I. O. Ash
Shepherd
Florence Shaw
Garland R. Quarles
E. P. Browning
Handley
John Kerr
Virginia Ave
Shepherdstown
Nationalists Fail To Wreck British Consulate Pole
About 10 Chinese Nationalist soldiers tried before dawn to topple the flag pole at the British consulate in Tansui Formosa after Britain recognized the Chinese communist government. It was the second attempt to raise the flagless pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Tansui
Festival Queen to Succeed Shenandoah XXII in IC Town
Dates for the festival ran April 18 and 19 in 1929 and May 7 and 8 in 1937 with 1950 dates fixed. The next major task is selecting a Queen to succeed Miss Margaret Thors, daughter of the Icelandic minister, who reigned as Shenandoah XXII last year, receiving the crown from Vice-president Alben Barkley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Thors
Iceland
Shenandoah XXII
Alben Barkley
Heparin Used by Surgeons to Prevent Clot Formation
The article notes heparin is used by surgeons to prevent the formation of clots in blood vessels after operations, reducing surgical risk.
Legion Home Site Committee to Report on Progress
Members of the Conrad Hooper American Legion post meet at Sarah Zane hall at 7 30 p m to hear a new report on choosing a home site. The committee has a downtown location with land and remodeling plans, not named. Other reports cover Christmas activities the bloodmobile visit on Jan 24 and Oratorical and Essay committee work.
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Conrad-Hoover American Legion Post
Sarah Zane Hall
M. B. Clowe Jr
Legion
Bloodmobile
The
Post
Chinese Nationalist gunboat shells hit U S destroyer near Yangtze
The U S destroyer and the cargo ship Flying Arrow endured shelling by a Chinese Nationalist gunboat off the Yangtze Mouth. The attack damaged holds with acids and diesel, sparked fires, and forced jettisoning of cargo as crews fought to extinguish blazes. Representative Vorys urged State Department answers on Isbrandtsen Line ships in the blockade.
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Flying Arrow
Yangtze River
Jones
Lawrence C. Klosowski
New York
No. 4
No. 5
Washington
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
State Department
Isbrandtsen
China
States with the largest excess of unmarried men
Nevada tops the list with 249 single men per 100 single women. Wyoming follows at 154 to 100, California at 114 to 100. North Dakota and Vermont show near parity between sexes.
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Nevada
Wyoming
California
North Dakota
Vermont
Tanks Shipped From Philadelphia to Formosa Mission
Ninety carloads of tanks and armored cars bound for the Chinese government in Formosa were loaded aboard the Turkish freighter Mardin at a Philadelphia pier. The Reading Company moved the equipment from an Ohio storage site to Port Richmond on the Delaware River. The ship, 8077 tons, owned by Marta T. A. S. of Istanbul, is said to depart next week. Lima depot commander Lt. Col. R. B. Fontaine confirmed the 90 carloads were provided by the Lima ordinance depot and completed Friday.
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Philadelphia
Formosa
Reading Co
Reading
Ohio
Delaware River
Port Richmond
Mardin
Marta T. A. S
Istanbul
Lima, O
Lima
R. B. Fontaine
Retailer Sues Lewis For Coal Trade Losses
The Davis' Coal Co of Dayton sues John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers in Franklin County Common Pleas Court for 20000 damages under Ohio's Valentin anti trust act. The firm claims output restrictions reduced sales to its customers.
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Columbus
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Ohio
Davis’ Coal Co
Dayton
Franklin County
Common Pleas Court
Philip C. Ebeling
Lewis
Davis Company
Pharmacists Set Annual Session and Officer Elections
The 1950 meeting of the Northern Virginia Pharmaceutical Association will be at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the George Washington Hotel. Garland Spillman announces a dinner and officer elections for the new year. Hunter Gaunt of Winchester leads the association affiliated with the Virginia Pharmaceutical Assn. Attendees include druggists and store employees from Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Page, Shenandoah and Loudoun counties. Entertainment includes a film on Drugstore Merchandising by Johnson and Johnson Co and shown by Jack Parr of Richmond. Music by Jack Fretwell and Nettie CarLaugh. Five local drug stores close tomorrow night so employees may attend.
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Northern Virginia Pharaceutical Assn
George Washington
Garland Spillman
Hunter Gaunt
Winchester
Rassociation
Virginia Pharmaceutical Assn
Federick
Clarke
Warren
Page
Shenadoah
Loudoun Counties
Johnson and Johnson Co
Jack Parr
Richmond
Jack Fretwell
Nettie CarLaugh
Municipal Attorney Pay Scales Surveyed by A M A
The American Municipal Association surveyed 265 localities and found city attorney pay ranges from 600 to 17 500 dollars, highlighting wide disparities in compensation. The study underscores the variation in local government budgeting for legal services.
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The
American Municipal Association
Date set for Britain election may be Feb twenty third
London January 10 Prime Minister Attlee prepared to reveal the big official secret the date of Britain's first national election in five years Newsmen forecast Feb 23 as the likely vote date Attlee to dissolve parliament on Feb 3 with polling 20 days later Morrison will run the campaign and the Jan 24 session will be canceled
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London
Attlee
Britain
Ben Churchill
Downing St
Aneurin Bergn
Herbert Morrison
British Press Assn
Usury and High Rent Among Old China Evils
Dr Frances A Ford of Winchester hospital X ray dept said while in 1947 with a UN mission China stood on the brink of revolution. She cited usury and excessive rent as the two worst evils with corruption in government and ration cards sold. She warned American efforts depend on long education. Eels migrate between Atlantic waters and their native streams in a noted natural aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
Frances A. Ford
Winchester Hospital
China
Ford
Shanghai
Estate sales listing for Frederick County and Winchester
A sequence of public sale notices listing dates times and locations for estates and property in Frederick County and Winchester Virginia. Items include real estate livestock farm equipment household goods and farm machinery with auctions at county courthouses and farm sites on various January February and March dates.
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James P. Reardon
Frederick County Court House
Front Royal Road
Nora
Holtzclaw
Berryville
Household Goods
T. A. Mason Estate
County Court House
Winchester
S. Cameron St
C. L. Poston
Outh Millwood
J. F. Marlow & Son
East Berryville
Madigan
East Millw
Whitacre Section Petitions SCC for Telephone Service
Petition signatures from over 90 residents in Gainesboro Cross Junction and Whitacre area of Frederick county ask the State Corporation Commission to authorize Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co to build and operate a local system in the Whitacre territory.
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Gainesboro Cross Junction
Whitacre
Frederick County
State Corporation Commission
Richmond
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Whitacre Telephone Co
E. Clay Rogers
Gainesboro
Max Braithwaite
SCC
P. Whitacre
Corporation Commission
C & P Telephone Co
Winchester
The
Ant soldier ants defend the colony from intruders
A fragment notes that certain ants act as soldiers whose duty is to defend their colony against threats, highlighting division of labor in insect societies.
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Virginia News
Ax Slayer
Dr. Freeman
Garden Federation
St.Joseph
Jeep
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Roberson
Mrs. Murray
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Iocome
Tampa, Fla
Orfole Aynesboro
Cnet & Dete
N. Braddock St
W. Va
Winchester Evening Star
South End
Laign
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Legion Home Site
U.S
Anchorage
Buncutter Tire CO. Corner
Braddock & Germain
Point
Great Britain
America
Europe
Equator
National Ave
Whitacre Section
C&p Co
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Four Join Fire Co
Richard Hart
Evan Creswell
Herman Clark
Lucha
Cameron St
In Lumber & Building
N. Cameron
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Reddy
Reddybox
Raddy Lowatt
Northern Virghha Power Company
M-M Tractors
Martinsburg Pike
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