Unusual Facts About Congressmen From the Directory
A humorous look at the Congressional Directory detailing lawmakers' quirky backgrounds. It lists nine members born outside the United States, long and short biographical entries, and odd tidbits about presidents, senators, and representatives with notable past jobs and feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
ED Cragh
Hal Boyle
Washington
Congress
United States
Congressional Directory
Rabaut
D-Mich
Kelley
D-Pa
U. S
Franklin
Roosevelt, Jr
DNY
New Brunswick
Canada
McMullen
D-Fia
Hontas
Thomas Bahneson Stanley
D-Va
Anne Pocahontas Bassett
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Horsemeat Canning and Inspection Practices
The note explains that horsemeat is not federally inspected for all uses and that canning does not guarantee safety. When horsemeat is federally inspected it is stamped to indicate compliance.
Actress Lisa Wilson seeks annulment from Clifford Smith Jr
In Los Angeles actress Lisa Wilson petitions for annulment against Clifford Smith Jr heir to a Boston investment fortune She alleges they wed last Christmas while Smith was still married to singer Helen O Connell Wilson also seeks 35000 in stolen love damages
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Lisa Wilson
Clifford Smith Jr
Boston
Helen O'Connell
Miss Wilson
Poultry and Egg Training Course In City Monday
Virginia housewives join a free one night course in Winchester to learn poultry cuts, pricing, care and display. The session on Monday January 14 starts at 6 15 p m at Boyer's Cash Grocery 448 National Avenue. Instructors from the Poultry and Bee National Board outline knife skills grading candling eye care and merchandising with local support from U D A grant and area wholesalers.
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Virginia
Winchester
Boyer
National Avenue
Poultry and Bee National Board
Chicago
Virginia Division of Markets
Virginia Independent Food Dealers
Two Men Forced To Chop Wood For Whiskey Still
Neal Robinson 55 of Tahlequah area was charged with peonage after two Rogers men Cecil Dutton 22 and Walter Moore 18 said he forced them at gunpoint to chop wood for his whiskey operation. They were hired at $10 daily but refused and escaped after several days held on the farm.
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Rogers
Ark
Neal Robinson
Tahlequah
Okla
Here
Cecil Dutton
Walter Moore
Benton County
John Black
Arkansas
Wallace Parnell
Robinson
Dutton and
Moore
Sheriff Seeks Owners for Recovered Batteries
Frederick County Sheriff's Office holds a number of batteries believed stolen though no report has been filed. Call with description if yours is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant to Open in Winchester Tuesday
Winchester opens its new Pepsi Cola Bottling Co plant at 13 Oates Ave led by president Pannill Martin with O R Dick Oates as general manager. The facility features advanced water treatment and vitamin D irradiation and will bottle Clover Dale drinks alongside Pepsi Cola for Frederick Clarke Warren and Shenandoah counties. Local men join management as deliveries begin in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co
Oates Ave
Pannill Martin
O. R. ‘Dick’ Oates
Virginia
Baltimore
Martinsville
Joe Martin
Martin
Cloverdale Spring Company
Newville
Oates
West Virginia University
Shepherd College
Army
Navy
Petersburg
W. Va
Frederick
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Shenandoah
Hill Receives Doctorate in Entomology
Clarence H. Hill, assistant entomologist at the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Winchester Laboratory, earned a PhD in Entomology from Ohio State University. His work focuses on the biology and control of the scurry scale on Virginia apples. Hill hails from Surry County North Carolina and lives at 447 North Braddock Street.
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Clarence H. Hill
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Winchester Research Laboratory
Ohio State University
Virginia
Dr. Hill
Surry County
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
Department of Agriculture
Blacksburg
Winchester
North Braddock Street
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma X
American Association of Economic Entomologists
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Virginia Academy of Science
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Winchester Kiwanis Club
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Montana State University
Langer
Rep. Fogarty
D-Ri
Bricklayers Union No 1
State
Senator Hoey
DNC
Senator McFarland
D-Ariz
Senator Plandera
Rep
Irving
Truman
Independence
Asher Burdick
McKellard
D-Tenn
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
House
Dewey
Galena, Mo
Wml
Commercial and Savings Bank
Eee Eee Eer
Fetecise Siatea' Gover
Sta
BR Reo
Harold R. Edwards
Co. R. Anderson
Fred
Boyd Ray H. Duncan
State of Virginia
Charlotte M. Brown
Infante Panavsig
City
Pepsi Cola
Hill
Will
N. Leadoun St
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Eng
Loudoun St
Roy Rogers
King of
the Cowboys
Zoy
Jouve
By Ray Gotto
Blondie
U. S. Patent Office
Chic Young
Henry
C. S. Patent Office
By Carl Anderson
Secret Agent X-9
BY Mel Graff
Penny
Big Sister
Etta Kett
By Les Forgraves
Kim
By Paul Robinson
Muggs and
Skeeter
By Wally Bishop
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