Gloucester County Clerk Charged With Embezzling Textbook Funds
Mrs. M. Elsie Kemp former Gloucester County school board clerk testified about a 500 shortage in 1931 and said she later covered it. She described disorganized textbook handling with books stored everywhere and burned after rats damaged them. Trial resumes Monday.
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Gloucester
M. Elsie Kemp
Gloucester County School Board
J. Walter Kenney
Kenney
Kemp
Botetourt High School
Judges vie to fill A P Staples vacancy on Virginia Supreme Court
Richmond reports a push to fill the A P Staples vacancy on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Delegations from Martinsville and Amherst County urge Governor Battle to appoint Kennon Whittle of the Seventh Circuit or Edward Meeks of the Twenty Ninth Circuit. Other nominees include Lemuel F. Smith Floridus S Crosby Walter T McCarthy and J Jordan Temple as the retiring judge ill health prompts action.
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Richmond
Tom Toms
A P. Staples
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Martinsville
Governor Battle
Kennon Whittle
Seventh Circuit
Amherst County
Edward Meeks
Twenty-Ninth Circuit
Staples
High Court
Charlottesville
J. Jordan Temple
Third Circuit
Capitol Hill
Bank Capital and Stock Details From Financial Ledger
The record shows capital composition including common stock with a total par value of 30,000.00 and related figures such as 469,484.76 and 390,778.10. It lists several monetary amounts and a 3.00 value, indicating financial categories and balance components.
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Emapercire Ie Entlee Orae
Appointments Drafted for interim UN American Affairs Post
Battle indicated an interim appointment before the 1952 General Assembly and prior to the March court session. Frank S. Tavenner Jr. of Woodstock a former U S district attorney and now a counsel for the House Committee on Un American Activities Attorney General J Lindsay Almond Jr and Judge Jefferson F Walter of the Thirty First Circuit Court were named as likely participants or references in the process.
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Franks. Tavenner, Jr
Woodstock
U. S
House Committee On Un-American Activities
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Jefferson F. Walter
Thirty- First Circuit Court
Battle
General Assembly
Demolition Teams Begin Training at Little Creek Navy Base
Norfolk reports training for about 50 volunteers to become frogmen the Navy’s underwater demolition team. Training starts at Little Creek with early stages at the base then moves to the Virgin Islands for rugged tests with actual explosives.
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Norfolk
Little Creek
Navy
U. S
Greenland
Florida
Virgin Islands
Virginia Delegation Leads House Committee Assignments
Representative Stanley of Virginia becomes chair of the House Administration Committee. Virginians Burton and Fugate join the Banking Committee. Burton served Veterans Affairs, Fugate Merchants Marine and Fisheries. Other Virginia posts include Abbitt Agriculture Gary Appropriations Hardy Armed Services Expenditures in Executive Departments Smith District of Columbia Rules Robeson Merchant Marine and Fisheries and Harrison to Ways and Means.
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Washington
Stanley
Virginia
House Administration
House Banking Committee
Burton
Fugate
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Abbitt
Agriculture
Gary
Hardy
Armed Services
Smith
District of Columbia
Robeson
Merchant Marine
Harrison
Ways and Means
First Negro Student Admitted to MCV Medical School
A 19 year old Richmond girl, Miss Jean L. Harris, daughter of Dr Vernon J. Harris, was approved for admission to the Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine. She will join 83 white students in the fall, and holds a straight A average from Virginia Union University where she will graduate in June.
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Richmond
Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine
Jean L. Harris
Vernon J. Harris
Miss Jones
Virginia Union University
Virginia Union
W. T. Sanger
MCV
University of Virginia
University Law School
Virginia Colonel Receives Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster and DFC
Col. Allen D. Mac Lean of Arlington Virginia has been awarded the Silver Star Medal with the first Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster for gallantry in action while with the United States 31st Infantry Division. He also received the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial flights from August 18 to 27.
Press Photographer To Address Group At VPA Meeting
Charles Gorry an Associated Press photographer with seven years in the Far East will address a luncheon at the Virginia Press Association mid winter meeting in Williamsburg on January 20 Gorry returned from Korea in November 1950 and is now assigned to the AP Washington bureau Virginia Press Photographers Association members will join VPA attendees for his discussion of war experiences
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Williamsburg
Charles Gorry
Far East
Associated Press
Virginia Press Association
Gorry
United State
Korea
Washington
VPA
Virginia Press Photographers’ Association
Gerry
Toys Displayed At John Kerr School Earn Ribbons
More Than 500 toys entered by pupils in a two day show at John Kerr School impressed parents and judges. Rooms showcased the Tea of Toys from the American Legion, educational models, and a doll world with a Rock-a-bye-baby mural. Judges were Mrs Garland R. Quarles Mrs Leonard Sirgaugh and Mrs E Christopher Stuart Jr.
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John Kerr School
Elizabeth Brumback
The
American Legion
Texie Reardon
Edna Rush
Texie
Reba Spitzer
George Washington
Garland R. Quarles
Leonard Sirgaugh
E. Christopher Stuart, Jr
Paul Glynn Rites Held at Sacred Heart Church
Funeral services for Paul P Glynn were held Friday at 10 a.m. from Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father J Bullock officiating. Burial followed at Mt View Cemetery in Mt Falls. Pallbearers included nephews Robert and Harry Worsley and Howard March Jr along with Ellsworth Dodson Roy Richard and Julian Gregory.
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Paul P Glynn
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
J. ¥. Bullock
Mt. View Cemetery
Mt. Falls
Robert
Harry Worsley
Howard March, Jr
Ellsworth Dodson
Roy Richard
Julian Gregory
Infant Death Linked to Shoting Incident Roles Named
Powell said Miller held him responsible for the week old infant's illness after a shooting that occurred last month.
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Miller
Powell
Women Jury Commissioners Named in Newport News and Elizabeth City
The first women named as jury commissioners in the state were appointed for Newport News and Elizabeth City County. Mrs. Inez M. Stinson will serve Newport News and Mrs. Sue B. Clark Elizabeth City County. Judges Herbert G. Smith and Frank A. Kearney announced the appointments after a conference yesterday.
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Newport News
Elizabeth City
Inez M. Stinson
Sue B. Clark
Herbert G. Smith
Frank A. Kearney
Shooting Hearing Postponed In Portsmouth
In Portsmouth a police court hearing for Dr. Stanley H Powell charged with feloniously shooting Tugboat Captain William Miller was postponed until February 13. Miller remains hospitalized for a leg wound. Powell reportedly said he fired in self defense after an altercation over.
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Portsmouth
Stanley H Powell
William Miller
Miller
Powell
Hospital admits wide list of new patients at Winchester Memorial
New admissions at Winchester Memorial Hospital include Clifton Taylor Bufflick Dennie R Miller son of Sidney Miller Stanley Seabright son of Stanley Seabright Mrs Sanford Magerfield 637 Tennyson Ave Mrs Leinster Barnes 1004 Woodland Ave Mrs Howard Crosby 932 Woodland Ave Mrs Earl Souis Stephens City Mr Eugene Weir Boyce Mrs Donald Rogers Bunker Hill W Va Mrs Manuel Ricketts Ridgeway W Va Mrs Charles C Ashby Rector town Miss Sallie F Ritenour Woodstock Albert Cockerill son of Albert Cockerill Middleburg Elsie E Sonner Wood Mrs Cletus Whitacre Capon Bridge W Va Mrs Milton Cocman Cont ville Mr Lawrence Swartz Clear Brook Mrs Herman Garrison White Post.
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Dennie R. Miller
Sidney Miller
S. Braddock
Stanley Seabright
Shenandoah Ave
Sanford Magerfield
Tennyson Ave
Leinster Barnes
Woodland Ave
Howard Crosby
Earl Souis
Stephens City
Eugene Weir
Boyce
Donald Rogers
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Manuel Ricketts
Ridgeway
Charles C. Ashby
Rectortown
Sallie F. Ritenour
Woodstock
Albert Cockerill
Middleburg
Elsie E. Sonner
Cletus Whitacre
Capon Bridge
Milton Cocman
Conteville
Lawrence Swartz
Clearbrook
Herman Garrison
White Post
Robert E. Lee Jenkins Dies in Martinsburg Hospital
World War II veteran Robert E. Lee Jenkins of Berryville died at Newton D. Baker Hospital Martinsburg WV yesterday at 6 45 p m after a long illness. Survived by widow Basenia Ros Jenkins one son Wilbur Jenkins two brothers and three sisters. Funeral at St Luke Baptist Church Berryville Tuesday 2 p m Rev William Daniels to officiate. Interment Milton Valley Cemetery Josephine Berryville.
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Berryville
Robert E. Lee Jenkins
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Basenia Ros. Jenkins
Wilbur Jenkins
St. Luke Baptist Church
William Daniels
Milton Velley Cemetery
Josephine
Roman Catholic Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani Dies in Rome
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 79 and deacon of the College of Cardinals, died in Rome after a long illness. He received the purple hat in 1930 and held posts including vicar general of Rome, secretary of the Holy Office, and prefect of the Ceremonial Congregation. His death raises cardinal vacancies to 19.
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Vatican City
Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani
Roman Catholic College of Cardinals
Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggiani
Rome
Pius XI
Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office
College of Cardinals
Marchetti-Selenvviani
Vatican
Seleucia di Lauria
Ostia
Fiscati
Draft age compromise eyed for Senate debate
Washington lawmakers discuss possible compromises to lower the draft age from 19 to 18. Proposals include delaying combat service by a year or restricting induction to those 18 years and 6 months old. Officials say 18-year-olds are needed for emergency military growth and long term training.
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Washington
Senate
Defense Department
Department
Senate Preparedness
McFarland
D-Ariz
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marines
Rosenberg
Truman
Marine Corps
Johnson
Berryville Legionnaires Host Winchester Royal Crown Tonight
Berryville’s Clarke County quintet, four wins in ten, hosts Winchester Royal Crown at 7 30 p m in the Community Building. They come off a 96 56 loss last Thursday at Martinsburg on Newton D Baker Hospital court.
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Berryville American Legion
Winchester Royal Crown Crown
Berryville
Clarke County
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg Legionaires
Do humans hibernate and can they survive deep cold
The term hibernation has varied definitions. Some claim Eskimos and Siberian natives exhibit it, but true hibernation is deemed impossible for humans because the drastic drop in body temperature would be fatal.
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Siberia
Plan Variety Show At James Wood High School
Rehearsals start for a two hour variety show Songs and Seasons at James Wood High School on February 12. Curtis Blye directs the charity event for the Athletic Association.
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James Wood HS
James Wood High
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