Virginia News at Roanes and Pulaski Labor Hearing
The Roanes report notes a shift from a 13 room Negro high school plan to a five classroom building after a bond defeat, with funds later becoming available for additions. In Pulaski the NLRB scheduled a January 23 hearing in Philadelphia to decide representation for RCA Pulaski and Camden workers, consolidating cases and seeking possible elections. The Virginia Supreme Court agreed to review Magdalene Ballard v Cox a will validity dispute from Fairfax County.
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Roanes
Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Magdalene Loretta Ballard
Percy M. Cox
Fairfury County
Governors Puck Battle Plan Boosts School Funding
The article notes Governor William M. Puck and predecessor advocate a $45,000,000 school grant with $14,000,000 from the bond reserve to the literary fund for construction loans. It calls for higher salaries and liberalized pens for teachers and state workers. A bill to shift control to locally elected school boards is referenced, with Senator Harry F. Dr. of Winchester as sponsor.
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William M. Puck
Battle
Ty Boards of Supervisors
Harry F. Dr
Winchester
Lewis to Face Court Battle Over Three Day Week
Mine leader John L. Lewis faces a fresh injunction suit by General Counsel Robert N. Denham of the National Labor Relations Board to stop the three day work week and ongoing coal field strikes. Federal Judge Richmond B. Keetchie scheduled the hearing for Jan. 26 as about 90,000 miners in seven states continue to refuse work, idle for a third week. Leaders in Congress and President Truman weigh options under Taft Hartley law while CIO and United Mine Workers vow continued legal challenges.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Richmond B. Keetchie
Denham
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Bain
Philip Murray
CIO
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
Battleship Missouri Stuck in Chesapeake Bay
The 45,000 ton battleship Missouri remains trapped in mud in Chesapeake Bay with divers using high pressure hoses to clear mud from propellers. Navy plans delay prying it free until at least tomorrow and dredge a trench from the main channel toward the ship’s position about a half mile north.
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Norfolk
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Sen
Everetta Navy
South Americans Move Eastward in Major Migration
Thousands of landless citizens from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia are migrating east across the Andes into government-owned forests and river headwaters, forming frontier towns and building roads as they seek new homesteads. Dr. Raymond Crist notes some travel by bus while many continue to trek over the mountains.
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Wadsworth
Washington
Jan
United Sates
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Twos Mountain
Raymond Crist
University of Maryland
Science Service
Andes
Orinoco
Amazon
Madeira
Crist
Via Vicenzio
No Guarantee Against More Price Increases Looms Large
The piece notes potential waves in prices after coal and steel cost shifts, with unions pressing for pensions and inflationary effects from a new federal budget. It also covers doctors ads, heavy equipment sales gains, altered Marshall Field lunch hours, natural rubber ads, and the 1950 Carpet Fashion Opening promotions.
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Arpet Fashions
The
Carpet Institute
Fifth Ave
New York
Smithsonian Assignment Spurs Eastward Migration Trends
Dr. Crist notes ongoing surge eastward as demographic pressure drives migration from plateau farms to new areas. Pioneer communities mostly raise corn and coffee, with cheese from a tropical-adapted white cattle breed. Brazilian movement favors a southwestward pattern toward river headwaters.
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Smithsonian Institution
Universidad del Cauca
Popayan
Colombia
Dr. Crist
Tropics
Christ
Answers to the Daily Quiz Item List
Answers to the daily quiz printed on Page a3 include Statue of Liberty seventy five cents per hour Eastern War Time Centaurs Pie Prime Minister of Britain Vermont Holy of holies. The line ends with a poetic fragment about a burned ship as a giant torch.
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Britain
Vermont
Jury to Get Hiss Case Tomorrow
New York scene reports final arguments in Alger Hiss second perjury trial. Defense reviews evidence as the jury of eight women and four men prepares to hear closing statements. Prosecutor Whitaker Chambers is described as the key witness against Hiss. The jury is expected to receive instructions and verdict timing after later today or tomorrow morning.
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New York
State Department
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Flier Mann and accomplice killed in Florida crash
Johnny Mann of California and Robert E Lenander were killed in a plane crash near Chipley Florida last night. Mann had claimed a nonstop distance record for light planes from Van Nuys to Jacksonville and the flight linked to all American air maneuvers at Miami.
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Chipley
Fla
Johnny Mann
California
van Nuys
Calif
Jacksonville
Here
Miami
Florida Highway Patrol
John Francis Mann
Robert E. Lenander
Farm Auction and Livestock Listings in Clarke County
A sales directory lists multiple auction and sale events across Clarke County with dates from January through March. Items include livestock, purebred hogs, farm machinery, household goods, and real estate, hosted at locations such as Winchester, Millwood, Berryville, Shepherdstown, and Martinsburg.
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H. B. Nicodemus, Jr
Clarke County
East Berryville
Stan Mallet
Martinsburg
W. Va
Roy Madigan
East Millwood
Peoples Supply Co
Charles Town
J. G. Fuss
Shepherdstown
Sheep & Lambs
Transit Strike Set For February 11
Virginia workers who operate the bus system for Richmond Norfolk and Portsmouth plan a February 11 strike after failed contract negotiations. Governor Tuck had suggested arbitration, but the company rejected the idea and the dispute remains in deadlock.
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Richmond
Virginia Transit
Virginia
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Tuck
Enrollment Accepted At Union Seminary
John L. Hottel, candidate for the ministry from Winchester Presbyterian Church, is accepted as a member of Union Seminary Junior Class in September. He will finish his college work at Davis and Elkins College this summer. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Nathaniel G Hottel of Valley Ave and married to Miss Margaret McMurray.
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John L. Hottel
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Union Ranges Ao Seminary
Davis and Elkins College
Mr. Hottel
Nathaniel G. Hottel
Valley Ave
Margaret McMurray
Joseph A .McMurray
N. Washington St
Epitaph for a Fast Driver on Early Grave
A cautionary epitaph laments a reckless driver who sped to an early grave and never enjoyed the time he saved, urging safer driving through a stark warning in a historic clipping.
Funeral services for Rev. Jessé B. Williams Saturday
Rev. Jessé B. Williams dies in Martinsburg West Virginia after four months of ill health. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday from Mt. Olive Baptist Church White Post with Rev. E. E. Baylor officiating. He lived in White Post most of his life worked as a blacksmith and led Necked Creek Baptist Church in Shenandoah. Survived by wife Virginia Williams two sons Jesse B. Jr. and Wilbur two brothers Horace and Charlie Tilghman both of Baltimore three sisters Ethel Wilson Estella Tilghman Elsie Tilghman all of Baltimore and one granddaughter Betty Lou Williams plus nieces and nephews. Interment Milton Valley Cemetery Berryville.
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Jessé B. Williams
Newton D. Baker
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
White Post
E. E. Baylor
Summit Poin W. Va
Necked Creek
Shenandoah
King Hiram Lodge
Harris-Reynolds-Fuller Post American Legion
Virginia Williams
Jesse B. Jr
Wilbur Williams
Horace
Charlie Tilghman
Baltimore
Baltimore, Md
Betty Lou Wiliams
Cartwright Funeral Home
Milton Valley Cemetery
Berryville
Senator McCarthy Demands Vaughan Dismissal
Senator McCarthy urged President Truman to fire Maj. Gen. Harry W. Vaughan or order him to shed his army uniform, arguing for removal of the presidential military aide.
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Vaughan Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Truman
Harry W. Vaughan
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Order of the Golden Rule
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Chicago
Associated Equipment Distributors
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Natural Rubber Bureau
Washington, D. C
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March OF Dimes
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Northern Virginia Power CO
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Flier
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World Health Assembly
Public Health Service
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John W. Rosenberger and Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Union Seminary
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N. Cameron St
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