Fundamental Principles In Farming Revealed At Seed Show
Dr. H. N. Young of Virginia Tech outlined four fundamentals for profitable farming at the state seed show in Culpeper Virginia on January 25. He cited operation size quality livestock yields business balance and efficient labor use as keys with discussion on intensified farming for small plots and how to boost eggs per hen and milk per cow through quality stock feeding and soil management.
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Culpeper
H. N. Young
Virginia Tech Agricultural Economics Department
Young
Woodstock Woman Choked Bound and Robbed by Imposter Inspector
Miss Charlotte Bowman of Woodstock recounted a harrowing assault in Washington when a man posing as a building inspector gained entry to her apartment at 1020 Nineteenth Street Northwest. He bound gagged and robbed her of cash and a watch belonging to her roommate Miss Dorothy Miller. The attacker fled with four dollars in bills change and a twenty dollar watch. Bowman a government stenographer aged 23 sustained only nervous shock. Her father connected with police to confirm the account.
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Woodstock
Charlotte G. Bowman
Milton H. Bowman
Washington
Nineteenth Street
Northwest
Dorothy Miller
Shenandoah County
Pigs Are Counted In Fredericksburg Census
Fredericksburg officials began a pig census after annexing parts of Spotsylvania County. A 1918 city ordinance barred urban pigs, and owners have one week to remove or relocate animals to suburban pens as the census proceeds.
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Fredericksburg
Spotsylvania County
R. E. Beckham
Armory Roof Collapse in South Boston Snowfall
Richmond January 25 snow burdened buildings as 21 inches fell in Southside Virginia. The roof of the town armory in South Boston collapsed causing an estimated loss of 5000 dollars or more. No injuries were reported.
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Richmond
South Boston
Virginia
Nothing Going On Communique Says Nothing to Report
Paris January 25 the Allied communique reports nothing to report in its daily update. The terse line offers no details on military actions or developments and leaves observers awaiting further statements.
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Paris
French Vessel Forfait Reported in Distress in Med
In Genoa on January 25 the French auxiliary vessel Forfait 622 tons radioed for help. The Italian freighter Cellina signaled it was heading to aid the Forfait which was in the western Mediterranean. The exact nature of the Forfait’s plight was not disclosed.
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Genoa
Forfait
Cellina
Mediterranean
For Rent 4 and 5 Room Apt with Oil Heat
Apartment listing offering 4 and 5 room units with automatic oil heat and hot water. Possession date February 1. Contact phone number 688 for details.
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Loudoun
South Main
Radio program may have triggered false SOS off Cape Cod
Reports say dramatized ship disaster could have caused a false SOS that sent coast guard units scrambling from Martha’s Vineyard. Byron C. Brown, 48, of Edgar town, was arrested for drunkenness. district court postponed disposition. Coast guard halted search after learning of the arrest.
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Boston
Cape Coe
Martha's Vineyard
Byron C. Brown
Cape
Eee
Edgartown
Coast Guard
Brown
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket Islands
Meeting Planned by Northern Virginia Home Makers
A special meeting of the Northern Virginia Federation of Homemakers of Virginia, a student organization of home economics students in high schools, will be held in Stephens City next month to adopt objectives. The exact date awaits better weather after severe conditions this month. The federation is a pioneer state organization with sponsors and officers evaluating proposed goals.
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Northern Virginia Federation of Homemakers of Virginia
Stephens City
Four Bodies Found From North Sea Raft Doomed Voyage
A Netherlands steamer delivered four male bodies to a British port after they were recovered from a raft adrift in the North Sea. The men’s nationalities could not be determined from the wreckage.
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London
Netherlands
North Sea
Seed Show Opens With Junior Judging Contest
Culpeper Virginia hosts the 4-H and vocational students junior judging contest in conjunction with the state seed show. The junior event is set for Friday morning. speakers include Dr. Merle T. Jenkins of USDA on hybrid corn and Dr. John R. Hutcheson of Virginia Tech on land use program planning.
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Culpeper
Merle T. Jenkins
United States Department of Agriculture
John R. Hutcheson
Virginia Tech
Man Recovers After Mistaken Remedy Dropsby Sister
Denver, Jan 25. John W Napper 74 shouted as his sister mistook turpentine for medicine and applied vinegar as an antidote. His sight was not damaged.
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Denver
John W. Napper
Napper
Finnish Steamer Onto Sunk by Mine in North Sea
The 1,333 ton Finnish steamer Onto was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. Its crew of 18 survived after reaching a northeast coast port aboard a Greek vessel, reporting the Onto sank on Tuesday.
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London
North Sea
British anti aircraft guns fire on plane. plane turns out British
The air ministry said guns fired on an aircraft near an east coast port last night but confirmed the plane was British and there were no casualties.
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London
Air Ministry
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