Naming Hodges Over shadows in Virginia legislature
Governor Price announced seven major appointments including Col LeRoy Hodges as state comptroller, overshadowing General Assembly activity. House debates lobbyist registration, passes overload truck bill, and considers companion and related welfare measures as budget hearings begin with a February 21 target. The Senate approved six uncontested bills and adjourned with the House.
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Richmond
Price
Col
LeRoy Hodges
E. R. Combs
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House of Delegates
Secretary of the Commonwealth
House
Newport News
Elizabeth City
House General Laws Committee
Weaver
Horace Edwards
Senate
Department of Public Welfare
Commission of the Blind
Senate Finance
House Repriations
Netherlands welcomes princess born as nation rejoices
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands gives birth to a girl, ending the long wait for a potential queen. The country proclaims the birth with royal colors, salutes, and messages of congratulations from Britain. Both mother and baby are reported well.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Juliana
Soestdijk
Hague
Princess of
Orange-Nassau
Lippe Biesterfeld
Prince Bernhard
George
Elizabeth
Great Britain
Arnhem
Breda
Amersfoort
Jan de Groot
Dr. Anderson Improves After Pneumonia Illness
Mayor Dr. Charles R. Anderson, stricken with pneumonia last week, showed gradual improvement as serum from New York arrived by air. Dr. George Snarr said his condition was fine with normal temperature and pulse. Serum was administered by Dr. Snarr and Dr. B. B. Dutton in Winchester.
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Charles R. Anderson
George Snarr
Anderson
New York
Washington
Winchester
B .C. Cline
Snarr
B. B. Dutton
H. Paul Rhodes
Duke Douglas
Admiral Byrd
John T. Porterfield
Commonwealth
Jefferson
W. Va
Charles Town
West Virginia
Iime
Prison Term For Mother's Slaying
In Lockport New York Supreme Court Justice William A Gold sentenced 36 year old Warren Hyland of North Tonawanda to 20 years to life in Attica prison for killing his mother Susie Hyland 61. The mother was found dead in bed last November her skull crushed and face hacked with a hatchet by her son.
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Lockport
N. Y
Supreme Court
William A. Gold
Warren Hyland
North Tonawanda
Attica
Susie Hyland
Hyland
Noted Scotch Surgeon Sir James Chichton Browne Dies
London obituary notes the death of Sir James Chichton Browne at 97 in Dumfries Scotland He was a pioneer Scottish brain surgeon fellow of the Academy of Medicine New York Royal Society of Medicine and former president of the Medical Society of London.
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London
James Chichton-Browne
Dumfries
Scotland
James
Academy of Medicine of New York
Royal Society of Medic
Medical Society of London
Virginia appoints Hodges comptroller and Jackson secretary
Governor Price named Leroy Hodges as state comptroller replacing E R Combs and Raymond L Jackson as secretary of the commonwealth. E B Jones becomes state treasurer and Sydney B Hall plus George W Koiner retain posts, with other appointments sent to the General Assembly.
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Price
Col
LeRoy Hodges
Sydney B. Hall
Public Instruction
George W. Koiner
C. H. Morrissett
Richmond
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
E.R. Combs
Russell County
Roe
Byrd
E. B. Jones
Highland County
A. B. Gathright
Raymond L. Jackson
Charlottesville
Commonwealth
Peter Saunders
Board of
Motion Picture Censors
General Assembly
Agriculture
William R. Shands
Bureau of Statuatory Research and Drafting
Hodges
Petersburg
Bureau of
Federal Social Security Board
Washington
Westmoreland Davis
Becae
Virginia
Trinkle
State Prison Board of Virginia
National Committee On
House
Jones
House of Delegates
Jackson
Albemarle
Has
Mrs Harmer Ill After Heart Attack in City
Mrs Stanley Harmer is seriously ill at her West Cork street home after a Saturday heart attack. Her daughter Mrs W W Sager of Washington DC arrived and stays with her. Dr Sager and her son Donald Harmer returned home last night with no improvement noted today.
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Stanley Harmer
West Cork Street
W. W. Sager
Washington, D. C
Dr. Sager
Donald Harmer
Miners Denounce Holt at United Mine Workers Meeting
Washington January 31 delegates at the United Mine Workers convention denounced Senator Holt West Virginia as a traitor unworthy to represent the state Holt had broken with Roosevelt administration on relief issues and later split with the union Green president of the AF of L and former miners secretary faced a trial charge of treason while John L Lewis avoided committing to AFL-CIO political actions and TO-DOs.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Convention
Senator Holt
D.-W. Va
West Virginia
John Owen
Resolutions Committee
United Mine Workers
Holt
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
William Green
All American Federation of Labor
Lewis
Green
The
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Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to Open HQ Soon
The Fifteenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival executive committee authorized Director-General Baldridge to set up the new office this week after moving from the George Washington Hotel. An advisory committee chaired by Dr. Lewis M. Allen will meet Baldridge weekly to discuss policies with former directors general Fred A. Read H. Clay De Grange J Pinckney Arthur J Victor Arthur and Ray Robinson. A budget for the coming year was discussed and approved, with many improvement suggestions welcomed at headquarters.
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Thomas Baldridge
George Washington Hotel
Lewis M. Allen
Baldridge
Allen
Fred A. Read
H. Clay DeGrange
J. Pinckney Arthur
J. Victor Arthur
Ray Robinson
Charred Bodies Found In Snow Near Mount Wilson Crash
The charred bodies of Gerard F. Vultee and his wife Sylvia were recovered from Mount Wilson near Flagstaff after their airliner crashed in a snowbound area. Fire and dense snow hindered recovery as a CCC party, led by Sheriff Vandevier, located wreckage and identified the victims partly by a wrist watch. Vultee, a 38 year old aeronautical designer, and his 27 year old wife were en route from Winslow to Glendale when the storm hit.
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Ariz
Gerard F. Vultee
Sylvia
Mount Wilson
Vultee
Vultees
Glendale
Calif
Winslow
Aliz
Edward L. Robinson
CCC
Robinson
Arthur Vandevier
Soviet
Russia
Cold Wave Advances From Northwestern Area With Subzero Forecast
A western cold wave pushes across the nation with 46 below zero readings at The Pas and 40 below at Winnipeg. Storms affect the Pacific coast from Los Angeles to Puget Sound while blizzards threaten the northwest and snow hits New York and Kentucky. The Great Lakes face subzero temperatures and high winds as rain turns to freezing in the south.
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Winnipeg
United States
Pacific
Los Angeles
Puget Sound
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
New Orleans Weather Buréau
Brownsville
Texas
Carrabelle
Fla
Rockies
South Alabama
Virginia
Kentucky
New York
Marshall Declines Re-Election to City Council
Peyton J. Marshall, eight year council member and president since Fred L. Glaize's death, says he will not seek re election. He cites business pressures and time constraints, joining Dr. Ralph B. Snapp in announcing non candidacy for the Democratic primary.
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Peyton J. Marshall
Common Council
Fred L. Glaize
Mr. Marshall
Ralph B. Snapp
Dr. Snapp
Marshall
Anna
Stanley Reed Is Sworn In As High Court Justice
Stanley Reed of Kentucky was sworn in as the Supreme Court’s seventy seventh justice, taking two oaths before sitting beside Justice Cropley. The ceremony followed his nomination by President Roosevelt to fill the seat left by Justice Sutherland’s retirement. Reed's family watched as the court proceeded with its work.
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Washington
Stanley Reed
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
Hughes
Reed
Charles Elmore Cropley
Senate
Sutherland
Adinister
Trces
Frank Key Green
Justice Stone
Justice Cardozo
Stanley, Jr
John
Robert H. Jackson
Coned Udontorneys
Wanted at once to find owner for fine male setter
A notice seeks a home or owner for a well bred male setter. Contact numbers 41-1 or 1182 for the dog’s placement and inquiry.
Ghastly Toll Mounts in Weekend Highway Crashes
Dozens view an unidentified woman struck by a car north of the city. Two drivers are held after a series of weekend highway crashes. Funeral plans are underway for victims including a wife and mother, with services en route to Covington, Kentucky.
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W. C. Lawrence
Covington
Two Drivers Held After Fatal Maryland Roadway Crashes
Coroner Dr James A Miller reports two drivers Douglas McFarland and Harrison Clowser face grand jury action on involuntary manslaughter and drunk driving charges after a weekend series of crashes in Winchester area. Five dead and eight injured include W C Lawrence Ghent Ky and Mildred Puffinberger with an unidentified woman among the victims.
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James A. Miller
Douglas McFarland
Harrison Crowser
Miller
McFarland
Clowser
Commonwealth
Winchester
Frederick County
W. C. Lawrence
Ghent
Holmes Puffinberger
Route 3
Clearbrook
Roderick Wallace
Williams
Sam Cooper
Martinsburg
W. Va
Welton A. Green
Baltimore
Edith Evans
Harrison C. Clowser
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