Junior First Aid Graduates Get Diplomas
Boy Scouts who completed the American Red Cross Junior First Aid Course receive diplomas at exercises in the Miller Annex of the First Baptist Church last Thursday night. Assistant Scoutmaster Ralph H. Peterson, a certified Red Cross instructor, led the six week course and presented the awards to nine pictured graduates along with others who completed the program. Two more will finish later as Peterson plans another Junior Course and a Standard Course for interested boys.
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American Red Cross
Miller Annex
First Baptist Church
Ralph H. Peterson
Red Cross
Donald Cooper
Allen Patton
Monte Conner
Richard Brown
Dickie Biye
Ronnie Cain
Donnie Stotler
Darrell Tallman
John W. Jones
Peter
George W. Jones
Post Office
Donnald Athey
Freddie Johnson
Bobby Novick
Bennie Ritter
Peterson
National Red Cross
Virginia Vocational Agriculture program yields large dividends
Virginia reported 2,806,140 dollars in dividends from its vocational agriculture program for high school students who completed 30,114 home farm projects spanning 28,400 acres of crops and 21,600 head of cattle. Frank B. Cale and Virginia Tech President Dr. Walter S. Newman spoke at the 34th annual conference with about 560 farm instructors in attendance. A separate Suffolk report notes three suspects held after a hotel night clerk was robbed at the Stonewall Hotel, with 70 dollars taken.
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Frank B. Cale
Cale
Walter S. Newman
Virginia Tech
Woman Believed Hit and Run Victim Dies in Hospital
In Richmond a 56 year old Chesterfield County woman named Inez Alexandria died in a city hospital after being found unconscious by two Chesterfield residents at 12 14 am beside a road leading to her home police said none of the details of the hit and run are known at this time the investigation continues to determine the circumstances of the incident
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Richmond
Chesterfield County
Inez Alexandria
Chesterfield
State Joins Defense of Segregation Law
Governor Bat tle announced that the state and Richmond will defend the segregation statute in the Mosque case. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People challenges the 25 year old law banning mixed racial attendance at public assemblies in a federal suit filed in Richmond.
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Richmond
Battle
National Association For the Advancemnt of Colored People
Council Opposes Non Returnable Beer Bottles
Hopewell city council rejected a state plan for non returnable beer bottles while noting possible acceptance if funds are raised to cover disposal costs. They urged a new ABC levy to fund local disposal, citing the bottle waste problem.
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Hopewell
ABC Board
ABC Bouwre
Choice Between Two Evils Explains Byrd Speech
In Roanoke Sen. Harry F Byrd recalls the 1944 Democratic National Convention. He notes Virginia's support for Bankhead as vice president and describes a shift once Bankhead's prospects faded. Byrd mentions a conversation with Harry S Truman about voting for him for VP.
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Byrd
Roanoke
Sen
Harry F Byrd
Virginia
Sen. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Harry S. Truman
Harry
Henry Wallace
Byrd Comments On Truman and Wallace in Campaign
Byrd said he and his team did very well under the circumstances in the campaign between Truman and Wallace. The remarks reflect strategic positioning during a critical political moment.
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Truman
Wallace
Byrd
Body of Windsor girl found near Thames after vanishing
The seven year old Christine Butcher was found strangled and assaulted near Windsor Park by the River Thames. Sugar Ray Robinson condemned the tragedy saying had he known she wished to meet him her father could have brought her in.
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Windsor
Ene
Christine Butcher
Sugar Ray Robinson
Robinson
Randolph Turpin
Sugar Ray
Windsor Park
River Thames
Bakers Return To Their Jobs
New York bakers re lit ovens at 16 major firms after a nine day strike by 4000 AFL drivers ended with a city sponsored peace pact. Drivers are expected to resume deliveries early tomorrow.
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New York
Virginia Hill Studies Spanish Amid Tax Lien Pressure
Virginia Hill Hauser, ex-girlfriend of gangland figure Bugsy Siegel, studies Spanish as government tax agents close in. The IRS claims 161000 in back income taxes and has seized a 35000 Spokane home and filed a 48369 lien on her Chicago property. A 4000 lien was placed on a Cadillac stored at Palo Auto Calif.
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Spokane
Wash
Virginia Hill
Bugsy Siegel
Hans Hauser
South America
Board Ready to Rule On Salaries of Stars
The Government's salary stabilization board is official and can decide pay raises for notable figures such as baseball star Stan Musial and TV personality Dagmar. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston swore the board in yesterday, establishing authority to rule on compensation for executives and professionals.
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Washington
Stan Musial
Dagmar
Eric Johnston
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Nearb
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John P. Smeds
William L. Watkins
Alma McNeal
Jacksonville
Fla
Leer
Manes
Cumberland
Warner
Clara Fultz
Bentz Shoppe
Cinderella Beauty Nook
Hodgson & Brown
Boscawen St
Raymond B. Allen
Athey
Athey’s
Yercowin
C. M. Athey Paint CO
Baltimore
SSCS
M‘phail Paint & Glass CO
N. Loudoun St
Penney’s
Penney
Penney's
Winchester, Virginia
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