Campaign for Virginia Governor Nomination narrows
In Loudoun County Times Mirror analysis four candidates compete for the Democratic nomination, led by Battle and Miller with Edwards as a potential kingmaker. The piece argues over public school funding, with Edwards proposing a $30 million general sales tax, while Battle favors existing treasury funds and Miller offers no concrete plan. The August 2 primary looms as residents face a pivotal choice on school finance and broader policy directions.
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Loudoun County
Virginia
John S. Battle
Horace Edwards
Francis Pickens Miller
Remmie L. Arnold
Battle
Miller
Edwards
Horace H. Edwards
John
Battle Francis P. Miller
Arnold
Times-Dispatch
Petersburg
Martin Hutchinson
Byrd
CIO
Henry Walace
Battle Fights for Virginia Labor Law Stand
The piece argues for Senator Battle over Edwards and Miller in Virginia elections. It portrays Miller as the CIO candidate aiming to repeal state labor protections and allow governor control of utilities. Battle supports retaining the existing laws, urging voters to back him to prevent labor union measures.
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Richmond
Francis Pickens Miller
Miller
Senator Battle
Edwards
Virginia
John S. Battle
Stephen Topley Named Berryville Town Sergeant
Navy veteran Stephen Topley is named Berryville town sergeant. Jack Barnhart leads Loudoun Street Presbyterian to an 8 6 victory over United Brethren.
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Stephen Topley
Berryville
Jack Barnhart
Loudoun St. Presbyterian
United Brethren
Germany in turmoil as revolution seethes and war threats rise
Reports claim Germany faces ongoing turmoil with revolutionary pressure and German forces threatening the Warsaw line. Billy Pierce Forney reports to Richmond for induction into the armed services.
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Germany
Red Army
Warsaw Line
Billy Pierce Forney
Richmond
Veterans of Virginia Woolen Mill Plant Still On the Job
Ten year ago in 1904 four machinists John Carpenter Charles Fansler Sam Renner and Frank Jenkins installed equipment at the Virginia Woolen Mill and remain employed there ten years later. S M Lane resigns from the Boyce town council without stated motive.
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Virginia
John Carpenter
Charles Fansler
Sam Renner
Frank Jenkins
S. M. Lane
Boyce
Confederate veterans plan Fishers Hill picnic August 2
Twenty five years ago the Confederate veterans announced a picnic at Fishers Hill on August 2 with a band to provide music. J. M. Oates broke his arm while picking cherries.
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Fishers Hill
J. M. Oates
Lightning Strikes Man Dead While Thinning Corn
In 1899 John K. Schaeffer was struck by lightning and killed while thinning corn along the Shenandoah River. Separately the Seal brothers completed the Mt. Hebron cemetery fence. Lewis Miller caught a four and a half pound bass, twenty one inches long, in the Capon river.
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John K. Schaeffer
Shenandoah River
Seal Brothers
Mt. Hebron
Lewis Miller
Capon River
Virginia governor race poll gap narrows to Battle edge
In a Clarke County note James M. Thomson reports poll estimates for Virginians today: Arnold five percent Edwards fifteen Miller thirty seven Battle forty three. The piece discusses personalities, state issues, and the lack of a second primary shaping the August 2 contest.
Bond-A-Month Plan Promises Easy Saving
An advertisement touts a Bond-A-Month savings plan at your bank during the Security Loan Drive. It claims that after 10 years you earn 4 for every 3 saved and argues Wise saving stabilizes the economy while likening it to the myth of Midas.
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Midas
U.S
See You in St Lo Major Howie and the 29th Division
Five years after the St Lo battle the major of St Lo Thomas D Howie of the Staunton military academy led a battalion into the town and died in the assault. A bronze bust near the ruined church honors him and 1818 others from his division who fell at St Lo as a symbol of courage and sacrifice.
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New York
St. Lo
France
Thomas D. Howie
Staunton (Va
Howie
Young
How's Your IQ Mem ory Genius Classification
A quiz based on 100 questions spans 10 days with daily scores. Questions cover history and trivia such as St Swithin's Day, a Korean peninsula question, royal connections, Eddie Waitkus, a luxury yacht tied to an Axis figure, U S Military Academy courses, sonnet structure, Mrs O Leary fire, Russian roulette odds, and a Gracia author.
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Korea
Manchuria
Yellow Sea
Duchess of Edinburgh
Eddie Waitkus
Chicago
Grille
U. S. Military Academy
O’leary
Gracia
When did soldiers first wear helmets
Forerunners of helmets appeared with Ethiopian troops who wore horse skulls as head protection. Helmets became part of armor for Persian Assyrian Greek and Roman warriors and later reached prominence as knights’ armor in the Middle Ages.
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