Seven Martinsville Negroes To Die in Electric Chair Soon
Virginia Gov Battle rejects clemency for seven Martinsville defendants convicted of raping a 32 year old white woman. Four are set for execution Friday and three others on August 4. Appeals failed and the Virginia Supreme Court denied review.
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Martinsville
Richmond
Virginia
John S. Battle
Joe Henry Ampton
Frank Hairston
Booker T. Millner
Howard Hairston
Francis Desales Grayson
John Clabon Taylor
James Luther Hairston
Battle
Martin A. Martin
Virginia Supreme Court
Ruby Stroud Floyd
Taylor
William M. Tuck
Virginia High Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Communists Clamp Down on Traitors
London says Moscow radio reports a wide scale campaign in Communist China against traitors and saboteurs. Tass dispatch from Peiping quotes Premier Chou En Lai directing suppression of counter revolutionary activity with death penalties for leaders and serious offenders.
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London
Moscow Radio
China
Red Government
Tass
Peiping
Red Capital
Chou En-lai
Hell's Half Acre at Spotsylvania battlefield
This name referred to a part of the Spotsylvania battlefield where on May 12 1864 Confederate and Federal troops fought intensely and the dead and wounded stacked up in piles throughout the day.
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Spotsylvania Battlefield
Cadet Drowns Off Buckroe Beach During Shore Swim
A search for Paul Turner Jones 27 of Waynesville Ohio continues after he disappeared while swimming to shore from a diving platform at Buckroe Beach in Chesapeake Bay. Two fellow cadets from Langley Air Force Base reported he went under in rough waters delaying rescue.
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Buckroe Beach
Paul Turner Jones
University of Cincinnati
Waynesville
Ohio
Ing
Langley Air Force Base
Jones
Chesapeake Bay
DeJarnette to Head Advisory Council
Delegate Edmund T. DeJarnette of Hanover County will lead the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council for two years after his election at the VALC meeting. The group assigned members to 15 studies including state colleges and universities and Virginia's seafood industry. Vice chairman is State Senator Ben T. Gunter Jr. John B. Boatwright Jr. will serve as ex-officio secretary.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Edmund T. DeJarnette
Hanover County
VALC
General Assembly
Paul Crockett
Yorktown
Virginia
Hary B. Davis
Princess Anne
Ben T. Gunter, Jr
Accomack
John B. Boatwright, Jr
Division of
G. M. Lapsley
Father Is Held In Childs Death
A 20 year old war veteran, John Charles Ferrante, was indicted for murder in the death of his 2 year old stepson Donald Ferrante. He pleaded innocent and has been held in jail since April 25 in default of 5 000 bond. Autopsy showed multiple internal injuries from a severe beating, doctors said. The mother, Mrs. June Ferrante, was away when the child fell ill.
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Alexandria
John Charles Ferrante
Donald Ferrante
John A. Sims
Sims
Richard Palmer
Alexandria Hospital
June Ferrante
Board Considers Request for Funds
The State Board of Education considered construction fund requests from six Virginia cities as part of four year building programs approved by State Superintendent Dowell J. Howard. The meeting at the Cavalier Hotel approved literary fund appropriations for Amherst Albemarle Appomattox Caroline Dinwiddie Floyd Mecklenburg Northumberland Pittsylvania Westmoreland Wythe and releases to Patrick and York counties with funds for four Pittsylvania projects.
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Virginia Beach
State Board of Education
Virginia
Dowell J. Howard
Cavalier Hotel
Amherst
Albemarle
Appomattox
Caroline
Dinwiddle
Floyd
Mecklensburg
Northumberland
Pittsylvania Westmoreland and Wythe
Patrick County
York County
Fluvanna
Grayson
Pittsylvania
Raids Result In 2300 In Fines In Princess Anne County
In Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach raids, 23 defendants faced charges. Nine convicted on illegal whisky sales, each fined 100 dollars and costs with 30 days jail, jail terms suspended except three appeals. Other counts included gambling paraphernalia, whisky possession, and aiding a nuisance. Eight found not guilty on common nuisance, one cleared of whisky sale.
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Princess Anne
Princess Anne County
Virginia Beach
Davis Reed, Jr
City Appeals Fairfax Annexation Fight to State Court
Falls Church City Council votes unanimously to appeal a circuit court ruling denying its bid to annex 10.7 square miles in Fairfax County. The three-judge panel rejected the city's plan, prompting the move to the State Court of Appeals on attorney recommendations.
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Falls Church
Fairfax County
State Court of Appeals
Officials Map Anti Polio Plans
Officials of the State Health Department discussed every possible method to combat the polio epidemic in Richmond. The briefing outlined vaccination drives public education and community outreach as key strategies to curb the outbreak.
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Richmond
State Health Department
Polio Outbreak Swells in Wytheville Area
Nineteen cases and three deaths were recorded in Wytheville and Wythe County over the week, boosting the regional totals to 60 cases and eight deaths since July 1. Dr. L J Roper called the outbreak the worst in the country this year and Virginia’s history, with Wytheville area accounting for about half of the state's 137 polio cases.
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Wytheville
Wythe County
L. J. Roper
Virginia
Thirty Nine Bodies Recovered From Plane Crash Near Myrtle Beach
Thirty nine bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Army Air Force transport plane that crashed near Myrtle Beach Sunday. Initial counts listed 34 casualties with 30 Tennessee Guardsmen and four Florida Air Reserve crewmen. Capt. E. B. Wood of Shaw Air Force Base later said five more bodies were found, likely military hitch hikers.
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Myrtle Beach
Army Air Force
Here
Air Force
Tennessee Air National Guardsmen
Air Reserve
Florida
E. 8. Wood
Shaw Air Force
Sumter
D. C
Church Group To Hold Picnic at Jordan Springs
The First Evangelical United Brethren Sunday School will hold a picnic at Jordan Springs. Families are to bring basket lunches and eat together at 6 o clock. A period of fellowship singing and prayers will follow the Supper.
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First Evangelical United Brethren Sunday School
Jordan Springs
William Hottle Dies in Woodstock Hospital
William Henry Hottle 77 a retired farmer from Jadwyn near Woodstock died at Fravel Hospital at 9 am He was born Sept 5 1872 son of Hampson and wife from Mt Ollive He married Virginia Sager who died 1914 and later Alice Tipton who died 1945 Survived by sons Albert Harry Ernest of Winchester a wife two stepchildren and two sisters Funeral 11 am from Dellinger Chapel Woodstock with Rev Lawrence Helsley and burial in Harrisville Reform Cemetery
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Woodstock
William Henry Hottle
Jadwyn
Albert
Harry
Ernest Hottle
Winchester
Fravel Hospital
Hampson Hottle
Mt. Ollive
Virginia Sager
Alice Tipton
Hatn
Lawrence M. Helsley
Harrisville Reformed Church
Cortisone chemical name identified
The technical name for cortisone is 17 hydroxy 11 dehydrocorticosterone, noting its precise chemical nomenclature.
Card of Thanks from Adams Family
The Adams family thanks friends who offered comfort and aid during their bereavement.
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U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Pusan
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W. Cork ST
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Virginia News
Cadet
Conford
Joe
Continental Casualty Company
America
RY Eo
J. G. Hollinger & SO
Rouss Ave
Continental Cosvelty
Roveoy
Peeoaammrem
Rere
Elas
Lee Ede
William H. Hottle
R. M. Adams
Good & Company
Miller’s Hardware
N. Main St
Shoctida
Hopalong Cassidy
Hoppy
Brive Wadbees
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