Skyline Drive and Williamsburg Top Virginia Year Round Travel
The State Conservation Commission reports Skyline Drive and Williamsburg as Virginia s top year round travel destinations, with Virginia Beach third in summer. New York agencies show Williamsburg highest interest, followed by Mount Vernon and the Caverns as popular trips.
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Williamsburg
Skyline Drive
Virginia
Virginia Beach
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Washington
Richmond
New York
Mount Vernon
the Caverns
Fredericksburg
Yorktown
Evelyn R. Mullen
Front Royal
Charlottesville
Jamestown
Stratford Hall
Wakefield
Buena Vista
Natural Bridge
Shenandoah Valley
Winchester
Luray
Ex-Gov Leche Testifies Before Federal Grand Jury In Graft Probe
Former Louisiana governor Richard W Leche appears before the federal grand jury in New Orleans as part of a statewide graft investigation tied to misappropriations at Louisiana State University. The months long inquiry covers politics and financial misconduct.
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Louisiana
Richard W. Leche
Theederal Grand Jury
New Orleans
Leche
James Monroe Smith
Education committee outlines Virginia youth program
In Richmond on July 31 the committee appointed by Governor Price to study state education proposed an expanded system with demonstrational and experimental programs to guide future development. Senator Hunsdon Cary chaired the group with members including John Dana Wise and Dr. Sidney Hall.
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Richmond
Virginia
Hunsdon Cary
Henrico County
Price
Department of Education
Cary Said
John Dana Wise
K. J. Hoke
College of William and *Mary
G. Tyler Miller
Front Royal
Sidney B. Hall
J. B. Buck
The
W. R. Shands
Building Gains Boost in Fifth District Trade Report
The Fifth Federal Reserve Bank reported improving trade and industry in the district for June through July. Construction led with permits up 70 percent from June 1938 and contracts awarded up 54 percent, while employment rose across construction textiles coal tobacco and other sectors. Debits to personal accounts rose 10 percent over June 1938, with tobacco forecasts signaling a potential price impact due to large plantings and a 30 percent yield increase.
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Richmond
Fifth Federal Reserve Bank
Moneion
Army War on Rats Delivers Irrigation Dam Battlefront Tale
LAS ANIMAL Colo July 31 The U S Army fights kangaroo rats and sand rats along the Arkansas river dunes to build the 14 500 000 Caddoo dam aiding irrigation in Colorado and Kansas Engineers aided by the Soil Conservation Service lay vegetation to tie down a sand dune and relocate Santa Fe Railroad tracks Poison grain and patches of maize and grasses are deployed as the rodent war continues. officials say the rats are now largely under control but expected to persist as a challenge.
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Colo
Colorado
United States Army
Kansas
Congress
C. L. Etter
Soil Conservation Service
Arkansas River
Santa Fe
Etter
Engin
Eers
Rock Enon hosts all day meeting and town visit
Rock Enon Virginia held an all day meeting on July 23 with a large turnout of locals and visitors. Jim Larrick escaped serious injury when a wagon hit by Earl Whitacre’s car shattered the wagon tongue through the windshield but no one was seriously hurt.
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Rock Enon
Jim Larrick
Earl Whitacre
Ida Cain
Winchester
Bryan
Poll Tax Committee Opposes Virginia Voting Law Change
In Richmond on July 31 the capitation tax committee of the Young Democratic Clubs of Virginia released a majority report urging no change to voter eligibility laws. The panel, led by Robert Lane Andersen, argued poll tax proves voter interest and guards against demagoguery, while minority reports from Dean M. Ray Doubles and Daniel Weymouth offered variations on the tax requirement and education proof.
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Richmond
Young Democratic Clubs of
Virginia
M. Ray Doubies
University of Richmond Law School
Daniel Weymouth
Heathsville
Virginia Young Democrats
Roanoke
Robert Lane Andersen
Wright
John Marshall
Newport News
Charles R. Fenwick
East Falls Church
Richard &. Wright, Jr
Woodstock
Year’s First Car Death In County
D T Bowers 56 of Chuckey Tenn died in Lebanon hospital after head injuries from an Abingdon to Lebanon wreck. It marked Russell county 1939’s first automobile fatality. Wife Mrs D T Bowers 50 in critical condition with skull fracture and back lacerations. Two other injured remain hospitalized with less serious injuries.
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Lebanon
D. T. Bowers
Chuckey
Tenn
Abingdon-to-Lebanon
Russell County
Lightning Sets Fire to Barns and Homes in Virginia
A powerful storm in Virginia struck Midlothian and Hanover counties. Two homes near Midlothian in Chesterfield County and two barns in Hanover County were destroyed by lightning. Over six other places were struck but not seriously damaged. No injuries were reported.
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Richmond
Midlothian
Chesterfield County
Hanover County
Registered Voters List and Government Exam Plan
The article describes a requirement to present evidence of registration or face an examination. The exam, under the Doubles plan, will be administered by the public school system at intervals and will be based on a state prepared pamphlet on fundamental government principles.
Couple's Impromptu Wedding at Magistrate Court
In Philadelphia, Chorue and Esther Faber wed with a magistrate presiding over a wife beating case as the only available official. The couple assured the magistrate that nothing would change their minds as they tied the knot.
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Philadelphia
Chorue
Esther Faber
Miss Faber
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