P C A Agent Rescues Mules Near Grimes
Ervin Cleveland, local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agent, helped stop a wagon driven by Sam Swimley and an assistant after mules bolted from an orchard onto Route 11. Cleveland followed, passed the team, and caused the mules to stop, allowing Swimley to steer them safely back to the Russell orchard.
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Ervin Cleveland
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Route 11
Grimes
Sam Swimley
D. K. Russell
Cleveland
Swimley
Petersburg Transit Workers Set Strike Notice
A strike notice was filed with Governor Battle by the Petersburg transit workers union. Wilgus Gabbara of Division 1220 AFL writes that the workers set midnight April 18 to strike over wage disagreements with the Petersburg Transit Company.
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Petersburg
Governor Battle
Petersburg Transit Company
Wilgus Gabbara
Division 1220
AFL
Cost of War Pacifists Deduct 72.6 Percent From Tax Return
Quaker couple Francis Behn Riggs and Valerie Riggs mailed income tax returns reducing the amount owed by 72.6 percent to protest war spending. The 70 and 67 year olds expect the IRS to seize funds, while Mrs. Riggs contends taxes for killing are criminal.
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Whittier
Calif
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Francis Behn Riggs
Valerie
Bureau
Actaes
Department Store Sales Improve in Fifth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports department store activity in the Fifth District rose 12 percent in the week ending March 8 from the prior week but stayed 20 percent below the year-earlier level. Sales across 18 stores in Maryland Virginia West Virginia North and South Carolina and DC show four-week totals 15 percent under last year with Easter and scare buying cited as factors in 1951.
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Ichmo
Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North
South Carolina
District of Columbia
the Bank
Bridge Still More Popular Than Canasta, Says Association
The Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers says no exact figures exist but believes more people play bridge than canasta.
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Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers
Association
Virginia White Dogwood Is State Flower Of Note
The white flowering dogwood is Virginia's state flower and thrives across the United States. It suits gardens, borders roads, and pairs well with redbud and magnolia. Transplant in March for Northern Virginia, with 2 to 4 foot plants blooming 1 to 3 years after.
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Virginia
United States
Colonial
Williamsburg
Russia ready to veto Austrian peace treaty plan
Washington reports say Moscow would likely reject a streamlined four power Austrian peace pact. A Russian veto would end Western hopes for a four power settlement and extend occupation, while the US Britain and France urged Moscow to accept an eight article pact restoring Austrian rule. The US denounced Russia for stalling on the 1943 promise to join the West.
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Washington
Russia
Austria
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Engineering Advances Ahead for Modern Auto
Detroit reports engineers forecast further car improvements including heaters, ventilation, and new refrigerating units. High power engines and torque gains emerge with experiments such as Chrysler’s V-8 rising from 180 to 353 horsepower via head changes and high octane fuel.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Society of Automotive Engineers
New draft treaty reshapes postwar assets deal
The agreement replaces a 60 article pact with a shorter version seven articles drawn from the original. Russia signed seven articles while the eighth calls all four nations to surrender Austrian property claimed as Nazi assets or war booty. Russia, which holds Austrian shipping and industrial assets worth hundreds of millions, might face a sizable loss.
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Russia
Austria
Juror Hears Lautner Admit Reds Teach Overthrow of U S
In a Baltimore federal trial, former Communist official John Lautner testified that the Communist Party aims to overthrow the U S government by violence if feasible. He described teaching Marxism Leninism at a party school through 1948 and outlined his party service in Detroit Cleveland West Virginia and New York before his 1950 dismissal.
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Baltimore
Communist Party
United States
John Lauter
Lautner
Philip Frankfeld
Maryland
Dorothy Rose Blumberg
Leroy H. Wood
George Meyers
Maurice Braverman
Braverman
W. Calvin Chesnut
Chesnut
Tragic Error Gun Battle Probed In New Orleans
In New Orleans a fatal shooting and wounding sparked separate probes by police the district attorney and a grand jury. Vincent Cappo 33 killed after firing on Patrolman Julius Kimble who was inspecting Cappo s car outside a cleaning shop. Cappo may have mistaken Kimble for a prowler. Kimble may lose full use of his leg. Cappo s widow and four month old daughter survive.
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New Orleans
District Attorney's Office
Grand Jury
Vincent Cappo
Julius Kimble
Kimble
Cappo
Phillip Trice, Jr
Acheson Denounces Moscow Conference As Fake Setup
Secretary of State Acheson condemns a forthcoming Moscow international economic conference as a fake setup designed to confuse and weaken the West in Washington. The statement labels the event a staged pretence aimed at undermining allied unity and economic policy.
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Acheson
Moscow
Washington
West
Battle Warns Virginia Agencies To Economize
Governor Battle warns four heads of state agencies to curb spending as the 1950-52 biennium ends. He says 3,000,000 unspent dollars should remain across the General Fund, urging strict economy and delaying use of unexpended balances to maintain a cushion for the 1952-54 budget. He stresses revenue estimates are max projections and urges agencies to avoid plans that deplete year end balances.
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Richmond
Battle
Virginia
Commonwealth
Charge Former Sheriff Slapped Cage Official
Truman Fleming, former Dickenson County sheriff, was charged with slapping a cage official at the District 8 high school basketball tournament and will appear in court on March 24 to answer the accusation.
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Appalachia
Truman Fleming
Dickenson County
Fleming
Warrant Filed Over Court Tap After March 1 Tournament Final
The warrant accuses the former sheriff of stepping onto the court after the March 1 final between St. Paul and Clintwood and tapping official Sam Lawson. Fleming, from Clintwood, oversaw Clintwood’s 66 game win streak ending with St. Paul’s one point win.
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St. Paul
Clintwood
Sam Lawson
Fleming
Lichens Dominate Arctic Ground Cover In Low Growth
In Arctic regions lichens grow only a few inches high after covering the ground much as grass does in temperate regions. The description highlights their prominence as the primary ground cover in subzero climates.
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Arctic
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