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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1941
Page
5
Richmond, March 20. Carl H. Wolting, chairman of the Commission of Game and Fisheries, urges city residents and farmers to unite on agriculture and land conservation. He says urban interest in wildlife can teach conservation and show that soil fertility underpins all livelihoods, with game relying on well managed farmland.
Thomas C. Colt Jr. announces a $5 850 government mural competition for the Harrisonburg federal building. An advisory committee will review entries with a Sept 10 deadline. Open to artists from Virginia Delaware Maryland DC West Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Mississippi and Kentucky.
J B H A Elmer Layden, former Notre Dame coach, serves as the Commissioner of the National Professional Football League.
Roanoke Virginia March 20 state labor commissioner Thomas B Morton announced that about one fourteenth of the nations defense construction occurs in the state with no strikes. He credited the Virginia department of labors conciliation service built over two and a half years and noted more calls from employers than workers. Morton urged that defense workers deserve public appreciation for their sacrifices.
The first of twelve Red Cross home hygiene classes led by Miss Helen Myers, Shenandoah County public health nurse, met in Woodstock health office. The course offers a certificate from American National Red Cross upon completion. classes will run Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 30 p m with a list of twenty or so attendees from Maurertown and surrounding areas.
Luray March 20 Page county board of supervisors adopts a thirty five cent increase in the general tax rate to cover jail repairs. Other levy levels stay the same except Springfield district bonded indebtedness down due to retirement of school bonds. Road budget to be heard later. state allocation lists Page county at 59495 for the coming year with 20000 earmarked for bridge repair and modernization not included in the year.
A district gathering convenes Saturday at 9 o clock at Madison College with delegates from this Virginia region. The main Frederick County meeting schedules for Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in the courthouse to discuss the long term educational plan.
In Richmond on March 20 Judge Robert N. Pollard heard arguments over possible imprisonment for failure to pay fines after the U S Wage and Hour Division testified that prison is not allowed for a first conviction. The case, involving Anderson of Southside Garment and a pants contractor, found him guilty on 11 of 23 counts for paying low piecework wages and falsifying hours to meet minimum wage rules.
The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation begins its two day convention at Hotel Jefferson with Rep Glittora Hope addressing ag leaders on March 20. John R. Hutcheson and others from state and national farm groups speak as over 500 members attend.
The Minor Melody Chorus from Washington DC will perform at Mt. Carmel Church Winchester at 8 30 pm on March 23 with request songs. A 3 pm Sunday program of special selections follows. Proceeds benefit the trustees fund. a silver offering is collected.
In Richmond on March 20 Mrs. Dora Hamilton of Amherst County, convicted of second degree murder in the fatal shooting of neighbor Richard Staton, seeks appeal before the State Supreme Court of Appeals. Her son Artie Hamilton, found guilty of manslaughter, was paroled to the state industrial school. four years were set for his sentence. Several other trial court appeals, including six others, will be heard at the April term starting April 14. two death sentence cases will not be argued then.
A record notes that a Waller man, a Black sharecropper, remains under a death sentence for the fatal shooting of Oscar Davis, a Pittsylvania County farmer.
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