Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs Opens 43rd Conference
About 600 delegates began registering for the 43rd annual Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs conference in Roanoke. The program opened with reports from 298 club presidents as Mrs. Roy E. Kyle of Hillsville led the executive committee to draft resolutions for the afternoon session. The event features an art exhibit with about 100 pictures, a scrap book contest, and poems by club members.
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Roanoke
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
State Federation
Roy E. Kyle
Hillsville
Governor Talks Of Corn War Rally Aims To Raise Virginia Corn Yields
Governor Battle and the Virginia Agriculture Committee discussed a plan to whip North Carolina in an anti corn war. Virginia seeks to duplicate last year's victory by boosting the state wide corn yield per acre in 1950 above its 1940-49 average.
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Richmond
North Carolina
Governor Battle
Virginia Nce Committee
Old Dominion
Light voting in First District special election opens
Early polling shows low turnout due to rain and farmers at planting chores. Four Democratic candidates in the Newport News area include William A. Wright Blake T. Newton and E. J. Robeson Jr. Polls opened at 6 a.m. and close at 6 p.m.
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Associated Press
Brent’ Mill
Spotsylvania County
Fredericksburg
Neck
Hague
Newport
E. J. Robeson, Jr
Newport News
Hampton
Timout
Elizabeth City County
Newport News Area
Tidewater Strawberry Season Opens
The tidewater strawberry season opens tomorrow in Princess Anne County with 60,000 to 65,000 crates expected to be sold at the Farmers Auction Block. Cold weather injuries reduced blooms by about 25 percent, and overall acreage is slightly less than last year.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
John B. Dey
Thomas Corner
Princess Anne County
Dey
Planters Nut and Chocolate Company hit by second day strike
Suffolk reports the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company in a labor dispute as 800 to 1,200 union workers walk out for a second day. Picket lines form around the plant after a breakdown in contract negotiations between labor and management.
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Suffolk
Planters Nut and Chocolate Company
Planters workers announce wage rise and benefits
Officials call the walkout one hundred per cent effective as the plan includes a wage increase tied to regional differentials, four paid holidays, and two weeks of vacation per year for employees with five years of service.
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Ion
Battle Heads to Martinsville for School Dedication
Governor Battle plans to motor to Martinsville for the Patrick Henry School dedication in the city. Former Governor Tuck will meet Battle in South Boston and accompany him to Martinsville.
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Richmond
Battle
Martinsville
Patrick Henry
Tuck
Boston
Bus Driver Fined For Speeding On Route 600
Harry Marvin Heishman a school bus driver from Star Tanney paid a $10 fine in Trial Justice W Erle Edwards court for speeding 45 to 50 mph on Route 600. State Trooper E B Mitchell stated students were aboard when stopped.
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Harry Marvin Heishman
Star Tanney
Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
E. B. Mitchell
Heishman
Ball Practice Notice for Stephenson Baseball Team
The Stephenson baseball team schedules a practice at 5 30 p m tomorrow at Stonewall High School. All players are urged to attend.
A Tree Dies With More Dignity Than a Man Does
HAL BOYLE reflects in Valletz Oregon on two Douglas firs felled in a coastal forest. He contrasts the slow timeless life of trees with human mortality, noting loggers’ work and a “forest guilt” about killing trees, concluding trees die with more dignity than humans in hospitals.
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Valletz
Ore
Muntain Range
Rber
Peninsula Rose Show Postponed To October At Hotel Chamber
The Virginia Peninsula Rose Society delays its State Rose Show from May 13 due to cold statewide weather. It will now take place in the Virginia Room at Hotel Chamber of Old Point Comfort on October 8. The shrine question notes non-Catholic visitors and US pilgrims seeking healing.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Virginia Peninsula
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
United States
Lawson
Duncan Phyfe
Chippendale
Regency
Honduras
Hospital Patients New Admissions Listed at Winchester Memorial
New admissions at Winchester Memorial Hospital include Mrs. Ethel M. Blevins of 662 N Loudoun St and Mrs. Garland H. Hitt of 22 Jackson Ave. Also listed are Mrs. Wilson Haines 1022 Woodland Ave and Mr. Patrick J. Conley 435 Gray Ave plus several others from Marshall Gore Romney Stephenson Wardensville and Delaplane. A separate note states California Oregon and Washington account for most of U S hops production.
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Ethel M. Blevins
Loudoun St
Garland H. Hitt
Jackson Ave
Wilson Haines
Woodland Ave
Patrick J. Conley
Gray
California
Oregon
Washington
U. S
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Millville
N. J
Mozart
Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia
Zola Mae
Martinsburg
Eerecmart
America
Federa
U.S. A
Orliss Archer
Northern Virginia Power CO
Hal Boyle
Peninsula
Richard Hudnut
Paris
CUTEX
Winchester News
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ronald H. Duncan
Oscar H. Duncan
Stephenson
Hugh A. Stewart
Wardensville
W. Va
Esther M. Trible
John S. Trible
Delaplane
Henry Mears
Stephens City
New Beachley
Denovan Sheps
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Ays
Winchester
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