Armed Forces Day Observed Across Virginia
Virginia marked its second Armed Forces Day with speeches by Senators Byrd and Robertson and parades in Norfolk Richmond Roanoke and Newport News. Byrd discussed General MacArthur and the United Nations while Robertson urged self defense against communism. A Silver Star was presented to Major Gardner’s seven year old daughter in Richmond. Rear Admiral Crawford reported Norfolk Naval Base activities and a joint observance in Blacksburg.
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Norfolk
Byrd
MacArthur
Japan
Far East
United Nations
Robertson
Covington
Richmond
Roanoke
Newport News
James O. Gardner
Korea
George C. Crawford
Norfolk Naval Base
Blacksburg
Virginia's 1951 Highway Toll Passes 300
A weekend spike raised Virginia's 1951 highway toll to 304 deaths with ten killed in accidents. The report names victims including Thomas H. Health and Mrs. Lawson Bradley among others across multiple counties, with crashes on routes 13 606 and 301 and near Strasburg and Fredericksburg.
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Virginia
Lee
Thomas H. Health
South Norfolk
Lawson Bradley
Richmond
William Cohen
New York City
David Meadows
Brooklyn
Louis F. Copp
Maurertown
Anna Elizabeth Snapp
Strasburg
Cutter
Coioe
Blanche Marie Combs
Fredericksburg
Fleetwood Willie Haynes
Norfolk
Bradley
Martinsville
Sassafras
Gloucester County
Sgt. Cohen
Langley Air Force Base
Bell Street
Elizabeth City
Meadows
Peters
Copp
Sna
Combs
Haynes
Princess Anne County
Virginia physics teachers discuss atomic radiation defense
More than 60 high school physics teachers and industrialists were told steps toward forming radiation detection teams across Virginia. The session at the University of Virginia covered effects of atomic radiation, detection methods, and protection, as part of Civilian Defense efforts.
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Charlottesville
Virginia
Theniversity of Virginia
Cony Through Energetica Old Finnish Poetry
A fragmented snippet references Cony and energetica alongside old Finnish poetry and a phrase oriental nurse 46 A Ti. The source text is incomplete and lacks clear event or identity details for a fuller summary.
Dwarfs Among Stars Illuminate Small Light Sources
A brief note describes how dwarfs form a vast class of stellar objects contributing faint light in the night sky. It mentions C W A and related stars as examples illustrating the dim end of stellar brightness and classification.
Life's Like That and Figures on Education and Prisons
An item notes Fred Neher style quips about loyalty from Robert Vogeler after 17 months in a Hungarian prison at a Young Presidents Organization meeting in the Cavalier Hotel. It also mentions a wife pursuing Bible study, a nonsectarian seminary degree, and a quiz on lobsters and horse stud books.
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Robert Vogeler
Cavalier Hotel
The
Young Presidents Organization
Recreation Head to Speak on Growth at luncheon
Charles L. Aikin City Director of Recreation will address Exchangites at the regular luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m in the George Washington Hotel. He will discuss growth and improvements of Winchester Recreation Park and a Ladies Nite Event is planned at Winchester Golf Club on May 29 at 6 30 p m. Club members should return postcards indicating attendance. The Board of Control approved four new road signs and continued Junior Tennis sponsorship with Joseph Massie in charge. A resolution favoring highway by passes was to be submitted to the City Council.
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Charles L. Aikin
George Washington Hotel
Aikin
Winchester Recreation Park
Winchester Golf Club
Board of Control
Joseph Massie
Richmond Housewife Earns Historic Divinity Degree
Mrs. John Etchison of Richmond becomes the first woman to receive a divinity degree from the college since its founding 139 years ago. She is about 28 years old, twice the average age of 37 among graduates, and begins a teaching career at a new college.
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Richmond
John Etchison
Ggang Seminary
Etchison
Infant dies in Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stephen Thomas Johnson infant son of Wayne T and May Longerbeam Johnson of Berryville died at 7:45 this morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital after several days as a patient. Born April 4 1951 at Winchester Memorial Hospital he is survived by his parents one brother and one half sister. Graveside rites at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville tomorrow at 11 conducted by Rev Arthur Brown Berryville Baptist Church.
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Stephen Thomas Johnson
Wayne T
Longerbeam Johnson
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Green Hill Cemetery
Arthur Brown
Berryville Baptist Church
Loudoun to Name Deputy Game Warden
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approves an assistant game warden appointment and asks Judge J R H Alexander to name Maurice Dwyer of Purcellville to the post. Dwyer will serve mainly in Mercer district due to rabid foxes found near Fauquier County. Salary funded by Loudoun Hunt Clubs.
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Leesburg
Loudoun County
Notice to show cause on Estate assets in Winchester
Notice instructs why the assets of the late James B Creswell held by Shenandoah Valley National Bank in Winchester Virginia should not be delivered to Walton E Brill executor of the estate within thirty days after due publication. The executor Walton E Brill is named and the notice cites dates in 1921 and 1941.
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James B. Creswell
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
Winchester
Virginia
Walton E. Brill
Janes B. Creswell
Talmage Sanford Succumbs at 55
Talmage R. Sanford 55, of Harrisburg Pennsylvania, formerly of Winchester, died Thursday in Nebraska on vacation from a heart attack. Survived by widow Zella Chrismore, one daughter, two grandchildren, five sisters, one brother Paul E. Sanford of Washington, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Harrisburg home.
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Talmage R. Sanford
Harrisburg
Winchester
Nebraska
Sanford
Charles R
Martha Roe Sanford
Zella Chrismore
Paul E. Sanford
Washington
Gladys Ruppenthal
Della Ritter
Daisy Boxwell
Riverdale
Edith Hewlet
Portsmouth
Ruth Howe
Brunswick
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Virginia Beach
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RTE IL
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Ino
Nia
Mle
Fred Neher
R. H A
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Recreation Head
Hileo
Philco
Philcos
Mervel W. Adams
N. Cameron St
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Loudoun
Talmage Sanford
Voi
As Farm Credit
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Philip Morris
Pulip Morris
Puilip Morris
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