Virginia Workmen's Compensation Rates Cut Or Possibly Voted
The Virginia State Commission held a hearing on a request by the Virginia Workmen's Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to reduce rates by 13.5 percent citing figures from a national organization of insurers. The Insurance Division suggested a reduction between 21 and 24 percent, while witnesses argued for 25.8 percent for Virginia. Also in Richmond a bid to let women serve on Episcopal vestries failed 89 to 83, shelving the issue for 1951, with debate over removing the word male from vestry eligibility. Guatemalan coffee trees yield about a pound per tree annually.
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Virginiaanufacturers Association
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Wright Files Expense Account for May 2 Special Election
William A Wright filed a state election report showing his unsuccessful campaign for Congress in the May 2 special election cost $6,172.30. The filing lists $2,025 spent by Wright and $4,147.30 to be paid from contributions, with no other candidates yet filing their reports within 30 days after the election.
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William A Wright
State Board of Elections
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Thomas H. Blanton
Two NC Men Sentenced Over 43 Counterfeit Twenty Notes
Edward Grantley Wallace aged 25 of Gastonia and Edward Kennerly aged 38 of Salisbury confessed passing 43 counterfeit twenty dollar notes. Federal Judge A D Garksdale sentenced them to 18 months imprisonment for the crime with Kennerly admitting he supplied a thousand dollars in real money to obtain five thousand in phony currency.
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North Carolina
A. D. Garksdale
Edward Grantley Wallace
Gastonia
N. C
Edward Kennerly
Salisbury
Kennerly
Wallace
Virginia
DP Official Sought by Group in Virginia
The State Displaced Persons Committee urged Governor Battle to appoint a full time official to coordinate Virginia's resettlement efforts. Battle will study the proposal and decide later. The job is now handled by the Department of Agriculture with Parke C Brinkley as committee chairman. Of 2000 DPs settled, only about 10 percent live on farms.
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Richmond
State DisPlaced Persons Committee
Battle
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Parke C. Brinkley
Bristol Shows Hike In Population
Bristol and nearby areas report a population increase in the twin city region of Bristol Virginia and Bristol Tennessee, with growth reflected in official counts and municipal records. The data highlight demographic change across the Bristol metro area and its surrounding communities.
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Bristol
Population rise in Bristol areas and nearby counties
Census officials reported a decade trend with Bristol Virginia and Tennessee adding to a combined 32 618 this year from 23 172 in 1940 a 43 percent gain. Sullivan County Tennessee grew from 69 085 to 94 978 and Carter County from 31 461 to 42 195. Virginia county figures to be released soon.
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Tennessee
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Bristol, Tenn
Sullivan County
Carter County
Virginia
Italian Count Promotes Marshall Plan Ties at Home
In Washington Count Paoli Mancini, 44, owner of a 1 000 acre Tuscany farm, acts as a volunteer representative coordinating Italian teams under the ECA aided program. He stresses the Marshall Plan’s moral help in fighting Communism and hopes for extension beyond 1952. He notes Italy’s overpopulation as a major challenge and envisions training workers to operate in other countries.
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Paoli Mancini
Tuscany
Italy
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
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Sree
Local Citizens Lose Brother
Harry Harvey Snarr died suddenly at his Strasburg home after a heart attack on Wednesday. Born March 11, 1883 in Wheatfield, he was a son of George H. and Mary Baker Snarr. He owned Snarr's Mill before retiring in 1941 and is survived by wife Marguerite Funk Snarr, son L. L. Snarr Sr., daughter Mrs. J. M. Winkfield, sister Mrs. Walter Little, and grandson L. L. Snarr Jr. Funeral at 4 p m tomorrow at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev. George Smith officiating. interment in Riverview Cemetery. Body at Stover Funeral Home, Strasburg.
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Harry Harvey Snarr
George G. Snarr
Benjamin B. Snarr
Winchester
Wheatfield
George Henry
Mary Belle Baker Snarr
Snarr
Marguerite Funk Snarr
L. L. Snarr Sr
J. M. Winkfield
Walter Little
Middletown
L. L. Snarr Jr
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
George Smith
Riverview Cemetery
Stover
Love Prefers Death Agony In Singapore Report
Singapore authorities report that caustic soda is the favorite poison for jilted lovers who seek an agonising death to spur remorse in the one who rejected them. The item costs about 20 Straits cents per dose and is readily available.
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Grimes News Notes and Local Updates
Grimes reports Galilee Children's Day exercise set for Sunday evening June 4 with invites issued. County supervisor and bank director Grover Teets is ill at Snow Hill Farm, while Mollie Dick of Welltown has been ill nearby. Charles Hensell improves after hospital stay. Residents attended Brucetown rural life service. Masons visited Washington. Wade Kerns family moves to Popular Shade with Luttrell. Herbert Taylor returns to work at White Hall. Corn planting delayed by rain. Buckwheat honey described as very dark.
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Brucetown Church
Harry Mason
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Wade Kerns
Whitacre Rich Hill
Luttrell
Herbert Taylor
Robert Russell
White Hall
Pee Wee Reese Ejected, First Since Long Stint
The Brooklyn Dodgers star Pee Wee Reese was ejected by an umpire, marking his first ejection in over 1,000 major league games.
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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