Virginia budget hearings seek nearly three million in increases
Governor Tuck and his budget advisory group hear requests from state agencies in Rio for about 3 million more in funding. The list adds 530000 for Tax Commission, 19410 for Corporation Commission, 116161 for Motor Vehicles, 1660780 for State Police, and 10334 for Elections, among others. A report by Dr. B H Van Oot on trade and industrial education urges funds to build facilities, improve instruction, broaden women’s technical training, and extend training for workers and veterans.
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Tuck
Rio
State Tax Commission
State Corporation Commission
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State Labor Commission
State Board of Elections
State Police
Division of Motor Vehicles
Richmond
B. H. van Oot
State Department of Education
Veterans’ Administration
Widow Indicted in Martinsville Slaying and Wounding
A Martinsville grand jury indicted Mrs. Louise DeHart 42 of Spray North Carolina on charges of slaying her husband Ralph DeHart and maliciously wounding a woman named Houghins at a county service station near the state line. She had been free on $10 000 bond since a July preliminary hearing. The indictment cites the shooting after a dispute between DeHart and her husband when she found them together at the station in a rear bedroom area.
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Martinsville
Louise
Spray
N. C
DeHart
Ralph DeHart
Houghins
Norfolk to Clear 300 Acres of Slums in 7 Years
Norfolk redevelopment and housing authority weighs a $60 million plan to clear more than 300 acres of congested slum dwellings in central Norfolk and rebuild the area within seven years.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Wife Slayer Sentenced In Mountain Murder Case
Ralph A. Newberry, 37, sentenced to 10 to 20 years in the state penitentiary for the murder of his wife whose headless body was found on a mountain last winter. Samuel L. Newberry, 31, his brother, faced circuit court for murder in the same case.
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Bland
Ralph A. Newberry
Toei
Samuel L. Newberry
Ralph
Common Glory Profit Reported for Jamestown Pageant
The 1949 edition of The Common Glory pageant profits near ten thousand dollars, disclosed by the Jamestown Corporation, producer of the event.
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Richmond
Jamestown Corporation
Michigan Tops First AP Poll of 1949 Football Year
Michigan is named the nation’s best college football team in the initial AP poll of 1949. Notre Dame repeats as runner up, Oklahoma rises to third, Tulane fourth, with Minnesota fifth and a Top Ten that mirrors last season’s final rankings.
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New York
Michigan
Associated Press
Wolverines
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Tulane
Minnesota
North Carolina
Army
Southern California
Southern Methodist
California
Russia Tightens Divorce Procedure
Moscow reports the Soviet Supreme Court orders stricter divorce handling to favor strengthening the family. Divorces will be granted only for serious and well founded motives or when continued marriage conflicts with communist morality and child rearing.
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Moscow
Soviet Supreme Court
Roanoke Rapids Site Picked for REA Plant
The Virginia FEA designates Roanoke Rapids North Carolina as the low cost power spot in the Roanoke river basin. It opposes a multi million dollar hydro project by Virginia Electric and Power Co seeking a license from the power commission. Print Cost Criticised in State Reports and study committee find the state not getting its money’s worth in printing.
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Washington
Virginia Fea
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Roanoke River
North Carolina
Virginia
Virginia Electric and Power Co
The
Power Commission
Richmond
Charles J. Duke Jr
Line Coach Dies
EMORY October 4 line coach Mark Mc Neil of Harrisonburg was named adt manager by Manager L. E. Long who has been granted leave to serve as coordinator of the Old Dominion Electric Co-op.
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Emory
Mark McNeil
Harrisonburg
Adt
L. E. Long
Old Dominion Electric Co-op
Postwar Foreign Aid Tops 33 Billion, Study Says
A government budget office study shows U S aid to other nations since V J Day nears 35 billion dollars with 33 6 billion by next June including aid to the Philippines Korea Greece Turkey Israel and the Soviet Union. The report compares debt and population with the North Atlantic Pact nations and notes Europe’s slow recovery under Marshall Plan funding.
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Car Teague
Sonnel
Congress
Europe
Thearshal
Philippines
Israel
Budget Bureau
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Canada
Baron Jean Snoy
Belgium
Robert Marjolin
France
Office of European Economic Co-operation
Paris
Pace
U. S
Netherlands
Britain
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Norway
Denmark
Turkey
Greece
Portugal
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Maritime Commission
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International Refugees Organization
Eee Wanee International Fund
Suspect Arrested On Slaying Charge Of 33 Years Ago
Beckley West Virginia October 4 196? A Raleigh County grand jury indicted Dean Young 62 on murder connected to the 33 year old Fiet ener Fox killing in Terry with arrest in White Sulphur Springs last summer. Police say the suspect was sought for decades in the Fox shooting case.
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Beckley
W. Va
Fietener Fox
Terry
Dean Young
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Young
White Sulphur Springs
Fox
Ancient Padlock Auctioned at Five Dollars Twenty Five Cents
An old jail padlock said to be 200 years old was sold at a Clarke county public sale in Berryville to W. D. Burtner for 5.25 dollars. The item was part of Gladys Osler Stickles estate liquidation of her husband Joseph Humphrey Stickles and the sale grossed 890 dollars across Clarke Saturday with four auctions in Berryville Crow's Field Horse Show Grounds and Boyce.
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Harpers Ferry
Berryville
W. D. Burtner
Clarke County
Gladys Osler Stickles
Joseph Humphrey Stickles
Coleman Dunn
Clarke
Crow’s Field
Horse Show
Boyce
National Speakers to Address Virginia Farm Bureau Meeting
Prominent national figures will speak at the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Roanoke on November 3 and 4. The event gathers leaders from farming organizations to discuss agricultural policy and industry priorities.
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Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Roanoke
Farm Auctions Listed For October Dates Across Virginia
Oct 5 1 pm F L Barrett Rt 654 Cedar Grove area goods farming implements livestock. Oct 5 10 am R C Clem 1 mi northeast Stephens City horses cattle machinery feed. Oct 7 10 am George H Eagle 1 mi east Winchester Greenwood Road dairy herd livestock farm machinery. Oct 15 10 am L J Hartman Albin Va household goods and carpenter tools. Oct 15 1 pm Fred Y Stotler Acorn Heights south of Winchester Rt 11 household goods.
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F. L. Barrett
Cedar Grove
R. C. Clem
Stephens City
George H. Eagle
Winchester
Greenwood Road
L. J. Hartman
Albin
Fred Y. Stotler
Acorn Heights
Winchester City
Union Appeal Heard Over Overtime Suit
The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in an appeal by a labor union seeking to reverse the Norfolk district court which dismissed the union's suit for overtime pay against the Planters Nut and Chocolate Co. Counsel for the company argued the portal-to-portal act disposed of these claims.
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Richmond
United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Norfolk District Court
Planters Nut and Chocolate Co
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City of Winchester
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Herbert S. Larrick and
James P. Reardon
P. J. Marshall
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Rhodes Drug CO
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Belle Camp
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Chapman
Chapman Motor CO
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Staley’s Syrup
the Food Center
Loudoun St
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Glaize & Bros
Motorola
B. F. Goodrig
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Heatwol ® Motor CO
N. BraDdock St
Northern Virginia
Farmers Livestock Exchange, Inc
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Opequon
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Opequon Post Office
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