Phoneage Parley To Resume Monday
Richmond, Oct 8. Bar gaining sessions are set to reopen Monday between Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of Virginia and Division 33 of the Communications Workers of America. The union rejected a new wage offer and seeks wage increases for about 5700 members. The company has not supplied figures on the average hourly rise for a proposed top weekly increase of $5. The union had previously indicated it would consider an average increase of 13 cents per hour.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
Division 33
Communications Workers of America
Gold Cache Found Hidden in Car Bound for Holland
Customs inspectors Nicholas Saba tine and Carl Esposito discovered a pile of Mexican gold pesos valued at $135,510 under a vehicle seat in New York. The gold, tied to a suspected diamond smuggling plot, was flagged when car weight differed from the shipping order.
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Nicholas Sabatine
Carl Esposito
Holland
U. S
New York
Growers Urged to Fight Cattle Grubs With Rotenone
Virginia farmers face major losses from cattle grubs causing hide damage worth millions annually. Entomologist J O Crowell of the Agricultural Extension Service says larvae migrate from November to January and settle under the skin. He recommends rotenone washes sprays or dusts with sprays best for large herds and urges farmers to stock materials now for winter use.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
United States
J O. Crowell
Agricultural Extension Service
Rowell
Williams Guilty of Statutory Rape Sentenced in Shenandoah Court
A Shenandoah county circuit court jury convicted Claude S Williams of Strasburg of statutory rape of a 9 year old girl after four hours and forty minutes deliberation. He received nine months in jail and a $500 fine.
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Shenandoah County
Claude S. Williams
Strasburg
Rainfall Totals and Averages from Winchester Study
Report shows 24 hour rainfall to 7 a.m. and year to date figures for October 1948, with total annual average rainfall at 36.20 inches over 98 years. Monthly averages listed from 1913 to 1946 include 2.46 inches in January through 3.31 inches in October. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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V.n
Winchester Research Laboratory
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