Forester Urges Planting Trees Across Virginia Farmland
A Virginia forester outlines ten reasons to plant forest tree seedlings on farms, from increasing land value and erosion control to wind breaks and watershed protection. The Virginia Forest Service runs nurseries at Charlottesville and Camp Peary, with about 5 million seedlings for 1950. Seedling applications are available through county agents and the state forestry office.
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Elliott
Virginia Forest Service
Charlottesville
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Staunton
Suspenders Urged In Waist Reduction
Denver report says a diet advisor from the American Dieting Association cites belt wearers as expanding their stomachs to keep trousers up. He notes 26 pot bellied men switched to braces and reduced their waistlines by an average of one and five eighths inches.
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Denver
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors for Earl Lee Armel
In the Western District of Virginia Earl Lee Armel has been adjudged bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the Federal Building Harrisonburg Virginia on October 21 1949 at 1130 a m. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt. Duncan Curry Referee in Bankruptcy dated Staunton Virginia October 6 1949.
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District Court OF the United States
Western District of
Virginia
Earl Lee Armel
Winchester
Earl Lee Arme
Federal Building
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Duncan Curry
Virginia Colleges Draw Nonresidents and Costs
The article questions why Virginia institutions admit many out of state students and the economic impact. It argues admissions ease and state attractions may inflate nonresident enrollment, potentially subsidizing nonresidents and disadvantaging Virginians. Future pieces will examine this issue further.
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Virginia
Virginia Enrolment Growth Outpaces National Averages
Virginia state colleges show 83 percent growth from 12 478 to 22 787 in a decade while national state schools rise 63 percent. Nonresident student shares challenge state boundaries, with New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Florida and Connecticut sending 2 430 students to Virginia versus 139 sent outward, a 17 to 1 imbalance.
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United States
United States Office of Education
Virginia
University of Virginia
Stste
Delaware
North Carolina
Nevada
Vermont
Maryland
Colorado
New Mexico
Rhode Island
Nw Mexico
North Dakota
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Florida
Connecticut
Virgnia
25 Killed 100 Hurt In Freight Wreck In Buenos Aires
Twenty-five people died and more than 100 were injured when a freight train collided with a resort-bound passenger train near midnight in Buenos Aires. An electric train caught fire from a short circuit as firemen labored to control the blaze with no additional casualties reported. Most fatalities occurred in the second class cars struck head on by the freight train.
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Buenos Aires
Absent-minded man mails dollar at post
Lawrenceburg Tennessee October 12 a busy man H A Cunningham walked to a mail box with a letter in one hand and a dollar in the other. He mailed the dollar and waited at the post office to get it back then mailed the letter.
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Lawrenceburg
Tenn
H. A. Cunningham
RCA Victor Union Talks Resume Camden Plant Labor Dispute
RCA Victor Co and CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers resumed contract negotiations in Camden New Jersey at the union local 103 invitation. Union workers authorized a strike by a four to one vote seeking a 500 annual raise plus a higher hourly rate and welfare benefits. The company offered a five cent per hour increase, claiming it equals a ten cent hike when this year's benefits are included.
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Camden
N. J
RCA Victor Co
Cio-United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
John Leto
Unon
Victory brand antiseptic sold in Winchester area drugstores
VicToR first aid antiseptic advertised for home use. The note lists Miller's Rhodes Brooks Rexall Peoples drug stores and Gilco Cut Rate in Winchester as sellers. Also mentions general hometown druggist. No alcohol or acid content implied.
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Winchester
Miller’s, Rhodes, Brooks
Rexall
Peoples Drug Stores
Gilco
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