Virginia News Highlights Staff Appointments and Local Incidents
Virginia Experiment Station announces new staff including Dewitt, Skdria, and Taylor joining the northern Middleford field station. Reports cover a Williamsburg ground viewing Independence Hall, a drowning death at Poplar Springs Farm, and state efforts to secure 10 000 tons of coal daily. Deer death investigations span multiple counties and states.
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Virginia Experiment Sta
A Be Young
Jefl Wendell Allen
Henderson
Howard Skdria
Dewitt
Timothy Taylor
Lan
Mony
Dopas
Infia
Middle
Skdria
University of Nebraska
Purdue
Taylor
University Kentucky
Extension Service
J. L.oun
Elk Creek
Virfarm Electrification Coun
VPI
Richmond
James A. Anderson
State H Emergency Fuel Commission
Virginia
Draper to sentence Myrtle Stoots Orange for murder
Judge John S. Draper will sentence Myrtle Stoots Orange for second degree murder in the death of Charles McFall last February 13. The jury recommended 16 years in prison as the sentence.
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Pulaski
John S. Draper
Myrtle Stoots Orange
Charles McFall
Orange
Lord Boyd Orr Wins 1949 Nobel Peace Prize
Lord Boyd Orr, a Scotsman and food expert who headed the FAO, is awarded the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. He will use the $21,889 prize to promote peace and world government, urging nations to cooperate.
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Oslo
Norway
Boyd Orr
Nobel Committee
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
American Friends
Quakers) Service Committee
Friends Service Council
London
Orr
Dundee
Scotland
Board Defers Sewage Disposal Ordinance Action
A county board did not call up for final vote a proposed sanitation ordinance regulating sewage disposal. The measure awaits review and potential action at the next meeting likely in November, seeking an approved disposal system for affected properties.
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Board
Restaurant Men Elect Officers
Richmond observers report the Virginia State Restaurant Assn elected officers during the fifth day of the state food trade market week. O. D. Judd of Richmond was chosen president with J. D. Parker of Norfolk as first vice president, J. Costoponos of Virginia Beach as second vice president, and EF. P. Bigger of Richmond as treasurer.
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Richmond
Virginia State Restaurant Assn
O. D. Judd
J. D. Parker
Norfolk
J. Costoponos
Virginia Beach
EF. P. Bigger
Agriculture Dept Grade B Report Clipped
The text shows a fragment from a U S Department of Agriculture report noting a Grade B designation for a grain lot. The specifics such as crop type or origin are unclear due to the damaged OCR fragment.
Frederick County Estate and Household Sale Notices
A sequence of auction reminders lists sales by date from October to November including buyers L J Hart goods Nellie L Georgia Darlington Robt W White estate Orndorff Estate Cloverdale Farm and George Helsley Greenspring with items real estate and household goods to be sold at various county locations including front of the Frederick County Court House and near Winchester on Rt 11.
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L. J. Hartgoods
Orndorff
Court House
N. Loudoun
Cloverdale Farm
Frederick County Court House
George Hels
Greenspring
Czech Reds Target Private Enterprise in Wave of Seizures
Reports from Czechoslovak security radio allege government seize of shops and mass labor camps for owners deemed nonessential. Escapes from labor camps raise import for Western diplomats noting thousands rounded up in Prague and provinces. Replacement of officials with trusted communists follows purges.
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Czechoslovak Security Police Radio
Prague
Yugoslavia
Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago
Market prices for apples, poultry, eggs, and other commodities across Baltimore and Chicago. Apples show varied orchard runs and grades with Delicios and Stayman prices. poultry and eggs mixed with overall softer demand. Cattle, hogs, and sheep led gains in Baltimore with plentiful receipts. Chicago reports firmer hogs and steady cattle and lamb quotes.
STAR Adopts Family Plan for Students At School
The STAR urges families to send the newspaper to their son or daughter at school. Readers are asked to call phone 3424 for details on subscription and delivery options.
New York Stocks Rise On Broad Buying Rush
A buying surge pushed the New York stock market higher with gains of fractions to over a point. Admiral Radio jumped near two points on news of a director’s 100 percent stock dividend. Other advancers included Nickel Plate, Illinois Central, Hilton Hotels, Radio Corp, U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, U S Rubber, Douglas Aircraft, United Corp, Homestake Mining, Allied Chemical, American Can, International Paper, Standard Oil NJ and Johns Manville.
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New York
Admiral Radio
Iinois Central
Hilton Hotels
Waldorf- Astoria
Radio Corp
Grain prices edge higher with soybean softness at open
Chicago grain markets opened with small price moves and a steady undertone. Soybeans slipped slightly as receipts rose to 140 cars while Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye and Lard showed mixed but light changes.
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Chicago
Jly
Rye
Local Markets Reported Prices and Corrections
Daily market listings show prices for corn meal white and yellow varieties, bran mash, feed grain, wheat, cracked corn, eggs, and butterfat. The Star notes corrections may occur and declines to assume typographical errors.
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The
Star
Olds nomination faces Senate opposition amid party moves
The Senate commerce panel voted 10 to 2 against Olds while Democratic leaders urged grass roots support for the nominee. Ives and Dulles opposed him with Lyndon Johnson criticizing his record as biased toward the industry. Humphrey and Aiken defended Olds amid broader battle over regulatory power and security posts. The White House withdrew Wallgren and Ilgenfritz nominees after conflicts over salary and duties.
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Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Ives
New York
Olds
Rochester
Dulles
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Commerce
Senate
Humphrey
D-Minn
Aiken
R-Vi
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Quiz Answer Key List From Page Four
Correct responses include True for question one and White Cells for two. Andes is the third, Jacket is the fourth, Simplicity the fifth, and a trio of Great Britain Canada and United States for six. Names Philip Murray eight William P Odom nine Terrier ten Baseball. Also notes on Menhaden local names such as bugfish and oldwife and mossbunker.
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
Philip Murray
Willam P
Bill) Odom
Terrier
HD Clubs Prepare Achievement Day Program at Church
HD Clubs present Achievement Day with the theme Today's Home Builds Tomorrow's World. Judge Erle Edwards explains poll tax amendments while Miss Winifrec Orndorff outlines county health efforts. Speakers include M A Hubbard and Wilda Jean Adams.
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Erle Edwards
Winifrec Orndorff
M. A. Hubbard
State Farm Bureau Federation
Wilda Jean Adams
Murle Hannum
County HD
Kansas Dominates Wheat Production In The United States
Kansas leads U.S. wheat output by a wide margin, producing nearly twice as much as the next largest state North Dakota. The data highlights Kansas as the top wheat producer in the nation.
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Kansas
Union
North Dakota
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Catawaba
I. T. Quinn
Virginia Game Commission
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William Preston Lane Jr
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Margene
Lord Boyd
Agriculture Dept
U. S
Barr’s. Orchard & Farm Supply
M. Cameron
Phene
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Dull
Bu Bas & Eastern
Usis
Delicious Orchard
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Golden Delicious
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Chicago Grain
Timothy
Triplett & Vehrencamp
Mt. Jackson
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
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C. I. Brumback & Sons
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