Virginia to Spend Nearly 1.6 Million on Route 60 and Related Projects
The State Highway Commission tentatively allocates funds for 1942 43 primary construction in eight districts. Major items include a New River bridge on Route 11 at Radford two one way stretches on Route 1 widening to three lanes to the North Carolina line a Mattaponi River bridge at West Point and a high level bridge on Route 147. Also funded are extensive landscaping and convict camps allocations for routes across Augusta Rockingham Bath Shenandoah and other counties. Public hearings set for late November across Pulaski Salem Lexington Staunton Lynchburg Orange Fredericksburg Culpeper and Richmond districts.
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State Highway Commission
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Brock’s Gap
Eastside
Timberville-Forestville
Columbia Furnace
New Market
Luray
Moscow
Augusta County
Backhowe Hogue Creeks
Frederick County
Cootes Store
Rockingham
Waynesboro
Waynes- 0
White House
Assanution Mountain
Timbervile
Warm Springs Pike
Churchville
Virginia
Augusta
Lexington
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U.S
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Salem
Bristol
Staunton
Lynchburg
Orange
Fredericksburg
Culpeper
Suffolk
James A. Anderson
New River
Route 11
Radford
Dinwiddie
North Carolina Line
Roanoke River
Mattaponi River
West Point
Jamesver
Westham
Chmond
Hampton Roads
Commission
Alleghany
Clifton Forge
Page
South Fork
Shenandoah River
Augusta-Rockbridge
Augusta-Grottoes
Covington
West Virginia Line
Bath
Warm Springs
Shenandoah
Iron Gate
Highland
Monterey
Frederick
Back
Hogue Creeks
Ida
Chhurchville
Timberoo
Farming In 1942 Likely To Be Prosperous Work
The Department of Agriculture estimates farming in 1942 will be prosperous with income near 13 billion dollars. Farm cash income from marketings and government payments is expected to rise toward a 13 billion total, three times 1932 levels.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Department
Des Moines
Omaha
Zhukov Takes Command Of Moscow Defense Zone
Pravda reports General G. K. Zhukov is placed in command of Russia's central defense zone including Moscow. Zhukov rose from private 26 years ago to senior leadership amid the defense shift following Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's defense role.
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Semyon Timoshenko
G. K. Zhukov
Russia
Central Defense
Moscow
Pravda
Zhukov
Lynchburg Hunt Continues For Campbell County Burglar
Campbell county authorities pursue a nationwide search for a negro burglar who shot 53 year old Lawrence Fields in Perkins Park while he lay in bed with his wife. Fields died at Lynchburg General Hospital from five bullets fired by the assailant who fled through a back door.
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Lynchburg
Campbell County
Lawrence Fields
Perkins Park
Jack Miles
J. Thompson
Fields
Lynchburg General Hospital
Mr. Fields
Col. Holland Dies From Illness
Col E E Holland 80 long serving congressman from the Second District and Virginia State Senate member since 1930 died at Lakeview Hospital after a fall caused a hip fracture. He had been ill for several days. The article notes Muzak origins with in house studios and diamond point records by leading conductors.
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Suffolk
E E. Holland
Congress
Virginia State Senate
Lakeview Hospital
Protest Over Discontinuance of Southern Passenger Trains
Harrisonburg and neighboring towns push resolutions and protests urging the State Corporation Commission to rehear the order ending Southern Railway passenger trains Nos. 11 and 12 between Manassas and Harrisonburg. Local groups warn of severe impact on poultry and farm production and outline new post service plans if the trains stop.
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Harrisonburg
State Corporation Commission
Southern Railway
Manassas
Richmond
Corporation Commission
Post Office
Railway Express
Southern
Broadway
Timberville
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Rockingham
Rockingham County
Campaign to honor James Bland with Virginia memorial
The Carry Me Back Memorial Association, formed by Virginia Lions Clubs, launches a fundraising drive to honor James A Bland the author of Carry Me Back to Old Virginia. Funds will support a Virginia memorial and Bland's marked grave in Philadelphia. President Ellis Loveless leads from headquarters at 322 National Bank of Commerce Building Norfolk.
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Richmond
Memorial Association, Inc
James A. Bland
Old Virginna
Philadelphia
Lions Clubs of Virginia
Memorial Association
Virginia
Bland
Ellis Loveless
Norfolk
National Bank of Commerce Building
Lions Clubs
Richmond Times-Dispatch
General Assembly
Lairy Ie
Philad
Lion Clubs
A. Bland
Hd Ee Gazette
Ole Virginny
Norfolk Virginian
Norfolk Journal and Guide
National Bank of Commerce Bidg
Morton Endorsed For Same Post By Labor Groups
Roanoke October 24 Local No 11 Textile Workers Union CIO endorsed State Labor Commissioner Thomas B Morton for reap pointment by the next governor John N Kabler business agent announced. CIO union joined Roanoke Central Labor Council AFL unions in endorsing Morton. Former Labor Commissioner John Hopkins Hall of Richmond has been endorsed by Tidewater Virginia labor groups.
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Roanoke
Thomas B. Morton
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Roanoke Central Labor Council
AFL
Morton
John Hopkins Hall
Richmond
Tidewater Virginia
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