Virginia All-Star Golf Team Named for District Clash
The 16 player Virginia all-star squad for October 16 in Charlottesville includes five Richmond natives Harry Easterly J B Haldr Walter Hagen Jr Jack Harris Earl Howell along with J S Battle Jr Pat Janssen Benno Janssen Raymond Long George Gosey Jimmy Watts George Fulton Jr Jack Hamilton Barry Melvin Meredith Watson and Wynsor Spencer. The report also notes a separate legal proceeding in Hastings where Judge Dirk A Kuyk sentences a man to 99 years for a May murder in Roanoke County.
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Charlottesville
Commonwealth of Virginia
District of Columbia
Richmond
Virginia
Harry Easterly
J. B. Haldr
Walter Hagen, Jr
Jack Harris
Earl Howell
J. S. Battle Jr
Pat Janssen
Benno Janssen
Raymond Long
George Gosey
Jimmy Watts
Lynchburg
George Fulton Jr
Roanoke
Jack Hamilton
Newport News
Barry Melvin
Virginia Beach
Meredith, Watson
Petersburg
Wynsor Spencer
Hampton
DuPont Plant to Mark 20 Years of Growth Here
A weeklong exhibit will celebrate the DuPont plant opened in 1929 with 577 employees. Displays will show equipment development and production increases over two decades, with murals illustrating plant processes from 1929 to 1949 for public viewing.
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Iblic
Three-judge Court Hears Norfolk Annexation Battle
Portmouth reports a three judge court continued hearings over annexing 6 square miles from Norfolk County to the town near Portlock. R L Fentress argues a union of about 645 voters favor annexation by the town, citing local support.
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Portsmouth
Uthorfolk
Norfolk County
Portlock
R. L. Fentress
Uth
Norfolk
Shotgun Death of Parkersburg Man Ruled Accidental
Charles A. Th by shotgun, 54, of Parkersburg West Virginia, was ruled accidental in Fairfax County. The body was found near his home with a .22 caliber wound behind the right ear. He had worked as a government employee and later as a real estate man. His widow and children survive.
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Charles A. Is
Parkers W. Va
Pairfax County Medical Penn
Pabeniuasrerren
Regional chamber honors and leadership reelects in Virginia
Southwest Virginia regional chamber, serving 19 counties, reelected Lee Long as president and Homer K. Boyle of Marion as secretary. Collins honored the association for service.
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Collins
Southwest Virginia
Chamber of Come
Lee Long
Homer K. Boyle
Marion
Phone earnings probed in Western Electric case
Richmond reports the State Corporation Commission cross examined Bur R Young chief auditor of a major supply firm in a rate case. Western Electric reportedly earns 7.4 percent on investment and AT T The Bell System buys over 90 percent of output. The probe weighs if the margin is too large versus peers like Westinghouse and General Electric amid an assured market with a single large customer.
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Richmond
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Western Electric Co
America Telephone and Telegraph Co
State Corporation Commission
Bur
R. Young
Western Electric
AT & T
Bell System
Westinghouse
General Electric
Negro School Financed in Brunswick County
The State board of education approved releasing 700000 from the State Literary Fund for a Negro high school in Brunswick county to address an emergency. They postponed 250000 for Nansemond county and 850000 for Fairfax county and approved several small loans and a 980000 revenue bond for Virginia State College facilities.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
State Literary Fund
Brunswick County
Dowell J. Howard
Nansemond County
Fairfax County
Campbell County
Altavista
Loudoun Coun
Aldie
Pulaski County
North Pulaski
Fairlawn
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Three Judge Panel Named for Blackstone Annexation Case
Chief Justice Hudgins named a three judge annexation panel to hear Blackstone's case against Nottoway County. Judges Lemuel Smith and Joel Flood will preside with resident Judge J Garland Jefferson in Nottoway county circuit court.
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Richmond
Edward W. Hudgins
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Blackstone
Nottoway County
Lemuel F. Smith
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Joel W. Flood
Fifth Circuit
J. Garland Jefferson
Auction Attracts Dealers For Pennsylvania And Virginia Pieces
The sale featured Sheetz family heirlooms and Strasburg pottery with items including a Bohemian decanter 1850 and Hepplewhite furniture dating 1760 to 1800. Virginia manufactured articles led, dealers from Richmond Falls Church and Pennsylvania attended. The event drew a large crowd as Miss Sheetz inherited the estate.
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Uhe
Joe Miller
George Fantler
Kenneth Robinson
Strasburg
Pennsylvania
Virginia
E. Blair Sheetz
Lillian Evans Sheetz
Miss Sheetz
Lang
Moll Evans Janney
N. Loudoun St
Richmond
Falls Church
ECA approves Britain use of Marshall Plan funds for wheat
The United States and Britain agreed to ease restrictions on Britain's use of Marshall Plan money during talks on Britain's dollar crisis. The first approval allows the ECA to purchase wheat from sources other than the United States since last March, despite U.S. grain surpluses. The decision followed talks between ECA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman and Agriculture Secretary Brannan.
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Britain
ECA
United States
U. S
Congress
Paul G. Hoffman
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Clown of the woods nickname given to black bears
The North American black bear is sometimes called the clown of the woods due to its amusing antics especially from cubs. Black bears can run quickly and climb trees proficiently for their size and weight.
Lonely Hearts Tale Of Killing Kept in Record by Ruling
A Dover court rejected a defense motion to strike testimony about a murder of Wade N. Wooldridge. Robert Brennan, 16, and his mother Inez Brennan, 45, face murder and accessory charges. Dolly Dean testified Robert shot Wooldridge and returned after his mother ordered him to stop.
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Dover
Del
Robert Brennan
Wade N. Wooldridge
Robert
Inez Brennan
Dolly Dean
Wooldridge
Alalbert M. James
Mrs. Dean
Quail From Southwest Reach Idaho In Unusual Invasion
Boise Idaho September 15 1939 unusual visitors gambel quail from the deserts of the southwest found in Idaho non native and non migratory state bird supervisor Maurice Lundy notes five coveys totaling 125 birds in the Lemhi drainage and others seen in Owyhee county the department hopes they stay and multiply providing good shooting in the extreme southwest
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Boise
Idaho
Maurice Lundy
Lemhi
Owyhee County
Idaho Game Department
Rise of Soybean Held Spectacular
Washington reports how soybeans evolved from a minor crop to a major U S harvest. W J Morse of the U S Department of Agriculture notes the crop’s 1908 origins from China imports and its shift from forage to a widely used cash crop for food and industry.
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Washington
U. S
W. J. Morse
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
China
Car Damage Estimate After Stolen Vehicle Wreck
Mechanics estimate 300 dollars to repair a 1934 Terraplane stolen last night and wrecked at Abrams creek bridge on Senseny Road. Glenn Coffelt alerted Winchester police who could not locate the driver, assumed to have fled with no serious injuries. The car belonged to Coleman Patrick Bucher of East Piccadilly Street.
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Abrams Creek
Senseny Rd
Glenn Coffelt
Winchester
Coleman Patrick Bucher
E. Piccadilly St
Origin of the Palomino name for horses
The term Palomino comes from Spanish and denotes a yellow or cream colored horse.
Missing Romney salesman dies of heart attack
William H. Taylor a 44 year old Romney automobile salesman reported missing for four days was found dead in a parked car four miles from his home. A coroner's verdict ruled the cause of death as a heart attack. In the report Plastic Armor Stops .45 Bullet is mentioned as a finding in the investigation.
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William H. Taylor
World grassland badly overgrazed
Berkeley California September 15. Dr Arthur W Sampson UC professor of forestry says 30 percent of Earth's land is grassland and much is wrecked by poor grazing. He notes Africa Spain Greece India and Palestine affected and US range now produces about 52 percent of original capacity with 55 percent of range under half its former capacity.
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Berkeley
Calif
Arthur W. Sampson
University of California
Africa
Spain
Greece
India
Palestine
United States
Steel wage talks hinge on contributory pension plan
Murray accepted board recommendations as six steel firms offered to resume talks. Faced with a 10 cent hourly package for insurance and pensions, Fairless argued non contributory social insurance would raise costs, urging a contributory system funded by both employer and employee.
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Murray
Fairless
United States Steel
Presidential Steel Board
Big Steel
Ther
U. S. Steel
Omar Khayyam’s Nineteenth Century Reputation As Mathematician
Omar Khayyam, famed for life weary verse, emerges as the lead mathematician of the eleventh century in classic scholarly accounts highlighting his work on algebra and geometry.
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Omar Khayyam
Dewey Blames Communists for Peekskill Riots
Governor Dewey ordered a grand jury probe into the Peekskill concert disturbances on Sept. 4. He said communist organizers provoked violence and that a communist led guard accompanied concertgoers, while police and veterans protesters faced charges of lawlessness.
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Albany, Y
Deweynie
Paul Robeson
Peekskill
Communist Groupe
Westchester County
Robeson
Dewey
Senator McCarran Seeks Spain Talks Without U.S. Authority
President Truman said Senator Pat McCarran is acting on his own to visit General Franco in Spain to discuss recognition and possible loans. Truman stressed McCarran has no official authority to bind the United States.
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Washington
Truman
McCarran
Dnev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Spain
Generalissimo Franco
United States
New York
Franco
Radish Monster Weighs 44 Pounds in Australia Back Yard
A 44 pound radish grown by J Goldsmith in his backyard garden near N 8 W Australia Sept 15, reports say. The gardener produced 15 such giants with the others nearly as large, reminiscent of Tasmania’s oversized vegetables from Mowbray Swamp.
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Casino
Australia
Mowbray
Tasmania
J. Goldsmith
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers listed include Taft a false statement on male harmlessness true statements of numbers and terms 100000 per annum lockjaw attendant Mediterranean a hardwood false about Gen Marshall timing and Roosevelt death the letter e and a 1944 discovery of banded birds in the upper Amazon River in South America by Indians
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Fwilliam Howard Taft
Gen. Marshall
Roosevelt
Amazon River
South America
Court Holds Keller In Mattsson Death
Loring Keller a 46 year old of Toms Brook was ordered held for grand jury action in Shenandoah county circuit court for the shotgun slaying of Thor Mattsson on August 24. Trial Justice R S Wright Jr set bond at 3000 and Keller pleaded not guilty asserting self defense.
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Loring Keller
Toms Brook
Thor Mattsson
Shenandoah County
R.S. Wright Jr
Keller
Frank Brumback
Woodstock
Unclear fragment on Lewis, mining violence, and duties
Fragment discusses Lewis supporting gun attacks on peaceful citizens and paying royalties under commitments to care for injured and ill workers in the mining industry. The text is incomplete and mixed, lacking clear events or attributions.
Bonham Dies After Surgery for Appendicitis
Erny Bonham 36 of the Pittsburgh Pirates died in a Pittsburgh hospital from complications after an appendicitis operation. A former Yankees star who joined the Pirates in 1946, he won 11 games in 1947 and 6 wins in 1948 while shifting to relief duties before his illness.
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Pittsburgh
Erny Bonham
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bonham
New York Yankees
Yankees
Brooklyn
The
Pirates
New York
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Order of the Golden Rule
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Loudoun St
Tommy D. Lockhart
GC CO
Martinsburg Pike
Northern Virginia Power CO
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Valley Service Station, Inc
Emmett Boyce
Mary Estelle Switzer
Wardensville
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