Norfolk painter shot woman then killed himself in car
State police report a middle aged Norfolk painter shot and killed his female companion saying she was too yellow to shoot then killed himself. The victim was identified as Mrs Ruby G Riddick of Broad Creek Village Norfolk. The suspected killer William S Grahard 44 was later found in Farmville Hospital.
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Burkeville
Norfolk
Wropper
J. D. Maxey
Landers
Illiam S. Grahard
Farmville
Ruby G. Riddick
Broad Creek Village
Grahard
A. M. Beale
Paice
Grahart
Tram
Lillian Grahenty
Gloria
Graham
Beales
Fragmentary note on Constitution Day event by Virginia Society
A damaged fragment refers to a Constitution Day observance by the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution. The text mentions adversaries and an admiral, but details are unclear.
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Virginia Society
Deputy Sheriff Misappropriates 1085, Audit Reveals
The auditor reported that Elizabeth County deputy sheriff Ritchie remitted 1085 to the sheriff’s office but converted the funds for personal use. Auditor F Gordon Bennett stated this finding in a report to the governors.
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Richmond
Elizabeth County
Ritchie
Gordon Bennett
Virginia VePco workers approve 5 percent raise
Suffolk local of the utility workers union voted for a 5 per cent pay hike at Virginia Electric and Power Co. Brodie S. Herndon said four other locals in Richmond Fredericksburg South Boston and Norfolk are expected to approve. The proposal covers 1000 clerical professional scientific and technical employees.
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Srichmond
Geb
Suffolk
Tilefs Union
Virginia Electric and Power Coe
Brodie S. Herndon
Ichmond
Predericksburg
South Boston
Norfolk
Vepco
North Carolina Fisherman Drowns In New River Accident
William L. Jackson aged 53 of Low Gap North Carolina drowned while fishing on rocks at Foster Falls New River when Buck Dam released water. The swift current prevented his return to shore.
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Wytheville
William L. Jackson
Low Gap
North Carolina
New River
Foster Falls
Buck Dam
Jackson
Ninth district Democratic women seek gubernatorial action
In Bristol on September 19 the Ninth district Democratic women urged the next Virginia governor to recognize women in appointments. They adopted three recommendations including automatic inclusion of women's division chairmen on district executive committees and urging state leaders to encourage other districts to organize women's divisions.
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Bristol
Virginia
Burton urges federal limits to preserve economic position
Rep. Clarence G. Burton of Virginia's Sixth District tells Group 4 of the Virginia Bankers' Assn. the federal government should stay within its income. He commends Johnson for reducing 135,000 unneeded employees and urges similar action across departments.
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Lynchburg
Clarence G. Burton
Virginia
Virginia Bankers’ Assn
Congress
Johnson
Piedmont Aviation Wins Virginia Intrastate Run
Piedmont Aviation, Inc. wins state approval to operate intrastate service in Virginia. The routes will serve Norfolk Newport News Lynchburg Roanoke Richmond and Danville with the new franchise granted by the State Corporation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Piedmont Aviation, Inc
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Norfolk
Newport News
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Danville
Lonely Hearts Swindle Suspect Indicted in Virginia
Ernest I. Torrence of Carroll County charged on two counts in Hillsville with obtaining 2550 from Stella Hill of Fries. Hill, a 47 year old cotton mill worker, said she met Torrence who used the name Bradley F. McMillan after listing her name with a Jacksonville Florida club. The case sets a trial date after several meetings and ongoing correspondence.
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Hillsville
Ernest I. Torrence
Carrol
Trail
Torrence
Gate City
Stella Hill
Fries
Reading Co to lay off over 1000 rail workers amid coal walkout
The Reading Company announced that the coal strike will force the layoff of more than 1000 railroad workers. It is described as the nation’s largest anthracite hauler and a major coal carrier. The announcement follows the United Mine Workers walkout.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Reading
United Mine Workers
Estate sale notices for Orndorff and Clem farms
Sales directory lists two sales: September 28 at 10 a.m. for the estate of Mrs. T. J. Orndorff at 540 N. Loudoun St with household goods furniture and an International 1 ton truck. October 5 at 10 a.m. for R. C. Clem near Stephens City with livestock implements and feed.
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T. J. Orndorff
Loudoun St
R. C. Clem
Sam Cook
Stephens City
Disease Threat Seen in Maryland and West Virginia Deer
Dr J M Casey of Boyce veterinary says a AP report of a mystery disease killing hundreds of deer in Maryland and West Virginia is not yet linked to deaths in Frederick County. Casey cites a deer with signs of blackleg while others show intestinal lesions. state reports tally 40 deaths locally with both bucks and does affected.
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J. M. Casey
Boyce
Associated Press
Maryland
West Virginia
Frederick County
Casey
Gore
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Chesapeake Bay
Hardy
Hampshire
W. Va
Aberdeen
Patuxent (Md
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Durward L. Allen
Allen
Blackleg
Earl Cather
State Conservation Association
White Post 4-H Boy Takes First Price In 3-county Show
Lawrence Larrick Jr. of White Post won first place for Clarke county at the Tri-county 4-H hog school in Front Royal. Other winners were Billy Costello and Rich Tiddler of Berryville. Tri hogs sold for an average of 21.8 cents per pound.
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Lawrence Larrick Jr
White Post
Clarke County
Front Royal
The
Coun
Billy Costello
Rich Tiddler
Berryville
Pawley and Elizabeth Taylor Call Off Engagement
William D. Pawley Jr. son of the former ambassador to Brazil, announced in Warrenton that he and actress Elizabeth Taylor have mutually agreed to end their engagement. The couple had met March 3 at a Surfside Florida party during Miss Taylor’s visit to Star Island Miami Beach.
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Warrenton
William D. Pawley Jr
Brazil
Elizabeth Taylor
Pawley
Surfside
Fla
Miss Taylor
Howard Young
Star Island
Miami Beach
Florida Visitor Dies Suddenly
James Robert Stillwagon, 74, of Apoka Florida died suddenly yesterday at the home of his in law Amos Kittlewell in Stephens City where he was visiting. The body was shipped to Moundsville West Virginia for services Wednesday.
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James Robert Stillwagon
Apoka
Fla
Arather
Amos Kittlewell
Stephens City
Moundsville
W. Va
Bicycles Rise to Popularity in Early U S History
Bicycles first became popular in the United States in the late 1860s. The craze faded quickly then revived about ten years later and by the last two decades of the 19th century cycling had become one of America's favorite sports.
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United States
Fifty Injured In Derailment On Southern Ry
A passenger train derailed at Newton North Carolina injuring about fifty people. Two Negro cooks in a diner car were trapped and possibly killed. Emergency crews and steel-cutting equipment were deployed as ambulances ferried the injured to Catawba General Hospital.
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Newton
N.C
Charlotte
Catawba General Hospital
Frank Jones
Pastor Starves Self To Emulate Christ
In Portsmouth New Hampshire a 70-year-old Negro minister Rev Taylor L Lee, pastor of the God in Christchurch, died after 30 days of near continuous fasting to imitate Christ's 40 days in the wilderness. Dr S Gerard Griffin called it a plain case of starvation.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Taylor L. Lee
The
God
Christchurch
Portsmouth Hospital
S. Gerard Griffin
Concilliation Steel Delegation Holds Tentative Talk
The Conciliation Steel delegation led by president Ben jamin F. Fairless met as Henry J. Kaiser of Kaiser Steel Corp. was absent sending a telegram that his contract with the union runs to October 15 and believes a mutually satisfactory agreement can be negotiated. A fact finding board's recommendations were understood to be non binding on both sides.
Enrolment figures show varied gains across schools
Enrollment updates list gains at Gore and multiple elementary buildings such as Stephens City Stonewall Gainesboro Midletown and SVA with totals and year over year increases. Colored schools show changes in Midletown Cedar Hill and Stephens.
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Gore
Stephens City
Stonewall
Gainesboro
Midletown
SVA
Miller School
Kernstown
White Hall
Round Hill
Bryarly
Mt. Airy
Armel
Gravel Springs
Highview
Middletown
Cedar Hill
Stephens
Traffic collisions halt at Braddock Gerrard light
At Braddock and Gerrard Street a stop for a traffic light ended with a rear crash involving H Lewis Shearer of Jeannette PA striking the Lewis car which hit Dieckman causing 405 dollars in damage. State Trooper James Kincaid reported two Clarke county accidents yesterday including a 475 dollar sideswipe at Millwood.
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Winchester
Braddock
Gerrard St
H Lewis Shearer
Jeannette
Lewis
Dieckman
James Kincaid
Clarke County
Millwood
Richard Wilmer
Harry William
C. C. Conner Jr
Baltimore
Ray Benjamin Miller
R. 2
Berryville
Miller
R. 7
Virginia Pilot Among 5 Killed
The United States Air Force identified 1st Lt Eugene W. Williams of Roanoke Virginia as the pilot killed in recent joint maneuvers. Five other airmen also died in the same exercises.
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Frankfurt
United States Air Force
Eugene W. Williams
Roanoke
Miners Idle Across Ohio and Virginia Rail Regions
In southern Ohio about 2300 miners in the Hocking Valley field stopped work. UMW District 6 President Adolph Pacifico expects all 18000 state miners to join in the idle. Norfolk and Western officials report all mines closed along the lines serving 128 mines in WV VA KY. Virginian railway notes 71 mines face about 10 percent idleness. Virginia coal operators say 12000 workers seem out. Walking out followed strategy meetings by UMW locals after 8000 Wyoming and Utah miners marched from pits and Lewis cut pension pay.
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Ohio
Hocking Valley
Adolph Pacifico
UMW District 6
Norfolk and Western Railway
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Virginian Railway
Virginia Coal Operators’ Assn
UMW
Wyoming
Utah
Lewis
Brannan Plan sparks debate over farm price supports
The piece explains grain storage limits and government loans as corn piles rise in bins while meat prices threaten to rise. It outlines the Brannan Plan proposing market prices with subsidies to farmers and asks whether its goals outweigh its cost in Congress.
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Page
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Brannan
Federal Treasury
Debate on farm price supports and free market risks
The discussion weighs cost uncertainty of current support programs against proposals to raise or drop supports. Critics note government guarantees may entrench profits, while others worry about administration across cattle and hog classifications and potential return to a purely free market with volatile prices.
Rain postpones Legion game. rescheduled pair set
Rain halted the Rain Legion’s pregame warmups as spectators waited in cars for rainchecks. The rained out game will be made up at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Front Royal, with Front Royal visiting here Sunday. The telephone company reported only a fallen pole at Welltown.
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Legion
E) Keller
Front Royal
Welltown
Answers to the Daily Quiz
The page lists 10 quiz responses with names and places. Natchez and Robert E. Lee. Rhode Island. Finland and Sweden. China. Launcelot and Elaine. The one that leaves from Seattle. An accomplished fact. Charles Evans Hughes. Moss Hart. Massachusetts.
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Natchez
Robert E. Lee
Rhode Island
Finland
Sweden
China
Launcelot
Elaine
Seattle
Charles Evans Hughes
Moss Hart
Massachusetts
Global reaction to pound devaluation and currency controls
The report outlines how Britain’s pound devaluation triggered immediate global responses. France shut its stock exchange and halted gold and currency trade, while the franc was sharply devalued last year. The Netherlands and Sweden prepared moves to devalue or suspend foreign payments, with stock markets closed. Italy suspended foreign currency dealings, and Greece ordered banks and exchanges closed as authorities consider steps.
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France
Finance Ministry
Stock Exchange
Holland
Britain
Sweden
Tage Erlander
Bank of
Italy
Greece
Alexande Diomede
Strike Ends as Chicago Newspapers Accept Wage Boost
The 22 month compositor strike against Chicago's five major dailies ends with union acceptance of a 10 weekly wage increase. International Typographical Union Local 16 members vote 1287 to 279 approving terms reached with publishers.
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Chicago
International Typograhical Union
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Lonely Hearts
Feo Ra
New Mexico Reservations
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock St
Salas
Vincinia Tractor Company Inc
Waynesboro, Virginia
W.va
Taylor
Florida
Cory
Buncutter Tire CO
Germain
Southern
Hickory
Salisbury
N. C
Washington
Asheville
Jeyne
P W
Jayne Co
Diggers
Barr’s Farmers Hardware
N. Cameron St
Garantee
Automobile
J. R. Alexander, Jr
Pound
Glaize & Bro
C. I. Brumback &Sons
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St
Lamp Motor CO
Tommy D. Lockhart
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock &T
Order of the Golden Rule
Babcock Columbia
Growers
Northern Virginia Power CO
Grove’s
Tour Alte
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
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