Virginia Chaplains to Train at Camp Lee Ceremony
Virginia reserve chaplains from all sections attend a two day Panera program here Oct 11 led by Herbert T Wilson of the Virginia Military District. Old Dominion Power seeks to build a James River plant near Scottsville with a $14.32 million Rural Electric Administration loan to serve 11 electric cooperatives within two years.
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Vee
Lee
Virginia
Army
Chaplains Corps
Wilson
Si Herbert T
Virginia Military
South Hill
Old Dominion Power Co-Op
Scottsville
Co-Op
Federal Rural Electricisation Administration
James River
Scottse
County Court House
Winchester
Drawbridge Proposal Near Dixie Willow Point
Tidewater residents told the Army Corps of Engineers they favor a fixed bridge over the Piankatank River between Dixie and Willow Point. Henry C. Wolfe presented the group’s views, and a decision will be reported to the highway department after Corps review.
Conference of officials seeks new budget zone rules
An informal conference of state municipal shipping and road officials asked the State to create a budget zone with customs relief. The plan includes deposits bonding and storage within zones until goods move to other parts of the United States, pending Oct. 3 budget decisions.
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Old Point Comfort
Stat
United States
Youth Waives Hearing in Slaying Case
Nine teen aged Melvin Swenney waived a preliminary hearing on the murder charge in the death of his father Earl Swenney 43 killed Sept 9 at their Harman home. Trial Justice C H Combs ordered the youth held for the Buchanan county grand jury. Family members witnessed the proceeding. Officers quoted relatives saying Swenney shot after Earl slapped his wife at the supper table.
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Grundy
Melvin Swenney
Earl Swenney
C. H. Combs
Buchanan County
Harman
Young Swenney
State Aid Sought to Relieve Overcrowded Pulaski School
Richmond on September 24 state officials were asked by a Dublin support committee to aid Pulaski school with a new bid. Mrs. James H. Ford said Pulaski officials have refused to seek funds from the board of supervisors to fix overcrowding, noting classes in dressing rooms and study halls held wherever space is found.
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Richmond
Citizens Committee of Improvement
Dublin
Pulaski School
Dowell J. Howard
James H. Ford
Pulaski
Board of Supervisors
Johnson and Battle Decline to Schedule Joint Debate
Walter Johnson the Republican candidate for governor declines a joint public discussion with Democrat John Battle. Johnson says a public forum in open discussion would serve a good purpose and suggests non political groups could arrange meetings in various cities. He notes he has spoken across the state in recent months.
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Charlottesville
Walter Johnson
John 8
Battle
Johnson
Stalin’s Foreign Conference Travel Through Early 20th Century
According to available graphies Stalin attended party conferences in Finland in 1905, Stockholm in 1906 and London in 1907, staying a few weeks each time. During World War II he met Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Tehran in 1943 and at Potsdam in 1945.
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Stalin
Finland
Stockholm
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Tehran
Iran
President Truman
Mr. Churchill
Potsdam
Germany
Army Maintains 1140 Libraries Mostly Overseas
The Army operates 1140 libraries with 296 in the U.S. and 844 abroad to serve soldiers. Miss Agnes Crawford seeks librarians ages 21 to 40, American citizens with library school degrees. Salaries range from 2974 to 3727 dollars.
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Washington
Army
United States
Europe
Japan
Okinawa
Agnes Crawford
Army Special Services Library Branch
Miss Crawford
Special Services Library
Department of Army
D.C
U.S
Trieste
Philippines
Pacific
Caribbean
Alaska
Carl Stroven
Grove Day
George Orwell
Alexander Foote
Ed Streeter
Valentine Davis
Irving T. Marsh
Sales Directory SEPT 28 to OCT 15 in Virginia listings
Estate sale items listing multiple auctions across Virginia from Sept 28 to Oct 15. Items include household goods furniture appliances livestock farm equipment dairy herd and tools with auction locations in Berryville Stephens City Cedar Grove Winchester and Albin. Dates range Sept 28 10 am to Oct 15 10 am with various vendors and farm items.
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T. J. Orndorff
Loudoun St
Gladys Oiler Stickles
Court House Yard
Berryvile
R. C. Clem
Sam Cook
Stephens City
F. L. Barrett
Cedar Grove
George H. Eagle
Winchester
Greenwood Road
L. J. Hartman
Albin
Military experts doubt Russian planes can carry atom bombs to America
Fort Benning officials report U S military heads question whether Soviet bombers can strike U S targets from Russia. While the Russian B 29 copy is thought unable to reach the continental U S, some fear a one way mission or airfield seizures in Alaska could put Northwest Pacific and North Central cities at risk, prompting Arctic warning system acceleration. Secretary Johnson responded no change in U S force disposition.
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Fort Benning
Russia
U. S S
Soviet Russia
U. S
U.S
Alaska
Northwest Pacific
North Central
Far North Polar
Arctic
North American
Alaskan
Defense Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Plane Crash Deaths Charged To Jeweler and Girl Friend
Quebec jeweler J A Guay 30 faces murder charges for using his mystery woman to place a dynamite package on a plane that crashed on Sept 9 killing 23 including three Kennecott Copper executives. His 40 year old friend Mrs Arthur Pitre detained after overdose. wife insured for 10000 dollars.
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Quebec
Que
J. A Guay
Guay
Arthur Pitre
Canadian Pacific Airways
New York
Kennecott Copper Corp
E. T. Stannard
Arthur D. Storke
R. J. Parker
Pitre
Premium price for old cars has become thing of past
Detroit reports a shift in the auto market as production booms and demand stabilizes. After a period when buyers paid premiums for new cars and sellers fetched high prices for used ones, values have dropped and many potential buyers dropped out. Industry says output may hit record levels but expect a normal seasonal dip.
Miners Idle in Coal Fields as Weeklong Walkout Expands
In Pittsburgh on September 24 the United Mine Workers force a no day work week leaving 480,000 miners idle for a sixth day. Indications point to a long walkout while 30,000 railway coal workers are laid off. John L. Lewis reports no contract talks before Sept. 29 with Northern and Western operators as pension and welfare funds halt benefits.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Worker
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Pension and Welfare Fund
UMW
Union Welfare Fund
Monay
Lewis
Independent Progressive Workers
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Charleston
W. Va
Wesley Walker
Tuppers Creek
Walker
Vishinsky Evades Reference to Bomb in Speech to U.N.
At the United Nations Russia proposed a Big Five peace pact but most delegates dismissed it as propaganda. U S Delegate Warren Austin repeated that Moscow pushes propaganda peace offensives while France's Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said he would study the pact but found Vishinsky's harsh anti United States and Britain remarks unhelpful.
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New York
Russia
United Nations
U. S
Andrei Y. Vushinsky
Truman
Vishinsky
Britain
Warren Austin
Austin
George C. Marshall
Schuman
France
Robert Schuman
United States
China
Steel Negotiations in Recess Ahead of Week Start
Pittsburgh September talks on steel contracts pause for the weekend as U S Steel and United Steelworkers resume Monday to resolve wage and benefit disputes. Key issue: who pays pensions and insurance while a October 1 strike deadline looms.
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President Truman
Steel Faatfinding
Bears Once Rangeed Across All Forty Eight States
A historical note explains that black bears inhabited every state in the United States, once extending their presence across the continental span before modern changes. This regional distribution highlights the species’ former widespread range and ecological footprint.
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United States
Zinc Plant Strike Heads Toward Midnight
Workers at the New Jersey Zinc Co. plant in Palmerton Pennsylvania voted to strike at midnight Sunday. CIO union officials said the action targets one of the nation’s largest zinc producers.
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Palmerton
New Jersey Zinc Co
CIO
Police Court Roundup Includes Disorderly Conduct and Larceny
Judge John Rice hears cases: John Hillyard 316 8 Cameron St drunken and disorderly fined 315.25. John Crawford Bluemont doped and disorderly destroying property six months to serve five days and costs. Lynn O Sirbaugh 9 EB Clifford St assault and battery six months and costs. Elmo Byron Kirkland Birmingham Ala petit larceny of a watch six months. Complainant Samuel Pendleton. William Otis Laing Waterlick Va reckless driving 1.25 dollars.
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John Crawford
Bluemont
Lynn O. Sirbaugh
Clifford St
Elmo Byron Kirkland
Birmingham
Ala
Samuel Pendleton
William Otis Laing
Waterlick Va
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N. Cameron St
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddock St
Liberal
Virginia Machinery CO
Cecil St
Pine Motor Co
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard
J. R. Alexander, Jr
McCormick-Deering
Allis-Chalmers
America
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associated Universities Inc
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Detroit
Coleman Dunn
U.N
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
CIO and
Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Newsmen
Steel Corporation
Murray
John Stephens
Steel
Stephens
Ana
Simon
Belgium
Buenos Aires
James Madison
St. Andrew
Sever
the Ranger
Ria
Merny
Glaize & Bro
John Rice
John Hillyard
Cameron St
Eee Hill's
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Order of the Golden Rule
Tommy D. Lockhart
Wuniy
Mar Tan
Clearbro Robert CO
ULS & Son
Clearbrook
Inwood, W. Va
North
Alice C. Groves
Jolliffe & Snider
Joseph Humphrey Stickles
Berryville
Kelvinator
Firestone
Bendix
Electrolux
Magic
Broiler & Owen
William Rogers
W. D. Burtner
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