1944
Events that took place in Fairfax County in 1944:
February
- February 23 – 59-year-old George Catlett burns to death in his trailer at the Washington Cabins on Route 1 in Alexandria when a tree falls on the trailer, causing the stove to overturn.[1]
March
- March 16 – Paul E. Brown is sworn in as judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit. Judge Brown's first act is to appoint Hugh B. Marsh as Commonwealth's Attorney to replace him.[2]
April
- April 28 – 62-year-old Nelson Able is killed when the car he is riding in is struck head-on by a freight truck driven by 23-year-old George W. Booker on Route 1 near Pohick.[3]
July
- July 1 – The completion of Route 606 from Herndon to Brown's Chapel is announced.[4]
- July 14 – Former Senator Joseph L. Bristow dies at Ossian Hall.[5]
October
- October 1 – Thomas Stottlemeyer and his wife are killed in an early morning fire in their Vienna apartment building.[6]
- October 24 – 5-year-old Elwood A. Leary, Jr. is fatally burned while playing on a burning trash pile at his home in the Engleside region of Alexandria. Elwood is taken to the Alexandria Hospital, where he dies about 12 hours later.[7]
December
- December 8 – Four women, Emma D. McLemore, Ruth Powell, Marianne Musgrave and Angela L. Jones are convicted on charges of refusing to sit in the back of a bus in Vienna and fined $5.00 each by Judge Paul E. Brown.[8]
References
- ↑ "Father Dies, Son Escapes Fairfax Fire." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 6. Feb 24 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Brown Takes Oath as Judge of 16th Circuit." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 4. Mar 17 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Warworker Killed in Va. Traffic Crash." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 10. Apr 29 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "New Highway Open." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Jul 02 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Former Senator Bristow Dies at Ossian Hall Farm in Fairfax." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 4. ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post (1877-1995). Jul 15 1944. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
- ↑ "Vienna Couple Dies In Apartment Fire" Evening Star, 1 Oct. 1944, Two Star, p. 1. NewsBank. Accessed 12 Feb. 2018.
- ↑ "Burns are Fatal to 5-Year-Old Boy in Fairfax County." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 5. Oct 26 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Jim Crow Law may be Tested in Supreme Court." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 3. Dec 09 1944. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
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