Ambassador's Daughter Named Queen at Apple Blossom Festival
Francis May, daughter of the Belgian Ambassador to the United States, was chosen as Queen Shenandoah X for the tenth annual Shenandoah apple Blossom Festival. Maids of honor include Miss Westwood Byrd, daughter of Senator Harry Byrd, and Miss Virginia Boyd of Winchester. Frank Boucher, Maryland Colonial Theatres manager, chairs the festival movie publicity committee. he recently moved from Winchester and helped organize the previous festival.
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Francis May
United States
Westwood Byrd
Harry Byrd
Virginia Boyd
Winchester
Frank Boucher
Maryland
Boucher
Man Charged With Theft Of Gun In Williamsport Case
Thomas Griffith twenty two of near Downsville arrested by Deputy Sheriff Frank Winters on larceny of a gun. A search warrant located the gun on Griffiths premises. He was arraigned before Justice J. M. Nave at Williamsport and remanded to jail for a Monday hearing.
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Thomas Griffith
Downsville
Frank Winters
Sadiq Chaney
Winters
Griffith
J. M. Nave
Williamsport
Irene Renee Becomes Special Constable in Husband Pursuit
In Gary Indiana on April 1 a woman named Irene Renee swore herself in as a special constable to pursue her husband William, aiming to catch him after a year of non support. She planned to travel to Cheyenne Wyoming to bring him back to face charges.
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Gary
Ind
Cheyenne
Wyo
William
Irene
Renee
Senator Roe Records Unusual Senate Break in Annapolis
In Annapolis April 1 Senator Dudley G. Roe of Queen Anne's County resigns to the budget conference after requesting lighter strain on senators. He leaves the chamber to nap in a car blanket, returning to curl on a lounge in the Senate chamber during the late night session.
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Annapolis
Dudley G. Roe
Derm
Quean Anne's
Senate
Tte
Roe
Senate Chamber
Two suits filed for auto crash damages
Nellie M. Sampsell and Arthur Sampsell sue H W Cornish for ten thousand and five thousand dollars respectively over a September collision at Summit avenue and Baltimore street. Mrs Sampsell seeks personal injury damages and loss of her husband’s services. She allegedly suffered permanent injuries and nervous shock requiring state hospital treatment.
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Nellie M. Sampsell
Arthur Sampsell
Bruce
Lightner
H.W. Cornish
Summit Avenue
Baltimore Street
Sampsell
Roosevelt Seeks Federal Coordination With Rail Leaders
President Roosevelt召 invites heads of major railroads and labor groups to the White House to discuss an emergency federal plan. The talks include Roper Eastman Splawn Berle and other rail and financial officials and executives from Union Pacific New York Central and New Haven Hartford.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Roper
Joseph B. Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. W. Splawn
A. A. Berle
Carl Gray
Union Pacific
Donald Richberg
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Henry Bruere
New York Financial Authority
Frederick H. Prince
Philip Stockston
Boston
Raymond Moley
Robert Jackson
Prince
J. J. Pelley
New York
New Haven
Hartford
H. Williamson
New York Central
Compromise Reached By Legislators In Baltimore Tax Talks
Annapolis April 1 Secre tary of State David C Winebrenner said the conference committee reached a 26-75 percent arrangement on the Baltimore county gasoline tax fund. They sought to persuade Baltimore city to accept revised figures as House and Senate differences over distribution remained unresolved. Clocks were set back to push budget passage before March 31 midnight.
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Annapolis
David C. Winebrenner
Baltimore County
Baltimore City
Winebrenner
House
Senate
Oe Statehouse
Three More In Winnipeg Toilers Plane Crash Die
Neodesha Kansas April 1 three of the eight men who escaped death in the Winnipeg Toilers flight crash remain in critical condition at a local hospital. Attending physicians virtually gave up hope that Andy Brown twenty four forward on the team would recover from injuries after the crippled airliner buried its nose in a furrowed field five miles north of here yesterday. Three companions died en route to the hospital and three others died in the operating room.
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Neodesha
Kas
Winnipeg
No Place Like Home For Helen
Living near Williamsport, Helen Downs believed a stolen hen belonged to her. She set up a tent to prove ownership, the hen was found in a poultry dealer's crate. The dealer bought it for 35 cents from a man. The hen laid eggs again after this.
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Mre
Ftoss Downs
Williamsport
Nurse Sues for Damages Over Phone Disconnection Claim
Miss Mary E. Miller, a local graduate nurse, sues Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company for 1000 dollars alleging a company operator falsely told a prospective employer that Miller's home telephone was disconnected. She says this caused loss of six weeks of nursing work and damaged her credit, with the suit filed through Bruce C. Lightner in court.
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Mary E
Three Men Slain in Virginia Home Robbery
LACROBSE Va April 1 Three men were killed and one mortally wounded in a Mecklenburg county robbery at a private home five miles south of here. The dead are Ben L Cannon 17 and his two nephews Thomas W Cannon 56 and Bill Cannon 28. Willis A Cannon 81 was rushed to Petersburg hospital with bullet wounds in his head. The crime was discovered after daybreak when workers arrived for instructions. The killers enticed Ben to the smokehouse on a meat buying ruse and he was found shot in the ashpit. The nephews lay dead on the front steps and the brother lay inside the house gravely wounded. The house safe had been rifled.
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Lacrobse
Mecklenberg County
Here
Ben L. Cannon
Thomas W. Cannon
Bill Cannon
Willis A. Cannon
Petersburg
Cannon
Bank reopenings boost business in fourth district
Cleveland April 1 The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank reports business and trade in the fourth Federal reserve district rose sharply after banks reopened on March 12. A separate item notes the clubhouse of Joseph Weiderhold and Charles N Harsh near Delinger's along the Potomac was robbed of kitchen utensils and other household goods, with the sheriff's office investigating.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve District
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Joseph Weiderhold
Charles N. Harsh
Potomac
Dellinger’s
Aheriff's
Near beer dumped in gutter to clear way for tax event
In Baltimore on April 1, about 1,500 gallons of near beer were dumped into a gutter as spectators watched without sorrow. An employee of a distributing company dumped the beverage to make barrels and hotties available for a three point two variety on April 7.
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Baltimore
Marriage Ends Trial as Bride-to-Be Drops Case
In Chicago on April 1 Judge Frank M. Padden dismissed the case against Robert Greixer after Miss Anna Dolan, hospitalized from gunshot wounds, announced she would marry him, declaring春 newspapers had proclaimed spring.
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Chicago
Anna Dolan
Frank M. Padden
Robert Greixer
Deadly spring storms sweep south with 63 killed
A two day storm system battered from Texas to Alabama leaving 63 known dead and hundreds injured. Mississippi reported 38 fatalities, Texas 20, Louisiana and Arkansas two and one respectively. Tornadic winds and flooding forced evacuations as reports came from cut off communities. Major hits included Laurel and Sandersville in Mississippi, Baton Rouge and Brewton in Alabama, and Chattanooga in Tennessee.
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Associated Press
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
Sandersville
Laurel
Waa
Raleigh
Harmony
Meridian
Washington County
Delta
Tennessee
Georgia
Greenville
Tupelo
Baton Rouge
Chattanooga
Brewton
Jackson
Process Server Must Pay Fee in New York Case
Dr Alfred A Richman joked that George L Gulack the process server arranged a seeming medical appointment to serve a summons. After receiving the summons the doctor demanded his fee and Gulack did not pay. The judge ruled the doctor entitled to the fee.
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New York
Alfred A. Richman
George L. Gulack
Gulack
Prison Clerk Kidnapped Near Lansing and Leavenworth
Landis, clerk of the Kansas State prison, was abducted today on the highway between Lansing and Leavenworth by four men in a black sedan with Missouri plates. Mrs Landis and two young women in the party were unharmed. authorities believe the motive was to seize payroll funds.
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Lansing
Kans
Landis
Kansas State
Leavenworth
Florence
Missouri
Leavyeworth
oMciale
April Fool Humor and Weather Chat in a Silly Note
A quirky April Fool themed note ponders trout fishing weather and asks about a hat with a brick. It playfully references Dick Hamilton and C Roach as part of an April Fool thriller while lampooning jokes about politics and beer bills.
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Dick” Hamilton
C. Roach
Einstein Plans to Relinquish German Citizenship
Brussels April 1 reports say Albert Einstein the renowned physicist will give up German nationality after learning of alleged mistreatment of his married daughter in Germany. He and his wife are quietly staying near Ostend, while a Nazi raid on their German home was reported days earlier with no detail on his daughter.
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Brussels
Germany
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Ostend
Nazia
City's Water Supply Great Hagerstown
Hagerstown has abundant mountain water from recent rains, limiting the Raven Rock stream and filling Edgemont reservoir. Two pipelines from Smithsport to Hagerstown are oversized, enabling full mountain-water supply, while Williamsport pumps run two days weekly for ten hours.
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Hagerstown
Raven Rock
Edgemont
Smithspure
Williamsport
Cavetown
Former Ensign Found Wounded at Friends Home
ANNAPOLIS April 1 Found wounded in the chest at the home of friends Herman Keith Legare a 1930 Naval Academy graduate was taken to the Emergency hospital in serious condition Dr J J Murphy said Legare was at the Home of Major Julian B Hatcher and Mrs Hatcher who were upstairs when they heard a shot He had resigned from the Navy and led a marine construction company at Eastport His Georgetown South Carolina home is listed as his address
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Annapolis
Friends
Herman Keith Legare
United States Naval Academy
J. J. Murphy
Legare
Julian 8. Hatcher
Hatcher
Murphy
Navy
Academy
Eastport
Mibard
Lexare
George Town
Boards Plan To Confer On Scrip Money
Members of the Board of Education and Superintendent B J Grimes will confer with the Board of County Commissioners next Tuesday on issuing county scrip to pay school teachers’ salaries and other expenses until taxes arrive in June. Merchants supported the idea last week amid possible borrowing difficulties, with teachers and merchants willing to accept scrip backed by county credit redeemable in June or July when tax funds are available.
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Board of Education
B. J. Grimes
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Weekly Weather Outlook for North and Middle Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the period starting Monday shows scattered rains early and again toward week’s end. Colder air moves into northern sections around Tuesday while remaining areas see seasonable temperatures.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Berlin Nazi boycott disrupts shopping districts and stores
Nazi crowds march through Berlin's business districts while department stores close under boycott pressure. Swastika banners fly over shopfronts as party members and workers in the city monitor and guard entrances. Jewish professionals face targeted attention amid the protest, with continued coverage noted.
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Berlin
Big Berl
Tiets
Germany
Tietz
Wertheim’s
Beason
Joe Brown
Nastee
Atre
Party
Becam Geta
German Jews Flee to Denmark Crowded Trains Reach Copenhagen
Crowds of Jewish refugees arrive in Copenhagen as trains from Germany bring several hundred Jews fleeing the boycott. The flow continues amid a humanitarian response and international concern in Apett. 2.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
French Boycott Against Germans Reported In Paris
A German boycott was declared effective at 10 in the morning but limited to appealing for sympathy. Few if any pickets or crowds gathered outside German stores. Jewish merchants displayed signs refusing to receive German goods. A protest meeting was planned for tonight.
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Paris
Fec Tive
Roosevelt Reforestation Work Planned in Washington County
Speculation grows over Roosevelt era reforestation efforts in Maryland with Washington county expected to host forest planting and fire prevention work. The plan aims to replant burned timberlands and protect watersheds such as Frederick county’s Fishing Creek, Raven Nook, and Edgemont areas, potentially employing 22,000 Maryland workers.
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Man Mn
Roosevelt
Washington County
Washington
Maryland
State Forestry Department
Frederick County
Frederick
Angers
Hagerstown
Raven Nook
Anil
Edgemont
Raven Town
Ely
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Francois May
Senate House
Helen
Mary E. Miller
Harold Louderback
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