Belgian Queen Chosen For Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Miss Francoise May daughter of the Belgian ambassador will reign as queen of the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival around May 1. The tenth Atlantic queen was invited by Senator Harry Byrd and accepted it during a call at the Belgian Embassy in Washington.
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Belgium
Shenandoah
Francoise May
United States
Paul May
Washington, D. C
Miss May
May
Massachusetts
Washington
House of Shenandoah
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
B. B. Dutton
Winchester
J. P. Arthur
J. Victor Arthur
Lester D. Arnold
Byrd
Twenty five princesses chosen for Shenandoah court
Twenty five young women were named to the court of Queen Shenandoah the Tenth at the Apple Blossom Festival in Apple Blossom Festival headquarters. About five more princesses remain to be named plus two maids of honor for Miss Francois May as coronation nears. Names include Caroline Caldwell representing Mary Baldwin College and Dorothy Brown Rust for St. Agnes School among others from Staunton Alexandria Fairfax Waynesboro and Richmond with various colleges and preparatory schools.
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Shenandoah
Francois May
Shenadoah
Queen Shenandoah
Caroline Caldwell
Richmond
Gross Point
Mich
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Dorothy Brown Rust
Timber Branch Drive
Robert A. Rust
St. Agnes Episcopal School of
Alexandria
Elizabeth Barber
C. H. Barber
West Chester Pa
Fairfax Hall
Waynesboro
Frederick
Hood College
Helen M. Cover
E. Russell Cover
Farmville State Teachers’ College
Betti Taylor
Roy F. Taylor
Ind
Soace Seminary
Buena Vista
Miller's Garden Seed and Supplies Ad
Garden seed and flower seed of various kinds for planting this year. Includes onion sets such as Bell Silver Skin and Yellow Danvers. Also medicines chemicals and sick room supplies available at Miller's.
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Miller’s
South End Hose Co Regular Meeting and Festival Plans
Regular business meeting announced for Monday night April 3 at South End Hose Co. Members urged to attend as festival arrangements will be discussed. Also notice seeking a middle aged single experienced horseman for a job at Court Manor New Market Va. Apply to Court Manor.
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Apply Court Manor
New Market
Deadly spring storm claims 68 lives across southern states
A march storm from Texas to Alabama killed 68 people, with Mississippi bearing 38 fatalities and Mississippi Valley towns hit hard. Texas 20 dead, Louisiana 9, Arkansas 1, plus many injured as floods and wreckage disrupted communications and roads. Storm moved northeast through Louisiana Mississippi and into Alabama Tennessee and Georgia.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi Valley
Sandersville
Laurel
Raleigh
Harmony
Meridian
Washington County
Delta
Tennessee
Georgia
East
Prairies
Brookhaven
Tupelo
Lucedale
Greenville
Leland
Marks
Imported Rugs at Auction in Richmond Va
Announcement for a sale of 50 Persian Rugs to be auctioned on Tuesday and Wednesday at Grove's House Furnishings by Yarid's of Richmond Va. Mr Yarid, a noted southern importer, sells rugs locally but liquidation due to economic conditions offers a rare chance for rug lovers. Inspection available Monday afternoon or by special appointment in the evening.
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Grove
Yarid’s
Richmond
Yarid
Cold Storage to Enter Float in Apple Blossom Parade
The Winchester Cold Storage Company applied to place an artistic float in the industrial division of the Apple Blossom Festival parade. Fred A. Read, parade committee chair, announced the plan and noted other businesses are considering entries. Cash prizes will be awarded for best floats in the queen's parade.
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Winchester Cold Storage Company
Fred A. Read
Mr. Read
Ministers Will Meet Monday At The Library
The Winchester Ministerial Association holds its regular monthly meeting Monday morning April 3 at 10 30 in the Handley Library building. Rev J D Russell of Frederick Circuit M E Church South conducts the devotional service and Rev E T Clark of First Baptist Church reads a paper on The Meaning of Church Membership. All members are urged to attend.
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Winchester Ministerial Association
Handley Library
J. D. Russell
Frederick Circuit
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Communion Service at Highland Avenue Church Tomorrow
The pastor Rev. Robert B Campbell announces holy communion will be offered with regular preaching at 7 30 o clock tomorrow evening at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church. New members will also be received at this service.
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Highland Avenue
Smith and Snider Return From New York Buying Trip
L. R. Smith and Mrs. Charles Snider travel from New York after a several day trip spent selecting attractive Faster merchandise for the L. R. Smith store.
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L. R. Smith
Charles Snider
New York
L. R Smith
Death of Simon Willis in Salem Oregon
Mrs J F Bly reports the death of her uncle Simon Willis of Salem Oregon in his seventy third year He lived in Oregon twenty years with heart trouble for nine years He leaves his widow two children Bruce and Eunice Willis a nephew Walter W Keller and three nieces and other relatives in Colorado and Oregon
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J. F. Bly
Simon Willis
Salem
Oregon
Shenandoah County
Nebraska
Colorado
Mary Ida Keller
Lebanon Church
The
Baptist Church
Bruce Willis
Eunice Willis
Walter W. Keller
Roanoke Va
A. E. Keller
Wheatfield
David Stover
Strasburg
Winchester
Repeated Radio Show Set at Round Hill School
A radio program will be repeated at Round Hill School house on Tuesday April 4 at 8 p.m. The show previously played at Bryarly and Gainesboro drew capacity crowds. Old features return with a new Luttrell brothers debate and a small admission to benefit the school fund.
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Bryarly
Gainesboro
Round Hill
Boneshaking Coons
Fritz and
Kitz
Kisswell Sisters
Luttrell Brothers
Winchester Steam Laundry Advertisement Note
Just phone 28 for speedy response from Winchester Steam Laundry offering prompt laundry and cleaning services with a call to action for quick contact.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Supreme Court Rules on Warthen Bond Case in Warren
The Supreme Court of Appeals in Richmond decides the Aetna Casualty and Surety Company versus the Board of Supervisors of Warren County debt case. It fixes Aetna's liability at 43000 with interest from 1928 and credits 17121.74 as of 1931, remanding parts about National Surety Company for further action.
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Supreme Court of Appell
Richmond
Arthur L. Warthen
Warren
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company of
Hartford, Conn
Board of Supervisors of
Warren County
Et Als
Warthen
Warren Circuit Court
Aetna Company
National Surety Company
Special Grand Jury Circuit Court Monday
A special grand jury will be convened in Frederick County Circuit Court Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge Philip Williams orders jurors to hear about a half dozen held for grand jury action on chicken theft and routine charges under state law. The regular April term opens with the grand jury, but no trial jurors have been summoned yet.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Roosevelt Orders $400000000 Vets Benefit Cut
President Roosevelt uses the economy act to cut veterans allowances by about 400 million dollars. The changes take effect July 1 and aim to preserve government credit while sharing the burden across all citizens. Douglas and Hines estimate the savings at 400 million with uncertain counts of affected veterans.
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Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis
Dget
T. Hines
Hines
Douglas
Arch
White House
Lewis W. Douglas
Berlin Boycott Gallery Shouts and Signs at Jew Shops
Nazi brown shirts lead a Berlin boycott with painted skulls and quarantine signs on Jewish storefronts. Crowds watch as open shops face graphic warnings while officials report no disorder by afternoon. In Paris an anti German boycott begins with no crowds outside German stores and a one day limit.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Apri
Paris
Benin
Miss Ida Kerfoot Dies in Washington
Special to The Star from Berryville Virginia April 1 Ida Kerfoot formerly of Clarke county daughter of the late Dr and Mrs Franklin Kerfoot died at her Washington home late yesterday Friends say the body will be brought to Berryville today to rest at Enders Funeral Parlor until her nephew Alfred M Kerfoot arrives to arrange the funeral
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Star
Berryville
Ida Kerfoot
Clarke County
Franklin Kerfoot
Fractures Leg By Slipping In Yard At Home
Paul Grant an employee of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company fractured his left leg between the hip and knee in an unusual incident at his South Cameron street home. He slipped in his yard while feeding chickens and twisted his leg, was carried into the house and taken to Memorial Hospital by the Friendship Fire Company ambulance for treatment. He has been in ill health recently and had eye surgery, wearing smoked glasses at the time.
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Paul Grant
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
South Cameron Street
Memorial Hospital
Friendship Fire Company
Grant
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