Susquehanna Recedes But Rises Again During Night
Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury report easing flood pressure on the Susquehanna after crest near 1936 levels. River fell from 31.6 to 30.8 feet in Wilkes-Barre while Sunbury sees receding water and potential end to the worst stage. Relief stations mobilized as Red Cross and volunteers aid evacuees. schools closed and guardsmen assist in moving families to higher ground.
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Wilkes-Barre
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Sunbury
New York
Harrisburg
Red Cross
New Jersey
Raymond Levi Indicted on Tax Evasion Charges
J Raymond Levi of Berryville Virginia was indicted by a U S Grand Jury for failure to pay taxes on gross income of 83838 in 1935. Trial date not set. Levi is represented by Joseph F Moore of Berryville.
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Richmond
J. Raymond Levi
Berryville
Levi
Clarke County
Joseph F. Moore
Mrs Roosevelt Signals Roosevelt Third-Term View
Mrs Roosevelt, speaking in Los Angeles, says the nation should stick to tradition and only depart in extraordinary circumstances. She clarifies her personal view that the presidency should not seek a third term except under extraordinary conditions.
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Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Calif
Land
Wisconsin in Spotlight as Delegates Face Choices
Wisconsin voters face a Democratic Presidential preference between Roosevelt and Garner while choosing four at large and 20 district delegates. In the GOP column the split is between Arthur Vandenberg and Thomas E Dewey with no direct presidential preference vote.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Garner
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Broughton
Democratic Party Organization of
Mr. Roosevelt
After Easter Clearance At Philips Specialty Shop
After Easter clearance offers coats suits and dresses at 4.88 6.88 and 8.48 for coats and suits and 1.78 2.88 3.88 and 4.88 for dresses. Sale runs Thursday Friday and Saturday. Location 9 N Loudoun St. also ad for large garde for rent on Senseney Road.
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Philips Specialty Shop
N. Loudoun
Chicken and Ham Dinner Benefit Near Cedar Grove
Home of C. D. Dye hosts a chicken and ham dinner April 4 from noon to 9 p.m. featuring home made ice cream. Proceeds aid Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid. Tickets 25 and 50 cents.
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C. D. Dye
Cedar Grove
Pleasant Valley Ladies” Aid
Pipe for Sale and Junk Buy at Winchester Junk Co
Used iron pipe in all sizes and quantities advertised with guarantee. Also purchasing junk at best prices. Winchester Junk Co operates on Fairfax Lane behind the Sarah Zane Fire Co.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Trial Justice U Signed By Governor Price
Governor Price signed Senate bill No. 357 abolishing the office of police justice in Winchester and providing for a trial justice to give the lower court more authority to clear the clogged docket of the Corporation Court.
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Price
Richmond
Governor Price
Senate
Winchester
Corporation Court
Byrd Elected Rotary Club President for Ensuing Year
Harry F. Byrd Jr the editor of The Star was elected president of the Rotary Club for the coming year. He succeeds Henry H. Covington of Northern Virginia Power Company as president. L J McElligott of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co named vice president and delegate to the 186th District Conference in Bristol on April 24 and 25 with Dowell Howard and Herman Stine as alternates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Star
Rotary Club
Byrd
Henry H. Covington
Northern Virginia Power Company
L. J. McElligott
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
McElligott
Bristol
Dowell Howard
Herman Stine
The
Mears Covington
J. P. Arthur
Haldeman
Charles Baker
Dowell J. Howard
British and Nazi Planes Clash Over North Sea
An authoritative source reported a brisk engagement over the North Sea in which three Royal Air Force hurricane pilots in battle for the first time opposed two German Heinkel bombers. The fighters maneuvered within feet of the sea during the clash.
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London
North Seas
Royal
Air Force Fighter Command
British Convoys Beat Off German Air Attack
The admiralty said German aircraft attacked British convoys in the North Sea this afternoon but were repelled by gunfire. Ten bombs were dropped with no hits and no damage. the convoys continued their voyages.
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London
Admiralty
North Sea
Retired Brain Expert Wounded In Baltimore Incident
Dr. Henry J. Berkley, 79, a retired psychiatrist and brain specialist, was found unconscious at the bottom of his home stairs with a head wound from an arc hand axe. He is in critical condition at Maryland General Hospital after suffering concussion and multiple injuries. Police Lt. Oscar Koch noted uncertainty whether a fall or an attack caused the injuries. A house boy discovered him. a cousin reported hearing thumping at midnight. Dr. Berkley retired from practice 15 years ago and previously served on the Maryland Hygiene Commission.
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Baltimore
Henry J. Berkley
Maryland General Hospital
Oscar Koch
Johns Hopkins
Berkley
Protocon
Joseph Moore
Dr. Berkley
Koch
Mary R. Clairborne
Berks
Maryland Hygiene Commission
Baltimore City
Mayor E George Sewell Dies in Miami at 65
Mayor E George Sewell, 65, a key figure in Miami's growth, died of a heart ailment in his fourth term. He arrived in 1896, the year Miami was incorporated, and opened the first store in the early community near the everglades.
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Miami
Fla
E. George Sewell
Sewell
Everglades
Scully Buys Shenandoah Valley Academy Land For Development
Judge Bertram confirms sale of 12.5 acres to Thomas G. Scully for about 25000 dollars. funds to creditors covered. Frederick County School Board receives the remaining 6.2 acres including former academy buildings and athletic fields. Scully plans a restricted suburban residential development with Irwin Kaplan guiding planning.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Thomas G. Scully
H. W. Bertram
Rockingham Circuit Court
Scully
Harry Benham
M. M. Lynch
Lynch
Academy
Frederick County School Board
The
Star
Academy Lane
Clifford Street
Amherst Street
Irwin J. Kaplan
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
Sumeroa A
Kaplan
Attempt To Raid Nazi Boats Ends In Failure
Berlin reports a British raid on German patrol boats protecting Salt Island aviation base in the North Sea failed after 25 bombs missed. One British raider was shot down and sank quickly. German sources note Allied planes downed. Nazi pursuit planes repelled the raid.
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Berlin
Germany
Salt Island
North Sea
DNB
High Command
France
Pirmasens
Messerschmitts
Stranger’s Divining Red Leads To Corpus Defecti In Texas
In Kirbyville Texas a river search follows reports of a bank robbery with $2600 in cash. A stranger with a so called divining device guided authorities to a river spot where a body surfaced. divers continue to probe while locals seek the treasure hunter’s identity and the truth of the claims.
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Stranger
Texas
Kirbyville
Tex
Gulf
Neches
R. C. Pace
R. C. Gilbert
Pelley Linked to Army Conspiracy Claims Stir Congressional Probe
Representative Dickstein charged that William Dudley Pelley head of the Silver Shirts tied to army officers in a fascist plot to overturn the U S government. He presented letters and testified that a Detroit officer and Pelleys papers tied Pelley to training men for the Ku Klux Klan. Dorothy Waring supported earlier testimony as a journalist and ex-investigating committee agent.
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Washington
Dickstein
Dies Committee
William Dudley Pelley
Legion of Silver Shirts
United States
New Yorker
House
Fuehrer
Pelicy
Asheville
N. C
Pelley
Moseley
George van Horn Moreley
Samuel J. Rublev
Detroit
National Guard
Béarith Rublev
Weber
Rublev
Ku Klux Klan
Kramer D.calif
Dorothy Waring
New York
Mass Meeting Set to Prepare Seventeenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
A mass meeting for interested citizens will be held Thursday night April 4 at 8 at the George Washington Hotel to finalize plans for the Seventeenth Apple Blossom Festival to be held May 23. R Gray Williams will preside as toastmaster and reports from festival heads are expected.
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George Washington
Tom Baldridge
Williams
R. Gray Williams
B. B. Dutton
Department of the Queen
Taylor Barr
Henry T. Goode
Ben Belchie
George
Junie Chamboiss
Quartet of
Washington
U-Boat Located By Means of New Hash-Hash Trick
Eye witness account released by the Ministry of Information says a German submarine that torpedoed a neutral ship in convoy weeks earlier was forced to surface and surrendered after depth charges and bombs from three British destroyers a French destroyer and a British flying boat. The submarine was located by a new hush hush device described as impalpable fingers groping beneath the sea.
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London
Ministry of Information
Crew Scuttles Nazi Freighter in Northern Waters
The British admiralty announced the German freighter Mimi Horn, out of Curacao, was intercepted in northern waters, fired upon, and scuttled by her crew. The sinking raises Germany’s merchant ship losses to 303,946 tons.
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London
Admiralty
Mimi Horn
Curacao
Netherlands West Indies
Germany
Burg
County GOPs Elect Leaders in Frederick County
Frederick County Republican party members reelected officers and named the executive committee. Delegates and alternates to the district and state conventions were selected, with Solenberger and Anderson named in district roles.
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Frederick County
Republican Party
Robinson
Clarence Robinson
M. K. Sandy
Stephens City
Walter T. Anderson
White Hall
Bryan Stotler
Sunnyside
C. B. Dawson
Ansel Solenberger
T. A. Williams
Fred Thwaite
Clarence J. Robinson
Stotler
Luray
Roanok
O. B. Willey
Henry Pitzer
E. Brown
Awnings for eh windows or terrace
Armstrong advertises awnings for homes and terraces at 639 39 E. Pica St. with contact on Tuesday Friday and IP-T.
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Armstrong x Af
E. Pica St
Chamberlain Announces New Trade Deals And War Measures
Prime Minister Chamberlain outlined Britain s three fold economic drive against Germany including sea control new neutral trade agreements with Norway Sweden Iceland Belgium the Netherlands and Denmark and a warning to neutrals to limit exports to Germany He called for intensified blockade and home diplomacy with oil and wheat producing regions while stressing a true peace for Europe backed by France Britain and allied nations.
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Scandinavia
Germany
Britain
Chamberlain
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Reich
Balkans
France
Europe
War Highlights Across Fronts and Blockade Tone
Highlights from Associated Press reports note clashes between British and German aircraft over the North Sea. The British blockade against Germany is to be intensified by Prime Minister Chamberlain. Berlin claims several planes shot down in aerial battles and reports Germany seeks Romania’s demobilization to ease grain shortages. Washington reports debate over Ambassadors Beneaty and Bullitt amid neutrality concerns.
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The
Associated Press
London
Chamberlain
Germany
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Raymond Levi
U. S
Grand Jury
MR Winchester
Kingston
Susquehanna River
Badger State
Rotary
Henry Berkley
Florida City
SVA
T. G. Scully
Hitler
Rep
U.S
British Admiralty
Scotland
Barnhill
Protinus
Gops
Albert Anderson
Paul Haldeman
Roy Duvall
Walter Anderson
Co. W. Brown
Allen Bond
George Kerns
Howard White
Wilmer Anderson
Edwin Stout
Great Britain
House of Commons
Chamber of
Western Front
Bucharest
Romania
Beneaty
Bullitt
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