Valley District Post Office Clerks Meet in Staunton
The Shenandoah Valley district of postal clerks will meet in Staunton Virginia on Saturday April 6 at 730 pm. The gathering includes officers from Winchester and national federation members with a film showing and an informal dance to close.
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Valley District of Post Office
Staunton
Shenandoah Valley
Berryville
Middleburg
Front Royal
Luray
Waynesboro
Buena Vista
Lexington
Clifton Forge
Covington
Hot Springs
Harrisonburg
Woodstock
Strasburg
Winchester
Herman Lee
W. Nelson Page
William Otte
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Washington, D. C
William Gunther
National Federation
Baltimore
Deadline Nears To File For Offices In Middletown
Mayor Fred Larrick announced candidates for Mayoral and Town Council in Middletown must file with the Frederick County Clerk Julian Baker at least 60 days before the June general election. Filing blanks are available from Larrick, the Electoral Board, or Clerk Baker. The mayor plans to run and current councilmen are expected to run again.
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Fred Larrick
Winchester
Middletown
Frederick County
Julian Baker
Larrick
Electoral Board
Clerk Baker
Main Street
Famine in Hopei Strikes 5,000,000 as Floods, Drought Rage
Reports from missionaries and Chinese sources describe a famine affecting five million people in Hopei province. One hundred and twelve thousand villages across eighty two counties face starvation with crops ruined, famine food improvised, and dyke work halted by unrest. Some districts may flood again. bodies are reportedly found with money in pockets indicating food scarcity. Families commit suicide to avoid slow death.
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Peiping
North China
Hopei
China
Hopei Province
Shansi
Funeral held for Mrs. Lillie Beal Massey in White Post
Funeral services were held at the late home at 3 o clock for Mrs. Lillie Beal Massey who died at 6 30 yesterday morning at her daughter Miss Mable Massey s Roanoke home She was 83 or 84 born in Germanna Orange County and widow of Caleb Greenway Massey Survivors include three daughters Miss Mable Massey Roanoke Miss Eva Massey White Post and Mrs E M Wray Washington D C a sister Mrs W N Morgan Roanoke four brothers E Edward Beal Remington and two half sisters in Fauquier County Interment in the Episcopal church yard with pallbearers listed
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White Post
Lillie Beal Massey
Miss Mable Massey
Roanoke
Sheetz
Episcopal Church
Tom Blackwell
Edward Lee
J. C. Biggs
James Ware
C. O. Dearmont
Massey
Severe Beal
Elizabeth Beal
Fauquier County
Germanna
Orange County
Clarke County
Joseph Kennerly
Romania Rejects German Call to Demobilize Large Army
Bucharest reports the government will draft 4,000,000 Romanians into an agricultural army to maintain 1940 production and meet export demands, especially Germany. Berlin had proposed demobilizing 500,000 troops for grain work and sending 6,000 agronomic experts. Rumanians doubt safety of defense relaxation amid talks led by Dr Karl Clodius.
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Bucharest
Germany
Romania
Ooe
Rumania
Carol
Karl Clodius
Reich
Switzerland Calls Up Tens of Thousands of Troops
The Swiss general staff announced mobilization for April 15 and 22 as 41 units were recalled to replace demobilized troops. The move aims to keep Swiss military strength near that of neighboring beligerents with Germany reported to hold 12 to 18 divisions near the frontier. Swiss officials stated the presence does not cause alarm.
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Berne
Switzerland
Baden
Wurttemburg
Three Killed In Munitions Blast
Three people were killed and four injured in a munitions factory explosion tonight in London. Authorities announced initial details of the blast and its location.
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London
Neill Proposes Woman for Berryville Council at Chamber Meeting
Berryville Virginia April 2 1930s discussion as Mrs John B Neill and Edward McC Williams with Clarke county officials urge a woman to be named to the town council at the Democratic convention. Burr Harrison addresses the chamber noting legislative activity and local concern with health water and education.
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Assembly
Edward McC. Williams
Commonwealth
Clarke County
Harrison
Frederick County
Bender
Woman’s Club
J. Edward Thoma
Armory Issue Remains Unsettled For Tonight Meeting
City council meets at 7 30 to decide on National Guard Armory plans. They face a choice between building at Rouss Springs with state grant and bond funds or constructing at Rouss Park with less space and higher risk of a smaller drill floor. Armory housing must be found by September 1 to avoid vacating current quarters.
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National Guard
the Star
Rouss Springs
Rouss Park
Reuss Park
Youth shoots sweetheart then kills himself over nurse dream
In Buchannon West Virginia on April 2 a 18 year old girl Frances DeVault and her 20 year old boyfriend Ray Hardman killed themselves after a quarrel over her plans to study nursing in Baltimore. Sheriff A H Zickefoose reported the couple occupied rooms with her sisters following their parents separation. The note to the mother described love for Hardman but a wish to pursue nursing, not marriage.
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Buchannon
W. Va
A. H. Zickefoose
Frances DeVault
Buchannon-Upshur High School
Ray Hardman
Newtonton
Sheriff Zickefoose
Brentwood
Miss Ella Frankfurter Weds North Attleboro Man
WPA confirms the secret marriage of Miss Ella Frankfurter sister of Justice Felix Frankfurter to Joseph Rogers of North Attleboro Boston April 2 report notes the ceremony and the couple’s names in the notice
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Boston
WPA
Ella Frankfurter
U. S. Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Joseph Rogers
North Attleboro
Labor Committee approves Wagner Act amendments
The House Labor Committee approved two amendments to the Wagner Act aimed at protecting AFL craft unions and allowing employers to request Labor Board elections. The panel also backed expanding the Labor Board from three to five members and adopted a Wood amendment to designate craft units by majority employee vote. Committee members expect final revisions by tomorrow.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Labor Board
Norton
D-Nj
House
Representative Wood
DMO
Test of Reynaud Power Deferred
Paris April 2 The Chamber of Deputies postponed interpellation of Premier Paul Reynaud after Easter recess. Sessions resume with a later question period on April 9 in a secret Senate session about general policies and wartime conduct.
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Paris
Paul Reynaud
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Edouard Daladier
Answers to Today's Quiz Review List
The page notes quiz answers including Fools Day, English, three legislative branches, Doctor of Civil Law, direct, one and a half months, Anglophile, and William Cullen Bryant.
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William Cullen Bryant
Tributes to C P Bailey Remembered Winchester Farmer
Charles P Bailey a well known Frederick county farmer died of a heart attack in his eighty sixth year. Relatives and friends gathered at his South Braddock street home and followed his casket to Old Stone Church for simple services. The United Brethren Church member was mourned by eight sons as pallbearers.
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Charles P. Bailey
Frederick County
South Braddock Street
Old Stone Church
George . W. Stover
L. G. Bridgers
United Brethren Church
Bailey
William A
Cecil H
Ora R
Harley C
Earl S
Mervil C. Bailey
Winchester
Clarence Bailey
Inwood
John R Bailey
Washington, D. C
Zanuck and wife contest $730,575 tax claim
Darryl F. Zanuck and Virginia Zanuck challenged the Treasury's assessment before the tax appeals board, disputing the $730,575 claimed income taxes and penalties for 1935.
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Washington
Darryl F. Zanuck
Virginia
Tax Appeals Board
Treasury
First State Convention Of Junior Chambers In Virginia This Weekend
The Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce announces the first All Virginia Conference on April 6 and 7 at the Virginian Hall Lynchburg. Key speakers from Virginia and beyond will cover agriculture journalism and public speaking with leaders from Buffalo New York and New York City.
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Virginia
Virginia State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tom Baldridge
Winchester
Virginian Hall
Lynchburg
Garland Clark
State Agricultural Extension Department
Luray
Heywood Bell
Newport News
Richmond
Roswell Perry Rosengren
Department of Public Speaking
Buffalo University
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mark Matthews
United States Junior Chamber
New York City
Fred B. Linton
Washington, D. C
Minor Hudson
Junior Board of Trade
Powell Harrison
Leesburg
LeRoy M. Ober
Norfolk
T. Martin, Jr
Danville
Arthur Delphane
Dranesville
Paul Manns
Ae Hacon
Bristol
Abingdon
Staunton
Narrows
Woodstock
Front Royal
Berryville
Boyce
White Post
Purcellville
Middleburg
Alexandria
Petersburg
Waverly
Emporia
Suffolk
Boykins
Courtland
South Boston
Six Die in Port Arthur House Fire Tragedy
Six people perished in a Port Arthur Ontario house fire at dawn, including four children. Victims identified as Mrs Ali Metsa, 29, her father Oscar Blom, 54, and children Elsie four, Raymond four, Harold three, and Allen 11 months. Authorities report the blaze destroyed the residence on Port Arthur's cut.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Port Arthur's
Ali Metsa
Oscar Blom
Pelley Plot Details Link Silver Shirts to Armies
Investigators heard Pelley describe a nationwide plan with army style units including a Texas led by a Captain Rubley in Detroit and rifle clubs in California. Miss Waring testified that Pelley sought to march on Washington to become the white king, claiming his legionaries were armed. Contempt citation to Dr Albert Blumberg was announced after he refused questions.
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Page One
Detroit
Rubley
Cleveland
Dickstein
Oklahoma
California
Silver
Willard Kemp
Pelley
Miss Waring
House
Washington
Try
New York
Order of ‘76
Park Avenue
Communist Party
Maryland
District of Columbia
Blumberg
Scully Buys SVA Land For 25000 In Academy Area
The article notes Scully paid 25000 for land at SVA near Academy lane. Several lots already sold along the ridge facing east to the city and west to county countryside. Streets will be laid out for housing, with unimproved land except the Academy athletic field slated for subdivision. Judge Bertram's appointment followed Judge Williams disqualification in the bondholders case.
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Academy Lane
Courtfield
Scully
Academy
Bertram
Philip Williams
Susquehanna Flood Relief under State Lead
The Susquehanna flood cut roads and inundated cellars in Wilkes-Barre and nearby towns. An WPA grant of 100000 funded emergency aid while 1500 residents received Red Cross help. Governor Arthur H. James led relief, visiting Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury as downstream levels were awaited.
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Wilkes-Barre
Plymouth
Kingston
British Intensify Economic War as War Council Acts
Chamberlain outlined Germany's economic threat and pledged harsher measures to deprive Germany of essential materials. He cited decisions by the Allied Supreme War Council meeting in London, stressing decisive future actions while holding back full details.
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Germany
Chamberlain
Allied Supreme War Council
London
Reporters Shown Large Heaps of Polish Records
Berlin April 2 neutral nation press correspondents were shown disorderly files Germany said were seized by the Polish foreign office after Warsaw fell. From these files 16 documents were published last Friday allegedly quoting Ambassadors Bullitt and Kennedy on events before the war. The eight to ten truck loads were brought to Berlin in 120 packing boxes and stored in four foreign office basement rooms.
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Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
United States
William C. Bullitt
Joseph P. Kennedy
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