Reopening move for Blossoms feature on Saturday night
WRVA facilities will host Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival programs from 7 to 7 15 p m with dramatizations on festival history and apple industry. Walter R Bishop and C T Lucy of WRVA met Clarke T Cooper to discuss broadcasting a description of the grand parade Trail of the Pink Petals.
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WRVA
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Valley
W. W. Glass
Winchester
City
Walter R. Bishop
C. T. Lucy
Clarke T. Cooper
Cooper
Glass
Tax plan blasted by business men in Congress hearing
An Ohio Michigan and Philadelphia executives blasted the $799 million tax program before the House Ways and Means Committee. They urged relief for distressed firms arguing the plan would cost million-dollar losses and hinder restoring plants and jobs.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
Michigan
House
Ways and
Charles Warner
Warner Company of
Philadelphia
Thomas W. Taliaferro
Hammond Standish
Detroit
Plans to restore Shenandoah bridges near Strasburg and Front Royal
Mr Winchester reports that bridge reconstructions across the Shenandoah are nearly finished with works east of Strasburg and on the South Branch at Front Royal. After flood losses the public faced disruption but Front Royal offers free bus service from Riverton for those unable to cross.
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Shenandoah
Strasburg
Front Royal
Riverton
Real Estate Sale In Sen Seney Road Area
Charles W. Buhl valuable property will be offered Friday April 3 at 1 pm. The sale location is Sen Seney Road across from the Country Club. Auction notices appear in the local real estate listings.
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Chas. W. Buhl
Senseney Road
Country Club
Square Dance Riverside Rendezvous Near Berryville
Square dance event in Riverside area five miles east of Berryville Virginia scheduled for Saturday night April 4. Special square dance Easter Monday noted.
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Riverside
Berryville
Sarah Zane Fire Company Meeting Notice
The Sarah Zane Fire Company holds its regular monthly meeting Friday evening April 3 at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend. Captain R B Brown.
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Sarah Zane Fire CO
Sarah Zane Fire Company
R. B. Brown
Friends To Honor Cather And Weaver Next Tuesday
State Senator T Russell Cather of Winchester and State Senator Aubrey G Weaver of Front Royal will be guests of honor at a testimonial dinner at the George Washington Hotel Tuesday at 6 45 pm. Judge Philip Williams will be toastmaster with about 150 attendees including Governor Peery and Virginia members of Congress.
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T. Russell Cather
Winchester
Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
George Washington Hotel
Virginia Senate
General Assembly
Judge Williams
George C. Peery
Virginia
Congress
Philip Williams
Washington
Senator Cather
Senator Weaver
Winchester GOP Indicts Delegates in Virginia Meetings
Delegates elected by the Winchester Republican convention for the Seventh District in Waynesboro on April 10 and the State convention in Roanoke on April 11 were announced. The list names Ford Luttrell, Mrs. E. C. Parker, Miss Ruth Thomas, H. Russell Potts, and others with alternates and Young Republican leaders cited. A motion urged strong candidates for the June Common Council race. In Floyd, Va., S Claude Slusher was found dead by his own hand on Mira Fork amid liquor conspiracy indictments. his death follows the fatal shooting of deputy sheriff T Jeff Richards linked to the case.
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Waynesboro
Roanoke
Winchester
Ford Luttrell
E. C. Parker
Ruth Thomas
H. Russell Potts
Charles W. Buhl
G. Daugherty
Robert Grim
C. R. Grubbs
Harry E. Potts
H. B. Garber
Edwin C. Parker
H. B. McCormac
Lee M. Lamp
William Armel
J. S. Haldeman
J. H. Yost
B. W. Largent
Ray Robinson
G. C. Cooper
R. B. Brown
William P. Cooper
Warren Daugherty
Ned Lupton
J. A. Patterson
A. Li. Jackson
Eugene B. Cooper
Harry Copenhaver
Mr. Potts
Garber
H. D. Garber
Perman
Floyd
Franklin County
S. Claude Slusher
Mira Fork
Willis
Slusher
Harrisonburg
T. Jeff Richards
Callaway
Floyd County
Trenton
N. J
Hauptmann
Bristol
John W. Flannagan
Claude Slusher
Richmond
Charlottesville
Petersburg
Fannie Caraway State
Evening auction offers electric range and household goods
At 1 p m Saturday April 11 the County Court House will hold an auction of an electric range Frigidaire and other household goods including beds mattresses living room suite and dishes. The ad is from Duvall and Dunn.
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County Court House
Duvall & Dunn
Beagle Hound Seeks Owner After City Visit
State Senator Aubrey G. Weaver of Front Royal and Mr. C. N. Shepherd game warden of Warren County were visitors in the city this afternoon. Wanted at once to find owner or good home for a fine female beagle hound. 41-J or oe 4-1-1p-1.
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Aubrey G. Weaver
Front Royal
C. N. Shepherd
Warren County
John H Cochran properties auctioned near Winchester
Seventy nine acres and five poles of land with nine room stone house barn garage and other buildings. Includes a spring and six miles west of Winchester near Opequon. Also about 50 acres timber land offered in front of Court House at Noon on Saturday April 18. Immediate possession. Sale bills available.
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Winchester
Opequon
Court House
Mass Meeting of Farmers Monday Discusses Soil Program
George E Herring of the Animal Husbandry Department V P I will discuss soil conservation details Monday April 6 at 2 pm in the county courthouse. County Agent I Fred Stine announced after a Warrenton district meeting with Northern Virginia county association members R L Omps J H Funkhouser W S Huyett and E O Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E.herring
Animal Husbandry Department
I. Fred Stine
Warrenton
New County Association
R. L. Omps
J. H. Funkhouser
W.S. Huyett
E. O. Carpenter
Virginia
W. C. Shackleford
J. L. Maxton
George E. Herring
Hauptmann Faces 8 O'clock Execution In Trenton
Col. Mark Kimberling said Hauptmann’s execution was still set for 8 p m tonight. Governor Hoffman called for an impartial Lindbergh case probe as Wendel’s potential Brooklyn kidnapping confession witness emerges. Hauptmann awoke, read the Bible, and told guards he was confident and not worrying.
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Trenton
N. J
Mark ©. Kimberling
State Prison
Bruno Hauptmann
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New York
Wendel
Brooklyn
N.Y
William McGuinness
Paul Wendel
Hauptmann
Mark O. Kimberling
Citizens Demand Press Access to City Information in Winchester
Two Winchester residents urged full public access to city information saying information should be released unless exceptional cases require withholding until issues are resolved. Dr. Hunter McGuire and James P. Reardon argued officials must serve taxpayers by transparency, while noting brief delays may be needed to protect city interests. City Manager Arthur M. Field attributed the policy to council criticism.
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Winchester
Hunter McGuire
James P. Reardon
Arthur M. Field
Informa
Mr. Reardon
Three Verdicts Made Possible In Stretz Case
NEW YORK April 3 Judge Cornelius Collins told a jury it might sentence Vera Stretz to the electric chair or prison or acquit her in the slaying of her lover Dr Fritz Gebhardt. The prosecution did not request the death sentence. The judge said the defendant’s moral lapse should not affect her credibility as a witness.
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New York
Cornelius Collins
Vera Vera Stretz
Fritz Gebhardt
Collins
Maxwell Widows Go On Trial In Virginia Murder Case
In Wise County Circuit Court a joint trial date of April 24 is set for Anne Maxwell and her daughter Edith, charged in the murder of husband Trigg Maxwell. Edith’s prior trial ended with a 20 year sentence. the case is under review by the Virginia State Supreme Court.
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Miss Maxwell
Maxwell
Edith Maxwell
State Supreme Court
Dramatic Climax Near in Trenton Famous Case
Warden Kimberling again prepares an inmate for electric chair as the attorney general's office reviews a second reprieve. The case reaches a tense point in New Jersey.
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Kimberling
Attorney” General's Office
Trenton
Hauptmann defense seeks Hunterdon grand jury to halt execution
In Trenton on April 3 AP reports Bruno Hauptmann's lawyer urged convening Hunterdon County grand jury to indict Paul H. Wendel for kidnapping instead of Hauptmann. Prosecutor Hauck opposed delay, while Attorney General Wilentz called the Wendel move a fraud as Mercer County grand jury had declined to indict. Kimberling visited Wilentz as final steps loom.
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Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Mercer County Grand Jury
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Dale Harrison
Associated Press
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
C. Lloyd Fisher
Hunterdon County
Grand Jury
Hauck
Anthony M. Hauck, Jr
Hunterdon
Hauptmann
Lauck
Trenchard
Emn
David T. Wilentz
Aoe
Fisher
Inebergh
Wilentz
Wendel
Mercer Grand Jury
Lions Club and Mellwee band stage Fun Festival opening
The Lions Club and Mellwee's Municipal Band opened the Fun Festival at the Bell Building on Kent Street with strong attendance. Duck dinners and ham servings were planned, Armour provided 19 hams, the mice game drew crowds, bingo entertained, and Ralph Summel led the orchestra on a busy night.
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Lions Club
Mellwee
Bell Building
Kent Street
P. G. Ireland
Armour
Jim Snider
Ralph Summel
Fes
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Notice of South End Hose Co regular meeting
South End Hose Co calls a regular business meeting for Monday night April 6 at 8 o clock. Full attendance requested. Secretary.
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South End Hose Co
Hauptmann faces execution date again tonight
World news roundup reports Bruno Hauptmann thrice saved from the electric chair as his execution date looms tonight in New Jersey. Other items note political renomination in Bristol, Virginia, a fatal shooting on a Floyd farm, and allocations or statements regarding Virginia and European events.
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Cenfer
MR Winchester
Cather and
Weaver
Russell Cather
Aubrey Weaver
Winchester G
Laude Slusher
United States
Sunshine Grocery
John H. Cochran
Central Press
Bulletins
Field
Counci
Stretz
World News
London
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Everett A. Colson
Paris
France
Germany
Rhineland
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