Wilmington strike called off as truck walkout continues
Mayor Walter Bacon announced the Central Labor Union strike was cancelled effective at 2 PM. A conference with Governor McMullen and mediators was held to pursue a settlement while the 19 day truck strike persists. violence reported as building trades join the walkout and arrests occur. several windows smashed and pickets gather at trolley barns.
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Wilmington
Del
Walter W. Bacon
Central Labor Union
Richard C. McMullen
Edward C. MacDonald
William A. Hart
State Federation of Labor
Frank J. Pappa
McMullen
Walter C. Bacon
11Th
King Streets
Winchester Plans for a Safer, Clearer City
A note urges civic effort to improve Winchester with small, personal actions. It highlights safer streets and quieter nights, urging residents to roll up sleeves and contribute to neighborhood betterment while acknowledging more tasks remain.
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Winchester
South End Hose Co Regular Meeting Notice
South End Hose Co calls a regular business meeting on Monday April 5 at 8 p m. Important issues pending regarding the Apple Blossom Festival. Attendance urged. RR A Grim Secretary.
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South End Hose CO
A. Grim
All cows belonging to W L Zirkle seized
The message orders the immediate seizure of all cows owned by W L Zirkle. Authenticated by A M Zirkle, administrator, with reference code 4-1-1p-31.
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W. L. Zirkle
A. M. Zirkle
Admr
Heiress Bride of Brill Fights Annulment Flight to San Francisco
Nan Pierson Brooks Macy Brill, New York heiress, flees Hollywood with Associated Press crew, 400 miles to San Francisco to avoid formal annulment from husband William H. Brill. police to arrest if papers served, while Brill’s mother and the couple's quarrel precede the escape.
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Relan Morin
San Francisco
Nan Pierson
Brooks Macy Brill
New York
Hollywood
William H. Brillip
News Boys
Associated Press
Brill
Miss Elizabeth Powers Dies at 81 in Berryville
Miss Elizabeth Mackey Powers aged 81 died at her Berryville home from a cerebral hemorrhage after a recent stroke and a brief period of unconsciousness. She was the daughter of the late Philip H. Powers and Roberta Mackey Powers and is survived by one brother, three sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews including Katherine Page and Virginia Page.
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Berryville
Elizabeth Mackey Powers
Philip H. Powers
Roberta Mackey Powers
Auburn
Clarke County
South Church Street
T. Carter Page
Katharine Stuart Powers
Frederick Whitehead
Washington
Virginia Page
Emily
Katharine
Fannie Powers
Ashby Perkins
Coatesville
John Winter
Leland
Miss
John Kearney
Estelle Johns
John Rhodes
Middleboro
Katharine Page
Roberta Whitehead
Church to Open in Miller School Sunday Service
On Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Rev W W McIntyre presiding elder of the Winchester district will preach at the Miller School. He will assist Rev C L Reiter in receiving 30 or more revival converts into membership and several will be baptized. Afterward the Sunday School will convene inviting all with no church obligation.
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W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Miller School
C. L. Reiter
Weather Outlook For Coming Week
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic States calls for precipitation in the middle of the week and again at the end. Temperatures will be mostly near or slightly below normal.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Radio Survey Delayed in Winchester by Engineer Scheduling
E A Crowl chair of the Radio Commission said the firm hired to study electrical interference in Winchester cannot send an engineer before the week of April. The budget included 300 dollars for the survey aimed at locating interference sources. Officials had hoped to complete the study before the Apple Blossom Festival.
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E. A. Crowl
The
Radio Commission
Winchester
C. W. Metcalf
Rev. R A Whitten to Address Grace Lutheran Class
Reverend R A Whitten pastor of the Congregational Christian Church has accepted an invitation to speak to the Men's Bible Class at Grace Lutheran Church Sunday morning. His topic is not announced, but a warm welcome is planned. Class members are urged to attend and bring a friend.
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Grace Lutheran Church
R. A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Whitten
Knight Sr. in Improved Condition after Operation
Dr. B M Knight Sr formerly at the Homeopathic Hospital in Washington moved to his Fairmont Avenue home yesterday afternoon. He spent a more comfortable day today with condition following a serious operation improved though still weakened and in a delicate state.
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B. M. Knight, Sr
Homeopathic Hospital
Washington, D. C
Fairmont Avenue
Court of 30 Queen Shenandoah's Court Announced
Fred A Read announces 30 members of Queen Shenandoah XIV Court to accompany the queen on state events. Miss Josephine Wolford of Handley High is named Princess Handley High School after winning Miss Shenandoah Valley in a New Market Va contest. Other Princesses include Mary Baldwin Col or Staunton and Keator Arlington Halls Washington DC with several college affiliations.
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Shenandoah XIV
Fred A. Read
Josephine Wolford
Handley High School
Frederick
Clarke County
Princess
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Wolford
Mary Scully
Elinore Griffith
Mary Bell
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Mary Baldwin Keator
Arlington Halls
Washington, D.C
Cleo Willis
Averett College
Mary Bryant Cox
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg
Dorothy Aleta Ramey
State Ee
Fredericksburg
A. Genevieve Linnens
Southern Seminary
Buena Vista
Marie Louise McDonald
Blackstone College For Girls
Blackstone
Mary Snowden Rust
Stuart Hall
Two Fierce Fights Rage Across Spain Fronts
AP reports two brutal battles in the Spanish Civil War on separate fronts. In Bilbao area government forces mobilize militias and defend a mountain pass, while in Cordoba Province insurgents fight for a mining region with insurgents on the defensive. The Bilbao battle's outcome could shape Franco's fortunes, especially after Guadalajara losses near Madrid.
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Associated Press
Bilbao
Cordoba
Spain
Francisco Franco
Guadalajara
Madrid
Bay of Biscay
New Husband Sought in Easter Beekman Hill Murders
New York detectives probe a mystery linked to Mary Gedeon and her slain daughter Ronnie after releasing husband Joseph Gedeon on a gun charge. They chase reports of a man Mary allegedly called her New Husband, while toxicology and sewers are examined for clues without results.
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New York
Mary Gedeon
Beekman Hill
Joseph Gedeon
Walter Harding
Gedeon
Ronnie” Gedeon
Thirty-fourth Street
Poli
Frank Byrnes
Health Committee In Session Today
The Health Committee of the Frederick County Home Demonstration Clubs met this afternoon at the call of chairman Mrs. Edwin Marker to discuss several pending problems. A market committee meeting also convened to plan a luncheon next Tuesday.
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Frederick County
Edwin Marker
Shorts Replace Bloomers in Youth Sport Attitudes
Denver report quotes Al fred O. Anderson as saying shorts in women’s athletics shift youth views on sex. He cites co physical education, mixed games, and the stream lined girl as key factors fostering poise and confidence while reducing fixation on legs.
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Denver
Alfred O. Anderson
Central Physical Education Association
Anderson
St. Louisan
Winchester maids of honor named for Queen Shenandoah XIV
Miss Mary Scully and Miss Elinore Griffith named maids of honor for Queen Shenandoah XIV at the Apple Blossom Festival. Scully, Handley High senior and class president, is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Scully. Griffith, daughter of Mrs. Alfred Kerfoot, attends Roberts Beach School in Catonsville Maryland.
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Mary Scully
Elinore Griffith
Winchester
Shenandoah XIV
Miss Scully
John
Scully
Handley High School
Miss Griffith
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Roberts Beach
Catonsville
Associated Press
Veterans March in Pink Petal Trail for Apple Blossom Parade
Directors announce no division for military schools or Boy Scouts to keep the parade manageable. Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion units will lead with bands and drum corps, with 100 groups invited to participate. Bleachers for 4500 spectators will be erected at Handley stadium for queen coronation and pageant.
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Fred Read
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
W. A. Baker
Handley Stadium
Ford executives fly to Kansas City as strike at plant escalates
Six Ford executives departed Chicago at 11 26 a m aboard a Transcontinental and Western Air Lines plane from Detroit to Kansas City scene of a Ford plant strike. A striker committee met with company officials near the gates in a bid to reach a settlement amid the first sit down at a Ford plant.
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Chicago
Ford Motor Company
Western Air Lines
Kansas City
Detroit
Mich
Ford Assembly
Henry Ford
Pope Blesses 500 Newlywed Couples at Vatican
Pope Pius XI blesses 500 newlywed couples in his first audience since illness. He arrived in a chair, walked a few steps to the dais, then offered a blessing to the assembled throng at the Vatican.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Douglas claims new non-icing aileron after tests
officials of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation announced a new non-icing aileron following a series of test flights. The announcement follows the crash of a transport plane near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, which was blamed on ice.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Pittsburgh
Chrysler Is Given Cheers in Lansing Strike Negotiations
Walter P. Chrysler arrived at the Michigan Capitol to resume talks with the United Automobile Workers over the nation’s largest strike involving more than 60 000 workers. About 100 non union Chrysler workers lined the sidewalk as executives entered for peace discussions with Governor Frank Murphy. Applause and shouts to settle the strike greeted Chrysler amid expectations that John L. Lewis would attend the session.
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Detroit
Walter P. Chrysler
Michigan
Lansing
United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Automobile
State Capitol
Frank Murphy
Chrysler
Capitol
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
New York
Fun Festival Ends Tonight At Lions Club Event
The Fun Festival of the Lions Club wraps up tonight after a weeklong run that drew the largest crowds yet. Proceeds support charity with the Lions aiding the blind program, the Municipal Band, and the Boy Scouts. Each night three attendees won gifts, and tonight ten more prizes of substantial value will be given to those present. Last night’s winners were Albert Lee Katharine Miller and Ralph McClure.
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Lions Club
Lions
Boy Scouts
Albert Lee
Katharine Miller
Ralph McClure
Hearings May Curtail Supreme Court Proposal
In Washington the Senate judiciary committee weighs curtailing Roosevelt court bill hearings as 3 of 18 members attend. McGill favors quick close while Ashurst pushes delay. Burke and opponents threaten additional witnesses as other speakers prepare.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
McGill
D-Kans
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Burke
Semmets
New York University Law
Scit
Garrison Villard
Nation
Jos A. McSparlan
Pennsylvania
William B. MacDowell
Detroit
Walter F. Dodd
Chicago
Anson Phelps Stokes
Washington (Episcopal
Representative McFarland
Dtex
Congress
Supreme Court
Banker Found His Wife Slain at St. Regis
Dorothy Cobb 41, wife of Augustus Cobb director and vice president of Bankers Trust Co, was found dead with a bullet wound in her right temple in their hotel suite at the St. Regis New York. The assistant medical examiner ruled death by own action despondency.
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New York
Dorothy Cobb
Augustus ’. Cobb
St. Regis Hotel
Charles B. Cassassa
Cobb
Bankers Trust Co
Higher Textile Wage Advocated by Winant at Conference
John G. Winant of New Hampshire, in his inaugural address as World Textile Conference president, urged 24 nations to seek international action to raise textile wages to parity with other industries. The labor department reported rising employment and payrolls in domestic cotton textile mills.
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Washington
John G. Winant
New Hampshire
World Textile Conference
Winant
Labor Department
Doctor Baker relocates office to new Braddock street
Dr. A. T. Baker announces move of his office from 110 North Cameron Street to 104 North Braddock Street. Old location is closed and new address is noted for patients.
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North Cameron Street
North Braddock
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