Narcissus Show Heads to Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria
Readable notices describe a busy local schedule and an upcoming Narcissus Show at Gadsby’s Tavern in Alexandria on April 19 from 1 to 10 PM. The Garden Club of Virginia and Alexandria volunteers organize exhibits of narcissus and other spring flowers at historic sites including Gunston Hall Wakefield Stratford Hall and Mount Vernon drawing attendees statewide.
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Gadsby’s Tavern
Narcissus
Old Gadsby’s Tavern
Alexandria
Garden Club of
Virginia
Floyd Harris
Stoke " Aldie
Gardner Boothe
Richard Hammett
Washington
United States
Gunston Hall
Wakefield
Stratford Hall
Mount Vernon
Anniversary Tea For Gaithersburg Home For Aged
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper will preside at the tea table for the seventh anniversary of the Methodist Home for the Aged at Gaithersburg. The event Saturday afternoon April 15 will be hosted by several church members and marks the home’s growth from five to 68 residents since opening on the old Walker farm.
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Gaithersburg Home
Daniel C. Roper
Secretary of Commerce
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South
Washington
Methodist Home For the
Gaithersburg
Roper
John W. Burruss
Barton & Embry
Mount Vernon Place Church
Church Societies To Hold Special Services Tonight
Preparatory services will be held in the auditorium of the United Brethren Church this evening and tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock for all members. On Friday at 7:45 o'clock the Woman's Missionary Society and the Ottobein Guild will hold their annual Good Friday prayer meeting. Miss Jane Mudd, staff member at the Northern Virginia Power Company, is confined to her home on North Cameron Street due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Woman’s Society of United Brethren Church
J. W. Walters
North
Cameron Street
Grace Lutheran Church
Kiwanis Club
George Washington
Jewish Woman's Club
George Washington Hotel
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Herbert Trotter
North Main Street
Woodstock
United Brethren Church
First Baptist Church
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Rotary Club
Turner Ashby
C. Fred Barr
West
Atron Street
Woman's Missionary Society
Ottobein Guild
Jane Mudd
The
Northern Virginia Power Company
Miss Baker
Minnie C. Baker
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mason Ambler
Robert T. Barton
South Washington Street
Rockville
R. H. Stokes
Winchester
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Bishop Tucker
H. St. George Tucker
D. D
Richmond
Diocese of
Virginia
Henry B. Gilpin
Christ Episcopal Church
Appleway Serenaders Orchestra Organized for North Area
Appleway Serenaders' Orchestra, led by George Emmons, Beverley Perry, Ray Taynor, Pete Miller and Cyril Mee, will debut next week at Appleway Camp with round dances weekly and performances in North Jersey and adjacent states. WCTU to meet at Handley Library. Little Theatre rehearsals advance for The Second Man under Arthur M. Field.
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Cyril Mee
Appleway
Serenaders
Appleway Camp
Northi Ania
George Emmons
Beverley Perry
Little Theatre
Arthur M. Field
Winchester
Mrs. Sylvia Odom Improves After Overdose Incident
Mrs. Sylvia Odom of Strasburg regained consciousness at Winchester Memorial Hospital this afternoon after an overdose of sleeping powders. She has somewhat improved and has taken some nourishment.
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Sylvia Odom
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Strasburg
Aged Summit Point Man Seriously Ill at Home
Friends in Winchester report James Marshall, a longtime Jefferson County resident near Summit Point, W Va, seriously ill with no improvement after more than a year of poor health.
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Summit Point
Winchester
James Marshall
W Va
Marshall
Jefferson County
Akron Dirigible Akron Strengthening Discussed During Hearing
The hearing questioned engineer Cochrane about upgrading the Akron airship with strengthened girders. He testified the ship was not considered unsafe to fly before the alteration and confirmed the design's safety as far as he knew. The report sets the scene at Lakehurst New Jersey on April 11 with a dramatic image of the dirigible in darkness.
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Cochrane
Wiley
Lakehurst
N. J
Akron
Airship Akron disaster survivor testimony at court inquiry
Moody Erwin aviation metalsmith told how the Akron broke up after a terrific wind gust over the Atlantic off New Jersey. He and Richard Deal described girders snapping and the stern tipping as the ship plunged, with Erwin recalling a penny-box of matches as the crash sound.
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Naval Court of Inquiry
Moody Erwin
Erwin
Atlantic
New Jersey
Richard E. Deal
Bob
L‘eut
H.V. Wiley
Deal
SPECIAL SCAB SPRAY ADVISED BY LABORATORY
Laborator y plant pathologist recommends an early thorough scab spray schedule for apples. Begin pink spray before blossoming on susceptible varieties like Stayman Delicious Winesaps Duchess and Ben Davis. repeat on later varieties and complete before full pink. Use lime sulfur 1-40 as the best preventive spray. avoid added poisons unless curculio control is needed.
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A. B. Groves
Winchester Research
Delicious
Duchess
Ben Davis
Stayman
Johnathan
York
Britisher Pleads Guilty To Espionage Charges
W H MacDonald a British employee of Metropolitan-Vickers and 11 Russian workers pleaded guilty to espionage sabotage and bribery in Moscow April 12. Five other British staff faced not guilty pleas as the trial opened in October Hall guarded by soldiers.
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Moscow
Rusia
W. H. MacDonald
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company
Allan Monkhouse
Metropolitan Vickers Company
Charles Nordwell
L. C. Thornton
A. W. Gregory
John Cushny
House of the Trading Union
MacDonald
Zlatoust
Telling Truth The Lazy Man Lies About Truth
A brief proverb-like note warns that the man who avoids standing to speak the truth will end up lying about it, framing truthfulness as courage and integrity. The statement emphasizes personal responsibility in honest communication.
Big Cast to Stage I O O F Show Aren't We All
Rehearsals underway for Aren’t We All at the Colonial Theatre on April 20 and 21. Madison Lodge No 6 sponsors the I O O F production with about 100 cast members including Andrew Bell O C Cassell Amer Shryock and Mary Cassell. A school scene and a chorus of girls will feature singing and dancing plus juvenile talent impersonations of radio stars Morton Downey Amos and Andy the Boswell Sisters and Rubinoff. Billy Barnes will assist at the piano.
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Colonial Theatre
Madison Lodge
Morton Downey
Amos and
Andy
Boswell Sisters
Rubinoff
Tme
Billy Barnes
Mrs Nicholson Urges Retention Of Dry Law
Mrs Jesse W Nicholson president of the National Women's Democratic Law Enforcement League urged the group to organize for a finish fight to retain the eighteenth amendment. She predicted a new political party would form and called for defeating Congress members who voted against the eighteenth amendment and for beer.
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Washington
Jesse W. Nicholson
National Women’s Democratic Law Enforcement League
League
Nicholson
Congress
American Missionary Kidnapped by Chinese Brigands
Dr. Niels Nielson, an American medical missionary with the Danish Lutheran mission at Hsingen 110 miles south of Mukden, was kidnapped yesterday by Chinese brigands, according to a telegram to the American consulate from Mukden dated April 12. Nielson, a Minneapolis native, served in Manchuria, and his capture was reported by Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Mukden
Manchuria
Niels Nielson
Dr. Neilson
Minneapolis
Minn
Hsingen
Here
Special Prayer Services In The Disciples Church
Special prayer services in the Disciples Church on West Cork Street tonight and Friday at 8 o clock. Theme Wi Him On the Way led by Mrs Dudley with women de eur in evening communion. Missionary organizations bring gifts of self denial. public invited.
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Church of
West Cork Street
Toree
W. L. Dudley
Meyer Leaves Federal Reserve Board in Roosevelt Scramble
Eugene Meyer resigned as governor of the Federal Reserve Board and President Roosevelt seeks a successor. Roosevelt asked Meyer to stay on temporarily while he selects a replacement for the post and returns to private business.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eugene Meyer
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
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Arthur Field, Jr
Lewis H. Hyde
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Caroline Hunter
Gray Gables Inn
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George Bowly
Chloe Mudd
Mount St. Agnes School For Girls
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Richard E. Mudd
Tee Home
Elizabeth Krause
Harrisonburg
State Teachers’ College
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