Fun Festival Opens With Lions Run Prizes Announced
The 1941 Lions Run Festival opened with a crowd and several prize awards at 11 o clock. Winners include Bernard Grove five dollars Marvin Beaver three dollars Beverley Rice three dollars Smith three dollars Bryan Stotler Mrs Kenney Hitt three dollars. Lions Club and Junior Auxiliary hosted games and attended patrons at various stalls. James R. director and Wm Nelson Page announced the Chevrolet prize to be awarded Saturday night.
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Bernard Grove
Marvin Eaver
Beverley Rice
Smith
Bryan Stotler
Kenney Hitt
Lions Club
James R
Nelson Page
Ashby Rites Set For Thursday in Clarke County
Virginia Ashby age 68 of Clarke County died at her home in the William War place. She was native of Front Royal and widow of William F. Ashby. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Enders funeral home Berryville with Rev. L A. D. D. officiating. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Virginia Ashby
William Franklin Ashby
William Warplace
Clarke County
Front Royal
William and
Mary Downey Roth
William F. Ashby
Enders
Berryville
Rev. L. A
D. D
Mount Hebron
Prayer Service at 7 30 Tonight With Rev C W Lowe
Public invited to a prayer service at 7 30 with Rev C W Lowe delivering the message titled The Walls of Zion. Proceeding announce a devotional gathering at the wae and invite community participation.
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C. W. Lowe
Zion
Fire damage at Washington Post building on Pennsylvania Avenue
Firefighters battled a blaze in the Washington Post building on Pennsylvania Avenue causing several hundred dollars in damage to the proof room on the second floor. Fire officials noted the burglar alarm malfunctioned but was silenced. cause of the fire was not immediately determined.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Post
Foe of Fascists Clashes Highlight Italian-American Tensions
The article reports dis gust among Italian citizens over a vice consul and his allies described as a fifth column. It notes repeated exposure of unscrupulous activity harming Americans and Italians and straining relations. It adds that Arena provided HUAC with information on Fascist activities shortly before his death.
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Talian
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Arena
Four West Virginians Convicted for Illegal Whiskey Sale
Four men James W. Cooper Frank E. Spaid David Himelright and Condon Orndorff were convicted of violating the A B C act after a Saturday arrest. Each was fined 55 25 and given a three month suspended sentence. Walter Orndorff pleaded guilty to selling the whiskey and received 62 17 fine and six months on the state farm. Additional cases included speeding reckless driving and a threat with a shotgun with varying fines.
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James W. Cooper
Frank E. Spaid
David Himelright
Condon Orndorff
A. J. Tavenner
Walter Orndorff
Intervening Call Over Soft Coal Wage Dispute
About 20 southern senators and representatives asked President Roosevelt to intervene in the soft coal wage dispute that closed most mines in eight Appalachian states on April 1. John R. Steelman predicted a quick break in the deadlock as operators expressed near-final effort to resolve wage differences.
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Roosevelt
Appalachian
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
Rep
Kee
D-W Va
United Mine Workers’ Union
Army Ordnance
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
A.F.L. Chemical Workers’ Union
Monsanto Chemical Company
Monsanto
Ill
C.I.O. Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Buffalo, N. Y
American Car and Foundry Company
Marines May Be Sent To Embassy
The United States reportedly considers sending a Marine detachment to guard the American embassy in London as in the last war. The embassy operates with large staffs and has little regular police presence, relying on an unarmed doorman for visitor checks while major British buildings use armed guards and passes.
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London
United States
Floats Must Meet Size Specifications for Festival Parade
George Barnsley announces that Watkins Hunt and Gordon Aiken are the only officially recognized float builders for the Apple Blossom Festival. Independent builders may create floats but each entry requires committee inspection to meet minimum 24 feet and maximum 35 feet length, maximum 15 feet height, and minimum 7 feet width.
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George Barnsley
Watkins Hunt
Gordon Aiken
End of an orange sweeter at blossom end
A reader asks which end of an orange is sweeter. The answer: the blossom end is sweeter than the stem end, based on fruit anatomy and taste variation.
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North Pole
Red Cross Ready For Emergency
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the American Red Cross, told the Daughters of the American Revolution that the Red Cross is ready for action if war comes to the United States. She noted $23,000,000 spent on war relief and said the obligations have been worked out with the Army general staff and medical chiefs of the Army and Navy.
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Washington
Mabel T. Boardman
American Red Cross
Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Army
Navy
Red Cross Central Committee
Dies Announces Candidacy for Senate in Texas
Orange Texas April 16 Rep Martin Dies Democrat longtime critic of un American activities formally announces his bid for the Senate to fill the Morris Sheppard vacancy. The special election must occur before July 9 with Gerald C Mann already first to announce.
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Orange
Tex
Martin Dies
D.-Tex
House
Senate
Morris Sheppard
Dies
Texas
Gerald C. Mann
Methodist University
CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES FILLED WITH BRAIN TEASER
A daily crossword puzzle with Across clues including Elbowed obscured seasoned with salt and other familiar terms. Down clues include To become gelatinous series of notes cunning toward haul and more.
Mrs. Mary Frances Cain Rites Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Frances Cain age 63 wife of James J. Cain will be held Friday. Friends meet at Omps Funeral Home for a procession to St. John's Church where services begin at 2 PM. The Rev. C H Anderson will officiate with pallbearers named.
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Puneral
Mary Frances Cain
James J. Cain
Omps
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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