Insurgents Advance as Government Forces Surrender in Aran Valley
Reports from Perpignan France describe Spanish Government troops in the Aran Valley surrendering to insurgents just below the French border. Vieela falls, opening the Pyrenees frontier to insurgent advances with 1 000 militiamen surrendering and thousands more remaining or crossing into France.
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Perpignan
France
Spa
Aran
Vieira
Viella
Pyrenees
Vieila
Barcelona
Emilio Gomez Garcia de Guarner
Barceloneta
Veregara
Tortosa
International Brigade
Ebro
Apple Blossom concerts to host VMI Glee Club for festival
MA Winchester urges concert plans during the Apple Blossom festival with a pavil ion on Cameron Street opposite City Hall. Spectators can use the lawn across the street as the VMI Glee Club, a historic visitor to Winchester, prepares to perform for the first time in the city.
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Cameron Street
City Hall
Virginia Military Institute Glee Club
Winchester
Vves
West Point
Young Democrats to Meet Tuesday Night in Winchester
The Young Democratic Club of Winchester and Frederick County will meet at 8 pm tomorrow in City Hall. A city council session prevents using the council chamber as planned, with the court room likely serving as the venue.
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Young Democratic Club of
Winchester
Frederick County
Cots Wanted For Festival Loan
COTS WANTED If anyone has folding cots they can loan during the festival please phone 1513. ROUSS FIRE Co.
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Rouss Fire Co
Impending Sino-Japanese Clash Near Lini in Shantung
Shanghai dispatch reports 6000 Japanese reinforcements on the Yi river near Lini four miles from the front as both sides prepare for a major engagement. Chinese forces vow to rally up to one million troops. Japanese air carriers and fresh divisions arrive, while guerrilla actions persist across multiple fronts.
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China
Shantung Province
Suchow
Far East
Central Press
Shanghai
Yi River
Lini
Tsingtao
Airline Co. Lini
Shantung
Japan
Formosa
Ge Kai- Shek
Grand Canal
Hanchwang
Taierhchwang
Tired Of It All Dancer Thais Giroux Dies In Fall
Broadway dancer Thais Giroux, 26, died after falling from a fifth floor hotel room in New York city after telling a friend she was sick and tired of it all. The friend, John Stoppell, questioned by police, said he accompanied her to the room and left believing she was joking. The case is listed as death by own action.
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New York
Thais Giroux
John Stoppell
Carroll Av Boynton
Stoppell
Greenwich Village
Miss Giroux
Crop Insurance Held As Helping Democracy Work
Secretary Henry A Wallace launched the 1939 wheat crop insurance plan in Omaha. He said such programs require planning and cooperation and help democracy work, outlining optional coverage levels and premium scales while urging expansion to other crops if successful.
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Mr. Wallace
Omaha
Neb
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
New Lights to Be Turned On Tomorrow Night
City Manager Arthur M Field announced the new white way lights on Valley and Millwood avenues from the city limits to Loudoun Street and then to Cork will be activated tomorrow night for the first time. He said asphalt work at Braddock and Valley avenues will finish, and Handley High School will be illuminated at night for travelers along Valley Avenue.
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Arthur M. Field
Valley
Millwood Avenues
Loudoun Street
Cork
Braddock and
Valley Avenues
Handley High School
Valley Avenue
Pop Goes the Weasel Tonite at Sacred Heart Church
The event titled Pop Goes the Weasel runs tonight at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Tree Church. Admission is 35 and 50 cents.
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Pop Goes the
Glass Finds Duplications In U S Loans
Senator Glass charges the administration’s revival of public works duplicates a program enabled by the RFC. He backs $1.25 billion relief but opposes a $1 billion fund for public works loans to cities and states. The RFC lending role, aimed at business loans, fuels talk of RFC versus PWA control.
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Washington
Glass Dvat
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
RFC
Public Works Administration
Jesse H. Jones
Jones
Borah
R-Ida
House
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Council To Hold Meeting Tonight
A regular deferred meeting of Common Council is called for 7 30 this evening. The session has been postponed several times due to two elections in the city on consecutive Tuesdays.
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Common Council
France and Italy to begin friendly talks with U S and Britain
Paris reports Franco Italian talks to pursue international cooperation including the United States during Daladier and Mussolini visits to London. French foreign office expects a general settlement soon and aims for an accord within 10 days. Meanwhile, Gnome-Rhone workers return to work as union ordered.
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Paris
Italy
France
Rome
United States
Britain
Daladier
Georgee
London
Jules Blondel
Galeazzo Cianco
Mussolini
Il Duce
Edouard Daladier
Reichsfuerher Hitler
National Defense
Reverend Goode Departs for Paw Paw W Va
The Rev S J Goode left today to begin services at Woodrow Church in Paw Paw West Virginia Each evening services run through next Sunday night He will also fill a regular Mt Union appointment Sunday morning and close the series that night
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S. J. Goode
Woodrow Church
Paw Paw
W. Va
Mt. Union
Farm prices fall across major crops in 1938 outlook
Prices for key farm products show 13 to 50 percent declines from a year ago as harvests near, with wheat down 38 percent from a year ago and 42 percent below the recovery peak. Corn stocks are up 600 million bushels while hog prices lag, butter and eggs also lower.
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Chicago
Queen Shenandoah to Be Received at White House
Miss Adelaide Moffett, reigning over the 15th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival, will leave New York City to attend pre festival events. She will broadcast at 1 12 p m on Farm and Home Hour and attend ceremonies at Endless Caverns Virginia before a White House presentation Monday at 9 45 a m.
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Adelaide Moffett
Shenandoah XV
Miss Moffett
David Brooks
Winchester
Shenandoah
White House
Ambassador Hotel
New York City
Endless Caverns
E. M. Brown
Queen Shenandoah
Friendship Co Sends Ambulance Purchase for Ohio Inspection
Marshall Hollis Wade Guard and Lester Forney travel yesterday to Lou dounville Ohio to inspect and accept a new ambulance built by Flexible Company. The party includes John and L F Conner district manager and driver Forney will drive the vehicle back to Winchester if approved.
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Marshall Hollis
Wade Guard
Lester Forney
Loudounville
Ohio
Friendship Fire Company
Messrs. Hollis
Guard
Mr. Forney
Flexible Company
John
L.F. Conner
Conner
Winchester
Helium Sale to Germans Hits Legal Hurdle
Secretary Ickes said he is not satisfied the helium sale contract to the Zeppelin Company protects against use for military purposes. He discussed the matter with President Roosevelt and noted that while the State Department favors a performance bond, Zeppelin would not provide one. Navy and War Departments also support a bond idea.
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Washington
Ickes
Zeppelin Company
Germany
Roosevelt
White House
State Department
America
Zeppelin
Navy
War Departments
Coronation and pageant mark opening day of festival
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival opens in Winchester with coronation at Handley High School esplanade and pageant In Springtime by Garland Quarles. Events include parades, airshow, concerts by Greenbrier Military School band and V M I Glee Club, street dancing, and a torch light parade.
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Tom Baldridge
Winchester
Shenandoah
Cameron Street
City Hall
McCormac
Greenbrier Military School
Virginia Military Institute
Handley High School
Alfred, the Great
England
Garland R. Quarles
Admiral Byrd Airpo
Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps
Breckenridge
Orbisonia High School
Orbisonia
V. M. I. Glee Club
Cameron
Rouss Fire Company
Handley Grounds
Sarah Zane
Soddy Haines
Jordan Springs
Dallastown
Venetian Blinds Custom Made by Moling and Cather
Moling and Cather advertise custom made Venetian blinds on a single page. The notice highlights available sizes and styles for home interiors.
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Moling & Cather
Meeting Postponed for Winchester 2123 W F W
A committee notices that the meeting of Winchester 2123 W F W has been postponed to a later date. The item appears in page 11.
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Winchester
Rouss Fire Co. Calls Special Meeting
A special call meeting of the Rouss Fire Co. is set for Tuesday evening April 19 with plans for the annual Firemen's Festival Parade. All members are asked to attend. D. Weaver, President.
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Rouss Fire CO
Uss Firemen
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Peiping
Nanking
Strategic Center
U. S
Virginia
Finance Group
U.S
Goode
D. Weaver
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