Trail of the Pink Petals Parade Draws Veterans Bands
Forty three musical groups including twenty three bands and twenty drum and bugle corps have entered the Trail of the Pink Petals parade on day two of the Ninth Apple Blossom Festival. Miss Helen Ames Washington, Queen Shenandoah IX, will ride as onlookers expect more entrants from Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia and DC. The roster features military schools civic groups and veterans posts with entries from Greenbrier Cadet Band Staunton Mount Union and many others alongside national veteran posts and scout units.
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Helen Ames Washington
Shenandoah IX
Fete
Cumberland - Potomac - Shenandoah
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
District of Columbia
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Greenbrier Military School
Staunton Military Academy
Thompson's
Welch
W. Va
Spencer
Mount Union High School
Shade Gap
Cumberland Valley Hose Co
Chambersburg
Boys Scouts of America
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock Elkins
West Va
Washington, D. C
Ce Military School
Caet
Adkin
Gary, W. V
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Still Unsolved After 51 Days
Hopewell reports little progress as Col Lindbergh, his emissaries, and police maintain secrecy. Dr Condon and three intermediaries await a possible lead while optimism lingers in Norfolk. A Kansas City pilot describes a red monoplane flight to Hopewell to view the Lindbergh home, with the passenger Mrs Elizabeth Faubion denying involvement.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
John F. Condon
Jassie
Uyton Duyvil
New York
Norfolk
Kansas City
N. J
Elizabeth Faubion
Walter C. Tober
Pittsburgh
Fruit Growers Presidents to Hold Washington Conference
Presidents of state horticultural societies east of the Mississippi plan a May 11 conference at the Bureau of Agricultural Economics in Washington, to discuss the grave export restrictions on American apples. H. F. Byrd of Virginia State Horticultural Society announces the meeting after consulting with officials Olsen and Kitchen.
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Horticultural Societies
Mississippi River
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Northwest
Washington
H. F. Byrd
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Byrd
Messrs. Olsen
Kitchen
Former Resort Employee Slain on Sixteenth Street
Milton W. Milsie Henry a former employee of a gambling resort was shot to death while driving along fashionable Sixteenth Street. Five shots from a sawed off shotgun ended his life and the assailant escaped in a car with New Jersey license plates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Milton W
Milsie) Henry
Sixteenth Street
New Jersey
Fire Destroys 33 Automobiles in Pennsylvania Garage
The Associated Press reports a fire in Hagerstown Maryland area destroyed 33 cars kept in Max Goetz’s Fayetteville Pennsylvania garage. The blaze began in an electric switch box and officials expect heavy losses. Chambersburg fire crews helped halt spread of the flames.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
Max Goetz
Fayetteville
Chambersburg
Roanoke Veterans Group Listings Public Postings
Blue Ridge Post No. 484 Roanoke Virginia and Front Royal Virginia Veterans groups listed with post numbers and locations. Veterans of Foreign Wars and auxiliary posts noted.
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Blue Ridge Post
Roanoke, Va
Veterans of Foreign Post
Front Raval
Apple Blossom Festival to Honor Princess Delaware
The Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival aims to crown Princess Delaware with a parade titled Trail of the Pink Petals. Prizes include 150 dollars for the best artistic float and 125 dollars for top drum and bugle corps, alongside cups and scholarships awarded by local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Shenandoah IX
Wilmington
Del
Welaware
Dixie
Shenandoah Valley
American Legion Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VPF
American Legion
Boy Scout
Firemen Plan Parade Idea For Apple Blossom Festival
Winchester fire company committees are summoned to meet at 8 pm in Director General Nelson F. Richards office to decide the parade type for the Apple Blossom Festival first night. They aim to craft a clever original form of parade and a local novelty.
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Winchester
Nelson F. Richards
Crazed Mother Drowns Four Children in Michigan Cistern
In Grand Rapids on April 21 Mrs. Etta Butts, 39, drowned three of her four children aged four to nine in a cistern and then tried to kill herself. Her husband Carl Butts found her and rescued her. Authorities say she was mentally deranged.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids, Mich
Etta Butts
Stock Market Stimulated By Cheaper Credit
New York April 21 stocks were lifted by signs of worldwide cheaper credit. Early trading showed oils sagging then recovering as shares gained 1 to 4 points. Bonds benefitted from easier credit, call money rose to 2 1 2 percent, and sterling opened at 3 763 4 dollars for cables.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling Exchange
Fifteen Killed As Court Ceiling Collapses In Corsica
At the Palace of Justice in Bastia Corsica a courtroom roof caved in during a trial killing at least 15 people including two attorneys and injuring others. The structure collapsed taking two floors with it.
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Associated Press
Bastia
Corsica
Palace of Justice
Frederick County 1932 Taxes Cut Further by Supervisors
Frederick County Supervisors reduced 1932 levies with a 10 cent school tax cut in Shawnee Stonewall and Gainesboro, lowering district totals by 50 to 60 cents versus 1931. Road funds were eliminated countywide earlier, replaced by a 15 cent road debt retirement levy. Districts show lower overall per capita taxes in 1932 across all four areas.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Shawnee
Stonewall
Gainesboro
General County Road Fund
Opequon
Back Creek
State Highway Department
General County School
General County
General County Road
Frederick County
Mrs Newcome Dies After Stroke At Home Near Macedonia
Rebecca Jenkins Newcome 68, wife of Caleb Newcome, died of apoplexy yesterday at her home on the Front Royal road southeast of town. Survived by husband and brother Albert M. Jenkins of She, she was a lifelong Macedonia resident and member of Greenway United Brethren Church. Funeral at 2 PM Friday at Macedonia Church. interment in church graveyard.
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Rebecca Jenkins Newcome
Caleb Newcome
Front Royal Road
Score Injured During a Riot In Philadelphia
April 21 Philadelphia reports a riot when police dispersed two groups of about 200 marchers linked to the workers ex service mens league Philadelphia Post No 1. A score of people were injured and 23 arrested, including six women, as authorities described it as a plot to mass radicals for a march on City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City Hall
Workers’ Ex-Service Mens’ League
Philadelphia Post
No. I
Collins Denny To Defend State At Arlington
Collins Denny Jr the assistant attorney general was directed to proceed to Arlington county to protect all state funds amid a 400000 shortage in accounts of three county officials cited by the state auditor. The action followed a conference with Governor Pollard Attorney General Saunders and auditor T Coleman Andrews. William H Duncan Arlington circuit court clerk resigned after indictment for shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Collins Denny, Jr
Arlington County
Pollard
John R. Saunders
Denny
T. Coleman Andrews
William H. Duncan
Train wreck east of Portsmouth kills two crew
A Norfolk and Western passenger train derailed about 20 miles east of Portsmouth Ohio early today. Two crew members were killed in the Norfolk and Western wreck incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Portsmouth
Norfolk and Western Railway
Here
Minister Seeks West Virginia Senate Seat
The Rev Jerry O Patterson evangelist of Paw Paw West Virginia announced candidacy for the State Senate district and received endorsement from Morgan county Republican Exec Committee chairman Ed C Ambrose. He is brother of Joseph S Patterson of Winchester and a native of Slanesville. Patterson served in the Spanish American War and is an ordained elder of the Christian Church.
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Jerry O. Patterson
Paw Paw
W. Va
State Senate
Ed. C. Ambrose
Republican Executive Committee
Morgan County
Morgan Messenger
Mr. Patterson
Joseph S. Patterson
Winchester
Slanesville
Charles R. Patterson
George H. Thomas
Death Removes Mrs. Mary Frye After Long Illness
Mrs. Mary Alice Frye 25 wife of C Herbert Frye died at her home 331 North Loudoun Street at 615 this morning She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Matthews She is survived by her husband and one daughter Edna May Frye Funeral from the home Saturday at 3 pm with Rev C J Racey of the United Brethren Church officiating interment Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers John E Alva C Walter B Philip D Frye Ralph Cather and Carl B Shutts
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Mary Alice Frye
C. Herbert Frye
North
Loudoun Street
Robert Matthews
Edna May Frye
C. J. Racey
United Brethren Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
John E
Alva C
Walter B
Philip D. Frye
Ralph Cather
Carl B. Shutts
Commerce Body To List Rooms For The Fete
Winchester householders with rooms for Apple Blossom guests are asked to notify Andrew Bell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, at 362 by phone. Bell will coordinate listings with festival officials. The Star will publish a lodging coupon tomorrow and in subsequent days for room owners to submit.
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Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Bell
Star
Miller's Spring Seed Sale Plants and Roots
Miller's offers a large assortment of tested garden and flower seeds and roots for spring planting including Canna tube rose and calladiums. Bell onion sets and seed available. visit Miller's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller’s
New Home and Desirable Property For Sale Near Court House
Purchase Orndorff realty offers a new dwelling and desirable property for sale at noon Saturday at the front Court House. See advertisement for details and pricing.
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Orndorff Reyalty
Nain
Miss Wisecarver Dies After Short Illness
Miss Evelyn Wisecarver 25 daughter of Mrs Emma E Cunningham Wisecarver of 408 South Washington died in Winchester Memorial Hospital at 7 25 PM from infection linked to throat complications after an appendectomy. She taught at Bryarly School near Albemarle and was loved by pupils. Surviving: mother two sisters Miller and Mary, brothers Godfrey Carlisle and Herbert, all in Lynchburg Winchester. Funeral at home Saturday April 23 with Rev E A Lambert and others officiating. Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named John Rosenberger Louis Larrick J Earle Rinker Eugene Cooper Barton Cunningham R Cunningham.
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Evelyn Wisecarver
Emma KE. Wisecarver
South
Washington Street
Samuel Wisecarver
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Wisecarver
Campbell County
Virginia
Winchester
Handley High School
State Teachers’ College
Farmville
Bryarly School
Bryarly
Albin
Aoe Ae Sa
Braduct 5
Ist
Episcopal Shore South
Emma E. Cunningham
Shenandoah County
Misses Miller
Mary Wisecarver
Godfrey
Carlisle Wisecarver
Lynchburg
Herbert Wisecarver
Mount Hebron Cemetery
John H. Rosenberger
Louis M. Larrick
J. Earle Rinker
Eugene B. Cooper
Barton J. Cunningham
R. Conrad Cunningham
Rev Mr Snapp Joins Southern Branch of Church
The Rev. A. M. B. Snapp son of Mr and Mrs Simon Snapp of Opequon Virginia will pastor the Wardensville circuit in the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South He returns from Craftsbury Vermont where he has served four years and will succeed the late Rev Carron Accompanied by Mrs Snapp their son Lloyd Thomas and daughters Pauline Angenia and Marjorie Louise Snapp they will also bring Mrs Snapps sister Miss Ethel Melin who will serve as Vermonts Princess at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester this spring
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A. M. B. Snapp
Simon Snapp
Opequon
This County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Craftsbury
Boston
Mass
Virginia
Wardensville
Baltimore
South
Winchester
Mr. Snapp
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Boston University School of Theology
Vermont Church
Mr. Carron
Snapp
Margaret Lucille Melin
Pittsfield
Lloyd Thomas Snapp
Pauline Angenia
Marjorie Louise Snapp
Special half sale at Washington Electric Shoe Shop
Washington Electric Shoe Shop on Rouss Avenue advertises special prices on men’s women’s and children’s footwear in a half sale event running from 1p to 11 16. The store highlights reduced prices across all sizes and styles.
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Washington Electric Shoe Shop
Rouss Avenue
Digest Poll Shows City Favors Repeal Of Prohibition
Digest poll reports Winchester leans toward repealing national prohibition by about two to one. Sheriff Luther Pannett wrote for the Literary Digest and today received a letter indicating the local poll favored continuance of prohibition. The vote tally cited is 230 for repeal.
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Literary Digest
Winchester
Luther Pannett
Noted Pilot And Writer Shoots Self At Miami
Haden Clarke a 31 year old aviation pilot and freelance writer died from a bullet wound he received at the home of Capt. W N Lancaster and Mrs Jessie M Keith Miller in Miami April 21. Police held both Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller for investigation while Clarke’s mother Mrs Ida Clyde Clarke said her son had financial worries and may have attempted suicide. Clarke had helped Keith Miller with her life story since Christmas.
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Associat
Miami
Fla
Haden Clarke
Free Lance
W. N. Lancaster
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Fila
Keith-Miller
Lancaster
Clarke
Ida Clyde Clarke
University of Miami
Keith Miller
Orndorff Divorce Granted Custody for Stella Orndorff
Stella Orndorff wins divorce from James B Orndorff in Corporation Court with Judge Philip Williams presiding. Custody awarded of two infants James Allen and Dorothy Ann. Stella may resume maiden name Miss Stella Carver. Neither party may remarry for six months.
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Stella Orndorff
James 8. Orndorff
Corporation Court
Philip Williams
Hagerstown
Stella Carver
Mr. Orndorff
End of Massie trial begins as four faced charges
The Massie trial in Honolulu moves toward its end with defense testimony completed and a dramatic courtroom moment as Mrs Thalia Massie admits taking a psychopathic examination at the University of Hawaii. The exchange over a confidential paper heightened tensions, while rumors about her marriage surfaced amid the ongoing case involving the Kahahawai lynching.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Thalia Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Massie
Ms. Massie
Sivathe
Kelley
Clarence Darrow
Kahahawai
Washington County Welfare Federation to Start Summer Garden Program
The Washington County Welfare Federation with city cooperation launches a summer experiment to provide part time work in a community garden for unemployed residents. Participants must meet work requirements or lose federation relief. The slogan No work no food guides policy. Also notes Virginia-born residents outside the state exceed those inside, per 1930 census data.
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Hagerstown
Washington County Welfare Federation
Washington
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Williamsburg restoration to continue with no time limit
Dr W A R Goodwin said nine million dollars has already been spent on Williamsburg restoration and that funding will continue without limit or set completion date. He denied rumors of a halt and pledged ongoing work guided by study and research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
W. A. R Goodwin
Williamsburg
Goodwin
Plants Ready For Operation If Beer Is Legalized
Owen-Illinois Glass Co plants at Newark Ohio and Evansville Indiana idle but well maintained for quick restart, per President William E. Levis in annual stockholders report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohico
Owen-Illinois Glass Co
Newark
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
William E. Levis
Man Thought Dead Visits His Son After 26 Years
Cumberland Maryland reports Charles E. Keplinger Sr former Baltimore and Ohio engineer from Keyser West Virginia arrives to visit his son Charles E Keplinger Jr at 25 Front Street after 26 years absent. He had been presumed dead and spent years traveling the South and Southwest before settling on a Mississippi farm.
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Cumberland
Charles E. Keplinger, Sr
Baltimore & Ohio
Keyser
W. Va
Charles E. Keplinger, Jr
Front Street
Mr. Keplinger
Mississippi
Food prices show slight increase in Washington notes
Washington reports retail food prices are 19 percent lower than last year on a yearly basis. The Labor Department Bureau of Statistics notes a rise of less than five-tenths of 1 percent in retail food for the first time in over a year, contrasting with an overall country price decrease of one third of 1 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
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Pleasant Valley
Marine Reserve Brigade
George Washington University
Winchester Citizens
Moose
W. A. Baker
E. C. Goss
J. P. Hayley
Veterans
Alexandria
Fairmont
Henry Hart
Francis Scott Key
Frederick
York
Havre de Grasse
Kelly Meee
Piedmont
W. Barton Perkins
Newport News
Drum and Bugle Corps
Rion-Bowman
Harrisonburg
Delawar
Kiumune
Score
Collins Denny
Arlington
W. Flyer
Mary Frye
Commerce
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