Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade Sets Route and Prizes
The Blossom Festival lists 93 bands 26 drum bugle corps and 38 floats for the four division grand feature parade at 2 p m April 30. Prizes total 200 150 and 100 for floats and bands in two divisions with 550 for drum corps. Bing Crosby Queen Shenandoah and others headline with a apple industry progress theme and parade marshals named.
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College
Military School
Municipal
Shenandoah
Bing Crosby
Cameron St
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cork
Braddock
Washington
Germain
Stewart
Stewwart
Handley Blvd
Sband
Thomas Boyd
Genral
Tom Baldridge
George Sanders
Fesral
H. Delmer Robin
Handley Band
Fairfax High School
J. Allen
U. S.rmy Band
Marine Band Drum Corps
Quantico
Gretchen van Zandterrill
Mellwee
Henry Age
Mayr C. R. Anderson
Barrchard Supply Co
Pply Co
Pton Orchard Service
Ing
E. Earl
C. H. Himelright
Donid Cline
Marals
Charles Kabler
Keneth Snyder
Herbert Holiday
C. Hobert
Howard James
Dundalk
Baltimore
Moose
Hagerstown
Armistead
Little Flower
Micelleville Farm Jfw
Westminister
Henry Hart
Cumberland
Yellow Jackts
West Newton
Frank Commonpost
Huntingdon
Sons of American Legion
Flanders Squadron
Blue Devils
Johnstown
Farrady Legion
Frostburg
Rancis Scott
Senate approves Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill with farm program
The Senate passed the Taft Ellender Wagner long range housing bill by voice vote adding a $268 500 000 farm housing program. The measure aims to spur 15 000 000 new homes by 1958 with liberalized loans and slum clearance while public housing provisions face debate. Senate opponents tried to cut the multi billion dollar public housing program amid lobbying charges.
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Washington
Senate
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
House
Sen
Cain
R-Wash
Flanders
R-vVt
Sen. Tobey
Congress
Truman to Speak On West Coast
President Truman will speak at the University of California commencement on June 12 after accepting a personal invitation from university president Robert C. Sproul in Washington.
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Truman
Washington
University of California
University
Robert C. Sproul
Wenatchee Mayor Sends Apples to Back Up Claim
Wenatchee Mayor Arthur H. Pohlman challenged Baldridge on Gretchen in Zandt Merrill being chosen queen and sent apples to Dr. C. R. Anderson in Winchester to prove Wenatchee the source. McNeil of ABC Breakfast Club will air the claim. Anderson awaited Winchester apples for rebuttal.
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Don McNeil
Baldridge
Gretchen In Zandt
Merrill
Hepple
Arthur H. Pohlman
Natchee
Wash
Aogram
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Les
McNeil
ABC
Pohlman
Chicago
Wenatchee
Anderson
Woman in Star Tannery Faces Murder Charge in Ex-Soldier Death
Mrs. Louisa Burke 43 of Star Tannery was formally charged with murder in the death of Paul R. Berry 25 after a night of intense emotional distress. Berry, living with Burke at the manganese mine property since October, was shot at close range with a Mossberg rifle inside their home following an early morning argument.
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Louisa Burke
Star Tannery
Frederick County
Paul R. Berry
Borden
Stras
R. P. Sager
Katie Jenkins
Howard Grubbs
Burke
Washington
Berry
Massie
Harriman Placed as No 2 in ECA Foreign Program
Secretary of Commerce Harriman resigns to become ambassador at large for the Economic Cooperation Administration. He will head the U.S. role with 16 nations in the 5.3 billion European Recovery Program while Jess Larsoon of Oklahoma is seen as a strong No. 3 candidate for the agency.
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Washington
Jess Larsoon
Oklahoma
War Assets
New Economic Cooperation Administration
W. Averell Harriman
Sawyer Nominated Commerce Secretary by Truman
President Truman named former ambassador Charles Sawyer of Ohio to head the Commerce Department. The nomination, expected to go to the Senate, follows Harriman’s nomination as ECA roving ambassador.
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Washington
Truman
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Commerce
Senate
W. Averell Harriman
ECA
Hoffman weighs Larson for top ECA post as Harriman roving envoy
ECA chief Paul G Hoffman considers Larson for the remaining top spot with a $17 500 yearly pay while Harriman accepts the roving ambassador role paying 25 000. Hoffman asserts the appointment hinges on the man’s caliber and notes Britain already has a $324 million share of aid. Sawyer is named to replace Harriman as Secretary of Commerce.
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Larson
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
Europe
Hoffman
Great Britain
England
Harriman
Harriman Harriman
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Hitler
Congressional
Truman
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Cincinnati
White House
Poulson Beauty Shop Opens In Town
Mrs J A Poulson announces the opening of the Poulson Beauty Shop at 200 E Southwerk St phone 7515 4-21 1p 3%. No boxing this week due to Apple Blossom Festival prep Legion Boxing at Farmers Livestock Arena postponed to first week in May Conrad Hoover Post 21 14-20 1p 31 Reserve seats now for Festival Pageant and Parade all seats reserved no bleachers at the pageant this year Molden Electric Co 4-22 1p 2t Hodgson and Brown A name to Remember for Better Diamond Values Purchase where overhead is low 1p 11
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J. A. Poulson
Poulson
E. Southwerk St
Legion
Farmers Livestock Arena
Conrad Hoover
Mol~den Electric Co
Hodgson and Brown
Newborn Babe Found in Garbage Dumped, Reunited With 19 Year Old
In Minneapolis on April 22 a newborn boy found wrapped in newspaper among garbage on a city truck was alive and healthy at Minneapolis General Hospital. A 19 year old onlooker admitted she had given birth an hour earlier in a nearby room and was reunited with the child.
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Minneapolis
Walter Lindell
Lindell
Steelworkers Denied Wage Increase as U. S. Steel Cuts Prices
Pittsburgh April 22. Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers says U. S. Steel Corp denied a wage increase and did not bargain in good faith amid rising living costs. Benjamin Fairless, president of U S Steel, says the firm will cut prices about 25 000 dollars a year and reduce prices May 1 on many products.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
Murray
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
Sayre
Uesi Steel Corp
Texas Democrats Rebuff Dixie Revolt and Back Truman Nominee
Texas Democrats voted 35 to 14 to back an uninstructed delegation to the Philadelphia convention while pledging full support to any party nominee. The measure signals reluctance to join a Dixie revolt despite civil rights proposals that could end home rule in the South. Senator Sparkman renews anti Truman fire by pushing Eisenhower, and Taft with Stassen campaign in Ohio ahead of the May 4 primary.
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Associated Press
Texas
Truman
Alabama
Sparkman
Eisenhower
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Democratic Executive Committee
Philadelphia
Lack of Schooling Rejected Negroes From Army
The National Education Association reported that during World War II about a third of Negroes drafted were rejected for lack of schooling, compared with 74 percent of white draftees. The NEA, backing federal school aid, based figures on Selective Service records by state and race.
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Washington
National Education Assn
Association
Handley Entries in State Meet Forensic Tournament
Handley high school sends district winners to the annual state championship forensic tournament in Charlottesville. The team departs in two cars at 9 a.m. under chaperones Mrs. Helen Carter and C. D. Bennett. The contests begin at 2 p.m. Friday and continue into Saturday morning. Participants include Roberta Rinker reading, Roberta Browning spelling, Marguerite Christian and Billie Jean Smith debaters, Marilyn Hamburger standby, Robert McKee public speaking, Virginia Yates public speaking, James Miller a third debate member who was absent when photographed.
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Handley High Scniors
Charlottesville
Helen Carter
C. D. Bennett
Roberta Rinker Pirts
Eoery Reading
Roberta Browning Spelling
Marguerite Christiahn
Billie Jean Smith
Mariyn Hamburger
Rcbert McKee Buv
Virginia Yates
James Miller
Ken. Peters
Reuther Shot In Kitchen Home. Police Seek Gunmen
Walter P. Reuther CIO United Auto Workers president was shot through a kitchen window in West Detroit. Detectives pursue a hot tip in a large manhunt with a red getaway vehicle seen on the same street. Reuther remains hospitalized with a shattered right arm as authorities offer a record reward.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
West
Detroit
Reuther
Charles Hobbs
Detroit Police
Who
Jack Hatsvill
Ioning
William Muntford
CIO United Auto Workers
Lewis Delays Meeting of Miner Pension Board
John L Lewis postpones a miners welfare fund trustee meeting to Monday amid a court challenge to his 100 dollar monthly pension plan. Ezra VanHorn, trustee for coal mine owners, cited no stated reason for the time change. Approximately 200000 more soft coal miners answered the return to work call with at least 339000 of 400000 bituminous miners back.
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Washington
John L.lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Ezra VanHorn
Lewis
VanHorn
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
County Transport Fund Gains 7269 Under New State Formula
Richmond April 22 the state superintendent announced a new formula for distributing 3 599 999 in school transportation aid. Virginia public schools will get 750 000 next term to offset losses from the changeover, with Frederick County set to receive 38 352, up from 31 083 this year a gain of 7 269.
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Richmond
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Virginia
General Assembly
Miller
Frederick County
Car At Auction in Frederick County Courthouse Lot
Pront of Frederick County Court House at 1 pm Saturday April 24 1941 features a Chevrolet sedan in good condition with 33000 miles. Auctioneer Roy Duvall and IRA A Carricon listed. Rummage sale at Episcopal church house Saturday 10 am. Colonial Kitchen special prices 1 lb chocolates and 1 lb fudge both for $1.35.
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Frederick County Court House
Episcopal
Church House
Colonial Kitchen
White Hall Hears Hospital Fund Drive Discussed
J B Lewis presided at White Hall grange meeting outlining an 860000 Winchester Memorial hospital expansion. Speakers included A Allen and B F Strother leading a regional public campaign with J Robert Russell George Yeakley and Roscoe Edwards. A hospital service film You're the Doctor was shown.
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J. B. Lewis
White Hall
J. Robert Russell
George Yeakley
Roscoe Edwards
Hospital Service
Doctor
McCormick to Speak in Berryville at 8 P.M.
Col. Robert McCormick of the Chicago Tribune will address Clarke County Historical Society at the Episcopal church parish hall in Berryville tonight at 8 o clock. A number of Winchester residents will attend.
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Robert McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Berryville
Clarke County
Frederick County Land Books and Tax Lists Damaged
William J. Van Head archivist notes records in the Archives Division include Frederick County land books from 1782 to 1800 with alterations only and gaps 1783 to 1786. Duplicates were sent to the Public Accounts and may be lost. photostat copies can be obtained from the Virginia State Library at low cost. County authorities are urged to act seriously.
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William J. van Head
The
State Library
Frederick County
Virginia
Frederick and Land
Ginia State Library
Bee of 100 Years Ago Flips Through Winchester Paper
A preserved 1848 issue of the Winchester Bee reveals four pages of light humor and philosophy rather than news. It features original poetry, witty correspondence, humorous editorials, and a Sol Smith piece on fire in a theatre, plus a moral poem and a lottery ad, all in a brown, fragile edition found among local old books and ledgers.
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Winchester Bee
Watson and Foster
Inman Buel
Mr. Brown
Mr. Smith
Sol Smith
St. Louis
Bob O’planigan
Erin
Sussex County
Delaware
Maybe] Aiken
N. Braddock St
John W. Nail
Main St
Nail
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Commerce Sect
Margaret L. Hodgson
Handley
Miner Pension Board
Ira A. Carricon Roy Duvall
White Hall Hears Hospital
McCormick
Everard Kidder
Bee
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