World's Smallest Drum Major To Parade In Festival
Harrisonburg boys band led by Joseph Gler will join firemen in the parade and feature an extraordinary drum major. The event offers a new prize for best decorated commercial vehicle and notes past performances including Washington and Virginia papers featuring Jimmy Wampler as the smallest drum major at 31 inches tall.
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Taylor Barr
Harrisonburg
Joseph Gler
Henry
James Ray ‘Ampler
Washington
Wampler
Jimmy
Griffith Stadium
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Berkeley Springs
South Boston
Paint color and enamel finish selection list
Partial list of quick drying enamels and finishes including white and color options. Mentions Quick Drying Enamel Flat Wall Finish Porch and Floor Enamel and Outside Trim Colors with various color variants.
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Chile
Cleanup Efforts Scrape Ohio Flood Debris Upstream
Clean-up brigades in Huntington and towns along the Ohio River remove silt and debris after a crest sweeping toward Cincinnati. Water depths reach 11 feet in Point Pleasant with six feet expected toward Portsmouth and eight feet in Cincinnati low areas. Marietta expects floodwaters to recede tonight, refugees return home, and merchants resume activity as roads tally 112 flooded sections and about 1 million dollars in damage.
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Huntington
W. VA
Ohio
Cincinnati
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Portsmouth
Marietta
Ohio Highway Department
Opportunities Of Youth Will Be Discussed
The Mount Williams Debating Society will hold a debate Friday at 8 p.m. in the Community Hall, replacing a rainout. The topic: "Resolved, That the young man of today has greater opportunities to make life a success than 50 years ago." Affirmative: N. C. Williams, Mrs. Russell Feeley, N. B. Fout. Negative: H. A. Snapp, Harry Richard, J. B. Snapp. Refreshments will be served. no quiz this time.
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Mount Williams Debating Society
N. C. Williams
Russell Feeley
N. B. Fout
H. A. Snapp
Harry Richard
J. B. Snapp
Pate Barreled Sait when you t this Spring your home
Fragmentary note reads like an apparent home improvement teaser with references to spring, a home, and admiration from others. Lack of clear names, places, or dates limits concrete details.
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Pate
Hardy Leads British Attack at Narvik Despite Heavy Losses
The admiralty reports the destroyer Hardy spearheaded a five to six ship clash with German forces at Narvik on April 10. Despite near-destruction the Hardy pressed three separate assaults, beached to save life after the wreck on the bridge. Captain Warburton Lee died, and British destroyers Hunter, Hotspur, and Hostile suffered damage while Germans lost six supply ships and one destroyer. Survivors sheltered with aid from locals.
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London
Hardy
Narvik
Admiralty
Narvik Harbor
Rombaks Fjord
Stanning
Mansell
Hunter
Havock
Warburton- Lee
Answers to Today's Quiz Highlights
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list Maurice Chevalier the camel Lindbergh not fortified at all Frenchman One dollar bill Philadelphia Pa Felix Frankfurter John Muir and North Carolina.
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Maurice Chevalier
Lindbergh
Philadelphia
Felix Frankfurter
John Muir
North Carolina
Awards At Sunday Service For Longtime Attendants
Highland Avenue Presbyterian honors long serving Sunday School members with awards and pins. Miss Affleck preserves 46 years of unbroken attendance at the church and 26 years at Highland Avenue Sunday School where she teaches. W. C. Miller holds the second longest streak with 20 years of daily presence.
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Fannie Affleck
Loudoun Street
Fannie
Miss Affleck
Highland Avenue Presbyterian
W. C. Miller
Ww. C. Miller
Highland Avenue
Wagner
Ronald Wilson
J. H. Moling, Jr
Charles Pappas
Ruth McCann
Everett Kline
Sam Brooks
Wade Emmart
Nell Lupton
Ella Orndorff
Bertha Williams
Patricia Stephenson
Leonard Sirbaugh
Edgar Mason
Mary Bush
Nellie Moling
Jane Barnhart
Jack Barnhart
John Moling
Philip Barnhart
Raymond Hook
Graham Kerr
Robert Watson
Calvin Martin
Billy Watson
Burton Ritter
John Hottell
Dorothy Henry
Jean Watson
Arthur Ritter
George Forney
Elizabeth Tanquary
C. J.swank
Hubert Kerr
John Ritter
Lovelle Thompson
Jonedith Henry
Joseph McCormick
George Ritter
Eleanor Leatherman
Jean Moling
Bobbie Boyd
James Taylor
Lucy Forney
Sadie Forney
Sara Moling
Va. Leatherman
Robert Taylor
Kathryn Pierce
Fred Thomas
Group To Hear Capt Barrett At Clarke Junior Board Dinner
Berryville Va April 23 Guest speaker at a dinner of the Junior Board of Trade will be Capt William Barrett retired naval officer living in Clarke The meeting starts at 8 oclock Dr D Blanton Allen is toastmaster Barrett an explorer adventurer has spoken to the Clarke Woman's Club and at the annual Game Banquet in February.
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Berryville
President Roosevelt to Speak at GOP Meeting in Philadelphia Theme
President Roosevelt meets Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King in Warm Springs ahead of a planned June 21 day tour. The talks, kept secret, touch on Europe’s war and a non political campaign style trip to promote conservation while Hopes for a Texas stop and a Fort Worth visit with Elliott Roosevelt are noted.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
Europe
Kingston
Ontario
MacKenzie King
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Arkansas
Texas
White House
Garner
Elliott
Fort Worth
United States
Dominion
Freight Service To Winchester Is Speeded Up
Winchester merchants gain faster deliveries as the B and O railroad introduces a system for handling less than car lots. Station agent John G Fosbrink says local service reduces time from 24 to 48 hours with dawn brigades unloading freight on arrival for early morning deliveries to consignees.
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Winchester
John G. Fosbrink
Fosbrink
Camporees Planned in Shenandoah Area by Dan Henry
Boy Scouts of the Shenandoah Area announce district camporees from May 10 to May 25. Southern District meets at Parkhurst Inn Luray on May 10 11. Central near White Post May 17 18. Northern at Opequon near Charles Town May 24 25. Area camporee in Winchester June 7 9.
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Shenandoah
Dan O Henry
Parkhurst. Inn
Luray
White Post
Opequon
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester
Nervy Columbus pilot sails to Alaska in home made Ark
Paul Satko 49 and his family depart Tacoma in a 40 foot craft named Ark seeking a better life after relief in Richmond. The former marine sails five knots against a 22 mile wind as about 20 000 onlookers bid him farewell and Tacoma citizens gift him provisions. Satko aims to homestead 160 acres in Cook Inlet area despite dangers and uncertainty.
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Tacoma
Wash
Columbus
Alaska
Richmond
Paul Satko
Tacoena
Far Inlet
Cook Inlet
Reporters Tell Of War From AP Correspondents
Four Associated Press foreign correspondents spoke at the AP annual meeting in New York detailing their frontline experiences in Europe and the Far East. C Yates McDaniel from Hong Kong J C Stark in London Wade Werner in Copenhagen and Lloyd Lehrbas from Warsaw described dangers and responsibilities in delivering the truth to the public.
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New York
Associated Press
Europe
Far East
Robert McLean
Philadelphia
Cornee
C. Yates McDaniel
Hong Kong
J. C. Stark
Bureau
London
Wade Werner
Copenhagen
Lloyd Lehrbas
Warsaw
McLean
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
The Treasury lists receipts of 8 566 967 25 dollars and expenditures of 22 081 234 40 dollars. The decrease from the previous day is 1 232 013 11 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Man Builds Ark Style Vessel Aiming For Cook Inlet Voyage
The unnamed narrator plans a long voyage supplementing his larder with hunting and fishing. Confident of reaching Cook Inlet some 2,000 miles away, he describes the Ark as a craft drawing three and a half feet, powered by a 1926 truck motor, with an eight-foot beam and a nine-foot keel to deck measurement.
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Cook Inlet
Ark
Oscar Wilde Cynic Definition Question
Question and answer excerpt discuss Wilde’s view of a cynic. The quoted fragment mentions knowing “the price of J and the value of no a” but is incomplete, reflecting a quiz or classroom prompt about Wilde’s famous line on cynics perceiving cost and value without sentiment.
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Oscar Wilde
C. A
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Harrisonburg Boys
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Jones Funeral Home
Sandy MacSparrow
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock
Adjong
Big River
A. F. Rees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryville, VA
Capt. Barrett
G.O.P
Executive
Prime Minister of
TN Stoker
Miller
Front Royal
Dan Henry
A. P
Av Cne
Goodrich
Goodrich Commander
Silvertown Stores
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Mervel
W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Pook
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