Officials Map Parade Routes Through City For Grand Review
City officials and Police Chief Hollis outline two parade routes for a festival’s second day. The first route for children forms on Cameron Street at 10:00 AM and travels west to Braddock then north to Stewart before disbanding on Cameron. The 2:00 PM feature parade starts on Cameron and follows a similar loop to Gerrard Street with roped-off streets and towing for违规停车.
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Cameron Street
Grand Review
Jef
C. W. Hollis
Read
Cather
R. E. Ayler
Frederick County
Gerrard Street
Cameron
Braddock
Washington
Stewart
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Cork
Boscawen
Clifford
Piccadilly Street
Gerard
Grain Markets Closed Pending Suit Settling
The Chicago Board of Trade halted trading today pending Rosenbaum Grain Corporation’s bankruptcy reorganization. A federal injunction blocks suspension of Rosenbaum from membership, with trades to be closed out and no further activity by the firm until final action. Other markets in Minneapolis and Winnipeg opened lightly as the situation unfolds.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Rosenbaum Grain Corporation
Rosenbaum Corporation
W. H. Holly
Board of Trade
Wilmington
Del
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Judge Holly
Exchange
Five Die in Appomattox Area Car Collision
A mother and three children died in a three car crash near Appomattox Virginia. The state police released a revised list naming Mrs P L Mattox and her three children Roberta Mattox plus W Dabney Anderson as the deceased. Richard T Hess survived with non life threatening injuries. Hess reported a car passed him causing a collision with an eastbound vehicle and his vehicle struck the others as flames erupted.
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Appomattox
Tony
P. L. Mattox
Bank of Big Island
Roberta Mattox
W. Dabney Anderson
Vera
Alexander Bingham
Richard T. Hess
Richmond
Hess
Chuck and Rays Nightly Hours Adjusted
Local venue Chuck and Rays announces new schedule with nightly openings every day except Monday. The adjustment affects late hours and weekend shows, inviting patrons to plan visits accordingly.
Youth Parade Division Three in Trail of the Pink Petals
The third unit of the Trail of the Pink Petals festival highlights a Youth division called Progress of Youth. About 500 youths from Martinsburg and Winchester areas will depict citizenship training led by mounted marshals Joseph Butler Joseph Larrick Charles Smith Miss Chloe Mudd and Miss Anne Yost with foot marshals W R Legge C R Keeler D J Howard Fred Stine. The Martinsburg High School band will lead, followed by Father Time and groups including Scouts F F A Junior Red Cross 4 H Club and Girl Scouts. The effort is directed by Roy A Cather with Howard Legge and local organization heads guiding roughly 15 subjects.
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Progress of Youth
Joseph Butler
Joseph Larrick
Charles Smith
Chloe Mudd
Anne Yost
W. R. Legge
C. R. Keeler
D. J. Howard
Fred Stine
Martinsburg
Winchester Scouts
Red Cross
Roy A. Cather
Howard
Legge
Martinsburg High School
No Candidacies Filed Yet in County for August Primary
No notices of candidacy or lists of qualified voters have been filed by any candidate as the August 6 Democratic primary approaches. Back Creek district contenders for supervisor include three announcees none having filed, while incumbents R. S. Smith Burr P. Harrison C. C. Brannon Harry L. McCann and Lee N. Whitacre are expected to file. Five district supervisors seek re election C J Brumback W H Branner Phil H Gold E W Adams and C M Rosenberger with N C Williams N B Paut and Jake Frye opposing Rosenberger. Poll taxes due May 4 to vote in the August election.
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Back Creek
R. S. Smith
Burr P. Harrison
C. C. Brannon
Harry L. McCann
Lee N. Whitacre
C. J. Brumback
Opequon
W. H. Branner
Shawnee
Phil H. Gold
Stonewall
E. W. Adams
Gainesboro
C. M. Rosenberger
Rosenberger
N. C. Williams
N B. Paut
Jake” Frye
City water survey projects major annual savings
The city’s water waste survey reports annual savings of about 3,389 dollars, rising to 4,400 with a slower demand pump at Reuss pumping station. Leaks totaling 389000 gallons daily were stopped and pumping costs reduced, plus 1259 dollars in unbilled water revenue from previously unmetered deliveries.
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Reuss
Pitometer Company
Death comes to Mrs. Comer in theatre lobby
Mrs. Myrtle May Comer 57 wife of Isaac N. Comer of Winchester died suddenly last evening in the Palace Theatre lobby on South Loudoun street as she waited to enter a movie. She had a prior stroke two weeks earlier and collapsed while her husband went to fetch her. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery after services at Parlett funeral home conducted by Rev Dr Luther A. Thomas. Survivors include her husband two sons Earl and Wilmer and daughter Mrs. M L Patterson.
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Myrtle May Comer
Isaac N. Comer
Cork Street
Palace Theatre
Loudoun Street
Comer
Winchester Gas Company
Wilmer Comer
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Lutheran Women Meet Tomorrow at Woodstock
The twelfth annual convention of the Women s Missionary Society of the Winchester Conference United Lutheran Church of America will be held at Emanuel Lutheran Church Woodstock Va on Thursday April 25. Rev Victor McCauley veteran missionary from the India Lutheran Mission will speak in the morning. An afternoon dialogue Wave Length and a department secretaries symposium are planned with Grace Lutheran Church members from this city expected to attend.
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Women’s Missionary Society of the
Winchester Conference
United Lutheran Church of America
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Woodstock
Victor McCauley
India Lutheran Mission
Women’s Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church
Keep Your Car Off Street At Night
City plans a thorough street clean up before the Apple Blossom Festival. City Manager Arthur M. Field asks that no cars be parked on streets overnight Thursday through Saturday to allow a DC hired street flusher to clean all paved streets. The project costs about one fifth of former years and helps curb refuse.
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Arthur M. Field
District of Columbia
T. L. Costigan
Tendent
Washington
Field
Former Resident Gravely Ill in Waynesboro Pa
Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, widow of Patrick Murphy, underwent a serious operation in a Weynesboro hospital last Friday and is reported dangerously ill due to advanced age. The Murphy family, long known in Winchester and Clarke county, recently resided in Waynesboro where Mr. Murphy died nearly two years ago.
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Elizabeth Murphy
Weynesboro
Star Today
Charles E. Murphy
No Parking Overnight During Flush Nights
Notice prohibits parking on streets after 11 PM on Thursday April 25 Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27 to allow a power flusher to scrub and mud to be avoided. Newly asphalted streets will not be flushed.
Chicken Supper Benefit at Home Mission Snapp Ridgeway
A chicken supper will be held Thursday April 25 from 6 to 9 p m at Home Mission Snapp in Ridgeway. Proceeds go to the Rest Church benefit.
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M. S. Snapp
Ridgeway
Benefit Rest Church
Franklin Trial Interrupted by Court Warning
Roanoke Va April 24 Judge John Paul halted the Franklin county liquor conspiracy trial after a defendant shouted That's a dirty lie during testimony. The judge called the remark absolutely indefensible and warned all defendants and lawyers jail could follow if repeated. The case centers on alleged protection money and prior testimony by J P Hodges Jr detailing payments from $50 to $150 monthly.
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Roanoke
John Paul
Franklin County
R. Price
Paul
Price
J. P. Hodges, Jr
Stephen D. Timberlake
Charles Carter Lee
Commonwealth
Hodges
Jeff Richard
Timberlake
Edgar Beckett
Stickley Dies at Home Near Oranda, Virginia
Omar Atley Stickley aged 58 of Red Gate Oranda three miles west of Strasburg died at noon after a long illness. He was a deacon at Walnut Springs Christian Church and born March 27 1877 near Oranda. Survived by widow Sadie Catherine Frye, sister Mrs W W Little, sister in law Mrs J William Stickley, three nieces, a foster son John Groves. Funeral at 1:30 from home and 2 at Walnut Springs Church. burial Riverview cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Omar Atley Stickley
Red Gate
Oranda
Strasburg
Mr. Stickley
Sterling
Walnut Springs
W. L. Dudley
Winchester
W. W Little
Inlaw
J. William Stickley
Norfolk
Helen
Lillian Little
Tressa Ellis
John Groves
Walnut Springs Church
F. B. Sapp
Riverview Cemetery
E. W. Miller
J. E Coates
William Coffelt
Shirley Fletcher
J. M. Brumback
Walter Glaize
Practice Game This Afternoon Winchester Park Association vs Handley Judges
The Winchester Park Association baseball team will play the Handley Judges in a 5 15 oclock practice game on the park diamond this afternoon. Both teams seek to solidify their lineups and an interesting matchup is anticipated.
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Winchester. Park
Final Summons Comes Suddenly To Al Davidson
George Allen Davidson 73 a Winchester native died after several hours illness at his sister Nora Davidson’s Washington DC home. Born December 25 1862 in Cedar Grove Frederick County he lived in Winchester and Newport News before moving to Washington last November. He leaves three sisters Mrs Davis Wingert Mrs Hamline Haines Miss Nora Davidson and three brothers T Edward D Newton A Hunter Davidson. Funeral Friday at Kurtz with Rev Luther A. Thomas officiating.
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George Allen Davidson
Frederick County
Winchester
Nora Davidson
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, D. C
Davidson
Cedar Grove
Mr. Davidson
David
Catherine Clark Davidson
Washington
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Newport News
Lutheran Church
Davis Wingerter
Hamline Haines
T. Edward Davidson
D. Newton Davidson
A. Hunter Davidson
Kurtz
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron
Silver Prices Still Mounting
YORK April 24 Bar silver in world markets rose above the U S treasury price to domestic mines today prompting leading Wall Street brokers to await an early announcement of an advantage in the treasury price.
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York
United States Treasury
Wall Street
Treasury
Capitol Hill Debates Bankhead Omnibus and Navy Bills
Senate defeats attempts to send Bankhead bill back to committee while Finance secretary Morgenthau warns of new taxes if the bonus passes. House debates naval appropriations and approves a bill to coordinate federal soil erosion control activities.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Morgenthau
House
Apply for special officer jobs at Winchester Police
Persons seeking employment as special officers for the Apple Blossom Festival are urged to apply immediately at the office of C. W. Hollis, Chief of Winchester Police Department. The notice is dated April 22, 2011.
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C. W. Hollis
Winchester
Roosevelt creates three new agencies to disburse funds
President Roosevelt assigns over 60 existing agencies to a wide relief program and creates three new units. Rexford Tugwell to head rural resettlement, a new grade crossing eliminations unit under the Bureau of Roads and Agriculture, and a rural electrification division. The plan outlines eight project classes including highways, housing, sanitation, and Civilian Conservation Corps.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rexford G. Tugwell
Cies
Bureau of Roads
Department of Agriculture
Mr. Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
World News At A Glance Sparks Early Alerts
Lancaster investigators intensify search at Dr. H E Zimmerly home after finding blonde hairs and bone particles. In New York twins weight 7 and 642 pounds born to Frank and Mrs Dionne, said to be quintuplet kin. President Roosevelt assigns relief work across 60 agencies and creates three new units with Tugwell to head rural re settlement. Army plans to double fighting strength. Athens reports execution of two rebel generals. Colombo fears malaria outbreak. South Africa reports 45 miners dead by water inrush. Formosa reports 3185 earthquake deaths and over 10000 hospital treatments.
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H. E. Zimmerly
New York
Frank Dionne
Washington
Roosevelt
Tugwell
Athens
Colombo
Ceylon
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Taikoku
Formosa
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