Thirteen Judges Named for Shenandoah Parade Chooses Floats
Sam D. Preston announces a panel of thirteen external judges for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade Trail of the Pink Petals. Judges will score floats on color harmony and advertising appeal with results tallied at the George Washington Hotel Barber Shop. An awards ceremony follows as the motorcycle unit delivers the winners list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam D. Preston
Shenandoah
Ralph Hengeveld
George Washington Hotel
E. Goss
Preston
Charles Burke
Michigan
Charles B. Zeigler
New York City
Walter S. Newman
Richmond
Virginia
Richard Carl Medford
Hagerstown
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Russell G. East
Pennsylvania Railway
Indiana
William Marks Simpson
Maryland Institute of Fine Arts
Baltimore
Marks Simpson
M. V. Bailey
American Cyanide Company
Pennington
N. J
Dorothy Minor
Walters Art Gallery
Douglas Gorcon
U. S
Baltimore Municipal Art Gallery
Douglas Gordon
Maryland Institute of Fire
Queen Adelaide Moffett Visits Endless Caverns
Miss Adelaide Moffett of New York, as Queen Shenandoah XV, visits Endless Caverns with royal delegation and crowds of Virginians and visitors. She arrives from Washington by car at 4:30 and signs autographs as Mountain King Frank Wissler Jr. presents her with a bracelet. The event includes a reception at The Farm House and plans for her White House introduction before she returns to Winchester to reign over the Apple Blossom Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endless Caverns
Adelaide Moffett
Shenandoah
Endless
Burr Powell Harrison
Winchester
Frank Wissler
Strathmoor
Shenandoah County
Major
E. M. Brown
Post
New York
Shenandoah XV
Miss Moffett
Washington
Betty Riley
Virginia Butsler
Lyle O’rourke
Junior Board of Trade
Minor Hudson
Hudson
Tom Baldridge
Joseph Thomas
Queen Adelaide
Ben King
B. B. Dutton
Lewis M. Allen
Roanoke
Wheler
Frank M. Wissler, Jr
Strathmore
Mt. Jackson
Adelaide
Farm House
Mas
Mrs. E. M. Brown
Mayflower Hotel
White House
James Roosevelt
Richard EB. Byrd
Yankees Sign Joe DiMaggio To $25,000 Contract
New York April 25 Joe DiMaggio signed his $25,000 contract with the Yankees this morning as the season begins. He won’t be paid until Manager Joe McCarthy clears him for play. He risks at least $1,300 for eight days of absence and as much as $2,000 docked before rejoining the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Jimaggio
New York Yankees
Nis
Joe McCarthy
Court action on milk act and immigration cases explained
Chief Justice Hughes cites a vital defect in an order about the 1923 filled milk act and government findings. The court sustains the act barring interstate milk shipments with added oils or fats. It declines to review a test case on citizenship for aliens who refuse military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Wallace
Abraham Warkentin
United States
22 Years Ago In The Star Highlights Local Weddings And News
The Star recounts Anna Marie Trier and Lawrence L. Bell wedding at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. McVerry officiating. Also notes West Point admit Bryan Conrad II, 81-year-old Squire B N Lockhart at county supervisors meeting, frost prevention in Shenandoah Valley orchards, and upcoming screen showing Birth of a Nation at Empire amid Chautauqua delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bell
Anna Marie Trier
Sacred Heart Church
L. L. Bell
Anna Trier
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Lewis Trier
Lawrence L. Bell
Berryville
John McVerry
West Point
Bryan Conrad, II
William H. Baker
War Department
Washington
U. S. Military Academy
Conrad
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Squire Squire
B. N. Lockhart
Winchester
Clarke Cather
Lockhart
Resident Of New Jersey Dies Here
Mrs. Alice Willoughby died at Memorial Hospital after a month long illness from a heart attack while traveling Skyline Drive. A Detroit native born October 4 1874 she was 63 at death. Survived by husband Victor Willoughby vice president of the American Car and Foundry Company and two sons Robert W. Willoughby and Victor Willoughby Jr. Services planned in Ridgewood N J with interment in Concord New Hampshire. She was a Presbyterian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Willoughby
Memorial Hospital
Skyline Drive
Willoughby
Detroit
Mich
John
Lucy Owen Higgs
Omps
Ridgewood
N. J
Concord
N. H
Sweeps Scam Reported In West Virginia
Residents of Hampshire and Mineral counties face a cachet of fake Irish hospital sweepstakes. An itinerant scammer sold $2.50 tickets and issued $800 checks claiming tax deductions. Victims paid $35 tax and even tipped the con man. Checks drawn on a non existent Baltimore bank surfaced as sham instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Mineral Counties
West Virginia
St Ranger
Baltimore
Jess
Cautionary Education Lesson on Stranger Interactions
A brief note highlights the educational value of caution when dealing with unfamiliar people, presenting a simple lesson on safety and prudent behavior.
I Will Not Be Responsible For Bills By Me Alone
A brief personal note stating responsibility for expenses rests solely with the author. The speaker excludes others from bearing charges and emphasizes self liability.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Baldridge, Jr
Burr P. Harrison
Clarke Cooper
W. Nelson Page
J. W. Arthur
Hoyt Riley
Garland Quarles
Roy Cather
J. Pinckey Arthur
Edward Barr
Virginia Taylor Boyd
Katharine Pannill
Henry Covington
Phillip Fowle
Alvin Pennypacker
Eugene Cooper
Ridgeley White
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
B. F. Arthur
H. B. McCormac
R. E. Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Fred Barr
Woodhull Baker
Horace Browne
Michael Steck
James Miller
Eugene R. Branch
F. A. Reid
W. B. Snider & Son
Verdun
Verdun Front
Frederick
Shenandoah Valley
Turkey Knob
Mount Jackson
Mabel Taliaferro
William Faversham
Martha Hedman
Lionel Barrymore
Emmy Wehlem
Julius Steger
Valli Valli
J. H. Henry
D. W. Griffith
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Coo
E. Boscawen St
W. Va
Jayne
Jayne Ky
Miller’s Drug Store
N. Main St
Philco
RADIO
Kelvinator
I. Brumback
Eood
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