Flood crest nears Riverton as Route 3 bridges close
Torrential rains flood the Shenandoah in Clarke and Shenandoah counties. Route 3 bridges north and south of Riverton Junction are closed while traffic on Route 50 west to Romney is blocked. Crest expected to pass Riverton mid afternoon with receding later.
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Riverton
Romney
Berry’s Ferry
Castleman’s Ferry
Clarke County
Clarke
Shenandoah
Castleman's
Harpers Ferry
Local Flood At A Glance
Highlights of the local flood show 5.90 inches of total precipitation since Saturday night. Route 50 bridge washed away and Route 50 and Route 220 bridges closed. U S Route 11 open one way. Cedar Creek bridge approach damaged. Traffic halted on North and South Branch Shenandoah at Riverton and Front Royal. Most routes from Winchester open except 50 west and Route 3 east.
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W. Va
U. S
Winchester
Front Royal Road
Duke of Windsor fights to pull book from circulation
London reports the Duke of Windsor won a legal bid to remove a British book about him from stores. The publisher agreed to remove Coronation Somme after his attorney demanded amends. Edward read passages in Austria angered by phrases accusing him of muddling and meddling.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis War— Simpson
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Geoffrey Dennise
Edward
A. G. Allen
Floods test patience and praise for Red Cross training
Winchester notes floods disrupt travel but not hopelessly, urging motorists to use alternative routes. He thanks the Red Cross for its first aid training and encourages citizen participation, noting such training can save lives when every second counts.
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The
Red Cross
Wanted Good home for fine female setter puppy
A notice seeks a good home for a female setter puppy. Contact numbers 1182 or 41-1 are provided for interested parties.
First Aid Training Planned by Winchester Red Cross
The Winchester Frederick Chapter of the American Red Cross advances its 1937 First Aid program with Dr W J Fenton visiting the week of May 10 17 to conduct classes each evening. About 100 participants expected and open to any interested person says Miss Helen Wright executive secretary. The note follows completion of the Charlie Rouss fire company course with instructors Goetz Cecil Grim and Roy Fishel.
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Winchester-Frederick
American Red Cross
W. J. Fenton
National Organization
Helen Wright
Fenton
Winchester
Rouss
Charlie Rouss Fire Company
Mr. Goetz
Cecil Grim
Roy Fishel
Public Sale At Glen Gardner Farm On Back Creek
Machinery and household goods to be sold April 28 at 1 pm. Glen Gardner farm located 1 mile east of Chestnut Grove on Back Creek. Harry L. McCann, agent. Auction notice filed April 23, 1926.
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Glen Gardner Farm
Chestnut Grove
Back Creek
Harry L. McCann
Bus Drivers Talk Strike In London Tie Up Threat
The British government moved to avert a walkout by London bus drivers totaling about 40 000. Officials from the Labor Ministry conciliation department planned talks with the traffic and transport board and the Transport and General Workers Union to seek a truce until after King George VI's coronation on May 12.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Conciliation Department
Traffic and Transport Board
Transport and General Workers Union
George
Bunner Damage Suit Heard in Frederick Court
Dorothy Mae Bunner's administrator sues Daniel McFarland and D H Sencin diver Jr for 10000 over her death in a Gore near schoolhouse automobile collision. Case opened in Frederick Circuit Court with Judge Williams. Plaintiffs allege carelessness. Kern and Kern represent the plaintiff. defense by Senator Cather and George J Fleigelmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Mae Bunner
Daniel McFarland
D. H. Sencindiver, Jr
Frederick Circuit Court
Philip ‘Williams
Gore
Senciadiver
Hold Drivers In 2 Mishaps One Fatality
Driver Thomas B. Beavers 27 of Marshall died when his car struck the rear of a truck leaving Audley Farm near Berryville. William Huff of Berryville, truck driver, is held on reckless driving charges in Berryville jail.
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Thomas B. Beavers
Marshall
Audley Farm
Berryville
Sanders
Bluemont
William Huff
Huffman Trucking Company
Baltimore
Loring Kackley
Huff
Winchester
Beavers
Milton Owens
Erse
Memorial Hospital
Inchester
Strasboro
Clarence Edwin Nichols
Fredericksburg
Ted Funkhouser
Warrenton
Funkhouser
W. A. Downs
Drunken Driver Given Term In Mt Williams Case
H B Henkle of Mt Williams convicted before Judge Donald Weems for operating an automobile while intoxicated. Sentenced to one month in jail and fined 100 dollars and costs. Richard Tracey colored assessed 15 dollars 25 cents for drunk and disorderly conduct. Clifton E Elliott of Washington truck driver assessed 15 dollars 25 cents for reckless driving.
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H. B. Henkle
Mt. Williams
Donald Weems
Richard Tracey
Clifton E. Elliott
Washington
Leaders Meet On Wednesday At Frederick Club Session
Home Demonstration Club leaders from Frederick county will gather Wednesday at Christ Episcopal Church Parish House on West Boscawen street. Miss Elizabeth Parrar announced the event. State Clothing Specialist Miss Iva Byrd Johnson of Blacksburg will demonstrate commercial patterns. Numerous club leaders are listed as attending.
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Frederick County
Christ Episcopal Church
West Boscawen Street
Elizabeth Parrar
Sawyard Shandluetach
Iva Byrd Johnson
Blacksburg
Miss Johnson
Lee Whitacre
E. W. Braithwaite
Walter Adams
Ralph Johnson
John Himelright
Randall Ridgeway
P. C. Petrie
J. F. Judy
David N. Grover
L. O. Dick
N. E. Tipton
E. W. Grant
Frank Allanson
J. C. Bowman
John Bywaters
Robert Hockman
Julius Richard
S. J. Swimley
Jane Brill
C. M. Rosenberger
N. B. Fout
Recreation staff urged to take Red Cross First Aid course
Mrs Myrtle Chrismore in charge of the WPA Recreational Center announced that all WPA Recreation Staff have been urged to enroll in the Red Cross First Aid course launching tonight. The aim is to prepare workers for any emergency at local playgrounds this summer.
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Myrtle Chrismore
WPA
Red Cross
April Shower of Diamonds Beat the Price Rise Buy Now
Jewelry ad from Hodgson & Brown promotes diamond purchases with a written guarantee. The copy touts new cretonies, chintz and slip materials from Moling & Cather and urges immediate buying before further price increases.
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Hodgson & Brown
Moling & Cather
Need Workers To Aid Drive For Fete Fund
Apple Blossom Festival finance chair Philip R. Fowle said the fund is about 1375 short of the total needed and fewer subscribers have given so far. He urged volunteers to interview prospects to raise more money before the festival opens.
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Philip R. Fowle
Fowle
Fletcher will case may be argued in Corporation Court
The Fletcher will case possibly set for argument in Corporation Court Tuesday after current matters before Judge Phillip Williams in Frederick Circuit Court conclude. Two wills by Mrs. Ethel Dunlop Pletcher are before the clerk for probate with one alleged tampered. City Clerk Clark M. Smith and Deputy Mrs. C. D. Barnett testified that the first presented signature differs from the original. Handwriting expert Samuel C Malone, from Baltimore, supported tampering claims.
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Fletcher
Corporation Court
Phillip Williams
Frederick Circuit Court
Ethel Dunlop
Ofice
Samuel C Malone
Baltimore
Malone
Morgan Anderson
Byrd Seeks Merger of FHA and HOLC to Save Millions
Senator Byrd proposes combining the Federal Housing Administration and Home Owners Loan Corporation to cut about 24.5 million dollars a year. He plans to introduce a bill after notes from the Senate committee on reorganization. The measure would affect roughly 20,000 workers and 47 million dollars in annual spending.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Federal Housing Administration and Home Owners Loan Corporation
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Joint Committee
FHA
HOLC
Four feared lost in raging river crash drowns man in lake
Heavy rains swelled streams across Virginia causing at least one death and possible four or five missing. An automobile plunged from a washed out bridge approach in Madison County while Frank T. Cawthorn Sr., 50, deputy treasurer of Appomattox County, was killed when his car left the highway and sank in Powhatan County lake. Trains were stranded near Charlottesville with seven later resumes.
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Richmond
Orange
Locust Dale
Madison County
E.H. Rouse
Lester Hill
Frank T. Cawthorn
Appomattox County
Powhatan County
Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio Railways
Charlottesville
Floods threaten and recede across several towns
Flood warnings spread from Cumberland to Pittsburgh as rising waters flood streets and cut traffic. In Cumberland water receded six inches in an hour after flooding three blocks of the main business street. Pittsburgh faces third flood in 13 months with rivers above 25 feet threatening Golden Triangle. Wheeling Island potential isolation if the Ohio rises to 48 feet. Cincinnati river levels near flood stage with potential rise to 35 feet. North Beach isolated by high seas and overland routes to Chespeake Beach cut. Romney, Martinsburg see travel disruption as rains continue.
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Cumberland
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Golden Triangle
Wheeling
W. Va
J. R. Hill
Warwood Dam
Ohio River
Wheeling Island
Martinsburg
Panhandle
Romney
Court Upholds One Law Turns Down Another
The Supreme Court upheld a 1936 South Carolina fertilizer tag law by a 5 to 4 decision, with Justice McReynolds delivering the opinion. The court also voided a Georgia interpretation of an 1871 insurrection ban, overturning a long prison sentence for Angelo Herndon in Cincinnati.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Justice McReynolds
Federal Distict Court
Georgia
Justice Roberts
Angelo Herndon
Cincinnati
Flood Threat Triggers Evacuations Along Potomac
In Williamsport Maryland on April 26 residents along the Potomac River prepare to evacuate as flood stage reaches 17 feet and climbs 18 inches per hour. The ground floor of Potomac Edison Company plant is flooded and two hydro plants on the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are reported closed.
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Williamsport
Potomac River
Big
Potomac Edison Company
Potomac
Shenangloah
Three Men Rescued Off Cape May Amid Gale
Three men adrift in an open fishing boat for 16 hours were rescued by coast guards as a northeast gale battered the sea. They were taken to the coast guard hospital in serious condition with exhaustion.
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Cape May
N. J
Coast Guards
Coast Guard
Potomac rises slower at Williamsport as flood looms
Reports from Williamsport say the Potomac river reached 22 feet by noon and continues to rise for six to eight hours. No serious damage at Williamsport yet. Route 40 is closed at three spots west of Hancock and two east due to flooding and washouts. The Berkeley Springs route remains closed after the Hancock bridge span was swept away.
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Potomac
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Potomac River
Hancock
H. E. Tabler
State Roads Commission
Berkeley Springs
W .Va
Hancock Bridge
Potomac River Flood to Rise 24 to 35 Hours
Arthur E. Hungerford, state director of the National Emergency Council, said the Weather Bureau in Washington predicts the Potomac River will continue to rise for 24 to 35 hours as rain in the watershed over the past 72 hours ranged from 1.5 to 5 inches. At Hancock Maryland rainfall was 4 inches and 3.75 inches at Frostburg, west of Cumberland.
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Baltimore
Arthur E. Hungerford
National Emergency Council
Weather Bureau
Washington
Potomac
Cumberland
Hancock
Frostburg
Woman Dies After Hearing Flood Warning
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on April 26, Mrs. Missouri Hurley collapsed and died after a neighbor warned of a flood. A son reported two inches of water in the cellar before her collapse. a physician attributed the death to a heart attack.
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Johnstown
Missouri Hurley
Flood Waters Force Rerouted Trains In Pittsburgh Area
Flood waters sweep Johnstown streets and lower Main Street flooded to two feet as Conemaugh and Stony Creek rivers swell. Ohio River rises toward flood stage, Bethlehem Steel mill closed, residents evacuated, trolley and train service disrupted.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh
Stony Creek
Main Street
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio River
Allegheny
Lower
Cambria
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Apple Blossom Festival Seeks Special Policemen
Notice calls for applications for special policemen during the Apple Blossom Festival to be filed at the Chief of Police office. The posting specifies two festival days for duties and approval.
Rose Bushes Potted in Buds for Outside Planting
The Flower Shop offers potted rose bushes ready for outside planting priced at 50 cents and one dollar, with buds and bloom described.
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Cedar Creek Approach
Route 11
Shenandoah River
Winchester Research Laboratory
Riverton Junction
Mt. Jackson
Luray
South Branch
National Red Cross
Strasburg
Philip Fowle
Ohio Valley
Appomattox
Bernard Fletcher
Culpeper
W. B. Schlomer
North Beach
Chesapeake Beach
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Patrick’s Day
Ecaull
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