State Dept. letters say Italy Japan violated treaties
The State Department told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Italy and Japan likely violated treaties in Ethiopia and China. Sumner Welles cited Kellogg Briand and Nine Power Pact obligations and noted previous American statements on treaty compliance. The Scott resolution asking for nations that violated treaties was tabled after the letter was read.
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Washington
State Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Italy
Japan
Ethiopia
China
McReynolds
Dtenn
Sumner Welles
Department
Scott
D-Calif
United States
House
Welles
Norris
Senate
Apple Blossom Festival to Debut Official Song
So far as this old lady can recall this is the first year the Apple Blossom Festival will have an official song. The tune Apple Blossom Time, written by Jane Mallory Browne a student at William and Mary College, will appear officially on Thursday. Browne dedicates it to the Fifteenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival and expresses provincial pride while noting the Shenandoah Valley is not named in the lyrics.
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Jane Mallory Browne
William and Mary College
Shenandoah
Queen Shenandoah XV Arrives in Winchester for Coronation
Miss Adelaide Moffett to be crowned Queen Shenandoah XV by Admiral Byrd Thursday afternoon arrives in Winchester shortly after 6 tomorrow after meeting officials in Washington. A party at Skyland will welcome her, then head along Skyline Drive toward Royal for the coronation events.
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Adelaide Moffett
R. E. Byrd
Winchester
Washington, D. C
New York
Skynite
Edward Williams
Front Royal
Skyline Drive
Royal
Washington
Burr Powell Harrison
B. B
Dutton
Ridgely White
Hugh Green
Tom Baldridge
Gwladys Harris
Wolfeville
Nova Scotia
Annapolis Valley
Kentville
N. S
Shenandoah
Williams
Skyland
Boston
Mass
Admiral Byrd
Planes for Britain Spark A Knotty American Dilemma
Washington April 26 The British air mission began an inspection that could lead to hundreds of warplane purchases. Officials weigh risks of letting Britain buy all it wants versus cutting exports and hurting U.S. merchants. State Department says this is a deal between Britain and American aircraft manufacturers, not governments.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Army
Army Air Program
State Department
Great Britain
Home Dem Market Opens on the Web
A home improvement market opens online, with a launch date noted as April 27. The listing appears in an April 26 edition, indicating a new web based shopping venue for domestic goods and services.
McIcchies roadside market on Bville Ave offers fruit haul
The roadside market on Bville Avenue expects a load of strawberries grapefruit oranges bananas and vegetables today. Prices are reasonable and ample parking is available.
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Micciche’s
B'ville
Pump Priming Row Brings Chain Letter Allegations
Representative Taber accuses Harry Hopkins of fueling pump priming propaganda after receiving an anonymous chain letter to Roosevelt. The letter, said to originate from a Detroit firm, urged copying and forwarding to four others and blamed the WPA. House hearings on relief and public works move slowly as Ickes may testify, while Beiter proposes making PWA a permanent Interior Department unit with new powers.
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Washington
Taber
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
House
Detroit
WPA
New York
Works Progress Administrator
New Yorker
House Committee
Ickes
PWA
Beiter
D-Ny
Resolutions Honoring Charley Rouss Come to Winchester
The Winchester City Council will display resolutions from 1894 thanking Charles Broadway Rouss for a 30 000 contribution to the city water system. Mayor C R Andersen said L J Botting of C B Reuss Inc suggested moving the walls display to the council chamber. Rouss, famed as the merchant prince of Broadway, is buried in Mt Hebron Cemetery and is honored by local firemen on his birthday.
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Common Council
Winchester
Charles Broadway Rouss
C. R. Andersen
L. J. Botting
C. B. Reuss, Inc
New York City
City
Reuss
Anderson
Merchant Prince of
Broadway
Mt. Hebron
Big Rochester Truck Strike Ends
Rochester drivers end a 30-day truce and return to work after a ten day shipping jam. Some 900 truck drivers resumed duties on terms of the 1937 38 contract, ending the city wide strike.
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Rochester
M. Y
Compromised Revenue Bills Nearer Finish
A joint conference committee finished a compromise tax revision draft aligning Senate and House plans to boost employment via private initiative. The deal includes higher liquor tax, eliminates taxation on future federal securities, and retains a House rise in liquor levy to 2.25 per gallon, with exemptions to be tackled separately.
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Washington
Senate
House
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Borah T Iday
Four Killed In Bridge Collision Near Weldon Arkansas
On a bridge near Weldon 12 miles south of Newport a school bus and a WPA laborers truck collided. Four people died Fannie Lou Torain 16 Billy Torain 13 Tom Odom 35 and Tobe Robinson 40. Nine others were injured including Joe McDonald Jr 17 Betty Lou Prady 13 and a WPA worker Kins with serious internal injuries.
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Newport
Ark
WPA
Weldon
Here
Fannie Lou Torain
Billy Torain
Tom Odom
Auvergne
Tobe Robinson
Milltown
Joe McDonald, Jr
Betty Lou Prady
Kins
Ilnesses
Odom
Robinson
Hemsely Reinstated and Heads to Chicago
Rollie Hemsely nicknamed the Peck's Bad Boy for the Cleveland Indians was reinstated by Vice-President C. C. Slapnicka and hurried to catch a train for Chicago to rejoin the team.
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Cleveland
Rollie Hemsely
Cleveland Indians
C. C. Slapnicka
Chicago
Vidalia Plans Town Move To Save From River Flooding
Government engineers outline moving Vidalia Louisiana population about half a mile inland to escape Mississippi River flooding. The plan aims to abandon the old levee and build a new one farther back by summer’s end, transplanting churches, businesses, homes, railways and other town components.
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Vidalia
Mississippi
Giles
Concordia
Queen's Float Near End of Shenandoah Apple Blossom Parade
The Handley Band leads the parade with Queen Shenandoah XV to review a vast division. A double-ranked drum and bugle corps will line Cameron Street before marching. Mayors from 56 cities invited, with leaders from Pittsburgh and Richmond among those expected to attend.
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Cameron Street
Hoye Riley
Roy Cather
Handley Band
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
C. R. Anderson
Cornelius Scully
Pittsburgh
John S Scully
J. Fulmer Bright
Richmond
Weeding Out Jews in Austria Plan Advocated in Vienna
The Vienna edition of the Voelkischer Beobachter proposed a four year plan to remove Jews from Austrian life by 1942. It called for banning Jewish management of stores and factories and restricting employment for those lacking three generations of Aryan ancestry. It suggested emigration to countries willing to accept Jews and warned against U.S. immigration quotas. The plan could affect hundreds of thousands in Austria, including money earners and many elderly and children. A separate notice announces uniform distribution for Charley Reuss Fire Co. parade participants this week.
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Vienna
Voelkischer Beobachter
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Roosevelt
United States
ROUSS
Charley Reuss Fire Co
Reuss
Special Attention Ad Advertisers and Subscribers
The Star reports no publication on Friday April 29 1938 the second day of the Apple Blossom Festival affecting advertisers and subscribers.
Lord Ventry Visits American Air Port During Goodyear Blimp Tour
Lord Ventry of England, a member of a British commission, is in the United States to discuss the potential purchase of several hundred airplanes. He toured the municipal air port between flights, filmed moving pictures, and spoke on airship use versus airplanes. He defended airships as useful tools and argued against views of airships solely as war weapons.
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Lord Ventry
London
America
Clears A Way For Military Record
The April 26 London report says a new Treaty of Friendship between Great Britain and Ireland clears the path for military cooperation. Talks on defense are expected soon to establish Irish forces trained by British forces, with ratification needed from both parliaments. Britain agrees to withdraw from Berehaven Cobh and Lough Swilly by year end.
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London
Great Britain
No. 10
Downing Street
Neville Chamberlain
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Union of
Berehaven
Cobh
Lough Swilley
Eetocetianes Naval Defense Staons
Britain Boosts Income Tax and Raises Tea and Oil Duties
The budget speech announced income tax up from five shillings to five shillings sixpence and duties on tea and oil. Sir John Simon said total needs for 1938-39 are 944,398,000 pounds, with 90,000,000 pounds already borrowed for rearmament. Purchases of wheat, whale oil, and sugar were made secretly to avoid price rises.
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London
John Simon
House of Commons
Sir John
Britain
John
Correction notice on prize listings for Kelvinator Washer
In the Monday Star advertisement Miller and Anderson omitted the words Kelvinator Washer at one prize location. All other instances showed the first prize correctly as a Kelvinator Washer or a Philco Floor Model Radio. The Star apologizes for the omission.
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Miller
Keep Streets Clean Campaign Urges Public Cooperation
Citizens are asked to keep streets low and attractive for visitors. Rubbish from sidewalks and gutters will be collected early Friday and Saturday mornings, with waste placed in curbside containers for pickup. New Summer Curtains at cheap prices advertised by Moling & Cather, lp-1t.
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Moling & Cather
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Home Dem
Charley Rouss
Joint Conference
U. 8 S
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Col. Bright
Queen’s Float
American Legion
Firemen’s Corps
W. A. Baker
Lucas D. Phillips
Leesburg
Dr. Koontz
Cumberland
Roy C. Fuller
Frederick
Ab Schewel
Municipal League of Virginia
Lynchburg
C. K. Moffett
the Plains
Curry Carter
Staunton
H. Morrison, Jr
Woodstock
Frank Forsyth
Preston Sartelle
Capon
Hitler
Special Attention
THE
Evening Star
Sir John Simon
Real
England
Simon
James P. Reardon, Jr
Boyce
Box
Ewes Ste Egy
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