State Flag Carried by Pioneer Drum Corps at Blossom Festival
Sheriff John Heinz of Allegheny County arranged procurement of the Pennsylvania state flag to be carried by the Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival parade in Pittsburgh. Director-General Tom Baldridge received confirmation that the state has authorized the corps as the state’s representative, with flags from Pittsburgh and Allegheny County also to be carried.
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John Heinz
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Pioneer
Tom Baldridge
Thomas Coll
Pioneer Hose Company
Governor's Office
Department of Military Affairs
Adjutant General
Pitts Burgh
Heinz
Harris- Burg
Coll
Flag standards across levels align with national colors
A discussion notes how flag use and display follow rules from local borough to national standards, ensuring consistency with the national colors across government and civic spaces.
Prisoner killed while attempting escape in Virginia camp
A guard shot and killed 23 year old Bradley Butler of Lee County Virginia as he attempted to escape from a state prison camp near Great Falls on the Potomac river. M L Royster in charge said Butler broke for freedom while marched with 63 other prisoners to a rock quarry. Butler was serving 13 years for robbery.
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Washington
Bradley Butler
Lee County
Great Falls
Potomac River
M. L. Royster
Butler
Aillén Goodwin
Roosevelt to sail Philadelphia with guests from Charleston
President Roosevelt will be accompanied by several guests on the new cruiser Philadelphia starting from Charleston Saturday morning. The White House said their names would likely be made public later today. Officials called the trip fairly definite and said the president would board the ship upon arrival in Charleston after an overnight train trip from Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Charleston
D. C
White House
Ford Brotherhood plan for $1500 wage draws UAW opposition
Detroit April 26 The Ford Brotherhood of America proposed a 1500 dollar minimum annual wage for Ford workers. The UAW assistant president Richard T. Frankensteen called the idea unacceptable. Ford's Harry H. Bennett reacted to the proposal with little enthusiasm.
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Detroit
Ford Brotherhood of America
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers of America
Richard T. Frankensteen
UAW
CIO
Harry H. Bennett
Ford Company
Navy bill faces opposition amid naval expansion debate
Senators Norris and Nye voiced doubts about rapid battleship construction and arms shipments as debate over Roosevelts naval expansion continues. Nye suggested a canvass on relaxing the neutrality act for Spain arms and Pittman forecast quick Senate approval of a foreign propaganda registration measure.
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Roosevelt
Norris
Senate
Nye
Spain
United States
Barcelona
Pittman
D-Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U S Water Projects Seek Big Funding Increase
Representative Driver of Arkansas urged immediate upward revisions in water project appropriations. He asked for 200 million dollars for the next fiscal year and 200 million annually for five years, to provide a billion dollars for authorized projects and a national flood control program being drafted by the House committee.
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Washington
Representative Driver
D-Ark
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Congress
House
Demands Earle Show His Checks in Senate Race
Waynesburg Pa April 26 Governor George H Earle faced a demand from his opponent for the Democratic nomination for U S Senator that he turn over canceled checks and private accounts to state motor police The proposal was made by Mayor S Davis Wilson of Philadelphia and Senator Joseph F Guffey slate
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Waynesburg
George H. Earle
U.S
Earle
S. Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
CIO
Joseph F. Guffey
Noted Catholic Educator Edward Pace Dies at 76
The Rt. Rev. Edward A. Pace longtime Catholic University of America educator dies in Washington after a long illness. He served as vice rector emeritus and held the philosophy chair for many years.
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Washington
Edward A. Pace
Catholic University of America
Sixteen Die as New Turkish Quakes Hit Kirshehr District
ANKARA April 26 Sixteen persons were killed today as a new series of earthquakes rocked the Kirshehr district about 60 miles southeast of Ankara. The area was among the hardest hit in last week’s temblors, with dead and missing estimated at 800.
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Ankara
Turkey
Kirshehr
Here
Train derailment injures three near Millville
Three men from Elkins Park were injured when three cars of a Camden Wildwood passenger and freight train derailed at Manumskin five miles south of Millville. All injured passengers were taken to Millville Hospital.
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Millville
N. J
Elkins Park
Station COPS Calling in Baltimore Nightclub Mix Up
Patrons were startled when a club microphone announced a police alert for a drunk near North and Greenmount. Investigators found the club’s PA system picked up broadcasts from a nearby police radio station.
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Baltimore
North
Greenmount
Dlub
Wedding Invitations At Star Job Print
Invitation notices record a wedding event with details produced by Star Job Print. The card announces nuptials and asks recipients to save the date while noting the couple and venue details mentioned in readable text.
Lamont says no obligation to report Whitney misuse
WASHIN MIRGTORN 1 26 ao ahaon 8 ES P Morgan & co told the Securities Commission today he felt no obligation to report Richard Whitney's misuse of customers securities to the New York Stock Exchange or to public authorities. Lamont testified at the examination of the failure of Richard Whitney and Company, saying he moved as his heart dictated after loaning 1 082 000 to George Whitney. He maintained he did his duty and did not denounce his brother or go to authorities, even when pressed by commissioner Gesell.
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Washin Mirgtorn
Ao Ahaon
P. Morgan & Co
Securitis Commission
Richard Whitney
New York
Lamont
Copnauestion
Richard Whitney and Company
George Whitney
Stock Exchange
Gerhard A. Gesell
Commission
Gesell
George
Official Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Programs On Sale
Official programs for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival went on sale this afternoon at multiple Winchester locations including the Young Men's Shop Hotel Jack Coffee Shop Southern Inn H C Sheetz and Son Rhodes Drug Store and the Festival Headquarters in the George Washington Hotel.
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Winchester
Young Men’s Shop
Hotel Jack
Southern Inn
H. C. Sheetz and Son
Rhodes Drug Store
George Washington Hotel
Governor to Attend Shenandoah Apple Festival Fete
Governor Price will attend the Shenandoah Apple Festival as invited by the Executive Committee. The event, designated Governor's Day, will be held Friday in celebration of the festival's activities.
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Governor Price
Flying Boat Crew Survives Shark Attack After Forced Landing
Three Pan American flying boat crew members escaped a shark attack after a forced sea landing off Jamaica. While twelve passengers and one crew member were rescued by the steamer Cavina, the commander and two others fled into a collapsible boat that failed, forcing them onto a rubber raft until rescue by the tug Killerig.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Cavina
Killerig
Germany to skip World Fair next year in New York
German Ambassador Hank Dieckhoff told Under Secretary Welles that Germany will not participate in the World Fair in New York next year. The briefing occurred in Washington as officials discussed international exhibition plans.
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Washington
Hank Dieckhoff
Welles
Germany
New York
Indicted former bank cashier in Westminster case
Baltimore April 26 a federal grand jury indicted Denton Gehr 58 former cashier of the First National Bank of Westminster on charges of violating the national bank act by embezzling 12017 over several years.
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Baltimore
Federal Grand Jury
Denton Gehr
First National Bank of Westminster
National Bank Act
Record Attendance At Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
H. W. Cook from Fort Wayne Indiana attended his 15th consecutive Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival today. Cook is identified with a large cooperage company in Fort Wayne.
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Shenandoah
H. W. Cook
Mr. Cook
Fort Wayne
Ind
Acquittal for Father and Aviator in Bahamas Kidnap Plot
In Nassau on April 26 a directed verdict acquitted Forester Scott from Philadelphia and aviator Stanley Boynton of charges they tried on March 16 to seize Scott's two daughters Eve and Zoe and fly with them to the United States. The children were brought to Nassau by Scott's former wife, now Mrs. Harry Clark Boden.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Forester Scott
Philadelphia
Stanley Boynton
Scott
Eve
Zoe
United States
Harry Clark Boden
Notice of Responsibility for Bills
A short public notice states that the signer Ritter Jenkins will not be responsible for any bills other than those personally incurred by them. Dated April 25, 2021.
Handley High to Present Spring Pageant Tomorrow at 1
One thousand students and faculty rehearse at Handley High School tomorrow at 1 pm for the pageant Springtime Prings of Yesterday. The program, by Garland R. Quarles, highlights Frederick county history as part of the Apple Blossom Festival events over Thursday and Friday. News crews from eastern papers and newsreel photographers will cover the fete, with full text to be published in The Star. The pageant repeats Friday at 10 30 am.
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Handley High School
Ay Bon Rs
Garland R. Quarles _ gant
Ee Yd Bart
Frederick County
Star
Raising of Flag Ends in Ten Deaths in India
In Bombay on April 26 ten people were killed when Mysore police fired on a crowd insisting on hoisting the Indian Congress flag at meetings in Biduraswathan and Kolar. Many were wounded. exact numbers unspecified. A magisterial ban on flag hoisting was in place.
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Bombay
India
Mysore
Indian Congress
Biduraswathan
Kolar
Tony
Grass Fire Near Rouss Spring Extinguished by Firemen
Firemen were called this morning to a field near Rouss Spring to battle a grass fire that had gotten beyond the control of a man burning rubbish. The blaze was not on the springs property.
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Rouss Spring
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Hanover
American Legion
Pioneer Co
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Board of County Commissioners
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Commonwealth
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T Eea
Oxfords
Brown & Sizes
THE
Western Union Telegraph Office
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U. S
C.O.P.S
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Zog
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Tirana
Thomas W. Lamont
Securities Commission
Whitney
James A. Price
Flying Boat
Will
Mrs. Barr
W. B. Snider & Son
Kelvinator Refrigerator
Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Commercial Small Loan & Finance CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
E. E. Varkeuek
V. Say
Ikea Sh Telephone
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