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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1939
Page
9
Boy Scouts from Winchester and surrounding area will assist at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival with safety, traffic control, first aid, and parade support Friday and Saturday. A delegation of 45 boys from Keyser, West Virginia joins local troops, coordinating with Dan Henry and George Jones.
The Blossom Festival features a two day aerial program with civil and military craft. Pilots from across the state and beyond will fly in, with planes ranging from Cubs to Stinsons. Events begin at 10 a.m. Friday with a parade queen event and wind up with illuminated night shows, stunting, parachute jumps, and fireworks.
French ambassador Robert Jondre returns to Berlin from a gap since March 18 when he left to report on affairs in the protectorate. The April 26 arrival resumes official duties amid ongoing diplomatic duties with Germany.
Livestock market notes prices by grade for cattle veal lambs and pigs with top bids and per hundredweight figures. Fat cows springers pigs feeder stocker and bullock categories show wide price ranges and per cwt quotes across multiple grades.
Shenandoah Valley, Inc. announces a new edition of Shenandoah Valley guides for 1939 40 to be issued July 1. The expanded edition will be about twice the size with county reorganized content and a large middle map showing historic shrines and attractions. It will highlight educational facilities and include detailed recreational and lodging information including hotels inns and parks. A separate general distribution folder of main attractions will accompany the guides.
Embittered farmers and laborers march about seven miles along Pennsylvania’s dream highway causing work crew disruptions. About 100 pickets confront a closed shop AFL union contract demanding waivers of a $15 initiation fee while storm activity targets union headquarters in Somerset.
Berlin April 26 The speech replying to President Roosevelt will be shorter than usual. Hitler orders all workers and school children to listen to the Reichstag proceedings, aiming to reach a broad audience.
Rep. Martin of Massachusetts said he would urge the House to require WPA officials to publish all salaries paid to administrative employees exceeding 1200 dollars a year.
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