Annual League Meeting Draws Large Crowd in Virginia
Frederick County leaders preside as officers begin second year of two year terms. Shenandoah District includes Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, Page, Rockingham and Rappahannock counties. Highlights cover consolidation with National Congress of Parent Teacher Associations and aims for 100 senior leagues and 140 junior leagues.
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Cooperative Ed Seana Davocla
Ucationation
Stephens City
Washington
County
Shenandoah
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Page
Rockingham
Rappahannock
William T. Sanger
Virginia Journal of Education
National Congress of Parent Teachers’ Associations
B. L. Hummel
Blacksburg
B. Duvall Chambers
Millwood
R. T. Long
Updike
D. D. Miller
A. P. Starling
Winchester
Robert B. Nelson
Objectives
R. B. Nelson
R. H. Gardiner
Leslie Fox
Front Royal
Lewis Turner
City Cleaning Drive Spruces Up East Cork Street
Fifteen city employees with brooms swept East Cork street yesterday giving it a fresh look. City trucks hauled rubbish all week and the Mayor and City Manager praised the cooperative effort as the city prepares for the festival.
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East Cork
Fresh Vegetables Arrive Daily at Pure Food Store
Fresh vegetables arriving daily at Pure Food Store, offering a rotating selection. Shoppers can expect a variety of produce suitable for daily meals and seasonal dishes.
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Ap Lt Pure Food Store
Boxing program for Legion benefit at City Hall Auditorium
Boxing matches at the Apple Blossom Festival preview the Legion benefit card with local fighters such as Handsome Phil Colvin and Bruce Sheard facing Starretson and Bill Homer. Out of town pros headline three main bouts as ticket sales start May 1 with varied seating prices and dignitaries from the Shenandoah Boxboard Company and O Sullivan Rubber Company aiding arrangements.
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City Hall
American Legion
Legion
Phil
Phil Colvin
Shenandoah Boxboard Company
Starretson
O’sullivan Rubber Company
Colvin
O'Sullivan Company Athletic Club
O’sullivan
Bruce Sheard
Bill Homer
Charles Armel
Buddy Fletcher
Front Royal
Winchester
Walker
Sandy” Baker
Snag
Sargent
Toots” Taylor
Dave” Reardon
Legion Post
School Display For Tomorrow in Kernstown County
Miss Annie Preston Starling, rural elementary supervisor, and assistants arrange exhibits for the county school fair to be inspected tomorrow afternoon. Kernstown teachers add a miniature model home at the County Court Haus, showcasing health and beauty ideas from pupil projects.
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Annie Preston Starling
Kernstown
Improvements To Grant Property On South Stewart Street
Extensive interior and exterior work is underway at the late Scott Grant property on South Stewart Street now owned by Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company. Mrs. Frank L. Buckley has leased the property again for a term of months.
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Scott Grant
South Stewart Street
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Frank L. Buckley
Mrs De Vonde Beauty Nook Advertising
Beauty service advertisement for Mrs De Vonde offering permanent waving and hair tinting at Beauty Nook 129 S Loudoun St with phone 1312. Uses slogan By Reputation The Best and includes two duplicated lines of service. Dated 4 18.1p tf.
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Mrs. de Vonde
Beauty Nook
S. Loudoun St
Tucson Kidnapping Hunt Ends In Negotiated Ransom Cut
A Tucson manhunt for six year old June Robles was suspended to allow her father Fernando Robles and uncle to negotiate with abductors. The note offered to lower ransom to 10 000 if action was quick while a crowd at the Pima county courthouse muttered of lynch. Officers and volunteers had surrounded the area amid the dramatic pursuit.
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Associated Press
Tuscon
Ariz
Pima County
June Robles
Man Hunt
Arizona
Fernando Robles
June
Colby A. Farrar
Robles
Farrar
Tucson
John Dillinger
Bernabe Robles
Colby
Festival Programs On Sale Through Boy Scout Troops
The Apple Blossom Festival program is on sale via downtown Boy Scout troops. Scout executive Frank R. Horton announced copies can be mailed to friends in advance, with programs priced at 10 cents. About 9,000 copies are being placed with nine Scout troops for sale.
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Boy Scouts
Frank R. Horton
Auction Sale of Mrs Violet Household furniture
Entire household and kitchen furniture of late Mrs J B Violet to be sold Saturday April 28 at 10 am at 402 S Braddock Street. Antiques offered. Conducted by Mrs Arthur Anderson.
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J. B. Violet
S. Braddock Street
Arthur Anderson
South End Hose Co sets April 30 meeting for parade details
Important May meeting to arrange last minute festival parade details. Capt. Gough asks every member to be on hand. Secretary notes the date as April 27, 1921.
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Gough
Sale notice for Zirkle property at Market and James
Public sale of the Front Court House area property known as Zirkle on Market and James Streets at noon on Saturday April 28. Real bargain offered. J. P. Reardon, Trustee.
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Front Court House
Zirkle Property
Market
James Streets
J. P. Reardon
Dillinger as a Boy on Indiana Farm Revealed
A historical photo shows John Dillinger at age ten on his father’s farm near Indianapolis. The image highlights the future outlaw’s slitted lips and determined jaw, traits familiar from police circulars and widely recognized in crime lore.
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America
John Dillinger
Indiana
Indianapolis
Dillinger
Geneva Arm Parley Faces Slim Progress Prospects
Washington April 27 The Geneva disarmament talks show slim prospects for progress as lawmakers focus on domestic matters. Administration officials seek Senate approval of a reciprocal tariff bill to improve foreign markets despite Republican opposition.
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Washington
Geneva
Congress
Senate Committee
Conference on German Foreign Debts Opens in Berlin
Berlin April 27 open conference on the transfer of Germanys foreign debts began this afternoon amid uncertainty. Germans were warned by Great Britain at the last minute against moratorium plans for the Dawes and Young loans. Negotiations were conducted with secrecy and a chairman would be chosen at todays meeting.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Dillinger Aide Believed Near Range of Posse
In Wisconsin near Fifield a man thought to be George Baby Face Nelson faced a pursuing posse in the woods. Authorities also report Evelyn Frechette possessing keys to the Hollywood police station and detective bureau doors.
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Dillinger
POSSE
Nelson
Wisconsin Woods
Hollywood
Calif
Evelyn Freschette
Associated Press
Fifield
Wisc
George
Baby Face
Los Angeles
Cal
Evleyn Frechette
John Dillinger
the Times
Department of Justice
Detective Bureau
Joseph Dunn
Mr. Brown Buys Richards Property
Harold G. Brown cashier at Shenandoah Valley National Bank bought the Boyd Richards property on South Washington Street. Brown and his family had been living there and the purchase price was not disclosed.
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Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Boyd Richards
South Washington Street
Scout leaders discuss Shenandoah Area Council plans
Mr. W. N. Dunn of Martinsburg West Virginia president of the Shenandoah Area Council BSA met yesterday at the Scout office with Mr. J. S. Scully chairman of the Winchester administrative center to discuss administration and activities.
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W. N. Dunn
Martinsburg
W. Va
Shenandoah Area Council
J. S. Scully
Winchester
Lindbergh ransom money rumor denied by Justice Dept
Justice Department officials dismissed reports that a large portion of the $50,000 Lindbergh ransom money had been found in New England. J Edgar Hoover called the claims untrue. Boston papers had claimed money was linked to the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston and that agents were active in Vermont.
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Justice Department
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department Division of Investigation
Boston
Lindleigh
New England
Vermont
Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
John FP
Jassie’ Condon
Bronx
William W. Paddock
Rutland
Department of Justice
Clarence JD. McKean
Bureau of Investigation For
Hower
Cummings
Ex Queen Helen Ames Washington to Attend Apple Blossom Festival
Miss Helen Ames Washington, former Queen Shenandoah IX in 1932, is listed among guests at the Eleventh Apple Blossom Festival next Thursday and Friday. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Lafayette Washington of Overbrook Philadelphia and a collateral descendant of George Washington.
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Helen Ames Washington
Shenando& IX
George Washington
Miss Washington
George Lafayette Washington
Overbrook
Philadelphia
Winchester
Carpenter Convicted of Forgery in Corporation Court
Carpenter was found guilty by a jury on two indictments for uttering forged checks each bearing the name Clifford D Grim and valued at 11 65. He received six months in jail on each count after deliberating from 3:30 to 5:30.
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Joe Carpentr
Corporation Court
Carpenter
Clifford D. Grim
Two R F D Post Routes Will Be Merged May 1
Rural free delivery routes Nos. 2 and 3 out of the Winchester post office will be consolidated into one route served by Leslie E. Fries. The move follows an order from the second assistant post master general and retires James O Ritter. Patrons between Hartman’s blacksmith shop and Nain post office must move mail boxes to the opposite side of the highway by May first to enable prompt delivery.
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Winchester
Leslie E. Fries
W. Nelson Page
Post Office Department
James O. Ritter
Hartman
Blacksmith Shop
Nain Post Office
Fries
Hartman’s
Nain
Minor Motor Accident at Berry's Ferry
A minor motor accident is reported on the Shenandoah River bridge at Berry's Ferry. Doy D. Dodd of Langley Field Illinois skidded his car onto the bridge railing causing about 25 dollars damage with no personal injuries.
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Shenandoah River
Berry’s Ferry
Doy D. Dodd
Langley Field
Retail Grocers Enter Float For Apple Blossom Parade
The Retail Grocers Association starts building a non commercial artistic float for the Apple Blossom Festival parade. It marks the first year the association enters a float and contributes the largest festival donation. The float will display Progress and Service and honor the merchants. Committee members are Hoye L. Riley Lloyd Carper and John Miller.
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Retail Grocers Association
Hoye L. Riley
Lloyd Carper
John Miller
Winchester
Special Services For Students And Industry Workers
Handley High School graduates who attend Brad dock Street Methodist Church will join regular Sunday services at 11 a.m. on April 29. Teachers invited. Rev. Dr. Hubert Sydenstricker will preach on The Purpose of Education. An 8 p.m. evening service targets workers with The Refuge of the Workman. The church open May 3 4 as a rest refuge during the Apple Blossoms Festival.
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Handley High School
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Hubert Sydenstricker
Weat and White Metal Staging a Mild Recovery
New York trading showed a cautious rally in commodities with wheat recouping a cent a bushel and silver up about a half cent an ounce. Copper rose a half cent to 43 cents, cotton followed wheat, and rubber gained on reports a world output agreement nears. International dollar rates moved little, bonds were uneven, and the pound opened at 5.1356 in London. Call money held at 1 percent as equities saw virtually no public activity and ticker quotes remained halting.
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Associated Press
New York
London
Mayor Wooding to celebrate 90th birthday after 42 years in office
Danville reports Captain Harry Wooding mayor for forty two consecutive years will turn ninety tomorrow. He will perform official duties, receive visitors, and hold a family dinner at his home. He walks a mile to his office daily and reads the Bible an hour before starting work.
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Danville
Harry Wooding
Wooding
Bishop Cannon Trial Trails in Campaign Finance Case
A jury weighs if Bishop James Cannon Jr and Ada Burroughs conspired to evade full reporting of 1928 anti Smith campaign funds. Defense says Cannon complied with the law and Burroughs had no knowledge of Jameson money.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Ada L. Burroughs
Southern Methodist
Heeler
Alfred E. Smith
Robert H. McNeill
Leslie C. Garnett
United States
Peyton Gordon
Cannon
Garnett
Bishop Cannon
McNeill
Miss Burroughs
Edwin C. Jameson
New York
Virginia
Bishop Cannorm
Jameson
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Hartman’s and Nain
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