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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1936
Page
10
Experts place peak apple blossoms in the Shenandoah Valley for April 30 and May 7 with the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival to be held in Winchester on those dates. Washington notes a cherry festival miss prompted Virginians to plan carefully for their annual pageantry and visitors.
Chicago showroom display at the Merchandise Mart features a fan with pliable rubber blades designed to prevent finger injuries. The design eliminates the need for a guard, showcasing a new approach to safer electric cooling.
18 year old Hilda Utter was seized while closing a chicken coop and held in an abandoned house near Hamilton Virginia. She was bound with twine and a mattress covered her as two Washington reporters located her Sunday. The sheriff said the attack may stem from a grudge against her father.
The Apple Blossom Festival pageant recounts a long line of coronations by governors and notable officials. Senator Townsend will attend at Rosemont near Berryville and crown the 1930s era queen in a continuing ceremony sequence.
Norman R. Hamilton publisher of the Portsmouth Star says he will oppose Colgate W. Darden of Norfolk for Congress in the second district. Petitions for Hamilton and Darden have circulated for several weeks.
The Walter L. Main Circus rolls into Winchester for an afternoon and night show on Thursday April 30 with Chief of Main's Circus Clowns staging a grand comedy. Harry LaPearl leads a troupe of performers promising a marathon of laughter with new stunts debuting in the sawdust rings and the hippodrome. The show includes a satire on the Joe Louis Max Schmeling fight and a Riding Mechanic act by the St Leon Family riders.
Fire swept the auditorium of St. Charles High School in Virginia causing about 20 000 dollars in damage. The blaze found at 5 a m was discovered by resident Stan Reins. Investigators suggest possible arson though no furnace fire or faulty electricals were found. Stage fixtures seats books and athletic equipment were destroyed.
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