Parade Draws 125000 at Apple Blossom Festival
The 22nd annual Apple Blossom Festival feature parade drew an estimated 125000 people and ran 135 minutes with smooth flow. Police praised crowd order while Bob Hope rode as the main attraction amid colorful floats and guards kept the route open. Winners announced included VPI Mary met Randolph Academy Boyce Post and other groups with prize money ranging from 100 to 200 dollars.
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Thomas Boyd
James Alexander Jr
Hope
Bob Hope
Fairmont
Alexander
National Guard
Wash St
Dean
Hovdiey Boulev
St. Hope
VPI
Mary
College
Kates
Randolph Academy
Boyce Post
Keyser and Fish Military Academy
Gary
W.va
Washington Lee High School
Arling
Montgomery-Blair School
Silver Springs
Warwick High
Mor
John Marshall
And
Kelly Eld Legion
Fayette City
Golden Trojans
VFW
Frank Hammon
Huntingdon
Division Assn
Baltimore Westminister
Economy Drive By GOP Resisted
Washington reports the administration fought back against a Republican bid to trim five percent from operating funds. Senators Ferguson and others urged cuts to Labor and Federal Security totals, while Democrats blocked the move and debate shifted to Treasury Post Office funding.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Myers
Pennsylvania
Federal
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Department
Treasury Post Office
Appropriations Committee
Lee Truman
McKellar
D-Tenn
Hayden
D-Ariz
Russell
D-Ga
White House
Trump
Nevada
O’mahoney
Wyoming
Chavez
New Mexico
Maybank
South Carolina
Hill
Alabama
Kilgore
West Virginia
Robertson
Virginia
Bridges
New Hampshire
Wherry
Nebraska
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
Washington Land Purchases In Frederick County 1750
Local History records show George Washington at age 20 buying and leasing 1161 acres in Frederick County. Key deeds include a 1750 Northern Neck grant for ? acres near Worthington Marsh and a 1750 sale of 456 acres in King George County’s Bullskin area for 112 pounds. Washington’s early land transactions list 252 acres on Bullskin Fork granted by Lord Fairfax and later entries.
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Frederick Court
George Washington
Frederick County
Worthington Marsh
Win
Washington
James McCrack
King George
S. Branch
Bullskin
David Fith
Andrew Hampton
Amin Borden
Griffith
Memn
George Johnston
Johnston
George John
Lord Fairfax
Barkley hails Winchester pageant at Handley School
Vice-President Alben W. Barkley praised the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival pageant at Handley School. He called the event colorful and fitting the festival theme. He thanked Winchester residents for their cooperation and noted the visit ended with a stop at Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr.'s home before returning to Washington.
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Alben W. Barkley
Margret Thors
Handley School
Winchester
Barkley
Washington
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Tennyson
Winchester Seed CO
e.C.d
South End Fire CO
Bob Hope Receives Knight Credentials at Shenandoah Festival
Bob Hope is knighted by Miss Margaret Thors, Queen Shenandoah XXII, amid Handley Bowl festival pageant finale. A large crowd watches as Mayor M. B. Clowe Jr., State Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., and others applaud the doubtful reenactment scene.
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Bob Hope
Margaret Thors
Handley Bowl
M. B. Clowe Jr
Shenandoah
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Elizabeth S. Arthur
Mr. Hope
Peters Studio
Hope Thaws Out as Winchester Receives City Keys
Bob Hope accepted the keys to Winchester from Mayor M. B. Clowe during Handley school’s second pageant showing. Queen Margret Thors and dignitaries attended as the program celebrated spring through a multi-part pageant titled Forerunners A Pageant of Springtime featuring students, music, and dancing.
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Handley School
Bob Hope
Winchester
M. B. Clowe
Bing Crosby
Hope
Margret Thors
Elizabeth Steck Arthur
Jean Robinson
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Raymond Guest
Clowe
Thors
Iceland
Constitution Hall
Washington
Harry
Truman
Margaret
Garland R. Quarles
Handley
Quarles
Aurora
Reader
Fete Televised Apple Blossom Parade Impresses Locals
WMAL-TV carried the Apple Blossom Festival parade live yesterday with clear pictures on local sets. Councilman Percy D. Miller watched from his home as two telecast feats set records for a 55 mile relay and a 70 mile span of microwaved transmission to WMAL and WMAR receivers in Washington and Baltimore.
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Wmal-Tv
Percy D. Miller
Handley Boulevard
American University
Washington
Baltimore
WMAR
Battle Dies Prominent Civic Leader at 80
George Gordon Battle age 80 a nationally prominent figure in civic and religious affairs died last night in Fredericksburg Virginia after a long career in public service and church work.
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New York
George Gordon Battle
Fredericksburg
Bob Hope Praises Winchester Crowd During Parade
Bob Hope marveled at the Winchester crowd and joked about the size of the throng as the parade moved along Cork and Braddock Streets. Queen Margret Thors earned praise for her cooperation, with talk of a potential screen test, and Miss Thors thanked Winchester for its courtesies while planning a Reykjavik visit. Hope departed with lilacs apples a key to the city and souvenir issues of the Winchester Evening Star.
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Bob Hope
Winchester
Cork and Braddock Sts
Queen Margret Thors
Miss Thors
Providence
Rhode Island
Handley School
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Crowds Largely Calm
The 22nd Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival drew large crowds with minimal incidents. City police reported 36 arrests mainly for disorderly conduct and drunken driving, nine accident cases at Winchester Hospital, and praise for officials led by Director General Tom Baldridge for a well run two day event.
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Winchester
Cam- St
Winchester Hospital
Rhodié Tarman
Marshall
Elizabeth Applegate
Woodstock
Dorothy E. Hayes
Whittier Ave
Clarence
Martinsburg
Cameron
Jack Corbin
Valley Ave
H. Delmer Robinson
Robinson
Tom Baldridge
Shenandohh XXII
Fireworks Display Draws Record Crowd in Winchester
Firemen parade spectators gathered at Handley Bowl for a fireworks finale described as the largest ever staged in Winchester. Aerial pieces and elaborate set pieces including tulips windmill and an American flag impressed the crowd despite a late start. Some attendees lighted paper bonfires on campus after the show.
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Handley Bowl
Handley
Winchester
Burned Float Rebuilt in Two Hours for Parade Victory
The Co L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co float burned on Cameron Street less than two hours before the grand feature parade. Firefighters saved the frame and the Recher Float Builders restored the float in one hour, earning second place in the artistic commercial division with the King Apple themed display led by Glenn LaVecchia and featuring Junella Shade and others.
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Co. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co
Cameron St
Glenn LaVecchia
Junella Shade
Martha
Susan Robinson
Delmar Robinson
William Butler
Geetchen Armstrong
Diane Hunt
S Pratt
Carolyn Staney
Frost Nips Buds Ahead of Festival Day
The frost damaged apple buds in low spots of J. Kenneth Robinson and Jefferson orchards west of Winchester and north of Berryville as temperatures plunged to 24 degrees. Dr. A B Groves of Winchester Research Laboratory saw limited impact with live buds remaining, while heaters were used in a 200 acre block to protect trees.
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J. Kenneth Robinson
Winchester
Jefferson
Berryville
Robinson
A. B. Groves
Winchester Research Laboratory
Dr. Groves
Fred Glaize Jr
Roy R. Boyce
Stony Ridge
Moore
Dorsey
Clarke County
Boyce
A. Kenneth Robinson
Moscow radio accuses West of mad plans for world domination
The Moscow radio broadcast charged the United States and Britain with mad plans for world domination after New York talks on Berlin. Pravda cited as saying monopolists and Wall Street and London fin moneymen seek control postwar but will fail as peace moves grow. A Moscow AP dispatch noted cautious views on Berlin blockade lifting and resumed talks. President Truman’s belief in Soviet good faith drew a favorable reception in Russia.ANNOUNCING The opening of Southern Serap Co. Penn. R. R. yards Winchester. Phone 8273.
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London
Moscow
New York
Berlin
United States
Britain
Pravda
Communist Party
Wall Street
Germany
Japan
Movement For Peace
Soviet Union
U.S
Associated Press
Eddy Gilmore
Council of Foreign Ministers
Truman
Russia
Southern Serap Co
Penn
R. R. Yards Winchester
Lewis Consents To Separate Pact In Southern Field
John J. Lewis agreed to bargain separately with Southern coal producers. Moody of the Coal Producers Assn urged talks begin June 6 at Bluefield West Virginia as the June 30 contract expiry nears. Federal injunction actions and union welfare fund demands frame the negotiations.
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Lewis
Washington
John J. Lewis
Southern
Eee
Weorkers
Letter
E. Moody
Pontere Coal Producers Assn
Bluefield
W. Va
Moody
Taft-Hartley Ct
Reducers Assn
UWM
Union Welfare Fund
Ford Strike Order Withheld Amid Speed-up Probe
An inquiry into Local 600 on speed-up halted final assembly line at Ford idling 1500 workers. About 275 trim and cushion line workers quit as the union committee arrived to investigate. The UAW board has sanctioned a strike for May 6 involving 5000 Lincoln- line personnel.
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USS Saesegee Senvestigating Committee
Serelives
Eage
UAW
Prillaman Switches to Miller Ticket for Lieutenant Governor
Martinsville mayor Nick Prillaman withdraws from the governor race to run as lieutenant governor on the Francis Pickens Miller ticket. He says the move best improves chances of winning the high state post.
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Martinsville
Nick Prillaman
Francis Pickens Miller
Prillaman
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