Belgi an Ambassador Paul May Dies After Illness
Belgi an Ambassador to the United States Paul May died in Emergency Hospital Washington after gallstone surgery and heat intensified illness. He and Mrs May had visited Winchester during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in 1933 where their daughter Francoise May was queen.
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Winchester
Paul May
United States
Washington
May
W. Nelson Page
P. W. Boyd
Ambassador
Hot Springs
Hull
Cordell Hull
Mme May
Belgium
Brussels
Japan
China
England
Turkey
Mexico
Sweden
Finland
Brazil
Oxford
University of Brussels
Adolphe May
Raphael Georges Levy
Huey Long Faction Faces Protest Over National Guard Use
New Orleans officials say Louisiana National Guardsmen were misused by Governor Allen and Senator Huey P. Long. Martial law was proclaimed as guards seized the city registrar’s office to control voter registration records ahead of the September congressional primary.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
War Department
United States Attorney, General
Louisiana National Guardsmen
O. K. Allen
Huey P. Long
Lone
National Guard
T. Semmes Walmsley
Mayor Walmsley
Senator Long
Troopers Crash After Ignoring Signal During Strike Riot
A national guard squad car running through a traffic signal struck a small sedan near Minneapolis. Carl Wallin, driver of the sedan, was killed. Four others were injured including three troopers and Wallin's unidentified companion with possible skull fracture and internal injuries. Governor Olson later linked the strike to military rule in the city.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
National Guard
Carl Wallin
Floyd B. Olson
Career of May as Diplomat Traced Through Posts
The article outlines the diplomat May with posts as attache to the Belgian Legation in Washington, ambassadorial tenure in Mexico, special mission to London at WWI start, aid to Belgian refugees in England, minister to China in 1917, then minister to Sweden and Finland in 1920, and ambassador to Brazil in 1925.
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United States
Washington
Foreign Service
America
Mexico
London
England
China
Maron de Carteir de Marchienne
May
Sweden
Finland
Stockholm
Brazil
Great Britain Seals Davis Cup Win as Perry Triumphs
Great Britain clinched the Davis Cup with Fred Perry defeating Frank X. Shields in a lengthy 6-4 4-6 6-2 15-13 match. The victory gives Britain a 3-1 lead in the five match series, with one dead rubber remaining.
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Great Britain
Perry
Wimbledon
Eng
Fred Perry
Frank X. Shields
Death of Virginia Senator Ferguson Shocks State Leaders
State Senator Samuel Lewis Ferguson longtime Democratic leader in Virginia dies suddenly in his Appomattox office at 2 30 pm at age 65 cause angina pectoris He was in his office alone and died before aid arrived Funeral services and burial will be held in Appomattox Tributes come from Lt Gov James Price US Senator Harry F Byrd and Senator Henry Wickham highlighting Ferguson long service and moral leadership in state affairs
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Appomattox Courthouse
Samuel Lewis Ferguson
Virginia
Ferguson
Senate
General Assembly
James H. Price
W. A. Garrett
Ridgeway
Saxon Holt
Newport News
J. Belmont Woodson
Nelson County
Charles E. Burks
Lynchburg
William Tuck
Halifax
Peter Saunders
The
Commonwealth
E. R. Combs
O. Victor Hanger
John Jeter
Price
Senator Ferguson
Byrd
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Hal D. Flood
Sam Ferguson
Henry T. Wickham
Hanover
Draws Fine In Police Court On Driving Charge
Charles Johnson of the Gore neighborhood was fined 100 dollars and costs and given 30 days in jail for drunken driving in Police Court. He drove a truck loaded with cross ties that crowded a car carrying R. E. Bayliss's mother and another woman on Amherst Street. Officers later found Johnson asleep under lumber at a local yard after bringing in five companions.
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Charles Johnson
Gore
Johnson
R. E. Bayliss
Amherst Street
Ladies' Silk Dresses On Sale At Clearance Prices
Local ad promotes silk dresses for ladies priced at 3.95 now cut to 1.98 with mention to see page 7 for the ad, credit to P. Klompus dated July 31.
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P. Klompus
Soft water used at Winchester Steam Laundry
Local notice lists the Winchester Steam Laundry using soft water and provides a phone contact 28 with a 3-26 date code. details are read from an OCR fragment.
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Winchester Steam
Spectograph Flight Ends in Stratosphere Crash
Captain Albert Stevens reported on the Explorer stratosphere ascent that failed to set a new altitude record. The balloon crashed near Holdrege Nebraska after a 300 mile drift, with most instruments destroyed except a spectrograph saved by a parachute.
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Associated Press
Washington
Albert Stevens
Army Air Corps
National Geographical Society
South Dakota
Nebraska
Stevens
Oscar Westover
Holdrege
Neb
U. S S. Army
Reuben Johnson
Here
William Kepner
Albert W. Stevens
Orvil Anderson
Millon
New Heights
University of Rochester
National Geographic Society
U.S. Army Air Corps
Russell Brothers Circus Brings Three Ring Show to Russell Fair
A large crowd at the Fair Grounds welcomed Russell Brothers three ring circus on its first east tour stop. Act highlights include the Flying Lavans and Riding Rooneys with the amusing man on the flying trapeze and Ted Rooney the riding clown. The program features acrobats, dancing horses, back ladder dive, rope skipping by Captain Catherine of Australia, veteran aerial contortionist Daddy Whitlark, and Madame Helga's educated elephants.
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Fair Grounds
Russell
Brothers
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Flying Lavans
Riding Rooneys
Ted Rooney
Athleta
Dainy
Frank Miller
Perz
Catherine
Austalia
Daddy Whitlark
LaVenia Sisters
Fondau and
Gladys
Bert Deare
Madame Helga
Winchester Set for radio and film exposure in coming months
Andrew Bell of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce reports two major inquiries. Paramount News wants moving pictures of the apple harvest and local packing plants. James Glover in New York seeks data and maps for the Civil War radio series Rose and Drums in Winchester. Bell plans to reply and promote the Shenandoah Valley.
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Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Benton
Washington
Paramount News
Benton
Bell
James Glover
West 10Th Street
New York
Glover
Shenandoah Valley
Miller's offers books and supplies in new exchange library
A short note invites readers to try a new exchange library with no time limit on books and to obtain medicine and ant traps at Miller's. The message ends with an internal catalog reference 7-31-1p-1t.
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Miller’s
Hats and bags clearance at Mary Yeakley shoppe
Mary Yeakley at 10 W Boscawen Street offers hats for 50 cents and 1.00, bags for 50 cents 69 cents and 1.00. Clara V Fultz Shoppe advertises clearance ending July 31.
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Yeakley
Boscawen Street
Clara V. Fultz
Rouss Fire Co. Calls Important Meeting
The Rouss Fire Company announces a very important call meeting for Tuesday evening July 31 at 8 o'clock. A member urged to be present. M. D. Weaver, President.
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Rouss Fire Co
Round Dance at Shady Rest Gore on Wednesday Night
Round dance event at Shady Rest in Gore scheduled for Wednesday night at eight o'clock with Red Bailey's Orchestra providing music. Dates listed include 7 31 and August 7 14 21 plus a one pound and forty one?
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Shady Rest
Gore
Red Bailey
Japan Considers Abrogating 1922 Naval Treaty
Tokyo July 31 Premier Keisuke Okada told foreign correspondents Japan does not expect the U S and Britain to match their naval builds. He said Japan is undecided whether to abrogate the Washington treaty of 1922 which fixed a 5 5 3 capital ship ratio. He voiced optimism for the 1935 naval conference.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
America
Great Britain
Keisuke Okada
United States
Britain
Seek Agreement With Russia To Deport Unwanted Aliens
The United States seeks an agreement with the Soviet government to deport unwanted aliens of Russian nationality. Discussions are in preliminary stages and the State Department awaits Soviet approval and a full report from Ambassador William C. Bullitt before plans for deportation machinery are made.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
William C. Bullitt
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Union
Bullitt
Quick Divorce Granted To Mrs C B Dall
Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall daughter of the President obtained a divorce from Curtis B Dall at a Nevada court in a brief hearing. Custody arrangements and property terms were settled by agreement. details not disclosed. The court rights were kept private behind closed doors per the judge's order.
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Associated Press
Minden
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Curtis B. Dall
New York
Portland
Ore
Roosevelt
Het
Samuel Platt
Rae
Nev
Clark J. Guild
Dall
Sistie
Buzzie
Platt
Dana
Nevada
Large Crowds At Special Revival In Grimes Church
The Galilee Church of Christ at Grimes hosts nightly revival meetings led by Evangelist Coffey. He speaks on topics including What Is the Gospel and captivates attendees. Services run at 8 pm with three services next Sunday including a 1 pm grounds dinner and 11 am 2 pm and 8 pm sermons with music led by Charles E. McVay.
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Galilee Church of Christ
Grimes
Coffey
Charles E. McVay
Public Sale Notice for 213 N Loudoun Street
Lat Aug 4 sale at 12 noon of a three story brick building at 213 N Loudoun used as store and club room. Terms 14 cash balance in 1 2 and 3 years. Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers. July 30 August 2 3 1p 41.
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N. Loudoun Street
Dunn and Duvall
Die for Germany Shouted by Holzwebber in Chancellor Crisis
Reported chaos surrounds the Chancellor after a serious incident. An associate of Plannet ta declares Die For Germany while authorities describe a trial and a related death within hours. Executions are tied to the new Kurt Schuszhnigg government with high treason convictions. The slayer expresses remorse.
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Germany
Holzwebber
Plannetta
Kurt Schuszhnigg
Vienna executes two Nazis for Dollfuss killing
Vienna reports the July 31 executions of Franz Plannetta and Otto Holzweber, condemned by a court martial for high treason and involvement in the Dollfuss assassination and failed putsch. Both men faced the gallows within three hours of sentencing as clemency pleas were denied.
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Vienna
Franz Holzwebber
Germany
Associated Press
Engelbert Dollfuss
Franz Plannetta
Dollfuss
Otto Holzweber
Federal
Plannetta
Holzweber
Austria
Yard Party at Kernstown Church Scheduled
Community event at Kernstown Methodist Church on Thursday with homemade ice cream coffee and country ham sandwiches hosted by local volunteers. Proceeds support church activities. Event code 7-31-lp-11.
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Kernstown
Thursda
Methodist
Several Leading Stock Issues Dip To New Low Ground
New York July 31 stocks were soft with several leading issues slipping to new yearly lows. Trading volume was low as markets stayed in a summertime lull with mixed bond prices and a firmer cotton opening. Profit taking in grains at Chicago lowered prices while drought forecasts persisted.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Chicago
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