Mrs Williams Again To Head P T A 200 Attend Parley
Approximately 200 delegates from Shenandoah District P T A attended the district meeting at Christ Episcopal Church. Mrs George A Williams was re elected for another term as chairman with a slate of officers announced. Speakers Dr J S DeJarnette and Dr Abner Robertson addressed mental health and P T A objectives. Committees named include Nominations Stewart Bell chairman and regional vice president Mrs Fultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Parent-Teacher Association
Christ Episcopal Church
George A. Williams
Harrisonburg
Nadidad
Stewart Bell Jr
Winchester
Williams
Robertson
Parent
Leslie D. Kline
R. E. Ayler
Stephens City High School
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Leslie Fox Keyser
Front Royal
Annie Preston Starling
Julian Steele
Stephens City
Ma Winchester Fashion Revue At Handley High School
Ma Winchester appears at a fashion revue at Handley High School Friday night to raise funds for underprivileged children. The event invites the public to attend for entertainment and a charitable cause.
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Handley High School
Parade Committee Chairs Named for Shenandoah Feature
Leonard Sirbaugh announced eleven committee chairmen for the Trail of The Pink Petals festival. W A Baker heads the Veterans division. others lead Bands Melvin Miller Judges R G Hengeveld Official guests Mayor C R Anderson Prices C A Hobart Queen and princess floats Ben Cather Official cars Fred Ritter Junior Division Bryan Stotler Artistic and commercial floats C F Schenck Foot marshal H S Barr Mounted marshals Herbert Miller. Fourteen official cars will be supplied by Shenandoah Motor Co including 10 Chevrolets two Cadillacs and two LaSalles. Prizes in the children's animal drawn division are 15 10 and 5 for first second and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Sirbaugh
W. A. Baker
Veterans’ Division
Melvin Miller
R. G. Hengeveld
C. R. Anderson
C. A. Hobart
Queen’s and Princesses
Ben Cather
Fred Ritter
Bryan Stotler
C. F. Schenck
H. S. Barr
Herbert Miller
Shenandoah Motor Company
Sirbaugh
Elks Plan Banquet to Open New Grill and Club Rooms
Winchester Lodge 867 BPOE members host a formal banquet tonight after a brief meeting to celebrate the opening of its new grill and club rooms. Exalted Ruler M D Mathews presides as past rulers gather. construction of an ornamental fountain is finished and a history of the building is in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lodge
Ralph Pifer
E. T. Snider
James Nevitt
The
Elks
Navy seeks urgent land for Annapolis radio station
Rear Admiral Ben Morrell told a House appropriations panel that the navy needs 300 acres adjacent to the Annapolis transmitter site as an urgent acquisition. The Monumental Life Insurance Co of Baltimore offered the land for 125000, but warned it could be developed if not bought before July 1. Morrell noted condemnation might be needed to secure a reasonable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ben Morrell
Navy
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Annapolis
House Appropriations Committee
Atvase
Morrell
Monumental Life Insurance Company of
Baltimore
Wood- Tum
D-Va
Admiral Lee
Van Loon Books Banned in Germany Decree
Netherlands born American author Hendrik Willem van Loon and Life Magazine were banned from Germany today by official decree. Also banned was Brigade of Spies by William J. Makin.
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van Loon
Thorough Probe of WPA Approved by House Rules
The House Rules Committee approved a resolution directing the Appropriations Committee to conduct a thorough investigation of the Works Progress Administration. Rep. Cox of Georgia sponsored the measure, which directs a timely report to the House with recommendations for legislation. Some opponents among House leaders and administration critics are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Works Progress Administration
Rules Committee
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
House
Congress
WPA
Senate
Marquis Offers Shield To City
City officials received a offer from the Marquis de La Mer Monte Carlo to donate a shield with a silver plaque mounted on beech wood from the Winchester Cathedral foundation. Vice President Herman H. Hable wrote to accept on behalf of Winchester Virginia officials while Mayor Dr. Charles R. Anderson is away. The Marquis said the gift would stay with the city to avoid it going to unrelated groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de la Mer
Monte Carlo
Winchester
Eny
Charles R. Anderson
Herman H. Hable
Common Council
England
Lewis Opposes A CIO Dissolution at Labor Conference
John L. Lewis told 350 delegates at a tri district anthracite conference that the CIO and its many organizations will not dissolve to gain labor unity. He warned against breaking the CIO into pieces as a price for association with the AFL. The talk followed renewed peace parleys with the AFL in Washington, with warnings that failure could lead the CIO to alter its policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John L. Lewis
Congress For Industrial Organizations
CIIO
Aree Federation of la
AFL
Washington, D. C
CIO
Denmark May Be Attracting Hitler Says Premier
Copenhagen March 22 Premier Thovald Stauning declared that Danish Nazi leader Fritz Clause used expressions to appeal to Germany. He urged that Denmark could be treated as Czechoslovakia by Germany if the policies continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Thovald Stauning
Fritz Clause
Germany
Denmark
Wheeler Amendment On Government Reorganization Bill Scuttled
Washington March 22 administration forces struck from a government reorganization bill an amendment curtailing presidential power to reshuffle federal bureaus. The measure failed 46 to 44 after a previous 46 to 43 vote to insert it. Senate action followed a 46 to 44 vote to reconsider. Absentees hurried back to participate in Wheeler’s bid for congressional veto power over reorganization orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Green
D-Ri
Truman
DMO
Nye
R-Nd
Wheeler
D-Mont
Congress
Byrnes
D-Sc
Byrd
Glass
Virginia
Garner
Gar
Stocks Fall In Wall St Amid Italy France Fear
New York stock market slid under heavy selling as brokers linked losses to looming Italian demands on France. U S Steel Bethlehem Westinghouse Chrysler DuPont and U S Rubber tumbled from $1 to $5 at times. The Rome Berlin axis reaffirmation and weak London markets weighed on sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italy
France
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Westinghouse
Chrysler
DuPont
U. S
Trand Council
London
Wall Street
Predicted Flood Control Funding Increase by Congress
Representative Martin of Cole predicts a substantial rise in flood control funds from Congress. Army engineers say they could use 195 million dollars next year, while the budget bureau recommends 110 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
D-Cole
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Federal Congress
Army Engineers
Budget Bureau
Fresh Assurance By Il Duce On Axis War Stand
Rome dispatch reports the fascist grand council pledged total adherence to the Rome Berlin axis raising the possibility of war with democratic powers. Virginio Gayda said Mussolini dominated the session urging resolve amid Europe’s crisis as Hitler pushes eastward and fears of a preventive war grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Grand Council
Virginio Gayda
Italy
Germany
Europe
Gayda
Berlin
Mussolini
France
London
Paris
Washington
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Council
Adolf Hitler
Romania and Germany Sign Trade Pact Ending Crisis
Bucharest reports Germany and Romania signed a trade treaty after talks led by Helmuth Wohltahl and Jan Dujoiu. Officials say independence preserved with no German frontier pledges and no ultimatum given, while Calinescu hints troop concentrations may ease in 10 to 15 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Helmuth Wohlthal
Jan Dujoiu
Armand Calinescu
Romania
Hoare Reports Threat On Memel From Germany
London reports that Germany warned Lithuania it would act militarily if Memel was not surrendered. Home Secretary Hoare stated in the House of Commons that Berlin demanded immediate cession of Memelland and threatened to occupy all of Lithuania if there was resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Lithuania
Memel
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Samuel
Berlin
Memelland
Reich
Newport News Bids To Build 20000 Ton Carrier Hornet
The Newport News Ship building and Drydock Company submitted the only bid for the 20000 ton aircraft carrier Hornet at 31.8 million dollars on an adjustable basis. The firm offered completion in 34 months and the ship is the last carrier authorized under the 1938 naval expansion act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newport
Bishop Hughes Opposes Delaware Dog Race Legalization
Wilmington Delaware March 22 Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of the Methodist Episcopal Church attacked a bill to legalize betting on dog races to tax Delaware. He warned taxation cannot save humanity and urged divine guidance over liquor laws repeal. The Rev Walter E Gunby praised church union as a key redeeming effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Hughes
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Edwin Holt Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Walter E. Gunby
New Defense Fund Opens With $116 Million Request
Washington March 22 Congress moved a defense measure with $116,539,287 for army equipment and seacoast defenses. The appropriation bill totals $185,672,028 in direct appropriations and contracts and includes wartime needs plus shortages for several government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
United States to arm South America to curb regional threats
Washington March 22 officials from the State War and Navy departments told the Senate foreign relations committee that U S manufacture of ships arms and munitions for South American republics would lessen any threat of aggression in the Western Hemisphere Sumner Welles Admiral Leahy and General Marshall testified in support of opening armament facilities to South American nations The committee moved to set neutrality legislation hearings as a special order at next Wednesday session with dates to be fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State
War and Navy Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Sumner Welles
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
George C Marshall
Army
Pittman
D.-Nev
Franco Withholds Nationalist Fire At Spanish Border
The exodus from Republican Spain grows as refugees flee the central zone while Franco withholds fire at the border. Madrid’s surrender to end the civil war remains a closely guarded secret amid tense negotiations between Madrid and Burgos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Hitler Embarks for Memel from Swinemuende aboard Deutschland
Swinemuende Germany March 22 Hitler headed for Memel aboard the battleship Deutschland departing a North German port. Officials say the move signals Germany rising as a maritime power and seeks to formalize Memel’s transfer amid Polish Corridor concerns. A Lithuanian decision to return Memel was described as the only conciliatory solution.
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Swinemuende
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Memel
Baltic
Deutschland
Fuehrer
Hitler
Berlin
Lithuania
Baltic Sea
Poland
Danzig
East Prussia
Joachim” “von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
DNB
Hurban Refuses German Demand for Legation Surrender
Washington March 22 Colonel Vladimir S Hurban Czecho Slovak minister said he rejected a second German embassy request to surrender the legation and consulates in the United States He declared he would not surrender any part of the legation to the Germans in reply to Dr Hans Thomsen German charge d affaires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vladimir S. Hurban
United States
Hans ‘Thomsen
Maleteatre
Rail official W S Burton dies after short illness
Baltimore March 22. W S Burton foreign freight and traffic manager of the Maryland Railroad died after a short illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
W. S. Burton
Maryland Railroad
Public Sale of Household Furniture Planned
Household furniture to be sold Friday at 1 p m at 122 Monmouth. Auction notice lists location and time for potential buyers and bidders.
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Monmouth
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Marquis
Famous
Lewis
Wall St
Il Duce
Rumania
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Hoare
Commons
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League
Hornet
Franco
Tomor
Tilsit
Joachim
Von
Ribbentrop
Mem
Free City
Hurban
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