Virginia Woolen, Friendship and Lions Win Duckpin Matches
Three team games of strong weights opened the night with the Winchester Kiwanis Club losing 3-0 to Virginia Woolen. Woolen then fell 3-0 to Friendship Fire Company. Lions Club edged Victor Products 2-1. Hill of Virginia Woolen posted 140 pins and Oates of Friendship 122 pins.
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Searins
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Va. Woolen Five
Friendship Fire ‘Company
Lions Club
Victor Products
Hill
Va. Woolen
Oates
Friendship _ five
Newlin
Victor
Lions
Pollard Signs Act Penalizing Faked Gasoline
Virginia Governor Pollard signed a new law targeting bootleg gasoline sellers evading tax. Officials from major oil groups predict about 200000 dollars yearly will be added to road funds. The measure, praised as modern, faces opposition from the American Petroleum Institute and the American Automobile Association amid a nationwide evasion campaign.
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Virginia
Pollard
W. C. Litterer
State Committee of Oil Men
Motor
American Petroleum Institute
The
American Automobile Association
Tax evasion in gas tax schemes across states cited
The article notes bootlegging of gasoline through underreporting tank car contents and nonpayment of taxes. Virginia officials claim new laws could recapture at least $200000 yearly, while national estimates show billions diverted from road funds. States vary gas taxes from 2 to 7 cents with large evasion losses.
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T. McCall Frazier
Division of Motor Vehicles
Virginia
Ernest N. Smith
American Automobile Association
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Ted Stanton Offered San Antonio Aviation School Post
Ted Stanton is invited by government officials to train as a chief inspector at a new aviation school in San Antonio after aiding in a government case. He foresees rapid advancement, contemplates sharing the news with Marcia, and weighs the value of the dream against personal risk and love.
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Springfield
Ted
Marcia
Abram
Abrams
Pelton
Mercer
Stanton
Government Aviation
San Antonio
Ted Stanton
Miller
Tech Aviation
Mra Moyer
Gas Tax Diversion Targeted Across Counties
A government effort moves to virtually eliminate diversion of gas tax funds by counties, aiming to strengthen revenue integrity and ensure funds support transportation infrastructure.
Will of Mrs. Ilsley Probate Quieted in Leesburg
The will of Mrs. Angel Boeing Ilsley who was murdered with her maid Mina Buckner at Middleburg on January 13 has been probated in Loudoun County Circuit Court Leesburg. Bequests total 55 000 to family and relatives with remainder in trust for two nephews. Real estate including a 200 acre Middleburg farm a colonial mansion and the cottage is to be sold.
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Angel Boeing Ilsley
Mina Buckner
Middleburg
Loudoun County
Leesburg
W. C. Quarles
Milwaukee
Wis
Amelia K. Boeing
Fargo
N. C
Julius Wing
John
Paul Boeing
New York
John Boeing
Isley
Ilsley
Easter Sunrise Service at Byrd Home Near Berryville
Zoning members of Berryville Methodist Church plan the annual Easter sunrise service at 6 am on the Byrd home porch near Berryville. Frederick Union members are urged to attend. A Winchester quartet will entertain. travelers depart Winchester church at 5 15.
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Berryville
Helicopter and Autogiro Distinctions Drawn
A helicopter and an autogiro are distinct aircraft. The autogiro uses rotating wings not geared to the engine, while the helicopter relies on rotor thrust from geared blades for lift.
Contractor Top Man Found Slain in Brooklyn Driveway
The body of Charles Anderson, 35, of the Bronx, with a bullet wound under the left arm and heavy twine around the neck, was found in a Brooklyn driveway. A badge from Patrick McGovern Inc. tied to a $43 million water tunnel contract ties the case to the firm under congressional scrutiny.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn
Charles Anderson
The
Ronx
Patrick McGovern, Inc
Legislative Committee
Horses in the Americas Before European Arrival
The text asserts that American Indians did not use horses prior to European contact. It states the horse was unknown on the continent before the Spaniards and suggests traces of horselike animals exist in geological deposits. It concludes that the horse did not reach the Asian level of development and became extinct before historical times.
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Americas
Asia
Squaw Man at Palace Theatre heads Hable's current bill
De Mille's The Squaw Man stars Warner Baxter Lupe Velez Eleanor Boardman Roland Young and Charles Bickford at the Palace tonight with Red Grange in the Galloping Ghost chapter and a Paramount talkarto on. Monday and Tuesday Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Are You Listening? adds to the program with new stars Madge Evans Anita Page Joan Marsh Karen Morley John Miljan Wallace Ford and Jean Hersholt.
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Cecil B. de Mille
Warner Baxter
Lupe Velez
Eleanor Boardman
Roland Young
Charles Bickford
the Palace
Red” Grange
Paramount
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
William Haines
Madge Evans
Anita Page
Joan Marsh
Karen Morley
John Miljan
Wallace Ford
Jean Hersholt
She Wanted a Millionaire heads to Capitol theater crowds
The Fox drama starring Joan Bennett and Spencer Tracy draws capacity crowds at the Capitol in a local engagement. A factory girl vows to marry only a millionaire but learns wealth cannot buy love.
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Fox
Joan Bennett
Spencer Tracy
Capitol Theatre
The Gay Caballero showing at Colonial Theatre
Warner Bros presents The Gay Caballero at the Colonial Theatre in a modern Western romance. The film blends fast action with a cosmopolitan West, featuring high powered cars and a social circle, and boasts a cast sure to please fans.
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Bia
Teascere
E Colonial
Colonial Theatre
Caballero
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Friendship and Lions
Kiwanis Club
Centralyt Paese
Willys
C. B. Organ
Willys Dealer
Braddock ST
Tinchester Printers & Stationers, Inc
Hable’s Palace
Ford’s
Detroit
Peb
Henry Ford
Ford
Radstr
Chevrolet
Whippet
Bickers Motor CO
Winchester
Warner Bros. Capitol
Capitol
Warner Bros. Colonial
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
H. W. Ebert
BUICK
Twin City Oil & Gas Corporation
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Goodrich
Cammer Tire Company
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Carter’s Ford
Middleway
Brucetown
Chester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Brent Dehaven
Dunn & Duvall
M. Lohr Capper
Joe Jolliffe
Sasysysys
C. I. Brumback
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