Float Committee Plans Tuesday Meeting for Apple Blossom Parade
The Float committee led by C. F. Schenck will meet Tuesday night to discuss plans for the Apple Blossom Festival parade. Gordon Aiken, the float builder, says price estimates are forthcoming and will be released to the public. parties may build their own floats or arrange with Mr. Aiken for expert fabrication. Local groups including Kiwanis Lions Rotary Elks Shepherds and Kraft are expected to participate as entries grow.
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C. F. Schenck
Gordon Aiken
Offi
Rial
Aiken
Kiwanis
Shepherds Ge
Rotary
Lions and Elks of Kester
Montgomery Ward
Fruit and Candy
Kraft
Britain Responds to Hitler Boycott Debate on Romania Trade Pact
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House Romania has not signed away economic independence in its new trade treaty with Germany. He said Britain plans to send a trade mission to Bucharest and that the accord contains no political clause, directed against no third party. He avoided questions on Czech and Munich-era outcomes.
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Chamberlain
Rumania
Germany
Bucharest
Ringdke
Vyvyan Adams
Czechoslovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Adams
Britain
Parity debates deepen farm city relief funding split
A heated House debate focused on parity payments and a $250 million farm subsidy linked to a $150.9 million WPA relief fund. Sabath urged blocking parity while others urged approving both sides. Delegates also considered delaying final action on the agriculture bill and possible emergency steps to shield 400,000 WPA jobs from cuts.
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Sabbath
Sabath
Senate
Garner
House
District of Columbia
Richards suspended on seven exchanges over stock manipulation
The Securities Commission suspended Junius A. Richards from seven exchanges for ten days for helping two British firms manipulate Simplicity Patterns stock on the New York Curb Exchange. The ruling cited cooperation in the investigation and noted a partner reported the matter. Richards belongs to Smith, Barney and Company, though the order found no fault by the firm or its other partners.
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Washington
Securities Commission Today
Junius A. Richards
New York Stock Exchange
New York Curb Exchange
Baltionore Stock Market
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Boston Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Commission
Richards
New York
Smith, Barney and Company
Robert Benson and Company Ltd
British Financial Union, Ltd
London
Winchester Ladies Compete in National Duckpin Congress
Two Winchester teams took part in the National Duckpin Congress in Washington DC. The first team scored 1 477 in a set and the second 1 474. Members included Helen Berry Elsie Line Jenie Lind Cather L Cunningham Elizabeth Jaspi and D Rice Leslie Russell Lucill Seal Frances Van Deventer D Sencindiver. A large Winchester fan delegation attended.
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Winchester
Washington, D. C
Helen Berry
Elsie Line
Jenie Lind Cather
L. Cunningham
Elizabeth Jaspi
D. Rice
Leslie Russell
Lucill Seal
Frances van Deventer
D. Sencindiver
Carp Gigging Permitted In Shenandoah River Counties
Richmond Va March 27 The State Game Commission adopted a regulation allowing carp gigging in the Shenandoah River within Shenandoah Clarke and Rockingham counties during May daylight hours. Gigging must be from river banks with a bag limit of ten per day.
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Richmond
State Game Commission
Shendoah
Shenandoah
Clarke
Rockingham
Harold P. Woltz Rites Are Held
Last rites were held this afternoon for Harold P. Woltz of Williamsburg Virginia who died suddenly at his home on Saturday. Woltz was once connected with the Northern Virginia Power Company in Winchester and is remembered by local residents. J C Brubaker Northern Virginia manager at Berryville was in Williamsburg to attend. he was Woltz’s brother in law.
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Harold P. Woltz
Williamsburg
Woltz
Northern Virginia Power Company
Winchester
J. C. Brubaker
Northern Virginia
Berryville
Mr. Woltz
Forced Landing Damages Eastern Airliner Near Atlanta
An Eastern Airlines passenger plane bound for Chicago overshot the runway on approach to Atlanta airport and struck a tree. The Miami origin flight suffered wing and undercarriage damage and all passengers and crew were shaken but uninjured.
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Atlanta, Ga
Eastern Airlines
Chicago
Atlanta
Eastern
Miami
Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets
Baltimore market reports show dull apples and various fruit prices at U S 1s 2 1 2 inch minimums, Winesaps and Staymans quoted with fluctuating ranges. Baltimore butter and egg exchange, eggs and poultry prices, and Philadelphia and Chicago livestock sections detail steady to weak trends in butter, eggs, fowls, ducks, and hogs with specific price bands for weights and classes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
U. S
Washington
Baltimore Butter and Egg Exchange
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Local Markets and Typo Note in Star Markets
Local markets section remains correct but The Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. Readers are advised to verify figures and listings due to possible small mistakes in daily updates.
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The
Star
Local Market Prices Include Flour Corn Meal and Feeds
The listing shows local retail market prices for flour bags, corn meal feed, mixed feeds, screenings, dairy and horse feeds, and various farm staples. Prices range from 1.25 to 12.14 for feeds and from 4.80 to 5.61 per hundredweight for bagged items, with numerous line items for 12, 24, 48, and 98 pound bags.
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Ahee Ao
Piri Eye
Atis
Fleifevag
Tereriale Iy
Crete
Tater
Terete
Stock Market Opens Upward Then Slows On Wall Street
Victor Eubank reports a broad early rally on the New York stock market with gains up to two points, later eroded by small losses. Trading slowed to about 600000 shares as European cues from Mussolini's Sunday speech influenced sentiment in London Paris and New York.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Mussolini
London
Paris
Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
U S grain prices edge higher on improved corn demand with export sales seen up to 500000 bushels. Wheat declines due to favorable crop conditions while corn, oats, soybeans and rye show varied futures quotes. cash grain markets in Chicago list mixed grades and values.
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Chicago
U. S
Gulf
Europe
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Question Sanity Of Defendant In Mistake Murder
Alfred Wojehick 35 of Battleboro Vermont charged with murder in the mistake poison liquor deaths of a man and a woman paced his jail cell as friends gathered for funeral services for the innocent victims. He pleaded innocent in court after a plea bargain and move to place him in a state mental hospital. Edgar Smart 28 and Mrs Julia Wheaton 25 died Friday night in Ashuelot after drinking poisoned whisky Wojehick confessed he intended for estranged wife Lois Smart Wojehick 20.
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Julia Wheaton
Ashuelot
John R. Goodnow
Nomination Of Douglas Approved By Committee
The Senate judiciary committee unanimously approved President Roosevelt's nomination of William O. Douglas to the Supreme Court. The sandy haired 40 year old Douglas, then chairman of the Securities Commission, succeeds Louis Brandeis who retired. Confirmation expected in the Senate.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
Senate
Douglas
Securities Commission
Louis D. Brandeis
B and O Income Increase for February and Year Start
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad reports February net operating income of 1,260,259 after a 920,817 deficit in February 1938. For the first two months of this year the net income reached 2,931,178 versus a 623,916 deficit in the same period last year.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Franco Troops Enter Suburbs of Madrid
Paris dispatch says a Burgos Spanish Nationalist communique announces Generalissimo Francisco Franco's troops have entered the suburbs of Madrid.
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Paris
Fournier
Burgos
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Labor Peace May Take Six Months Says Perkins
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins said in Philadelphia that a peace accord between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress for Industrial Organizations may take as long as six months. She spoke at a Democratic women’s luncheon and said negotiations show progress and she is encouraged.
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Philadelphia
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Congress For Industrial Organizations
Winchester Markets Wheat and corn price report
Spot domestic markets show wheat at 75 cents per bushel and new corn at 55 cents, delivered at mill. Year ago wheat stood at 89 cents and corn at 65 cents delivered at the mill.
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Winchester
Bolting Horses Kill A Soldier At Fort Hoyle
A team of artillery horses bolted after a yelping dog ran into a gun crew at Fort Hoyle Maryland. One soldier, Private Joseph E Callahan of Pittsburgh, was killed and five others injured while hitching six horses to a 75 millimeter gun. The dog was struck by a car as it caused the panic.
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Fort Hoyle
Joseph E. Callahan
Pittsburgh
Bay
Sixth Field Artillery
Boy leaps from trestle to avoid train injures
Norman Baumgardner aged 12 leaped from a 50 foot trestle to escape an oncoming train. He suffered a broken arm and internal injuries. Railroad bridge crew pulled him from the river valley and the train transported him to Allegany Hospital in ERLAND Maryland.
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Erland
Norman Baumgardner
Allegany Hospital
Quail Released In Frederick Area By State Officials
Forty seven birds 23 cock birds and 27 quail hens were freed by Game Warden F W Pingley within a 40 mile radius near Frederick from the Peters burg state game farm. Birds carry metal bands and the public is urged to remove bands from any bird killed or found dead and forward them to the game warden for check on dispersal distance.
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F. W. Pingley
Petersburg
Berryville High Alumni Banquet Set for June 9
A Berryville High School alumni banquet is planned for June 9. Officers announced at a Saturday meeting included Harold Potts as president Douglas Carter as vice president Anne Harris as secretary and Billy Barnett as treasurer.
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Berryville High School
Harold Potts
Douglas’Carter
Anne Harris
Billy Barnett
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Stock Exchange
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Glee Club
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Stock Market Report
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Intelligence Park
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