Apple Blossom Fete Secures $1464 In Donations From Broad List
A community fundraising drive for the Apple Blossom Fete raised 1464 dollars from a wide donor base. Contributors include Booth firms, utilities, retailers, and local businesses such as New Jersey Machine Company, Nia gara Sprayer, Owen Illinois Glass, and City of Winchester, with individual gifts ranging from one to fifty dollars.
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Co., Inc
Bohman-Warne
Chambers Cola Storage
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau, Inc
Chipman Chemical Company
Cinderella Beauty Nook
Columphia Baking Company
Cresen Produce Company
John Deere Plow Company
Dufour Beauty Parlor
Duncam Brothers
F. L. Harris
W. H. Heistoff&and Son
Inge
Compafit
George W. Kurtz
Lady Ann Beauty Salon
M. McLynch
Merchants Refrigerating Company
New Jersey Machine Company
Niagara Sprayer and Chemical Company
Owen-Illinois Glass Company
N. and W. Veterans to Hold Annual Meet May 13
Roanoke reports the eighth annual Norfolk and Western Veterans Association meeting set for Saturday May 13. About 2000 veterans from the system are expected to attend, with last year’s Roanoke convention drawing roughly 1700 railroaders. The executive committee members and officers cited plan details to be announced by a committee of Phenix Chabot Kerlin Elliott and Via.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Veterans Association
R. P. Phenix
Norfolk
J. S. Mastin
Bluefield
Av.va
Pocahontas
Col. I. B. Wells
Abingdon
Floyd E. Chabot
Norfolk and Western Magazine
J. W. Kerlin
T. H. Elliott
M. E. Via
Shenandoah
Hal L. Littell
Columbus
Ohio
Scioto
Messrs. Phenix
Chabot
Kerlin
Elliott
Via
Treasury Status March 27 Receipts and Debt Rise
The Treasury report shows receipts of 14,652,565.28 dollars and expenditures of 33,906,903.91, with gross debt at 39,971,190,919.46 dollars, an increase over the prior period.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Nature Offers Silver Polish From Diamitite at Mechanic Lake
Nature provides silver polish from diamitite found at the bottom of Mechanic Lake in New Brunswick. Housewives report the substance serves as an effective polish for silver without purchase.
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Mechanic Lake
N. B
Weisner Rites At Salem Church Of The Brethren
Funeral services were held for Wilma Jean Weisner at 2 p.m. Monday at Salem Church of the Brethren in Washington D C. The Rev Dr Bowman assisted by L R Dettra Riggleman and Fahnestock officiated. Pallbearers included Wood Harding Simon of Is ington and R G Campbell of Newville Pa. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs George J Weisner and relatives from Philadelphia White Post Va and Washington D C.
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Salem Church
Harding
Simon
Isington
R. G. Campbell
Newville
Jesus
Mrs. Weisner
Philadelphia
Eddie Wilson
Susan C. Miller
William P. Harris, Jr
J. S. Wood
Walter Simon
Danny Davis
Catherine Norris
Washington, D. C
Wide Variations In Jail Sentences Reported In Virginia
Richmond march 29 major rice m youell state penitentiary superintendent told the state jail study committee there were wide variations in sentences imposed by virginia courts. three persons began serving their terms at once a negro woman received one year for killing her child while two men were each sentenced to three years for killing a mule.
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Richmond
Rice M. Youell
State Penitentiary
State Jail Study Committee
Virginia
British Leader Signals Support For Expanded Army Policy
In tense wartime discussions, Prime Minister Chamberlain indicated personal support for conscription though domestic opposition, as ministers seek ways to mobilize allies against Hitler. He said London is in touch with Moscow and a national service review follows the volunteer appeal by month’s end.
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Chamberlain
Robert Boothby
Soviet Union
London
Moscow
Soma
Territorial Army
Britain
National Guard
Virginia Aviation Club Wins Student Flight Permit at UVA
The State Corporation Commission granted the University of Virginia Aviation Club a permit to operate an airport near Charlottesville for student instruction. Instructors may include W. R. Frank Peter Grim Harold Faber. Opponents argued it would affect property values and raise regulatory questions. The decision upheld that teaching flying on a contract constitutes commercial aviation.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
University of Virginia Aviation Club
Charlottesville
Frederick Morse
University
Morse
W. R. Frank
Farmville
Peter Grim
Staunton
Harold Faber
Waynesboro
Leon Bazile
Hunter H. Watson
Bazile
Watson
Robert E. Peyton, Jr
Corporation Commission
Bolling R. Powell
Virginia
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Des Moines Police Respond To East Side Mad Dog Report
A Des Moines police squad rushed to an East Side neighborhood after reports of a mad dog. Ten minutes later radio chatter reported the dog was not mad but hungry, with the owner to feed it, ending the incident.
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Des Moines
East Side
St. Louis Faces Female Majority in City Demographics
A St Louis Youth Commission survey reports 7 percent more females than males in the city. Only 46.5 percent of residents are male while 53.5 percent are female.
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St. Louis
Thief Steals from Sheriff as He Reaches Recovery
Sheriff J K Reid leaves his sick bed to confront a break‑in at his office. A thief stole a pistol and a sword but escaped before officers could catch him. Reid, though ill, recovered as the pursuit began.
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Plymouth
N. C
J. K. Reid
Reid
Roosevelt Heads to Warm Springs Amid Congressional Scraps
President Roosevelt departs for Warm Springs Georgia for a 10 day visit while Congress remains embroiled in six major fights on neutrality labor relief farm aid social security and tax legislation. He will stop at Tuskegee Institute Auburn Alabama Polytechnical Institute and Opelika en route and monitor Spain questions including recognition of Franco and arms embargo. neutral law changes dominate Senate debate as the defense program clears most barriers but other spending provokes clashes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Tech
Auburn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Opelika
Spain
Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bridge decision on Giles County Celanese plant linked link
Governor Price said the decision to build a bridge connecting the $10,000,000 Celanese plant in Giles County to Pearlsburg rests with the General Assembly after a meeting with Highway Commissioner H. G. Shirley and Celanese executive W. McC. Cameron. The firm sought state construction of the New River crossing to move the plant closer to population centers.
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Richmond
Celanese Corporation of America
Giles County
Pearlsburg
General Assembly
Price
H. G. Shirley
W. McC. Cameron
New River
Poland Prepares for Change in Polish German Ties
Warsaw reports reflect Polish readiness for any shift in relations with Germany amid Berlin's admonitions about listening to foreign sirens. The piece notes Polish concern over the Polish corridor and Danzig Free City, with calls for a united front and renewed military readiness while maintaining nonaggression pacts with Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Berlin
Danzig Free City
Baltic
Britain
France
Bloc of Nations
Foreign Office
Ignace Mosciki
Edward Smigly-Rydz
Deutsche Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Warzawsky Dziennik Narodin
The
National Democrats
Reich
Soviet
Russia
Hans von Moltke
Joseph Beck
Bohemia and
Moravia
von Moltke
Beck
Men to Feature in Cleveland Fashion Institute Show
Cleveland plans a style show with a new men's division at the Cleveland Fashion Institute. Officials say the event will showcase masculine clothing alongside women's designs.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Fashion Institute
Shad Scarcity Dominates Virginia Fisheries Meeting
At Newport News the Virginia Commission of Fisheries heard reports from Elizabeth City Glouces ter and Mathews counties that shad are scarce this season in Tidewater. Fishermen urged patrols at the three mile limit to curb alleged illegal trawling off Virginia Capes. The panel reduced a crab pound tax from 3.50 to 1.50 and discussed a seafood exhibit at the New York World's Fair with G Walter Mapp to attend a Richmond hearing on April 5.
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Newport News
Virginia Commission of Fisheries
Tidewater
Elizabeth City
Gloucester
Mathews
G. Walter Mapp
Commission
Virginia
Mapp
Richmond
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