Massanutten Cadets Lead Grand Feature Parade
The R O T C Band of Massanutten Military Academy Woodstock Va will have four champion drum majors in the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grand Feature Parade in Winchester Va on May 3. Guest Drum Major Eddie Sacks is a top US drum major and Central Western Pennsylvania Champion. Cadet Lieut Charles r Stype chiefs the band with Margaret Maus and Gerard Degan earning top ratings in Virginia and twirling.
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Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Winchester
Eddie Sacks
Western Pennsylvania
United States
Margaret Maus
Richmond
Gerard Degan
Charles R Stype
Massanutten
Republic of Nicaragua
Woodstock Cadet Band member earns double Superior rating
Margaret Maus, drum major of the Woodstock Virginia R O T C Band, received Superior Ratings for Baton Twirling and for Marching at Virginia events in Richmond on April 18 19 1940. The band is the only one to earning Superior Ratings in both concert and marching. Captain Cecil M Newcorn plans a variety concert featuring modern arrangements.
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Margaret Maus
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Virginia
Maus
Richmond
Cecil M. Newcorn
Misuse of American flag under wartime scrutiny
Washington officials probe claim that Norwegian pilot Jan Wellem helped a German supply ship into Narvik while flying an American flag and bearing painted signs. If proven, neutrality act provisions could apply, but enforcement is complex and may require a diplomatic protest.
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Washington
Welles
C. J. Hambro
Jan Wellem
Narvik
Norway
United States
van Wellem
Most Famous Picture in the World
Michelangelo's fresco of the Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel, Rome, is described as the most famous single picture in the world. The monumental work, painted on the chapel's altar wall, has inspired endless discussion and study since its completion.
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Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include names like Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jackson with nicknames Ola Hickory and Stonewall. The quiz covers Octagon Germany Kan. Alfred E Landon Iron With Vermont Los Angeles California and ends with Stool.
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Andrew Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson
Stonewall
Germany
Alfred E. Landon
Kan
Vermont
Los Angeles
Cali
Apple Blossom Fete Official Program Highlights
Sequences of festival events list Queen Shenandoah XVII and her court with concerts, parades, aerial shows, coronation, dances, and receptions across Winchester venues. Notable acts include Greenbrier Cadet Band, Arch ie Randolph and Dudley Reed aerial cavalcade, Mummers Parade, and Queen Shenandoah XVII coronation at Handley High School Bowl. Tickets available in advance.
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Ana
Shenandosh
City Hall Pavilion
Pennsylvania Eres
Altoona
Ben Shenandoah
Stag Ronuiboun Tor
Winchester Golf and
Enet Club
Festival
Greenbrier Cadet Band
Lewisburg
W. Va
Shenandoah XVII
Municipal Airport
Archie Randolph
Dudley Reed
Pete Badrick
Oscar
Columbia
George Washington
Winchester
Ni-Lane
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
Blossom Ballroom
Piccadilly Street
Fair Grounds
Loudoun Street
260Th Coast Artillery Band
Washington, D. C
Winchester Municipal Airport
Handley Rowl
Clifton Forge
Jefferson High School
Roanoke
Poe
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Queen
John Marshall High School
Richmond
City Hall
American Legion
Cork
West Cork Street
Bickers
Braddock Street
Amherst
Piccadilly
Lee
Handley School Grounds
Morris Spitalny
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winchester Golf and Country Club
Romney High School
Romney
Don Patton
Ka-Ni-Lane
Tommy Tucker
Grim-Hering Recital Remains Memorable
The Grim-Hering recital sponsored by the Euterpian Club featured Elizabeth Grim at the organ and piano with a solo by Carl M. von Weber. Helen Bailey Lutz played Liszt and Mrs. Lutz was assisted by Georgia Shoop Cather, with J Norris-Hering at the organ.
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Grim-Hering
Euterpian Club
Elizabeth Grim
Miss Grim
Franz Schubert
Schumann
Chopin
Braham
Helen Bailey Lutz
Francz Liszt
Hans Litt
J. Norris - Hering
Mr. Hering
Carl M. von Weber
German claim of heavy naval blows in Norway drive Allies to sea
Berlin reports heavy German air and sea strikes shrink Allied naval power. Communique says British cruiser and destroyer plus five transports sunk or damaged, with five more transports hit. German advance in Norway continues, 4900 prisoners taken, fighting noted at Trondheim.
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Kjerkinn
Kvikne
Steinkjer
Namsos
Berlin
Molde
Storen
Kvam
Dombaas
Norway
High Command
Trondheim
Lillehammer
Lomm
Tempered performers deliver haunting Weber recital in community
A recital featuring tempered performers produced a lovely haunting performance that echoed Weber. The reviewer notes no keyboard work in the community matched this standard and hopes the recital ushers in more skilled and true musical activity.
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von Weber
Mussolini’s Dilemma Toward War With Eyes on Public Sentiment
The author argues Mussolini will choose sides based on circumstances, noting Italian distrust of Nazi principles and a pro Allied sentiment at home. He suggests Italy may join Hitler if needed, while keeping the nation ready for any path.
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Italy
Rome
Europe
Signor Mussolini
Il Duce
Mussolini
Herr Hitler
England
France
Germany
Axis
Lene Mussolini
Hitler
Rome-Berlin
Truce
Telephone Service At Festival Events
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia will operate a trailer with five booths on Gerrard street during the festival and pageants. Each booth has an upholstered seat a fan and a heater. the outer room offers a bench for waiting customers. The 21 foot blue aluminum roofed exterior features a neon Public Telephone sign visible from afar with access to Virginia and other city directories.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
Gerrard Street
British Losses Reported in Air War Over Norway
The high command said eight British planes were shot down by German fighters and anti aircraft fire in an attack on Stavanger. It also noted a loss in the first raid on Fornebu near Oslo with only slight damage reported from the latest raid.
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Hicles
High Command
Stavanger
Fornebu
Oslo
Soviet May Day Address Demands Deeper Vigilance and Unity
War Commissar Voroshilov urged doubling vigilance and strengthening forces as Stalin Molotov and other leaders reviewed troops at Lenin's tomb. He contrasted the capitalist and Soviet worlds, warning of entanglement by war inciters. May Day theme centered on workers of the world uniting under communism to oppose war and capitalism.
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Moscow
Klementi E. Voroshiloff
Lenin
U. S
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Voroshiloff
Red Square
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Finland
Leningrad
Hatch Bill Is Killed By House Judiciary Group
Washington May 1 The House Judiciary Committee tabled the Senate approved Hatch bill to constrain political activities of state employees paid with federal funds. Chairman Sumners refused further comment. The measure would have restricted political activity and limited campaign contributions to five thousand dollars.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Sumners
D.-Tex
Mary McLeod Bethune Named Noted Education Leader
Mary McLeod Bethune founder of Bethune Cookman College at Daytona Beach Florida is identified as a key education leader of her race. She has received the Spingarn Medal and is listed among fifty women who have done the most for the welfare of the United States.
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A. Mary McLeod
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Louis P. Lochner
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Glaize & Bro
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