Verta Racer Crowned Miss Clarke County at Berryville
In Berryville Virginia fifty eight entrants began the beauty contest with Miss Verta Racer winning the Miss Clarke County title over Miss Janice Smallwood. About 500 county residents filled Berryville High School auditorium as the event concluded after 11 PM with a parade of routines by Berryville students.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Berryville High School
Verta Racer Comely
Racer
Janice
Smallwood
W. W
Cap) Smallwood
Miss Smallwood
Gladye Racer
Charles Racer
Dorothy Kackley
Trial Justice
Loring C. Kackley
Roy E. Potts, Jr
German bomber crashes injuring many on English coast
A German bomber attacked Clacton on Sea causing three civilian deaths and over 100 injuries. The WWII raid also killed five German airmen when the mine and bomb laden aircraft exploded in the town center.
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London
Clacton-on- 7
Ion
Desperado Charles Dean Nabbed in Newark
A 70 year old vagrant in Newark New Jersey was identified by fingerprints as a member of the Great Northern train robbery gang of 1898. A fellow safecracker from that era received a sixty day sentence when arrested.
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Charles Dean
Newark
N. J
Great Northern
Mrs. Anderson's Rites Saturday
Lillie Belle Anderson died at her Leesburg Virginia home last night at 7 30 p m.She was born September 17 1875 daughter of Sidney Baxter and Emma Snead both of Virginia She is survived by her husband Benjamin L Anderson two sons Paul Anderson of Frederick Maryland and Russell Anderson of Leesburg one brother S D Sale Mountain Falls two sisters Mrs R A Miller Front Royal and Mrs Willie Ponton Star Tannery two grandchildren Winifred and Lillie Mae Anderson Funeral services will be held Saturday at Gravel Springs with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
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Lillie Belle Anderson
Leesburg
Sidney Baxter
Emma Snead
Virginia
Benjamin L. Anderson
Paul Anderson
Frederick
Russell Anderson
S. D. Sale
Mountain Falls
R. A. Miller
Front Royal
Willie Ponton
Star Tannery
Winifred
Lillie Mae Anderson
Gravel Springs
Detroit Free Press Sold to Knight Publisher Group
Sale announced in today’s editions of the Detroit Free Press. John S. Knight, publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal and Miami Herald, acquires all outstanding stock in the corporation. price not disclosed. The historic Detroit paper is 109 years old.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Johns. Knight
Akron, O
Beacon Journal
Miami, Fla
Herald
The
Corporation
Handley High School Pageant Praises Queen Floats
Senorita Somoza attends a 6 o'clock dinner and a Winchester Golf Club dance in her honor at the festival. The Queen and Court, 32 members, will be quartered at the Southern Inn. Handley High School staged a grand pageant with 1,000 students in costumes, under cloudy skies and a gusty wind, featuring floats designed by Miss Katherine L. Pannell and blossoms made by Handley students.
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Winchester Golf Club
Queen’s Court
Southern Inn
Handley High School
B. B. Dutton
Miss Pannell
Katherine L. Pannell
Handley School
Handley System
Dutton
Senorita Somoza
Louise Moore
Berryville
Sweetbriar College
Elizabeth Carrington Pierce
Winchester
University of North Carolina
Ann Elizabeth Robinson
Ann Cover Barton
Benjamin Anton Dutton, Jr
Maurice Duffey
President Powers Backed Over Rules Dispute
Day four Democratic members of the House Reorganization Committee discussed the two reorganization orders focusing on the broader situation rather than the CAA transfer. The President warned against misinformation about the plan and defended his position against opposition. State Department officials studied the Carnegie Institute offer of a $1,000,000 reward for Adolf Hitler in light of the US neutrality proclamation. They noted the proclamation calls for impartial neutrality and warns against actions affecting the war.
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House
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Commerce Department
CAA
Hitler
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
Adolf Hitler
State Department
Roosevelt
United States
May Day Snow Hits Chicago and Midwest
A May Day snowstorm spread from northern Illinois to western Upper Michigan with flurries in Minnesota Iowa and northern Wisconsin. Chicago recorded .3 inches at 9:10 am marking a rare measurable May snowfall, while warmer weather was forecast as showers moved east toward the Atlantic.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Tom Baldridge
U. S. Weather Bureau
the Star
Illinois
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Government Weather Bureau
Middle West
Atlantic Coast
Blackout Begins At Little America For Four Months
A four month blackout starts at Little America as the Antarctic expedition endures the polar night lasting until spring. The base lowered the American flag and a turkey dinner was held for 33 men staying in a bunkhouse buried in snow. A Senate subcommittee voted to restore a 250000 dollar appropriation to prevent the expedition from being stranded.
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Washington
Little
Senate Appropriations
Wheat and grain prices fall then recover in Chicago trade
In Chicago on May 1 wheat prices slid up to three cents a bushel to near their lowest point since early tensions, then rebounded amid ongoing grain liquidation and notes of steady crop conditions. May deliveries faced liquidation as traders weighed Italy's nonbelligerent stance and ample marketing.
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Chicago
Scandinavia
Rome
Italy
Chicago Cash Grain
Milk Wagon Drivers Strike Halts Chicago Area Deliveries
Chicago and suburban residents face morning milk shortages as a strike by the Milk Wagon Drivers Union ends home deliveries. The dispute centers on a wage contract with Chicago milk dealers. old terms were $48 weekly plus commissions versus a new demand of 20 per week plus commissions. The stoppage followed expiry of the prior contract at midnight.
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Peerge
Chicago
Associated Milk Dealers of
British admit seven bombers lost in raids
The air ministry said seven British bombers were lost in raids on a Stavanger airfield in Norway, Fornebu near Oslo, and Aalborg Denmark, while three German planes were shot down and heavy damage inflicted. German claims of sinkings and damage to British forces were not commented on by Britain.
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London
Air Ministry
Stavanger
Norway
Fornebu
Oslo
Aalborg
Denmark
British Shipping Diverted From Mediterranean
Britain shifts lifeline shipping away from the Mediterranean due to rising Italian hostility and possible Axis alignment. Government calls the Cape of Good Hope route a temporary precaution to avoid Mediterranean passage.
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London
Great Britain
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
Britain
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
German Claims Not Discounted in London Report
British military spokesman acknowledged German reports of successes in Norway but cautioned that German communications are hampered by demolitions and bombing. He argued that small German contacts do not prove a constant flow of troops or supplies.
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London
Norway
Britain
Oslo
Trondheim
Used Cars Reconditioned For Value In Low-Priced Lineup
There is a strong emphasis on price and value before purchases with a focus on used cars. The dealer promotes thorough reconditioning to ensure value equals the asking price and lists multiple models and years including Chevrolet Ford Plymouth Buick Inter truck and panel choices from the 1930s and 1940s.
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Dodge
Chevrolet
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Phi Gamma Kapsilon
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