Mrs Simpson Freed to Wed Windsor After Coronation
The London Divorce Court issued the final decree absolute ending Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson’s divorce from Ernest Simpson, clearing the way for her marriage to Edward Duke of Windsor likely after King George VI’s coronation. Edward heads to Tours. Mrs Simpson awaits in France as legal steps finish.
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London
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward of
George VI
Duke
Boyd Merriman
Simpson, W
Simpson E
St. Wolfgang
Austria
Edward of Windsor
Salzburg
Tours
France
Simpson
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Nisi
Miss Simpson
Ipswich
Boyd
May Day Traffic Sees Few Accidents Despite Dense Roads
Winchester notes traffic on fine May day drew thousands to scenic routes with no major mishaps. He cites safety slogans from O Sull ivan Company workers as especially good and congratulates winners and sponsors of the event.
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O'Sullivan Company
Windsor Duke Leaves for France After Simpson Divorce
Edward of Windsor bade farewell to Austria and prepared for his betrothed in France after learning Wallis Simpson was legally divorced in London. He spoke long with her by telephone from Appelbach before leaving for Tours near the chateau.
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ST. Wolfgang
Austria
Edward
Windsor
France
Wallis Simpson
Appelbach
Ten American Women to Curtsy at Buckingham Palace
London May 3 Ten American women will be presented to King George and Queen Elizabeth at the first court of the season. The United States embassy announced the list includes Eleanora Bodwein and Vesta Culbertson among others from cities like Aiken Chicago Boston Philadelphia and New York. Two additional Americans Mrs Homer S Cummings and Mrs Grenville Emmet are also in the official Wednesday list.
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London
King George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Buckingham Palace
Eleanora Bodwein
Aiken
8. C
George Temple Boindoin
New York City
Vesta Putnam Culbertson
Chicago
F. Vernon Foster
West Orange
N. J
Lydia Fuller
Boston
Mass
Dozier L. Gardner
St Louis
Julia Henry
Philadelphia
Catherine H. Maher
Lincoln
Neb
John Perrin
Slow Couple Who Denied Him Swig
Andy Yucas died in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary after being convicted of stabbing Mr and Mrs Andy Spelock during a dispute over whisky at their White Station home. He spoke briefly after arrival from Indiana county prison and said he had a wife in Czecho Slovakia and a son in Canada. Only the prison chaplain accompanied him. no letters or visitors were recorded.
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Bellefonte
Andy Yucas
Rockview Penitentiary
Andy Spelock
White Station
Yucas
Indiana County
Czecho- Slovakia
Canada
Yacas
Spelock
Mayes Produce Co. Closing This Weekend
Mayes Produce Co. will be closed Saturday and Sunday due to the observed weekend schedule. The notice lists a short shutdown period from 5 to 3 and 1 p to 2 t.
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Mayes Produce Co
Sun
Pickets Block Studio Gates in Hollywood Strike Action
About 1,000 pickets from Federated Motion Picture Crafts and allied unions protested at nine major studios including Metro Goldwyn Mayer Paramount and Warner Brothers in Hollywood. Officials reported many non-studio workers among demonstrators and a large turnout with women prominent in lines while some locks were jammed at Paramount.
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Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer Paramount
Warner Brothers Studios
Paramount
William McDowell
Central Strike Committee
Picture Crafts
Smith
Presbyterians Install Pastor Ronald S. Wilson at Loudoun Street Church
The Rev. Ronald S. Wilson was installed as pastor of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in Winchester by a commission from Winchester Presbytery. The service featured sermons by the Rev. Dr. G. G. Sydnor and charges to pastor and congregation, with music directed by William G. Barnes. Wilson succeeds the Rev. E. B. McGukin who resigned to join Knoxville First Presbyterian.
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Ronalds. Wilson
Greensboro
Charles Town
W. Va
Allen Jones
Moorefield
J. M. Carr
Berryville
William G. Barnes
M. Wilson
E. B. McGukin
First Presbyterian Church of
Knoxville,Tenn
WASHING MACHINE AND ENGINE FOR QUICK SALE
Briggs Stretton gasoline engine motor in practically new condition offered for 45 dollars. Washing machine available for 75 dollars. Auto Electric Service located at 12 N Braddock St handles sale and offers servicing.
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Briggs Stretton
Auto Electric Service
N. Braddock St
Shirley Temple Ninth Birthday Cake Pictures At Hables Palace
Special pictures today and Tuesday feature Shirley Temple cutting her eighth birthday cake with images of King George and Queen Elizabeth. The feature page highlights a festive royal display and child star photography.
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Shirley Temple
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Simpson Divorce Clears Path to Edward and Wallis Wedding
The final divorce of Mrs Wallis Simpson was announced, enabling her to wed Edward VIII. Dr Lewis M Allen, a Winchester physician, provided birth details and records used by French authorities to legalize the marriage, aiding the royal union amid their romance.
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Edward
England
Wallis Simpson
Baltimore
Lewis M. Allen
Winchester
Alice Wallis
Dr. Allen
Mrs. Simpson
Dr. Allen Pre
Festival fundraiser totals 354 dollars from 32 donors
Contributions to the general expense fund of the Apple Festival reach 354 dollars, with gifts from 32 individuals and firms. Chairman Philip Fowle urges rapid donations and notes gifts range from 1 to 50 dollars. Contributions may be left at the festival headquarters in the George Washington Hotel.
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Philip Fowle
Fowle
Sou
George Washington Hotel
Roy Wren
Baltimore
Bohman-Warne Co
Hagers
Lowe TA
Ene
Pickford Supports Actors in Hollywood Strike Romance Tie
Mary Pickford, returning from abroad, favors the actors in the Hollywood studio strike while aboard the Queen Mary. She says she is on the spot and often moves between producer and actress roles, with sympathies mainly with the actors.
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New York
Mary Pickford
Hollywood
Du Pont And Raskob Cited Before Tax Board
Pierre S. Du Pont and John J. Raskob, major financiers and leaders in the American Liberty League, appeared before the United States Board of Tax Appeals in New York on charges of creating fictitious stock losses to reduce 1920 income tax. They were accompanied by a large team of attorneys as the hearing opened in the federal building near City Hall.
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New York
Naintheleists
Pierre S. du Pont
John J. Raskob
United States Board of Tax Appeals
DuPont
Raskob
American Liberty League
Federal Building
City Hall
Richard L. Disney
United States Board of Tax
Appea,s Iseered Diisasst Aeat
Dairy Expert To Visit For Dairymen Meetings
Ferm County agent Fred Stine announced Virginia Tech dairy specialist R. T. Connolly of Blacksburg Va will visit Winchester and Frederick County on Thursday May 13 to discuss breeding and feeding with dairymen. A May 13 evening meeting at Winchester or Stephens City will cover the same topics and aim to spark interest in a local feeding and breeding school. Connolly returns after a prior visit to assist local dairymen on similar issues.
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Fred Stine
R. T. Connolly
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Winchester
Frederick County
Connolly
Stephens City
Stine
Thousands Gather As Queen Shenandoah XIV Visits Endless Caverns
Miss Gretchen Bigelow Thomson Queen Shenandoah XIV of the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival arrived in the Shenandoah Valley with motorcade and escort, greeted by the Mountain King in a costume pageant at Endless Caverns. The visit drew thousands, with aerial patrols from Washington and Langley Field and a royal entourage of 39 from Winchester and Berryville.
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Xiv
Endless Caverns
Gretchen Bigelow Thomson
Shenandoah XIV
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Thomson
New Orleans
Paul Jones Thomson
Washington
Langley Field
Berryville
Hawthorne
Winchester Plant May Reopen To Hire 100 Workers
Tonight a meeting will study plans to reopen the Shenandoah Boxboard plant in Winchester after its transfer to the Kieckhefer Container Co. If successful, about 100 men would be employed and payroll restored. A nationally known paper company is in talks with Dr. L. M. Allen. Details remain to be finalized and operations could begin within two weeks.
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Shenandoah Boxboard Company
L. M. Allen
Winchester
No Parking On Route Of Parade For Apple Blossom Festival
Chief of Police C W Hollis announces no parking along the Apple Blossom Festival parade route this Saturday May 8. Streets will be roped off and all cars must be removed by 6 AM or towed at owner expense. Parade starts 2 PM from East Piccadilly at Cameron to Loudoun Cork Braddock Piccadilly Washington Germain Stewart Gerrard Braddock and disbands.
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C. W. Hollis
Hollis
East Piccadilly Street
Cameron Street
Loudoun
Fine levied after Millwood crash injures four at intersection
Thomas G. Banks of Millwood was fined 455.25 and his license revoked for two months after an automobile collision Saturday at North Loudoun and Cameron. Three others, Fran ees Green Thelma Harris and Thomas Gordon, were treated and released. Banks’ car hit a truck driven by L. C. Shaw. Separate accidents near Shenandoah river and north of Middletown involved Earl H. Brown and others, with injuries and hospital discharges noted.
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Thomas G. Banks
Millwood
Donald Weems
North Loudoun
Cameron Streets
Banks
Franees Green
Thelma Harris
Thomas Gordon
L. C. Shaw
Earl H. Brown
Tenth Street
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah River
Francis J. Hayle
Congress Street
Middletown
Guy Gore
Floyd Grubbs
Winchester
Russell Swimley
Brucetown
Winchester businessman Gray seeks Democratic nomination for commissioner
Allen B. Gray, longtime Winchester resident and Gray and Sheetz employee for over 25 years, announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the office of commissioner of the revenue. The primary is August 3 and the general election in November. Gray has served on the City Electoral Board for 10 years and is tied to the firm founded by his father, Capt. Robert L. Gray, and H. C. Sheetz Sr.
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Allen B. Gray
Winchester
House of Delegates
Gray
Gray and Sheetz
Capt
Robert L. Gray
H. C Sheetz
Philip Williams
Circuit and
Miss Margaret Hough Dead in Apparent Suicide at Clarke Farm
Miss Margaret Page Hough, 44, of Clarke county Virginia, was found dead by hanging in a barn on the Hough farm Saturday. Coroner's inquiry deemed suicide. funeral set for 11 tomorrow at the Baptist Church in Berryville with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Berryville
Margaret Page Hough
Clarke County
Baptist
L. A. Parker
Green Hill Cemetery
H. C. Iden
Bean To Operate Orchards For Estate Heirs
Eston P. Bean, a local fruit grower, has arranged to take over management of the late Dr. B M Knighton s orchards for the heirs. The orchards, of considerable value, are located in Frederick and Clarke counties.
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Eston P. Bean
B. M. Knighton
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Auction Lease of 50 Acre Pasture at Court House
An auction lease is slated for May 6 at 11 a.m. for a 50 acre pasture. Harry L. McCann, Rev. 14-30, 5-2-1p-21.
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Court House
Harry L. McCann
Opposition leaders discuss compromise on Roosevelt court bill
Senator Burke signals possible agreement if the administration drops the proposal and Hatch's plan for one justice a year is adopted. Hatch proposes two amendments to limit presidential appointments and make court size increase temporary, with mixed support from committee members and no final agreement reached.
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Washington
Burke
D-Ned
Hatch
DNM
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
High Court
Rgan
D-Ky
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Senate
Logan
King
Utah
Frederick County Teachers Plan First Annual Banquet
The Fre derick County Teachers Association announced its first annual banquet to be held Tuesday May 11 at 7 30 pm at the Tokes lun. A humorous address by Rev C W Caulkins is planned and there will be dancing with an orchestra plus bridge and other games. Reservations can be made through C W Wake Middletown Va high school principal.
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Frederick County
Tokes’ Lun
C. W. Caulkins
C. W. Wake
Middletown
Wanted Car Washer for Festival at Hughes Motor Co
Classified notice seeking a car washer for a festival at Hughes Motor Co. Applicants to apply to Mr. Henkle. Short listing to follow.
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Hughes Motor Co
Henkle
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U. S
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Moling & Cather
Women Among
Presbyterians
Mr. Wilson
Hable’s Palace
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Pickford
Buddy” Rogers
du Pont
Kieckhefer Container Co
Delair, N. J
Revenue Post
M. Hough
Mr. Bean
Senate Judiciary Committee
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