Pink Petal Trail Delights Thousands At Shenandoah Apple Festival
Tens of thousands filled streets to view the Pink Petal Trail and parade as the Shenandoah Apple Festival wrapped two days of color and pageantry. Attendance ranged up to 80,000 with the firemen’s parade and judging stand events drawing large crowds. Winners included Blue Devils from Johnstown and Yellow Jackets from West Newton in American Legion and band competitions.
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Allen
Marshall
Washton
Club Manufacturing Co
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
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Johnstown
American Legion
Pennsylvania
Hanover
Yellow Jackets
Post
West Newton
Handley High
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Workers Shifts May Be Changed In Industrial Plan
Washington May 3 A proposal seeks voluntary action by industry to extend factory hours by adding Sunday and night shifts with extra pay to increase total operating time. The plan aims to mobilize additional shifts while avoiding compulsion.
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Washington
SORA
Ecposita
Robab
Indus
Taduetey
Nazi Freighter Lech Intercepted by British Ship
The 3290 ton German freighter Lech, built 1939 and sailing from Rio de Janeiro with airplane parts and chemicals, was intercepted yesterday by a British auxiliary cruiser during the Atlantic blockade. Reports say she was sinking, indicating a crew scuttled the vessel.
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New York
Rio de Janeiro
Bremen
Brazil
Italy Makes Her First Claim To New Territory
A May report from Rome states Italy asserts sovereignty over parts of Slovenia surrounding Ljubljana, expanding its claimed Adriatic frontier. The nationalist move marks Italy’s stance amid Yugoslav borders, with Fascist editors framing annexation as a partial claim to Slovenian lands near the Adriatic.
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Rome
Tre
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Surroun
Virginia Oer
Adriatic
Congress Begins Earnest Search For More Money
President Roosevelt calls for at least 3.5 billion dollars in extra taxes to fund defense. Congress opens tax-raising push, with Morgenthau and Doughton coordinating, urging a fair share from all Americans while not widening the rich-poor gap.
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Congress
Ex King Carol and Mme Lupescu Sail Toward Western World
Former King Carol and Mme Helene Lupescu travel with Ernest Ardareanu aboard the Excam on a May voyage from Lisbon toward Bermuda and Cuba. Carol uses the alias Count Vrancea while sharing a stateroom with Ardareanu amid wary observers and media attention.
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King Carol
Mme. Lupescu
Western World
Carol
Ernest Ardareanu
Urdareanu
Count Vrancea
Neusonees
Mme
Helene Lorenz
Pee Eeeryes
By Pass Considered for Winchester City
Reports of a truck by pass for Winchester prompt inquiry to Fred M. Yellott a resident highway engineer who says no official action has been taken while noting a by pass is likely in time He explains proposed route would leave Route 11 south of Winchester go east to Front Royal Millwood Berryville turnpike and reconnect north of the city Similar plans elsewhere initially meet opposition but later gain local support after construction
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Winchester
Fred M. Yellett
Yellott
Front Royal Road
Millwood Road
Berryville Turnpike
Firemen suspect incendiary blaze at Haddox Row home
Firemen were called at 3 45 this morning to the home of Paul Anthony in Haddox Row where they believe the fire was incendiary. A back porch and kitchen were threatened as a mop and broom were found burned, and a wider blaze was narrowly avoided.
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Paul Anthony
Haddox Row
Aganon
Anthony
Legion Group Urges Navy Help for Britons Aid Delivery
The American Legion executive committee in Indianapolis on May 3 called for using the Navy to ensure delivery of war material aid to Great Britain and the Allies. It urged resignation of Secretary Perkins for national unity in defense and asked for emergency legislation to halt strikes and lockouts.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
United States Navy
Great Britain
Francis Perkins
Veterans’ Organization
Two Ships Sunk By British Bombs
Cairo dispatch reports British bombers sank a destroyer and a merchant ship in the central Mediterranean. A communiqué said three direct hits hit the destroyer and one hit the merchant ship, with subsequent surveillance confirming both vessels were sunk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mediterranean
Bingo Night Promises $25 Grand Prize
Public notice advertises a bingo event at South End Fire dl TM with a $25 grand prize. Reads like a terse classifieds item dated 2 18 14 and includes code a8.
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South End
Dovell Withdraws From Virginia Governorship Race
Ashton Dovell, 65 year old Williamsburg attorney and speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, withdraws from the Democratic gubernatorial nomination race. He cites war concerns and a non-partisan approach, leaving Colgate W. Darden Jr., Vivian Page, and Hunsdon Cary as remaining candidates.
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Williamsburg
Ashton Dovell
Virginia House of Delegates
House of Delegates
Virginia
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Norfolk
Vivian Page
Hunsdon Cary
Henrico County
Lions Regional Meet Set for Winchester Tuesday Evening
Representatives of 12 Lions Clubs in Region 1 District 24 Virginia will hold their annual regional meeting in Winchester Tuesday May 6 at 7 pm at the George Washington. Guests include district governors from Maryland District 22 West Virginia District 29 and Norfolk District 24. Entertainment features the Handley Glee Club and Winchester Junior Board of Trade quartet. About 300 are expected.
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Virginia
Winchester
George Washington
Alexandria
Arlington
Berryville
Falls Church
Fredericksburg
Leesburg
Purcellville
Warrenton
Culpeper
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Madison
Lurayne Winchester
Wood
Hugh V. Keiser
Maryland
District of Columbia
Extension of Crop Insurance Expands to Other Crops
Washington May 3 President Roosevelt approved the principle of extending federal crop insurance beyond wheat. Fulmer of the House Agriculture Committee disclosed a letter from the President to Secretary Wickard noting proven benefits and saying consideration might be given to insuring other crops as reliable bases are developed. The letter recalls Roosevelt vetoed a cotton crop insurance bill last year due to losses on wheat and lack of a self supporting basis. producers of all major crops should share in benefits once established. Cotton insurance is a recommendation tied to a farm program bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pulmer
House
Tox Ae Committee
Fulmer
Wickard
Congressional
Willis Real Estate and Awning Ad Notice
An old classified ad fragment lists Willis Real Estate with phone 812 and E Wong Co awnings for porches windows or terrace at 639 39 E Piccadilly St. The snippet includes scheduling hints and contact details from a historic newspaper page.
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E. Wong . Co
E. Piccadilly St
Further Efforts Being Made To Adjust Strikes
Representatives of the Defense Mediation Board General Motors and CIO United Automobile Workers resumed talks to resolve contract differences endangering defense output in 61 plants employing 160000 workers. A Bendix South Bend plant walkout threat looms over 7000 workers. Union wants 10 cents more per hour while GM offers 2. About 1500 railroad clerks threaten strikes to back wage rise for iron ore dock workers across four Great Lakes ports. Soft coal mines mostly back in production but Alabama fields idle over a 1 dollar wage demand. Greyhound drivers at Cleveland prepare to strike at 5 am following failed contract talks affecting 1500 workers.
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Defense Mediation Board
General Motors Corporation
CIO United Automobile Workers
Defense
Defense Labor Board
Bendix Aviation Corporation
South Bend
Ind
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UAW
General Motors
Mediation Board
Great Lakes
International Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Brotherhood
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Alabama
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Pennsylvania
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John L. Connor
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Iraq Surges seize Oil Wells and Pipelines in Western Iraq
A German wireless report, citing a third Iraq army communique, says Iraqi forces seized oil fields pipelines and stations at Kirkuk Khanikin and Gegara and tightened encirclement of Sindebane airport. Artillery shelled Sindebane causing fires in petrol dumps and ammunition dumps explosions reported.
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New York
Iraq Army
Kirkuk
Khanikin
Gegara
Beirut
Lebanon
Sindebane
Iraq
War Today: Britain and Iraq Clash. Far East Front Flare
AP reports Britain and Iraqi troops battle to control air bases as a new Far East front heats up. Germany silent on intervention while Turkish position remains firm and Tobruk defenses are pressed. Luftwaffe strikes Liverpool as RAF targets Hamburg. German shipping losses claim over a million tons in April. Italy proclaims annexation of a Yugoslav fragment.
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Iraq
Far East Front
Turkey
RAF
Hamburg
Italy
Yugo
Manila Blaze Destroys Tondo Slums. Thousands Homeless
A massive fire in Manila's Tondo district destroyed three square miles of flimsy tenements today. At least three people died and about 25,000 were left homeless as property damage topped an estimated 500000 dollars.
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Manila
Tondo
President Roosevelt Seeks Rest in Virginia
President Roosevelt finds seclusion in the Blue Ridge foothills during a rest period. He plans a May 4 visit to Staunton to dedicate the restored birthplace of Virginia native Woodrow Wilson, born 1856, then return to Washington by tomorrow night.
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Roosevelt
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Wilson
Washington
Experiments On Perennial Lespedezas In Virginia
In Richmond on May 3 the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries with the Virginia Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at VPI and others report ongoing tests of perennial lespedezas and other wildlife food plants. Plantings span State Game Farm New Kent County and Blacksburg with plans for northern and southwest high altitude sites. The aim is seeds that fruit heavily and persist through late winter to early spring shortages, with chufa noted for higher altitudes and potential for mountain turkey restocking.
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Richmond
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit
State
New Kent County
Blacksburg
Virginia
C. F. Phelps
Commission
City and County Brevities from the Winchester Festival
Arlington flyer J E Polk and Miss Dorace Bennett landed a Cub near Virginia Avenue School to watch the Winchester festival parade. Mrs Margaret Reed of Ithsburs Md fainted and was revived at Memorial Hospital. Fireman Stanley Smith injured after a fall, Eugene Branch rode the car running board. A persistent vendor shouted Genuine gardenias amid red carnations.
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J. E. Polk
Arlington
Eastern Airlines
Winchester
Achim
Miss Dorace Bennett
Virginia Avenue
Mr. Polk
Miss Bennett
McKinley Turner
Margaret Reed
Ithsburg
Piccadilly Street
Memorial Hospital
Stanley Smith
George Washington Hotel
Stanley
Eugene Branch
Fierce Battle Reported Raging Near Bagdad
Berlin reports British shipping losses since the war began near 11 million tons. German sources say losses in the first year reached 7,162,000 tons, rising to 10,917,000 by May 1, 1941, with only the United States able to relieve Britain’s shipping needs.
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Ain
Cording
Fierce Fight in Iraq Draws World Attention
War rages in Iraq as British and Iraqi forces clash into a second day near ancient Mesopotamian sites. Reports claim 26 British planes destroyed at Hadbaniyah airfield and a failed British motorized attempt to seize another airstrip. Germany hints at a larger test with Arab nations while Iran appeals to Arabs in Palestine to join the fight and Saudi troops mass near Jordan.
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Hadbaniyah
Iran
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Irao
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Palestine
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Basra
Bachdad
Turkey
Senate Hearings on Convoys Spark Partisan Debate
Washington May 3 Senator Tobey charges the administration wants to use convoys but is deterred by public opinion. Senator Pepper plans to urge Navy guard for war shipments to Britain in a Monday Senate speech following Senator Guffey's plea for convoys.
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Teebey
Pepper
Senate
Navy Guard
Britain
Guffey
Tobey
Hooe
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