California Primaries Shape Rival Roosevelt Landon Contests
Amid a wave of state primaries Californians eye a Democratic slate with Roosevelt and Sinclair vying for influence alongside Landon backed by Merriam and Hearst. In Maryland and South Dakota similar battles unfold as delegates push for favorable national convention votes.
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Maryland
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Roosevel
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Kansas
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Representative McGroratry
D-Calif
Upton Sinomerital Ct
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Gster
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Frank Merriam
William Randolph Hearst
Earl Warden
Hoover
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Frank Knox
Delega
ATP
Borah
York
Breckinridge
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Roosevelt Jr
Newberry Company Names New Manager Transfer
Basil McEwen, longtime manager of Newberry’s five ten and twenty five cent store in the local branch, is transferred to Cleveland Ohio. He will depart this week for New York City for a preparatory period before assuming duties in Cleveland.
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Basil McEwen
Newberry’s
Cleveland
Ohio
McEwen
New York City
Baltimore peddler fined for unlicensed flower sales
James McCaffey of Baltimore Maryland was charged with peddling flowers without a license. He was assessed a fine and costs totaling 55.25 dollars in Police Court.
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James McCaffey
Baltimore
Two Flee From Antiquated Jail
Chesterfield Virginia May 4 Two prisoners escaped from the old Chesterfield county jail using iron rods and a hammer to smash a side wall on the second floor. Edgar Webb awaiting grand jury action on a house charge and R W Greecy Jr serving a term were the fugitives. Fourteen other inmates remained.
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Chesterfield
C. H
Chesterfield County
Edgar Webb
R. W. Greecy, Jr
Traffic across flooded bridges snarls Sunday travel in region
Sunday traffic was heavy as thousands drove to view Shenandoah apple blossoms. Flood-damaged bridges at Harpers Ferry Hancock and other sites backed up routes, with Williamsport Md bridge busy as motorists faced toll delays. Hagerstown urged a free Williamsport bridge by cross state agreement and Route 11 south of Winchester remained busy. No major crashes reported. Apple blossoms suffered after heavy showers reducing blooms from last week.
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Harpers Ferry
Hancock
Williamsport
Hagerstown
West Virginia
Maryland
Winchester
Man Seriously Wounded During Drunken Quarrel
Brad Parsons of Lee County was seriously wounded in a drunken quarrel at his home in St. Charles Virginia. Ex-convict Bob Mullins was arrested by State Trooper William Orr and others and charged with shooting Parsons who was shot twice in the back. Mullins says he fired after Parsons threatened him with a rock. Parsons’ condition was listed as dangerous. The incident followed weekend shootings that have killed four men in Lee County in recent months.
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ST. Charles
Brad Parsons
Lee County
Bob Mullins
William Orr
Parsons
Mullins
Parson
Handley School News Teases Spring Events And Pageant
The Junior Evening Star reviews Handley student life with a warning to think before speaking in assemblies. It notes district meet success and state meet hopes, the play Enter the Hero heading to Charlottesville, and the upcoming track and glee club activities. Changes in calendar and pageant coverage accompany praise for winners and potential movie stars among students. Joe Ritter’s speedy recovery is wished.
Indians Win Abbreviated 3 0 Contest In Capital
The Cleveland Indians halted Washingtons four game win streak with a rain shortened five inning 3 0 victory in Washington. Gleeson doubled and Averill drove in two runs with a third inning single. Hale scored on Averills double in the fifth.
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Buck Newsom
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Hale
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Dodgers
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van Mungo
Brooklyn
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Giants
REDS
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Cincinnati Reds
Boston ST. Louis
Frankie Frisch
Cardinals
Boston Reds
Grand Lodge of Virginia Odd Fellows Meet in Charlottesville
More than 1,000 members from 285 lodges will attend the 99th annual session of the Grand Lodge of Virginia Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Charlottesville May 25 to 27. events include religious service May 24, banquet for Grand Sire Deans, parade, degrees, and public installations.
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Virginia
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Charlottesville
J. C. Coulter
Grand Sire Parke P. Deans
Richmond
Grand Lodge
City Armory
Militant
Col. G. Raymond Gaines
Alexandria
Orphans Home
Lynchburg
Grand Sire
Order
Rebekah Assembly
Elks Home
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
T. K. Farleigh
Norfolk
A. W. Wallace
French Leftists Claim a Victory in Run-off Election
Paris May 3 Leftist Peoples Front claimed a majority in today’s Chamber of Deputies run-off. Communists won 81 seats Socialists 145 and center factions 129. Ministers and right wing figures lost seats while the ministry noted 15 of 618 returns missing.
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Chamber
Paris
Peoples’ Front
Chamber of Deputies
Ministry of the Interior
The
Center
Jean Fabry
Lucien Boonsontot
Lindbergh
France
Henry Franklin Guillon
Fire destroys Palms Hotel. Edna St Vincent Millay loses manuscripts
Fort Myers Florida May 4 Information received that poet Edna St Vincent Millay suffered the loss of unpublished manuscripts and all personal belongings in a fire that destroyed the Palms Hotel on Sanibel Island off the Florida coast 24 miles south of Fort Myers Saturday night Millay said she had been working on one manuscript for two years and had just arrived for a vacation
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Fla
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Palms Hotel
Sanibel Island
Florida
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Grand Lodge of Virginia Sessions
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Clowe’s Jewelry Store
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Oral Hardwood Flooring Company
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Purcell Ave
Doten
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Miller’s
Arax
Armour’s Star
America
Buncutter Tire Co
North Main Street
Frederick County
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Shenandoah Valley Live Stock Sales, Incorporated
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley Livestock Sales Incorporated
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