Prize winning floats built by South Boston firm dominate Apple Festival
South Boston Virginia firms led by Watkin G. Hunt Parade Masters supplied most prizes for the Apple Festival parades. Appalachi an Inc Nehi Kraft Cheese Valley Fruit and Candy Dr Pepper Bottling Company Baker and Anderson were among other Hunt constructed winners. Lions Kiwanis Queen and Princess floats also earned top money. A new moisture resistant material reduced rain risk and parade director Henry T. Goode praised Hunt’s work.
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Watkins G. Hunt
Boston
Hunt
Appalachian , Inc
Nehi
Henry T
Kraft Cheese C . Valley Fruit and Candy
Dr. Pepper Bottling Company
Baker and Anderson
Hunter
Lions
Kiwanis
South Boston
Katherine Parnell
Winchester Cold Storage
Southern Dairies
Sanitary
Henry T. Goode
Futures and Cash Grain Prices Edge Down on Uncertainty
In Chicago on May 4, futures for wheat and corn eased after modest gains as European political developments unsettled sentiment. Cash grain held steady with a firmer basis. shippers sold 50 000 bushels of wheat to outside mills.
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Chicago
Mas
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Blossoms Ballroom Hosts Spring Festival Dances
The Blossom Ball Room hosted the Spring festival with Glen Gray and Tommy Tucker performing over two nights. About 750 tickets sold Thursday and 520 Friday, drawing hundreds of locals and many out-of-town visitors. Autograph seekers and dancers filled the low-ceiling venue as Amy Arnell performed with Tucker's Orchestra. Kenneth Robinson, dance committee chair, confirmed the figures.
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Glen Gray
Tommy Tucker
Amy Arnell
Tucker
Kenneth Robinson
Priday
Death Takes Mrs. Newell
Mrs Hattie Ridings Newell 72 widow of W H Newell died Friday morning in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a heart ailment. Services Sunday at 2 30 pm from the late home in Strasburg with Rev H M Crim. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City. Survived by foster daughter Mrs Harry Spiker, sister Mrs Bertie Krouse, brother William Ridings.
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Strasburg
Hattie Ridings Newell
W. H. Newell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Green Hill Cemetery
Stephens City
Newell
Frederick County
John Ridings
Maria Funkhouser Ridings
Harry Spiker
Lucy Ellen Stickley
Bertie Krouse
Winchester
William Ridings
Market Prices on Grains and Beans in Baltimore Markets
Oats barley and soy beans quoted by grade with numbers for yellow and white oats. No 2 yellow oats 39 and No 3 68 percent. Barley malting 53-66, feed 40-50. Soy No 2 yellow 1.10 percent and No 3 1.08-1.09. Wheat No 2 red winter 1.14. Corn 75-77. Winchester markets list Wheat 1.10 per bushel and Corn 70c per bushel with year ago comparisons.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Sevsoven
Covcccces
Asislere
Creamery
Illinois oil production to date and probable reserves
Illinois oil wells have yielded to date 525 million barrels of oil and it is estimated that proved reserves amount to another 500 million barrels.
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Illinois
Market Quotations Livestock and Produce Markets
Livestock and produce prices stay steady or decline slightly across apples potatoes eggs butter and meat markets. Chicago hog and cattle quotes show steady or lower levels with fat lambs easing. Philadelphia poultry demand weak with steady egg runs and unchanged dressed poultry prices.
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Baltimore
Fla
Bliss
U. S
Baltimore Butter and Egg Exchange
Chicago
Philadelphia
Stock Market Report Amid European War Fears
New York May 4 stock mood trims speculative sal es as fears of weekend European conflict loom. Ticker slow, two hours total around 350 000 shares. Douglas leads aviation, while Boeing and others lag. Major industrials mixed with gains for Chrysler and Sears. Bonds and commodities at t ace.
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Victor Eubank
New York
Douglas
Boeing
Glenn Martin
United Airraft
American Airlines
General Motors
du Pont
General Electric
Loft
International Paper Preferred
American-Hawaiian Steamship
Phelps Dodge
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Edison
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Texas Corp. Johns Manville
Consolidated Oil
Kennecott, Santa Fe
American Telephone
Sterling
Local Markets Update From The Star
The Star notes markets are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors.
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Star
Treasury Status May 2 Receipts and Deficit Report
Treasury updates show May 2 receipts of 28.66 million dollars against expenditures of 32.76 million, leaving a net balance of 2.20 billion dollars. The report notes a deficit for the period.
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Washington
the Treasury
Martin Johnson Books by Explorer Author
The late Martin Johnson wrote several books including Through the South Seas with Jack London Cannibal Land Camera Trails in Africa Safari a Saga of the African Blue and Lion African Adventure with the King of Beasts.
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A. the Explorer
South Seas
Jack London
Africa
King of
Beasts
Rites Set For Mrs Newcomer in Beaver Creek
Funeral arrangements are announced for Mrs Susanna Bayer Newcomer 79 who died Thursday night at her daughter Mrs D G Rowe’s home near the Senseney road. She was the widow of ex county commissioner Joseph Newcomer of Hagerstown and was a Church of Christ member. Services will be at Beaver Creek tomorrow at 2 90 oclock with interment at Beaver Creek. Pallbearers include Daniel Kline Cyrus Newcomer Frank Barkdall Harry Boswell Maurice Newcomer andoe Beecher.
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Church of Christ
Ringgold
See
My ¢ Church of Christ At
Beaver
George Myer
Hagerstown
John Newcomer
Rowe
Charles H. Punk
Cork Street Church of Christ
Beaver Creek
Daniel Kline
Cyrus Newcomer
Frank Barkdall
Harry Boswell
Maurice Newcomer
Oe Beecher
Beaver Reek
Chamberlain Rule Faces Defection in High-Stakes Crisis
Clement Davies and a group of Liberal National colleagues vow to oppose any confidence vote as debate intensifies over Chamberlain's leadership amid the Norway crisis. The Manchester Guardian derides Chamberlain's self-delusion while Lays warning on potential government collapse. Churchill emerges as a leading alternative if the government falls.
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Clement Davies
Guardian
Manchester Guardian
Chamberlain
Norway
The
Law
Bonar Law
Asquith
Hitler
Germany
Neumark
John Simon
Exchequer
Samuel Hoare
Oliver Stanley
Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Answers to Today’s Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include Robert Louis Stevenson Republican Seven thin glass lead and tin White Independence Hall Philadelphia Demosthenes West Point black gold gray Annapolis blue and gold First name.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Republican
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Demosthenes
West Point
Annapolis
New Deal Farm Program Backed by Thousands of Women
Thousands of women attended the National Institute of Government sponsored by the Democratic National Committee women's division. The event featured President Roosevelt challenging candidates to explain how they would change laws or balance the budget if in power.
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National Institute of Government
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Coun
Buffalo
N. Y
Taft
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ontario
Dewey
Wichita
Kan
Senate
Garner
James A. Farley
Spectacular Floats Highlight Blossom Festival Parade
Beautiful floats and colorful costumes graced the parade as Randolph Macon and other bands impressed crowds. The Lions Club float drew praise while the Kiwanis and Elks entries attracted attention. A massed Handley High School band concert closed the festivities with thousands in attendance.
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Randolph- Macon Academy
Ernest Dove
Fincastle High School
Botetourt
Shenandoah County High School
Board of Supervisors
Richmond
Frederick County
MolIiwee
Handley High School
Greenbrier
Massanutten Military Academy
Eastern High School
Washington, D. C
Alexandria
John Marshall
Staunton Military Academy
Randolph Macon
Clifton Forge
South
Boston
Lions
Lions’ Club
Henry T. Goode
Kiwanis
Elks’ Club
Maurice Spitalny
Tommy Tucker
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E. Piccadilly St
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