Hindenburg Disaster Triggers Fast Inquiries at Lakehurst
The Hindenburg explosion near Lakehurst New Jersey kills at least thirty one aboard with sixty eight survivors. Inquiries begin as Germany and the United States seek the cause amid theories and official probes led by Dr Hugo Eckener.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Germany
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Pasengers
United States
New Jersey
Hitler
Hindenburg
Ameri
Winchester Welcomes Festival Guests To Historic City
MA WINCHESTER extends a warm welcome to visitors to the festival in the historic Virginia city. It highlights George Washington’s headquarters at Fort Loudoun, urges seeing local sites, and offers directions from the Chamber of Commerce, hotels, or the AAA club for maps and literature. Godspeed.
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Winchester
Virginia
George Washington
Fort Loudoun
Chamber of Commerce
AAA Club
Extra Officers Guard Floats For Peony Parade
F A Read Jr announced extra police will protect artistic floats due to valuable materials used in decoration. Souvenir hunters will be arrested. A dozen officers guard the end of the parade line as the peony festival float carries Chinese furniture worth several hundred dollars. Floats will ship to Van Wert Ohio for the Peony Festival there. Local beauty shops sponsor the floats and the unit size has grown to over twenty feet.
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F.A. Read, Jr
van’ Wert
Ohio
Dufour
Vanity Fair
Folding stools for the festival sale by George W Kurtz
Miles B. Deans Antique Sale announced for May 12 at 326 N Cameron. Kurtz promotes folding stools priced 40 cents for the festival with catalog reference 5 6 1p 2t.
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George W. Kurtz
Miles B. Dean
N. Cameron
Apple Blossom Festival Parade Skipped Saturday
The Star will not be issued on Saturday May 8 the second day of the Apple Blossom Festival. The Evening Star notes a brief publishing pause affecting advertisers and subscribers.
Photographer Captures Hindenburg Disaster Through Lens
Murray Becker, AP photographer, recalls the moment the Hindenburg exploded and burned during approach and crash at Lakehurst. He describes firing two dramatic frames as flames enveloped the airship and passengers fled, amid a dazed rush of spectators.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Central Press
Murray Becker
Associated Press
Matilda Shutts Property for Sale at Court House
A residence and five acres, located one mile east of Bruce, will be sold in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday May 15. The sale is listed under notice 5-T-1p-2t.
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Brucetown
Court House
Fire Company Meeting Postponed to May 14
Charley Rouss Fire Co. postpones its regular meeting night due to the Apple Blossom Festival date. The meeting now will be held Friday May 14 under M. D. Weaver.
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Charley Rouss Fire Co
M. D. Weaver
Crowds Enjoy World Exposition Shows At Fair Grounds
A large crowd visited the World Exposition shows last night and stayed late. The grounds were well kept and parking was ample and free. Lighting aided parking and the event runs until Saturday under the Sarah Zane Fire Company and Apple Blossom Festival committee with matinees daily for children free.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Apple Blossom Trestival Committee
Apple Blossom Festival Attendance Seen To Hit New Peak
A fourteenth annual Apple Blossoms festival draws thousands from Baltimore Washington Richmond Philadelphia and nearby cities for a Saturday celebration. Queen Shenandoah XIV Gretchen Thomson appears at events with a fireworks display and band concert tonight. Tomorrow features the pageant When Beauty Came a parade at 2 PM led by Dr. L. M. Allen and a 12:30 PM reception and luncheon for the Queen and her court.
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Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Philadelphia
Coronation and Pageant Animate City Festival Schedule
A two day calendar of events for the coronation of Queen Shenandoah XIV includes a 10:00 a m band concert on the Court House Square a 1:00 p m luncheon at the Amherst street home of Mrs R E Byrd a 3:00 p m coronation at Handley School stadium and a 3:30 p m pageant When Beauty Comes at Handley Stadium followed by dances fireworks and a grand parade and many related social events through Saturday including a Queen's Ball at George Washington Hotel and events at Winchester Golf Club Handley High School grounds and Admiral Byrd Airport.
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Gretchen Thomson
Shenandoah XIV
Handley High School
McIlwee Municipal
Handley Grounds
Boscawen Street
Cameron and
Kent Streets
George Washington Hotel
Court House Square
R. E. Byrd
Amherst Street
Handley School
Handliey
Stadium
Winchester Golf Club
Admiral Byrd Airport
Handley, High School
Joe Rowe
Princess Ton
Handley Stadium
Anne Brooke Kern
City
Cameron
Kent
Riverside Rendezvous Opens Day and Night
Riverside announces an open day and night event featuring Bob Riley's Orchestra on May 19 and June 4 with details in a numbered schedule.
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Riverside
Bob Riley
Orch
Mother's Day Flowers Short Ad
Mother's Day is next Sunday shop offers reasonable potted plants and cut flowers from THE FLOWER SHOP.
Robbery Report At North Loudoun Street Restaurant
An unidentified man stole a broken down slot machine from a North Loudoun Street restaurant while employee Dorothy Bowman prepared a sandwich. Gladys Snider, owner, chased outside as the thief loaded the machine into an old black car with yellow wheels. No license plate observed. Two men lingered in a nearby car before and after the theft.
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Loudoun
Dorothy Bowman
Gladys Snider
Fairgrounds
Sanitary Laundry Winchester Notice
Sanitary Laundry Winchester announces closure on Saturday May 8. The facility will be closed for the day.
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Winchester Steam
Special Apple Blossom Edition On Sale At The Star
The Star announces a special Apple Blossom edition available now at The Star Office for 2 cents per copy or 1 cent mailed. Orders urged due to limited supply.
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of the Star
Star Office
Merida
Queen Gretchen Bigelow Thomson Crowned Shenandoah XIV at Handley Stadium
Miss Gretchen Bigelow Thomson of New Orleans was crowned Queen Shenandoah XIV at 3 PM as a large Winchester crowd filled Handley Stadium for the two day spring festival. Cadets from Massanutten Military Academy provided a military escort, and the Queen and her 32 person court witnessed the pageant When Beauty Came.
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Handley Stadium
Gretchen Bigelow “Thomson
New Orleans
Shenandoah XIV
Greensward
Shenandoah Valley
J. R. Beardall
Secretary of the Navy
Claude Swanson
Her Majesty
Winchester
Span
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Louise Miller
Delinquent Real Estate Taxes To Be Published In Winchester
City Treasurer W A Baker announced that on Monday lists of delinquent real estate taxes will be posted at four Winchester voting precincts. Taxpayers may have their names removed from the list before noon by paying their tax bills.
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W. A. Baker
Winchester
Baker
Winchester Park Association Postpones May Meeting
The regular monthly meeting is moved from Monday night May 10 to Monday night May 17 to allow the Swimming Pool committee extra time for a full report. President Fred Forney announces the change.
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Winchester Park Association
Swimming Pool Committee
Fred. Forney
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Jersey
Eckener
Gretchen Bigelow Thomson
Thomson
U. S
Swanson
the Evening Star
A. P
Matilda Shutts
the Flower Shop
Chuck & Ray
J. W. Beardall
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