Beardsworth Cadet Band Wins Apple Blossom Festival Trophy
The Greenbrier Military School Cadet Band led by Capt. W H Beardsworth won first place at the Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. The 47 piece unit with color guard performed in parades and night torchlight events and served as escorts for festival princesses.
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Leewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier Military School
W. H. Beardsworth
Shenandoah Valley
Win
Winchester
Pershing Heads Back To Capital
Gen. John J. Pershing 78 prepares to board a rail car for Washington after a 4 1/2 month Tucson stay. He declines to discuss current military needs though he has long urged 400000 trained troops and a million citizens to be trained for national defense.
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Tucson
Ariz
Europe
John J. Pershing
Washington, D. C
West Point
Pershing
United States
President To Address Cadets At West Point
President Roosevelt likely will address the West Point graduating class on June 12. Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington baseball team, visited the White House to invite him to a Cooperstown centennial celebration that same day, but the President was understood unable to attend due to West Point plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
West Point
Clark Griffith
White House
Cooperstown
N. Y
Griffith
Rainfall Averages For 1913 38 Period And Latest Totals
The report presents present and past rainfall data with May to date and year to date totals. It lists 1913-38 average monthly and annual rainfall figures, crediting Winchester Research Laboratory. Also notes three teens arrested in Denver for burglaries totaling 820 dollars, with most loot recovered in Elko Nevada.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Denver
Nevada
Ohio
Elko
Nev
Dear Miss Chatfield Question on a Wife and Her Mother
A husband vents about his wife favoring her mother and a letter scheme with another man. An advised course involves confronting the wife, reading the Riot Act to the mother-in-law, and considering options that challenge trust and control within the marriage.
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Miss Chatfield
Advising a Husband on Publicly Forgiving a Wife
A columnist urges husbands to confess love, forgive past offenses, separate from the lover, and reform wives who cheat. He cites an old Greek warning about a mother’s influence and notes some wives can be brought to see marriage crime as costly.
Luther League Holds Convention In Newport News
About 130 delegates from Virginia attended the 29th semi annual Luther League meeting of the Staunton conference Lutheran Synod of Virginia at Trinity Church Newport News. Marian Kiligas of Norfolk elected president. other officers chosen.
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Newport News
Virginia
Luther League of the Staunton Conference
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Marian Kiligas
Norfolk
Trinity Lutheran Church
Marie McDaniel
Wesley Eley
Waynesboro
Clarence Switzer
Sidney
Elizabeth Marks Richmond
Staunton
Luther League of America
Mt. Sidney
Augusta County
Long Beach
Calif
Virginia Synod
Eloise Trussell
Trinity League
W. A. Moyer, Jr
Grace League
W. H. Kibler, Jr
Bethany League
Lexington
Mary Grace Scherer
First League
Richmond
God
P. J. Bame
Trinity Church
Liberty Bell Moved to Allentown to Fend Off British
In 1777 as American forces prepared to depart Philadelphia the Liberty Bell was relocated to Allentown to keep it from falling into British hands at the city gates.
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Philadelphia
Allentown
Epidemic Mice Sweep Australian Wheat Yard
During World War I mice overran wheat stores in Australia with an epidemic surge. In one yard alone, 70 000 mice were killed in a single afternoon as efforts to curb the infestation intensified.
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Australia
National Highway System Proposal by Norman Bel Geddes
Dr Norman Bel Geddes outlined a 1960 national highway plan to permit 100 mph speeds with segregated traffic and central authority. He argued design can safely support 100 mph and left-turns at 50 mph, claiming little extra cost and reduced crash risk.
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New York
Norman Bel Geddes
Geddes
Roosevelt
Congressional
Seafarin Dan Injured After Fall at Warrenton Races
Seafarin Dan an 8 year old hunter derby horse suffered a brain concussion from a fall at a water jump during the Warrenton gold cup day. Jockey Frost escaped unhurt. The horse previously won the Rose Tree and Pickering and the Middleburg hunt classic and finished second in the Warrenton gold cup. Owner Ewart Johnson of Boyce indicated the horse would recover but not race soon.
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Warrenton
Seafarin Dan
Ewart Johnson
Boyce
Frost
Pickering
Philadelphia
Johnson
Health Officer Resigns Augusta County Post
Staunton May 8. Dr J C Neale Jr resigns as Augusta County health director to join the state health department. He came from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in 1936 and is a graduate of the Medical College of Virginia.
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Staunton
J. C. Neale, Jr
Augusta County Health
State Health Department
Johnskins Hospital
Baltimore
Medical College of Virginia
Daily Crossword Puzzle 1 Qualified 4 Faintest 9 Isinglass
Puzzle clues span across numbers 1 to 39 with entries including elevated abbreviation scrutinize savor behind 3 25 where Napoleon exile 27 Greek letter 28 Adivan theme and other multi word answers. The page features an answer key segment and copyright notice from 1939 King Features Syndicate.
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Isinglass
Cain
Europe
Embroiderable Motifs Promised by Pattern 6398
Humpty Dumpty and friends offer charming embroidery motifs for bibs suits scarfs pillows and pictures. Pattern 6398 includes 28 transfer motifs sized up to five by eight inches. Send ten cents and include name address and pattern number to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York NY.
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Humpty Dumpty
Winchester Evening Star
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
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