Berryville Council Seeks Estimates for Liberty Street Water Line
Berryville Virginia May 8 The town council requested estimates from three local plumbers to install a 2 inch water pipeline along Liberty street after numerous complaints about water service. Deadline for estimates not specified. Reservoir keeper Thompson received a $5 monthly raise after long discussion. Recorder G K Levi presided in Mayor Harris absence. Councilman Frank E Tappan and Councilman Herbert Whiting were absent.
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Berryville Council
Liberty Street
Berryville
Thompson
Blue Ridge
G. K. Levi
H. B. Harris
Frank E. Tappan
Herbert Whiting
Reenactment Links Drowning to Insurance Murder Case
Samuel Sortino re enacted the drowning of Raf faele Caruso at the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia to aid a court proceeding held outdoors. Sortino pleaded guilty to murder for insurance and received a life sentence.
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Samuel Salvatore Sortino
Schuylkill River
Philadelphia
Raffaele Caruso
Sortino
Town council orders warrants over trash burning and non-burnable waste disposal
Town officials in the 2nd ward instructed Town Sergeant Harley Cheshire to issue warrants against trash burners or non-burnable waste violators. Dr. George N. Hardesty read a list of residents in arrears on water rent, with uncollected rents in the hundreds of dollars. The treasurer’s office was to be credited with unpaid rents, and nonpayers risk water shutoff.
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Harley Cheshire
George N. Hardesty
Whiting
Third Termers Gain Ground as Roosevelt Rally Expands
Roosevelt backers win decisive California primary support and add the California delegation to their momentum while Garner captures most Texas delegates. Alabama favors Speaker Bankhead. Florida Florida and South Dakota show split results as Republicans regroup.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
California
Garner
Texas
Bankhead
D-Ala
Alabama
Entering Fee At State Parks To Be Dropped
Richmond May 8 N Clarence Smith chairman of the Conservation Commission said Virginia six State Parks opening May 15 would be free this year. The panel will discuss funding options to cover about three fifths of last year’s 10 cent entrance receipts and consider parking fees to offset lost revenue. They will also consider 24 new cabins and reducing state advertising duplication for tourism.
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Richmond
N. Clarence Smith
The
Conservation Commission
Virginia
Smith
Two Are Held In Liquor Case
Dorsey Russell and William Splinter Wood were arrested near Berryville Virginia on illegal liquor charges. They face a preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Loring C. Kackley Monday at 10 a.m. Each posted a $500 surety bond and were released after custody.
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Berryville
Dorsey Russell
William
Splinter) Wood
Blue Ridge Mountains
Berrys Ferry
R. W. Buckner
Loring C. Kackley
Fearful Farmer Folk Mourn For Maniac Victim
Fay Gates, 22, killed by a sex fiend in Centre county, mourned by farmers. State police report no killer lead as services in Mt Eagle Methodist Church draw hundreds, with three truckloads of flowers. The match factory near the village closes so all 100 workers attend.
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Belletonte
Pretty Fay Gates
Mt. Eagle
Centre County
Miss Gates
Last Rites For Johnny LaRowe
Eight University of Virginia boxing students carried coach John LaRowe to his grave. LaRowe won Southern Conference championships for seven years and died on Sunday. Honorary pallbearers included President John Lloyd Newcomb faculty members former team members and athletic staff. Services were led in the Gothic chapel by Rev William Laird and Dr Cecil Cook with faculty students alumni and others in attendance.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
John LaRowe
LaRowe
John Lloyd Newcomb
University
William Laird
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Cecil Cook
University Baptist Church
Germans Report Fresh Successes Near Narvik and Saarlautern
Berlin reports say German airmen struck marching Allied columns near Narvik in northern Norway and hit two British cruisers. The communique notes a chaser plane shot down east of Narvik, Norwegian resistance fading, and a large stockpile of captured Allied weapons in the Anladsnes region. An attack south of Saarlautern by enemy shock troops was repulsed with heavy losses.
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Berlin
Narvik
Norway
High Command
Anladsnes
Vinje
Saarlautern
Expects Increase In Traffic Deaths
In Roanoke on May 8 Burton M. March of the American Automobile Association predicted a rise in traffic fatalities on streets and highways. The Virginia Statewide Safety Conference featured demonstrations of dust explosions and discussions on drunk driving and federal mine inspections. Dr. John L. Davis spoke at the banquet.
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Roanoke
Burton M. March
American Automobile Association
Washington, D. C
Virginia
John L. Davis
New York
Thomas Heading Re-elected President of C W Railway
D. W. Thomas, who gained control of the Chesapeake Western Railway about two years ago, was re elected president at Roanoke during the stockholders and directors meeting. Officers include George S. Aldhizer II as vice president A L Cupp as treasurer and auditor W H Byrd as assistant treasurer John R Crown as secretary. Directors elected include Aldhizer Cocke Cole Hull and John R Crown all of Roanoke and other Roanoke area officers were named.
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D. W. Thomas
Chesapeake Western Railway
Roanoke
George S. Aldhizer II
A. L. Cupp
W. H. Byrd
John R. Crown
C. Francis Cocke
C. B. Cole
D. D. Hull
John R
Quiz Answer Key Highlights
The page lists eight multiple choice items with identified answers: Martin Van Buren, Grass, Shetland, Korea or Chosen, a device to see through, Vice President, Robert H. Jackson, Boston Red Sox, and the phrase as In Memoriam.
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Martin van Buren
Grass
Shetland
Korea
Robert H. Jackson
Boston Red Sox
Pasadena school principal shoots four dead at board meeting
Verling Spencer, Pasadena California principal, killed four people at a school board meeting over job fears. Two board members died and two others were wounded before Spencer killed himself. The incident occurred as the board prepared to decide his fate.
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C. P
Verling Spencer
Pasadena
Cal
Roanoke Officials Approve Locomotive Purchase
Parker of Roanoke D W Thomas and John R Crown participate as the annual officers election yields little business. The meeting ratified President Thomas’s purchase of a new locomotive.
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Thomas
Page Democrats Elect Delegates and Officers
In Luray on May 8 county Democrats elected delegates and alternates to the state convention and named new county officers. Restitutions praised Roosevelt Glass Byrd Price Weaver and Louderback. Judge John H Booton urged a united front. C D Price became county chairman with James Foltz elected vice chairman and Robert Knowles secretary.
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Charles Andrews
Florida
Bernarr Macfadden
Roosevelt
California
Chicago
Garner
Texas
Harlan Bushfield
South Dakota
Lewis Bicknell
Farley
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert
C. D. Price
James Foltz
Shenandoah
Robert Knowles
Robert Harnsberger
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