Greatest mass ocean flight launches from Pearl Harbor
The 48 naval patrol planes roared from Pearl Harbor at 7 18 a m bound for Midway Island in the largest aeronautical maneuver the U S Navy has staged in the Pacific. The route is uncharted with secrecy surrounding the operation as 153 warships join the fleet in a vast North Pacific exercise.
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Honolulu
Porl Harbor
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
United States Navy
Pacific
America
mid-Pacific
North Pacific
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Florists Meeting Dates Corrected at George Washington Hotel
The florists convention will be held in the George Washington Hotel on May 14 and 15, correcting earlier notice that listed May 13 and 14. The Star issues this correction.
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Florists Meeting
George Washington
General Motors faces looming motor strike over 33000 idle workers
Labor mediators pressed new talks with General Motors after Chevrolet workers rejected a peace offer 1251 to 605. About 33000 GM idled across plants as Toledo walkout spreads, with AFL officials demanding a change in attitude to avert wider action.
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Detroit
Department of Labor
General Motors Corporation
Automobile Indusry
Edward J. McGrady
Thomas J. Williams
A. Lator
Department
Toledo
Chevrolet Motor Company
William S. Knudsen
General Motors
McGrady
Francis J. Dillon
American Federation of Labor
Edward F. McGrady
Perkins
Asute
Fred Schwabe
United Automobile Workers Federal Union
Last Chance to See Highway Patrol at Handley High
Tonite the feature Highway Patrol plays at Handley High School in a free cinema night sponsored by Cammer Tire Co. One printed program notes a single screening with admission not charged.
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Handley High School
Very Cammer Tire Co
The Flower Shop Offers Mother's Day Corsages and Plants
Flowers for Mothers Day include gardenias sweet peas roses and Martha Washington geraniums. Also available potted hydrangeas lilies and other blooms from The Flower Shop.
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Martha Washington
Sarah Zane Fire Company Meeting Notice
The Sarah Zane Fire Company calls a regular monthly meeting for Friday evening May 10 at 8 o clock. A large attendance is desired. R B Brown Captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire
Sarah Zane Fire Company
R. B. Brown
Plans Push Campaign to Raise 6000 for Needy Families
Eugene Cooper chairs a drive to raise 6000 starting May 14 to aid 86 families in need. Four businessmen join the effort, with a May 13 workers meeting for final plans. The plan notes government relief shifts to employables while the city and donors cover un employables.
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Winchester
Eugene Cooper
Commercial Employee Committee
Wendell Goode
Ansell Grove
David E. Hawthorne
Lawrence C. Hollis
Jack Engle
Chain letter factories flood Missouri towns with cash promises
Springfield Missouri swarmed with chain letter factories as $2 $3 and $5 letters moved briskly from person to person. Notaries verified payments and owners resold copies while offices and drugstores turned into busy hubs as authorities strained to halt the nationwide send a dime craze.
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Winchester
Denver
Springfield
Missouri
Guy Barnes
Drury College
Harry P. Study
The
Jubilee Singers to Perform Tonight at Mt Carmel
The Berryville Jubilee Singers will sing at Mt. Carmel F B Church tonight and present the play The Upper Garden. The public is invited.
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Jubilee Singers
Berryville
Blackstone Seeks Water Survey Data From Winchester
Blackstone town manager C. H. Hardy has written to Winchester city manager requesting information on the recently completed water waste survey in Winchester. He notes a similar survey is being considered in Blackstone due to benefits from the local project.
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C. H. Hardy
Blackstone
Winchester
Mr. Hardy
Warren County and Front Royal News Feature in The Star
Page 1 highlights Warren County and Front Royal items in The Star. Local briefs cover community events, weather notes, and upcoming meetings with brief notes from officials.
Administrator's Sale In Front Of County Court House
In front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia on Saturday May 11 at 11 am fourteen shares F and M National Bank and Trust Co stock fifteen shares George Washington Hotel stock Virginia Apple Cold Storage stock one share Berryville Horse and Colt Show stock sale to settle estate debts and for distribution of assets.
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County Court House
Winchester
F. & M. Nat. Bank & Trust Co
George Washington Hotel
Apple Cold Storage
Berryville Horse and Colt
Ebert Memorial Chimes Dedicated at Market Street Church
The Ebert Memorial Chimes and organ will be formally dedicated at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Winchester this Friday at 7:30 pm. Prof. Hovdesven will play. Bishop Hughes will dedicate. Rev. Brashears leads the service with Paul Young singing and a choir.
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Market Street M. E. Church
W. M. Brashears
Ebert
Market Street Methodist
Episch
Charles M. Ebert
Anna R. Ebert
E. Arne Hovdesven
Mercersburg Academy
Academy Gothic
Mercersburg
Paul Young
Edwin Holt Hughes
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
M. P. Moller
Hagerstown
George H. Eagle
Wilbur Johnston
C. Arthur Robinson
Wallace M. Brashears
Mes. Ritten
St. Eustache
Paris
Bach
Mereaux
Professor Hovdesven
God of
W. F. Locke
M. E. Church
South
Handel
Heaven
Hughes
God
Young
Buzzi-Peccia
Winchester
Fairfax Hall
Market Street
Rouss Fire Company Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Rouss Fire Company will be held Friday evening May 10. Members are asked to be present. M. D. Weaver, President.
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ROUSS
Rouss Fire Company
Friendship Fire Co meeting set for May 9 at 8 pm
The Friendship Fire Company will hold its regular meeting in the company hall at 8 o clock Thursday May 9. The session was postponed from last week due to the Apple Blossom Festival and an unusual amount of business is expected. all members are urged to attend.
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Friendship Fire Company
James Shryock
Secty
Death of Judge Thomas W. Harrison Remains Move Winchester
Judge Thomas W. Harrison died at his home early this morning. Judge Philip Williams praised his predecessor's character and service to Virginia and its people. Maurice M. Lynch of the Winchester Bar recalled Harrison as a brilliant, incorruptible lawyer and wise statesman who contributed over half a century to the community.
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Thomas W. Harrison
Philip Williams
Harrison
Bench
OWS
Lynch
Maurice M. Lynch
Winchester Bar
Winchester
Virginia Barr
Death of eminent Virginia jurist Judge Harrison ends long career
Judge Thomas Walter Harrison 79 died at his home after a brief illness from double pneumonia. A renowned lawyer and statesman, he served as ex congressman for the old Seventh District 12 years, judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit 21 years, and two terms in the Virginia State Senate. The death ends a half century of public service in Virginia.
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Winchester
Virginia
Thomas Walter Harrison
Old
Seventh Congresional District
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
Virginia State Senate
Harrison
Hee
South
Washington Street
Judge Harrison
Robert McC. Glass
Ashworth
Richmond
Soeernanus Judical
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Rockingham County
Hunger March aims to win Illinois relief funds
At the Illinois State House in Springfield hunger marchers led by Edward C. Morgan and Gerry Allard gathered to demand restoration of relief funding in more than 90 counties. They seek monthly $3,000,000 state aid, part of a plan linked to federal funds. Governor Horner pushes a sales tax increase to raise the ante.
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Springfield
Ill
State House
Cook County
Chicago
Hopkins
Edward C. Morgan
Illinois Workers’ Alliance
Gerry Allard
Henry Horner
Propene Relief Organization
Young People Rally Planned for Winchester Church
The Winches ter Presbyterian Church hosts Districts C and D youths Friday May 10 at 4 30 p.m. The program includes music talks and discussions on Christian Youth Building a New World and a banquet at 7 p.m. Tickets 35 cents. no charge for those not staying for the meal. Speakers include Revs McLaughlin Poole Crim Edwards Campbell and McGukin.
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Winchester Presbyterian Church
Martinsburg
W. Va
Woodstock
J. B. McLaughlin
Shepherdstown
C. K. Poole
Romney
W. A. Harry M. Crim
Strasburg
Jonathan Edwards
R. B. Campbell
E. B. McGukin
Winchester
Money Wizards Meet to Ponder Bonus Measure
Roosevelt weighs the Patman bonus bill as supporters refuse compromise and push for a $2 billion currency issue. Senate leaders and the White House discuss veto strategy while Patman forecasts an override. Father Coughlin campaigns for the bill as debate spills to page six.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Morgenthau
Frank T. Hines
Clark
D-Mo
Gore
D-Okla
White House
Patman
Rep
D-Tex
New York
Coughlin
Charles E. Coughlin
Ent Roosevelt
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