Hindenburg disaster witness Rosendahl testifies
Navy airship expert Commander Charlies E Rosendahl testified before a Commerce Department board about the Hindenburg fire. He described seeing a flame from the stern then the hull catching fire and urged ground crew to flee. He noted some passengers and crew escaped unscathed while heat prevented rescues.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Charlies E. Rosendahl
Navy
Department of Commerce
America
Shenandoah
Rosendahl
Hindenburg
United States Naval Air Station
Sonja Henie’s Father Wilhelm Henie Dies
Wilhelm Henie, 65, father of actress Sonja Henie, died in Hollywood hospital from a blood clot on the lung after a week of illness. His wife, Sonja Henie, and actor Tyrone Power were at his bedside. The Norwegian native had filed citizenship papers recently.
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Hollywood
Calif
Wilhelm Henie
Sonja Henie
Tyrone Power
Henie
Norway
Apple Blossom visitors praise Winchester as safe, peaceful
During the Apple Blossom Festival visitors praised Winchester for its beauty and quiet. Drivers performed well under long traffic lines and trying conditions, producing a safe holiday with no tragedies reported.
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Winchester
Friends Meet May 15 16 at Hopewell Winchester
Prominent Friends from England and elsewhere are expected at the May quarterly meeting to be held May 15 and 16 at Hopewell and Winchester meeting houses. The committee on ministry and counsel will convene at 2.30 p m Saturday at Hopewell.
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Society of Friends
England
Hopewell
Winchester
Committee On Ministry and Counsel
Hopewell Meeting House
Hospital Board To Hear Reports
Winchester Memorial Hospital will present its annual review tomorrow afternoon. Miss Mary J. McCone treasurer and general superintendent will deliver the financial statement and detailed patient statistics. Recommendations to improve hospital service are expected to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mary J. McCone
McIlwee Municipal Band Shines At Handley Festival
The 42 piece McIlwee Municipal Band performed at Handley High School Esplanade during Friday night fireworks attracting thousands. The program featured Dixie and a Night Overture broadcast by WRVA. The band recently received new uniforms and impressed visitors. Handley High School Band also directed by Prof McIlwee played Friday and Saturday, providing music for the pageant and marching in Saturday’s parade.
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Mcilwee’ Municipal
Handley High School Esplanade
Dixie
WRVA
Richmond
Mellwee Municipal Band
Handley High School
Prof
Mcllwee
Heavy Weekend Traffic Through Winchester Faces No Major Crashes
A weekend influx to Winchester for the Apple Blossom Festival drew heavy traffic on trunkline routes with no serious accidents reported. Officials noted high vehicle counts on both Saturday and Sunday as visitors also toured the Shenandoah Park area. One collision occurred on Route 7 near the city resulting in $165 damage and private settlement.
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Winchester
Highway Department
Shenandoah National Park
Front Royal
Route 7
Virginia Flaig
Idaho Avenue
Washington, D. C
Charles Burton
Q Street
N. E
Burton
Miss Thomson
Hold Elliott In Fur Theft
Paul Elliott of Winchester is jailed in Berryville after waiving extradition from Akron Ohio on charges of breaking into a Berryville storage room and stealing furs valued at 1500 dollars. He is the fourth arrest in the case with Oakley Sealock and Frank Hawkins convicted for nine years, Fred Elliott acquitted.
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Berre
Paul Elliott
Winchester
Copenhaver
Rutherford
Akron
Berryville
Oakley Sealock
Frank Hawkins
Fred Elliott
Paul
Firemen Injured Battling Under-Pier Blaze in San Francisco
Seven firemen were slightly injured battling a smoldering blaze under creosoted piers 50 and 50A along the south waterfront. Chief Charles J. Brennan said the fire, leased by the United States Steamship Company, was confined to piling with damage estimated at $200,000 and smoke lingering for days.
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San Francisco
Prn
Charles J. Brennan
Brennan
United States Steamship Company
Banker Is Ordered to Pay Taxes on 1929 Income
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Charles E. Mitchell must pay 72870984 taxes for 1929. He deducted 2872305.50 as a loss from selling 18 300 National City Bank shares at 212 each to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Circuit Court of Appeals Today
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Mitchell
National City Bank
Apple Blossom Queen Invited to Preakness Coronation
Miss Gretchen Bigelow Thomson, Fourteenth Apple Blossom Festival ruler, receives honors beyond the festival. She is invited to Baltimore for the Preakness Queen coronation on May 15 and to attend the Preakness Ball. Vanderbilt invites her as guest, signaling continued royal attention for Winchester events.
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Gretchen Bigelow Thomson
Hawthorn
A. Pembroke Thomson
Miss Thomson
Baltimore
Vanderbilt
Winchester
Thomson
Alfred Gwynee Vanderbilt
Anne McAdoo
Film actors strike ends as studios pledge wage and condition upgrades
Hollywood May 10 The threat of a film actors strike halted productions and payrolls in the movie capital but a working agreement emerged with six major studios agreeing to a guild shop better pay and working conditions for extras. The Screen Actors Guild kept talks open with three studios to join in line and warned it can still call a walkout if terms falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Screen Actors’ Guild
RKO
Paramount
Universal
Columbia
Twentieth Century-Fox
Guild
Robert Montgome
County Youth Dies Of Wound In Shenandoah County
Russell William Dovell 23 of Stephens City died at Memorial hospital Saturday night from a self-inflicted gun wound tied to a personal tragedy near Coalmine Shenandoah County. He was a Stephens City High School graduate who married Gladys Jenkins and is survived by his father and siblings in Winchester Luray Shenandoah and Stephens City. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 11 AM from Ridings Chapel with two local ministers officiating. pallbearers will be Stephens City High School students.
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Russell William Dovell
Williard Dovell
Helen Dovell
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
Shenandoah County
Coalmine
Young Dovell
Stephens City High School
Gladys Jenkins
Minnie Locke
Myrtle Brown
Margaret Bledsoe
Winchester
Mamie Leakford
Luray
Lena Austin
Shenandoah
Carl Dovel
Ridings Chapel
Snyder Allaman
Mitchell
Stephens City High- School
World's Biggest "Answer" Man Visits Winchester Friday
Frederic J. Haskin, director of the Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington, visits Winchester to promote his service that answers readers questions. He oversees 100 staffers aiding 230 newspapers with booklets and maps, and stresses citizen education about government. His only unsolved query remains why fans stand for the seventh inning stretch.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Evening Star Information Bureau
Washington
Winchester
Mr. Haskin
Evening Star
United States
Haskin Service
Haskin
Barton Family Loyal to Confederacy in Civil War
The Barton couple of Winchester and Frederick County sent six sons to service in the Civil War. Two sons were killed in battle and another died of wounds. The remaining three sons attained notable roles in law and medicine. A bronze tablet marked the Mothers Day tribute, plain but eloquent.
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David W
Frances Jones Barton
Winchester
Frederick County
Barton
Painfully Hurt In An Accident
Charles E. Moore a longtime Norfolk and Western agent at Northfork West Virginia is reported slightly improved at the home of his brother in law and sister in Edinburg Virginia after treatment at Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg for injuries from a Mount Jackson automobile collision last Wednesday night. He was driving alone toward Edinburg intending to join friends and travel to Winchester for the Apple Blossom Festival. A vehicle is said to have backed into him near a side road.
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Charles E. Moore
Norfolk and Western
Northfork
W. Va
W. H. Ballengee
Edinburg
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Mount Jackson
Residence and five acres sale near Bruce town
A residence and five acres of land one mile east from Bruce will be sold in front of Court House at noon on Saturday May 15. The notice appears in the public sale record.
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Brucetown
Court House
Kittens Seek Homes in Classified Ad
Several pretty kittens need homes and a contact phone is listed. The ad also notes new styles in hosiery and undergarments from Moling and Cather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moling & Cather
Resignation Dispute Surfaces Over Shenandoah Scout Area
Reports claim R S Horton resigned as Scout Ph and Blood the Shenandoah area but the Shenandoah Area Council says the reports are unfounded. Martinsburg residents reportedly oppose the area setup and fear local funds are sent elsewhere, with proposals for a separate Martinsburg area discussed but deemed expensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bs R. Horton
Fos
Rrenan
Georgerie
Aie
Shenandoah
Martinsburg
Last Rites Held For Train Victim Palmer 84
Charles E. Palmer 84, a Gore area farmer in Frederick county, was killed Friday afternoon when struck by a freight train near Gore. Funeral services were held at Bethel Church yesterday at 2 PM, conducted by Rev. C. H. Anderson. Interment followed at Bethel Cemetery.
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Bethel Church
Trone
Charles E. Palmer
Gore
Frederick County
Winchester
Wardensville
C. H. Anderson
Bethel
Palmer
Virginia Glass Sand Company
Gerard Inspects Himself First as King George VI Portraits Probed
London May 10 James W Gerard the U S envoy to the coronation plans to see how he looks in knee breeches before any pictures appear He would pose for a court dress portrait if his legs are in good shape and then approve the portraits if satisfied The report notes his cautious approach to images of himself in ceremonial attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James W. Gerard
United States
George VI
Torlin
Fliers Merrill and Lambie Reach North Weald in Acknowledged Flight
Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie landed at North Weald near London after radio trouble delayed contact with Croydon. They left Floyd Bennett Field aiming for Croydon, then planned a return with coronation pictures, continuing radio problems and miscalculations on distance from Ireland.
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London
Dick Merrill
Jack Lambie
North Weald
Royal Airforce Airdrome
Croydon
Eppin
Essex
New York
Floyd Bennett Field
America
Coronation Pictures
Merrill
Harry Richman
Ireland
School Sitters Return To Class In Glen Echo
More than 50 pupils at Glen Echo Cabin John Elementary School returned to class after a week of absence by parents in protest over bus routing. A three day truce was declared to allow officials to work out a satisfactory plan.
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Glen Echo
Glen Echo Cabin
John
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Edward, Duke of Windsor
Hopewell Quarterly
Miss McCone
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Fur
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Blaze
National City
Circuit Court of Appeals
Augustus N. Hand
Thomas W. Swan
Harrie B. Chase
Winchester Rotarians
Lions Among
Hershey, Pa
Legionnaires
Screen Guild
Russelll W. Dovell
C. E. Moore
Matilda Shutts
Lambie
He’s
Horton
Scout
Gerard
Bennett Feld
Hope
Atlantic
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
John Alcock
Arthur W. Brown
St. John’s N. F
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