Byrd First to North Pole in Air The Chamtier Arrival noted
News by air from the Arctic shows Commander Byrd and Bennettt reaching the pole aboard the Chantier after a perilous voyage. The crew celebrated in King’s Bay while Byrd explained navigation with a sun compass and dead reckoning, praising a flawless return to base. Messages of congratulations poured in from Virginia officials and citizens.
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Byrd
Friete
Ews
Ennett
Andren
Ellsworth
Bennie
Amsterdam Isle
Pole
Erlagen Hook
New Friezeland
Amsterdam Island
Spitsberen
Amsteram Island
Agen
Altough Bennett
Chantier
Capn Brennan
Amundsen
Fillsworth
Polar
Jenty
New York
King’s Bay
Orfinary Mariner
North Pole
A. H. Bumstead
Navy
Peary
Bennett
Richmond
America
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Polar flight luck and pluck carry duo to pole
Lieutenant Commander Richard Ke and companion Bennett completed a daring dash to the North Pole aided by constancy and favorable weather. The men faced a lengthy mission over the hostile wastes but endured with courage and skill as they reached their destination.
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Associated, Press
Washington
Favredd
Richard KE. Td
North Pole
Bennett
Wastes
Mrs Clara V Fultz Heads to Front Royal on Business
Mrs Clara V. Fultz departed today for Front Royal Virginia to spend several days on business activities.
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Clara V. Fultz
Front Royal
Davk
Maj
Ralston Flemming
Norfolk
Body of Woman Found In a Lake Seventeen Months After Slaying
Ashland Wisconsin May 11 the body of Mrs John Cooley was recovered from Chequamegon Bay nearly seven months after her husband John Cooley surrendered and confessed to beating her to death with a car and throwing her body into the bay He had confessed and later pleaded not guilty delaying trial while authorities waited for the body to be found.
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Associated Press
Ashland
Wis
Chequamegon Bay
John Cooley
Cooley
Woman Thought To Be Murdered Is Found Alive
Kansas City May 11. Erle Thompson after being sent to Des Moines to face murder charges was bypassed when authorities found his wife alive in Kansas City. The wife, previously believed murdered and cremated in a straw stack near Carlisle Iowa, is eager to clear her husband.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Erle Thompson
Des Moines
Iowa
Carlisle
Thompson
Escaped Convict Eludes Officers In Cave Section
CHICAGO May 11 Traces of James Price one of the escaped convicts from Statesville penitentiary were lost after an all night search of woods a cave and underbrush in the vicinity Sheriff E J Welter and aides surrounded the cave last night after the convict was reported to have entered the hole The cave was filled with tear gas but the fugitive was not there Of the seven convicts who escaped last week after killing Deputy Warden Peter Klein five have been recaptured.
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Associated Press
Chicago
James Price
Statesville Penitentiary
E. J. Welter
Peter Klein
Mountains raked for assailants of federal officer
Federal prohibition officers with state and county help searched St Clair county for the mountaineers who shot and seriously wounded federal officer R W Buckner. Buckner’s spinal column was shattered by a bullet and he lay in the rain about four hours before being taken to a Birmingham hospital.
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Associated Press
Oneonta
Ala
Prohibition
St.Clair County
R. W. Buckner
Buckhers
Birmingham
First Girls’ Athletic Association hike set for Thursday
The first hike of the season for the Girls' Athletic Association is this Thursday. Sign up with Miss Margaret Kelchner for twenty five cents per person before noon. Meet in the Club Room at 6 p.m. There will be fun and food. Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR to Meet Tomorrow Afternoon
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Margaret Kelchner
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
John H. Rosenberger
West Boscawen Street
Rosenberger
C. D. Gilkeson
Richard Hatcher
William Pr. Massey
G. O. Miller
Helen Bowers Becomes Bride to Armel in Private Ceremony
Mr and Mrs Hugh W Lupton hosted guests at Over Brook in Cedar Grove including Isaac and Margaret Groves H Noel Garner Melvin Deavers Nellie Lupton Charles Lupton Iris Irene Chapman and Fred Chapman family members. Reynold Armel and Helen Bowers quietly wed in Hagerstown Maryland May 1 the bride daughter of Charles Bowers Woodstock Shenandoah County and groom son of G W Armel Armel will reside at 50 Fairmont Avenue.
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Hugh W. Lupton
Cedar Grove
Over Brook
Isaac Groves
H. Noel Garner
Melvin Deavers
Alexandria
Nellie Lupton
Washington, D. C
Charles Lupton
Apple Pie Ridge
Fred Chapman
Iris and
Irene Chapman
Helen Bowers
Armel
Reynold Armel
Hagerstown
Charles Bowers
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
G. W. Armel
Fairmont Avenue
Social notes from Lovettsville and nearby towns
Residents and visitors are listed as returning home and visiting across the region. Names include Miss Georgianna Rose, Miss Mary Senseney, Mrs A M Bowers, Dr A L Straford and Jr, Maj and Mrs Flemming, Miss Anna Ambrose, and several from New York City and Washington. Engagements span Staunton, Baltimore, Annapolis, and Winchester with hospital and festival attendance mentioned.
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G. C. Rose
Georgianna Rose
Mary. Senseney
Staunton, Va
Billy
Miss Palmer and Miss Cameron Leave For Baltimore
Miss Elizabeth Palmer of Richmond and Miss Belle Cameron of Clarke county depart for Baltimore for a few days. Palmer will return to Richmond, Cameron to Powhatan. Palmer’s engagement to William Beverley, son of Mrs. Beverley, was announced recently with a June wedding planned in Richmond.
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Miss Palmer
Miss Cameron
Baltimore
Elizabeth Palmer
Richmond
Robert A. Beverley
South Stewart Street
Belle Cameron
Powhatan
Clarke County
William Beverley
Beverley
Whiskey stock valued at 300000 destroyed in Indianapolis
Destruction of the W T Schlibb whiskey stock, valued at 300000, began today by the United States marshal. The bootleg liquor totaled about 14400 quarts. Miss May Belle Kemp had been the guest of the Mathews sisters.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
May Belle Kemp
Amundsen Opens North Pole Flight By Dirigible Norge
Amundsen and Ellsworth start the Norge dirigible from Spitzbergen toward the north pole and Alaska at 10 10 this morning. Weather is good with clear cold conditions along the flight line and high pressure reported in Spitsbergen and Alaska.
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Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
Amundsen-Ellsworth
Norge
North Pole
Alaska
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Washington
Arctic
Weather Bureau
Spitsbergen
Pole
Road From Here To Washington Is To Be Completed
Shirley Carter reports from Winchester that the Lee Jackson highway to Washington will be finished this year. The road via Millwood Aldie and Fairfax is to be completed and all gaps linked, pleasing motorists and local citizens.
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Winchester
Washington
Shirley Carter
State Highway Department
Carter
Washington Road
Millwood
Aldie
Fairfax
Cateye Annie Recaptured Near Weedsport After Escape
The notorious jewel thief Cateye Annie, who escaped Auburn prison, was found daylight today a mile northeast of Weedsport. She walked eight miles to reach the field, hid in weeds for shelter, wore a blue and white gingham prison uniform, and showed signs of exposure after a 24 hour escape. Guards deem her capture remarkable and she gave no statement about the escape.
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Associated Press
Allian McDowell
Cateye Annie
Auburn
Weedsport
Cateye
Annie
Carnival Remains For Another Week On Kremer Lot
The carnival company, operated for the American Legion benefit, will stay through the week With new features added since last week the legion committee announced today.
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Kremer
American Legion
Committee of the Legion
Committee Favors Tighter Dry Laws
The Senate prohibition committee approved the revamped administration measure to tighten dry law enforcement and will report favorably to the auditing committee next Thursday. Mrs B. H. Fritta, tied to the Martha Washington Costume Shop, fell ill Friday night but has returned to work much improved.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Fritta
Martha Washington
Spray guidance to protect Virginia orchards from apple scab disease
Pathologist F J Schneiderhan notes favorable bloom and low winter spore discharge for apple scab in Virginia. He warns one upcoming rain could trigger infections and urges exact spraying with lime sulfur 6 gallons per 200 gallons, 6 pounds lead arsenate, and 12 pounds lime, plus strict supervision of workers to avoid spray burn and losses.
Admiral Nulton to Speak at Winchester Celebration
Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton will speak at a Winchester event with R. Gray Williams introducing. Handley School band leads an informal parade along Loudoun street at seven. A telegram from University of Virginia President Edwin Alderman will be read. A civic meeting on Byrd homecoming was postponed to Friday night and the Common Council adjourned to honor Byrd.
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Admiral Nulton
Winchester
R. Gray Williams
Louis McCoy Nulton
Naval Academy
Dick Byrd
Handley School
Loudoun Street
Edwin Alderman
University of Virginia
G. Reginald Haines
George Washington
Byrd
George Washington Hotel
Common Council
Baker
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Carl Laemmle
Virginia Vallie
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All Stars
Universal
Fred Thomson
Silver King
Art Acord
Social and
Wersonal
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Mrs. Lupton
North Loudoun Street
Lovettsville, Va
M. H. Maddox
Catonsville
A. M. Bowers
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mary K. Bird
C. By Babb
North Kent Street
Williamson
A. L. Straford
A. L. Straford, Jr
Richmond, Va
George W. Haines
South
Anna Ambrose
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Katherine Grim
East Boscawen Street
Messrs. Daley
Maltiz
Spreckner
Hughes and Lewis
New York City
Frances Evans
Helen Hardy
Goucher
Susie Wayland
Washington Today
J. O. Marsh
Valley Avenue
Hildah Miller
Laurenceville, Md
Garland Hansbrough
Lucie White
Walter Chaddock
Earl Massey
South Braddock Street
Amherst Street
L. M. Nulton
Dorothy Nulton
Annapolis, Md
S. H. Miller
Harrisonburg, Va
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Lillie C. Rider
Harrisburg
Alice Bixler
Wormleysburg
Charles H. Miller
Lacey Springs
Shenandoans
Georgie Metz
M. G. Chamberlin
Greencastle, Pa
E W. Gordon
Marlboro
Fannie Fineberg
Manuel
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Esther Fineberg
Baltimore, Md
Broady
Pittsburgh, Pa
C. B. Weeks
Gloria
Frank Beck
William G. Hardy
Memphis
Tenn
Miss Wucille Slaughter
Mrs. C. C. Finfrock
Clearbrook, Va
Messrs. J. Henkle Henry
Louis Wender
Robert Barr
Pimlico
Mrs. Reynolds Green
White Post, Va
Herbert Lovering
Waverhill
Mass
G. S. South
Lyons, Mass
G. F. House
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Mansfield
Ohio
Westinghouse Electric Company
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Winchester Field Laboratory
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