Handley Students Among Winners of Preliminary State Contests
Charlottesville May 14 Handley High students headlining the Virginia Literary and Athletic League preliminaries win class A championships in boys public speaking and reading joining other winners from Roanoke, Winchester, Fredericksburg and Norfolk as 653 entrants move toward semifinals and a day of track and tennis events.
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Charlottesville
Charles H. Smith
George Washington High School
Alexandria
C. M. Cooper
Jefferson High
Roanoke
Virginia Literary and Athletic League
M. A. Bunting
Mary Tom Buntin
Wilson High
Portsmouth
P. L. Conquest
St. Christophers School
Richmond
Andrew Grove
Handley High
Winchester
Bill Cleo
Louisa
Clifton Parks
Varina
Billy Young
Nathalie
Leonard Starr
Highland Springs
John Hottel
Margaret Lemon
Virginia Langford
Fredericksburg
Ruth Maris
Westhampton
Jane Whitehurst
Anne Johnson
Suffolk
Caralie Nelson
Friend High
South Boston
Bernie Jo Thomas
Evelyn Williams
Radford
Isabel Oliver
Flora Defrees
Oceana
Richard Nauman
Rosalie Jones
Glen Allen
Eliza Embrey
Vivian Stone
Berenice Pinchbeck
Donald Robertson
Amelia
Clara Jane Hines
Walter Thurman
Edward Sutherland
Rockville
Richard Newton
Scottsville
William L. Gunn
Monterey
Cecil Jackson
Great Bridge High
Hickory
Samuel Thomas
Bertha Huffman
Valley High
Dorothy White
Matthews
Jane Acree
Gordonsville
Genevieve Dean
McGaheysville
Kathryn Walker
Page Loftus
Ward Dean
Turbeville
Frances Timberlake
Phyllis Apperson
Greenwood
Linwood Sampson
John Parker
Virginia Sterne
Helen Ritchie
Dinwiddie Agricultural School
Harry Brescia
Archie Boswell
Maury
Norfolk
Mary Elizabeth Welsh
Robert Edine
Andrew Lewis
Salem
George Giamittorio
Fritz Larkin
Washington High
Robert Hoeshal
Bernard Loren
Maury High
Virginia Guard unit wins national musketry title
Company I of the 116th Infantry, Winchester, led Virginia National Guard to win the William Randolph Hearst musketry contest. Brigadier-General S. Gardner Waller announced the victory, noting it as the first Virginia National Guard team to win the national title. The team scored 96.17 out of 100 points.
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Virginia
Virginia National Guard
William Randolph Hearst
Gardner Waller
Waller
Mi Eiso
116Th Infantry
Winchester
Pigee
Seeome
Pole Wired For Traffic Signal At Gerrard Braddock
Poles at the Gerrard and Braddock streets intersection have been wired for an overhead traffic signal. The exact installation date was not announced. City workers are completing tasks from the festival period and will install traffic lights at Gerrard Braddock and Boscawen Braddock as soon as possible.
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Gerrard and
Braddock
Gerrard and Braddock
Boscawen and Braddock
Park Baseball Season Opens at Winchester Park
The Winchester Park Association baseball season began at 3 pm with Hack Wilson's Blue Sox as the opponent. Postmaster W. Nelson Page threw the opening ball as Sandy Baker kept the starting lineup secret until play. Starting for the locals were Patton, Keller, Lunsford, Crowl, R. Patton, Curry, Johnson, Luby.
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Winchester Park Association
Hack Wilson
Blue Sox
Martinsburgers
W. Nelson Page
Sandy Baker
B. Patton
Keller
J. J
Lunsford
Crowl
R. Patton
Curry
Johnson
Luby
S. S
Virginia Tech Doctor Probes Merriman Spring Water Source
Dr. Sette of Virginia Polytechnic Institute arrived in Winchester to study Merriman Spring as a potential city water supply. He remains at work this afternoon as officials seek data access that VT would uniquely provide, given cost concerns. The spring property has been offered to Winchester, and the Water Committee wants complete information before acting.
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Sette
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Winchester
Merriman Spring
Plea for a Pacific non aggression pact discussed
London reports a proposed Pacific non aggression pact involving Japan Australia Great Britain and the United States. Lyons and Hertzog visited Chequers as Imperial Conference discussions move to private sessions with planners preparing documents for next Wednesday. The Daily Mail hints at broader Anglo American cooperation including a new economic understanding.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Joseph A. Lyons
Australia
Japan
Baldin
the Empire
St. James’ Palace
Stanley Baldwin
Chequers
Lyons
B M. Hertzog
Union of South Africa
Daily Mail
Services To Be Held In Church For George Shreck
The funeral for George Shreck of Stephenson, a member of a prominent county family, will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at the Bruce town M E Church with Rev. Thomas Morgan officiating. The service will be from the church, not the late home as previously announced.
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George Shreck
Stephenson
Brucetown M. E
Thomas Morgan
Inspection delays slow auto checks in Winchester area
Report says the 30 day inspection window is half gone and only a fraction of cars tested. No vehicle may be operated after May 30 without inspection and approval, with officers instructed.
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Winchester
Showers Probable Early Next Week
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic States. Showers Monday or Monday night and again by Wednesday night or Thursday, otherwise generally fair. Temperatures: slightly warmer Monday, cooler Tuesday, warmer Wednesday, cooler Friday.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Corporation Court Convenes Monday
The regular May term of Corporation Court will be convened Monday at 10 o clock by Judge Philip Williams. No grand jury has been summoned for the opening day.
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Corporation Court
Philip Williams
Three Supreme Court Justices Reported Ready to Retire
Roosevelt faces a push to retire three justices Brandeis Van Devanter and Sutherland amid the court reorganization fight. Opponents said retirement likely if the bill passes while Roosevelt refuses to compromise. Van Devanter, 78, the court’s senior member, may announce a decision around the Senate judiciary committee vote next Tuesday.
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Washington
Roosevelt Court
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Brandeis
van Devanter
Sutherland
Justice van Devanter
Dean
Senate Judiciary Committee
Death of ex congressman in ambulance at Coalgates
Percy L. Gassaway a 51 year old Oklahoma former congressman died today in an ambulance en route to Ada after a heart attack at his ranch near Coalgates. A colorful southeastern Oklahoma Democrat and former district judge, he had been defeated for reelection last November by Lyle Boren.
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Coalgats
Okla
Percy L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Cowboy Congress
Ada
Here
Gassaway
Washington
Lyle Boren
Seminole
Long
Congress
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Gascaway
Young People Lead Braddock Street Church Service
The Braddock Street Methodist Church youth and intermediates will lead the Sunday 8 p.m. service with Miss Mary Glenn Lupton directing. The program features organ prelude, hymns, solos by Miss Doris Whitehurst and Miss Helen A. Grim, talks by Miss Hellyn Keeler and Miss Olivia Dellinger, and readings and responsive prayers.
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Braddock Street Methodist Church
South
Mary Glenn Lupton
Doris ‘Whitehurst
Thomas Grove
Joe Butler
Helen A. Grim
Hellyn Keeler
Olivia Dellinger
Auto Victim Improves After Route 450 Crash
Eight year old Treland Anderson, struck by a Hampton driver Leo Wertheimer, remains at Memorial Hospital with concussion and fractures. Wertheimer posted $500 bond for appearance next Saturday. The boy ran from behind a school bus and truck into the westbound auto on Route 450, two miles west of Winchester.
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Treland Anderson
Leo W. Wertheimer
Hampton
Memorial Hospital
Ortheimer
Winchester
Home Agent's Program for May 17 22
Miss Elizabeth Farrar leads the Home Agent program for the week of May 17 22 with Homemonstration and 4-H Club meetings field and office work. Activities include Kerns town Gore Middle town Stephens City Hish View Bruce Bryarly Senior groups plus pattern demonstrations by leaders and guest Margaret Flickinger.
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Elizabeth Farrar
Kernstown
Chib
Eopie
Middletown Home Demonstration Group
Home Economics
J. F. Judy
D. N. Gruver
Margaret Flickinger
Northern Virginia Power Company
Stephens City Home Demonstration
Howard Evans
P. C. Petrie
Randall Ridgeway
Hish View 4-H
Brucetown
Bryarly
Shrine Caravan Tour Plans Stop in Winchester
The Acca Temple Shriners motor caravan from Richmond will visit Fredericksburg Alexandria and Leesburg arriving in Winchester late Wednesday May 26. A concert at Handley High School grounds features the Acca Temple Band and Chanters with guests from Kazim Temple Roanoke Almas Temple of Washington and Boumi Temple Baltimore. The group tours Skyline Drive to Harrisonburg and Hot Springs the next day May 27.
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Acca Temple
Mystic Shrine
Richmond
Winchester
Kazim Temple
Roanoke
Almas ‘Temple
Ashington
Boumi Temple
Baltimore
Skyline Drive
Harrisonburg
Hot Springs
School Contest Winners Set Track and Field Marks
Scott of Cradock High won the 100 and 220 dashes. Cradock High placed in class B. Entsminger of Clifton Forge captured the class B javelin with a 159 feet five inch throw.
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Page One
Scott
Cradock High
Entsminger
Clifton Forge
May Meeting Draws Quaker Figures From Hopewell to Winchester
The May meeting in the Friends Society hosts Emily Light Elizabeth Huyett Ann Light Judy Light Jujia Ruth Whitmore Mary Jolliffe Henry Pitzer James Huyett Fairfax Shewbridge Bruce McGinty Huyett Light Mrs Reed Lunsford Virginia Dorothy Walker Margaret Lupton Brian Price Heyworth and others. English Quakers may greet Hopewell and Winchester as representatives prepare for the All Friends International Congress at Swarthmore and Haverford next fall.
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Society of Friends
Emily Light
Elizabeth Ellen Huyett
Ann Tabb Light
Judy Light
Jujia
Ruth Whitmore
Mary Jane Jolliffe
Henry
Charles Pitzer
James Huyett
Fairfax Shewbridge
Bruce McGinty
Huyett Light
Reed Lunsford
Virginia
Dorothy Martha Walker
Margaret Stone Lupton
Brian’ Price-Heyworth
Mrs Wright Heads to Richmond for Red Cross Training
Mrs Helen Wight executive secretary of the Winchester Frederick Red Cross chapter leaves for Richmond to attend a national course for chapter secretaries in Washington D C next week. She will be away about two weeks.
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Helen Wight
Winchester-Frederick
American Red Cross
Richmond
Washingon
D. C
National Organization For Chapter
Wright
Cup Defender Taken In Tow
Marblehead Mass May 15 The Ranger Harold Vanderbilts newly launched aspirant for defense of the Americas Cup was towed into the harbor today minus her 165 foot mast. She had been dismasted during last night s storm while under tow from Bath Me to Newport.
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Marblehead
Mass
Ranger
Harold
Vanderbilt
Bath
Newpot
Resignation Tied to Anarchist Influence in Spain
Unofficial reports link the cabinet resignation to fallout from the Catalonia anarchist revolt. The resigning group, including archosyndicalists with socialists and communists, formed in November as a reorganization to install archosyndicalists.
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Cent
Madrid
Catalonia
Veterans encampment to feature parade and leaders on hand
Plans for the veterans encampment include a parade with prizes for participants. Details of the program are pending, but officials say several outstanding leaders and authorities on veterans' issues will attend the event.
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Coble
Stars branded as strike breakers at Hollywood premiere
Hollywood leaders of about 6000 striking film craftsmen branded stars as strike breakers as they rejected producers proposals. Stars including Spencer Tracy Freddie Bartholomew Harpo Marx Miriam Hopkins Robert Taylor Barbara Stanwyck Mary Pickford Buddy Rogers and Louis B Mayer attended a Carthay Center premiere while police kept pickets from entering.
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Hollywood
Carthay Center
Spencer Tracy
Freddie Bartholomew
Harpo Marx
Miriam Hopkins
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
Mary Pickford Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Louis B. Mayer
Chicago Fight Promoters Push Bout Preparation
New York May 15 Federal court ruling in Chicago promoters favor allows Braddock Louis title fight set for June 22 at Madison Square Garden while Garden officials weigh an appeal. Promoters expect no further legal obstacles though New York backers may challenge Judge Fake’s Newark decision.
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New York
Chicago
Madison Square Garden
Jim Braddock
Joe Louis
Brown Bomber
Guy L. Fake
Newark
The
Garden
Braddock
Max Schmeling
Louis
Red Cross Trains Indians in Emergency First Aid Methods
The Red Cross trains 1,200,000 people across occupations in emergency first aid. Trained first aiders control arterial bleeding, splint fractures, and provide care for shock burns and asphyxiation while awaiting a doctor.
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Red Cross
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Chapman Motor Co
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Home Agent’s Program
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