Knights Templar Conclave Opens in Winchester After Century
Sir Knights from Virginia and neighboring states gather for the 111th annual Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of Virginia in Winchester. The opening religious service is tonight at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church with Grand Commander Claude Fletcher presiding.
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Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Knights Templar
Old Dominion
Winchester
Knights Templar of
Virginia
Grand Eeacitey
Winchester Commandery
No. 12
Dudley C. Lichliter
H. B. McCormas
Pletcher
Claude Fletcher
Alexandria
Charley Rouss Fire Company
George Washington Hotel
Templar
Sir Knights of Winchester
Cameron Street
City Hall
Piccadilly Street
Frank T. McFaden
John C. Palmer
D. D
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Palmer
Grand Lodge
District of Columbia
Washington Commandery
No. 1
K. T
Georges Washington
Rouss Hall
Boscawen and
Braddock Street
Richt
Fletcher
Winchester Golf Club
Grand
Hitler backs Roosevelt plan for world peace aims
Berlin chancellor Adolf Hitler endorses Roosevelt disarmament proposals and joins in calling for non aggression pacts while pledging to scrap armaments if others do. He denies invasion plans, supports League reform, and warns Germany would quit talks if disarmament fails. Roosevelt listens to the speech amid a hopeful reception.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
Germany
France
Poland
United States
Europe
Appreciation Festival Begins Friday May Nineteen
Upcoming community festival titled Appreciation Festival kicks off Friday with local participation and events. Readers are urged to see tomorrow's paper for details.
Repealists Begin Campaign in Virginia Valley
The Personal Liberty League expands its drive to modify the Layman act and to ratify repeal of the eighteenth amendment in the Shenandoah Valley. A Waynesboro meeting is set for Thursday with Dr. J. H. Hawkins to speak. rallies will follow in Staunton, Harrisonburg and Winchester led by George E. Deffenbaugh.
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Virginia
Personal Liberty League
Shenandoah Valley
Waynesboro
Staunton
Harrisonburg
Winchester
George E. Deffenbaugh
Seventh Congressional District
Dr. Hawkins
J. H. Hawkins
Chautauqua
League
Hawkins
Canada
Virginia Optical Association
Virginia Academy of Optometry
Old Dominion
M'Donald Warns Germany Against Threat To Peace
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald uses an impassioned address to warn Germany against threats to European peace. He praises Roosevelt’s peace proposals, pledges to pursue European conciliation, and notes U S influence while denying interference in Germany’s internal affairs. The speech precedes Hitler’s Reichstag address.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Pilgrims Society
Roosevelt
MacDonald
Great Britain
Hitler
Europe
France
Italy
United States
Washington
Germany
Means and Fox Convicted in Lindbergh Ransom Hoax
Gaston B Means and Norman T Whitaker were found guilty in the District of Columbia Supreme Court of conspiracy to defraud Evalyn Walsh McLean by a ransom hoax. The jury held they conspired to swindle $35 000 from the former Washington Post publisher's wife with promises of ransom money from Col Lindbergh. The maximum penalty is two years in prison and a $10 000 fine.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Norman T. Whitaker
Evalyn Walsh McLean
The
Washington Post
Col. Lindbergh
Star Cooking School Delights Capitol Theatre Audience
Women packed the Capitol Theatre for The Star Cooking School second session as attendees praised the event and called for more. Mrs Edna Riggs Crabtree announced tomorrow’s music feature by a quartet while Billy Barnes led an old fashioned sing with leaders Mrs Peter Yates Brinton and W W Glass.
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Capitol Theatre
Billy Barnes
Peter Yates Brinton
W. W. Glass
Benny
Old Visa
Barnes
L. R. Smith, Inc
Marl Hannum
Irene Sinkabine
Norton Will Leaves Estate to Wife and Daughters
George F. Norton Winchester publisher dies leaving entire estate to wife Ella Norton and daughters Marguerite Norton Cook and Esther Norton with Ford Motors shares set to daughters. Esther Norton named administratrix with a $5,000 bond. executor named T Russell Cather did not qualify. Witnesses and appraisers listed, codicil dated July 27, 1929.
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George F. Norton
Winchester
Norton
Ella Norton
Marguerite Norton Cook
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Esther Norton
Ford Motors, Ltd
T. Russell Cather
C. T. A. Bond
M. Adele Metz
Frances W. Beverley
E. G. Rusk
William G. Hardy
B. G. Rusk
Carl Cather
Ralph Pifer
C. P. McVicar
T. R. Cather
Desirable Euclid Avenue Home to be Sold at Noon Saturday
A desirable home on the West Side of Euclid Avenue will be sold at noon Saturday May 20 in front of the Court House. The edgar e lonas property listed for sale is described as a single family residence with potential for modernization. Interested bidders should attend the in person auction.
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Euclid Avenue
Court House
Society of Friends
Hopewell
Clearbrook
Herbert Fraser
Swarthmore College
Starts Friday May 19th
A one line notice states events begin Friday May 19th with further details to appear in tomorrow’s paper lp 1t
Ruby Jackson Shop Miss Jackson Spring Display
Miss Jackson will display spring merchandise at the George Washington Gift Shoppe on May 18 from 1 to 11 p.m. The event promotes new items and features Ruby Jackson as the exhibitor.
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Jackson
George Washington
Parade Orders for 11th Virginia Knights Templar Conclave
Parade orders outline formation and review for the Grand Commandery of Virginia in Winchester on May 18 1933 at 3 p.m. Officers and aides listed. route from East Piccadilly to Handley avenue. review at Handley and Stewart streets with eyes right on passing. national colors not dipped. bands to play patriotic and march music.
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Grand Commandery of
Virginia
Knights Templar of
Winchester
Mounted Police
S. Porter House
C. R. Cammer
H. C. Jones
O C. Cassell
W. E. Hewett
W. H. Brown
H. J. Cahill
FE. O. Kremer
B. W. Sargent
W. L. Ramsay
Handley High School
Rand
Old Dominion Commandery
Claude William Fletcher
Grand Commandery
Virginia Commanderies
Piccadilly
Cameron Streets
Loudoun
Cork
Braddock
Clifford
Stewart
Handley Avenue
South Stewart Streets
Blimp Seen Over Southern Frederick County
Early this morning residents reported a blimp over southern Frederick County. The dirigible, possibly from the Army or Navy, was headed toward Washington. Some observers first thought it was the Macon but later judged it smaller, similar in size to the giant craft.
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Army
Navy
Frederick County
Washington
Macon
U. S
Woman Thrown From Car On North Cameron Street
Winchester police hold two men for investigation after a young woman, Emma Lofton, was tossed from a moving automobile on North Cameron street. She was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital with nervous shock and bruises. Officers plan to question Lofton and the two men, Carl Patton and Floyd Pitcock.
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Winchester
North Cameron Street
Emma Lofton
Carl Patton
Floyd Pitcock
Differences On Responsibility For Disaster
The Akron disaster inquiry split on fault between a national board and naval leaders. The board blamed Commander Frank C. McCord for an error in judgment but said he should not be condemned. Secretary Swanson and Admiral Pratt argued no reflection on the commanding officer.
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Washington
National Board of Inquiry
Akron
Frank. C. McCord
McCord
Swanson
William V. Pratt
Naval Operations
Pratt
House Approves Shoals Report on TVA Development Bill
The House approved the conference report on the Muscle Shoals Tennessee Valley development bill completing congressional action and sending the measure to the White House. The measure would revive the government giant power and nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River in Alabama.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Muscle Shoals- Tennessee Valley
White House
Roosevelt
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
Alabama
Bonus Marchers Rebuff Forest Job Offer
In Washington on May 17 the Bonus Marchers convention rejected the administration offer of forest jobs for the 1,200 veterans seeking immediate bonus payment. The proposal had been directed to a committee led by Louis M. Howe, a presidential secretary.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis M. Howe
Ex-Govvict confesses slaying for pennies prompts wonder
The report notes a confession by Ex-Gov Vict regarding the murder of a mother and daughter for 60 cents, as Friends council and a society gathering outline both recent crime coverage and a separate church meeting schedule.
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Gonvigt
Roosevelt Presses Early Action on Dry Law Repeal
Washington May 16 President Roosevelt considers an early appeal to states to ratify the amendment repealing national prohibition. He aims to boost federal revenue with repeal taxes and asks Congress for power to cut or remove new taxes backing a $3.3 billion public works program. He weighs an income tax increase as a key revenue element.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Moorefield area man charged in double murder during robbery
Omer Brill, recently released from prison, is accused of killing Mrs. C. L. Burch and her daughter Esther in a Moorefield nearby store during a robbery. Brill confessed after police questioned him. he is held in Keyser, West Virginia, amid a regional uproar sparked by the slayings.
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Associated
Moorefield
Oath
Uiter
Esther
Burch
Beanteement
Daily News Record
C. L. Burch
William Strole
Alesman
Virginia Cigar and Drug Company
Harrisonare
Sanders
Hampshire County
Flashes of Life Across Cities and Crises
A composite AP digest reports Rivera at Rockefeller Center praising art amid hunger and war, a six year old dancer and multi talent youth in Chicago, a gun incident where McGolderick repeatedly stops a shooter, Indiana floods snapping phone wires, and farmers frustrated by rain hindering crops in Cincinnati and Philadelphia with brief, disconnected vignettes.
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Associated Press
New York
Diego Rivera
Rockefeller Center
Lenin
Cincinnati
Willis Walker
Newtown
Washington
Philadelphia
Michael McGolderick
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Templar Oryer
Futler
State Department
League of Nations
Somorrow
M’donald
Gaston Means
Fox
Coton
Moling &Cather
Mr. Norton
Edgar E. Lonas
Ruby Jackson
Winchester Meeting House
Washington and
Piccadilly Streets
Praser
Bliss Forbush
Baltimore
Omer Brill
Mooreheld
Chicago
Jean Bishop
Liszt
Brahms
Ucky Day
MecGolderick
Clinton
Ind
Indiana
Lyford
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