Upperville Horse Show Set for June 10 11
The 48th annual Upperville Horse Show will run Friday and Saturday June 10 and 11 at Dr A C Randolph's Grafton Farm estate. Winchester Frederick and Clarke county riders are expected to attend with 45 classes across hunter drafting pony and road hacks divisions including a challenge bowl for half bred three year olds and the founders cup for Fauquier and Loudoun bred horses.
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Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Upperville
A. C. Randolph
Grafton Farm
Fauquier
Loudoun
Little Hope of Big Flood Fund
Flood control leaders viewed the administration's spending plan as unlikely to include funds for a broad flood control program this year. The House considered a proposed omnibus program estimated to cost 375 million dollars over five years ending with the current fiscal year.
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Washington
House
Palmolive Soap Promises to Restore Aged Skin
A humorous ad describes a middle aged skin problem and a solution using Palmolive Soap. Betty regains love after using the olive oil rich soap nightly and morning washing, claiming dry lifeless skin becomes soft and radiant. The ad touts Palmolive’s olive oil blend and natural green color as keys to beauty.
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Bob
Betty
Landon Blasts Roosevelt Over Jersey City Speech Clash
Alfred M. Landon, speaking at an Inland Press luncheon in Chicago, attacked President Roosevelt for his stance in the Jersey City free speech dispute. He said the president must provide moral leadership and warned his attitude endorses a violation of the bill of rights.
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Alfred M. Landon
Inland Press Association
Chicago
Roosevelt
Jersey City
Landon
Central Press
Claims Thousands Denied Votes In Jersey County
Newark New Jersey May 19 Henry Young Jr chairman of a State Assembly committee says he will provide Attorney General Cummings with evidence that thousands were denied the right to vote in Jersey City and Hudson county during last November's gubernatorial election He urges a Department of Justice civil rights investigation Cummings announced a thorough probe into Jersey City voting complaints and civil rights conditions with Mayor Frank Hague at the helm
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Newark
N. J
Henry Young, Jr
State Assembly
Hudson County
Topo
Cummings
Jersey City
Young
Department of Justice
Washington
Frank Hague
Miniature War Follows Tibetan Official’s Execution Near Yunnan
Reports from Atuntze describe a clash on the Tibetan Yunnan border after Ho Cheng-Tsing, an official accused of 200 murders and numerous robberies, was shot by Yunnan soldiers. Feudal retainers reacted, attacking the town, blocking the block house, and after days of fighting the defenders killed 19 attackers.
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Shanghai
Atuntze
Yuannan
Yunnan
Ho Cheng-Tsing
Fourteen Cadets To Graduate From Shenandoah
Fourteen cadets from eight states and Canada will receive diplomas from Shenandoah Valley Academy on Tuesday May 31 at 11 o clock in the Handley Library auditorium after a commencement by R Gray Williams a Virginia lawyer and board member. Dr B D Tillett headmaster will be present for commencement week and introduce Williams at graduation. Christ Episcopal Church hosts baccalaureate with Rev R B Nelson delivering the sermon. Other events include a military review awards dance at Winchester Golf Club and a softball game between the academy team and Old Grads.
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States
Canada
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Handley Library
R. Gray Williams
Virginia
Set A. Hodgson
B. D. Tillett
Tillett
Mr. Williams
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Winchester Golf Club
Academy
Dr. Tillett
Joseph Miller
Russell Linehart
Pompton Lakes
N. J
John Strandwitz
Haddonfield
Thomas E. Moore
Fort Hoyle
Floyd Ward
Clifton Forge
Floyd Thomas
Donald Coale
Wilmington
Del
Charles Stuckey
Martinsburg
Harvey Jones, Jr
Wake Forest
N. C
Stanley Wojtkiewitc
New Kensington
Waite Brewer, Jr
Victor Emerson, Jr
Ottawa
David Moore
Altus
Okla
Elmer Knoel R
Pequannock
France Russia ties loom over European peace moves
Diplomatic brief notes France facing choices with Russia and Britain over arms through France to Spain. A French-Russian split could push Britain toward an independent German deal, while Mussolini may leverage Tunisian influence and Austrian annexation to secure Italian aims in Europe and North Africa.
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France
Italy
Russia
Spain
Britain
Germany
Mussolini
French
Tunisia
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Stockholders of C. and O. Railway For Compromise
Stockholders meet in Va to approve a compromise by re electing eight directors and Earle Bailie of New York. The board plans two new seats to be filled by John B. Hollister of Cincinnati and John L. Dickinson of Charleston W Va as Guaranty representatives. One seat fills a vacancy. the other two create positions under the agreement.
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Steckhcde
Esent
Earle Bailie
New York
John B. Hollister
Cincinnati
John L. Dickinson
Charleston
W. Va
Guaranty
First Air Mail Flight Reaches Washington Route
The first airmail flight from Winchester to Washington landed at Endless Caverns field near New Market. Weather threatened the leg with 400 feet ceiling and one and a half miles visibility, possibly rerouting via Bluemont Gap. Postmasters from Harrisonburg to Frederick County greeted the plane, carrying about 1,000 letters amid a week of high mail dispatch.
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Page Port
Ford Dispatch
Shenandoah
George Schecter
Valley Airways, Inc
Caverns
New Market
Winchester
Washington
Charles Douglas
Leesburg
Blue Ridge Mountains
Harpers 'Ferry
Harrisonburg
Frederick County
Page
Wedding halted by court in high society case
A court order stops the marriage of Miss Caryl Nicolson of Chicago and James Logan Abernathy of Kansas City furniture firm. Abernathy’s former wife filed suit claiming she was deceived into divorcing her, triggering the action.
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Miss. Caryl Nicolson
Chicago
James Logan Abernathy
Kansas City
Clare oil operator arraigned in fatal hotel lounge shooting
Jack Livingston of Clare Michigan an oil operator is shown after arraignment on charges that he fatally shot Isaiah Leebove former New York attorney and Michigan Democrat in a Clare hotel lounge. A companion Byron Geller former Michigan assistant attorney general was also shot.
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Jack Livingston
Clare
Mich
Justice of Peace
Isaiah Leebove
New York
Michigan
Livingston
Leebove
Byron Geller
Gibbon Says Japanese Police Threatened Him In Orient
Elwyn Gibbon a 27 year old former army flier and newspaperman arrived from the Orient and told reporters in Seattle that Japanese secret police threatened him with death for his China air force teaching. He was removed from the Empress of Asia at Yokohama after questioning up to 15 hours and interrogation over Article 81. Section 6 of their criminal code. The State Department interceded to secure his release. He predicted China's eventual victory and noted Soviet aid and American dissent among fellow travelers.
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Seattle
Elwyn Gibbon
Orient
China
Air Force
Gibbon
States
Yokohama
Japan
United States State Department
Comrade of Randolph Gibbon Returns from War in China
A former army flier and newspaper writer who served with the Chinese air forces returned to the country after war experiences in China. He was the flying companion last winter of Archibald Cary Randolph Jr. of Upperville Virginia, who also returned from the Orient a couple of months ago.
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Elgyn Gibbon
China
Archibald Cary Randolph, Jr
Upperville
Young Randolph
Judicial views on public utilities and school policy
Harrison warned of the damaging effects on business and policy-holders from potential rate cuts and cited Justice Black’s dissent on state rate reductions. He condemned Indiana's McNutt group for politicizing schools and urged appointing courtsmen with proper judicial training, arguing constitutional interpretation by the Supreme Court is vital.
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Justice Black
Black
Supreme Court
Harrison
Alabama
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Counterfeiters Leaders Caught in Major Secret Service Roundup
Three men were arrested in Newark New Jersey in what officials call the most important counterfeiters roundup in ten years. Agents say the group distributed spuriously printed $10 notes and estimate $500 000 passed in recent months with 250 to 300 sub-passers arrested nationwide.
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Newark
N. J
Pi— Treasury
James J. Ma Inoey
New Jersey-Delaware
Secret Service
British Outline No Debt Policy
London May 19 The government refused to declare policy on Britain’s war debts to the United States and stayed obdurate in the House of Commons Sir Jot Simon was asked about the debts but replied I have no statement to make at the present time The June 30 1937 debt total stood at 4 368 000 000 dollars.
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London
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Jot Simon
The
Quer
Gibson
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