Front Royal Remount Horse Show Revival Promises Classic Virginia Event
The Front Royal Remount Horse Show to be held in June will revive the old fashioned Virginia horse show. Breeders and farmers attend to show and trade horses with dealers and buyers present. Bona-fide farmer breeders compete in breeding classes while open hunter and jumper classes welcome all. Entry closes June 1 with admission a nominal fee and local charity groups serving food.
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Front Royal
Middleway notes report good season and local gatherings
Middleway Virginia reports unusually good weather for crops with rain improving grass and wheat. Sheep shearing is active under C W Staubs and Raymond White. Wool pool set for next week. Quarterly meeting at Kabletown M E Church with attendees including Forrest Watson and C H Grove. Church events and personal visits noted.
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Middleway
C. W. Staubs
Raymond White
Kabletown M. E. Church
Marsh
Martinsburg
Devan
Forrest Watson
C. H. Grove
J. R. Ware
Union Church
Junkin
Willia Ware
Berkeley Springs
Holmes White
Arthur Sager
Kernstown
Edward Shaull
R. A. Smith
R. L. Oates
Lexington
Sadie Oates
Elizabeth Higgs
T. C. Keckley
Winchester
Mollie Pierce
M. E
Planes May Be Kneaded In Bakeries
Planes may be mass produced from plastic via heat molded “bakeries” as Col. Joseph L. Stromme of the Army Air Corps envisions. At Van Nuys Calif a 2 place plastic trainer was tested by Vance Breese with 30 minutes of aerobatics. The Timm Aircraft Corp called the tests completely satisfactory.
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van Nuys
Calif
Joseph L. Stromme
Army Air Corps Planning Hid
Y Y
Stromme
Vance Breese
Breese
Texas
Timm Aircraft Corporation
Beaten on Yacht Case Spurs Boston Court Suit
Dorothy McFaden sues Robert A. Nordblom a Newton realtor in Boston court for 100000 alleging he beat and kicked her at a party on his yacht. Nordblom says she jumped overboard fully clad and was injured while being rescued.
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Robert A. Nordblom
Newton
Mass
Dorothy McFaden
Boston
Nordblom
Miss McFaden
Memorial services for Rev. R. B. Moore in Brucetown
Brucetown Virginia May 23 Rev R B Moore of Winchester will conduct memorial services here Sunday morning May 26. Local residents and visitors from Keyser White Post Alexandria Ridgeway share town social notes.
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Brucetown
R. B. Moore
Winchester
George Wilson
Keyser
W. Va
Ridgeway
President Roosevelt to sail for Galway to evacuate Americans
The State Department ordered the liner President Roosevelt to Galway Ireland to bring home as many Americans as possible. The ship will carry 500 berths plus cots for 500 more and depart New York tonight, with an expected Galway arrival around May 30.
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State Department
Europe
President Roosevelt
Ireland
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Roosevelt
New York
Galway
Near
United States
England
Paris Opens First Public Day Nursery in 1844
The city of Paris established its first public day nursery in 1844 to provide care for young children. This historic move aimed to support working families and improve early education access in mid nineteenth century France.
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Paris
Students Do Solo Flying at Shepherd College Martinsburg
In Martinsburg West Virginia two of nine Shepherd State Teachers' College flying students trained by instructor George J Schecter have soloed. Four more are ready for first flights and three are scheduled to solo before month end. Training at Shepherd Municipal Airport is partly funded by the Civil Aeronautics Authority and hampered by winds. A new cross runway is under construction with WPA and city cooperation and should finish in two weeks.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Shepherd State Teachers’ College
George J. Schecter
Winchester
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Shepherd Municipal Airport
Scheder
Works Progress Administration
Ernest Stuteman
Shepherd College
Anon
West Virginia
CAA
Genoe
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