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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
8
Treasury reports May 23 receipts totaling 5.28 million dollars and expenditures of 18.58 million. Net balance stands at 960.66 million and gross debt at 40.23 billion. Includes Washington status and date.
Two Arabs were killed and three others wounded when shots were fired into an Arab crowd at the Port Easter railway station. Arabs blamed Jewish assailants for the attack.
Richmond report shows about 3,100 people on Confederate pension rolls for the year ended June 30, including 136 veterans, 2,364 widows and dependents, and 560 dependent daughters. Total cost near $409,000, with state cumulative cost about $26.7 million since 1888. Details trace pay scales rising from 1888 to 1938 and changes in eligibility and payment frequency.
Dear Miss Chatfield advises Peg on private dates within a trio setup where Damon prioritizes his friend Pythias. Peg is urged to bide time, endure the split evenings, and build status by discreetly joining drinking-led outings while preserving calm with Pythias. Carolin Chatfield signs off with guidance on reader questions.
In Baltimore on May 25 about 70 tired turtles retired from racing while Johns Hopkins hospital nurses and internes watched a playful turtle derby. Nicontinic Acid of the Cincinnati General stables won the ninth annual crawl with 38 feet in 58 seconds as 1 500 fans cheered. Esthiomene finished second, a split hour behind, in the Pimlico feature.
Thirty nine cadets at Shenandoah Valley Academy received diplomas yesterday concluding the schools 154th session. Leslie D. Kline Frederick County Schools superintendent gave the graduation address and Col Boone D Tillett presented diplomas. The commencement started with a Tuesday military review and drills with awards by Captain John Hodgson. The finals dance followed on Tuesday evening.
Lisbon May 25 reports the French flying boat Lieut enant de Vaisseau Paris took off at 9 25 a m GMT on the last leg of an experimental round trip over the Atlantic. The 42 ton craft left Port Washington New York Tuesday afternoon bound for Biscarrosse France.
The Yankee Clipper arrived in Lisbon at 2:22 p m completing a 1 203 mile leg from Marseille in seven hours eight minutes on its inaugural trans Atlantic mail flight. She will depart for the Azores tomorrow and is due in New York Saturday.
A memorial dedication for war trophies will be held Sunday afternoon May 28 at Wardensville West Virginia cemetery. Capon Post 2102 Veterans of Foreign Wars will dedicate their World War rank with Chief of Staff Fay F Baker in charge. invitations go to Rep Jennings Randolph Past National Commander Jimmy Van Zant William Snyder and F C Dad Derricks. Hershman quartet Star Tannery to lead music and Odd Fellows will decorate graves. Public urged veterans to attend.
Francisco Sarabia, Mexico’s top aviator, completed a 2,085 mile nonstop from Mexico City to New York in 10 hours 47 minutes. His flight eclipsed Amelia Earhart’s 14 hour 19 minute record set May 8, 1935. Sarabia, 39, heads Mexico’s largest domestic airline.
Washington May 25 Political callers press Roosevelt on a possible third term but receive no clear answer. Former Colorado governor William E Sweet said he informed the President he was in the east to assess Roosevelt s 1940 availability. He reported the reply was essentially yes or no with no commitment.
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