British Clash With Arabian Insurgents in Palestine Turmoil
In Jerusalem on May 26 British forces struggled to restore order after 40 days of violence that killed at least 50 people. Arab groups fought two engagements with police near Ramleh and Nazareth, while the Arab supreme council urged continued action to halt Jewish immigration and land sales.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Arab Supreme Council
Palcor
Royal Airforce
Ramleh
Gece
Palestine
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Levant Fair
League of Nations
Jesus of Nazareth
Mount Tabor
Nazareth
Mesk
Summer playgrounds urged for child fitness and safety
MA Winchester calls for church and civic leaders to address the lack of safe outdoor space for children. He notes warm days drive kids outdoors and warns of risks in streets while inviting proposals to improve recreation and healthy development.
Developments In Black Legion Probe Headed For Statewide Grand Jury
Detroit May 26. Attorney General Crowley announced a statewide grand jury probe into Black Legion crimes in every Michigan county. Seven Detroit area deaths are examined for ties to the hooded order while guardsman allegations surface in Jackson and a warden fires a sergeant. Authorities discuss a likely broad inquiry amid claims of large membership and threats and floggings used to enforce loyalty.
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Detroit
Black Legion
David H. Crowley
Crowley
Lansing
United Front
Jackson
Owen Dudley
Jackson County
Southern Michigan
Dudley
Harry H. Jackson
Charles Cooley
Secret Order
Colburn
Arthur F. Lupp
Lupp
W. F. Effinger
Lima
Mich
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
Michigan
Ray Ernest
Ernest
Paul Every
Every
Darden Cohorts Win Delegates in Portsmouth Ward Contests
The Richmond News Leader reports Colgate Darden supporters won twenty five of thirty three delegates to the Democratic state convention in Portsmouth in the Second District ward elections. Opponent Norman R. Hamilton faced a surprising setback in his own ward amid factional tensions within Virginia’s Democratic party.
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Richmond News-Leader
Portsmouth
Colgate Darden
Norman R. Hamilton
Darden
Hamilton
Virginia
Ins
Rexall One Cent Sale at Brooks Pharmacy
Brooks' Pharmacy advertises a Rexall one cent sale spanning Thursday through Monday May 27 to June 1 with super values on select items.
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Rexall
Brooks' Pharmacy
Cook's Corner Furnishings Ad at Valley Pike
Advertising brief for refinishing repairing and lawn furniture at Cook's Corner Valley Pike with a contact phone 1446 and date code 5 26 1p tf.
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Cook's Corner
Valley Pike
Local Lions host 10 driver at weekly luncheon
Deputy District Governor Frank Driver of the Harrisonburg Lions Club was an official guest of Winchester Lions at the George Washington Hotel. He praised the club for civic work and cooperative efforts with other service groups. The meeting discussed the Providence International convention and the Cumberland Maryland District convention.
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Frank Driver
Harrisonburg
Gifts For the Girl Graduate Mary 5 Y 5-26-1p-1t
Gift items for a young graduate named Mary aged five with a single page and one item listed dated 5-26. The notation suggests a brief school celebration or presentation.
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Mary
Forest Fire in New Jersey Leaves Five Dead and Seventeen Missing
A massive South Jersey forest blaze raging north of Atlantic City killed five and left seventeen or more missing after 48 hours of effort. CCC workers and volunteers fought a triangular front from New Gretna to Chatsworth to Manahawkin, with Col. Leonidas Coyle directing firefighting from the air.
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New Gretna
M. J
South Jersey
N. J
CCC
Chatsworth
Manahwakin
John Thornburg
Mt. Holy
Bass River
Tuckerton
Barnegat Bay
Atlantic City
Stanley Carr
Riverside
John la Salle
New Brunswick
Ira Morey
West Creek
Asbury Park
Col
Leonidas Coyle
Stafford Forge
Barnegat
Washington
Remington Inc
Riverside Rendezvous Dance Night Dukes of Rhythm
Riverside venue hosts weekly Tuesday and Thursday events with the Dukes of Rhythm from 8 30 to 1 30 featuring tap dancing. Cover charge set at 40 cents with à la carte service available throughout.
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Riverside
Dukes of Rhythm
Authorities Asked To Stop Circulation Of Communistic Literature
In Syracuse and across the nation police and guard units monitored Remington Rand plants as a general strike call spread. Workers voted 396 to 5 at the Syracuse plant against striking, while arrests for distributing Communist literature occurred at several locations.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Rolland B. Marvin
Remington Rand
Associated Press
Remington Rand, Inc
East
Middle West
National Guard
California
Ilion
Tonawanda
Middletown
Conn
Norwood
Marietta
Ohio
James H. Rand, Jr
Mexican Vegetable Workers’ Union
Arkansas
Tenant Farmers’ Union
Middletown High School Graduation Honors Senior Awards
Twelve seniors received diplomas at final exercises held at Grace Methodist Church in Middletown. Principal Orville W. Wake presided as G W Ropp observed. Betty Ruth Carper gave the salutatory and Thelma Young Judy the valedictory. The O E Larrick medal went to Thelma Young Judy with a four year average of 91. Mary Cooley earned the American Legion Auxiliary medal for best all around record.
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Middletown High School
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Middletown
Orville W. Wake
G. W. Ropp
Berkeley County
Martinsburg
W. Va
Betty Ruth Carper
Thelma Young Judy
Wake
O. E. Larrick
American Legion
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Winchester
Mary Cooley
Late News Bulletins on Markets and Legislation
New York stock market after a late session burst posted net gains of about 1 to 3 dollars or more. In Washington a Senate appropriations subcommittee approved a 2.364 billion relief defiency bill funding next year’s work relief program. Chairman O Connor said a resolution to continue the silicaosis investigation remains before the House rules committee.
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New York
Washington
Senate
John J. O'Connor
D.N
House Rules Committee
Finance Committee
Roosevelt
House
Finance
White House
Florida appoints Loftin to Senate seat
Tallahassee May 26 Governor Dave Sholtz named Scott Marion Loftin of Jacksonville attorney and former president of the American Bar Association as successor to the late State Senator Park Trammell.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Dave Sholtz
Florida
Scott Marion Loftin
Jacksonville
The
American Bar Association
Park Transmell
Socialists Back Plan for National Labor Committee
The Socialist national convention in Cleveland on May 26 approved a resolution to form a permanent national labor committee to coordinate Socialist action within the trade union movement and implement party policy, despite warnings from labor delegates that it could drive members away.
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Cleveland
Socialist National Convention
National Labor Committee
Winchester Proclaims Children’s Day Seeks Playground Plans
Mayor C R Anderson designates Saturday June 20 as Children’s Day and calls church leaders civic clubs and other groups to share views on creating playground facilities for Winchester children. He urges plans for healthful recreation and asks the public for input with possible school board space in the east to be considered.
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C. R. Anderson
Anderson
Winchester
Dr. Anderson
King Edward Holds Second Levee and Mary Birthday Luncheon
King Edward drove in state from Buckingham Palace to St James Palace for the second levee of his reign. He later hosted a family luncheon at Buckingham Palace to honor Queen Mary on her sixty ninth birthday.
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London
Edward
Buckingham Palace
St. James Palace
Buckingham
Mary
Youth Poisoned In Danville Filling Station Incident
A 23 year old man identified as Byrd collapsed at a Greensboro road filling station in Danville after saying he had been poisoned. Police and emergency responders were called as he lay incoherent. The motive and substance are not disclosed.
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Danville
Ber Byrd
Greensboro Road
Townsend defies panel as pension leaders skip inquiry
Washington dispatch reports Dr F E Townsend maintaining a defiant stance before a House investigating committee while two former age pension leaders also fail to appear for questioning. In Norfolk Virginia 650 Ocean View students were evacuated from a public school when a fire was detected in an unused hot air duct and extinguished within 30 minutes.
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Washington
F. E. Townsend
House
Norfolk
Ocean View
Cabinet Resigns After Socialists Gain in Elections
The cabinet of Premier Paul Van Zee land resigned today after Sunday's parliamentary elections in which Socialists made sharp gains.
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Brussels
Paul van Zeeland
Jones To Visit Kiwanis Club Thursday
Lieut.-Gov. Edgar C. Jones will visit the local Kiwanis club at the regular luncheon tomorrow. After the luncheon a board of directors meeting will be held and a Cumberland Golden Rule delegation will be named. County church pastors may submit Sunday service announcements to The Star by tomorrow morning for Thursday’s issue.
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Edgar C. Jones
Kiwanis Club
Cumberland
The
Star
Queen Mary Ready for Maiden Atlantic Voyage
Britain’s 80 773 ton Queen Mary prepared for her maiden crossing to New York set to sail at 4 30 p m with 2 650 passengers aboard. The Cunard liner spans 1 018 feet with 12 decks and 3 800 capacity including crew of 1 200. Queen Mary will also carry general cargo and may feature Winchester apples on return trips.
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Southampton
Eng
Britain
New York
Edgar T. Britten
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Cunard
Winchester
Mechanic Performs Miracle Ride To Save A Wheel
Mrs Walter Kroening driving from Milwaukee toward Washington near Hagerstown Maryland loses a rear wheel which rolls into the Potomac. A passing motorist seeks help at Breezewood garage while a local mechanic retrieves a boat and races to recover the wheel amid river currents.
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Washington
Walter Kroening
Milwaukee
Hagerstown
Breezewood
Miss Helen Shockey to Visit Winchester Recreation Meet
Miss Helen Shockey district recreational director for Northern Virginia will visit Winchester tomorrow morning to meet city council and county recreational council in City Hall council chamber at 11 to plan summer playgrounds and recreational work. C. Hartman local recreation chairman will preside and full attendance is urged.
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Helen Shockey
Northern Virginia
Staunton
Winchester
City Hall
Wanted at once dog seeks owner for brindle bull breed
A valuable female brindle bull dog is found without a collar and is awaiting a new home or its owner. The notice asks the finder to contact by phone at 41-d.
Senate Finance Committee Tightens Tax Rules for Corps
Washington May 26 The Senate finance committee moved to require corporations retaining over 15 000 of income or more than 40 percent of it to explain surpluses with their tax returns. It also lengthened the statute of limitations on high taxes for improper surpluses.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
King
Democratici
White House
Harrison
D.-Miss
Forest fire threatens Jersey coast and mehr
Seven or more men were reported missing as a fierce forest fire swept across the south Jersey coastal plain. The blaze prompted urgent evacuations and firefighting efforts along the shoreline.
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Jersey Pine Country
Bulletin
Remington
West Coast
Labor Committee
Potomac River
World News
Darjeeling
India
Callander
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