Shenandoah Park project in mismanagement dispute draws Byrd critique
Charlottesville report details a clash between Senator Harry F. Byrd and Resettlement Administration backers over Shenandoah Park relocations. Readers learn about alleged bungling, disputed funds, and Washington orders driving the 1930s experiment. Jurisdictional conflict and local impact are highlighted through the accounts of workers and officials involved.
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Shenandoah
Tugwell
Washington
Charlottesville
Harry F. Byrd
Resettlement Administration
Shenandoah Park
Shenandoah Park Homsteads
Byrd
United States Department of the Interior
Blue Ridge
Ickes
Firemen Sponsor Aerial Exhibition At Local Airport
The Friendship Fire Company sponsors an aerial show Sunday featuring Frank Turgeon and a troupe called the angels from Hell. Turgeon, a WWII veteran with the 96th Observation Squadron, has flown in 36 countries and will present the event with new uniforms and sound equipment installed.
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Friendship Fire Company
Frank Turgeon
Angels From Hell
Turgeon
96Th
Keeping vehicles under control yields dividends of health and money
Winchester argues constant upkeep of cars is essential for safety and savings. He warns that after an accident it is too late to act, stressing mechanical condition and vigilant highway conduct.
Rebels Out To Mop Up On Franco-Spanish Frontier
On May 27 insurgent Gen. Emilio Mola pressed mop up operations against Basques at Orduna near Bilbao. The Basque high command said it had modified positions as Mola’s two month offensive extended insurgent control of southern Basque lands. A Murgia Bilbao highway attack left about 50 Basques dead and over 100 wounded after feeble resistance.
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Hendaye
Orduna
Emilio Mola
Basque High Command
Mola
Bilbao
Missing 12 Year Old Kenneth Kelly Sparks Truant Worry
A 12-year-old boy Kenneth Kelly ran away from home after planning to avoid a truant officer. His mother Mrs. C. B. Kelly of 22 South Brad dock street remains without knowledge of his whereabouts. He previously disappeared for a night last year but was found later.
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Kenneth Kelly
C. B. Kelly
South Braddock Street
Kenneth
Buddy Larrick
Kely
Beaverbrook Press Attacks Church Over Duke Ostracism
The Daily Express defends the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Warfield against church ostracism and government pressure. It criticizes church hostility ahead of the June 3 wedding at Chateau de Can de, arguing the pen alty regime against the couple is excessive but notes the duke broke no law.
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London
Beaverbrook Press
Church of England Today
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Britain
The
Daily Express
Chateau de Cande
Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Manchester
Glasgow
Edward
Two Get Term For Fighting In Same Disturbance
Charges of unlawfully shooting against Robert Bullett near Cameron street were dismissed while he was found guilty of fighting in a hearing tied to a May 21 disturbance. Bullett fined 15 dollars and 25 cents and jailed one month. John Leake received the same sentence for fighting. Charges against Della Vanersdale and Vincent Orndorff were dismissed as part of the same incident in an alley north of West Fairfax Lane near a dwelling.
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Robert Bullett
Cameron Street
Bullett
John Leake
Della Vanersdale
Vincent Orndorff
West Fairfax Lane
Ex-Dean Pleads Not Guilty to Armed Assault Charge
Thomas E. Elder aged 60, former Mount Hermon School dean, is held on $10,000 bail for an June 3 hearing on charges of assault with intent to murder while armed with a dangerous weapon. He is accused of threatening F. Allan Norton with a shotgun as Norton left his garage. Norton is a former Mount Hermon official and Elder’s former colleague.
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Elder
Dean and Norton Cashier
Mount Hermon
Elliott Speer
Wanted Carpente Apply to H. N. Ritter
Classified notice seeking a carpenter with instructions to apply to H N Ritter in Berryville Virginia. No further details provided.
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Carpente
H. N. Ritter
Berryville
Virginia
Retaliation Bootlegger Threats Reported At Ford Plant
Detroit reports a clash at Ford Motor Company gates with union activists injured and leaflets scattered. Despite arrests and ABC enforcement pressures, bootleg liquor remains active, sold at prices from ten to thirty-five cents per drink, with stock levels described as 30 to 100 pints. Page 7 continuation noted.
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Ford
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Ce Aenstéen
ABC
Shrine Band Enjoys Stop During Goodwill Tour
Nearly 200 Acca Temple Shriners spent the night in Winchester and moved on to Front Royal on day two of a Goodwill Tour through western Virginia. Their colorful uniforms and red fezzes drew attention as the caravan arrived late from Alexandria and a parade was delayed, but concertgoers at the auditorium were rewarded by several selections from the Shriners band.
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Acca Temple
Mystic Shrine
Winchester
Front Royal
Virginia
Temple
Alexandria
Cameron Street
Handley
Shriners’ Band
Mr. Schlack Dies At 72 In Frederick County
John W. Schlack longtime Frederick County farmer dies at his Rest home on the Martinsburg pike after illness aged 72. He led a retired life in recent years but remained active in the Best Methodist Episcopal Church South where he had been a Seward since 1907 and a trustee since 1914, also serving as Sunday school superintendent. Continued on Page 7 Col 5.
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John W. Schlack
Frederick County
Martinsburg Pike
Schlack
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
MacDonald rejects earldom before retirement
Ramsay MacDonald declined an earldom offered by King George VI to avoid harming his son Malcolm's political career. The 70 year old former prime minister, long serving in government, said he preferred to stay plain James Ramsey MacDonald. The elder also resigned as lord president of the council during a farewell at Buckingham Palace ahead of a cabinet reshuffle.
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London
Ramsay “MacDonald
Britain
Commons
George VI
Malcolm
James Ramsey MacDonald
MacDonald
House of Peers
Dominions
National Labor
Buckingham Palace
Controversy Over Relief Bill Strike Prohibition Debate
In Washington on May 27 a House floor clash erupted over an amendment to a 1.5 billion relief bill that would bar relief workers who strike from eligibility. Representative Fuller defended the measure as a strong stand, while critics called it radical and un-American and blamed earmarking for flood control and public works.
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Washington
Puller
D-Ark
Representative Maverick
D-Tex
House of Lords
Congress
Democratic Party
Fuller
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Spaniards Blame Italy for War Violations in White Book
The Spanish government charged Italy with the most scandalous breach of international law since World War I in a League of Nations white book. The document, based on alleged secret Italian orders, accuses Italy of prolonging the Spanish conflict and acting as a belligerent power in violation of the league covenant.
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Geneva
Italy
Spain
Workers Would Join The A F L
Richmond Calif May 27 The American Federation of Labor stepped into the Ford assembly plant strike. E H Vernon of the Automobile Mechanics Union said some Ford employees asked to join the A F L A mass meeting will be held tomorrow night for workers to vote on Federation affiliation.
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Richmond
Calif
American Federation of Labor
Ford Assembly
Committee For Industrial Organization
E. H. Vernon
Automobile Mechanics’ Union
Ford
A. F. of L
Vernon
Byrd Address to Be Broadcast from University of Richmond
Senator Harry F. Byrd will address the University of Richmond student body tomorrow and his remarks will be broadcast on WR VA at noon. Governor George C. Peery will present Byrd, with Dr. F W Bossbright presiding over the convocation.
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Richmond
Harry F. Byrd
University of Richmond
WRVA
F. W. Bocssright
Senator Byrd
George C. Peery
Byrd
Mrs Harrison Dies After Heart Ailment In Martinsburg
Mrs Nannie Spottswood Boyd Harrison 66, wife of Peyton R. Harrison Sr., prominent Martinsburg resident, died at 5 PM after a heart attack. She was born November 22 1871 in Winchester and survived by husband, daughter Mrs Bennett Taylor, son Peyton R. Harrison Jr., a twin sister Mrs Lily Knight, and a stepdaughter Mrs Forrest Brown. Funeral at 4 PM tomorrow at King Street residence, Trinity Episcopal Church services, burial in Old Norbourne Cemetery.
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Nannie Spottswood Boyd Harison
Peyton R. Harrison, Sr
Martinsburg
W. Va
West King Street
Peyton R. Harrison, Jr
Charleston
Mr. Harrison
Martinsure
Boyd
Charlestown
Lily Dandridge Boyd Knight
City
B. Mitchell Knight
Forrest A. Brown
Charles Town
Harrison
King Street
Paul Fowles
Trinity Episcopal Church
Old Norbourne
Leaders Meet Postponed to June at Camp White Rock
Tonight's Boy Scout Leaders meeting is postponed and will now take place in June as an outdoor session at Camp White Rock. The Cub Pack meeting remains at 7 30 p m in the Presbyterian Church annex on Loudoun Street.
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Camp White Rock
Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
Baseball Practice Tonight and Tomorrow for Park Games
Manager Baker schedules practice at 5 30 this evening and again tomorrow for Swanson Curry Kellar Johnson Luby Crowl Robi Patton Bony Patton Hartman Ritenour Lunsford Nolan and Atwe to prepare for two weekend hard games.
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Baker
Swanson
Curry
Kellar
Johnson
Luby
Crowl
Robi
Patton
Bony Patton
Hartman
Ritenour
Ete Lunsford
Nolan
Atwe
CIO Strikes Shut Down Steel Plants Across Great Lakes States
The CIO backed by 170000 steel workers moved to strike five Great Lakes area plants, pressing Republic Steel and others for a bargaining contract. Philip Murray accused Republic’s Tom L. Girdler of orders to shoot to kill while seeking a meeting to end the stoppage. Fires burned low as production halted in Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania and New York.
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Youngtown
Committee For Industrial Organization
Five Lakes
Republic Steel Corporation
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
Tom L. Girdler
Republic
Girdler
CIO
Charles
Murray
Ironton
Canton
Cleveland
Ereen
Ohio
Indiana
Oil
Pennsylvania
New York
Great Lakes
Mahoning Valley
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Chicago
SWOC
Inland Steel Company
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Ta. Ay
Dutch Cabinet Resigns After Election Victory
Amsterdam May 27 The Netherlands government of Premier Hendrik Colijn marked up a decisive parliamentary election victory over Dutch Nazis today and then tendered its resignation to Queen Wilhelmina. Final returns gave the Nazis four of 100 seats while Colijn's coalition gained strength.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Hendrik Colijin
Wilhelmina
Colijn
Virginia lifts Sunday beer and wine ban
The Virginia State Liquor Control Board ordered an end to the Sunday beer and wine sales ban adopted February 28. The regulation will cease May 29, as the board says the ban has encouraged public antagonism and law disregard.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Liquor Control Board
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Beaverbrook
Windsor
Greenfield
Gainesboro
DeHaven
W. 8. McClintock
Emmett Walker
A. J. Tavenner
Walker
Dearborn, Mich
ABC Board
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Shrine
Mr. Schlack
Mt. Hebron
McDonald
C.I
Maverick
Madrid
A F. L
Nannie S. Boyd
Republic Corp
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