Chamberlain Set for Cabinet Shakeup in Britain
London May 27 A tall conservative statesman Neville Chamberlain moves toward leading Great Britain as Prime Minister with expected cabinet reshuffles. Walter Runciman may gain a viscountcy and depart from the Board of Trade, Sir John Simon linked to the Treasury, Kingsley Wood named Home Secretary, Hore-Belisha to health, and MacDonald to retire from active politics while remaining MP for the Scottish universities.
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London
Great Britain
No. 10
Downing Street
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Exchequer
Buckingham Palace
Baldwin
Runciman
John Simon
The
Treasury
Kingsley Wood
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Ministry of Transport
MacDonald
Council
House of Lords
Austen Chamberlain
Ladywood
Birmingham
Edgbaston
Director Aims to Show Newsmen in Honest Light
Director Al Hall leads a film project to cast journalists as respectable, homeable professionals, countering Hollywood stereotypes of buttoned hats, loud jargon, and sensationalism. He uses real editors and clean cut reporters in city room scenes to win newsroom trust.
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Homer McCoy Hywood
al Hall
Hollywood
Screen
Joe Glotz
Hall
The
Gazette
Miller Named Warren and Rappahannock Schools Superintendent
FRONT ROYAL May 27 G Tyler Miller is reappointed superintendent of Warren and Rappahannock county schools for another four years. Miller has served in the role for the past eight years.
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Front Royal
G. Tyler Miller
Warren and Rappahannock County
Miller
Richmond
Marriage of Miss Virginia Young to Stanley B Murray in Edinburg
Miss Virginia Young of Front Royal wed Stanley B Murray of Edinburg at noon in Edinburg. The couple will reside in Edinburg where the groom is employed. Also notes on garden club show, visits, and local events with community figures and upcoming rummage sale.
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Front Royal
Virginia Young
Stanley B Murray
Edinburg
H. T. Young
Richmond
W. R. Murray
Weekend Visits and Memorial Day Guests Across Town
Mr and Mrs Charles Board of Point Marion PA plan Sunday visit with Board's mother Luther Board then take their two sons to Augusta Military Academy and return Monday. Mrs Z J Compton returns from Washington where she visited sister Elizabeth Carmack who is ill. Memorial Day guests include Mattie Brown Annie Buck Sue Brown and Bernice Elbert. Mr and Mrs Benjamin Atwood of Hagerstown will stay with B V Atwood over the weekend. Mrs W R Thompson and daughter Elizabeth plus Mrs Merle Emmert return from Richmond after attending a state Rebekah Lodge convention.
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Charles Board
Point Marion
Luther Board
Augusta Military Academy
Z. J. Compton
Washington
Elizabeth Carmack
Mattie Brown
Annie Buck
Sue Brown
Bernice Elbert
W. R. Thompson
Elizabeth Thompson
Merle Emmert
Richmond
Rebekah Lodge
Memorial Service Plans Announced
Memorial services by Col. Samuel R. Millar Post VFW and Giles B. Cook Post American Legion set for Sunday May 30 at 2 30 PM in Prospect Hill Cemetery. Lieut. Charles Caulkins of Winchester named principal speaker with U D C participation. Veterans and Warren County high school band invited to assemble at Scott and Stokes Funeral Home Chester Street and march to the cemetery.
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Front Royal
Samuel R. Millar
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Giles B. Cook
American Legion
Prospect Hill
Charles Caulkins
Winchester
Warren County High School
Scott and Stokes
Chester Street
Bids Sought On Five Virginia Bridge Projects
Richmond Va May 26 bids will be opened June 8 for a bridge over the Chesapeake and Joe Railway tracks at Newport News. The Buchanan bridge contract faced injunctions before landowners funded buyout to end objections. Other advertised works include a 14 mile stone surface road from Floyd court house, a foot bridge at Ivy Albemarle, a 1 mile bridge on route 460, and 1 mile of macadam on road C 620 near Front Royal Warren county.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Joe
Newporters
Buchanan Bridge
Highway Department
Buchanan
Floyd Courthouse
Chesapeake and Ohio
Ivy
Albemarle County
Warren County
Front Royal
Richmond Plant May Be Closed Over Union Strike
John Cruickshanks of Cruickshanks Iron Works warned that the Richmond plant may shut down if union workers strike to press demands. A CIO influenced steel workers union was organized locally last week, though not all employees joined.
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Richmond
John 8. Cruickshanks
Cruickshanks Iron Works
CIO
Ickshanks
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Annie Sealock Downing in Front Royal
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Annie Sealock Downing widow of Joe Downing of Alexandria Virginia Burial was beside her husband in the owning graveyard in Rappahannock County Mr Downing died about six months ago.
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Front Royal
Annie Sealock Downing
Joe Downing
Alexandria
Rappahannock County
Downing
Venus Makes Trouble at Hable's Palace Today Only
James Dunn and Patricia Ellis star in Venus Makes Trouble at Hable's Palace today only with Fox News reel and a comedy as supplement. Charles Starrett appears in Dodge City Trail at the Palace Theatre Friday only, a stirring western musical saga with hit the thrill trail and singing sons of the saddle, plus Secret Agent cartoon and a comedy.
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James Dunn
Patricia Ellis
Hable’s Palace
Fox News
Charles Starrett
Peter B. Kyne
Dodge City Trail
Palace Theatre
Sons of the Saddle
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