Fears of War Cast Long Shadows Across Europe
London reports alarm as Britain requires military rank certificates for travel in Germany amid rising tension. France imposes visas to visit Italy in retaliation over Italian papers while Germany plans massive maneuvers and grain requisitions. Premier Chamberlain remains in Scotland as air power plans gain urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
British War Office
Germany
France
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Little Entente
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Neville Chamberlain
Scotland
England
Kingsley Wood
Air
Great Britain
Winchester Optimist Reflects on Muddy Shenandoah Fishing
The writer notes many fishers brave the heavily muddy Shenandoah river, while an older woman laments her failed tries. He remarks on cool days, anticipation of frost, and a fast, stormy late summer with heat and brainforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah River
Carroll case ends with life sentence for deputy sheriff
A Maine jury convicted Francis M. Carroll of the strangulation murder of Dr. James G. Littlefield and sentenced him to life in prison. His accuser, Paul Dwyer, now faces possible further action as investigations continue, with no pardons reported at this time.
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Paris
Francis M. Carroll
Paul N. Dwyer
Carroll
Thomaston
Ruby
Betty
Linwood
Arthur
James G. Littlefield
Maine
Clyde R. Chapman
Dwyer
E. Walker Abbott
Paul Dwyer
John H. Welch
Welch
Barbara Carroll
Miss Keller Appointed Executive Secretary in Winchester Red Cross
Miss Margaret Keller has been named executive secretary of the Winchester-Frederick Red Cross Chapter, replacing Mrs. Helen Wright who plans to enter the University of Chicago for graduate study. Keller, connected with welfare and Red Cross work since 1934, will train in Washington the first two weeks of September and spend February there for further preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Keller
George Keller
Keller
Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
E. T. Clark
Miss Keller
Helen Wright
Wright
University of Chicago
Chicago
Winchester
Bertha Hicks
Itive
Mabel Lyman
City Welfare Department
Clark
Washington
Huntington
W. Va
Earle Starts Air Trip Amid Legal Cloud
Governor George H. Earle leaves Harrisburg on a plane vacation covering Memphis Brownsville Mexico City and Central and South America. He and 13 aides face blackmail extortion and coercion charges now under a Supreme Court stay while legislature probes its rights.
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Harrisburg
George H. Earle
Central
South America
State Supreme Court
Memphis
Tenn
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico City
Central America
Colombia
Earle
A. M. Banks
French Italian Frontier Closure Sparks Diplomatic Rift
Paris reports the Franco Italian frontier virtually closed to normal crossings as Italy halts passport deliveries to French travelers. France requires special visas and tightens border controls after Daladier Bonnet talks fail to yield explanations. Reinforcements and new frontier rules follow growing tensions since Mussolini’s Rome visit.
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Paris
Italy
Foreign Office
Rder
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
France
Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Rome
Great Building ProgramMapped Virginia plans 9 million in public works
Richmond Virginia launches a building program costing about 9 000 000 in conjunction with large industrial construction. The plan uses surplus treasury funds and PWA grants and loans to create capital improvements and provide employment for thousands of Virginians. Governor Price welcomes federal aid as projects move forward including a textile mill in Royal and a Ford plant in Norfolk.
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Richmond
Virginia
PWA
Commonwealth
Price
At Royal
Ford
Norfolk
Roosevelt to speak on social security anniversary broadcast
President Roosevelt plans a nationwide radio address Monday night from the White House marking the third anniversary of the Social Security Act. The talk will last about 15 minutes and focus on liberal reforms as aides weigh whether to press for defeating counterparts who oppose his views. The message targets social security workers and national policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Social Security
White House
Conee
George
D.-Ga
Danistai Ah Mary
Millard Tydings
Senate
Tydings
Rep
John O'Connor
New York
House Rules Committee
O'Connor
Idaho
James P. Pope
D. Worth Clark
Kingster
Ontario
Queens University
Weather Outlook and Lost Item Notice
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows local showers Monday night or Tuesday and again Friday. Seasonably warm with slightly cooler midweek in the north. Lost horseshow brooch or breast pin with old gold set in sapphires and pearls. 15 sapphires and 14 pearls. Suitable reward returned to Star Office.
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Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Horshoe
Star Office
Storm Hides Fate Of Missing Plane
A coastal storm obscured the fate of eleven people aboard a missing passenger plane reported flying from Villa Hermosa Tabasco to Mexico City. The aircraft had not been heard since yesterday afternoon at 11,000 feet in heavy rain, and search efforts by air were hampered by continued rainfall.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Villahermosa
Tabasco
Opening of Dr Edward C Yost Dental Office
Dr Edward C Yost announces the opening of a dental office on Valley Avenue Ext with hours from 9 AM to 5 PM starting August 17. Contact numbers are 1422 and 11917.
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Edward C. Yost
Valley Avenue
Ext
Gangland Slaying Ties to Prohibition Era Ties in Chicago
Joseph La Porte 24 a former member of the old 42 gang was shot five times in the head at a west side garage in a ritual similar to the St Valentine’s Day Massacre. Police report an underworld hit squad may be at work with nickel jacketed bullets and motive varying per case.
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Chicago
Joseph la Porte
St. Valentine’s Day
la Porte
John Racek
Southwest Side
James G.dungan
Painters and Decorators Union
Oerona
Sam
Picciotto
White Sox
Archie Cain
Detective Bureau
Cain
End of Hostilities Near Changkafeng Reported
Editor notes the end of the Changkufeng clash between Russian and Japanese troops on the Siberian Manchoukuo border. Soviet and Japanese officers met on the crest of a war scarred hill by the Tumen river to settle military details after a noon Japanese gun salute and an evening rifle volley marking negotiated progress.
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J. D. White
Associated Press
Changkufeng
Siberian - Manchoukuo
Tumen
Moscow
Winchester marksmen place third in Virginia tournament
Winchester trap shooting team E. E. Cuthbert C. J. Renner Ruth Cuthbert W. F. Anderson and F. W. Pingley took third in the Virginia Trapshooting Association event in Roanoke. Cuthbert won the 100 target handicap at 18 yards with 96. Renner defended doubles with 44 of 50. Cuthbert second in doubles with 43. Miss Cuthbert and Renner are set to defend their titles today. Claude B. Stickley elected president. Winchester chosen as 1939 tournament site. Cuthbert named secretary treasurer. Team results list Roanoke No. 1 and No. 2 teams atop the standings.
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Winchester
E. E. Cuthbert
C. J. Renner
Ruth Cuthbert
W. F. Anderson
F. W. Pingley
Virginia Trapshotting Association
Roanoke
Miss Cuthbert
Old Dominion
C. J
Tony” Renner
Mr. Cuthbert
Renner
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Cuthbert
Golden Glow Coffee Shop Ad Read
During shopping hours leave your packages with us and meet your friends here. Enjoy our special platter dinners.
Gas Company Plans Doubling of Winchester Plant Output
E C Goss manager of the Utility Consumers Company announces a $14 000 expansion to double the gas plant capacity in Winchester The new unit on South Kent street aims to be ready by October 1 An extra retort a larger filter and boiler room are planned with equipment from Cleveland and foundations by a local contractor The existing plant built in 1935 cost about $75 000 and has burned fires continuously since 1853.
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E. C. Goss
Utility Consumers Company
Winchester
Mr. Goss
South Kent Street
Gas Machinery Corporation of
Cleveland
Kent
Boscawen
Death of Elizabeth Jane Boles at Milldale Clarke County
Elizabeth Jane Boles four year old daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Lee Boles and the late David Boles died at 9 this morning at her grandmother Mrs Janie Meade Lee near Milldale Clarke county after a prolonged illness. The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 from the home of Mrs John C Lee with the Rev Ronald H Rowland of Meade Memorial Episcopal Church officiating and burial at White Post Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Jane Boles
Elizabeth Lee Boles
David Boles
Janie Meade Lee
John C. Lee
Milldale
Clarke County
Ronald H. Rowland
Meade Memorial Episcope Church
White Post
A F L Official Links Labor Move to Communists Evidence
Washington August 13 A F L official John P. Frey chief of the Metal Trades Department testified before the Dies committee that 280 CIO organizers were active Communists. He said he would name 185 leaders and claimed the CIO leadership aided Communist aims while most CIO members were not Communists.
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Washington
John P. Prey
A. F. of L
Dies
Communist Party
Rep. Dies
D.-Tex
UN American Activities
Frey
Co. I. O
America
John
CIO
Our
A. F. of
Italy
Germany
A. F
Mussolini
Hitler
Tshin
United
Wanted home for handsome male rheneeeie kit ten
A brief classified notice seeks a home for a young male rheneeeie kit, described as beautiful. Contact numbers 41 or 1182 are provided for responses. The fragment indicates a 1908 date.
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John W. Culmer
MR Winchester
William H. Fisher
Will
Mrs. Wright
Interior Ministry
U. S
Shanghai
Tokyo
United States
International Settlement
Japan
Central China
Special Service
Milton C. Marvin
San Diego
Calif
United States Defense Sector
Marvin
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Storm
Lewis and
Ben McMillen
Moultrie
Changkafeng
C. B. Stickley
Association
Roanoke No
Gene RaChards
Ce Cceeen
G.W. Dickerson
J. E. Fitzpatrick
A. J. Wright
EB. C. Ashley
P. Jones L
Mason
W. H. Bratton
A. Ose
H. R. Cox
Minter
J. Renner
Yrs
Cuthbert Eeeves
Pingley
Golden Glow Coffee Shop
Boles
John Frey
Relief Us
Benefit E. Chure
E. Piccadilly
Miby Pike
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