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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1939
Page
10
The Netherlands proclaimed general mobilization of its army and navy. Pre mobilization strength was about 130,000 with the first act expected to add 114,000 to reach roughly 244,000. The Royal Dutch Navy with 12 modern ships has been ready, and reservists will man second line vessels.
Warsaw reports German observation balloons aloft near the border as Poland boosts defense, battles reported on fronts with cavalry deaths. Train and travel links to East Prussia show disruption while Poland weighs mediation versus direct German negotiation. An estimated one million Polish troops are under arms in preparedness.
Paris August 28 The Air France Company announced suspension of air links from Paris to Berlin Rome Bucharest Turin Milan Geneva Itt ri ch Le Touquet Marseille Bordeaux and Bairitz. Flights Paris Stockholm end today and the Berlin Hanover Cologne Brussels Paris night line remains suspended. Normal service continues to London Marseille Casablanca Algiers Tunis Dakar Syria and the Far East.
Pupils were sent home at Seven Porters Township schools as 36 teachers refused to teach until they receive three months back pay. Supervising Principal E A Keiser told about a thousand students to return once word comes. the district awaits payments from Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, the largest taxpayer amid federal court reorganization.
Springfield golfer Paul Sheibley achieved three holes in one in a single day. He aced at 100 yards from a driving range tee after 1,000 prior shots, completing a remarkable 4,857 attempts between 7 am and 11:30 pm.
Berlin reports Hitler favors a mediation role by Mussolini in the Germany Poland clash while rejecting direct talks with Warsaw. He cites Polish demands for Danzig and the Polish Corridor and hints at further adjustments.
Seven Japanese aviators fly the Nippon from Hokkaido to Nome Alaska after a 2000 mile leg across the North Pacific in hazardous 25 below zero weather. Pilot Sumitoshi Nakao leads the crew on a goodwill tour sponsored by Nichi Nichi and Osaka Mainichi newspapers.
Caroline Chatfield explores how youth meets aging as life shifts from ease to effort. The column muses on perception, faith, finances, humor, and resilience, urging readers to confront time and prepare for change while preserving confidence and curiosity.
Berlin reports the greatest run on food stores in decades as housewives rush to register for rationing. The city warns that after September 1 gasoline will be rationed, with car use strictly limited, while bread, potatoes, vegetables, flour remain available but meat, coffee, milk and sugar are curtailed under the new conservation plan.
The government announces week long limits on meat to 700 grams per person and dairy oils and fats to 60 grams daily. Sugar is capped at 280 grams per week while Marmalace and breakfast foods face strict quotas. Coffee tea and milk are rationed with special provisions for mothers children and heavy laborers.
Danzig reports indicate a Danzig SS guard was killed and a Danzig policeman wounded by Polish soldiers near Steinfliess on the frontier. The Free City remained quieter than Friday amid feverish Nazi activity and Polish charges of Nazi undermining of Polish interests.
Mrs. John W. Russell of Lancaster Pennsylvania died after a truck auto collision in Bel Air Maryland. Six others were injured as the Russell vehicle, driven by her husband, collided with a car driven by 27 year old Ea Lee Brooks. State Policeman Thomas R. Ferrell said Brooks faced manslaughter charges.
K I M A Lady Douglas Hamilton formerly Miss Prunella Stack leads the Women’s League of Health and Beauty, a movement with about 170000 members. The group promotes physical culture for women and health education.
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