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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1938
Page
3
Czechoslovak legation officials report Britain will not add to the initial £10,000,000 loan to Czechoslovakia. Britain offers £4,000,000 of the original loan, marking a repudiation of Chamberlain's prior promise to advance funds. The decision is presented as no further addition to the total loan.
Mrs. Roosevelt says the White House tradition places a toothbrush and cake of soap in the president’s Christmas stocking. She explained the custom began when the children were home from school needing new toothbrushes and has continued as they grew up.
The article notes that after the Munich agreement transferring the Sudetenland to Germany Czecho-Slovakia accepted reconstruction costs estimated at £100 million about $500 million in today’s terms. The mention highlights financial burdens tied to territorial losses and postwar rebuilding.
The article outlines proposed expansions to the Social Security Act including continued old age payments, family protections for widows and orphans, disability insurance for workers and families, a $200 death benefit, and immediate coverage for seamen banks and institutions. It also aims to bring farm and domestic workers into the system, repurpose the old age reserve into a contingency fund, and share costs between the federal government and workers.
In the Commons Chamberlain defended his appeasement policy amid a censure motion on foreign affairs. Debate touched on Germany's eastern thrust, Mussolini’s Carbonia speech, and Japan's open door. Ickes drew British papers' attention for his Cleveland speech criticizing dictators.
Produce prices for apples potatoes poultry and eggs in Baltimore and Philadelphia with detailed bids and ranges. Trading shows steady to dull demand. chickens turkeys ducks geese and butter prices listed along with grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans.
New York stocks advanced with gains up to over two points as hopes for heavy defense spending and a cheerful business outlook supported buying in issues like U S Steel Bethlehem and Chrysler. Bonds lagged and European securities fell as the dollar strengthened against the pound and franc.
The Star lists daily market prices for a variety of staples and livestock. It includes patent brand and shelled corn rates per bag or bushel, oats and dairy feeds, mixed feeds, and various fowl and lamb categories with price ranges and codes.
Chicago price notes show futures and cash wheat and corn gaining about a cent as reports of Europe’s severe cold drive demand. Early estimates suggest U S export purchases of corn in the last 48 hours totaled 1.
Real estate broker J O Green promotes Christmas sales in Winchester Virginia offering homes farms and lots across the city and Valley Pike. He stresses quick purchase and financing help as he notes a family story about buying a home for a daughter.
French Foreign Minister Bonnet outlined France would mobilize land sea and air forces to defend Britain if attacked and urged Britain to reciprocate. He stressed the Franco British entente as the basis of policy and warned against ceding any territory, noting renewed calls to defend Tunisia Corsica and Nice amid Italian pressure.
Tokyo December 19 Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita called the 25 million dollar loan to China by the United States Export Import Bank opportune and regrettable. He said the act would prolong the Chinese- War era and criticized Washington for acting without understanding after his Oct 29 accession to office.
A fragmented sales item lists country butter creamery butter and geese baby chick feed mixed heavy fowl leghorn fowl site. The garbled text suggests a rural market segment with dairy and poultry products referenced.
A bus collided with a car driven by 8 J Collins on the icy approach to the Castleman's Ferry bridge on Route 7 between Berryville and Leesburg. The crash left dented fenders and 20 to 25 frightened children, but no injuries were reported and both vehicles could proceed.
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