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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1935
Page
7
Reluctance to quitting shown as 3,000 Jewish residents of Saar area weigh options. Anxiety rises as uncertainty over emigration avenues grows amid mounting tensions.
Reports from FORBACH and Saarbruecken describe hundreds of Saar refugees crossing into France amid border tensions. Four who tried to return were fired upon but unharmed, as Germany eyes reconciliation with France and Saar celebrates joining Nazi Germany. Jewish residents fear boycotts and expulsion amid “liberation day” celebrations.
W E Shanholtz of Augusta West Virginia dozed at 4 am on Valley avenue near Handley campus. His southbound truck plowed a fire plug and damaged a telephone pole. He escaped with bruises. truck sent to a local garage. He agreed to pay the city 40 for plug damage.
Shanghai dispatch reports40,000 Communists moving westward toward Szechuan amid government divisions commanded by Chiang Kai-Shek. Joint provincial and national forces prepare to block 60,000 Reds in southeast Szechuan, while reports of massacres against missionaries surface in Southern Anhwei. Nanking says foreign press tour will present China’s Communist situation to 20 journalists.
Brisk testimony on ransom notes and Hauptmann writings as expert Cassidy argues one writer produced both the request writings and the standard writings. Defense clashes over specimen timing while four experts identify Hauptmann, and thumbguard evidence from the Lindbergh case stands. Senator Barbour attends court as Col Lindbergh arrives with advisor Breckinridge.
A running gun battle across three counties ended with the capture of three bank robbers near McNabb Illinois after an attempted Lenore bank hold up. Sheriff Glenn Axline and bank cashier Charles Bundy were killed, and Deputy Brown and supervisor Charles Feipp were wounded. A 13 year old hostage Norbert Maas was shot in the hand.
The article profiles J. G. Montijo, an airmail pilot based between Pueblo, Colorado, and El Paso, Texas, who gave Amelia Earhart her initial lessons in 1922 after she bought a small plane with her own funds. She walked six miles daily to the Los Angeles area airport for instruction.
Classified notice seeks 2 million items of large clean cotton rags for STAR OFFICE operations. The ad provides no further details on origin, deadline, or payment terms.
In a chaotic scene in Lenore Peters Street, assailants opened fire during an attempted bank raid injuring a woman and killing the fifth victim, Feipp. Police say the suspects fled the scene.
In Geneva a League of Nations committee recommended lifting arms embargoes on Bolivia while intensifying sanctions against Paraguay amid the ongoing Chaco Boreal conflict. The move aims to influence the war by adjusting international restrictions on the two belligerents.
Three members of Isador Fisch's family and a nurse traveled from Coney Island to New Jersey for the Bruno Hauptmann murder trial. They stayed at a Trenton hotel under state guard with no subpoenas served, as prosecutors aim to keep witnesses hidden until needed.
The article notes President Franklin D. Roosevelt showing a bigger, brighter smile amid improved health. It references two photos, one from 1982 after his election and a more recent shot, and mentions he will turn 63 on Jan. 80.
Millions find Calotabs valuable for colds. take one or two tabs first night and repeat on the third or fifth night if needed. Calotabs cleanse the intestinal tract of germ laden mucus and toxins to aid Nature in throwing off a cold.
Hawaii delegates push for statehood and defend territorial autonomy while Congress debates a broader security bill. The piece contrasts Hawaii’s population and tax contributions with treatment under New Deal sugar policies and potential mainland appointments. It also notes economic swings from the Hauptmann trial and finance sector shifts, including Detroit’s rapid recovery and bank earnings in 1934.
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