Moves To Speed British Preparedness Shaped
London July 28 Britain announced two new moves to hasten military service on the twenty fourth anniversary of Austria Hungary's declaration of war. War secretary Hore-Belisha outlined faster promotions and admission to Sandhurst without wealth or social position while home secretary Hoare pushed evacuation plans for London and dense areas. Lower retirement ages and pay, scholarships for cadets, and creation of officers from the ranks were proposed to broaden the service. Prime Minister Chamberlain postponed fishing to meet Hitler's adjutant in efforts toward an Anglo German understanding.
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London
Great Britain
Austro-Hungary
Serbia
Britain
Birmingham
Jack Judge
Tipperary
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Sandhurst
West Point
Samuel Hoare
Essen
Neville Chamberlain
Scotland
Hitler
Chamberlain
Didn’t Ask Papa About Third Term
Secretary Ickes told reporters he did not ask the President for permission to refer to a possible Roosevelt term in a radio broadcast last Monday night. He said he thought it up himself and did not consult the President.
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Washington
Ickes
Papa
Roosevelt
Rioting in Rangoon Kills 400, Injures 205
Rioting between Burmese Buddhists and Indian Muslims in Rangoon Burma results in 400 dead and 205 injured according to early reports. Police and military forces are maintaining order as authorities investigate the clashes.
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Rangoon
Burma
State Woodmen official to visit Hickory Camp
T. B. Smoke state manager of the Woodmen of the World in Virginia is expected to make an official visit to Hickory Camp in this city tomorrow evening. A large turnout of members is anticipated to greet the state official.
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T. B. Smoke
Woodmen of the World
Virginia
Hickory Camp
Roanoke's L E Lockabill to Attend State Fire Convention
Roanoke veteran L E Lockabill, who helped found the State Fire Association and has attended 48 conventions, reflects on changes as younger members replace old leaders. Handley Library holds autographs collected by Marshall Farm featuring many noted citizens.
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Luraye
L. E. Lockabill
Roanoke
Handley Library
Marshall Farm
Owner Envisions Greenway Court As A Future Shrine
White Post Virginia July 28 Open house at Greenway Court the historic home built by Thomas Sixth Lord Fairfax for four generations. Miss Nelly C Kennerly owns the 140 acre tract where Fairfax quarters stood and her sister Mrs May Kennerly Skinner owns Fairfax Acres the southern portion. Lineal descendants extend hospitality as in prior generations and Betsy Powers wife of William Carniegey who received the estate from Col. Thomas Martin an heir of Lord Fairfax wills dated July 24 1794.
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White Post
Greenway Court
Thomas
Lord Fairfax
Nelly C. Kennerly
Fairfax
May Kennerly Skinker
Fairfax Acres
Miss Kennerly
Betsy Powers
William Carniegey
Col
Thomas Martin
Evacuations At Hankow Ordered
Shanghai dispatch reports Hankow authorities order the rapid evacuation of all civilians as Japanese forces push northwest from Kiukiang toward Wuhan area including Wuchang Hanyang and Hankow. Chinese and Japanese war reports conflict over Kiukiang status and ongoing ground and air offensives in Hupeh and Kiangsi provinces.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Kiukiang T
Kiukiang
Oe Tees
Kiangsi
Taihu
Yangtze
City Products Are On Display
Winchester residents view a large city produced goods exhibit at People's Drug Store. The window display showcases diverse items including woolen cloth coal tar drugs candy apple products crates and barrels home wrap seeds flour chips nuts frozen fruits bricks building materials and pickles. Citizens gathered to inspect the display.
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Winchester
People’s Drug Store
Evening Star
Cadet Dies In Blazing Plane At Pensacola
Aviation Cadet Lawrence D. Lunn, 23, of Darlington South Carolina, was killed at the naval air station Pensacola when his torpedo training plane crashed into the top of a barracks at Corry Field after takeoff. He was trapped in the burning wreck as rescuers arrived and died.
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Pensacola
Fla
Lawrence D., Lunn
Darlington
S. C
Naval Air Station
Lun
Corry Feld
Navy
Lunn
Gore Picnic Features Ball Game and Contests
A Gore community picnic is set for Saturday July 30 with a 1 30 p m ball game, fiddlers and hog calling contests, and a Black and Tan Serenaders performance. Entertainment options fill the day.
Slender Chance For Berryman
Roy Berryman aged 23 died after turning a gun on himself when Deputy Sheriff Robert DeHaven ordered surrender near a railroad track. He was wanted on a statutory charge and was reported in critical condition at a hospital.
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Roy Berryman
Robert DeHaven
Berryman
John Bywaters
DeHaven
PWA May Be Expanded With RFC Loans
Secretary Ickes said the Public Works program could grow by as much as 250 million dollars using RFC loans alongside grants from PWA. The plan would raise total construction costs to about 1.897 billion while current PWA commitments total 950 million and the present ceiling stands at 1.917 billion. Ickes noted expansion depends on RFC loan willingness and did not promise loans for all future applications.
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Washington
Ickes
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
PWA
Pwa-Rfc
The
Star
Plane turns back with Premier Hepburn party
The Army Signal Corps reported from Skagway Alaska that Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario and his party diverted their overdue flight last night to Carcross due to fog. Officials said Hepburn and companions spent the night in Carcross while en route from Skagway toward Whitehorse in Yukon Territory.
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Washington
Army Signal Corps
Skagway
Alaska
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
Carcross
Signal Corps
Hepburn
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
the Star
Death of Stephen Dandridge McDonald at 91 in Martinsburg
Stephen Dandridge McDonald aged 91 died at the home of his son and daughter in Martinsburg after a long illness. He had lived in Winchester for many years and was a former merchant. Funeral rites are set for 2 PM Friday with interment in the local area. Born March 1, 1848 in Leetown, Jefferson County, he was a son of Samuel and Eliza McDonald and spent much of his life in Frederick County.
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Stephen Dandridge McDonald
Winchester
Martinsburg
Charles W. Morrison
West John Street
Jefferson
Mr. McDonald
Leetown
Jefferson County
W. Va
Samuel
Eliza McDonald
Frederick County
Dam blasting plan by rebels near Ebro front
Insurgents threaten to dynamite dams along the Ebro and tributaries to flood the lower river as a last resort against Government forces. Government troops push toward Gandesa, a key link southwest of Barcelona, with three columns converging near the town while the main highway to Alicante remains open.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Gandesa
Barcelona
Catalonia
Valencia
Pyrenees
Alicante
There Wasn't Any Crap Game Court Guesses
Baltimore July 28. More than two Democratic officials including City Council president George Sellmayer and Court of Common Pleas clerk Frank C. Robey were arrested in a crab feast raid and later released. Magistrate Harry H. Fine called them good fellows and said there wasn’t any crap game. William Curran urged a full investigation, accusing police of stupidity or direction.
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Baltimore
George Sellmayer
Court of Common Pleas
Frank C. Robey
Harry H. Fine
Joseph D. Allen
William Curran
Howard W. Jackson
Federation of German Jews Formed to Represent Community
The Centralverein Zeitung reports a federation uniting all German Jewish societies with Rabbi Leo Baeck as president to act as Germany’s official Jewish representation. The move coincides with a push to aid emigration as authorities face the difficult task of relocating up to 350,000 Jews in Germany.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Germany
Centralverein Zeitung
Leo Baeck
George Brandt
Keene Vey
The
Penbilities
Brandt
International Refugee Organization
London
Army Officer Is Convicted Of Drunkenness
A general court martial at Governors Island reprimanded Lieut Col Stewart S. Giffen and reduced him 100 file positions, after charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
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New York
Governor’s Island
Stewart S. Giffen
Giffin
Bride Sailing To Marry Again
New York July 28 A bride of two weeks will sail for Venezuela tomorrow to join the man she married by proxy from 2500 miles away. Mrs John J Hillary formerly Marion Underwood Swayne of Cumberland Maryland will arrive and have the ceremony repeated with a ring. Hillary son of Mr and Mrs William Hillary of Grand Rapids Michigan was in Caracas where he is in business.
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New York
Venezuela
John J. Hillary
Marion Underwood Swayne
Cumberland
Hilliary
William Hilliary
Grand Rapids
Mich
Caracas
Farley Accusations in Kentucky Senator Race Air
Kentucky campaign heats up as Dan Talbott accuses Postmaster General Farley of planning to place Senator Logan on a federal bench to aid Gov. Chandler. Barkley denies, calling Chandler’s charge a lie, while Talbott claims Farley admitted involvement in a Washington meeting regarding nominations.
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Farley
Logan
Kentucky
Louisville
United States
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Dan Talbott
Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Roosevelt
Barkley
Talbott
Washington
Mr. Farley
Senator Logan
Senator Barkley
Governor Chandler
Rites Held Tomorrow for J S Haldeman Winchester Leader
Jacob Haldeman, 75, prominent Winchester and Frederick County business and civic figure, died at 8 45 pm at his 600 South Washington Street home from a heart attack after illness beginning February 2. He helped develop purebred dairy cattle and was active in church and community affairs. He was a native of Chester County Pennsylvania and moved to the area in 1871.
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Jacob
Haldeman
Winchester
Frederick County
South Washington Street
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Isaac and
Anna Graybill Haldeman
Stephenson
Evandale Farm
Swimming Pool To Open Monday
The American Legion pool reopens Monday after a month of planning with hours 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Contributions totaling 228 dollars have been sold with 100 pledged, led by Richard Owen who sold 126 dollars. Monday features exhibitions at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. by Winchester life saving corps.
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American Legion
Board of Governors
Laurens Jones
Junior Board of Trade
Tom Baldridge
Kiwanis Club
Woman’s Civic League
Eagles Club
Richard Owen
Life Saving Corps of
Winchester
Derek
Colin Hayley
Otis Sargent
Andrew Bell
E. T. Clark
Helen Wright
Dan Henry
Joe Thomas
Sergeant
Baldridge
Owen
Clark
Bell
Helen Massey
Wright
Court Appoints Two Assessors for Winchester Real Estate
Judge Phillip Williams appointed E. Miller Streit and Robert S. Bell to conduct a general real estate reassessment in Winchester for 1938. They must appear before the court clerk and take an oath to faithfully perform their duties. The previous reassessment occurred in 1935.
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Phillip Williams
E. Miller Streit
Robert S. Bell
Winchester
Williams
Common Council of
E. Miller Stern
Lost Horshoe Breast Pin In Saphires And Pearls
Lost gold breast pin featuring 15 sapphires and 14 pearls. Finder should return to Star Office for a suitable reward. The note appears to be a small personal lost item notice from an older period.
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Horshoe
Star Office
Resolutions on Hugo Black Sit-To Court Information Rejected
Cleveland July 28 The American Bar Association assembly rejected 67 to 17 a resolution asking the Supreme Court for information on Justice Hugo Black eligibility. Dean Edward T. Lee of John Marshall Law School led the drive, denying motives of publicity. The group also shot down a resolution denouncing Germany for race, religion, or political opinion discrimination.
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Cleveland
Assembly of the American Bar
United States Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Edward T. Lee
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Dean Lee
Friends of Justice
Lee
American Bar Association
Germany
L. B. Day
Lincoln
Neb
C. C. Burlingham
New York City
Supreme Court
Albert Levitt
Edward T
Funeral Set For Friday for Man Who Died in Leap
John W. Ward 26 died Tuesday night by leaping from a seventeenth floor hotel window in New York. Private funeral services will be held before burial in a Brooklyn cemetery. Thousands watched. viewing declined by mortuary.
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New York
John W. Ward
Brooklyn
Signing Membership Cards as a Big Joke
A former Republic Steel policeman testified he lied to join the CIO and signed workers to membership cards without their knowledge. Walter Maloney said he signed Joe Gilmore’s name to a card to play a big joke, aiming to learn union activity before the 1937 little steel strike.
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Washington
Republic Steel Corporation
C.I.O
Walter Maloney
Cleveland
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Joe Gilmore
Republic
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Mr. Gilmore
la Follette
Wis
Maloney
la Pollette
Elmer Lohman
Little Street
Alexander Palint
Peet
Malone
Fust
Union
James L. Williams
Lehman
Warn Hoodlums To Stay Out Of Park
Local authorities warn night trespassers in the park after vandals destroyed parts of the Indian village play area used by children. Mrs Myrtle Chrismore, director of the children’s recreation program, says work has been ruined and promises pursuit and punishment of the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Chrismore
Notice for I C O F funeral meeting
I C O F members meet at the lodge hall at 2 30 p m Friday July 29 1938 to attend the funeral of 8 D McDonald Everett D Kline N G 7 28 1p 1t
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Lodge Hall
D. McDonald
Everett D. Kline
N. G
For Sale Pure Bred Scottish Terrier Puppies
Pure bred Scottish terrier puppies for sale by Roland Mitchell in Boyce Virginia. Ideal companions for young and old. Winchester Evening Star notice.
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Roland Mitchell
Boyce
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Winchester Evening Star
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