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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1939

Page

2

Pink Petal Trail Floats At Apple Bros Parade

Sirbaugh reports strong inquiries from individuals and organizations to enter floats in the Apple Bros Festival Parade grand procession. Entries include Winchester Lions band and Pennsylvania Palty Company from Richmond, with others from Winchester Rotary Club and Shepherds College. Prizes total 440 dollars across Artistic and Commercial divisions to help cover festival costs.

Leard Sirbaugh Winchester Lions Band Pennsylvania Palty Company Richmond Bent Goode Io Winchester Rotary Club College, Shepherds. W. Va City of Sirbaugh Roy A. Cather North Loudoun Street Cather

Funeral Services Held for Betty Kesecker at Shepherdstown

The Rev. S. L. Flickinger conducted funeral services yesterday at Shepherdstown for Miss Betty Kesecker aged about 70. She was a faithful member of Christ Reformed Church. the Christ Church pulpit was vacant at the time.

S. L. Flickinger D. D Centenary Reformed c Shepherdstown Betty Kesecker Kesecker Christ Reformed Church Flickinger Christ Church

Sarah Jackson Dies At Boyce

Sarah Ellen Jackson, colored, of Boyce, died at her home aged eighty four. Widow of Frank Jackson, she was a Cul native, daughter of Thomas and Harriett Lawson. She is survived by two grandchildren Sarah Elizabeth Gordon of Jamaica and Gladys Spalding, plus an adopted daughter Catherine Brown of Millwood. Funeral at Boyce colored Baptist Church at 2 pm Friday March 17 with interment at Little Chapel.

Sarah Ellen Jackson Boyce Frank Jackson Cul Thomas Harriett Lawson Sarah Elizabeth Gordon Jamaica Gladys Spalding Catherine Brown Millwood Boyce Colored Baptist Church Little Chapel

Bowman says he has said all that is discreet

Isaiah Bowman, chief territorial adviser to the American Peace Conference delegation at the time of Czecho Slovakia's establishment, said today he had already said all that was discreet about current Czech developments.

Concert at Grace Lutheran features Gettysburg College choir

A 50 member A Capella Choir from Gettysburg College arrives in Winchester for a sacred concert at Grace Lutheran Church at 7 30 this evening under Dr Parker B Wagnild. The group founded in 1935 travels to Washington next, with strong local interest to hear the renowned program.

Grace Lutheran Church A. Capella Gettysburg College Gettysburg Parker B. Wagnild Winchester Washington Wagnild

Aggressors Get Soviet Warnings

Moscow reports say War Commissar Voroshiloff told the eighteenth Communist Party Congress the red army and red air force are ready to punish aggression against Soviet Russia. He noted new fast bombers, high altitude capability, and a planned 6,160 ton single flight explosive output. Tokyo disclosed a Japanese warning that Soviet Russia may act in self defense over fishing rights off eastern Siberia, with Russia to bear full responsibility.

Moscow Klementie E. Voroshiloff Communist Party Red Army Red Czecho-Slovakia Munich Soviet Union Europe Hitler Joseph Stalin Russia Voroshiloff Tokyo Japan Siberia

Surgeons Hold Regional Meet in Baltimore At Johns Hopkins

Doctors from the mid and south Atlantic states gathered at the Lord Baltimore Hotel for a regional American College of Surgeons meeting. Notable figures like Dr. Walter E. Dandy and Drs. Finney and Young demonstrated operations amid disease models. Exhibits included swallowed objects and eye fragments with surgical notes. Hospital executives discussed finances and hospital challenges in small communities.

Baltimore South Atlantic American College of Surgeons Johns Hopkins Walter E. Dandy John M. T. Finney Hugh H. Young Lord Baltimore Hotel Franks Beauty Parlor Charles Reid Edwards

Twenty Leaders Attend Demonstration Training Session

Twenty home demonstration leaders from Gore, Stone Wall, North Frederick, Stephens City, Middletown, Shawnee, and Friendly Grove Clubs met at the Northern Virginia Power Company for a leaders training meeting. Ruth Jamison from Blacksburg demonstrated meat substitutes and cottage cheese use, with dishes prepared for April and May demonstrations.

Gore, Stonewall North Frederick Stephens City Middletown Shawnee Friendly Grove Northern Virginia Power Company Ruth Jamison Blacksburg W. J. Muse Maynard Bayliss George Bywaters Julia Wright T. S. Cooper H. 8. Jones Randal Ridgeway H. P. Lovett John Damrow Edith Jolliffe J. H. Fisher Lee Whitacre S. H. Braithwaite Walter Adams J. W. Stipe George Ebersole John Bywaters J. F. Judy Ruth Bywaters Gilbert Bywaters Margaret Flickinger Mary E. Crisman

Direct Problems for Washington Over Czecho Slovakia Debt

Washington debates two direct questions for U S policy after Czecho Slovakia breakup. What remains salvaged from the reciprocal trade treaty and who bears the $165 620 270 owed to the United States by the post war republic. Officials expect no quick answers amid Germany’s impending Protectorate and Austria debt pressures.

Washington United States Czecho-Slovakia Republic State Department Reich Germany Austria Hitler America

Baltimore Bank President Dead

Elbert R. Nuttle age 55 vice president of Fidelity and Deposit Company died after a one day illness in Baltimore. Born in Denton he studied at Dickinson College and University of Maryland law school. He joined American Bonding Company in 1910 and stayed after its absorption. Survived by his widow and four sons.

Baltimore Elbert R. Nuttle Fidelity and Deposit Company Nuttle Denton Dickinson College University of Maryland Law School American Bonding Company Fidelity and Deposit

Poland Recognizes Slovak Independence and Appoints Envoy

WARSAW Poland March 15 Poland today recognized German dominated Slovakia as an independent country and appointed an envoy to Bratislava the Slovak capital In reply to Bratislava's message announcing Slovak independence Foreign Minister Colonel Joseph Beck said Poland had always recognized the rights of Slovaks to determine their own status

Warsaw Poland Slovakia Bratislava Joseph Beck

Allegany Count residents convicted in bill altering case

Two Allegany county residents were convicted on charges of altering $1 bills to resemble $5 bills. The case details indicate the operation involved producing counterfeit looking currency and distributing it locally, with both defendants facing related fraud and conspiracy counts. The verdicts prompt potential sentencing phases and further legal action.

Los Angeles Velma Salich Hafis Salich Center Mikhael Gorin Russia U. S Baltimore Allegany County

Shenandoah Area Scouts Prepare World’s Fair Camp Plan

A 32 member Shenandoah Area group including Scoutmaster Dan O Henry and leaders will camp a week at the World’s Fair grounds in New York likely in August. Selection relies on camping skill and records. 150 Scouts will be present at the Fair from May 1 to October 31 to total 3,900 participants nationwide.

Shenandoah World’s Fair Grounds New York Fair Boy Scouts of America E. B. Cooper Winchester Ber T Whitworth Front Royal Fred Stine C. B. McLaughlin Shepherdstown Dan O. Henry Shenandoah Area

Federal Court Sentences Two Defendants in Case

Robert Lee Wills received an 18 month sentence and Florence Goodrich was sentenced to one year and one day plus a fine of 1 in federal court today.

Mr Anderson Dies In Pa

Funeral services for Lohn Anderson ninety nine year old West Virginia native will be held at Timber Ridge Christian Church at noon with Rev. Robert Whitten of Winchester officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He died in Uniontown Pennsylvania after a paralytic stroke two weeks ago. He left two daughters and a son, four sisters, and had lived in Uniontown for many years.

Lohn Anderson Hampshire County W. Va Uniontown Timber Ridge Christian Church Robert A. Whitten Winchester Anderson A. S. Anderson Yellow Springs Lordrain Virginia Alfred Anderson Gore H. B. Smith Covington John Schaffenaker B. E.lafollette Berryville Angie Davis

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