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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1939

Page

2

Handbook Issued For Car Drivers In Virginia

Richmond March 23 Virginia motor vehicle division issues a safety handbook for drivers. The booklet explains laws on reckless driving and school bus safety and offers free distribution at branch offices and division headquarters. Colonel Battle stresses drivers should know how to use highways safely and help prevent accidents.

Richmond Virginia Tedivision D. M. Baldwin Division of ‘Motor Vehicles M.rs. Battle

Drive Safely By Learning Courtesy On The Road

A public safety booklet urges drivers to become better motorists by following traffic rules. It notes most accidents occur in fair weather on good roads and emphasizes translating learned rules into practiced driving to improve highway safety.

Hitler alters Memel speech text alters reparation meaning

Berlin dispatch reports that a key sentence in Hitler’s Memel speech was omitted from the official text. The line suggesting reparations ended “in the main” was altered, with officials unclear why the change was made as Hitler was at sea.

Berlin Hitler Memel Germany DNB Volkgenossen Reich High Seas

Wheat and grain quotations ease in closing Chicago market

Futures show fractional declines as European tension eases, with small recovery intraday. Closing prices list March wheat 67 5-8, May 67 5-8 to 3-4, July 67 3-4 to 7-8, Sept 68 3-4 to 5-8, corn 47 1-4 to 50 1-8, oats 29 3-8 to 27 1-2, soybeans 87 1-2 to 76, rye 41 7-8 to 44 3-8, lard futures cited.

Chicago Illinois Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Baked Halibut Or White Fish Recipe

Simple baked halibut or white fish with lemon juice onion pepper and crumbs. The dish uses salt pepper chives or onion, green pepper, dry white wine and butter. bake at 350 degrees F until tender and browned, about thirty minutes for fish a inch thick.

Auto in ditch spurs Milwaukee sheriff response

Deputy sheriffs Ralph Blatz and Andrew Shane rush from squad car 3 after a passerby reports an automobile in the ditch at S 97th Street and W Greenfield Avenue. The radio alert confirms the emergency and quick mobilization.

Milwaukee Ralph Blatz Andrew Shane S. 97Th Street W. Greenfield Avenue

No Man's Land Is Discovered By Press Secretary

Richmond's new state press secretary Robert C. Harper calls the Bureau of Vital Statistics the No Man's Land of state government. He notes that while many departments have balanced crews, the bureau is run largely by women who track births deaths marriages and divorces. He urges local registrars to promptly send 1938 statistics and quips that the ladies are not only interested in figures but in figures.

Robert C. Harper Richmond Bureau of Vital Statistics No-Man’s Land W. A. Plecker Dan Cupid Bob

Man Missing In Somerset Blaze

Fire ripped through the two and a half story Vennear annex in downtown Somerset injuring or rescuing 15 people in night clothes. Fire Chief Richard Pile estimated losses above $100,000 and Ernest Shaffer searched for his 25 year old brother Walter Shaffer last seen inside an hour before discovery.

Somerset Vennear Annex Richard Pile Ernest Shaffer Walter Shaffer

Man Found Slain in Belvedere Hotel Room

Ogle H Wheatley of Chape Dorchester Md was found shot dead in his Belvedere Hotel room. Set Harry Bryan reported a .38 pistol in his hand and a bullet wound in his left temple. The man, about 50, appeared to have been dead since last night.

Baltimore Ogle H. Wheatley Chape Dorchester County Belvedere Harry Bryan

Goldsborough Fined Five Dollars for Speeding in Traffic Court

Representative T Alan Goldsborough of Maryland was fined 5 for speeding in Washington traffic court. Judge John P McMahon noted the burden of treating the judge like any other driver as Goldsborough claimed he was moving with the line of traffic.

Washington T. Alan Goldsborough D-Md Goldsborough Roosevelt District Court John P. McMahon

Reserves Called By Lithuanians In Memel Crisis

KAUNAS March 23 The Lithuanian government called up reserve units to fill gaps after Memel conscripts transferred to German jurisdiction with Memel surrender. German conscripts released from Lithuanian service trained for Memel this morning. Not all seemed in holiday mood.

Kaunas Lithuania

Mrs. Roosevelt Ends Ties With DAR

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announces resignation from the Daughters of the American Revolution in Los Angeles asserting the withdrawal was hers. The move follows controversy over Marian Anderson's proposed Washington Constitution Hall appearance and earlier statements from DAR registrar-general Mrs. Frank L. Nason.

Los Angeles Franklin D. Roosevelt Boston Frank L. Nason The Daughters of the American Revolution Marian Anderson Washington Constitution Hall

Date Custard Pie with Dates and Cocoanut

A dated recipe for Date Custard Pie uses chopped dates, sugar, milk, eggs, spices, cracker crumbs, and cocoanut. Bake in a two-plate setup at 425 F for 12 minutes then 325 F for 35 minutes until set and lightly browned.

Eccles Outlines Views On Budget

Washington March 23 Federal Reserve Board Chairman Marriner Eccles said Congress should balance the budget if it would restore prosperity and take full responsibility for such a program He noted many business leaders believe government expenditures crowd out private investment and that a majority in Congress share this view.

Washington Marriner Eccles Federal Reserve Board Congress Senate Federal Reserve

Makers mark export goods as Made in Germany in Czech protectorate

Prague reports a headline stating exporters to the United States must mark products Made in Germany due to Germany's protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia. The Moravian civil administration bans sale rental or gifting of Jewish owned real estate.

Prague United States Germany Bohemian Moravian Czecho-Slovakia

Seabiscuit May Train Lightly

Seabiscuit, a top racehorse, may be withdrawn from stud and sent to light training. Owner Charles S. Howard could move him to Tanforan soon, joining Kayak II and Sortearo, the Argentine imports, as decisions are expected in days.

England Los Angeles Seabiscuit Charles S. Howard Tanforan Kayak II Sortearo

Flannagan Seeks Funds to Fight Tobacco Moths and Expand Grading Service

Representative Flannagan proposes a $25,000 appropriation to curb tobacco moths and a $150,000 boost to the Agriculture Department tobacco grading and inspection service through a House amendment.

Washington Flannagan Dva House Agriculture Department

Slovaks Mobilize Air Support Against Invasion

Bratislava officials report dispatch of planes and Hlinka guards to eastern Slovakia to repel a Hungarian invasion aimed at advancing toward Michalovce along the Kosice Uzhorod corridor.

Bratislava Slovakia Vakia Kosice Kassa Uzhorod Ungvar Michalvoce Hungary

Championship Is Won By Pointer

Tip's Topsy Top lemon and white pointer, owned and handled by Raymond Hoagland of Cartersville Georgia, won the southeastern states amateur bird dog trials championship at Camp Lee Petersburg Virginia. It was the first trials held by the newly organized southeastern states organization covering Virginia Maryland North and South Carolina and the District of Columbia.

Petersburg Tip Raymond Hoagland Cartersville Camp Lee Virginia Maryland North and South Carolina District of Columbia

Helps You Overcome False Teeth With FASTEETH

FASTEETH is an improved alkaline powder sprinkled on dentures to hold plates firmer and more comfortable. It soothes gums and reduces embarrassment from loose plates enabling confidence at meals and social settings.

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