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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1939

Page

3

Musica Brothers Indicted in Major Fraud Case

The three surviving Musica brothers and three other persons were indicted in New York on 14 counts of mail fraud SEC law violations and conspiracy. Each defendant faces up to 58 years in prison and a $50,000 fine if convicted. The indictment details Coster Musica’s efforts to evade blackmail and defraud Kesson and Robbins Drug Co.

New York F. Donald Coster-Musica Securities and Exchange Commission Coster- Musica Kesson and Robbins

Cash in 2 Flash From Bostow Loan Office

Advertisement from 39 East Boscawen Street promotes fast commercial small loans and finance services with a quick cash loan range from twenty to three hundred and emphasizes age or property as collateral.

Bostow E. Boscawen St

Farm Credit Act Benefits To Farmers Cited By Cather

Senator Russell T. Cather of Winchester calls the Farm Credit Act a major government effort to recognize agriculture in national life at the Rockingham County National Farm Loan Association meeting in Harrisonburg. He praises the land bank system, notes the importance of amortization, and urges disciplined lending to prevent foreclosures while praising free press and speech.

Harrisonburg Russell T. Cather Winchester Rockingham County National Farm Loan Association Assembly Hall Cather Farm Loan

Germany to keep talks on trade with Britain and France

Reichsbank President Walther Funk said Germany will continue interruptible trade talks with Britain and France despite shifts toward a new central European order. He asserted Germany can do business by its own methods and that world economic needs remain unlimited.

Berlin Reichsbank Walther Funk Europe Britain France Funk Germany America Italy Hjalmar Schacht England

Absent-minded clothing merchant locks shop

In Frankford Indiana Oscar Laverty of Laverty’s Men’s Shop left during lunch locking the front door. Customers confined inside eventually had a clerk with a key unlock the shop after the midday disappearance.

Frankford Ind Oscar Laverty Laverty

Marian Anderson to sing free Easter concert at Lincoln Memorial

Secretary Ickes announced Marian Anderson would give a free public concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Easter Sunday. The decision follows controversies with the D A R over Constitution Hall and with the public school board over Central High auditorium. The event, broadcast nationally, is under National Park Service supervision.

Washington Ickes Marian Anderson Abraham Lincoln Memorial National Capital Daughters of the American Revolution Constitutional Hall Franklin D. Roosevelt Public Central High School Howard University the Negro University National Park Service

Two Republican Leaders Taken Into Custody in Burgos

Madrid reports two leaders of Republican Spain's last government were moved to Burgos after surrender ending the civil war. Former defense minister Segismundo Casado and foreign minister Julian Besteiro were placed in custody as Nationalist courts gain authority to impose death penalties on war crimes.

Madrid Spain Burgos Segismundo Casado Julian Besteiro

Lang Injured in Car Scooter Collision Near Local Station

Elmer Lang Jr. suffered serious injuries this afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a car near the Conoco station while he was en route to the city. The collision was attributed to a vehicle driven by Thomas T. Rickard of Luray. Lang remains under hospital examination with fears of critical injuries.

Elmer Lang, Jr Elmer Lang Carl West Piccadilly Street Conoco Station

Valencia A Gloom City Quiet Triumph in War

Valencia marked a Nationalist victory with swift surrender and no fighting as troops entered the city. Crowds cheered under red and gold flags while a sound truck played Nationalist hymns and symbols, including swastikas and an Italian flag, appeared in the streets.

Robert Okin Valencia Arriba Espana Franco Alrady

Beer bottle brewed for King George VI presented in London

March 30 report from London notes King George VI receiving a bottle of beer at a brewery in Harney. The brew was made by his reeves and the Duke of Wind sor, with his brother having brewed it in 1932. The king remarked he could not carry the bottle and passed it to an aide.

London George VI Duke of Windsor Harney East End

Daladier Speech Highlights Axis Threats Amid War Tensions

Daladier's nationally broadcast address urged unity toward settlement and resisted Mussolini's note on Italian aims in Tunisia Djibouti and the Suez. Paris officials touted a doubled colonial army in central Africa and Indo China aviation capacity as France sought to bolster global defense with Sikorski.

Italy Germany Daladier Grenoble Duce Mandel Senate Prance Central Africa Indo-China France North Africa Near East Sikorski Paris

Cooperation Great Need Says F. D. R. Continued From Page 1

President Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Alabama toward the Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis patients and plans a brief greeting stop at Tuskegee Veterans Hospital en route to inspect the Tuskegee Institute campus. He will pass around the 20,000 acre site with over 100 buildings of the school founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington.

The Warm Springs Foundation For Tuskegee ‘Veterans’ Hospital Bookrs T. Washington Negro Educaor

Police watching gold laden ships arrive from Europe

City and private police lined the Hudson riverfront to guard two more ships carrying yellow metal valued at about 63 million dollars. The week’s total gold import reaches roughly 175 million as foreign banks keep sending bullion, a pace higher than during the Munich war scare.

New York Hudson Riverfront Europe

Japs Repudiate Chinese Loans

Shanghai report says a joint session of ministers from the Japanese dominated Peiping and Nanking governments repudiated all loans or credits granted by foreign powers to Chiang Kai Shek's government.

Shanghai Chiang Kai-Shek Peiping Nanking

Poland and Britain urge German bloc to curb expansion

In Warsaw on March 30 Polish leaders urged by France and Britain to join a bloc against German expansion pressed Germany to maintain good relations. Reports say talks between Polish and German representatives about Danzig began as Poranny newspaper, linked to Smigly-Rydz, sought timed warm ties with the Reich.

Warsaw France Great Britain Germany Free City Danzig Poranny Smigly-Rydz Neon Movement Reich

Air Line Station Delay Cited By Cooling Cat Nest

The opening of Los Angeles Union Station is delayed to April 5 due to a malfunctioning air conditioning system. A gray cat found an in wall recess and her kittens occupy the ducts, blocking cooling.

Los Angee Ee Ae Los Areelee Ad Union

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