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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1939
Page
9
Judy Garland loves her dog Bill though his pedigree is unknown. Robert Montgomery remembers only Spot and Double-Spot for his two Dalmatians. Cecilia Parker calls her dog Ankie while Virginia Grey uses Sandy Mac and Flip for her three Scotties. Space limits listing registered names.
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe declared a mistrial after juror Katherine Merrifield rewrote her verdict. The setting for retrial was postponed as counsel sought ten days to decide whether to appeal. Merrifield, wife of a Northwestern University professor, said she initially signed the verdict but later realized she should not have. The case involved the late Samuel J. Howe and a dispute over a $70,000 estate between his son Illard C Howe of New York and Northwestern University.
An inquiry into a reported wide scale shakedown racket in New York City's food and vegetable stores was opened by the district attorney's office. Nicola Edia 32, a material witness, was arrested. Edia was general manager of Local 1204 of the AFL Retail Clerks International Protective Association.
Two more of the 25 youths who escaped from the Maryland Training School at Loch Raven Md were returned today when reformatory officers picked them up at Winchester jail. All but three of the escapees have been captured and returned. The two held here were among the oldest in the group.
The Navy said its destroyers and planes cooperated with the coast guard in saving life at sea after a distress call from the steamer Coulmore. Details were scarce and it was unknown if the British freighter was sunk following a submarine attack southeast of Boston. The number of ships and aircraft involved was not released.
The regular weekly prayer service will be held at 8 o clock tonight. Rev. C Worthington Lowe will deliver a message on The Significance of Advent. All church committees will meet immediately after the service.
Government evidence includes checks issued to mobsters Louis Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Gurrah Shapiro by Raleigh Manufacturers Inc of Baltimore. FBI agent Sidney Rubenstein identified checks and noted erasures in corporate ledgers revealed by ultraviolet testing. He testified the deletions concealed names tied to the fugitives as trial proceeds.
Miss Wallace reports on the year’s achievements with remarks by Mrs. Walter Larrick from the Institute of Rural Affairs and Mrs. Sallie Boyer on Farm Security in Frederick County. Scott Atkinson sang a solo and Mrs. Mary Whitacre led songs. Luncheon followed in the Parish Hall with educational exhibits by North Frederick Club Shawnee Club and cooperating clubs on home tasks and family food.
Secretary Early questions why Molotov spoke when he did and whether the Finland negotiation disclosures were coincidental. He notes the neutrality embargo was mentioned near an important House vote and suggests timing may influence U S policy.
Fall planting guidance for war gardens notes perennials like asparagus and rhubarb, onion sets, leaf lettuce and spinach, plus fall spading to improve soil. Spinach sown late over winter sprouts in spring. mulch protects against frost. Multiplier onions give early spring onions. rhubarb varieties with red stalks praised for tenderness.
London officials report Germany s pocket battleships Deutschland and Admiral Scheer may be at sea with one in the North Atlantic and another in the South Atlantic. Churchill cited sinking of the Stonegate as evidence and noted sailors on the freighter provided testimony.
An effective apple display from Shenandoah Valley is arranged in the State Chamber of Commerce windows in Richmond Virginia. A. C. Sheetz organized the exhibit featuring nine bushel baskets and a large Apple Week legend. Notable participants include Peyton Marshall Stewart Bell Bond Brothers A. C. Oates Phil Gold H F Byrd E P Bean William Beverley Hurst Packing Co Virginia Apple Storage L F Jackson Marshall Brothers and others. Products from several firms are shown in smaller windows. Some growers report selling fruit to Richmond firms.
President Manuel Quezon urged immediate negotiations with world powers to assure Philippine neutrality after independence in 1946. He spoke during Teofilo Sison’s swearing in as secretary of national defense in Manila amid ongoing war conditions in Europe and Asia.
Cambridge Maryland November 1 reported a missing mariner B F Travers who sailed from Baltimore toward Norfolk in a power schooner he was found safe after notifying his wife he had taken shelter in the lower Rappahannock River Virginia.
Los Angeles dated Nov 1 reports actor Chester Morris faces a divorce action from wife Suzanne after thirteen years of marriage in Rye New York. She accuses him of cruelty and seeks dissolution of the marriage.
William J. Flynn, commissioner of public works, indicted for extortion and conspiracy by a grand jury probing the building industry in New York City. Flynn was a principal figure in the Seabury inquiry that followed Mayor Walker's resignation years ago.
Fire swept through the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville early today forcing more than 350 guests to flee in robes and topcoats. Estimated damage ran 20 000 to 25 000 dollars with the blaze starting in a laundry chute between floors three and four. A telephonist, Mrs Mary McHugh, was rescued from the sixth floor switchboard after firemen arrived. The Imperial Hotel nearby also had more than 50 guests evacuate when fire struck shops beneath the rooms, with furnishings damage about 3 000 dollars. Both hotels are downtown.
Damage reported to police after Hallowe en night was slight with most grievances noting garbage cans upset or moved. Several incidents found by street cleaning crews. Police attributed the minor activity to cold and rainy weather.
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