Hungarians Push for More Land From Czechoslovakia
AP dispatch reports Hungary loud in Budapest over occupation of about 4 875 square miles of Czechoslovakia and calls for further territorial expansion. Japan opened exploitation of Chinese areas as Moscow celebrated 21 years of Communist rule and warned of war with Germany possibly by late 1941. Government in Paris faced Socialist pressure over Armistice Day, while rebels claimed gains in Spain and Japan pressed into Central China.
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Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Japan
China
Paris
Ernest Vom Rath
Budapest
Central China Development Company
Kenji Kodama
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Voroshiloff
Soviet Union
Georgi Dimitroff
Comunist International
Germany
Russia
Weimar
Reichs
Hitler
Prance
Socialist Party
Daladier
Bear Tracks Sighted Near School in Frederick County
In western Frederick County a large bear spotted after weekend rains. Charles McKillwee, a Rosenberger resident and school board member, saw muddy tracks near the schoolhouse and heading toward Little North Mountain. Deer and other wildlife also reported plentiful in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Charles McKilwee
Rosenberger
Winchester
Little North Mountain
Hodgson and Brown Layaway Plan Ad
Christmas shopping aid offered by Hodgson and Brown Winchester Virginia encourages buyers to start layaway payments now to ease holiday purchases. The notice promotes weekly installments and highlights the store as a local retailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson & Brown
Winchester
Vote for C. C. Leap in tomorrow election
Political ad urges citizens to record a vote for C. C. Leap tomorrow. Also notes South End Hose Co. regular monthly meeting tonight and lists J. P. Sheetz as captain. An automobile ad for a 1937 four door touring sedan from H. W. Ebert's Garage is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Leap
South End Hose Co
Lp li
Winchester Memorial Hospital Drive Ends Tonight
Admiral L M Nulton says the Winchester Memorial Hospital campaign closes at 7 tonight with a dinner at the George Washington Hotel. A 20 member committee will follow up remaining subscribers, and contributors can still give after the official close. The drive needs 14000 more to reach the goal and all workers are urged to maintain efforts through the final hours.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Washington Hotel
L.M. Nulton
Nulton
Polish Jewish Youth Shoots German Embassy Secretary in Paris
A 17 year old Polish Jew Hershel Grynszpan, claiming to avenge expelled Polish Jews, shot Ernst Vom Rath, a 32 year old German Embassy secretary. Vom Rath was hospitalized after surgery for bullets in the abdomen and shoulder. Grynszpan was captured by embassy attaches and handed to French police.
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Paris
Germany
Ernst Vom Rath
Roland Koester
France
Hershel Grynszpan
Hanover
Poland
Germer
Vem Rath
Legation Service
Vom Rath
Edwin Sibert Improves After Fatal Accident
Edwin Sibert 33, critically injured in a Vaucluse auto crash that killed H. A. Fries, was reported by hospital staff as a little better. Sibert resides on Cameron Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Sibert
Vaucluse
H. A. Fries
Mr. Sibert
Cameron Street
Prussian Prince Sent to Prison for Immorality
Berlin reports Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia aged 43 has been sentenced to two years in prison for immorality. He is the son of the late Prince Frederick Leopold and a second cousin to the former Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Winter Storm Sweeps Most of Nation Across Quiet Midwest
A nationwide winter blast brought snow and rain from Texas to the Great Lakes and as far east as the Appalachians. Forecaster C. A. Donnell reported the Rocky Mountain region white with snow and a wide belt of precipitation stretching through Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan with varying accumulations. Des Moines recorded rain and snow, while snow melted upon hitting extreme northwestern Illinois near the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Southwest
C. A. Donnell
Rocky Mountain
Santa Fe
N. M
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Des Moines
Nebraska
Donnell
Stesterippi River
Dubuque
British Airmen Set New Record at Port Darwin
Nine young British airmen set a world nonstop distance record for the Royal Air Force covering about 7,160 miles in just over 48 hours in three Vickers Wellesley bombers from Ismailia Egypt to Port Darwin Australia. A fuel shortage forced a Kupang Timor Island landing. the others reached Port Darwin within hours. The Soviet flight previously held the record at 6,306 miles with 62 hours 17 minutes.
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Port Darwin
Australia
Royal Air Force
Ismailia
Egypt
Kupang
Timor Island
Dutch East Indies
Moscow
San Jacinto
Calif
North Pole
Celebes Islands
R. Kellett
R. T. Gething
M. L. Gaine
A. N. Combe
B. K. Burtnett
H. B. Gray
Shirt Sleeves Are In Vogue
An Associated Press dispatch from Chicago reports Winchester enjoying unseasonably warm shirt sleeve weather while the nation grimly expects rain tomorrow and much colder conditions. Despite weekend rainfall of three fourths of an inch, temperatures stay springlike, easing overcoats from closets and aiding winter wheat as fields show new growth countywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Winchester
Memorial at Mount Hebron Unveils Lutheran Tablet and Fund Drive
Grace Lutheran Church members held a ceremony at Mount Hebron Cemetery featuring the unveiling of a tablet marking the first Lutheran Church ruins in Winchester. Judge Williams spoke as the event opened, and offerings reached 1071 dollars for debt reduction, with the Salem orphanage receiving food and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Hebron
First Lutheran
Winchester
Salem
O Sullivan Co Leases Building For Crepe Sole Plant
O'Sullivan Rubber Co has leased a former Shenandoah Boxboard building on Pa Permill road south of the city. Crepe soles and soling equipment are being installed and production is slated to begin soon after raw materials arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Shenandoah Boxboard Company
Papermill Road
O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan Company
Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl Arrives in New York
Close friend of Adolf Hitler, Fräulein Leni Riefenstahl, arrives in New York from Germany for a vacation. The directress of official Nazi photography is touring the United States, stopping in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl
Adolf Hitler
New York
Germany
America
Million March in Red Square Celebrates Bolshevik Anniversary
In Moscow on November 7 a crowd estimated at one million marched past Stalin on Red Square to mark the twenty first anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution. Stalin reviewed troops atop Lenin's tomb as Voroshilov warned of a prepared, forceful defense amid a display of tanks aircraft and armed might. Georgi Dimitroff stood nearby as the Soviet leader listened to cheering crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Red Square
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Russia
Communist Party
Nickolai Lenin
Soviet Union
Klementi Voroshiloff
Lenin
Georgi Dimitroff
Communist International
Voroshiloff
Voters urged to participate in November general election
Lee Miller of the Winchester Junior Board of Trade urges the public to vote on Tuesday November 8. Free transportation to polls offered via phone number 490. The local race features Major Willis Robertson of Lexington VA seeking reelection to Congress against C C Leap of Virginia’s Seventh District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Miller
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
House of Representatives
Virginia
C. C. Leap
Rev Peter Marshall to Lead Special Services in Winchester
The Rev Dr Peter Marshall of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church Washington addresses Winchester at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church starting tonight at 7 30 each evening through November 16 excluding Saturday. He will speak to service clubs high school and other groups and a youth banquet November 15 at George Washington Hotel with Marshall as principal speaker.
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Winchester
Peter Marshall
D. D
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Marshall
Marshell
George Washington
Sculptor Robert Irwin Goes On Trial For Triple Murder
Robert Irwin a 30 year old sculptor goes on trial in New York charged with the Easter Sunday 1937 triple murders. A jury foreman was chosen from a special venire as Irwin faced Judge James G Wallace amid insanity defense talk by Samuel S Leibowitz. Irwin appeared calm and unmanacled entering the courtroom after sixteen months in Tombs Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James H. Day
Robert Irwin
Beekman Hill
Irwin
Tombs
General Sessions
James G. Wallace
Wallace
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Leibowitz
Schneiders Note Appeal in Assault Battery Trials
The Schneiders faced assault and battery convictions appealed after a 2:40 pm verdict by Trial Justice A J Tavenner. Sam Schneider was fined 50 dollars plus costs for a slot machine violation. the assault cases required 250 dollar bonds for release. Murray Schneider was acquitted. Kenneth Loy testified a Shady Rest road house incident followed slot machine play.
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Herman
Sam Schneider
A. J. Tavenner
Murray Schneider
Kenneth
Harry Loy
James P. Reardon
Schneiders
Burr P. Harrison
Kenneth Loy
Pauline Shoemaker
Sam Brown
Shady Rest Roadhouse
Sam
Brown
Mr. Harrison
Maltese Cat Seeks Good Home With Two Kittens
Wanted notice for a beautiful Maltese cat part Persian with two small kittens and white fur seeks a caring home. Includes phone contact 41. Address and further details appear in local classified layout.
Women Seeking Major and Local Government Posts Across Nation
Women candidates from kitchens to unions urge voters to widen government roles. Three seek governor seats and 49 seek other state offices. About 250 women seek legislative jobs with 41 aiming for $10,000 annual federal or state seats. Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas seems poised to win reelection. Elisabeth Gilman and Mrs. Lillian S. Clements are running for normal Senate terms in Maryland and California respectively.
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Washington
Senate
House of Representatives
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Elisabeth Gilman
Maryland
Lillian S. Clements
California
Postmasters To Meet Here In Roanoke For 1939 Convention
Virginia postmasters closed their Roanoke meeting by re electing W Nelson Page as president for 1939. H F Crismond John W Wright and G W Quisenberry were named officers with Fifer as national director. They backed civil service retirement for all postmasters, include money order fees in gross receipts and restore 100 percent compensation based on gross receipts if the 3 cent first class rate stays. They opposed reducing fourth class pay and accepted Winchester as next host city in tribute to Page.
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Virginia
Roanoke
W. Nelson Page
H. F. Crismond
Fredericksburg
John W. Wright
G. W. Quisenberry
Crimera
Robert .E. Fifer
Staunton
Old Point
Hampton
Newport News
Virginia Beach
Winchester
Winchester Chamber of Commrece
T. E. Warringer
Delegation to Meet in Berkeley Springs for Route 7 Celebration
A group including State Senator T. R. Cather Mayor John Glover Dr C R Anderson C Arthur Robinson and Andrew Bell will travel to Berkeley Springs West Virginia tonight for a Kiwanis Club meeting and a conference with Young Business Men's Club leaders to plan a regional celebration of Route 7 completion. The new all weather route links this area to Canaan Springs and other key points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Kiwanis Club
Lee
West Virginia
T. R. Cather
C.R. Anderson
John Glover
C. Arthur Robinson
Andrew Bell
Kiwanis
Young Business Men’s Club of
Berkeley Spring
Mmne
Con Ana Springs
Points Key
School Board Holds Meeting in Frederick County
Frederick County School Board meeting held at the superintendent's office. Superintendent Leslie D. Kline said the session after 3 o'clock covered routine business, including payment of bills, with no items of general interest reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Major Parties Seek To Set An Off-Year Record
Campaigns close as weather forecasts dampen turnout hopes with predictions of snow and rain. Republicans target House and Senate gains while Democrats defend majorities. 35 Senate seats, 432 House seats, 32 governors vote across 47 states with Maybes of state and county posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oratory
Senate
House
Farley
James A. Farley
Maine
Lease Talks For County Hitching Yard Site
At a board meeting a Sanitary Grocery Company representative discussed leasing the county owned hitching yard lot at Cameron and Boscawen streets to erect a modern grocery store with customer parking. Lease terms propose a maximum 20 year term at 300 dollars monthly after five years, with five year rent applying to building costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Sanitary Grocery Company
Cameron
Boscawen Street
Grocery Company
Grocery
Middletown
T. W. Russell
J. M. Massey
Harry McCann
C. I. Brumback
P. H. Gold
W. Branner
C. M. Rosenberger
E. W
New Manager for St. Louis Browns Named
Prea Haney, former major league player and pilot of the Toledo Kings, was named manager of the St. Louis Browns for the 1939 season by the club executive committee.
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ST. Louis
Prea Haney
Toledo Kens
American Associa
St. Lona Browns
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Mora de Ebro
Ebro
Hunan
XMAS
Porta Rica Molasses
J. P. Sheetz
H. W. Ebert
Joseph D. Witt
Minnie Reuter
J. E. Kring
Denver
Attes
Philip Williams
Judge Williams
Old Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Arch
Charles P. Krauth
Evening Star
W. J. Finck
New Market
8. L. Flickinzer
Century Reformed Church
Carl A. Honeycutt
T. A. Graves
Salemn Orphanage
Honeycutt
O’sullivan Co
Ing
Roomer
Fairmont Ave
Julia Wright
Albin
Ladies of Burnt Church
Grocery Co
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