Hungarians Seize Czech Frontier Town Amid Dispute
On October 11 Hungarian troops occupied Opolysag near Budapest marking a first transfer of territory in Hungary's drive to regain land from Czechoslovakia. 4,000 residents celebrated with songs and dances as Czechoslovak forces moved fresh troops to border areas and prepared defenses along the Danube amid reports of large scale troop movements.
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Louis Matzhold
Opolysag
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Budapest
Prague
Ekomarom
Komarom
Slovakia
Danube River
Danube
Slov
Dinner in Honor of Maurice M. Lynch at George Washington Hotel
A large testimonial dinner at the George Washington Hotel honors Maurice M. Lynch, dean of the ester Bar, with Merlerr of Nation's Business as principal speaker. Attendees include Thornton and Lloyd Wilson, with R Gray Williams hosting and William as toastmaster. Senator Byrd and other notables are scheduled to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
M. M. Lynch
Ester
O’c . Merle Rr
Thorpe
Winchester
Washington
Lloyd Wilson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
R. Gray Williams
Richmond
Williams
William
Lynch
H. F. Byrd
British Enthuse Over Army Plans
London reports a government move to regularize the 200000 strong Territorial Force with anti-tank anti-aircraft and motorcycle units. War Secretary Hore-Belisha announced reforms aimed at a modern army capable of reinforcing regular units and future continental use.
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London
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Hitler
Daily Mail
Germany
George Washington
Hore- Belisha
Territorial Army
Hore-Belisha
Sir Walter Kirke
Belisha
Maurice M Lynch Honored in Winchester Testimonial Dinner
Residents of Winchester and Frederick County praise Maurice M. Lynch for a long fruitful career. They cite his legal practice and civic work, and highlight his warm personality and readiness to meet new challenges. The testimonial dinner in his honor is held that evening.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Maurice
M. Lynch
Services At Stratford Mark Columbus Day Observance
Stratford holds October 12 services to honor General Robert E. Lee and UDC members. Banks in the city will close tomorrow in observance of Columbus Day.
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Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Stratford
Dancing-Chuck and Rays No Charge Bar Ad
No cover charge any time. Beer ten cents soft drinks five cents. For sale-1938 Fordson tractor cost plus freight Hughes Used Car Lot advertisement details and dates.
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Chuck & Ray’s
Fordson Tractor
Hughes
Bombs Thrown At British Official In Jerusalem
Four bombs were hurled from Jerusalem terraces at a convoy led by Edward Keith-Roach. Two bombs exploded on Jericho Road but hit none of the cars. Keith-Roach, 53, has directed the Jerusalem district since 1913 amid escalating Arab Jewish violence and a British military drive to restore order.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Edward Keith-Roach
Brr
Jericho
Keith- Roach
Keith-Roach
Holy Land
Alestine
John Strachey Ordered Excluded From U S
British leftist John Strachey was ordered excluded by a special immigration board at Ellis Island as a non immigrant lacking a proper passport. He arrived aboard the Normandie, was detained, and faces deportation or an appeal to the Secretary of Labor after a State Department notice cancelled his visa.
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New York
John Strachey
United States
Ellis Island
Normandie
Strachey
Bedrocen
Bath
Secretary of Labor
Rummage Sale Benefit for Junior Hospital Auxiliary
A charity rummage sale to support the Junior Hospital Auxiliary is planned for October 14 and 15 at 128 North Loudoun. Proceeds fund hospital services and patient care activities.
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Benefit Junior Hospital
N. Loudoun
Dance Oak Grove and radio tune prompts
Dance Oak Grove events every Wednesday and Saturday nights with a morning segment at 8 on Frederick radio. Also listed is a rental apartment at 542 Fairmont Avenue with contact phone 1664.
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Oak Grove
Frederick
Fairmont Ave
Move For Wage Cuts Is Traced by Dewank Group
Washington Oct 11 A railroad labor witness charged the 15 percent wage cut demand came from a small inner group led by J. P. Morgan and Co. He urged Roosevelt's emergency board to examine railroads' financial history before a strike. Another witness cited New Deal acts raising wages as a counterpoint.
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Washington
J. P. Morgan and Company
W. Jett Lauck
Roosevelt
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina State Supreme Court
Wallace Promotes Four Point Farm Policy
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and his aides unveil a four point plan to ease farm protests over surpluses and low prices. It calls for continuing crop control with referenda on quotas for cotton tobacco rice and wheat, reviving processing taxes, and expanding farm subsidies.
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Washington
Wallace
Congress
Supreme Court
Virginia Teachers Convene District 6 Session at Handley High
About 600 teachers from nine counties of District G of the Virginia Education Association gather at Handley High School for their annual session. Miss Ethel Spilman of Madison College presides as District 6 president with Dr. Donald D. Durrell of Boston University slated as principal speaker on providing for individual needs in reading.
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Virginia Education Association
Handley High School
Ethel Spilman
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Donald D. Durrell
Boston University
Durrell
Spilman
Virginia Aldhizer
Andrew Bell
Rene M. McNally
Margie Trumbe
Melvin H. Fitzwater
B. L. Stanley
Agriculture Group
W. R. Legge
Home Economic Group
Pauline L. Rhodes
Grammer
Eintree Heatwole
Paul Shifflett
Lindbergh silent on charge during Berlin visit
Lindbergh arrives at Templehof from Paris by way of Rotterdam for Lilienthal Society meeting in Berlin. He declines to comment on a Soviet airmen letter accusing him of belittling the Russian air force. He will dine at Neues Palais Potsdam as guest of the society with Goering and Ambassador Wilson present.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Templehof Airdrome
Paris
Rotterdam
Lindbergh
Lilienthal Society For
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Lelienthal Society
Neues Palais
Potsdam
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Herman Wilhelm Goering
Germany
United States
Hugh R. Wilson
Tipsy Pedestrian Spotlight At Safety Council Meeting
The National Safety Council at its silver jubilee convention labeled intoxicated pedestrians a traffic menace akin to drunken drivers. The second annual report cites alcohol in 38 percent of urban pedestrian deaths in New York and 65 percent of Ohio deaths in early 1937. The council aims to educate and enforce to keep drinkers off highways.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
Council
New York City
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
A F L Council To Present Wage Hour Law Changes
Houston October 11 Delegates at the American Federation of Labor convention voted to authorize the executive council to draft and present to Congress amendments to the federal wage hour law. President William Green, facing an expected reelection, urged unity amid calls for peace with the CIO and a stronger stand against CIO dualism. The convention endorsed extending the council's authority over minimum wage recommendations and called for definitional clarity in terms like apprentice and leader. Stephen F. Chadwick urged universal service legislation for military and civilian forces in wartime. The reform push on CIO relations was adopted with one dissent.
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Houston
Tex
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Congress
William Green
Federation
John L. Lewis
Co. I. O
Green
Stephen F. Chadwick
The
American Legion
Resolutions Committee
Court Denies Suppression Motion in Espionage Case
Federal Judge John Knox refused to suppress evidence seized from Johanna Hofman a 26 year old former beauty salon operator on the North German Lloyd liner Europa The defense argued the seizure lacked a warrant and that papers were handed over after a promise of release and travel abroad The defendant and three others face espionage charges and are held in bail totaling 100000 dollars on the matter
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New York
John
Knox Today
Johanna Hofman
Miss Hofman
George C. Dix
Knox
Dix
RFC approves 162 mile four lane super highway plan
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation announced financing arrangements for a 162 mile four lane highway from near Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. RFC purchased $35,000,000 in bonds and a $26,100,000 Public Works Administration grant will cover the rest. The route features no sharp curves and tunnels planned for a never-built South Kin Railroad.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
RFC
Public Works Administration
South Kien
RAF Bomber collision kills three officers in Wales
An RAF mid air collision near Pwllheli, Wales, today killed three flying officers. Since January 1 the RAF has lost 167 officers and men in 90 accidents.
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Pwllheli
Wales
Royal Air Force
Here
Adultery Charges After Wife Swapping Ruse in Syracuse
In Syracuse police court Mr and Mrs Alfred Gruner and Mr and Mrs Glenn Doolittle pleaded innocent to adultery charges arising from a wife swapping case. Investigators said all four lived in the Doolittle home with plans formed to move there and that two families had lived together since August 1.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred Gruner
Glenn Doolittle
Fred Arnold
Arnold
Gruner
Hughes Motor Company Thanks Winchester Friends
The Hughes Motor Company thanks patrons of Winchester for valued patronage and loyal support and extends best wishes to successor Mr. Myron B. Bickers for continued friendly support.
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Winchester
Myron B. Bickers
Hughes Motor Company
R. L. Hughes
Junk metals and used pipe for sale advertised
Wanted junk metals iron rags batteries radiators. We pay top market price. Also sell used pipe all sizes guaranteed. Phone 254 Winchester Junk Co. 13 Fairfax Lane. (8-30-tue.-thur.-Ip-tf)
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Labor leaders swap offers to end AFL-CIO split
John L. Lewis proposes resigning as C I O chairman if William Green quits as AFL president to forge a peace pact. He calls the bid bilateral and suggests a presidential commission study the U S conflict to uncover facts behind Houston convention accusations.
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John L. Lewis
William Green Lewis
Green
A. F. L. Head
Great Britain
Sweden
United States
Prey
American Newspaper Guild
Roosevelt
Newspaper Guild
C.F. Or
Houston
Dentists Elect Officers at Shenandoah Valley Meet
The 36th Shenandoah Valley Dental Association session at the George Washington Hotel concluded with Dr. R. H. Kerlin of Winchester re-elected assistant secretary treasurer. Incoming president is Dr. Percy Spitzer of Harrisonburg, and president-elect Dr. W. E. Armstrong of Staunton. Officers include Dr. W. H. Wunder of Woodstock secretary treasurer and Dr. Howard Topping of Staunton counselor. Attendance reached 68 of near-complete membership. Staunton, Va, will host in October 1939.
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R. H. Kerlin
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Dental Association
George Washington Hotel
Percy Spitzer
Harrisonburg
W. E. Armstrong
Staunton
W. H. Wunder
Woodstock
Howard Topping
Treasury Position For October 8
Washington reports treasury balances for October 8 showing receipts of 13 656 225 04 and expenditures of 27 977 803 26. The day ends with a debt of 38 429 178 693 38, rising 698 270 68 from the prior day. Moling and Cather advertisement.
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Washington
The
Treasury
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J. Merle Thorpe
Bo L. Robey
Purcellville
Virginia Bankers Association
C. Roland Mays
Washington’s
MR Winchester
Dewank Group
Jett Lauck
Brotherhoods, Claims Morgan & Co
Lauck
J. Carter - Fort
Kaplan
Boston _ University
Lewis
A. F.L. Post
A. F. L. Council
Resolution
Legion Head
Mt. Airy School
Fawcett Gap
Thurs
WSVA
Rural Rhythm Gang
C. I
Committee For Industrial Organization
Federation of Labor
G. L Oo
Moling & Cather
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