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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1939
Page
10
Dunbar Presbyterian and neighboring churches encouraged former members to plant an acre each for church funds. The programs spread to other churches and are now yielding about 45 bushels per acre, helping bolster church finances.
Paris reports military advices indicating France will raise warplane production fivefold by next year under Air Minister Guy La Chambre. The industry would employ 300000 workers with intensified pilot training to match output as front line reports praise fliers and note youthful officers with rapid mobilizations.
Budapest reports say Hungarian Nazi group the Death Legion faced a police sweep with 140 arrests and seizure of guns and ammunition. Leaders allegedly planned a parliamentary assassination and a coup against the government. One leader reportedly found in a Budapest air raid shelter. others fled to Austria. Kalman Hubay named as target.
Tulsa relatives seeking benefits for a deceased worker failed to provide his social security number. They told Social Security manager Charles L. Wilson that the number was in the vest pocket of the suit buried with him. A former employer furnished the number.
An old medicine advertisement touts Creomulsion as a reliable cough remedy for chest colds and bronchitis. It claims relief by loosening phlegm and soothing bronchial membranes, emphasizes non narcotic formula, and urges readers to ask their druggist about a bottle.
Debate on neutrality policy continues as senators discuss relaxing bans on credit to belligerent nations and ships visiting warring states. Administration optimism contrasts with House trepidation as lawmakers plan to resolve differences and push toward repeal of the arms embargo amid concerns over timing and support. A separate Fayetteville incident reports a driverless car rolling onto a sidewalk toward a shop display until a bystander stopped it.
Berlin dispatch says the German command plans to end reporting from the east after completing occupation of the German zone in Poland. The war in the west remains quiet with only minor skirmishes and artillery. French reports claim a flood-affected Rhine fortification fell. Turkey’s stance on a Soviet pact is reiterated as central to relations. An air raid report is explained as a stray German plane misled by darkness.
The United Jewish Appeal for Refugees and Overseas Needs urges support to aid Jews in Germany Poland Romania and Hungary and to rehabilitate refugees wandering Europe. Winchester plans a 2500 goal with a Wednesday night meeting at the George Washington Hotel headlined by Abe Schewell. A trade questions list Cuba Brazil Belgium Sweden Colombia Honduras Netherlands and other nations, noting the Czech agreement ended.
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