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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1938

Page

2

Tri County Odd Fellows Meet at Middletown Friday Night

Tri County Odd Fellows Association will hold a regular meeting hosted by Marsh Run Lodge No. 147 I O O F in Middletown. W Earl Edwards of Winchester president will preside with many grand lodge notables including C D Stickley Fred L Flynn W Cliff Cunningham H Jones W E Edwards and David Hottel among speakers. Large attendance of Fellows and Rebeccas is anticipated and an entertaining program is planned.

Marsh Run Tri- County Odd Fellows Association W. Earl Edwards Winchester Grand Lodge C. D. Stickley Middletown Fred L. Flynn Alexandria W. Cliff Cunningham

Six Catholic Priests Are Held in Vienna Arrest

Six Catholic priests and an aide to Theodore Cardinal Innitzer were arrested in Vienna as Nazis expand action against clergy seen as hostile to the regime. They were linked to a planned demonstration at Saint Stephen's Cathedral on October 7 and to distributing Catholic counterleaflets amid the recent Nazi Catholic tensions culminating in the October 8 crowd attack on Innitzer's palace.

Vienna Theodore Cardinal Innitzer Adolf Tler Saint Stephen's Thedral Puerto Cardinal Innitzer Gersmina Waitz Hh Buerckel Austria

Approve Grants for Prince Georges Projects

Pi State WPA headquarters announced approval of a grant of $457 500 for two Prince Georges county projects. One project costs $350 000 and includes additions to the county courthouse at Upper Marlboro and erection of a service building at Hyattsville.

Baltimore Pi— State WPA Prince Georges County Upper Marlboro Hyattsville

Labor Troubles Beset Daladier

Paris reports mounting labor and political strains on Premier Daladier. Circulating discussions claim he might dissolve the Chambers of Deputies to seek a national mandate in a general election. The friction follows the September 30 Munich agreement and the reaction it sparked among leftist groups.

Paris Daladier Chambers of ‘Deputies Socialist Party Munich Czechoslovakia

Youth Is Held For Manslaughter In Md Car Crash

Notley H. Davis Jr., 18, of Barnesville, was held on a manslaughter charge after the death of George R. Ward, 27, on the Barnesville Rockville road. Davis, driver of the car, faced a hearing set for October 24 before Magistrate Charles M. Webb in Rockville.

Rockville Montgomery County Notley H. Davis, Jr Barnesville George R. Ward Joseph Nolte William Crawford Davis Ward Charles M .Webb

Hoover Appeals For Emancipation From Roosevelt Power

Hartf ord report says Herbert Hoover urged Congress to break from President Roosevelt he warned of the New Deal experiments and called for trial of a stop look and listen policy. He urged electing independent minded men to Congress to halt what he called the harmful political drift and personal domination.

Hartford Conn Herbert Hoover Congress Roosevelt

Two More Terps On Injured List

Maryland football faces Virginia with a makeshift lineup as injuries mount. Sophomore guard George Geinger broken jaw ends his season while first string tackle Bob Brown is out for the Cavaliers game. Regulars Forester Hewitt and Shaffer expected back.

College Park Maryland University Maryland Virginia Western Maryland Frank Dobson George Geinger Soph Bob Brown Brown Cavaliers Maryand Jim Forester Rip Hewitt Dick Shaffer

Torch Singer Etting In Secret Marriage Claim Opens

Ruth Etting refuses to confirm a marriage to an alderman saying certain things are private. Martin Snyder known as Colonel Gimp is out on bail awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges of attempted kidnapping and murder against the alderman. The alderman is recovering from a bullet wound with a police guard posted at the hospital following the melee in Etting's music room.

Pace 1 Etting Alderman Tijuana Mex Martin Moe) Snyder Colonel Gimp Ruth Snyder Miss Etting Chicago

12 Arrested in Bootlegger Round Up

Harrisonburg crackdown nets 52 arrested Sunday for bootlegging and nip joints. Twenty-nine plead guilty with fines totaling 1800 dollars and 106 months in jail, plus 12 month suspended sentences for two years. Ruby Rogers held, others out on bond as 108 warrants issued. Miller Dinges turned over to federal authorities. Federal court convenes Monday.

Ladriconburcg Harrisonburg Hamilton Haas Ruby Rogers Roga Dean State Department of Public Welfare Miller Dinges New Market

Tax Schedule Release Plans For Tax Payments Dates

County Treasurer Harry L. McCann outlines a pickup plan for tax payments to save trips to Winchester. December 5 is the deadline for payment without a 5 percent penalty. Schedule lists towns and venues with dates and times including Star Tannery, Mt. Falls, Mt. Williams, Reynolds Store, Cross Junction, Whitacre, Gainesboro, Gore, White Hall, Grimes, Brucetown, Middletown, and Stephens City with specified hours.

Harry L. McCann McCann Winchester Star Tannery Orndorff’s White Hall Lamp’s Grimes Orndorff's Brucetown Stine’s Middletown Stephens City

Costello Lands First Speaking Role in Talking Picture

Hollywood sighed on October 18 as Maurice Costello, 61, a once prominent star, began a talking picture with a small speaking part worth 25 dollars per day for three days. He earned the chance after obtaining a Screen Actors Guild card and being listed at Central Casting.

Hollywood Maurice Costello Costello Hollywood Boulevard Screen Actors Guild Central Casting Central W. S. van Dyke

Amen To Probe Corruption Cases

New York October 18 John Harlan Amen a prosecutor with a record of rackets convictions has been chosen by Governor Lehman to investigate reports of widespread corruption in Brooklyn law enforcement Amen will supersede Kings County District Attorney William F X Geoghan He is described as an independent Democrat and previously used the Sherman anti trust act to break six rackets securing 217 convictions and jailing nearly 20 racketeers He is son in law of President Cleveland.

New York John Harlan Amen Thomas E. Dewey Lehman Brooklyn Dewey Manhattan Amen Kines County William F. X. Geoghan Geoshan William B. Herlands Geoghan U. S Cleveland

Ex-Convict Pierce Surrenders After Fatal Millwood Shooting

In Millwood James Pierce surrenders after a fatal shooting at Elsea in Paris. Coroner rules Elsea died from a gunshot to the face and Pierce is jailed in Warrenton awaiting a preliminary hearing. Funeral for Elsea set at Berryville. Pierce has prior serious offenses and pardons on file.

Millwood Pierce Elsea Paris Willie Pierce Elsen Automae George H. Davis Fauquier James Pierce Wolfe Warrenton Berryville Enders Richmond Accnciated Brace

Summer's Passing Near At Hand

Chicago reports a shift toward cooler weather with snows forecast for northern Michigan and rain in the central states. Montana sections reported up to 30 inches of snow while Helena and Yellowstone saw fresh accumulations. Temperatures remained below normal across the Rocky Mountain region with freezing reported.

Weather. Bureau Michigan Montana Helena Yellowstone National Park Lander Wyo Williston N. C Rocky Mountain Territory Ilinois Indiana Wisconsin Missouri Iowa

Colorado faces heated clash over $45 old age pension plan

In Craig Colorado residents protest a proposal to rescind the $45 constitutional pension amendment. Federation for Workable Old-Age Pensions backs the plan and seeks protection as tensions rise. Senator Alva Adams labels the National Annuity League leaders as political racketeers and accuses them of selling pensioners down the river.

Denver Colorado Craig Federation For Federation Marshal D. H. Cruickshank Seibert United States Alva B. Adams D-Cole National Annuity League

Five Injured In Gas Explosion Near Pittsburgh

A 12 inch gas line across the Youghiogheny River ten miles south of Pittsburgh exploded injuring five People's Gas Company workers. Fifteen men were repairing a leak when the blast occurred. Some escaped by leaping into the river. A pump may have ignited the gas and hospital reports cited burns and shock among the injured.

Pittsburgh Youghiogheny River Here People’s Gas Company

Bicycle production hits modern peak in 1937

The Census Bureau reports 1,130,736 bicycles were built in 1937, the highest year since 1899 and about five times 1909 production, nearing the peak years of the 1890s.

Washington

Predict War Debts To Be Settled After Elections

Paris dispatch reports the Agence Economique et Financiere forecast that British and French war debts to the United States would be settled after the American elections next month. The paper, linked to the finance ministry, says France would gain access to significant credits in the United States. France owes about 4.25 billion dollars and England about 5 billion.

Paris Agence Economique Et Financiere United States Ministry of Finance France

Winchester Memorial Hospital Campaign Seeks 50 000 Fund

Campaign headed by C Vernon Eddy aims to raise five tens of thousands of dollars for the Winchester Memorial Hospital refurbishment. 125 men and 125 women in Winchester will staff a ten day drive to refinance the debt. Clarke county organization progresses with Mrs George P Greenhalgh as county chair.

Winchester Memorial C. Vernon Eddy Eddy J. Pinckney Arthur Winchester Admiral Nurton J. Victor Arthur Robert E. Buncutter Henry H. Covington, Jr Charles P. McVicar C. Ridgely White North Loudoun Street Clarke Nulton Clarke County George P. Greenhalgh Berryville E. P. Berlin William Beverley Joel D. Griffing C. H. Iden Helen Jenkins Edward Lee George W. Lee Mary Lewis Stacey B. Lloyd

Pope Pius Deplores Gospel Rejection at National Congress

In a short wave broadcast from Vatican City on Oct 18 Pope Pius expressed sorrow at the gospel being spurned and reviled by many, saying he could scarcely refrain from tears while addressing the Eighth National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans.

Vatican City Pope Pius New Oreleans

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Tri-County Odd Fellows Will W. E. Edwards Ridgeway Chir ACTIC Howard L. James Naudia Firestone Firestone Auto Supply and Service Store N. Main St Pulaski Day Herbert H. Lehman Thomas Dewey Fifth Avenue New York City Hoover Harry Wyland ABC R. B. Eubank, Jr G. W. Craft Mr. McCann Mt. Falls C. H. Barr’s Mt. Williams Ashwood’s Cross Junction Braithwaite’s Whitacre Whitacre’s Gainesboro Bayliss Western Frederick Bank Buckner Mat Pierce Elsen Thatter Price Federal Bureau Investigation Hagerstown Edith Pierce Vivian Pierce Elwood Wiley Ashby’s Gap Wiley Plains Bey Mountains Anastasio, Jr Luis Anastasio Somoza Nicaraguan Republic la Salle Military Academy Oakdale Long Island Bicycle Vogue New High Furniture CO Main St Phene England Hospital Teams Organization Pope Oweens John W. Rosenberger & Co Loudoun &T
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