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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
13
Pope Pius XIII said enemies of God cast a sinister shadow over Europe in a growing threat. He spoke at Castel Gandolfo to Lithuanian minister Stanislau Girdvainis, noting Lithuania’s tilt toward Soviet Russia and their pledge to remain Catholicism’s northern vanguard even if sacrifice is needed.
The National Grange closed its fiscal year with 196 new subordinate units 173 new Juvenile units and 15 Pomona districts. Active branches now operate in over 40 states with Minnesota and Montana leading in subordinate growth and Ohio headlining juvenile expansion. The net national membership gain is substantial though not yet computed.
L. J. Taber master of the National Grange will speak on plans for the seventy third annual Grange convention to be held in Peoria Illinois from November 15 to 24. The Army Band led by Captain Thomas F. Darcy will provide musical features.
The Associated Press reports in 1914 that the first battle of Ypres begins with German efforts to break through toward Calais and Dover. British warships pound the Belgian coast as Serbian forces surround Sarajevo.
An advertising notice promotes a compact 254 page Red Letter New Testament with red text for Jesus sayings and added features like gospel harmony and Bible references. The item includes trees waters mountains and birds named in the Bible and is priced at 20 cents plus handling. Readers may order by sending twenty cents to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D C with name address and city.
Fragments promote FASTEETH as a non acid powder that keeps dentures secure and comfortable. It prevents slipping during meals or conversation and claims to control plate odor with no gummy taste. Available at drug stores.
Washington October 19 Navy experts will be questioned on the effectiveness of blister armor on battleships hulls as protection against torpedoes amid Germanys submarine attacks on British warships and the nations large naval building program.
Paris dispatch reports Americans form the Iroquois Ambulance Corps to serve on the western front led by Jean De La Chesnaye of New York City. The unit plans twenty ambulances a staff car a mobile kitchen and support vehicles. Committee members include John F. P. Hasey of Bridgewater Massachusetts and Steele Powers of Atlanta Georgia.
Berlin reports Guenther Prien says only an auto driver saw the U-boat enter Scapa Flow during the Royal Oak raid. He and his crew were decorated by Hitler after sinking the Royal Oak and damaging the Repulse in under 30 seconds.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1842 B offers a darted waist dress with braided collar and yoke, easy fit via darts, suitable for sports wools silks and household cottons. Includes a step by step sew chart and sizes 32 through 46. Fall pattern book features a hundred patterns for smart cut designs.
An advertising notice from a department store offers crochet patterns and heirloom crafts. The item lists a business at 59 W 14th Street and promotes modern crochet patterns for home use.
Mt Williams Virginia birth notice for Mr and Mrs James Brewer of October 7 birth of a son named Donald Lee. Mrs Brewer formerly Margaret Russell daughter of Ada Russell. Local friends and relatives center the small society page updates.
Sunday visitors appear at multiple homes in Opequon and nearby Tom's Brook including Alonzo Snapp and sons Arthur and Alfred in Patterson households and Robert Bywaters Ralph Marker visit Bayliss home. Shiner and Wisecarver families attend gatherings while Jack Link suffers illness. Shopping crowds in Winchester list several residents.
Bracetown Va Oct 19 report shares multiple social items. Young People League business meeting was held at Miss Jane and Miss Belle Jobe residences. Local residents visit relatives in Martinsburg and Step hens City with several small gatherings noted.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates farmers cash income at about 7.9 billion in 1939, compared with 8.02 billion in 1938 and 8.988 billion in 1937, the latter the highest in a decade. the low point was 4.606 billion in 1932.
The U S Department of Agriculture announces tentative rules for the Federal Seed Act. A public hearing will be held in Washington on Monday November 27 where comments may be offered orally or in writing. Submissions by mail go to the chief of the Agricultural Marketing Service. The act requires labeling of seeds in interstate commerce with germination and weed seed information plus origin details. False labeling is prohibited.
Franklin L. Hutton signed a public notice taking responsibility for his wife Irene C. Hutton's debts, a move reported amid details of socialite heiress connections. Office aides noted no contact with Hutton for about a week. In a separate report from Cambridge, Carney denied readiness for jail, awaiting a warm spell as a judge imposed thirty days on vagrancy charges.
Officials report conditions on rivers in North Alabama near sbentty and South Park and address the importation and shipment of seeds containing noxious weed seeds.
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