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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1938
Page
7
Official estimates indicate more than 80 000 workers were laid off as various plants shut down. The losses scattered across the south hit pecan shelling plants lumber mills and tobacco stemming factories hardest.
German secret agent Guenther Rumrich testified in federal court that he believed passport blanks could be obtained for Nazi spies. He described wire attempts and arrests tied to Erich Glaser and co-defendants as the Robinson Ruben passport affair unfolds before Judge Knox and a jury.
Thick fog overwhelms London spreading from the southeast coast to the midlands with four feet visibility on the Thames. Trains run on emergency schedules and six greyhounds lose their way on a North London track as kennel crews search. No casualties reported despite widespread accidents.
Karl Schlueter admitted to making a lucky strike by rifling the Europa liner mail bags and creating photographic copies of a contract between Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Amtorg Trading Corporation.
Rumrich testifies he wrote a 1936 US political situation article printed in a Teplitz Schoenau newspaper and carried a security card and Notre Dame postcard fragment used to identify spies. Under cross examination he says no government pressure to plead guilty and that he was told to tell the truth.
Melvin Patton pleaded not guilty in Harrisonburg to an auto theft charge. Indicted by a grand jury that convened yesterday, his trial is scheduled for Thursday. The vehicle was stolen in Baltimore and recovered in Clarke County.
Riley's Orchestra turned down a bid to play on the Normandie due to a packed November schedule. Riley indicated a possible February reply after discussions with Washington representatives. An unknown broker had recommended the band at the New York office of the steamship company.
Salisbury reports Mrs John L Whitehurst of Baltimore and Mrs Harry L Harcum will headline the Eastern Shore District Federation fall meeting at Centreville on November 3. Whitehurst, first vice president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, speaks on Democracy In a Changing World before a Little Theatre program directed by Mrs Sterling Harris.
A white male Spitz dog found yesterday on Richard Avenue is in care. Call No 41 to identify the owner. 8 P. C. A. officials are assisting in locating the rightful owner.
In Lonaconing Maryland Oct 25 193? students at Central High School walked out to protest the Allegany County Board of Education ruling banning non faculty members from coaching. Melvin Newt Henry a coach hired from Cumberland and Virginia Polytechnic Institute drew sympathy as students demanded reconsideration.
Admiral L M Nulton spoke at the Lions Club meeting about leading a committee to relieve the hospital of debt and securing cooperation for the effort. Twenty members plan to attend the Purcellville club meeting Thursday at 6 15 PM. Guests included Nulton, Rev E S Kinz, Belgian Congo, and Lion Sandes who invited attendance at the Lions International Conference in Keyser November 11 12. The annual Charity Ball is set for October 31 at Sarah Zane Hall.
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