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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1939

Page

16

Pupil's Mind Is Discussed At College Conference

FrederickMd October 26 College women gathered to discuss students and their attitude toward world politics. Miss Nancy Heckert opened the four day regional meeting of the Women Intercollegiate Association for Student Government with the theme The Student Facing the World Crisis. Lectures include David Popper on The Effect of the War On the United States Economically and Dr Oliver Reddick on The Effect of the War On the Status of Women. Lord Marley will discuss Europe 1939 at Hood College and has surveyed lands for Jewish refugee colonization.

United States Oliver Reddick Hood College India Lord Marley Europe House of Lords

Military fashion dominates mid season Paris shows

Paris fashion houses presented mid season military inspired wear despite the ongoing war. Fabrics in Maginot blue Polly blue trench brown and planet gray featured with large pocketed coats and suits, saddle pockets, knapsack style shoulder pockets, gold buttons and belts.

Paris Polly Legion Schiaparelli

Baltimore May Bid For Republican Meet

Baltimore officials push to host the 1940 Republican convention citing historic nominations in the city by Andrew Jackson Woodrow Wilson and Abraham Lincoln. Paul Robertson of the Republican City Committee asks the Maryland League of Republican Women to launch a campaign, stressing Eastern state support.

Baltimore America Paul Robertson Republican City Committee Maryland League of Republican Women Andrew Jackson Woodrow Wilson Abraham Lincoln Wilson Lincoln Maryland

Mellwee Band To March In Parade

Hagerstown Maryland prepares for the Halloween Mummers parade with nearly 60 000 expected spectators. Eleven state patrolmen and the city police will police the crowd while bleachers rise near the public square. The Mellwee Municipal Band of Winchester plans to participate and prizes are offered for top bands.

Mellwee Band Hagerstown Alsatia Club MclIiwee Municipal Band of Winchester

Finland Holds Firm as Soviet Demands Are Discussed

In Helsinki an official said Finland still would not yield on key points in Soviet requests. Dr Paasikivi led talks with President Kallio and other leaders before returning with the new Russian demands. A Finnish law will limit currency outflow to 3,000 markkas. Russian submarines were reported en route to Tallinn amid maneuvers near Estonia and Latvia.

Helsinki Russia Finland Juhu Paasikivi Eyvesti Kallio Eljas Erkko Aimo Cajander Foreign Office Paasikivi Moscow Rushia Tallinn Gulf of Finland Estonia Latvia

Sunny Side Man Sentenced To Five Years In Leavenworth

Terry Dodd, 60, convicted on counterfeit charges, receives a five year sentence at Leavenworth. He notes prior time there and quips that the facility is a good old folks home and that he will be 65 and ready for his pension upon release.

Oklahoma City Leavenworth Terry Dodd United States

Coal Changed Hands Often

A police court case settled with Judge Donald Weems ruling for the Dunlap Tire Company and representative Lawrence Pannett. The dispute centered on a $117 debt by L. J. Sandlin and Virginia Sandlin and a chain of coal transfers from August 15 through subsequent sales to Fred Winkfield and then his brother, involving delivery to Pannett’s customer.

Donald Weems Fred Winkfield Lawrence Pannett Dunlap Tire Company L. J. Sandlin Virginia Sandlin Pannett

Footgear From Luray Bootmaker Stays In Use 62 Years

In Luray Virginia an elderly pair of boots made by a local bootmaker remain worn by Dutch Ingham a Black man who holds them in good repair through frequent greasing. He says he acquired them in a swap about three decades ago.

Luray Dutch Ingham

Thief Wrestles With Conscience at Syracuse School

Syracuse man enters a local school and ransacks desks in many rooms then writes on the blackboard Forgive me, oh Lord before leaving with loot.

Syracuse N. Y

Forty Believed Drowned After Steamer Sinks Off Vodo

The 250 ton Greek coastal steamer Amorakia struck a reef near Vodo and sank while en route to Piraeus. Forty persons were believed drowned in the disaster.

Athens Amorakia Vodo Piraeus

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