Schoolboy Patrol Takes Over Duties At Street Corners
The Junior Boarders traffic safety campaign begins with School Boy Patrols at multiple corners including Braddock and Cork Loudoun and Cork John Kerr School Washington and Gerrard and Stewart and Handley boulevard. Four boys assigned to each corner under Captain Floyd Cave and a team of lieutenants and patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Cork
Loudoun
John Kerr School
Gerrard
Washington
Stewart and
Handley Boulevard
Demonstrations Against Nazis Tightened Police Presence
Prague reports extra police in several towns after protests against a German protectorate order celebrating the anniversary of the former Czecho-Slovak state. On October 28 demonstrations were noted in Beroun and Pabor with about 150 arrests. Theaters and restaurants closed and alcohol sales halted for Czechs as ministers met to discuss suppressing further demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Opel
Beroun
Pabor
Moving Picture Theatres
Fruit Quotas To Be Set For Frederick County Apples
Fruit growers must notify the county agent’s office of desired sales to FSCC before Saturday. The county quotas committee will meet Saturday to decide the Frederick county allotment for next week. About 50 carloads of Frederick county apples have been purchased by the government. equal tonnage must be diverted to product plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FSCC
County Committee On
Frederick County
Chesapeake Sea Food Store Notice at E Piccadilly Street
Fresh seafood direct from the catch and southern cooking offered at Chesapeake Sea Food Store on E Piccadilly Street. Visit for daily selections and meals.
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Chesapeake
Piccadilly ST
Contraband Debate Deepens Over British War List
London reports a bitter dispute over Britain’s contraband list as Russia objects to limits on supplies to Germany. R. H. Cross reveals in six weeks 338000 tons of suspected contraband were detained and 128 ships held for examination as officials weigh absolute versus conditional contraband and the role of food and fuel in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Britain
R. H. Cross
Cross
Germany
Webster
Air Force Heads Meet With Hitler in Berlin
More than 20 army and air force generals and staff officers conferred in Hitler's chancellery. Hitler elevated Danzig to a province and named Albert Forster as governor, with the new province including parts of East Prussia and Silesia and a population around 2.4 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hitler
Free City of
Danzig
Albert Forster
Sia
West Prussia
First Encyclical to Be Issued This Friday
Vatican officials say Pope Pius XII will issue the church’s first encyclical of his reign tomorrow. Reports had suggested a postponement. The letter, dated October 29 the feast of Christ the King, is expected to outline the Pontiff’s views on war and European conditions.
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Vatican City
Po Pius XII
Vatican
Harry Ransom Colored Dies at Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harry Victor Ransom colored died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 7:20 this morning at age 32 after a brief illness that began Friday. Survived by father Harry E. Ransom, stepmother Anne B. Ransom, four sisters Leola D. Greene Ardelia B. Ransom Frances E. Ransom Evelyn L. Ransom, all of Winchester or Uniontown, two aunts Lucy Marine and Mary Ransom, an uncle Andrew Marine of Winchester, and Aunt and Uncle Page Brown and George Brown of Lewistown Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Victor Ransom
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Harry E. Ransom
Anne B. Ransom
Leola D. Greene
Ardelia’ B. Ransom
Uniontown
Frances E. Ransom
Evelyn L. Ransom
Winchester
Lucy Marine
Mary Ransom
Andrew Marine
Page , Brown
George Brown
Lewistown
German Nazi Link Denied by Chicago Consulate Head
Fritz Heberling head of the Association of German Nationalists testified before the Dies Committee in Washington and denied any connection between his group and the German government.
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Fritz Heberling
Chicago
Dies
Washington
Association of
Man Who Flogged Gay Wife Freed
Francis Stancliffe pleaded guilty to beating his wife but was acquitted by a police court magistrate. He admitted attacking his wife who had returned home after a four day absence as their five children were left unattended. The magistrate dismissed the charge and referred the children to the Children's Aid Society.
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Baltimore
Francis Stancliffe
Stancliffe
Sancliffe
Michael Birmingham
Birmingham
Children’s Aid Society
Nazis Prepared For A Big Push
Paris reports French land and air patrols found German forces fully prepared for a major western front offensive with about 1,500,000 troops in front and support areas. Fighting was limited to minor patrol clashes as snow and bad weather slowed operations near the Saarland and Vosges regions. French authorities opened evacuation facilities for Nancy civilians behind Maginot defenses.
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Paris
Saarland
Berlin
Voelklingen
Vosges
Maginot
Nancy
British Sea Supremacy Challenged
Berlin reports a German spokesman saying Britain withholds full shipping losses while Nazi raiders claim significant impact on Allied tonnage. British losses total 399,319 tons in ships since war began, with German raiders credited for about 17,761 tons sunk yesterday, as Berlin cites British rationing hints and limited British figures.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Admiralty and Propaganda Ministry
Scapa Flow
North Sea
East Atlantic
Propaganda Ministry
Britain
Audley Sale Slated Friday At Audley Farm Stables
The sale lists 135 valuable racing horses to be offered starting 10 am tomorrow at Audley Farm stables of B B Jones. Jones retires from the breeding business due to ill health in Clarke County near Berryville along route 7.
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Audley Farm
B. B. Jones
Clarke County
Berryville
Rehearsal for Chanters Is Off
Announcement halves the Friday rehearsal for the Chanters. Members meet instead at Miss Mildred Jones home at 1 30 Sunday afternoon October 29 to travel to Purcellville for a concert.
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Chanters
Mildred Jones
Purcellville
Mixup at Maternity Case Leads to Wrong House Visit
A county nurse directed Dr. A. T. Wyatt to a residence for a maternity case in Lillington North Carolina. He arrived to a cordial reception, learned later he had been sent to the wrong house, and corrected the mistaken location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillington
N. C
A. T. Wyatt
German Accused By Chamberlain Continued From Page 1
The piece quotes British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on the German government’s aggression and responsibility for the war. It cites Sir Nevile Henderson’s report and the stance of Von Ribbentrop, noting his alleged misguidance of Hitler and a possible Soviet invitation to align against Britain.
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Germany
Herr von Ribbentrop
England
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Herr Hitler
Poland
Britain
Soviet Union
Ivan Maisky
Fruit Growers Schedule Meeting on National Apple Week
Winchester and Frederick county growers meet at 7 30 P M in the City Hall Council Chamber to plan observance of National Apple Week November 2025. W S Campfield secretary of the Virginia Horticultural Society and C P McVicar president of Winchester Chamber of Commerce will attend. The Chamber aims to coordinate selling Frederick County apples in Richmond with displays in stores and a Virginia State Chamber of Commerce office display at the John Marshall Hotel.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Council Chamber of City
W. S. Campfield
Staunton
Virginia Horticultural Society
C. P. McVicar
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
John Marshall Hotel
Reading Ribbentrop Speech Sparks British Laughter
The scene in Parliament features Chamberlain and readings from Herr Von Ribbentrop’s 1936 address in England. He claims Germany seeks friendship with Britain and warns that communism is Europe’s greatest danger. The House responds with loud laughter.
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Lomatic
Giuseppe Bastianini
Chamberlain
Herr von Ribbentrop
England
Germany
Great Britain
Fuehrer
Europe
British Empire
Federation of Home Economics Clubs Forms in Virginia
The Federation of Home Economics Clubs of northern Virginia met in Marshall with 17 schools represented. Officers elected will be chosen at the next meeting in January at New Market. delegates from Warren and Clarke counties could not attend.
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Federation of Home Economics Clubs of
Northern Virginia
Marshall
Martha Richards
Stephens City
Home Economics Grip
Maggie Murray
Middletown
Federation
New Market
Virginia
Toms Brook
Mount Jackson
Edinburg
Woodetosk
Strasburg
Boyce
Berryville
Front Royal
Beelton
Calverton
Remington
Upper Brea Warrenton
Stepheny
Flpf. A
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Winchester Business College
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E. Piccadilly St
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France
Federation of Home Economics Students
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