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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1939

Page

2

Richardson Trainham Chosen Moderator At Virginia Baptist Session

The 57th annual Baptist Association session in Front Royal elected Rev. W Emory Trainham as moderator for the coming year. Officers include Rev. T Ryland Sanford as vice moderator and A B Hummer as clerk treasurer. J H Massie Jr and others were named to executive and mission boards. Rev. J E Richardson condemned liquor joints and beer halls, linking them to saloons and urging church defense.

Pront Royal The Baptist Association I Front Royal W. Emory. Trainham T. Ryland Sanford Luray A. B. Hummer Bev Berryville Eens Baptist Training Und the Association Stanley Les Town W. Va Virgil Crenshaw Charlottesie J. W. Brown Ofburg Alder A College Philippi E. J. Richardson Virginia Unti BE. T D. D Winchester T. F. e@se Stist Hospital Lynchburg Goodwin Frazier G. F. Foster Rileyville J. E. Richardson Anti-Saloon League Sam Richardson Virginia ABC Warren County

Pifer Directory Endorsed by Winchester Board of Trade

The Winchester Board of Trade endorsed Pifer Printing Co. to publish the city directory, pledging full support and noting an out of state firm from Asheville NC seeks ads and subscriptions for a competing directory. President J Thomas Kremer urged local backing and declared no endorsement for the rival firm.

Winchester Winchester Junior’ Board of Trade J. Thomas Kremer Pifer Printing Co Southern Publishing Co Asheville N. C C. W. Miller

War Bulletins Across Europe Signal Polish Front Invasion

Paris reports official dispatches that Germany began hostilities in Poland this morning. Budapest cites seventeen German air attacks on Polish cities and towns. London notes air raid precautions and a Hitler broadcast claiming German forces clash with Polish troops since 4 55 a m. Warsaw reports a full scale attack on Polish towns in the corridor. German air force active over Polish territory.

Paris Havas Germany Reich Poland Budapest London Adolf Hitler Berlin Reuters Warsaw

Weygand to lead eastern French forces in Mediterranean area

General Maxime Weygand, aged 72, named to command France's eastern forces in the Mediterranean region should war break out.

Maxime Weygand France Mediterranean

Global powers mobilize as war tensions rise across Europe

Mussolini convenes Italian cabinet at 3 p.m. local time. Germany mobilizes Air Defense League and civil guards. Britain signs orders for full military mobilization. Swiss Army general mobilizes for tomorrow. An army ambulance arrives at a German emergency hospital with wounded soldiers.

Gleiwitz Germany Ohne

Kansas City Blues honor announcers as Matheson falls ill

Kansas City slugger Bill Matheson smoked a cigar during pre game ceremonies for four announcers. Buzz Boyle started in left field for Louisville against Kansas City as Matheson was sick.

Kansas City Bill Matheson Kansas City Blues Louisville Buzz Boyle Matheson

Masons from Canton to visit Winchester Lodge on Labor Day

Winchester Hiram Lodge No 21 prepares to host a 12 to 15 member delegation from Canton McKinley Lodge. The visitors will tour the Masonic Temple and Civil War lodge room, with A R Turnbull likely leading the group. Equality Lodge of Martinsburg may join, and delegates plan to visit Skyline Drive before returning to Canton.

Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 A. F A. Masons McKinley Lodge of Masons Canton Ohio William McKinley Masonic Commercial and Savings Bank Loudoun Street Masonic Temple A. R. Turnbull Canton Lodge Major McKinley Winchester Lodge Equality Lodge Martinsburg W. Va Skyline Drive

Children Of London Evacuate To Countryside At Start Of War

London began mass evacuation as more than a million children left the city for safety in the countryside. In stations like Liverpool Street and London Bridge mothers cried as teachers guided groups of four and five year olds with gas masks and bags.

Drew Middleton London Liverpool Street London Bridge

Goering Heads War Council Power Under Hitler

Field Marshal Hermann Goering is head of the six man Ministerial Council for National Defense created by Hitler to rule Germany’s economic financial and administrative powers in war. His authority stands second only to the Fuehrer.

Hermann Goering Ministerial Council For National Defense Hitler Germany Goering Fuehrer

Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four

Answers listed include James Buch, Bolivia and Paraguay, Huey Long, Treaty of Versailles, Aintree Racecourse Grand National, January named for Janus, Leader, Franco Falangists sole tolerated party, Black Sea, Oaks.

James Buch Bolivia Paraguay Huey Long Louisiana Treaty of Versailles Aintree Racerse England Janus Franco Falangists Black Sea Oaks

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