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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1938
Page
10
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W Benton Snider Jr of Winchester and Tom Gwynne of Person City Pa are named as judges for the Imperial Field Trials Club meeting at Imperial Pa September 17 18. The event attracts entries from the region with stakes including open puppy derby all age and amateur all age, to be run on pheasants over the weekend.
In Crisfield Maryland on Labor Day 1934 Mrs Leena Landon walked one and a half hours from her farm to greet President Franklin D Roosevelt. The President quoted her big American flag moment in a speech praising workers as the nation watched.
C L Snapp of Route 1 Winchester who runs a blacksmith shop and small farm found a cabbage head that split into a cluster of 21 tiny heads after trimming outer leaves. The multiple mini heads were fused to the main stalk and reminded him of bananas.
Local notes from Mount Williams Virginia update residents on illnesses and recoveries including Edethyl Pitcock and Mrs N C Williams. Families visit relatives in Winchester Rockville Baltimore and Stephens City. Mount Williams children prep to reenter Mountain View school with school bus driver Mr Fout returning for fourth year.
Observers in Washington note striking echoes of 1914 as Germany mobilizes for maneuvers and France and Czechoslovakia begin partial mobilizations. Britain readies fleet off Scotland, while France moves troops to the Maginot line and Belgium orders reinforced reserves. Diplomats fear military influence in negotiations as Austria, Serbia, and Russia react with mobilization steps.
Morton Downey rose from a Wallingford candy car seller to vaudeville singer and Paul Whiteman protégé by shadowing Whiteman and persistence. He doubled candy sales by singing to passengers and later pursued opportunities in entertainment until his breakout with Whiteman.
Presbyterian ministers from the region depart for Richmond to attend the 150th annual Synod of Virginia at Union Theological Seminary. The group includes Rev. Ronald S. Wilson and Rev. H. J. Womeldorf with Bruce Slonake, while others plan to leave soon. The synod opens with Rev. Dr. Jason L. MacMillan presiding. the first synod met near Raphine in 1788.
Joe E Brown stars as a football hero in The Gladiator at Hable's Palace. June Travis Dickie Moore and Man Mountain Dean co star. Palace Theatre audiences will also see a Fox News Reel and a community sing today and Tuesday.
Moscow dispatch says Red Star reports a female spy known as Xenia K gained access to a military institute and obtained foreign military information. She married a Soviet worker, smuggled into the country in 1932, later worked at the institute and its offices, was captured by secret police, tried, and sentenced to death.
A night football game in Monessen Pennsylvania was called off due to a short circuit that extinguished the stadium lights two minutes before the local eleven was to play Erie East High School.
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