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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1937
Page
1
Italy regards plan imperfect Mussolini and son in law debate participation. Sunken submarine may be raised for identification. Ethiopia remains in the League.
London reports the 31 000 ton British battleship Malaya left Salonika for Lemnos to coordinate with Greek authorities on a Mediterranean anti piracy patrol. Mussolini and Galeazzo Ciano debated Italian participation while the League of Nations blocked moves to unseat Spain and Ethiopia from membership amid tensions.
The Shenandoah Valley Academy teams at Handley High School and S V A in Winchester prepare for interscholastic football. Fans expect clean sportsmanship and steadfast effort from the two squads as the scholastic season nears.
United States Senator Royal Copeland Tammany candidate for New York mayor charged opponent Jeremiah Mahoney with ties to the Ku Klux Klan and said Mahoney would have supported Justice Hugo Black. Copeland asserted Mahoney would sustain Roosevelt’s New Deal and even place a Klansman on the bench. Boston Senator David Walsh urged Roosevelt to seek Black’s resignation if proven a Klan member.
Martha Miller Quantz of an old Winchester family died at Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. She was in her fifty first year, daughter of Charles Henry Quantz and Rebecca S. Quantz, born January 5, 1887. Survived by four brothers Frank and William among others.
City to manufacture 48 inch concrete pipe for storm sewer on Gerrard street between Cameron and Loudoun. City Manager Field says relief labor will reduce net cost to three and a half cents per foot. Pipe, likely largest used in Winchester project, will drain surface water at intersec tion near Handley High School. Construction from Town Run to Valley avenue has relied largely on hand labor.
A 600000 crowd watched Germany’s armed might showcased at Zeppelin Field during the annual Nazi congress. Hitler addressed troops as bombers, tanks, motorized units, and aircraft paraded, with new aircraft and anti aircraft guns thrilling observers.
Bank examiners in Charles Town, investigating the closed Farmers Bank and Trust Company, expect to complete the audit soon after a suspected embezzlement by former assistant cashier J. Richard Russell. FDIC will issue insured deposits of 5000 or less, with first payments anticipated in the coming days.
Johnstown witness Jose Jaime testified that Mayor Daniel J. Shields signaled workers to cross picket lines during the summer steel strike and slapped them on the back saying Attaboy. Jaime, a chipper at Cambria works, said the paymaster ordered him to vote for a league representative in a three day election.
Frederick County Board of Supervisors grants permission for District Home Demonstration Agent Elizabeth Farrar to transfer to an unnamed county. Madeline Blair of Rockbridge named her successor. Board votes thanks for Farrar’s seven years of energy and efficiency. Continued on Page 3, Col. 3.
Laura Lee a 25 year old movie dancer told Los Angeles police she fought off an executive who attacked her at a Hollywood studio after a dinner and drinks. She claimed she was knocked unconscious and awoke to find her clothes torn. Police sought the suspect with a head wound, while Lee denied theft charges.
Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese Ambassador Shigeru Kawakoe in his guarded residence urged foreigners not to fear their safety. Machine gunners from French Indochina guarded the area as Kawakoe offered a calm assessment of the upheaval and stated anti Japanese and communism must be stamped out. He suggested U S understanding may differ from Japan's aims in China and said trade need not be unfairly affected.
Waichow mission head W Thomas of the Am Seventh Day Adventist Hospital accuses Japanese warplanes of deliberate bombing of the Waichow hospital for 15 minutes despite visible American flags. He says Chinese staff were wounded and two were brought to Hong Kong for treatment after a related barracks near the airport was also attacked.
William T. Colbert a retired railway mail clerk died in his sleep at his home 528 North Loudoun street at age 68. He had long served the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the Harpers Ferry to Strasburg Junction route and was born November 20, 1869 in Point of Rocks Maryland. He was survived by memories of his courteous service and broad circle of friends along his former route.
Export notice referencing J. R. DuShane located at 15 Court Square since 1926. The fragment notes an apples for export item with archival identifiers.
Hirozo Mori, chairman of the Tokyo Clearing House, urged expansion to the Asiatic continent as the people's destiny. He claimed industrial index figures prove Japan can endure the emergency even with a third power involved. The Chinese League of Nations Society warned that the Philippines and Australia could be next targets of Japanese aggression.
The late Shirley Carter’s estate was appraised at 799,596.33 with stock holdings valued at 456,447.86 and bonds at 202,703. Real estate stood at 122,700, personal property 725, and bank cash 17,020.47. The report, filed with City Clerk Clark M. Smith, notes the estate’s size for the region.
Japanese advances push the Chinese to strategic rear lines as Kiangwan falls and race course center burns. Evacuations erupt under cholera fears with Americans evacuated from foreign settlements.
Two weeks more will be required to complete the bridge across the town run on Cameron street. The project, costing about $2,400, has been under construction for a month by city labor. The bridge features a steel arch on a concrete foundation with earth filling, and the eastern half is finished.
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