Roosevelt foes in Georgia test and senatorial renominations
National focus centered on Georgia where Senator Walter F. George faced liberal critique as Roosevelt allies seek renomination. In other states incumbents won easy renomination while New Deal tensions surfaced in Georgia and varied contests across the South and West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
Democratic Party
Lawrence S. Camp
Atlanta
Eugene Tal- Madge
New Deal
Fred H. Brown
New Hampshire
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Alvin B. Adams
Colorado
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson
Washington
Homer T. Bone
Otto A. Case
Future Farmer Pair Exhibition Plans Revival
Winchester reports the annual Future Farmer Pair is planned again in Stephens City Middletown with Junior Farmers assisting. Dates to be announced soon. attendees can expect county products on display and pride in local farming effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens’City-Middletown
Townsend Plea for Reason at Delaware GOP Convention
U S Senator John G Townsend Jr urged Delaware Republican delegates to nominate candidates who will restore reason to government. The convention sought a slate for congress attorney general insurance commissioner state treasurer and auditor amid county caucuses and district balloting. Townsend welcomed being called conservative if it means preserving American institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
United States
John G. Townsend, Jr
Delaware
Congress
Townsend
J. George Stewart
P. Warren Green
Wilmington
Charles du Pont Ridgely
Camden
Georges. Williams
Millboro
House of Representatives
U. S
T B Benefit Plans Complete
The Tuberculosis Fund yard Party sponsored by the District Nurse Association will open tomorrow evening at the John Kerr School on Cork Street. Plans for the three day event are nearly complete and, barring bad weather, should be very successful. The event is a cooperative effort of the Nurse Association, Sarah Zane, Charlie Rouss, South End and Friendship Fire Companies, and the Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds support housing in the city with gifts from flour to soft drinks, flashlights, wear ing apparel, food, etc. Undertakers lend chairs and power is donated. Friday night 8 to 9 pm features a Municipal Band concert with public invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Tuberculosis Fund
Clarence Hardy
John Kerr School
Cork Street
Nurse Association
Sarah Zane
Charlie Rouss
South End and
Friendship Fire Companies
Chamber of Commerce
Council Votes To Seek Grant For Armory Project
The council voted to apply for a 27000 PWA grant for a armory costing up to 60000. It directed the city manager to seek bids for garbage collection and to sell a garbage truck for 500 if offered. A bond election was discussed but postponed due to required notices. Capt Paul Hartman and H F Byrd Jr. attended as armory committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Boston
Mass
Gibbons Street
Cameron
Loudoun
Rouss Springs
Common Council
Percy I
A. H. Jackson, Jr
Company I
George Miller
Little Fellows Have Big Plans
The National Small Businessmen's Association opened its first convention business session in Pittsburgh with resolutions on war, taxes, and government interference. Delegates reported 219 registered as they pledged to preserve free enterprise amid mixed messages from speakers including Dewitt Emery and Royal C. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National
Small Businessmen’s Association
J. Raymond Tiffany
Dewitt Emery
Akron
Royal C. Johnson
Washington, D. C
Officer's Case Given To Jury
A Federal court jury at Fort Benning heard nine days of evidence in the case against Major John R. Brooke Jr accused of murdering his wife. District Attorney T Hoytt Davis presented a gruesome photo of Mrs Brooke and urged a guilty verdict before Judge Bascon S Daver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John R. Brooke, Jr
Fort Benning
Bascon S. Daver
T. Hoytt Davis
Brooke
Frederick Co. teachers elect Aylor as association president
Frederick County teachers met for the first school session elect R. E. Aylor principal of Stephens City High School as association president to succeed O. W. Wake. Stewart Bell of Gore Va. was chosen vice president to replace Paul Behrens. Delegates to the state convention were named and district 6 plans discussed including a district meeting and a $395 dental clinic fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
R. E. Aylor
Stephens City
O. W. Wake
Middletown High School
Stewart Bell
Gore
Paul Behrens
C. B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Ayler
Retha Cooper
Virginia Stickley
Anne Starling
Leslie D. Kline
Richmond
Ada Woore
Dunlop
Norma
Judy
Frederick
Wall
A. Wall
European crisis accelerates as ambassador warns of rapid events
Secretary Hull met with French ambassador Rene De Seint-Quentin for thirty minutes in Washington. The envoy said events in Europe are moving very fast and France is prepared for any turn of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hull
Rene de Seint-Quentin
Europe
France
American Travelers Told to Consider Leaving Germany
US consulate in Berlin advised returning home if feasible amid a critical Central European situation. Officials noted many American citizens asked for guidance while Berlin residents were not urged to depart. Other nations' consulates offered similar advice. In Berlin Chancellor Hitler summoned Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop to discuss potential German action in response to the new crisis in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Europe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Nurnberg
Roosevelt Leaves Rochester For Washington Amid World Turmoil
President Roosevelt announced he would proceed to Washington due to extremely serious world conditions. He visited his son James at the Mayo Clinic after an operation for a gastric ulcer and said he would personally handle foreign relations upon return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
Roosevelt
James
Washington
Mayo
Hull
Europe
Thomas Wolfe Ill in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Thomas Wolfe author of Look Homeward Angel and Of Time And The River was reported seriously ill at Johns Hopkins Hospital following surgery for an acute cerebral infection. He had fallen ill with pneumonia in Seattle and complications developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Thomas Wolfe
Johns Hopkins Hospital
North Carolina
Seattle
Wash
Junior Farmers and FFA Join to Hold County Fair
Frederick County Junior Farmers Club voted to cooperate with Future Farmers at Stephens City and Middletown to sponsor the annual FFA exhibit. A committee led by Jack Larrick will coordinate with FFA and instructors at Handley High School and Stephens City to set fair dates. The Junior Farmers will host their own judging contest alongside the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Junior Farmers Club
Stephens City
Middletown
Jack Larrick
John Pickerell
Robert Stickley
Staige Brumback
W. R. Legge
Handley High School
R. A. Wall
Agricul
Ture
Dowell J. Howard
Virginia
Sudeten Negotiation Breakup Halts Talks With Prague
Prague reports Konrad Henlein dissolves the Sudeten negotiating committee amid violence in the Sudeten regions. He says the leadership model leaves him sole authority to discuss with the Prague government, raising doubt over talks with President Eduard Benes and Premier Milo Hodza as martial law continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henlein
Fuehrer
Prague
F. T. A. Ashton-Gwatkin
Viscount Runciman
Asch
Sudeten
Eduard Benes
Milan Hodza
Wall Street Battles War Fears In Sliding Trading Day
New York equities fell after an early price rally, with many leading stocks dropping up to $3 a share amid war fears. Commodities fluctuated as wheat and corn rose in Chicago and cotton softened, while London and Paris markets showed weakness and the pound weakened further against the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Bull
A. S. Steel
General Motor
Chrysler
Anaconda Copper
Standard Oil
N. J
London
Paris
Europe
Fights Near Frontier Leave Scores Dead, Sudeten Clash
AP dispatches report at least 40 deaths in Sudeten region fighting between Czechoslovak gendarmerie and Sudeten Germans near the German frontier. Battles at Schwaderbach Haberspirk and other towns involve tanks, mobilization, and extended martial law amid continuing violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Prague Foreign Office
Schwader Bach
Schwaderbach
Sachsenberg
Sudeten Party
Baberspirk
Falkenau
Haberspirk
Sudeten
Habenspirk
Komotau
Foreign Office
Court Ponders Case of a Girl
Washington Pennsylvania September 14 The case of 12 year old Irene Giricz who pleaded guilty with no emotion to the murder of her father rested with Washington county court today The seventh grade girl told Alderman H H Stuart she fired the shot through the back of Steve Giricz head as he sat at breakfast last August 25 The district attorney said the child accused her father of violating her in the past and that the mother learned of the alleged abuse before the girl decided to kill him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Irene Giricz
Washington County Court
H. H. Stuart
Steve Giricz
Centere
Stuart
Giricz
James Bane
Irene
Regular Battle Report Near Falkenau Amid Sudeten Conflict
Prague dispatch says a regular battle is underway near Falkenau in northwestern Czechoslovakia between Sudeten and Czech troops and police. Sudeten leaders claim heavy tanks are in use and 10 to 15 Czech gendarmes have been killed, with Sudeten losses described as heavy but no figures given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Ultipe
London
Reuvers
Falkennau
Czechoslovakia
Floral delivery dispute over funeral flowers for Isadore Bolen
The notice states no orders for flowers were placed for the late Isadore Bolen’s funeral and that the florist, Herbert W Leonard I, disclaims any connection with other city florists in Winchester. It clarifies a misbelief about delivery and asks the public to verify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isadore Bolen
Winchester
Herbert W Leonard I
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Aylor
Handley Association
Handley Teachers Association
Teachers Association
Kline
F.F.A
Sudetens
Konrad Henlein
Runciman Mediation Mission
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Crisis
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