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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1938

Page

2

League A Opens Bowling Season On September 22

League A votes in officers and 28 game schedule with four games per opponent and two halves. Yates and Gearing re elected as secretary and president, praise for league stats work, and plans for prize distribution finalized for the September 22 opening.

G. Frank Gearing B. Yates Pelyes Yates Rae Team Ee American Legion Coca Sidley Rotary Club Legion Northern Virginia Luttrell Lions Club Newlin Shewbridge Smith Coca-Cola Carpet Baker and Stine O'Sullivan Halvosa Handley Gearing Fowle Kiracore Kiwanis Club Clowe Terlin

Mr. Smith To Conduct Grace Lutheran Midweek Service

Rev Iwin Smith of Albin will conduct the regular mid week prayer service at Grace Lutheran Church tonight. He is supplying for Rev Carl Toneycutt who is attending the Women's Missionary Convention of the Virginia Synod in Roanoke Va. The service begins at 7 30.

Grace Lutheran Church Iwin Smith Albin Mr Smith Carl Toneycutt Virginia Synod Roanoke

Ribbon Winners At Flower Show Contests

Continued from page one winners in Classes 9 to 23 feature named collectors and arrangers from Mrs. Louis Baker to Miss Katherine Rusk. Blue red and yellow ribbons accompany each entry with multiple honor mentions.

Louis Baker EH. J. Marshall Mary V. Smith Oo V. Smith Menon Dudley Snapp B. F. Arthur, Jr J. D. Richardson Dorothy deGrange Fred Boyd D. Howard Keneth Gilpin Paul Haldeman Fred Glaize, Sr Nancy Larrick H. B. McCormac Harold Brown George Snarr Beverley Brown Front Royal Beeshy Smith J. M. Steck T. Russell Cather Ellen Boyd R. E. Griffith Carricunter Fred Glaize Scully Lucy Kurtz Mary Scully deGrange John Scully B. M. Knight, Jr The Little Garden Club Steck, Jr Peyton Marshall Hobson McGehee Knight, Jr John Minnigerode E. B. Moore Frank Armstrong, Jr Philip Williams Chi Chi Steck Delmar Robinson Pinckney Arthur Fred Glaize, Jr Elizabeth Engle Betsy Glaize Helen Miller Brown Frances West Brown Farley Massey Katherine Rusk Dailey Slonaker D. J. Howard Frank Littleton

Firing Of Worker To Be Probed In Salisbury Case

Senate Campaign Expenditures committee will investigate a WPA employee in Salisbury Maryland who allegedly was dismissed for supporting Senator Tydings in the Maryland primary. Chairman Sheppard said a document claims Preston W Messick, a time keeper on a Salisbury project, lost his job due to a Tydings sticker on his car. A report is due at the next meeting around October 1.

New York Roosevelt O'Connor Allen W. Dulles Pean Ae —George Georgia Smith South Carolina Tydings Maryland James H. Fay New Dealer House Rules Committee Fay American Labor Party Fay-O'Connor Massachusetts James M. Curley Charles F. Hurley Curley Bay State Leverett Saltonstall Saltonstall Wisconsin Philip LaFollette LaFollette Robert K. Henry Fusion Thomas Amlie Herman JL. Ekern Alexander Wiley F. Ryan Duffy Progressive Party Senate Warner Copeland Washington Sheppard D-Tex WPA Salisbury Senator Tydings Preston W. Messick

Mussolini Calls for Integral Czech Crisis Solution

In Treviso on September 21 Premier Mussolini, delivering his fourth speech on Europe, urged that the Czech crisis be solved in full rather than limited to Sudeten Germans. He demanded satisfaction of minority rights for Hungarians, Slovaks, Poles, and Romanians in Czechoslovakia.

Treviso Italy Mussolini Czechoslovakia

Gannett Suggests Roosevelt Host European Leaders in US

Rochester publisher Frank E. Gannett proposed that President Roosevelt invite European heads of state to confer in the United States to address the alarming situations in Europe. The call reflects early 1940s hopes for diplomatic talks and crisis management.

Rochester N. Y Frank E. Gannett Roosevelt America Europe

Handley Tackle Takes a Splash in Scrimmage

Lohr Dunlap, veteran on the Judges football squad, delivered a splashy tackle in a scrimmage between the first and second squads. Hunter Maddox, new Handley assistant, ran, then slipped in a four inch pool of rain puddle and was dragged free by the tackler. The Judges open their season Saturday with Berkeley Springs on the local field.

Lohr Dunlap Dunlap Ben Yay Hunter Maddox Handley Maddox Berkeley Springs

Daisy Warden Atkinson Dies in Berryville

Mrs Daisy Warden Atkinson widow of George W Atkinson of Berryville died suddenly Tuesday and funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 pm from Berryville Presbyterian Church. She lived with the Misses Shepherd on South Church street and was active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Survived by brother Harry C Warden sister Mrs Samuel Parkins four nephews and was a charter member of Stonewall Chapter UDC.

Berryville Daisy Warden Atkinson George W. Atkinson Berryville Presbyterian Church E. G. Vaughan Atkinson Jacob Warden Samuel Parkins Harrisonburg Warden Parkins Staunton H. C. Parkins Norfolk, Va Grayson Parkins Martinsburg W. Va Stonewall The United Daughters of the Confederacy

Revival Sermons At First Baptist Church Continue This Week

A special revival series led by Rev. Dr. T. Ryland Sanford at First Baptist Church Winchester runs nightly through Friday at 7 45 with sermons emphasizing service returning to Jesus and church member responsibility Special music is prepared by choir director Miss Lillian Oakes The public is invited to attend.

First Baptist Church T. Ryland Sanford Baptist Church Luray Sanford Jesus Lillian Oakes

VFW Observes Gold Star Day With Flag Display

VFW Post 2123 urges Winchester citizens to display the American flag on Gold Star Mothers Day Sunday September 25 as urged by President Roosevelt. Commander Harry E. Anderson asks church services attendance and broad observance though details are not yet announced.

Roosevelt Harry E. Anderson Veterans of Foreign Wars Winchester Anderson Veterans of Foreign War Post

Hitler Ready For Final Action Says Nazi Press

The Maerkische Volkszeitung reports Hitler will decide tonight after Goebbels-led editors outline Germanys propaganda goals. German sources claim Chamberlains task is ending Czechoslovak independence, aiming to split the country per the French-British plan and appease Sudeten Germans while balancing Hungarian and Polish interests.

Paul Joseph Goebbels Germany Maerkische Volkszeitung Franz von Papen Vienna Hitler Godesberg Czechoslovakia Chamberlain Essener Nationalzeitung Hermann Wilhelm Goering

Stewards of Grace Church Report 100 Percent Record

The Board of Stewards of Grace Church South met in Middletown Virginia and said all obligations will be reported 100 percent at the Baltimore Conference sessions in Harrisonburg Virginia next month. Pastor Rev J T Brown led the church during a year highlighted by the installation and dedication of memorial chimes by Dr W W McIntyre of Winchester with several thousand in attendance.

Stewards of Grace F. E._ Church South Middletown Baltimore Harrisonburg Tony J. T. Brown W. W. McIntyre Winchester

Embezzler Krol Illness Delays Bond Forfeit Ruling

Max Krol, indicted in 1929 for embezzling $10,034.22 from Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mill, is gravely ill in Chicago. His $5,000 cash bond may be forfeited or returned as Virginia courts await health updates and a court order to decide bond status.

Krol Harry R. Kern United States Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mill Corporation Drew Krd Virginia Supreme Court Wytheville Virginia Supreme Court Corporation Court Commonwealth James P. Reardon Chicago Ginsberg Harry R Kern, Sr New York Lee Barr Barr Winchester Manwhile Arthur G. Jones

Find Additional Poisoning Cases

A Chicago health survey across a mile square area east of Elmwood Park uncovered 40 previously unreported poisoning cases with one fatality. President Herman N. Bundesen of the Chicago Board of Health announced the canvass findings.

Chicago Herman N. Bundesen Chicago Board of Health Elmwood Park

Electoral Board Convening to Prepare Special Bond Ballots

The County Electoral Board meets Friday at 9 30 am to prepare official ballots and appoint officials for the September 3 bond election in Stephens City. Members include Joséph L Jolliffe Clearbrook Va chairman R A Kline Middletown secretary and John W Harper near Winchester. A later meeting will set preparations for the November general election.

Do County Electoral Board Joséph L. Jolliffe Clearbrook Stephens City Mr. Jolliffee R. A. Kline Middletown John W. Harper Near Winchester

Death Takes John W Brill Hampshire farmer dies at 65

John W Brill a retired Hampshire county farmer died of heart failure at his Capon River home near Capon Bridge at age 65. He had lived in Capon Bridge area and died Tuesday after being found in the barn by Lynn Hawns. Survived by a brother James A Brill and two sisters Mrs EL LaFollette and Mrs Adaline Sirbaugh plus seven nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements set with services at Canon Chapel Methodist Church with burial in nearby cemetery.

John W., Brill Hampshire County W. Va Capon River Capon Bridge Mr. Brill Zirkle Williams Virginia Avenue Cap Adaline Sirbaugh Brill Canon Pride Canon Chanel Coe Astor

Soviet Foreign Commissar Pledges Aid If Czech Crisis Deepens

A Soviet foreign commissar denounces Western powers for ignoring Russia's calls to help Czechoslovakia and says Moscow stands ready to support collective defense with arms and troops if the Czech crisis escalates.

Grnfva Pursia Torev France Britain Adolf Hitler Tev Russia Crehoslovakia Tre Forsien Env Czechoslovakia

Spain orders immediate withdrawal of foreign volunteers

Prime Minister Juan Neerin of Spain announced the government will withdraw all foreign volunteers aiding government armies at once, marking a decisive shift in the civil conflict in Geneva.

Geneva Juan Neerin Spain

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