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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
7
Treasury data show gross debt at 40,865,588.28 dollars with expenditures 23,107,215.38 and net decrease 860,374.54 from the previous day. The position stands at 40,270,130.65 dollars.
Augustus J. Simonpetri was fined $14 plus costs when his speeding case was heard by Judge Donald Weems.
A short advertisement for Cammer Tire Company located on Valley Avenue at Braddock Streets. The notice promotes tire sales and automotive services offered at the shop.
Government and financial leaders nationwide paid tribute to Jes M Schwab a 77 year old steel magnate who rose from stagecoach driver to one of the world’s top industrial leaders. He died of coronary thrombosis in his New York apartment.
Washington reports about 300 new Mobile anti air craft guns funded by Congress at 23 685 000 dollars are ready to defend American cities and posts. Officials say most of the three inch weapons have been tested or activated. New York Mayor LaGuardia warns of potential surprise attacks as a defense plan develops. Seafront fortifications near New York and San Francisco proceed under the 65 million program begun in 1936 with growth in 37 millimeter guns and other equipment.
A crystal beaded screen marketed for home movies reflects several times as much light than ordinary screens. The screen measures about thirty inches high and forty inches wide and sits on a metal post for support.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness shown during illness and after the death of Mrs Robert Loy. Gratitude is extended to the choir singers.
Elmer W. Peterson reports from Munkacs Hungary how Soviet troops push across Eastern Poland with little resistance, driving 30,000 Poles into Hungary. He describes refugees marching through mud to three passes, ruined trains, and exhausted families seeking safety while Polish officers lament failed defense and near-impossible odds against Soviet forces.
Trustees sale scheduled for 11 o clock A M Saturday September 23 in front of the Court House in Winchester Virginia. The property includes Nos 124 126 128 and 182 East side of South Loudoun Street a large two-story brick building with a 57 foot street front and 229 foot depth plus rear alley extending to Cork Street. Sale notices the Cork Street extension and the lot size.
Vintage crochet pattern notice offers Pattern 6488 for an afghan with flower motifs in bright colors. It provides directions, illustration, stitches, materials, and color schemes. Send ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. in New York with name address and pattern number.
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