Great Havoc Wrought By Tropical Storm Hitting New England Coast
News account recounts widespread flood threats and rising death tolls from a tropical storm in the North Atlantic States. It notes Massachusetts and Rhode Island among the hardest hit with high water, food shortages, and thousands homeless as crews including troops and Red Cross workers aid recovery. The storm moved into Canada with fear of wider catastrophe.
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New England
Boston
Mass
North Atlantic
Massachusetts
Red Cross
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket
Cape
Rhode Island
Winchester Boy Scouts Campaign For Funds Next Week
The article urges support for the annual Winchester Boy Scouts fund drive next Monday and Tuesday. It praises the Scouts for countless acts of service and character-building activities versus hostile youth conditions abroad, highlighting pride in living in a nation where good parents raise capable citizens.
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Boy Scouts
Winchester Boy Scouts
Aid For Flood Victims Urged By President
President Roosevelt ordered government agencies to aid flood victims along the storm swept North Atlantic seaboard. He remained at the White House while directing the Navy Coast Guard and Civilian Conservation Corps to assist in Long Island Connecticut Massachusetts and other stricken areas and spoke with Red Cross officials about rescue efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North Atlantic Seaboard
White House
Ross T. McIntire
Stephen Early
Navy
Coast Guard
Civilian Conservation Corps
Long Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Red Cross
Officials Appoint Ballot Workers for Winchester Armory Bond Issue
Charles H. Harper announces election officials for Winchester special election on September 29 to decide bond issuance for a municipal armory. Voting hours 5:53 am to 5:47 pm. Ballot marks explain for For Bond Issue. Bond plan seeks up to 33 000 with 27 000 grant, total 60 000. War Department may reassign units if failed.
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Charles H. Harper
Winchester
Wheether
John W. Kater
Frank Keckley
William E.newlin
Lester Forney
Ralph
Borias
War Department
1166Th Infantry
Stephens City Election Set for October 3 Bond Vote
The Stephens City bond vote on a $16,500 water supply project will be held Monday October 3 instead of September 30. Citizens seek to match a $13,500 PWA grant. state officials say grant matching requires available funds. Local interest is high as supporters and opponents gauge voting strength.
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Stephens City
Good Authority
Public Works Administration
Scout Drive To Open On Monday In Winchester County
The annual Boy Scout fundraising campaign for Winchester and Frederick County will launch Monday at 8 AM with a kick off breakfast organized by John Scully Jr. Tom who leads solicitation directs the drive assisted by women’s groups and the Junior Board of Trade.
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Winchester
Frederick County
John
Scully
Tom
Mr. Baldridge
Charles P. McVicar
Scout
Dan Henry
Ronald S. Wilsom
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Baldwin Meets King Amid Crisis as Chamberlain Pursues Sudetenland Pact
Former Premier Baldwin visits Buckingham Palace after Chamberlain flies to Germany to seek a surrender of the Czechoslovak Sudetenland. Eden urges Britain to take a firm stand while Baldwin’s move sparks speculation about a national message on October 14.
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London
Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Hitler
Sudetenland
Buckingham Palace
Anthony Eden
Chamberlain
Eden
Benito Mussolini
Birmingham
Czech military leader Syrovy favored to head new regime
Prague reports General Jan Syrovy, 50, named by President Benes as likely head of a new military government replacing Premier Hodza. Officials say the regime will be military, not dictatorship, to maintain order amid crowd anger over concessions to Germany. Syrovy, ally of Russia, lost an eye in World War I. frontier troops remain alert as defense measures tighten.
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Prague
Jan Syrovy
Benes
Milan Hodza
Syrovy
Hodza
Sudetenl
Republic
Inquiries Open Into Westover Plane Crash
Three investigations were opened into the crash that killed Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover and his pilot Sgt. Sam Hykes near Burbank. An army board, a Monday inquest, and a Federal Civil Aeronautics Authority inquiry will probe the cause. President Harding paid tribute to the general as a gallant soldier and true friend.
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Burbank
Calif
Oscar Westover
United States
Army Air Corps
Sam Hykes
H. H. Arnold
Air Corps
Army Board of
Federal Civil Aeronautics Authority
Robert Hinckley
Salt Lake City
Westover
Pavements To Be Repaired On Several Streets
W W Dellinger announces a plan to repair defective sidewalks to the City Council. Hearings prompted property owners to start pavement work on Miller heirs Kent street and Faulkner heirs Boscawen street west of Loudoun. The committee will target Loudoun and Braddock streets south of Carmacron and hold hearings to allow owners to show cause for delay.
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W. W. Dellinger
Dellinger
The
Star Today
Miller
Kent Street
Faulkner
Boscawen Street
Loudoun
Braddock Streets
Carmacron
Boscawen
Armory to House Radio Station in Event of Winchester Unit
The article notes a proposed armory in Winchester would host one of the few amateur radio stations in the area and the only one in the 116th Infantry Regiment. Station W3HEA, run by Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, has logged 300 contacts since 1938 and has a 200 watt output on 7014 kHz. Licensed operators include Sgt William G. Pingley Jr. W3HAS and Cpl Leslie N. Woods Jr. W3HAM, with others training to take exams.
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Winchester
116Th Infantry Regiment
National Guard
States
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Hawaii
England
William G. Pingley, Jr
W3has
Leslie N. Woods, Jr
W3ham
Public sale of bank stock at county courthouse
Public sale of 213 shares of Commercial and Savings Bank stock in front of County Court House on Saturday, Sept. 24, 1938, at 12 o'clock M. Alice O. Groves, Admx. of T. J. Orndorff, Dec’d.
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County Court House
Alice O. Groves
Admx
T. J. Orndorff
Phone President Addresses Rotary
Lloyd B. Wilson president of the C. and P. Telephone Company told the Rotary Club that Bell System investments in Virginia total 33 million dollars with 2700 employees and a four million dollar yearly payroll. He noted the Virginia corporation is locally run and that 34 percent of the state is served by the company while 66 percent is served by 97 independent firms.
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Lloyd B. Wilson
C. & P. Telephone Company
Rotary Club
Bell System
Virginia
Wilson
C. & P. Telephone Com
Missouri Relief Client Believes In Roosevelt Fishing
A Missouri relief client expressed strong faith in President Roosevelt's fishing ability after requesting more fish from the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation. Officials relayed his comment that the president would supply additional fish, citing reports of a fishing trip during a Pacific cruise.
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Missouri
Angler
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Mr. el Nn
Pacific
NAME YOUR PRICE ON USED CARS AT HUGHES WORKS
As we leave Winchester the Hughes Motor Co offers all used cars at sacrifice undercutting to take any reasonable offer. The ad emphasizes clearance pricing with no set figure and invites quick offers.
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Winchester
Hughes Motor Co
International at a Glance by the Associated Press
Godesberg Germany Chamberlain seeks Czech settlement as price for peace. London reports Baldwin attacks Chamberlain on peace gestures. Prague sees government collapse amid calls for dictatorship and protests. Paris faces cabinet revolt over the peace plan. Budapest voices concerns for Hungarians in Czechoslovakia. Edger troops begin retirement toward annexation as Free Corps appears. Bucharest worries Romania could be next in German expansion.
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Edger
Czechoslovakia
Free Corps
Germans Move to Annex Sudeten Territory
Czechoslovak troops withdraw from the Sudeten region at midday as German plans for annexation unfold. Sudeten free corps, led by Konrad Henlein, march in from the frontier while German flags and Nazi salutes flood the towns. No heavy weaponry seen as calm returns and rumors of tanks prove unfounded.
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Eger
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Falkenau
Sudeten
Sudetens
Adolf Hitler
Free Corps
Normal Truck Operations Resume After Week of Strike
New York reports normal trucking to resume today after a week of partial paralysis from an outlaw strike by union truckmen. A three day truce was voted by over 1,000 strikers, with a legal strike vote to be taken if no agreement is reached by Saturday between locals 282 and 816 and truck owners. About 8,000 men left their trucks, hampering motor shipping though food movements continued.
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New York
For Rent and Cake Sale Notices in One Item
FOR RENT Two houses six rooms each newly papered and painted. Splendid garden. Apply M. M. Lynch. CAKE SALE Solenberger's window Saturday September 24 10 A M Bene fi Circle No. 2 Market Street M. E. Church.
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M. M. Lynch
Solenberger
Benefi
Market St. M. E. Church
Hughes Motor Co Used Car Stock Slashed at Bas Prices
Used Car lot on West Cork Street advertises heavily reduced prices and invites offers. Sale emphasizes urgency with haste calls and broad stock.
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Hughes Motor CO
West Cork St
Daladier Faces Cabinet Friction Over Czechoslovakia Policy
Paris Sept 22 Premier Eduard Daladier clashed with three ministers over the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia as Socialist and Communist critics in the People's Front condemned his policy. Ministers Reynaud Mandel and Champetier De Ribes reportedly near resignation, with a temporary suspense on the outcome after talks following a three hour session with People's Front representatives.
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Paris
Eduard Daladier
Czechoslovakia
Paul Reynaud
Georges Mandel
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
Daladier
People’s Front
S. P. Engineers Over A Strike
The Brotherhood of Olive and System engineers vote 99 percent in favor of striking among 900000 railroad workers in response to proposed 15 percent pay cuts.
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Brotherhood of Olive Enpoll
Second Hitler Chamberlain meeting on Czechoslovakia split
Godesberg Germany September 22 Adolf Hitler and Prime Minister Chamberlain held a second conference this week to seal a plan for redrawing Czechoslovakia and securing peace in Europe. Chamberlain arrived at Hotel Dreesen and the talks lasted nearly three hours amid expectations of further demands and demobilization.
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Godesberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Dreesen
Hitler
Obersalzberg
France
Italy
Hitler Chamberlain
Rhein Hotelsen
Little Republic
Sudeten
Australia
Godesbe
Trial date set for Hings on policy racket conspiracy
In New York a retrial date was set for James J. Hings, Tammany District Leader, on policy racket conspiracy charges in the general sessions court. The date is November 4, as reported by district attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
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New York
Tammany
James J. Hings
General Sions
Thomas E. Dewey
Armory Bond Issue Endorsed With No Tax Increase Says Baker
Winchester leaders back a $33,000 armory bond issue with retirement of bonds around $5,000 yearly not raising taxes. W A Baker spoke at a Junior Board of Trade forum outlining pros and cons and urging naming the armory for Captain Robert Y. He noted municipal ownership and city supervision by the council.
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City Treasury
W. A. Baker
Winchester
Baker
Robert Y
Leon Slavin
Charles R. Anderson
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J. Frank Helsley
E. Earl Parks
George Simpson
Elmer
Scout Drive
Mr. Scully
King
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International
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