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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1938

Page

2

Dates For Obtaining Drivers Permits Change To Weekends

State Policeman Douglas will exam Winchester and Frederick county applicants twice weekly on Monday after 5 PM and Saturday until 12 30 PM. Twelve officers will conduct driving permit tests including vision and motor vehicle laws. Applicants must bring their own car in good condition with an inspection sticker and pass a driving test.

Douglas Winchester Frederick County Prillaman

Rumanians Nervous Over German Expansion Fears

Bucharest reports officials warn Romania could be Germanys next target after Czechoslovak partition. A foreign office official foresees possible German demands for autonomy for about 700000 Germans in Romania and predicts Germany would use tactics similar to those used in Czechoslovakia.

Bucharest Rumania Foreign Office Germany Czechoslovakia

Storm Hits New England Area

Anxious crews report 52 people aboard tow boats missing as a nor’easter batters New England. Providence suffers outages while Ports mouth and Rutland areas face drownings and evacuations. eight fishing party members dead in Rhode Island.

New York Connecticut New Hampshire Vermont New Jersey Quebec Canada Brideport Conn Jim Warner Providence R. I.) Journal Westerly R. I Journal Portsmouth Somerville Mass

Phone President Addresses Rotary on telephones and progress

The address notes telephone use rising 50 percent in the period and 44 percent fewer call errors. It praises the Virginia climate for telecom growth and credits diversified, efficient government for AT&T’s favorable Virginia performance. Attendees include Dr. Davis of St. Petersburg and Admiral Nurton among others.

Panies Pany Corgr American Telephone and Telegraph Company Virginia Union Et Luncheoh William Davis St. Petersburg Fla Hugh Means Columbus Alvin Eckert Bellville van Dusen Front Royal T. R. Sanford Luray G. G. Crawford Strasburg H. K. Benham Sloan Kuykendall Harold G. Brown Winchester W. W. Wheeler Washington Admiral Nurton R. Gray Williams

Atlantic Coast Storm Disrupts Coastline Weather Officials Report

Weather bureau officials describe a recent Atlantic coast storm that battered the coast and weakened as it moved inland. Meteorologists caution hurricanes typically lose intensity as they sweep inshore, with lingering effects on coastal areas.

Washington Wotit Weather Bureau Atlantic R. Hans Weber Cman

Employment Upward In August Amid Manufacturing Gains

Secretary Perkins reported that nonagricultural employment rose by about 250,000 in August. Manufacturing sectors showed broad gains, and 65,000 seasonal cannery jobs added to lift total employment for the month to 320,000. At the Spanish frontier insurgent reports claim the government suffered over 5,000 casualties in two days against Franco's Ebro offensive.

Washington Perkins Hendaye France

Russians Crossing Border in Sudetenland Tensions Rise

A DNB report notes Soviet airplanes crossing into border areas near Bohdanev and Calau as clashes erupt between Czechoslovaks and Sudeten Germans. In Baerenstein Saxony near Chemnitz, deaths and injuries follow a grenade attack on Germans in Weipert.

Berlin DNB Srechvins Sudeten Gersaid Bohdanev Calau Baerenstein Saxony Chemnitz Weipert Sudeten Czechoslovakia Sudetenland Germany

Grower of Dope Weed Arrested

John K. Koschuk, 60, was arrested in Baltimore on a marijuana possession charge. Police and federal agents found a 15 by 25 foot patch in his backyard. a few stalks were taken as evidence and the rest burned.

Baltimore John K. Koschuk Robert Bradley Koshchuk

Two Die in Chicago Food Poisoning Outbreak

Chicago officials reported a second death and nine new infections from a mysterious poisoning that sickened 144 people in a week. Dentists blamed tainted pastry as the cause, spreading through the west side and nearby suburbs.

Chicago Herman N. Bundesen The Chinoe? Board of Health

Freight Train Robbed of Gold Ore in France

Ten masked bandits ambushed a freight train between Marseille and Avignon and seized 395 pounds of gold ore after wounding a crew member. The ore, from Belgian Congo to a Belgian smelting plant, was worth several hundred thousand francs.

France Marseille Avignon Belgian Congo Belgium

Japan Rejects League Invitation on China Conflict

Tokyo reports Foreign Minister Ugaki sent a message rejecting the League of Nations invitation to settle the China issue via Geneva talks. The emperor and the cabinet approved the message.

Tokyo Ugaki League of Nations China Geneva

Alternate Menu Of The Week

Readable weekly menu listing breakfasts lunches and dinners for Monday through Sunday with dishes beverages and desserts. Describes varied meats fish vegetables fruits and accompaniments across days, including soups salads and sides.

Prague Turmoil Grows Over Government Shakeup

Amid rising protests in Prague crowds demand clear stance as Premier Hodza and ministers offer resignations to President Benes. Informants say civilian leadership is sought to avoid military control while public anger mounts over perceived capitulation to Anglo French pressure on Sudeten land. Supporters chant for dictatorship or removal of capitulators as sessions continue.

Benes Sudetenland Germany Milan Hodza Fice Hodza Prague Adolf Hitler

Armory Bond Debate Aims to Boost Winchester Vote

Community forum urged voters to back a Winchester armory bond issue aimed at funding a municipal building with a 60 000 dollar cost 27 000 covered by the federal government and 33 000 by the city with advocates from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Rotary Club and Lions Club pledging support and a plan to organize get out the vote efforts.

Armory T. Russell Cather Allen Hawthorne Winchester National Guard Cather Hawthorne Fred Ritter Board of Trade Dew

British subjects told to leave Prague at once

The Exchange Telegraph reports that the British legation in Prague has ordered all British subjects to depart the Czechoslovak capital immediately amid tensions. The instruction underscores mounting concerns over stability in Prague on September 22.

London Exchange Telegraph Company Prague

Mussolini backs Poland and Hungary minor ties stance

Virginio Gayda said Italy would support Poland and Hungary in reclaiming minorities in Czechoslovakia. The information was relayed to London and Paris through diplomatic channels via Giornale D'Italia.

Mussolni Hitler Rome Virginio Gayda Italy Great Britain France Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia London Paris Giornale D'Italia

Kiwanians Plan to Aid Scouts At On-to-Roanoke Meeting

Kiwanis Club members appointed an On-to-Roanoke committee led by President CC Arthur Robinson to boost local interest in the Capital District convention. Six members committed to attend with reservations made. additional names to come. A Scout headquarters letter urged aid for the Boy Scout fund drive, with Clark M. Smith Thornton Bryarly and Garland Canter as committee members. Dr. R F Cline spoke on the campaign to stamp out social diseases in Winchester.

Kiwanis Club Arthur Robinson L. I. Miller W. Alan Peery Stanley Schewan Scout

Hungary Seeks Old Territory And Minority Rights

Hungary announced through its Prague envoy a note to Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Kamil Krofta seeking equal minority rights for Hungarians in Czechoslovakia to those granted to the Sudeten Germans. The move accompanies Hungary’s aim to reclaim lost World War I territories as Germany advances in Sudetenland, with other powers and England notified of the démarche.

Hungary Yyinmfh Budapest Prague Kamil Krofta Czechoslovak Hungarian Councilad Czechosno Germany Sudetenland England

Home Demonstration Club Sets Plans for Achievement Day

Stephens City Home Demonstration Club meets to organize the Achievement Day program at the Episcopal Parish House on November 19 with state leaders expected. Due to space limits, club members will not enter exhibits at the Stephens City fair this year. the fair becomes a student project with Junior Farmers Future Farmers and Home Economics classes partnering.

Stephens City Episcopal Parish

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