Winchester Park to Cross Bats With Loudoun All-Stars
Sandy Baker returns as manager of Winchester Park in a Sunday exhibition against Loudoun All-Stars at 3 PM. Duvall faces a strong visitor rotation including Hope Estep Rhoden and Garber, with Park hopes pinned on local infield and pitching battles.
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Winchester Park
Loudoun All-Stars
Park
Duvall
Winchester
Hope
Leesburg
Estep
Shoemaker
Rhoden
Garber
Soviet Russia warns Poland over Czechoslovakia crisis
Moscow reports Soviet Russia warned Poland that invasion of Czechoslovakia would trigger cancellation of the Polish Soviet non aggression pact. Vladimir Potemkin notified Poland's chargé d affaires T Jankowski of the threat under article two of the 1932 pact.
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Moscow
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir P. Potemkin
Af- Gan
T. Jankowski
Crash Halts Railroad Traffic Near Mt Merino
A plane believed to be an army observation aircraft crashed in a marsh at Mt Merino base halting New York Central line traffic. Searchers found a wing fragment near the right of way while efforts to reach the wreck were hindered by water depth. An overdue aircraft from Albany, with Captain M. C. Harper aboard, was reported missing.
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Hudson, N
Mt. Merino
New York Central
Mitchel Field
Albany
M. C. Harper
Polish Groups Back Demands in Reading Meeting
A group of Polish-Americans held a meeting in Reading to back Poland's claims in the Czechoslovak issue. Delegates from Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware attended as Polish minority representatives pressed their stance.
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Reading
Poland
Pennsylvania
New Jerseyland
Delaware
Marble Reaches Finals in National Women's Championship
Alice Marble of Los Angeles defeats Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan in three set semifinal to reach the final at Forest Hills. Marble will meet Nancye Wynne of Australia for the title tomorrow before about 15 000 spectators.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Alice Marble
Los Angeles
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Nancye Wynne
Australia
Officials Named for Scout Camporee in Park Saturday
Laurens Jones announced the camporee plan with C. B. Hartman as chief and Charles P. McVicar as food scorer. G Grove White will score safety and sanitation, George Radford projects and games, E B Cooper camp site locations, as Winchester and Frederick County troops join the event with a full day of activities and a late campfire ceremony.
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Laurens Jones
C. 8. Hartman
Charles P. McVicar
G. Grove White
George Radford
E. B. Cooper
Winchester
Frederick County
Handley High
Berkeley Springs
Chamberlain to Meet Hitler in Godesberg Talks
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Chamberlain planned to see Hitler in Godesberg amid discussions on Czechoslovakia and the British French settlement plan. Officials indicated no confirmed participants or details of the talks. Authorities warned of heightened civil defense measures including hospital evacuations and gas mask prep in London.
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Godesberg
London
Chamberlain
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Hungary
Poland
The
Rhine
Health Ministry
Westminster
Exchange Telegraph Company
Horace Wilson
Japanese Drive Relentlessly On To Cut Railway
Japanese forces pushed toward Linyang, 100 miles north of Hankow, aiming to sever the Peiping–provisional capital rail line. Chinese dispatches report heavy fighting along both Yangtze banks in southeast Hupeh, noting enormous Japanese losses and a three day battle ending in a Chinese victory with 700 Japanese dead.
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Shanghai
Linyang
Hankow
Peiping
Yantze River
Hupeh
Yangtze
12000 New England and New York families in distress
The American Red Cross revised its figures upward and estimated that 12 000 families in New England and New York were in acute distress. Headquarters directed further relief efforts.
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Washington
American Red Cross
New England
New York
Field workers boost flood defense after northeast storm
Officials report doubled evacuation speed in Hartford Connecticut as floods prompt a mass movement. About one thousand residents have been moved from the city to safer areas in the wake of the hurricane's aftermath.
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Hartford
Conn
Would Resist A German Invasion
Paris reports a new phase in the Chamberlain Hitler peace talks at Godesberg as France vows to fight if a German army invades Czechoslovakia. The crisis unsettles Europe as negotiations proceed.
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Paris
Europe
Godesberg
France
Czechoslovakia
Leap to be notified as GOP congressional candidate
A Harrisonburg meeting will notify C. C. Leap of Waynesboro that he is the Republican nominee for Congress in the Seventeenth district to oppose Major A. Willis Robertson. Delegation members include J. Pred. Thwaite Eugene Anderson P. E. Lineberg Bryan Stotler and others. The district convention previously failed to nominate, leaving the committee to act.
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Harrisonburg
C. C. Leap
Waynesboro
Congress
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Gea
Court House
J. A. Garber
Col
Henry Wise
Accomac County
Republican National Committee
Virginia
J. Pred. Thwaite
Eugene Anderson
P. E. Lineberg
Bryan Stotler
Schuyler Larkin
Allen Bond
Francis J. Marshall
Winchester
Frederick County
Leap
Increased Sudeten Border Activity Across Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak officials report intensified Sudeten German activity along the border with clashes and casualties. Berlin reports Sudeten free corpsmen seen in Nazi S A overcoats prompting rumors of stormtrooper involvement, which German officials deny. Linz reports SA and SS volunteers were refused permission to join the Sudeten free corps.
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London
Berlin
S. A
Seidenberg
Linz
S. S
Sudeten Free Corps
Potomac Cup Regatta Divides Field In Choppy Waters
The 12th annual President's Cup regatta on the Potomac saw two man feuds as boats battled wind and chop. Cornell's Arthur Wullschleger won Class A amateur, while James Muller Jr. fell in Class B. In professional Class A outboards Thom Cooper led Fred Jacoby, but reversed in Class B.
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Washington
Potomac River
Arthur Wullschleger
Larchmont
N. Y
Cornell
James Muller, Jr
Richmond
Thom Cooper
Kansas City
Fred Jacoby
North Bergen
N. J
WPA rolls at new high in fourth straight week
Works Progress Administration enrollment reached a new peak of 3,102,062 as of September 10, surpassing the prior 3,000,000 level from February 1936. Officials said private industry absorbed a large share of the 166,000 workers who left relief rolls in July.
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Washington
Works Progress
Apple Orchards Damaged by Atlantic Storm
Reports from New England indicate severe damage to apple orchards after a hurricane swept in from the Atlantic. Wind speeds exceeded 180 miles per hour Wednesday night, sending large quantities of apples from trees and prompting traders in New York City and Boston to seek further updates from Winchester.
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New England
Atlantic
Winchester
New York City
Boston
Nhw
New Eng
Washington's Old Home Is Popular
An increase of 23 percent in visits to Wakefield the birthplace of George Washington is noted in the 1938 travel year figures by the National Park Service. Visitors from 48 states six territorial possessions and 33 foreign countries were represented. Frederick Carter steward of Sulgrave Manor in England attended. The Wakefield National Memorial Association donated eighty one antique furnishings bringing the collection to nearly 400 items including a Queen Anne court cupboard and small pin cushions.
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Wakefield
George Washington
Birthplace National Monument
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
Frederick Carter
Sulgrave Manor
England
Washington
Wakefield National Memorial Association
Memorial Mansion
Ballots Printed For Stephens City Special Bond Issue
Frederick county electoral board met to authorize ballot printing for the Stephens City special bond issue election set for October 3. A Monday morning session will appoint officers for the vote. Judge Philip Williams designated the new date after postponement from September 30. The water problem looms large and observers expect a close result with board members Jolliffe Kline and Harper named.
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Frederick County
Stephens City
Philip Williams
Joseph Jolliffe
Clearbrook
R. A. Kline
Middletown
John W. Harper
Winchester
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A. W. Hanson
Smithton, Ill
Alice
Commercial Small Loan Co
C. S. Hartman
Garber, Wise
Sudeten Border
Potomac Choppy
WPA
NEW High
Northern Virginia Power Company
John W. Rosenberger Co., Inc
Brad
Storm Orphans
Long Beach
L. I
Washington’s
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Karl Herman Frank
Konrad Henlein
Willion
Low &A
Imerves W. Adam
Plumbing & Keating
E. Piccadilly St
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone CO
Virgina
Bell System
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