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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1938
Page
2
Frederick Electoral Board appoints officers for Stephens City bond election to be held Monday October 3. Voters will decide on issuing up to 13 500 to aid a 30 000 municipal water project, with the remainder funded by a PWA grant if approved.
Hitler asserts Germany now possesses an armed force of unprecedented scale after listing failed disarmament attempts. He claims to have spent billions on armaments and air power, defends peace aims, criticizes Benes and the Czechoslovak state, and threatens Sudeten Germans to press demands by October 1 amid praise for Mussolini and Rome Berlin ties.
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan assured Poland of a friendly stance toward Warsaw amid the Czechoslovak situation. Foreign Minister Kazushige Ugaki met Polish Minister Tadeusz to discuss regional worries and maintain goodwill between the two nations.
In Boston on September 26 Harry L Hopkins outlined an emergency recovery push for hurricane and flood hit New England states. He met with governors and New York reps after surveying Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts. He stressed rapid needs based aid with no regulatory limits on work hours.
Four year old Nancy Jean Kurrie of Bethesda Maryland improved after a major operation at Hopkins Hospital to correct a rupture from a July auto accident. Doctors reported she was doing quite well and showing some improvement after life threatening surgery.
Czechoslovak Minister Jurak Slavik delivered a personal letter from President Eduard Benes to President Ignace Moscicki in Warsaw. Moscicki summoned Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck for a conference. contents of the letter were not disclosed. The missive was flown from Prague by a Czechoslovak foreign ministry employee.
A disaster near Barcelona in heavy rain killed or wounded many. Two passenger trains collided, destroying four coaches and badly damaging two others. About 65 people were feared dead while 120 were injured, with twelve dying before reaching hospital. Survivors aided the rescue near the wreck site 15 miles west of Barcelona.
Samuel W. Shingleton, manager of the Martinsburg Social Security Office, will be at the Winchester post office on Wednesday September 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to confer with individuals seeking information on Social Security laws and operations.
Police warn drivers not to double park and block alleys on North Braddock Street near the new market. Complaints state congestion arises when shoppers use the private lot for extended periods, prompting a strict enforcement of the parking ordinance.
The White House released a long hand drafted call for peace to Hitler Benes Chamberlain and Daladier warning of incalculable consequences if negotiations fail. Roosevelt stressed Americas neutrality and Kellogg Briand pact while urging reason over force to avert a continental war.
Britain hailed the Roosevelt peace appeal and said its response, via Prime Minister Chamberlain, shows readiness to lend good offices for settlement. Daladier in London welcomed the appeal as a step toward amicable settlement of the European crisis. Soviet circles welcomed the move as encouragement to Czechoslovaks to stand up for their rights while condemning Hitler’s memorandum as a demand for expansion.
State Game Warden F W Pingley announces Section 68 of the Game Law will be enforced to stop roving poultry and sheep killing dogs. Several dogs, including two owned by Fred Abrel, are classified as confirmed killers and will be destroyed when caught. Owners are warned to keep dogs tied or on their premises.
Hollywood reports film star Erroll Flynn is seriously ill with an infection of the upper respiratory tract and a fever around 102 degrees. Dr T M Hearn says malaria may recur, a condition tied to a past gold prospecting trip in New Guinea. Flynn was struck ill early last week.
Samuel Bradley, a veteran undertaker, died at Luray Virginia last Saturday night. Funeral services will be held tomorrow. Friends from Winchester plan to attend, including J William Stryker who knew him for many years.
Secretary of State Hull broadened Roosevelt's peace plea to include Poland and Hungary. Ambassadors in Warsaw and Bucharest received copies of the urgent area for peace, while no instructions went to Moscow. Czechoslovak leaders pressed for concrete aid against imminent German threats rather than general warrants.
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