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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1939

Page

2

No federal plans for local airport development

No definite plans exist to develop Winchester airport as an intermediate landing field. An airways radio station under construction about six miles northwest of Front Royal will provide radio range 4 5 and weather reporting for the Cincinnati Washington airway. The authority plans only this radio site in the Front Royal area as navigation facilities are installed along the Cincinnati Washington route via Huntington, Charleston, Elkins, and Front Royal.

Airways Front Royal Va Cincinnati- Washington Airway The Star Today Thomas B. Bourne Airways Engineering Division Civil Aeronautics Authority Bourne Star Winchester Washington Huntington Charleston Elkins Front Royal Cincinnati

Suspect Named in Slaying of Penn Yan Girl Evelyn Reed

Authorities prepared to arraign a suspect in the killing of 13 year old Evelyn Reed, a Penn Yan Junior High honor student. The body was found near a mossy stump twelve miles from her home after a six day disappearance. Coroner reports indicate she died from a sharp instrument piercing the brain, with investigation ongoing to determine if a sexual crime occurred. The suspect was arrested at his home eighteen miles from the slaying site, shortly after Civilian Conservation Corps members discovered the body. The District Attorney planned to question him with a Steuben County judge presiding.

Penn Yan N. Y Evelyn Reed Eugene Hoyt Hoyt George King Steuben E. S. Brown James J. Santor Civilian Conservation Corps Inspector Hoyt

Real Relief for Nose Reliefs Night Time Congestion

The note describes Vicks VapoRub like products and nasal relief for nasal congestion at night. It mentions easing distress in the nose and upper throat and promoting easier sleep with transient congestion. It presents promotional language for nighttime relief.

Vicki

Sweden Moves To Fix Trade Rights In War Tactics

Sweden weighs steps to protect sea trade with Germany as Berlin argues over ore exports. Submarine attacks reportedly sink two Swedish and two Finnish ships. the Silesia is torpedoed with crew rescued. Norway reports a large naval engagement off the Norwegian coast with heavy cannonading and a flame at sea.

Copenhagen Sweden Germany Berlin Silesia England Stockholm Norwegian Sotra Bergen

Answers to Page Four Test Questions

A compact listing of student responses includes Lake Mead for Q1, a cryptic “no bilite wasauys” for Q2, age about nine months for Q3, chlorophyll for Q4, India for Q5, with Q9 noting I de versus I deer pronunciation, and Q10 identifying Perennials.

Lake Mead Wasauys India

Romanian Premier Succeeds Assassinated Calinescu

General George Arges nau rises from minister of war to prime minister after the assassination of Armand Calinescu. He is expected to pursue continued close cooperation with Britain and France.

Armand Calinescu Romania George Argesnau Calinescu Britain Franca

Belgium Quietly Seeks Safety in Wartime Posters

Belgium urges silence with posters in troop barracks warning to keep lips sealed while the country acts as a firewall between France and Germany. The nation defends a so called Little Maginot Line and offers limited routes that could influence any potential invasion.

Belgium

Slemp Attacks Landon On Southern Politics

Bascom Slemp former Congressman and secretary to President Coolidge challenged Alf Landon's Southern election remarks in Norton Virginia. He accused Landon of ignorance about Southern politics and election laws saying Democrats control registration and voting by mail in the region. Slemp cited Virginia voter disenfranchisement and urged Landon to study Southern conditions. He rebutted Landon's claim regarding Republican treatment of Black delegates and party obligations to negro voters.

Norton Bascom Slemp Coolidge Alf Landon Slemp Landon South Kansas Virginia Republican Party Atlanta Constitution North

Transforms shaping America into comfort era

Quote by William Allan White notes a genre reshaping the nation into luxury and wide energy access, reflecting a publisher's view on cultural and economic change transforming daily life.

America William Aller White

Girl Relates A New Tale of Death Drive

WEST PALM BEACH FLA SEPT 26 Pretty Jean Bolton testified Charles Jefferson dropped his role as a movie executive and drew a pistol on a motor car drive she and a girl friend hoped would lead to theatrical careers. She said he lured the girls with promises of fame raped Miss Dunn and killed her with a hammer on a Boca Raton road. The defense sought to bar statements implying no premeditation, arguing the death penalty could not apply if not premeditated. Jefferson aka Goddard Cochran and Ashwell faces first degree murder while rape and kidnapping indictments await.

West Palm Beach Fla Jean Bolton Charles Jefferson Miss Bolton Jefferson Frances Dunn Miami Miss Dunn Phil O’connell Boca Raton Jack Salisbury Co. E. Chillingworth Frances Salisbury Herbert Goddard Thomas Cochran Thomas Ashwell

Charge Nazis With Piracy

London reports claim German U boats commit piracy by sinking neutral Scandinavian ships to halt northern trade with Britain. British press notes Scandinavian resentment and a shift in public opinion against German exports. Britain plans to boost production and coal output to fund raw material purchases in neutral markets.

London Britain Ministry of Economic Warfare Germany British Express Goverment

Presbytery Meeting Opens at Moorefield Virginia

Winchester Presbytery convenes in Moorefield at 7 30 p m with Judge G W McCauley retiring moderator the first Moorefield elder to hold the post Rev H R Diehl of Martinsburg to deliver opening sermon Wednesday morning Rev Jonathan Edwards Woodstock Va preaches on Regeneration Lord's Supper observed Plummer Smith Congo mission to speak Wednesday Other speakers include Dr P H Carmichael Richmond Va and T K Currie Richmond Religious Education director Meetings to follow with evangelism and home missions reports Dinner and lunches served by Moorefield Women's Auxiliary Three committees meet precedingly Stewardship Religious Education and Home Missions chaired by local pastors Adams Crim Owen and Jones respectively.

Moorefield W. Va Winchester Presbyterian Church G. W. McCauley McCauley R. Diehl Martinsburg Jonathan Edwards Woodstock Plummer Smith Congo P. H. Carmichal Richmond The Presbyterian of the South T. K. Currie Moorefield Church C. H. Crim Strasburg Julian Owen Stephens City Allen Jones

Food drive boosts home production under Ford links

Lord Perry head of British Ford Motor Company branch was named to aid the ministry of food in organizing distribution. The ministry of agriculture created a brash trust of agricultural experts to speed up food production at home.

Lord Perry Ford Moto Company Ministry of Food Ministry of Agriculture

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