Peace Outlook Held Brighter as Munich Conference Continues
Europe at a glance reports German and British spokesmen hopeful for peace as leaders like Hitler Mussolini Chamberlain and Daladier pursue settlement of the Czechoslovak crisis. Prague accepts the plan in principle and rushes observers to Munich while Moscow accuses Britain of aiding Hitler.
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Munich
Hitler
Mussolini
Chamberlain
Daladier
London
Britain
Paris
France
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Russia
Rome
Italy
Spain
Sudetenland
Fuehrer
Germany
Europe
Tornado Devastates Charleston Killing and Injuring Many
A pair of tornadoes struck Charleston South Carolina about 8 am causing at least 25 deaths and around 300 injuries. Two separate funnels hit near the Ashley River and Battery Park with 72 mph winds, damaging St Michael’s Church and the historic Battery area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Ruth Mehrtens
Irvin H. Mehrtens
Miriam Zeigler
Floyd Singletary
Market Street
Jackson
Roper Hospital
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Market Place
Battery Park
J. E. Lockwood
United States
Ashley River Bridge
Weather Bureau
Lockwood
Blairton Nine To Play Sunday
Blairton West Virginia will visit Winchester Sunday for a game against the Park. Blairton enters with two losses all season and seeks revenge for an earlier 7 to 6 defeat. New players are expected to bolster Winchester’s lineup for the matchup.
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Blairton
W. Va
Baseball
Winchester
West
War's grim toll echoed in mothers' wails and curses
The excerpt from Thomax Lomax Hunter in The Richmond Times condemns war as a savage, blind force. It stresses that the horror lies not in flags or races but in the death and suffering it brings, praying that war's leaders hear the mothers' cries for their fallen sons.
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Ang
Thomax Lomax Hunter
Richmond Times
Reorganization Should Be Specific Declared By Clark
Senator Clark urged President Roosevelt to submit specific recommendations for government reorganization to Congress rather than asking for broad discretionary powers. He warned Congress would not approve a blank check and predicted few reforms would pass next year.
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Washington
Clark
D-Mo
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Missourian
Etnennessee
Dietrich
Illinois
Hitchcock
South Dakota
Milton
New Jersey
McAdoo
California
Hope
Idaho
Reames
Oregon
Copeland
Dental Clinic To Open Soon In Stephens City
A new dental clinic will open in Stephens City in coming weeks with Dr. W A Burke in charge for the session. Miss Anne Preston reports rural health progress as the Frederick County School Board and local groups cooperate to provide affordable care for children.
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Stephens City
Anne Preston
W. A. Burke
State Board of Health
Starling
Burke
Frederick County
Clarke County
Winchester
Wallace Seeks Subsidies Levy Amid Farm Aid Debate
Wallace urged enactment of processing taxes to fund farm subsidies as an alternative to price fixing. Speaking to winter wheat belt farmers, he argued such taxes would provide a steady source of funds for subsidies authorized by law, while outlining four price and policy options for the farm sector.
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ISON
Eas
Wallace
New Deal
Maryland Gov Nice seeks coalition to defeat Democratic ticket
Maryland Governor Harry W. Nice announces his renomination and plans an aggressive reelection campaign. He calls for a coalition of Republicans and independents to defeat the Democratic slate and pledges continued progress and unstinted labor for the state.
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Baltimore
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Ats
Labor Leaders Back Democrats In Statewide Ticket
Pennsylvania labor groups united for the fall, endorsing the Democratic slate led by Governor George H. Earle for U.S. Senator and Charles Alvin Jones for governor. The Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council representing CIO unions with about 400,000 members backed the Earle Jones ticket yesterday.
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Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
U.S
Charles Alvin Jones
Pennsylvania Industrial Union Council
CIO
Earle- Jones
Fritz Kuhn Accused Of Secret Link With German Ambassador
House committee investigator John C. Metcalf testified that Fritz Kuhn head of the German American Bund claimed a secret relationship with Dr. Hans Dieckhoff the German ambassador to the United States and extended to German consuls in the United States Kuhn said he could influence the ambassador and consular setup and had a secret arrangement with Adolf Hitler Metcalf noted Kuhn had previously claimed responsibility for the removal of Dr. Luther the former German ambassador.
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Washington
House Committee
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Hans Dieckhoff
United States
John C. Metcalf
Metcalf
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Luther
Kuhn
Hans Luther
Dieckhoff
Nichols Rites To Be Held On Saturday From Brother's Home
Mrs. Viola Miller Nichols of Opequon and Washington was killed in her apartment shortly after learning her husband Edwin Nichols a 29 year old man with a Pennsylvania desertion case had a wife and three children there. Police said the husband threatened violence and admitted striking her once or many times.
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Nichols
Brother
Viola Miller Nichols
Opequon
Washington
Edwin Nichols
West Grove
Metropolitan Police Department
Pennsylvania
John Wise
Charles Proctor
Wise
Crauswell Dies From Pole Accident At Memorial Hospital
W R Crauswell 29 of Warrior Alabama and Winchester died at Memorial Hospital at 7 20 pm from injuries when a guyed telephone pole fell. A blood transfusion about 4 pm failed to save him with donors among coworkers. He is survived by wife, daughter Dona Grace, parents Sparks and Nettie Crauswell, two brothers and other relatives. Remains at Jones Funeral Home. body to be sent to Warrior for final rites via Norfolk and Western Railway.
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Wilson Rice
Crauswell
Warrior
Alabama
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Crauswell
Sparks P. Crauswell
Nettie Rise Crauswell
Boyce
Norfolk and Western Railway
Poland awaits reply to note on Polish minority issue
WARSAW September 29 Poland awaits a reply to the note sent to Prague Tuesday outlining concrete proposals for settling the Polish minority question. The foreign office denies an ultimatum and says the communication is firm and proposes a method for a Polish Czechoslovak agreement.
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Tokyo
Ugaki
Warsaw
Poland
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Foreign Office
Ballots Cast In Winchester Bond Vote At Armory Site
Winchester voters cast 554 ballots by 2 35 this afternoon on a proposed 33000 bond for a municipal armory. Polls close at 547. In Charley Rouss precinct 200 ballots. Friendship 130. Sarah Zane 124 and City Hall 100. The plan would spend 60000 with a 27000 federal grant application already filed.
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Charley Rouss
Friendship
Sarah Zane
City Hall
All Citizens Urged To Vote
John H. Rosenberger former City Council member spoke at a Rotary Club luncheon urging all citizens to vote. He outlined the Winchester Municipal League’s aims to boost interest in public issues and argued election results would better reflect public sentiment with higher voter turnout.
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John H. Rosenberger
Rotary Club
Rosenberger
Winchester Municipal League
Dewey Named Republican Candidate for Governor
Saratoga Springs N Y September 29 Thomas E Dewey Manhattan prosecutor 36 nominated by acclamation at the Republican State Convention as the party candidate for governor The convention platform backs Deweys record as prosecutor and pledges to end ties between the underworld and politics describing it as a menace and a conlude to eliminate the alliance
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Manhattan
Dewey
Telegraph Boy Goes 47 Miles In Half A Day
Clyde Linaburg rode 47 miles yesterday delivering messages for the Postal Telegraph Co. from 12 noon until 7 pm, all within town limits. He joked he would be glad when apple season ends as most messages related to the peak apple industry.
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Clyde Linaburg
Postal Telegraph Co
Linaberg
Winchester
Frederick County
Telegraph Company
Promoter Claims Offer for Dionne Quintuplets Rights
Promoter Ivan I. Spear testified he was offered 40000 cash for rights to exploit the Dionne quintuplets from Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe and two firms and two store chains. He said Leo B. Salkin offered 125000 against 25 percent of net profits.
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Chicago
Ivan I. Spear
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
Spear
Canada
Charles A. Thompson
Toronto
Charles McGaughey
North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Teachers to Attend Class on Music Instruction in Frederick County
Frederick County schools will hold an extension class for teachers to boost music instruction. Twenty teachers have enrolled under Miss Anne Preston Starling with Miss Gwendolyn Haynes directing. First meeting next Wednesday at 4 10 PM in the courthouse conference room, continuing weekly to address practical classroom problems. The county previously hosted a successful public school music festival under teacher guidance and plans a repeat next year.
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Frederick County
Anne Preston Starling
Gwendolyn Haynes
Handley High School
Miss Starling
Junk metals and radiators wanted by local recycler
WANTED junk metals iron rags batteries radiators. We pay the highest price. Also used pipe all sizes guaranteed. Phone 254 Winchester Junk Co. 13 Fairfax Lane. (8-30-tue.-thur.-1p-tf)
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Winchester Junk Co
Fairfax Lane
Radios Priced Under Two Dollars at Firestone Station
At Firestone Auto Supply and Service Station a table of radio models is offered at prices below two dollars. The listing notes model variety and affordability, citing the station identifier 5.9 29-1p-212 as the reference.
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Firestone Auto Supply & Service Station
Outlook Held Optimistic On Sudetenland Withdrawal
Four leaders may sign tomorrow as optimism grows over Czechoslovak army withdrawal timing and pace to permit German troops to advance into the Sudetenland.
Czechoslovakia proposes Roosevelt arbitration on German issue
The Czechoslovak legation disclosed that Prague suggested submitting the German issue to President Roosevelt if other efforts fail. It detailed further concessions to ease the Munich conference and offered an international conference as an alternative to Roosevelt arbitration.
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Prague
Roosevelt
London
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Prsident Roosevelt
Munich talks edge toward Czechoslovakia accord
A German spokesman reported progress among Germany Britain Italy and France toward a settlement on Czechoslovakia and the Sudeten withdrawal plan. He noted one remaining issue how quickly and from what point the Czechoslovak army must withdraw to permit German troops to advance.
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Munich
Germany
Britain
Italy
France
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Sudeten
Prague
Czslovak
Sudetenland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Chamberlain
Daladier
Mussolini
Piedmont Corp Gets Power Funds From REA
Washington September 28 The Rural Electrification Administration allotted 4 563 000 for 28 cooperative power projects in 18 states Supplemental loans for continuation or completion of projects previously undertaken with REA loans included Northern Piedmont Electric Orange Virginia 160 000 for 150 miles of line to customers in Madison Green Rappahannock and Orange counties
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Washington
Bof
Northern Piedmont Electric
Orange
Madison
Green
Rappahannock
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Gov. Nice
John C. Metcalfe
Com
E. T. Clark
W. R. Crauswell
Dionnes
Miss Haynes
Berlin
Bulletin
Piedmont Corp
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