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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1939
Page
10
The first and only known copy of a Pharoahic code law was found in an underground cemetery at Tunnel Geiyo in Upper Egypt by Prof. Stami Gabr of Puad I University. Egyptologists call the discovery one of the most important in recent years.
A Pittsfield woman has chosen her casket engaged the clergyman settled with the undertaker and is making the dress she will wear at her funeral.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1657 B targets sizes 10 to 16 years with a two piece teen style. The design widens shoulders and flares at the hem for a youthful line and features a high round neckline. Various fabrics such as wool crepe silk prints and checks suit the pattern and a sewing chart assists beginners.
WEAF NBC plans five part series The Living God for Holy Week with Pedro De Cordoba as Jesus voice along with Walter Connolly and Mary Carr. The program reports Holy Week events as if by a modern radio announcer. Other listings include music programs opera and sports notes across WEAF WABC and WJZ with various time slots and special broadcasts.
Cambridge defeated Oxford University by four lengths in the ninety first annual Thames river four mile race. The winning time was 19 minutes 3 seconds, with Oxford completely rowed out. Oxford had been favored 7 to 4 in betting.
Mrs. Violet Cook slipped in a mud puddle in Kalgoorlie Australia and rose with a ball of mud from which she found an ounce gold nugget. The find occurred in the street and brings unexpected fortune to the surprised passerby.
In a Miss Chatfield reply a fifteen year old boy is urged to seek afternoon work and develop hobbies outdoors. The column stresses self-reliance, practical tasks like woodwork and nature study, and cites Lincoln and Edison as examples of poverty overcoming griping. It encourages seeking friends and interests while schooling continues.
Sarah Catherine Elliott, widow of Charles Elliott, died at her daughter's home 439 Haddox Row yesterday from complications. She belonged to New School Baptist church and is survived by four daughters Mary Monroe Lucy Byrd Ida Turner Etta Lockey, four sons Peter Charles William George Elliott, three brothers Tom Monroe Walter Monroe James Monroe, one sister Fannie Martin. Services April 2 at 2 p.m. at Boyce Church with Rev. Herbert Johnson. Burial Stone Chapel Millwood. Remains at Jones Funeral Home until funeral.
Negotiations are underway in Weyburn Saskatchewan for an international rifle shoot to be held next summer. The 164th United States Infantry based in Williston North Dakota has been invited to participate.
In Cleveland two crooks confronted by two safes at a grocer’s shop could open only one. They chose the empty safe, neglecting the other that contained $300. Their hasty guess proved costly as the money remained secure in the second safe.
Notice to the public that Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and other insurers have filed for approval of revised motor vehicle liability rates in Virginia Case No 6733. The commission orders an investigation and hearing set for April 11, 1939, at 11:00 a m in Richmond to consider reductions, eliminations or changes. Interested parties may appear and present data.
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