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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1934
Page
7
Oslo reports April 8 that relief ships departed Talesund for Tafjord after yesterday's rockfall killed at least fifty and left many missing. Vessels rush to aid survivors and transport supplies to the hard hit town.
A storm surge from the sea menaces the town while a ship remains the only feasible conveyance to reach Tafford. In Winchester, Apple Growers Association executive Arvo A. Hukari visits at T. B. Byrd’s Amherst Street home.
A reader asks about sciatica its causes symptoms and prognosis. The Longest nerve in the body can be irritated by distant infections and by diseases of surrounding structures with pain split into nerve itself or nerve due to inflammation or pressure. Treatment varies with cause, rest in bed often best and injections or heat and diathermy as modern options.
Prince Otto of Hapsburg and Prince Xavier de Bourbon attend the funeral for Prince Sixte de Bourbon in Paris. The rival houses that once controlled Europe set aside enmities for the service, reflecting generations of family ties amid a deceased prince.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises Marian Martin sewing patterns for summer 1934 with a drop-shoulder yoke dress design and slim hip panels. It promotes fabric options, sizes 14 to 42, and the new pattern book priced at fifteen cents with combined pattern and book at twenty five cents. Orders go to 232 W. 18th St New York.
Relief officials announce that CWA employment lists as of March 31 will be revised by the Emergency Relief Administration to reflect actual needs. Only those in need will stay on Works Division rolls. The scope includes engineering, public works, housing, production, welfare, education, and administration projects. Workers must show efficiency or risk removal. Equal treatment for men and women applies.
Twenty five men students at Henandoah Valley Academy in New Market lose their dormitory and personal effects when a two story frame building with 15 year age burns. Loss pegged at 15000 with insurance partial. fire origin undetermined. firemen saved the girls dorm and rare items from first floor.
A faded classified appeal promises a home method to overcome infertility. Addressed to Mrs Mildred Owens of 4614 Coates House Kansas City Missouri the ad claims she found a simple solution after 18 years of denial and invites readers to write for guidance.
The article outlines delayed park land transfer in Shenandoah Blue Ridge area after condemnation orders. It notes preparations for President Roosevelt to receive a formal deed for 170000 acres, aims to finish Skyline Drive surfacing by Labor Day, and mentions secretary Ickes ordering clearance of inhabitants before federal transfer.
The commission outlines steps to condemn land and remove 465 families from the Great Smokies area. About 2,000 people will need new homes, with 65 able to buy, while 400 require assistance. Plans propose ten acre plots with homes to be paid over twelve years, near mountains, alongside formal transfers after Labor Day.
Mr Carson outlined steps to formally transfer title to a park area by Labor Day and arrange for President Roosevelt to visit and receive the deed. He expect the Skyline Drive contract to be awarded soon after April 26 pending court clerks certification that title and purchase conditions are met. He also announced leasing pasture land from Swift Run Gap to Waynesboro to cattlemen next summer with G F Holsinger designated as lessee.
Public health note advises using Kellogg All-Bran to relieve constipation through bulk and vitamin B rich bran. Two tablespoonfuls daily recommended, with meals in chronic cases. Contains iron and compares favorably to patent medicines. Get the red and green Kellogg package at grocers. Battle Creek makers.
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