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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1936
Page
10
A bladeless plane piloted by a crew member named Roger, described as senile, succeeded in grounding the craft and returning to earth in a cane field near a Warner von air scene. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
A ballad writer claims the barroom face on the floor in New Orleans was drawn by a recognized artist not a tramp. John Henry Titus, 90, authored the original poem in Jefferson Ohio in 1872 and, while visiting, continues to write and keep the secret.
A Shenandoah National Park mountaineer named Jenkins faces eviction today after refusing a park permit. Park rangers say he lives a quarter mile from the nearest road near Tanner's Ridge Mission in Blue Ridge, Page County, the only resident to decline a permit.
In Richmond Virginia on April 28 the State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries proposed radical changes to fox hunting laws for a northern Virginia county area. The commission approved an amendment banning the sale of rabbits and squirrels killed in hunting and adopted twenty total changes to the game laws.
Richmond Virginia April 28 Capt J D Fauntleroy told a coordination meeting of the National Emergency Council in Virginia that dirt highways are to stay. He said such roads are good for 40 miles an hour until severe weather and spoke along with other speakers from the Bureau of Public Roads.
By decree in Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester vs L A Lamp et al entered April 20 1936 the undersigned will offer the 140 acre Frederick County Virginia tract with house bank barn and outbuildings at public auction in front of the Winchester County Courthouse beginning 11 o clock A M Wednesday May 20 1936 One third cash day of sale balance in two equal annual payments with 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust and insurance policy Bond posted by purchaser and sale subject to court confirmation B Brannon Clerk of Circuit Court Frederick County Va 4 21 28 5 5 41
The Walter L Main Circus arrives in Winchester for an April 30 afternoon and night engagement highlighting youth and beauty in aerials equestriennes wire work and trapeze acts. The program includes Tarzan The Human Ape and a nudity-lite clown satire while maintaining family friendly content with 50 features and reduced prices. Free exhibitions at 12:30 and 6:30 precede doors opening at 1 and 7 with shows at 2 and 8.
Chicago figure Charles A. Rhode, a retired Chicago Board of Trade member, stepped to the tee at the 120 yard 14th hole of the Mid City golf course and addressed the ball with a practiced stroke.
A golfer lofted a mashie shot that rolled into the cup. The scene triggers a resolve to join him in future rounds, drafting a four some or larger group since he was playing alone at the time.
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