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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
5
Rain drenched Louisville as Derby week continued with a soggy track. Trainers faced a heavy surface while 15 colts and a filly prepared for the big race, including Bomar’s Emmitt Potts and J. E. Widener’s Brevity, both seen as top contenders despite the wet conditions.
Mrs Draper, 42, wife of a former Massachusetts state senator, said by cable she is happy and will return soon. She traveled on the Cunard liner Georgic amid a ten day search and was later denied entry to England for lack of a passport and ordered to sail out on the next available ship.
Under court decree in Winchester the estate of Dibrell D Crenshaw and the estate of Asbury C Swimley arrange sales at 11 o'clock on Saturday May 9 1936 in front of the County Court House. Items include Winchester Woolen Mills par 100 14 shares Victor Products Corp Class A par 5 10 shares Class B par 10 Shenandoah Valley National Bank par 20 10 shares Speiden & Company par Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester executor Brumbacek auctioneers.
An old advertisement touts Goodyear tires with tough rubber for long mileage and non skid durability. It highlights wide tread with deep cup center traction and enhanced grip on turns, prismed sidewalls for mud and curb protection, and a reinforced ply for blowout resistance. It also promises a stylish look at an affordable price.
A compact list of broadcast times and programs across WEAF WABC WJZ WOR and more detailing music shows news sketches comedies and symphony broadcasts plus a National Broadcast System feature description for Trail of the Pink Petals on FRIDAY 3 30 4 30 PM via WRVA WFMD.
The Shenandoah Electric Appliance Company, GE dealers, secured two winter air-conditioning contracts for new homes. Installations planned for Ashby Miller on Handley Boulevard and J. S. Maples in Martinsburg West Virginia, marking first such homes in both cities. Three installations already exist in Charles Town West Virginia.
A reader letter from Lake Charles Louisiana praises Kellogg's All Bran for relieving 25 years of constipation after two to three weeks of use. The ad notes All Bran provides bulk and vitamins while promoting as a natural alternative to medicines.
Old established mercantile business offering stock, storeroom, warehous e, garages, nine room dwelling on three acres. Willing to exchange for income property in Woodstock or Winchester. Also selling building lots and a seven room bungalow with bath and two car garage. Listings from $1 300. Good & Company 18 Rouss Avenue Winchester Va phone 107-1 Real Estate and General Insurance.
Thirteen horses are sent to the parade as assistant mounts for the sixth division. Himelright of the city and R Mason Rector of Delaplane Va sponsor two hunters Clow Valley from Winmill stables and Peggy Lee from Rector stables near Warrenton. Col Warren W Whitside supplies ten more mounts from the Front Royal Remount Depot. Whitside commands the depot.
In Los Angeles on April 30 a congressional subcommittee resumed a public hearing on Townsend financing in southern California. Committee counsel James R. Sullivan said they would detail the history of the scheme and question more witnesses about contributions from elderly supporters.
Assistant District Attorney Francis Madden of Queens county announces the arrest of Sol Marcus aged 33 of Trenton in connection with the Paul H. Wend el case.
Anne Shirley and Phillips Holmes star in the RKO radio picture Chat terbox at Hable’s Palace Theatre with last showings today. The program also features Fox news reel and Harry oe in His Marriage Mix Up. Pre release Panic On The Air with Lew Ayres and Florence Rice headlines Friday with exclusive early viewing.
A feature will be supplemented by special pictures of Winchester's twelfth Apple, presented alongside a narrative about the subject heading for heaven and the swift pace of its speaker.
A Blossom Festival program headlines an amateur night featuring a cartoon titled Tommy in The Great Air Man. The sequence blends cinema and humor with a light, period entertainment tone.
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