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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1938
Page
6
Roxbury Connecticut reports Peter Behan aged 104 still works with a scythe and says longevity has no beauty. He formerly supervised building construction in New York and rejects birthday celebrations as unnecessary.
Industrial peace arrives in Harlem as the Uptown Chamber of Commerce announces an agreement to reduce racial tension by ensuring negro workers obtain at least one third of white collar jobs in motion retail stores. The arrangement covers hundreds of independent and chain outlets and involves about 200 negro groups. More than 10,000 workers are employed in the area north of 125th Street.
The Niagara Falls Liar's Club sent a telegram to Douglas G Corrigan the famed trans Atlantic flyer known for the wrong way flight asking him to attempt Niagara Falls in a barrel. The telegram reads how about going up Niagara Falls in a barrel. Everybody else has gone down.
Hertford North Carolina reports Herbert Newby Dixon Jr. was issued a social security number within six hours of birth. The infant is listed as unemployed on the formal record, reflecting early bureaucratic steps for newborns in the area.
New York August 9 A long-sealed safe from the United States Patent Office holdings was opened by Charles Courtney revealing models and a printed patent application dated March 10 1849 filed by A Lincoln Springfield. The find suggests Lincoln explored steamboat related ideas for shallow river passages.
A series of four regional conferences will be held this month to explain the new state public assistance program to local government officials. The events are sponsored by the State Department of Public Welfare and the Virginia counties association, with planned participation from Dr. William Stauffer the commissioner of public welfare and James W. Phillips assistant commissioner among others. The dates include Richmond August 18 Culpeper August 19 Lynchburg August 22 and Marion August 23.
Assistant auditor of accounts nets invited to address the Richmond meeting alongside Charles W. Sa of the League of Virginia Sevens Price in a regional governance event.
Dr. Logan Clendening extols bananas as a nutritious, energy rich fruit with high starch content, good protein and vitamins, easy digestion, and filling qualities ideal for dieting. The piece traces banana history from Asia to Europe and America, notes diet plans like milk and bananas, and answers reader questions on lead poisoning with cautious medical guidance.
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