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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1934
Page
7
Advert describes Pattern 9087 with a front panel design and flattering lines for sizes 36 through 46. It explains fabric yardage, price fifteen cents per pattern, and ordering details via Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department in New York.
A readable list of names appears across four rows including William Hale Roy Fredrick Charles Lynn Walter Schroeder C Young Howard Neff Cleveland Fisher Woodrow Smith Eastman Keys and Howard Miller in row one and Ralph Rollins John Waters Ivan Fountain James Cornwell Henry Peters Vernon Moore Allan Pitt and J L Rollins in row two Philip Reading Clayton Liseau Stanley Harpine Paul Cooksey Jr Harvey Luck Roger Anderson and Benjamin Schaeffer in row four.
Federal Housing Administrator James A. Moffett argues the modernization program applies to business structures as much as private dwellings. He urges repairs and improvements to boost economy, efficiency, safety, and profits across stores, warehouses, factories, theatres, apartments, and homes.
Hack Wilson, former major league home run king, signs with the Philadelphia Phillies after being released by the Brooklyn Dodgers. He declares he is not washed up, is 34, and believes he has three to four more seasons of baseball.
Twelve local men recently enlisted at the Winchester Recruiting Station under Sgt. H. T. Smith. Eleven proceed to Panama for active service and one Norman Athey, a Handley High School graduate, joins a clerical post at Fort Howard Maryland. Additional vacancies exist for foreign service in Hawaii Panama Philippines and China.
An outbreak of a mild intestinal flu among midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland has been controlled and health conditions are reported back to normal. Officials say only a slight touch of illness affected some students and there is nothing alarming about the situation.
Detroit extended its win streak to 10 with a 6 5 victory over Cleveland in 11 innings. Philadelphia beat Washington 8 6 as Joe Cronin fueled a fourth inning rally. Mel Ott and Johnny Verger homered for the Giants in a 6 3 win over the Braves.
Berlin Maryland August 11 truck farmers celebrate the opening of eastern shore tomato markets with optimistic profits. Nearly three times as many tomatoes expected to be marketed than last year while 5000 acres are planted and production is seen at 75 percent of normal versus 3500 acres and 35 percent last year.
In Saluda Virginia on August 11 ten year old Emalyn Sue Williams daughter of Reverend A P Williams a known Richmond Methodist minister drowned in three feet of water while bathing in the Rappahannock River. Other bathers worked for over an hour to resuscitate her but failed. She accompanied her mother to a swimming party.
The Winchester post office has on sale the new two cent National Park stamp amid strong demand. Projections indicate three, five, and ten cent stamps of the same series will arrive in a few days, following the early sale of the one cent stamps this week.
The Frederick County School Board invites bids for transporting pupils between multiple routes including Deerfield Middletown Relief Stephens City Middle Road Cedar Creek Kernstown Good Samaritan Carpers Valley Martinsburg Gaines boro Evendale Miller Opequon Lamps Round Hill Wood bine Shirley Little Mountain White Hall Rail Road Whitacre Rock Enon Patterson Fairview Ebenezer Lew Shockeysville Hunting Ridge and related starts. Bids due by September 1.
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