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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1937
Page
10
Mrs. Lenora King, 27, of St. Clair Missouri, confessed to St. Louis police that she fatally poisoned her six year old son Jack Jr by feeding a ham burger laced with rat poison. Police say she planned to poison her daughter and herself but reconsidered.
Seldon Rhoades, 50, World War veteran missing since May 15, was found near exhaustion two miles from Gordonsville. He spoke briefly, then lapsed into mumbling, and was taken to the Roanoke veterans hospital. He reported living on berries and raw corn and had lost about 85 or 90 pounds.
Senator Harry F. Byrd will speak in Rockingham County on Tuesday August 31 delivering the main address at the Farm Bureau picnic at Massanetta Springs and a second talk at Eds Park sponsored by the Rotary and Raritan Clubs. This marks his first visit since last fall election campaigning.
James Ellison and Terry Walker star in 2344 Hours Leave at the Palace Theater today only. The army life caper follows a rookie who outwits spies and meets a hardboiled general with breakfast. Fox News Reel and a novelty accompany the feature. Another show, Criminals Of The Air, with Rosalind Keith and Charles Quigley, arrives Thursday with a Fox News Reel and a comedy.
The insurgent Franco regime pushed toward Santander aided by 200 German planes and the Italian Black Arrow Brigade. Government reports say forces advanced within 25 miles of Santander, with tanks guns and planes in use as Franco drives a pivotal northern campaign.
Vance Dinges, Edinburg first baseman and Shenandoah County League MVP candidate, will report to Chattanooga for a Southern Association try-out after scout Joe Engle recommended him for the Washington farm system. He hit .411 with eight homers this season and is noted as a brilliant fielder and popular figure in the county.
Randolph Macon College reports Dr. Hall Canter will continue as senior professor of chemistry and geology and that Dr. Ira Updike’s promotion to full professor does not affect the dean’s duties. Canter has led the department since 1921 and holds A B from Randolph Macon and a Ph D from Johns Hopkins.
Gov. James V. Allred of Texas appears in a cowboy outfit as guest of honor during a Charro fiesta in Mexico City amid a formal visit. Central Press photos capture the moment.
Eight year old Clarence Cimbruke was found with a rope about his neck after a prank on the outskirts of Hopewell. Commonwealth's Attorney John Goodman said the incident caused fright but no injury, pending accounts from two older boys before Juvenile Judge T J Blankenship.
Chicago columnist PAT YALE vents about hay fever as a public affliction causing sneezing tears and disrupted life. He notes no cure and lists avoiding foods dust and sunlight plus staying indoors as relief while joking about a frost or blizzard in August.
A business ad offers a chance to own your own business by paying a small portion of income. It promises easy payments that are hardly missed and invites readers to write today for an Investors plan.
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