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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1936
Page
7
Survey shows 79.6 percent of Winchester residences are unencumbered with mortgages, 20.4 percent encumbered. Data cover owner occupied structures. 2 653 buildings contain 3 248 dwelling units. Tenants occupy 56 percent, owners 41 percent, 3 percent vacant.
Charged with driving an auto under the influence of liquor, Tom alias William Elsa of Lyville was fined 100 dollars plus costs and given a month in jail. Mrs Helen White, whose house officers found liquor during a raid, was fined 25 dollars and costs and given a suspended jail sentence.
A reader testifies that All-Bran daily helps energy and reduces heaviness after meals. The Kellogg Company promotes Aut-Bran as a safe cereal providing bulk, vitamins, and iron, with a money-back promise if not right.
crowds in Hyde Park debate King Edward VII and Mrs. Simpson as the constitutional crisis deepens. Citizens voice support and opposition to the royal romance, some urging acceptance of the Anglo American union while others condemn the union and call for political change.
The trustee will offer the Oswald Giese property at public auction in front of Winchester Court House on Monday January 4 1937 at 11 o clock A M. The parcel fronts Gray Avenue 40 feet and extends 108 feet Eastward with a dwelling. Terms: one third cash today with the balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust and insured buildings policy.
Washington dispatch reports the three-cent stamp will remain despite the three-cent law expiring next summer. Deputy third assistant postmaster general Roy M. North notes no move to revert to two cents as the extra penny nets between 75 million and 90 million dollars annually for the Post Office Department.
Lieut Col George B A Reinburg U S A retired formerly of Reinburg near Front Royal Va died in Hangchow China after a heart attack. He was 48 and served as chief instructor at the Central Aviation School of the Chinese government. He had closed Reinburg last August and traveled with Mrs Reinburg to Spokane before sailing to the Orient. He is survived by his widow two sons a brother and two sisters. His body will be returned to the United States.
The deceased, a veteran who served in the U S Aviation Corps during World War I, is planned for burial at Arlington Cemetery. After the war he served as a military attache with the American Embassy in Berlin for several years.
Robert A. Berry departed for Chicago to attend a three week instructional school at United States Gypsum mills. Upon completion he will become district supervisor overseeing Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Augusta taxi service noted as new wrinkle in chicken stealing report by Deputy Sheriff Walter Kent.
A henhouse raider testified his method was to enter a coop steal a sack of chickens then summon a cab from the nearest phone and deliver the birds to paying customers.
Supper for the District Nurse Association will be served at Emma Parks Robinson home 619 South Braddock Street on Thursday December 17 from 5 to 10 pm. The organizing committee asks white and colored friends to phone 784-1 to indicate how many suppers are needed. Members include Emma Parks Robinson Mrs Sue Tokas Butler Mrs Hattie Gibson Mrs Fannie Bannister Mrs Hattie Bell Mrs aa Taylor and Mrs Mazic all.
An old advertisement touts ARAX as a digestive aid with herbal ingredients to improve digestion and liver bile flow. It claims relief from gas indigestion and constipation and notes the ARAX representative at Miller's 107 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia.
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