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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1937
Page
3
An old ad touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a natural laxative aid. It claims bulk and water absorption aid elimination, plus vitamin B to tone the intestines, urging daily consumption with milk, fruit, or cooking and plenty of water.
Winchester Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars launches its annual membership drive led by Harry Anderson. Three teams across 50 Virginia posts will target renewals, reinstatements, and new members with a point system to award prizes.
Friends report the illness of Dr Walter Newman director of Vocational Agriculture in Virginia. D J Howard supervisor of Vocational Agriculture in Northern Virginia travels to Richmond to oversee affairs for several days. Dr Newman, a Woodstock native and son of the late Walter Newman, was taken to University Hospital Charlottesville for diagnosis.
Five hunters in Two Rivers Wisconsin fired on a deer at the same time three bullets struck the animal. Each hunter claimed ownership of a hit. Without a ballistics expert they summoned a local butcher to judge. Each hunter also brought home 52 pounds of tension.
Highlights of League C matches show H. Baker and E. Clark each with 149 in high game. E. Clark tops high set with 409 while H. Baker adds 365. Piccadilly Soda Shop leads in high team game at 613 and in team set at 1 764. Other results include Standard Oil 561 Health Club 529 and Dr Pepper 0.
The fifteenth daily sketch profiles Handley High School players Bernard Waterman and Lawrence Miller. Waterman, 16, 145 pounds, 5 6, guard, earned a varsity letter, praised for pluck defense and effort against larger rivals. Miller, 6 feet 3 inches, 173 pounds, tackle, lettered this year, sought as a potential asset next season despite mixed opinions.
Lynchburg Va December 7 Judge John Paul placed McGhee Baxter of Charlottesville on probation for five years after pleading guilty in U S District Court to violation of the Harrison narcotic act Among 31 indictments from the grand jury most defendants pleaded guilty and liquor trafficking was common James Braxton Campbell and Dave Cash of Nelson County faced murder charges of untaxed liquor A parolee Ludie Massie of Nelson pleaded not guilty to distillery work and faces probable trial Cleason Cash 21 was sentenced to two years in Atlanta Penitentiary for distillery work defendants violating parole face return to Atlanta.
Government housing experts answer how much a moderate income earner can afford to spend on a house. They advise limiting cost to two to two and a half times annual income and stressing stable earnings for loan reliability. FHA insured mortgages average 20 percent of income with examples from Kansas and Oklahoma.
The Maritime Commission refused a permanent operating differential subsidy to the Baltimore Mail Steamship Company for not meeting the merchant marine act of 1936. The line operates five vessels between Baltimore Norfolk Le Havre and Hamburg and purchased ships in 1929 for 30 000 each with heavy reconditioning and loans from the old Shipping Board. The commission said service on the route would not be impaired and the temporary subsidy that expires next January remains in place, with no immediate suspension expected.
The Virginia Federation of Labor announced a five point 1938 legislative program. It calls for a state Wagner act, an old age pension with 15 state funding plus federal aid to reach 30 monthly, an eight hour day for women, child labor age raise to 16, and higher workers compensation. It also urges amending anti lynching laws to distinguish mobs from pickets and supports liberalizing poll taxes. The program was set at an executive board meeting in Richmond with leaders including Joseph Rossano and W R Anderson.
Easton motorists enjoy a drop in standard grade fuel from 18 to 15 cents a gallon amid a price war. A station warned that without a dealer-wide agreement the low prices may harm profits and persist.
Dainsville Missouri maker of mousetraps may lose rail service as a Burlington railroad asks permission to abandon a 20.5 mile line to his factory. Booth says the line carried only about a third of his product.
Stephens City Virginia notes list visits from Esten Rudolph and daughters Kathryn and Jean. Hugh Racey family in Hamilton. Calvert and Brown families in Martinsburg with Lomax Parker. Trips of R M Krumpe and Bowles. Fritts visiting Birmingham. Lutheran Church silver tea planned. many guests at Campbell and Tobin homes. sickness lists and Christmas box drive announced.
Carroll Rowe, substituting for Red and Billy Baker all season, has gained valuable experience and may fill the shoes of his graduating contemporaries. At 135 pounds and five feet nine, he is a sophomore with two years to develop as a passer or end. In his first life game for the Judges he scored a touchdown on a reversed lateral that was called back for a rules infraction. Donald Stewart, a 130 pound center, seen action when Robinson and Edwards were out, stands five nine and is a junior eligible for one more year. Stewart also runs track and is a capable line player with overall solid form.
At 3 AM Big Jim Mc Nally signaled the start as ice blocks disappeared into a hopper and snow began to blanket Madison Square Garden. By afternoon the venue was a snowy winter resort with a giant ski jump and ice ponds for the second annual North American Winter Sports Show opening tonight.
In Oklahoma City Pluto the German shepherd chased a rabbit and jammed his head into a six inch pipe. Firemen spent two hours freeing him, removing the cap and pipe segment to rescue the dog after he whined and followed the scent.
Dietary experts advocate year round fish in the diet citing easy digestion and mineral content. The booklet Fish and Sea Foods offers recipes and guidance. send six cents in coin with name address to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
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