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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
12
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway has upgraded its agricultural department to independent status with O K Quivey as manager. Over the last twelve years the railroad placed 3 300 pure bred sires with farmers and ran agricultural special trains for soil improvement and farm leadership across 13 states.
Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt will not be brought from New Jersey to face four counts of conspiracy to commit mayhem. District Attorney Brady announced the case dropped after the daughter refused to testify. Miss Hewitt testified she was misled by her mother and two physicians into an operation causing sterility. the physicians were acquitted.
Mrs. Marjorie Post Hutton Davies wife of Joseph E Davies new US ambassador to Soviet Russia bought 2000 pints of grade A cream frozen for two Moscow winters. Twenty five electric refrigerators were installed in the Moscow residence. She also bought rock salt for ice cream. Davies said reports of the purchase were somewhat exaggerated.
Isaac Pegleg White, alleged founder of Michigan's Black Legion, is guarded at Memorial Hospital in Cumberland while ill with pneumonia. Michigan investigator John A. Moritz plans return to pursue charges of conspiracy arson and criminal syndicalism once White convalesces in about three weeks. Dr W F Williams attends the patient.
An advertisement asserts health gains after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women at midlife. It quotes Mrs. F. H. McFarland of Fort Worth Texas and Mrs. Etta Milling of Chester South Carolina reporting improved strength and nerves after three doses.
Waynesboro Virginia citizens will vote January 5 on Sunday movie screenings after the town council narrowly banned Sunday films pending voter ratification. The measure followed a heated council debate with petitions supporting and opposing Sunday shows presented by church leaders and a W C T U delegation.
The January issue of American Magazine highlights Elkton Virginia native Frank G. Davis as a prolific contest winner. Davis, a former Harrisonburg resident now in Springfield Ohio, has earned about 100 prizes this year and about 1,000 prizes worth $40,000 over twenty years, including a twin set of prize daughters among other small and large rewards.
Negotiations for a new commercial accord between the United States and Italy have begun to replace the expiring treaty of 1871. The existing pact is denounced and will end in one year while drafts are under examination.
Casey Jones Co. gave checks from 100 to 1000 dollars to surprised guests of the board at the Mimslyn Hotel in Luray. The event included managers, foremen and executives from seven plants with 900 employees in the Shenandoah Valley and nearby states. President Harry Weinberg announced a ten percent payroll increase starting Friday.
Trent on N J December 17 Harry Brunette charged with kidnapping State Trooper William A Turnbull was arraigned secretly in the FBI office and committed to Mercer County jail in default of 100000 bail. He waived hearing on the complaint charging violation of the Lindbergh kidnapping law.
The management of Hable's Palace Theatre announces a 10 percent bonus on holiday decorated books of tickets sold at a 10 percent discount. The tickets are valid until used regardless of purchase date and are available at the box office.
Folkloric holiday desserts described with detailed ingredients and steps. Includes steamed fig pudding with hard sauce and a ginger pudding with ginger sauce and pudding sauce components. Provides measurements, mixing instructions, steaming times, and serving suggestions.
Staunton opens the Dixie cinema as Warner Brothers celebrate the new theatre with a modern green and pink decor. Jack Forney, former New Theatre manager, leads the Dixie and the Strand with several Warner officials in attendance. The Dixie replaces the burned venue on the same site.
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