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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1936

Page

8

Fourteen Appointments Set To Run New Virginia Law

The special assembly session approved a law requiring fourteen appointments to administer the act. Two members of the unemployment compensation commission lead the list, each earning 5400 dollars annually, with the labor commissioner’s pay included. The governor will appoint a nine member board for a centralized state hospital system plus a separate committee to study a new state office building. The session ended after passage of forty five bills.

State Federal Employment Service Commission Eudora Ramsey Richardson Richmond Horace Edwards National Social Security Board Senate Tg Ae James H Ashton Dovel Saxon Holt Newport Fgee NeeStats Soil Conservation Law Federal Farm Program Washington House State Corporation Commission Morgan R. Mills TVA Municipal Corporations Leon Bazile Hanover H. Lester Hooker Virginia

Lydia Pinkham's Compound Widely Praised by Women Worldwide

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is presented as a trusted, historic remedy created by a woman. The article touts its broad adoption among daughters, mothers, and grandmothers worldwide, citing medical authorities and grateful letters from users as endorsements.

Lydia E. Pinkham E. Pinkham

Barbara Bell Fashion Patterns Ad for House Frock

The notice promotes Barbara Bell house frock patterns with simple design details and easy sewing guidance. It highlights a square-cut yoke plain sleeves and a slightly flared skirt plus pattern No. 1986 B available in multiple sizes and fabric lengths. It also advertises the Barbara Bell Pattern Book and requests 15 cents for the pattern book copy.

The Evening Star Barbara Bell Fashion Patterns Poring Barbara Bell

May Place City On Big Air Lines

Virginia plans include Winchester as a mail and passenger stop on a Washington to west route after the new airport opens. The State Planning Board study in Commonwealth notes Charlottesville, Danville, and Winchester would bring air service within 25 miles to more Virginians.

Wichester Washington, D. C Virginia State Planning Board The Commonwealth State Chamber of Commerce Robert F. Nelson Chamber Charlottesville Norfolk Danville Winchester Virginia Nelson Washington and Elkins Charleston W. Va Washington Richmond Bristol Lynchburg Roanoke State Planning Board

Racers Moving To Santa Anita From Bay Meadows

About 1,100 racing horses left Bay Meadows stables as most to Santa Anita. Bay Meadows finished its 25 day meeting with a track record handle of $4,230,890 and an estimated profit of $200,000.

San Mateo Calif Santa Anita Bay Meadows William P. Kyne California

Palace Screenings: In His Steps Starring Linden Parker

Eric Linden and Cecilia Parker star in Charles M. Sheldon’s In His Steps at the Palace today and Tuesday. The tale follows youths seeking the right to love in a romance hailed as the greatest of its kind. A Fox News reel and a novelty feature accompany the program.

Palace Eric Linden Cecilia Parker Charles M. Sheldon Fox News

Marian Martin Pattern Book Aims for Spring Fashion Fans

Marian Martin announces a new spring pattern book with easy to sew outfits from baby to mature figures. The promotion highlights frocks suits gowns and a pin money wardrobe plus new season fabrics. Price is 15 cents for book alone or 25 cents with pattern. orders directed to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department 232 W 18th St New York.

Marian Martin Marian Martin Pattern Winchester Evening Star Pattern Departeur 18Th St New York

Wallis Simpson holds first press conference in Cannes

Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson told reporters there is no chance she will see the Duke of Windsor before spring. At her garden villa in Cannes she spoke for about a half hour, answering questions via host Mr Herman Rogers and outlining plans to stay for several months with no wedding announcements.

Cannes France Wallis Warfield Simpson Edward Vitt England Simpson Herman L. Rogers Villa Lou Viel Edward Prince of Wales Mrs. Simpson

Local Social Notes From White Post Virginia

White Post Virginia society items report travels and visits as residents return from Chicago and Washington. Names include A Mackay Smith, A S Hewitt, John Sparks, Valley Fritts, Anne Green, Will Green, Sam Bryarly, Polly Greene, Reynolds Green, Ernest Meade, Eleanor Couley, Janie Lee, Elizabeth Lee Boles, Louise Meade, Floyd Hamman, Snyder Alleman, Moselle Gaunt, Keene Updike. The piece notes stays in Wilmington, Baltimore and future plans for winter apartments and relief work in Page County.

White Post A. Mackay-Smith Farnley Hewitt Montana Hall Chicago John Sparks Washington, D. C Janie M. Lee Elizabeth Lee Boles Betty Jane Washington Louise W. Meade Baltimore Floyd Hamman Stanley Bentonville Page County Norfolk and Western Railroad Snyder Alleman Stephens City Moselle Gaunt Browntown

Windsor-Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch Ends Crisis Coverage

The Windsor-Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch signals the end of its final crisis coverage in Britain announcing closure of the era and winding down its reporting. The newspaper reflects on a long era of turmoil and transitions to new editorial directions.

Great Britain Windsor Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch

Jolly Marian Martin House Coat Favors Slim Princess Lines

Pattern 9961 offers a slenderizing princess line house coat in long and short sleeve versions. The ad details yardage, sizes 16 through 46, and 15 cent pattern price plus a Marian Martin book for 15 cents. Orders to Winchester New York address.

Jolly Marian Martin

Norbeck Dies After Long Illness In South Dakota

United States Senator Peter Norbeck of South Dakota died after a long heart ailment complicated by tongue and jaw cancer. Born 1870, he rose from state senator to lieutenant governor and governor before serving as U.S. Senator from 1920, known as a Theodore Roosevelt Republican and farm relief advocate.

Redfield M. D United States Peter Norbeck S. D P. R. Scalas Norbeck Senate U. S Norbeck and Company United States Senate South Dakotan Senator Norbeck Harold George Norbeck Margery Hovreberg Scallin

Are You Collecting Stamps?

A booklet promotion explains the first postage stamps, famed collectors and collections, rare stamps, and how to start or grow a profitable collection. It covers avoiding fakes, handling duplicates, and what to do with excess stamps. Send ten cents for EVERBODY'S STAMPBOOK with coupon.

Everbody

Calotabs Help Nature To Throw Off a Cold

An old time advertisement promotes Calotabs as the most valuable aid in treating colds. It claims Calotabs purge the body and aid nature, with one or two tablets taken the first night and a possible repeat on the third or fourth night.

Strikers Return To Their Cabs

Striking cabmen drove their employers taxicabs on Baltimore streets today under a truce to share in the holiday trade until January 2. Negotiations continued to settle the controversy over union recognition for the drivers.

Baltimore

Farley and Nice Attend Midshipmen Christmas Dinner

Postmaster General James A. Farley and Maryland Governor Harry W. Nice accepted invitations to the annual midshipmen regiment Christmas dinner. The event will be held tomorrow night in Bancroft Hall at Annapolis.

Annapolis James A. Farley Harry W. Nice Midshipmen Bancroft Hall

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