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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1937

Page

5

Will Rogers and a school prize tale in a local sale notice

A collage of humor about a Scotch father and son who win monthly prizes for top class work and a separate public sale ad lists one acre of land known as the Forest Grove School lot on Buckton road four miles south of Middletown Virginia. The sale is on Friday December 31 at 10 AM with cash terms. The Hensell Estate is handling the sale through W M and H C Hensell Exprs.

Forest Grove Buckton Road Middletown W. M H. C. Hensell D. N. Hensell

Bible Translated Into 991 Languages Gains Popularity

The American Bible Society reports the Bible or parts of it translated into 991 languages with circulation exceeding one billion. Articles cover origins, structure, and statistics of the Bible plus notes on the Mazarin or Gutenberg Bible and the Morals of Jesus.

Frederick J. Haskin Washington, D. C American Bible Society Thessalonians Cardinal Mazarin France Solomon Sirach Parma Library of Congress Otto H. F. Vollbehr Congress Jesus Thomas Jefferson United States Jesus Christ Jesus International Bible Encyclopedia Matthew Christ Abraham David Adam Cana Galilee Publiess Zaccheus Gethsemane Herod Pontius Pilate

Yale Proposes Vigorous Rearmament to Boost Industry

Prof James Harvey Rogers of Yale University urges a vigorous rearma ment program to stimulate heavy industry and world peace. Speaking to the Econometric Society in session, he argues such a program would boost purchasing and compete with private business while aiding peace as in Britain, warning that three democracies and allies control 80 percent of the world economy and must match totalitarian arms.

Yale University Econometric Society Allied Sociological Associations of America James Harvey Rogers Great Britain

Many Given Up For Dead Could Be Brought Back

Boston reports medical experts from Harvard Medical School and Boston City Hospital led by Dr Leo Alexander say hundreds of lives could be saved yearly if persons shocked and apparently dead receive prolonged artificial respiration. They urge not to declare death until 12 hours of artificial respiration or after rigor mortis sets in. Census data show thousands die from electrical accidents and lightning in recent years.

Boston Harvard Medical School Boston City Hospital Leo Alexander United States Ihi

Revenue Bureau Draws Distinctions On Exemptions

The Internal Revenue Bureau rules that social security tax exemptions for domestic help do not cover social secretaries librarians and museum experts in private homes or full time carpenters. Handymen hired full time for odd jobs are exempt. A physician with a central practice is not a taxable employee of a company even with a monthly retainer, and taxi drivers buying their own cabs are not employees of the taxi association.

Washington Internal Revenue Bureau

Germless Life Not Possible

INDIANAPOLIS December 29. A miniature germ free world built of stainless steel units the size of beer barrels was shown by scientists from Notre Dame. Guinea pigs rabbits rats and mice were born there and tested free of germs yet the animals lacked vital digestion clues to a healthy life.

Indianapolis University of Notre Dame American Association For the Advancement of Science J. A. Reyniers P. T. Trexler

Round-Up of Bowl Odds and Sports Gossip

Odds on major bowls dominate the round up with Louisiana State favored over Santa Clara in the Sugar Bowl and Rice 13 points better than Colorado in Dallas while Whizzer White faces 2 to 1 against. Mentions Lou Gehrig heading to Hollywood and Sammy Baugh seeking 25000 dollars from the Redskins, plus coach resignations and notable bets across football boxing and wrestling.

Eddie Brietz New York James J. Carroll St. Louis California Alabama Crimson Tide Louisiana State Santa Clara Rice Colorado Dallas Whizzer White and Co Auburn West Virginia Michigan State Texas Tech San Francisco Lou Gehrig Hollywood Lou Jimmy Phelan Washington Harry Kipke Michigan Sammy Baugh Washington Redskins Sammy

Fashion Ladies Wear Watches In Ears In 1938

Chicago reports the fashion trend of ear watches as a new time keeping accessory for the coming year. Ear rings feature tiny watches, while ring watches and wrist pieces in glass cases appear, along with novelty bracelets and acorn linked designs.

Chicago

Child Preacher To Be Married Amid Modern Times

New York report notes Aldine Maybelle Utley, formerly known as a child preacher, plans marriage in a move depicted as stepping into modern life. Details are sparse but indicate a notable public figure pursuing matrimony.

New York Aldine Maybelle Utley

The Child Evangelist to Wed Wilbur Langkop in New York Church

The Child Evangelist has a license to marry Wilbur Langkop an Osage City Missouri salesman. Miss Utley aged 25 and Langkop aged 26 scheduled to wed Friday at the Church of the Transfiguration known as the Little Church Around the Corner. Utley described herself as a minister and gave Parkway Hotel Chicago as her address. She began preaching at age fourteen in various parts of the country.

Wilbur Langkop Osage City Miss Utley Langkop

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