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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
5
Mr. C. H. Wakeman continues ill at his home in Central City. Mrs. William Armstrong Jr. who recently had an appendicitis operation expects to return to her home here on Sunday.
In Front Royal on February 6 Randolph Macon Academy lost 27 to 22 to Fishburne Military Academy. RM A struggled at the line but held Fishburne in the final period. Scorers for RM A were Lyon 8 Hooks 6 Schoolfield 6 Levern 2. for Fishburne Cox 9 M1 8 Stewart 5 Dioguardi 2 Vass 2 Stalling 1. RM A next hosts Manassas High Saturday at 3 15.
Miss Mary Ashby Slaughter a nurse at Emergency Hospital Washington and daughter of Mrs F R Slaughter of Front Royal Va flew with a doctor and another nurse to Smith and Tangier Islands to aid the sick cut off by severe cold and unable to reach the islands by boat. They expect to return tomorrow to continue care for the ill.
The Star corrects a report on W. E. Harloe Jr. funeral informing the public it will be held at 3 PM Friday from Dr. C. B. Harloe’s West Jefferson Street home in Bluefield Virginia. Harloe died in Bluefield and was brought home by his brothers E. Homer Harloe and Dr. C. B. Harloe via the Norfolk and Western Railway.
Precautions were taken in Charleston and Sullivan’s Island as nearly 300 influenza cases appeared in a few days. The 80 bed Fort Moultrie hospital and the nearby post on Sullivan’s Island are at capacity with patients.
David Frankfurter charged with the assassination of Nazi leader Wilhelm Gustloff will be tried in Chur within three or four months. A five judge court will hear the case with a maximum penalty of fifteen years in jail.
A long advertisement touts Creomulsion as a powerful remedy for lingering coughs from colds. It claims all natural ingredients plus creosote reach the infection inside, soothing inflamed membranes, loosening phlegm, and expelling it. The ad guarantees satisfaction and offers a refund if results are not seen from the first bottle.
National Safety Council figures reveal ninety nine thousand deaths in U S accidents last year with forty one car deaths per day and billions in property damage and medical costs. Motor vehicle crashes caused thirty six thousand deaths and one point six billion dollars in losses.
John H. Rosenberger announced division captains for the Central Relief committee drive to raise 14 500 for welfare aid in 1936. Jesse C. Oakes heads industrial employees, Eugene B. Cooper commercial firms, W Nelson Page public employees, J Pinckney Arthur individual contributors, and Philip R. Fowle the big donors committee. The effort aims to fund food fuel and medicine for those unable to care for themselves, with the central fund covering all relief needs for the year.
The Turkish national assembly approves 16.5 million dollars for development of military aircraft. The plan aims to produce around 370 first line machines amid rising international tensions cited as the justification.
First Lieutenant Lawrence Hollis said the annual inspection for Headquarters Company and Company I of the 116th Infantry is deferred one week due to severe weather. Colonel Hyatt will travel to Winchester next Thursday to finish the inspection, with plans to conclude the following day. Winchester has long been deficient in armory facilities, but a WPA armory project plan approval may address the issue if plans are carried out.
Toronto reporters note Mrs. Matthew Kenny now leads the Toronto stork derby with her twelfth child born Monday night. She asserts the race is worth 500000 dollars per dozen babies, while rivals trail with nine or eight children apiece in the ten year contest.
In Raleigh the state reports a mild influenza outbreak with 75 NC State College students sick. Dr. Campbell notes the illness is easing and mild. Also London records 193 divorces in England and Wales, 4,281 couples, and 97,642 births in the year.
Vienna report states Prof Eugen Steinach announces new rejuvenation experiments with definite hope for reversing aging. He says the aging process can be reversed and details are published in the Vienna Klinische Wochenschrift.
Rockford firefighters battled a freezing blaze at a hotel and sporting goods store. Water streams fought the fire as ammunition inside the building detonated, sending bullets and bird shot toward crews during the effort.
In Bernalillo New Mexico a seven year old girl Caroline Guillon becomes an orphan after her mother dies at 5 20 p m and her father dies an Albuquerque hospital at 5 21 p m following an earlier operation in the day on the same date.
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