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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1938
Page
3
A short health note explains constipation and recommends Kellogg's All Bran as a bulking cereal to aid digestion. It suggests eating the cereal daily, drinking water, and notes All Bran is made by Kellogg in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
The Shenandoah county circuit ruling held that 189 acres conveyed by George H. Harrison to Thomas N. Harrison in 1931 was an advancement, not a gift, affecting a $10,000 bequest. The appeal to the Court of Appeals of Virginia is pursued by the executor’s lawyers.
New York reports doctor J A Haiman links vaso motor rhinitis or water-logged nose to crowd fear. Among 651 nasal patients he notes jitters moist palms inferiority and fear of crowds. four years of treatment rely on diet and rest with limited medicine. nervous shock blamed as a common trigger for nasal symptoms and even asthma in part.
Hubert Phipps of Rectortown purchased 654 acres from his father John S. Phipps. The Rocky Spring Farm includes Brent Maddux and Bank tracts with a stone house, tenant house, barns and stables. Located in Orange county hunt section, the property suits farming and cattle raising, enhancing Phipps farming and breeding plans.
Richmond report notes Delegate Franklin Daniel introduced a bill to amend Lynchburg city charter to ban lotteries and raffles by ordinance aligned with state law. Prosecutions would yield city fines if pursued under the local ordinance. A Des Moines tale recounts a police alibi about a horn blower claiming a cold.
Walter P Chrysler Jr heir to the motor car fortune to wed Peggy Sykes a New York socialite. Chrysler attended Dartmouth College and leads a building company while serving as a director in his father’s firm. Sykes debuted five years ago and is related to a former president of the New York Curb Exchange.
Dr. E. R. Rogers rector of the Episcopal Boys' Home in Covington told the Roanoke Ministers' Conference that Virginia is plagued by hundreds of thousands of feeble minded persons. He denounced the state's neglect of the mentally defective and called for church action on social ills including public health and poverty. He said psychiatry is scarce across the state and warned the situation is disgraceful.
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, still recovering from his prior Antarctic run, reveals at his Boston home that he intends to mount another South Pole voyage in 1939.
The Barbara Bell Fashion Patterns announces the Fall and Winter Pattern Book. Send fifteen cents to receive a copy.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1437 B and 1469 B present practical four gore slips for sizes 14 to 46 with built up shoulders and bias cut panties. Materials include silk crepe rayon taffeta and muslin. Patterns include complete instructions and yardage, offered for fifteen cents in the Barbara Bell Fall and Pattern Book.
Richmonds common council rejected a proposal to deed the Ford lot to the state for a 1 million library building by a two vote margin. Gov Price pledged concessions including removing the aluminum building and widening Belvidere street with state funding for grading curbing and paving.
Robert Silas Barbour Jr aged 80 former manufacturer banker and first president of the Anti Saloon League of Virginia died at Halcyon Hospital after a paralytic stroke and pneumonia. He long led local enterprises including Century Cotton Mill, the electric light and power company, Barbour Buggy Company and Planters and Merchants Bank.
Dr Britton travels from New York to Barro Colorado for two to three months of study on sloths and other tropical animals. He plans to bring adrenal thyroid and pituitary extracts to test if hormones can spur the sluggish sloth to activity.
The Fauquier Field Trials Association met at the Warren Green Hotel Warrenton to draft by-laws for approval at the April 2 meeting. The spring trials date moved from April 1 to April 2 with an optional April 3 if needed. Fred W Sharp Jr of The Plains presided. Two stakes for spring shooting dogs and a puppy stake will award silver trophies. A bench show, dinner and awards follow at the hotel on April 2.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for Senior scientific aide in pathology at $2,000 yearly, Army Medical Museum Physiotherapy aide at $1,800, U S Public Health Service and Veterans Administration. Printer-proofreader at $1.32 hourly for a 40 hour week. Full information from Herman Lee secretary Board of Examiners at the local post office.
A Texas thirteen-year-old was offered 650 dollars for a rare five cent piece. Look through trunks chests and desks for old coins they may be valuable. Do not clean tarnished coins. send for Everybody's Coin Book to learn values and rarities. Ten cents postpaid send coupon to Everybody's Coin Book.
Fire inspector Joseph Maroney met a man offering a fireman badge for sale and paid a dollar. He later learned his firefighter brother Patrick had lost a billfold with the badge and $60.
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