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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1938
Page
3
An advertisement assures relief from common colds with Creomulsion. It claims soothing of inflamed mucous membranes and expulsion of germ laden phlegm, promising a refund if not satisfied after the first bottle and instructs to ask for Creomulsion by its correct spelling.
Miss Fannie Affleck of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church maintained perfect Sunday School attendance for 44 years despite illness and doctors orders. In 1937 there were 62 members with perfect records, including long lists by year and names such as Jack Mort Marguerite Thompson Preston Whitlock Alice Amos and Kathleen Pierce.
On Capitol Hill the anti lynching filibuster debate continues in the Senate. The Appropriations House is expected to pass the Treasury Post Office supply bill. A Senate committee hears three big city mayors outline relief needs. Stanley F Reed nomination to the Supreme Court is before a Senate Judiciary panel. The House Tax revision hearings proceed. Louis R Gravis former Ickes aide is questioned by a Senate committee. The Farm Joint Conference committee may hold night sessions to speed agreement.
A large real estate transfer in Virginia joins 16 tracts totaling about 1500 acres along the riverside into Rock Hill Farms Inc led by Raymond Guest. The property merges the old Rock Hill site with the Conrad farm, tracing to Dr. Robert Berkeley and a historic 1814 murder by a slave, with 55 to 60 holders in the conveyance.
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1413 B offers a shirtwaist style frock with yoke back and front and short sleeves. The all in one bodice and skirt sews quickly and suits summer wear with bright prints. Includes complete sewing instructions and size range 34 to 50, material yardage, and price 15 cents for the pattern book.
The judiciary committee plans hearings on Reed as justice Sutherland’s successor. Reed, a Kentucky Democrat with no prior judicial post, has Roosevelt support and is seen aligning with liberal justices Brandeis Cardozo Stone and Black. Cardozo illness raises question of a third Roosevelt appointment.
The Rev. J. Edward Klingam has returned to his home at 18 East Germain street after an operation at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown Maryland and is progressing nicely.
The Firefly starring Warren William and Jeannette MacDonald begins a three day engagement at the Capitol Theatre, opening Monday. The production brings the famed pairing to a capacity crowd expected for the run.
Mr and Mrs Clarke Braithwaite hosted a Thur night gathering for Mount Olive Church Ladies Society in HA Virginia. The 55 member group discussed the upcoming junior membership surge from local school age children while sharing a buffet luncheon with a musical and literary program.
On January 25 the undersigned Mary J York will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to obtain a license to retail beer and ale above 3.2 percent at The Old Dominion Service Station two miles out Martinsburg Pike. The beverage will be consumed on the premises.
Mrs. Martha Alice Cochran, 81, widow of James W. Cochran of Frederick county, died at 4:45 this morning at her Lamps area home after pneumonia. She left two daughters, Pearl Cochran and Atha Dyke, and one sister, Jennie Lamp of Winchester. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM at Lamps United Brethren Church with burial nearby.
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