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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1938
Page
10
Actress Joan Blondell plans to have her son Norman Scott Barnes adopted by Blondell’s current husband Dick Powell. Permission for the adoption was granted by Norman’s father George Barnes. The article notes this is a new picture of the boy.
The Evening Star notes Col. R bought rubber shoes but slipped on icy ground. He heads south for sunshine and golf but the poem advises leaving rubber shoes at home.
A reflective piece cites Dale Carnegie on attitude and William Pitt as an example of an unconquerable spirit. It endorses the Broadway play Star Wagon about reliving life and reconsidering choices, urging attendance and pondering second chances.
Philadelphia January 18 Louis Pappas started a one man campaign against recession by raising wages lowering prices and adding staff at his restaurant. He reports a 68 percent rise in customers over the previous 15 days in eight years.
Mrs. Johannah Lau ferski and her daughters Ruth and Darlene spent an hour and a half at dusk in a cemetery trying to prove they were not ghosts at a relative's grave. Gates were locked, motorists hurried past, and a passerby finally alerted the cemetery keeper.
Firemen and wild well fighters ended a 12 hour blaze at a Kilgore Texas oil well. They smothered flames with chemicals and shut a top casing valve to stop the oil flow.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports temporarily caring for a large yellow male police dog with no collar found near Loudoun and Piccadilly streets. The SPCA and A. would like to locate the owner or place the dog in a good home. Call telephones 1182 or 41-J.
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