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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1936
Page
10
Fort Worth Texas news notices the President welcomed a grandson as a six pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs Elliott Roosevelt in a local hospital. Mother and child are reported well. This is the couple’s second child with Ruth Dee aged two from May listed in the report.
Abbot Graves 78 of New York died at his summer home after a heart attack. The artist was known for colonial doorway and flower garden paintings and was associated with the National Arts Academy.
Venetian blinds have been installed over the large rear window behind the judge’s bench in the county courthouse. The green blinds replace old outside shutters removed during recent exterior repainting begun a week or two ago. The shutters had been closed for years and were worn and unsightly.
Edmonton physicians prepared a skin grafting operation to cover the exposed heart of a newborn boy. Dr. E. W. Svarich called the case uncertain, noting possible grafting of an artificial chest wall over the heart. The eight pound infant, born to Mrs. Fred Sandonek of Wasel, has the heart exposed through a chest opening two by three inches.
The exterior of the historic Frederick County Court House has been repainted by Gardner B. Hillyard contractors. The work used white lead with green trimmings and required scaffolds around the building as part of completing the project.
Thomas Cole Hart, slated to die July 24 for killing guard Alton Leonard, seeks clemency from Governor Peery. Hart, convicted in Scott County Circuit Court on September 15, 1932, argues self defense during a prison camp gun struggle. His case has faced multiple stays and appeals and the U S Supreme Court declined review for lack of jurisdiction.
Dublin reports Patrick J. Hogan Irish Free State minister of agriculture was killed last week when his car crashed into a ridge.
Governor Peery has signed and sent to Washington the deed to 36 677 acres to be added to Shenandoah National Park. The land, all in one county, was bought with federal funds. The Ha Pep conservation and Development Commission chair said more small tracts may be added later for special purposes.
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