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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1938
Page
10
Charming Barbara Bell pattern for a slim figure includes a day dress with a puff sleeve over Blouse at the waist. Sizes 12 to 20 with busts 30 to 38. Materials listed and order instructions provided in the advertisement.
New York reports mix of players arriving at Long Beach and recovery updates. Burgess Whitehead notching errorless games after hospital leave. Bill Terry hopeful on Burgess return. Boxing stunt planned in Hattiesburg pairing Golden Glovers with southern fighters on the Sullivan Kilrain site. Cubs veterans Charlie Root Gabby Hartnett remain. Hughie McQuillan seen behind Long Beach bars. Albanian football practice delayed to Sept 6 under USC agreement. Big Ten to adjust basketball officials selection favoring former stars. Dan Topping returns home from hospital with leg cast delaying golf rivalry with Jack Mara.
Two men identified as Russell Townsend and Woodrow Wilkins, both wanted in Accomac county Virginia on highway robbery charges, were captured in a Toledo house by six officers. Townsend, 20, from Pocomoke Maryland, and Wilkins, 29, from Georgetown Delaware, admitted the warrant and said they pawned their guns for food. One was found under a bed. the other fled but was caught.
Will Rogers shares a humorous memory about Edna Leedom early in her Broadway career. She was noted as slim or skinny, and during rehearsals she reminded a fellow actress that she was the star, while the other quipped she might look better if she were a little meteor.
A 1938 essay urges studying Eli Whitney Cyrus McCormick and other inventors to inspire effort. It highlights early talents, fatherly skepticism, and how the reaper boosted wealth, farming, land value, bread costs, and Civil War mobilization. Warden Lawes cites giving criminals meaningful work to restore citizenship and personal worth.
Reports say Lefty Grove's left arm collapsed during a game raising fears he may miss the rest of the season. Doctors awaited long examinations while the Red Sox ponder life without their ace as Detroit, Pittsburgh, and New York standings shift in a busy day of baseball.
New York July 15 crowds caused radio chaos as announcers and microphones battled to cover Howard Hughes plane’s four day world trip arrival. Brief interviews with Hughes and his wife were aired amid dense coverage with nightly schedules listing WJZ NBC WABC CBS WEAF and others and upcoming programs and events.
Bureau offers Budget Booklet for household budgeting with sample budgets and thrift tips. Send ten cents postpaid to Washington DC address with name and location for a copy.
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