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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1934
Page
7
Advertises pattern 9074 for a youth jacket and matching frock in linen or cotton. Provides sizes 12 to 38 with fabric yardage, price Fifteen Cents per pattern, plus book and pattern set for Twenty Five Cents. Orders directed to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department in New York.
Strasburg Rotary Club hosts their Rotary Anns for a Ladies Night at Wayside Inn in Middletown. Thirty four guests dined there yesterday while several visitors from Washington and other cities joined in weekend visits and social rounds at the inn.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia names W. B. Pingley manager of the Stephens City office and B. G. Gorham manager for Berryville and Boyce. Records for Berryville Boyce and Stephens City subscribers move from Winchester to local offices for convenience. Additional appointments: J. R. Brown for Upperville and Middleburg, E. M. Fishback for Marshall and The Plains, K. W. Gott for Purcellville Hamilton Bluemont and Hillsboro.
Emmanuel Reformed Church Hanover Pa asks Potomac Synod to rescind its anti capitalism declaration calling for a break with the present economic order. The consistory mailed copies to synod president J Kern McKee and clerk Lloyd E Coblentz.
Layton B. Shifflett a 50 year old tenant farmer in northern Berkeley County is jailed in Martinsburg charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife Anna 36 after a brutal attack at their home. The couple have seven children. Shifflett was found asleep intoxicated and claimed amnesia regarding Saturday’s events.
Headaches caused by constipation vanish after one Adlerika dose. Cleanses both upper and lower bowels. Claims better sleep and reduced nervousness. Baker's Drug Store in Stephens City by Steele & Brother, druggists.
Hitler tells the Reich that his plans may break the moral and commercial iron ring surrounding Germany. The image shows him in a prior appearance before the legislative body.
The Capitol opens Doctor Monica starring Kay Francis as a physician with no hospital scenes. Jean Muir plays the other woman and Warren William the husband. Verree Teasdale appears in a stellar role as the plot centers on a wife who attempts to sacrifice her husband for the other man’s child, but the other woman ends her life.
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell reunite in Change of Heart at the Palace Theatre today through Thursday with James Dunn and Ginger Rogers. Winfield Sheehan of Fox produced the film introducing a grown up Janet and a realistic setting, marking a mature return for the famed duo.
An advertisement touts B. C. as a fast relief for monthly pains and common ailments. It claims ingredients used by physicians, mixed to act in minutes, and notes it contains no opiates. Available in 10c and 25c packages from druggists.
Kathleen Norris novel adapted story follows four young graduates in the city facing joys and sorrows after college. The film marks a shift to a womanly characterization and handles common problems with trenchant, human portrayal, promising to be a standout Gaynor Farrell screen hit.
Charleston W Va July 16 Two more Eastern Panhandle subsidiaries of American Water Works and Electric Company of New York fall under Public Service Commission scrutiny. Shepherdstown Light and Power Company serves Shepherdstown Jefferson County while Northern Virginia Power Company operates in Charles Town and Berkeley Springs.
The two utility firms and three engineers are conducting a full inventory and appraisal of the companies properties to judge fairness of current rates. This is the third rate investigation by the commission in three months. The Potomac Light and Power Company of Martinsburg, owned by American Water Works and Electric Company, faces a hearing next month.
County Agent I Fred Stine received a telegram around noon today that Mr Moore of the Virginia Emergency Relief Administration will be in the county tomorrow to inspect lands offered for rent to VERA for grazing western cattle from drought stricken areas. Rental will be paid for the summer and fall pasture months.
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