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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1938
Page
12
Pattern No 1444 B offers a daytime house dress with pleated sleeves and skirt for sizes 26 to 52. It features a revers and bow neckline for a finished look and versatile wear from housework to shopping. Material options include calico gingham or tub silk with yardage details and price.
The inquest into Mrs. Maybelie 'Horlick Sidley 61 heiress to the Horlick malted milk fortune was ordered for July 26 by Attorney General Gordon Conant after a police conference. A private autopsy found death from a brain tumor. no poisons were detected. The will, filed in Racine,WI, leaves about 4 million to distribute among Bull, her guest, her son, and others.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the Middle Atlantic States shows occasional showers probable in the first half and generally fair weather in the latter half. Temperatures run above normal early, then cooler midweek and slightly warmer at the end.
In Rock Hall Maryland on July 16 a blaze gutted Emory Hogan’s garage destroying seventeen automobiles including about half new. An explosion preceded the fire but its cause remained undetermined.
Will Rogers recalls paying tribute to Tom Marshall a political figure with humor and decency. A Boston lawyer James A Donovan recalled Marshall presiding over the U S Senate at a Democratic Convention and restoring order with a quip about silence.
A 1938 syndicated reminiscence recounts Will Rogers turning a cold shoulder into a lasting bond by sharing ice cream with a young colored boy on a New York film lot. The anecdote underscores Rogers worldly kindness and his knack for winning friends.
Dick Langworthy and John H. Brown present Mayor T. A. Penney with a mimeographed weekly demanding representation and inviting the mayor and council to meet with a committee of kids. The mayor agrees to a hearing.
More than 2,000 firefighters battled 100 fires across Washington Oregon and northern California as cooler weather and higher humidity spread hope. The Ryderwood blaze in Long-Bell Lumber Co. property charred over 20,000 acres. Toandos Peninsula fire showed some progress but Ryderwood ran wild. A cigarette sparked a Snoqualmie Pass blaze near a Douglas fir preserve, and a California-plate car allegedly started fires near Canyonville Oregon.
Boston July 16 Bob Grove 38 year old veteran pitcher for the Boston Red Six awaits discharge from St Elizabeth's Hospital. Dr Edward J OBrien says Grove's ailment is not permanent and he may rejoin the club this afternoon.
Just off the press a beauty and charm booklet for women promises up to date tips to improve looks and personality. It explains developing inner and outer charm and suggests self improvement with a 10 cent postpaid order.
The notice requests a copy of the booklet Beauty and Charm for ten cents in coin wrapped in paper. It includes space to fill in name street city state.
E. Phillips Oppenheim presents The Colossus of Arcadia a novel set in Monte Carlo where wealth beauty and danger mingle. An American heiress arrives with a legacy as war looms over a glittering backdrop at the resort town. The Handley Library offers the book for borrowing.
Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter and Cesar Romero star in Always Goodbye at Hable's Palace Theatre. The film follows a woman's love and her determined bid for happiness as the story unfolds over Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Fox News Release preview notes the picture speaks for women of today and men who love them.
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