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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
10
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1494 B presents a two piece tailored jacket and dress, suitable as travel wear. Features slim waist darts and pleated sleeves, sizes 12 to 20, with yardage for 39 inch fabric. Send 15 cents for the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer pattern book.
New York early report describes Ethel Merman swinging a signal lantern on the Century Limited as she exited a Hollywood bound train. A photographer urged a swing and the engine responded with a lurch before a trainman halted the locomotive using a stop signal.
Washington reports about 1,000,000 women earn below state minimums, with wages from 6 to 18 dollars weekly. Officials note expanding coverage under state laws, many covering women and minors, some only females, and one Oklahoma statute in court.
The new supervisors audit book is established at County Clerk C. C. Brannon's office. It records the appropriation for each expense item and provides space to log warrants authorized by the board.
Front Royal and Warren County spell out a sequence of social events. Visitors include Miss Nevada Sonner in Arlington and Mrs. Arlene Wake returning from Harrisonburg Madison College. Local residents attend weddings and travels, with several trips to Virginia and North Carolina.
Esther Kipps Hoskins daughter of William M. Hoskins married Walter O. Gore of Culpeper on Wednesday July 20 at 4 pm in the bride’s parents home in Central City. Rev W Emory Trantham officiated. The bride wore a silk straw berry rose suit with blue accessories and a bouquet of cream rosebuds. Only immediate family attended with a reception for the bridal party. The couple will reside in Culpeper after a motor trip to New York and Atlantic City.
A scrambled OCR puzzle entry lists across and down clues with numbers and partial phrases. The readable items include references to a variety of wordplay clues, potential theme hints, and fragments that resemble standard crossword formats across multiple positions.
Athletes from half a dozen states competed on the third day of the three day international meet in Stockholm. The United States dominated, winning five of seven events on the previous day as the Americans pressed their lead.
Will Rogers riffs on fear and parachutes in a breezy humorous piece. He recounts nervous flyers and a California woman’s scare, underscoring that jumping without a chute is far riskier. The prose reflects lighthearted aviation slyness from a classic humorist.
The President's center on medical care says Congress will be asked to authorize a broad national health program similar to an $850 million a year plan presented at a national health conference. AMA opposition and physicians backing hint at a split in support while a New York meeting of rebel AMA leaders endorses federal funding for care, hospital construction, and disease control.
Albany July 22 Grandfather Alfred E. Smith unable to attend Mary Warner's eleventh birthday party due to Frederick E. Crane, president of New York's constitutional convention, keeping delegates within the convention. Mary wrote to Crane asking leniency. he refused.
An advertisement promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac offering a yearly reference with calendars and home useful facts. Readers are urged to send ten cents postpaid to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau for a copy directed to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington DC, with name address and payment.
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