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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1937

Page

7

News Notes of Handley Library Highlights Reading Abroad

Sailed from San Francisco with Gone With the Wind in twelve volumes. Notes on international publication rights, literary figures, and book recommendations for campers including Woodcraft and camp manuals.

Handley Library San Francisco Japan Europe Médens Forleg Stockholm Prets Nordisk Familjebok Britannica Agar H. K. Allen E. T. Seton Dillon Wallace W. H. Miller W. C. Camp C. A. Graeffe H. S. Curtis E. N. Hebbert Margaret Mitchell Virginia Woolf Somerset Maugham Esther Forbes E. M. Remarque W. D. Edmonds Caroline Gordon Warwick Deeping Andre Maurois Geoffrey Dennis Rudyard Kipling Nile Emil Ludwig Henry New England van Wycks Brooks H. F. Armstrong

Grass Fire Yields Rusted Pistol and Five Shells

In San Diego fire crews battled a grass blaze that baffled them as a gun battle. Fire captain J. K. Sinderholm found a rusted pistol in the grass after flames subsided and five shells had been discharged.

San Diego Calif J. K. Sinderholm

Swimming booklet offered by Winchester Evening Star

Vacation readers can obtain a Red Cross prepared service booklet on swimming diving and life saving with diagrams. The self-instructor guide costs ten cents postpaid and is mailed via the Information Bureau Washington D C. Enclose ten cents and your name address and state.

Winchester Evening Star Washington Information Bureau American Red Cross

War Department extends duck blind zones in Chesapeake Bay

The War Department extends duck blind regulations to four points in Virginia and Maryland. The areas Asiawoman Isle of Wight Sinepuxent and Chincoteague bays in Maryland and Virginia are covered with applicable tributary waters. Regulations were approved May 19, 1930.

Washington War Department Chesapeake Bay Virginia Maryland Isle of Wight Sinepuxent Bays Chincoteague Bay

Expectant Mother and Husband Sentenced in Kidnaping Case

A 21 year old pregnant Detroit woman known as Rhea Prema and her husband Jack Benson, 23, were sentenced in federal court for kidnapping a Lawrence taxi driver and forcing him to drive to St. Louis. The mother to be will serve a year and a day, with the child due next November, while Benson received ten years.

Boston Jack Benson Detroit Lawrence St. Louis Rhéa Prema

Youths Rob J Fogelman Tailor Shop in Basement Heist

A youth and an accomplice entered J Fogelman tailor and haberdashery buying a ten cent handkerchief then used it as a mask to lock the owner two employees and a customer in the basement. They looted the safe of 1110 dollars and two rings valued at 275 dollars.

J. Fogelman Fogelman

New High Class Is Expected In Varsity Classic

York June 9 The Varsity race at the Poughkeepsie regatta should reach new class and color as seven eight oared shells launch at Drum Elbow June 22 Yale and Harvard absent keep it from championship status Yale unbeaten in the eastern sprint season Harvard beaten once Navy challenges standouts Buck Walsh’s crew leads with times 9 16 for 1 5 miles and 6 31 for Henley crews North Atlantic and west entries California Wisconsin from the west Oregon absent strong from Navy cox Bob Moch baton leads two crews vying for first string status after April wins over California and the Juniors posted 14 55 5 for three miles but both crews have trimmed to around 14 50 in practice

Drew Middleton York College Drum Elbow Yale Harvard Derby Conn Poughkeepsie Wyton Ily Berlin California Wisconsin Navy Buck Walsh Harvard Columbia Cornell Syracuse Princetoh Columbia Washington Huskies Bob Moch al Aldrickson

Capitol Hill Activity and Committee Actions Amid Recess

Nation's lawmakers on Capitol Hill in recess as joint committee continues rail financing inquiry. Foreign relations panel weighs Buenos Aires treaties. Appropriations subcommittee completes relief bill hearings. House considers minor legislation and tax related measures. Interstate commerce studies amendments to 1933 securities act. Flood control panel debates Ohio basin project. Culture committee debates farm aid legislation. House passes resolution on tax dodging probe. District of Columbia appropriation bill advances.

Foreign Relations Committee Buenos Aires Apations Houses Interstate Commerce Committee Ohio Terday House Gerakte District of Columbia

Faculty Changes At Bridgewater College

Bridgewater Va June 9 announces one administrative and two faculty changes for the next session. Mrs Lera W Miller of Hagerstown Md is appointed dean of women succeeding Miss Lucile Long. Miss Lucile Haun of Easton Pa becomes head of the new department Bank and will succeed pro a Cool as treasurer of the board of trustees.

Bridgewater Bridgewater College Lera W. Miller Hagerstown Lucile Long Luciile Haun Easton Arene Department Bank Pro A Cool

Denver violinist fined for loud noise in damp weather

Denver residents complained about a loud performance by long haired Rafael Dasilva age 47. He said weather and dampness affected his violin and that he chose to leave after a $25 fine was issued or paid. He had recently moved from Los Angeles for the same reason.

Bertia Harding Franz Joseph Elizabeth Austria Maximilian Mexico Franz Ferdinand Denver Rafael Dasilva Ee Lam Dasilva Feay Los Angeles

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