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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1946
Page
3
Gardeners prepare for a season of planting while druggists offer cures for poison ivy rashes. Oil on tools spreads from hands to face and clothing. Prevent by recognizing the plant, washing hands, using hot water and laundry soap, and dry cleaning contaminated clothing. Seek a doctor for severe irritation.
An advertisement describes a woman who avoided eating due to gas bloating and constipation. After using ERB HELP she reports regained appetite and regular digestion. The spot touts ERB HELP as cleansing bowels and aiding liver and kidneys, sold at Winchester drug stores.
Douglas Leigh plans a 40 foot high electric sign on a four times larger dirigible to tour the Atlantic seaboard from New England to Washington. The sky giant will advertise Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures with 5,000 lamps per side and 25 by 20 foot running messages, led by ex Navy personnel.
A 52 page booklet covers Presidents from Washington to Truman and their White House hostesses with biographies and election tables. The ad notes price fifteen cents postpaid and directs readers to Information Bureau in Washington DC. The second item explains a green cross on a car signifies a physician, with no special rights.
Big league attendance nears 3,000,000 as the Boston Red Sox begin a western tour and the St. Louis Cardinals travel east to face the Brooklyn Dodgers. Detroit seizes momentum on a home stand as Boston and St. Louis vie for early season supremacy.
In a Sunday game Armel defeated Stephens City 9 to 8 behind pitcher Buddy Grove. Armel scorers included Charles Foster two runs Buddy Grove two runs Douglas Cornwell two runs Randolph Pingley one Ernest Welch one and John Drummond one. Armel schedules a game at Winchester Sunday.
Officers of the Army of the United States are not entitled to treatment in Army hospitals after they have been certified by the War Department to the Veterans' Administration for retirement pay. Future hospitalization rights would be under the Veterans' Administration.
Former Page Home owner in Berryville Clarke County Virginia announces a public auction of household effects and an extensive collection of authentic English French and American antiques plus modern furnishings in excellent condition. A partial listing is provided for inspection and appraisal by experts who note the collection's outstanding class quantity and quality.
A family of four monkey faced barn owls nests in an unused Smithsonian tower since at least 1877. Secretary Alexander Wetmore defends tolerating the birds saying they help control rats and mice. Frederick C. Lincoln notes the owls may pay their rent by rodent control. Dr Frank Campbell recalls a close encounter with a large white owl in the tower.
The origin of the term in this sense is uncertain. It was popularized during World War I by Yank, the U.S. Army magazine for soldiers.
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