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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1938
Page
10
At a Illinois podiatrist meeting Dr M R U Gell described stenographers showing abnormal foot positions when taking dictation. He warned that crossing legs and notebook placement can cause peroneal palsy and that accelerator foot strain may injure metatarsal joints.
Rosano reports federation members were told the governor knew Hall would not be reappointed yet never stated so to the committee. Thomas Morton of Richmond is named to the Labor and Industry Commissioner post after the executive board criticizes Price. The report is sent to a committee headed by J. R. Rapp for review amid unit disagreements with the 5 to 2 action.
A humorous Will Rogers tale contrasts hospital care with rising bills. A visitor hears guides describing patient intake and recovery rooms, only to learn the left room is for when the patient sees the bill, then goes home.
A reader recalls poor theatre seat guidance in New York and criticizes box office snobbery. The piece moves to parenting thrift lessons from Rockefeller Jr and a trainer’s view on fighters, preserving 1930s tone and named figures.
Several large newspapers and magazines published items featuring the Shenandoah Valley and nearby Shenandoah National Park. Highlights include front page trout fishing photos in the Philadelphia Record and scenic views of Natural Bridge in the Washington Herald-Time and Washington Post. Queen Shenandoah XV noted by New York News and Cincinnati Post. Better Homes & Gardens featured the park in Naturé’s Own Gardens with a free Motorist's Guide folder distributed through park service cooperation.
A May 17 column by Dewitt Mackenzie discusses Joseph P. Kennedy’s actions as American ambassador to the Court of St James's. It notes his ban on U S debutantes not resident in Britain from court presentation and his appearance in ordinary evening dress. It cites Lord Beaverbrook's insulted response and debates over royal pomp and imperial prestige.
Mrs Arthur Mink of Bloomington Illinois keeps two singing mice she says are a mated pair and hopes to raise a family of performers through her unusual hobby.
John Jones, a Black brick mason in Charlotte, asks the thief who stole seven pullets from his henhouse to call again, promising a pocketbook left under the roost as a clue.
On Capitol Hill, Harry Hopkins testifies in a closed Senate subcommittee session. The House committee continues study of a proposed government station for South American broadcasts. A House subcommittee hears advocates for pardoning Tom Mooney while the Senate and House consider minor measures. Yesterday the Senate passed a bill to create a new aviation control agency and approved highway aid funds for 1940 41 plus minor House bills.
A reader offer advertises a five color map of Europe showing current and prewar boundaries. The coupon requests ten cents in coin to receive the May of Europe map, directed by The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau with director Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C.
A newspaper style note announcing a daily crossword with across clues from 1 to 35 and down clues from 1 to 38. The page presents scattered garbled entries and includes a prompt to check tomorrow’s solution.
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