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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1934
Page
8
City Manager P. P. Pilcher issues a warning about gutter obstructions in Winchester. It stresses keeping gutters clear to allow storm water to flow off streets and drainage channels, and prohibits wooden ramps in gutters without immediate removal after car access.
The Capitol tonight presents a double feature replacing the usual Thursday and Friday schedule due to a Little Theatre event. Lets Try Again stars Dina Wynyard and Clive Brook with Jack Holt in I ll Fix It. Feature No 1 mocks divorce as brains needed for marriage. Feature No 2 returns Winnie Lightner in Ill Fix It with a lively pace and humor.
The Cat's Paw starring Harold Lloyd and What's To Do featuring Shirley Temple close tonight at the Palace Theatre. Also on screen Una Merkle George Barbier Nat Pendleton Grace Bradley Alan Dinehart Grant Mitchell. Thursday brings Hoot Gibson and June Gale to celebrate the theatre's third anniversary with final cinema and stage appearances. Richard Cromwell and Arline Judge star in When Strangers Meet on Thursday.
Valley Airways Inc organizes a flying club at Admiral Byrd Airport to offer flight training and sport flying at about half the current rates. The plan aims to boost aviation activity, with three aircraft types and supervision by experienced licensed transport pilots. Members to be recruited as the name is announced.
Virginia Red Cross representatives will attend a regional conference in Williamsburg on October 23 to plan next year's activities and organize the fall roll call campaign. Richard F. Allen of national headquarters will speak on Today's Challenge to the Red Cross, with J. Harrison Heckman of Washington addressing roll call organization and finances. Guests include Ashton Dovell and Charles T. Duke, with Col. Charles B. Borland presiding. Mrs. Theodore Cox and Wesley Sykes are on the program. an entertainment feature will be a historical tour of Williamsburg.
Archaeologists report a pair of cliff dwelling crutches in Utah fashioned from forked tree limbs cushioned with fiber and buckskin. They are attributed to about 1100 A D. and reflect early Native American craftsmanship.
Hunger strikers in PECS Hungary press for higher pay as 1200 miners endure a five day underground hunger strike. Messages of support arrive from the United States including New York Detroit and Philadelphia. miners reject the above ground compromise and report severe hunger including belts and shoes chewed for sustenance.
The line states that Druentia was the Roman name for the river now called the Dur ance. It identifies a historic toponym and its modern equivalent without additional context.
A nursing diary recounts a hectic day with tasks from newborn baths to elderly fracture care. Staff tend to infants, bedridden patients, and patients with colitis and grippe, then send someone to a physician and log many telephone calls. Twenty six visits are recorded before the day ends.
Learn modern medical guidance for colds with Calotabs as the fourfold remedy. Relief of nasal congestion, kidney cleansing of poisons, expulsion of mucus and toxins, and keeping bile flowing. One or two Calotabs at night, milk optional, package price twenty five cents with directions.
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