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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1937

Page

10

Fractures Now Set In 10 Minutes

A new surgical rangefinder for bones enables a ten minute operation to mend a broken hip with a steel nail. The method reduces muscle cutting, speeds recovery to four hours of mobility and five to seven weeks to return to work, with 20 percent fewer deaths among elderly hip fracture patients. Co inventor Hans May and Dr Gilson Colby Engel presented the technique, using a fan shaped X ray guided plate to align two bone segments through a small incision.

Howard W. Blakeslee Associated Press Chicago En College of Surgeons Gilson Colby Engel University of Pennsylvania Hans May Philadelphia Engel Claude F. Dixon M. D Joel L. Deuterman Harry M. Weber Mayo Clinic

Dallas Fort Worth Detectives Coordinating Recall

City Detective R W Corn asks a fellow officer in Fort Worth as operators confirm readiness. The exchange implies planned joint action between Dallas and Fort Worth police. The operators remark that the two officers ought to be together sometime.

Dallas R. W. Corn Fort Worth

Grandmother at 29: Hazel Hughes of Amite

Mrs. Hazel Hughes, 29, of Amite Louisiana, is pictured with her daughter Anna May Stogner and Stogner's one month old daughter. Hughes married at 14 and her daughter married at 13, with both women leaving their husbands within six months of each marriage.

Hazel Hughes Amite, la Anna May Stogner Hughes

Insurance And Pension Plan Well Received

More than 99.5 percent of 22,470 eligible employees of The Texas Corporation and subsidiaries in the United States and Canada have enrolled in the Group Life Insurance and Pension Plan. The plan, effective July 1, is funded by both employee and company contributions and provides death benefits and pensions. To date 113 employees have received pension checks and 26 death claims totaling $77,719.82 have been paid.

Texas Corporation United States Canada Life Insurance and Pension Plan W. S. S. Rodgers

Local Quartet Is On The Air

The Sunday Songsters a quartet of four local boys Allen Franks Maynard McKee George McFarland and Everett Jenkins made their debut on WFMD Frederick Maryland last Sunday. They earned a half hour of air time each Sunday at 1230 pm after an audition and invite listeners to send requests to the station to support their broadcasting future.

Allen Franks Maynard McKee George McFarland Everett Jenkins WFMD Frederick

Station Officials Gauge Public Reaction To Program

Officials at the station seek early reader feedback to understand how their program is being received by the public.

Evening Star Not Delivered in Winchester Prompt Delivery Service

If you fail to receive your Evening Star in Winchester call Postal Telegraph for prompt delivery. There is no charge for this service.

Winchester

Bank Closing Notices for Election Day 1937

Bank closing notices declare Election Day a legal holiday on Tuesday November 2 1937. Banks will reopen Wednesday November 3 1937 with paper maturing that date payable the next banking day. Signatories include John L Sloat George B Bushnell J H Yost Harold G Brown.

John L. Sloat Geo. B. Bushnell Union Bank of Winchester J. H. Yost Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Harold G. Brown Shenandoah Valley Net’ Bank

Rainfall Totals and Averages for Winchester Period

The report shows present and past rainfall with 24 hour ending yesterday at 5 p m as none. October to date 10.33 inches and year to date 47.65 inches. Average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1936 lists January 2.46 February 1.97 March 3.03 April 3.07 May 3.65 June 3.63 July 3.35 August 3.59 September 2.91 October 2.91 November 2.31 December 34.74 inches is the annual average at Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

Parole System Seen Coming to Virginia

Richmond October 29. Governor Peery predicted adoption of a Virginia parole system is inevitable. He told about 60 trial justices that the aim is reform not punishment and urged suspending sentences when facts justify it. He praised the trial justice act and noted delays but commended its administration statewide.

Richmond Peery Virginia Association of Trial Justices of Virginia W. H. Overbey Campbell County Trial Justices Association Haskins Hobson Chesterfield County Hobson

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