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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1937

Page

15

Boxers Set For 16 Bout National Amateur Tourney At Garden

New York report says tonight's Madison Square Garden program features 16 amateur bouts for the American Legion convention delegates. War buddy Gene Tunney and Elsie Janis will attend. 16 title holders across seven classes compete, including Mississippi’s Stephen Ilkerson versus Jack Sharkey of the Teasdale A. C.

New York Madison Square Garden Bowl Island City American Legion Convention New York City Gene Tunney Elsie Jan

Sharkey Referee Bout Amid Dempsey Era Highlights

The fragment notes a boxing bout refereed by Jack Dempsey with Sharkey earning the International Golden Gloves title as a key detail.

Mother Gives Away Six Of Her Offspring In Oklahoma City

Mina Mason, 35, mother of eight and then two more, signed away six children to orphanages at a county court stating she cannot feed them on eight dollars a month. She appeared calm and said she is happy to part with her brood since her husband left for New Mexico seeking work and relief is her only income.

Oklahoma City Mina Mason New Mexico American Legion New York Dixie Graves Alabama Bibb Graves Hugo L. Black U. S. Supreme Court Walter Buck Trotter Jones

Beauty Queen Picks Bumper Apple Crop in Virginia Orchard

Jonedith Henry, a southern belle, was photographed amid a thriving apple harvest in the orchard of Senator Harry F. Byrd near Winchester Virginia. Local pride surrounds the season as landmark orchards yield heavy fruit.

South Jonedith Henry Harry F. Byrd Winchester

Pope Uses Italian Mediation Over German Church Crisis

The Pope approves a German letter as a memorandum on the Catholic Church in Germany and entrusts Premier Mussolini to bring it to Reichsführer Hitler during Mussolini’s visit. Reliable sources say the Duce may act as intermediary to improve the deplorable religious situation in Germany.

Germany Mussolini

Germany Protests Bombardment of Reich Embassy in Beijing

Berlin protests Tokyo over bombardment threats against the German embassy in Peking and other German residential areas. The German ambassador delivered the note to the Japanese foreign office as Britain the United States and France pursued similar démarches.

Berlin Germany Japan Tokyo Britain United States France

Spanish Loyalists Reach Frontier Town Granja De Torrehermosa

Government forces swept to Granja De Torrehermosa 35 miles south of Badajoz near the Portuguese frontier. Civilian residents fled as the town burned after a day of artillery and air bombardment by government forces.

Madrid Granja de Torrehermosa Badajoz

Last Call for the Canning and Preserving Booklet

The notice urges readers to order the Canning and Preserving booklet before season’s end. It highlights over 100 tested recipes from federal and state home economics kitchens and suggests stocking the pantry for winter. Readers are asked to enclose ten cents to cover cost and handling with the coupon.

Federal State Departments of Home Economics

CANNING AND PRESERVING BOOKLET REQUEST

Information request sent from Washington DC by the Winchester Evening Star staff. The sender encloses ten cents for a copy of the booklet CANNING AND PRESERVING and provides name city street state.

False Teeth Rock Slip No More Fasteeth Powder

Fasteeth powder promises to secure upper or lower plates so false teeth never slide rock or pop out. Alkaline formula avoids gummy taste and leaves breath sweet. Available at drug stores. no substitute.

Cady

Milk price change list for home delivery in Oct

Prices for home milk deliveries rise effective October 1 with quarts at 12 cents and pints at 6.5 cents. Wholesale to merchants increases to 10 cents per quart and 6 cents per pint. Majority of the rise benefits producers amid higher production costs. merchants include Red Bud Dairy Farm Sunnyside Dairy Sanitary Dairy Halde mans Creamery and others.

Red Bud Dairy Farm D. A L. P. Cole Sunnyside Dairy Geo. P. Kern Sanitary Dairy N. B. Singleton Haldeman's Creamery

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