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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1940
Page
6
Isaballa Messmer, jailed for the slaying of Buford Armstrong, escaped Sunday night from the new Ector county jail in Odessa. She forced a door with a metal piece, smashed a corridor window, and climbed to the ground from the third floor.
Pattern 6687 offers a transfer of six motifs averaging 5 by 3 inches with the needed materials and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents and write NAME ADDRESS and PATTERN NUMBER to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY.
New York April 9 broadcast plans outline opening of the major league baseball season. Scheduled events include a 9:30 PM Monday preview from nine cities via MBS, a 2:45 PM Tuesday description of the Red Sox Senators game on MBS, and a 10:15 PM Tuesday CBS Americans At Work feature with Mel Allen interviewing the Yankees. Many stations will air daily at home games in both major and minor leagues.
In Baltimore on April 9 the Right Rev Edward Helfenstein bishop of Maryland marked his 75th birthday and his wife Mrs Helfenstein celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Governor OConnor sent congratulatory messages. Mrs Helfenstein is sister to Rev Robert Nelson rector of Christ Church Winchester.
In Dumont Iowa on April 9 an elderly resident named Mrs M V Schuler used an electric incubator to hatch two lively and perfectly formed chicks from a single egg.
Present and past rainfall data show April to date 1.65 inches and year to date 7.61 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 1913 to 1939 lists January 2.56 inches through December and an annual average of 35.53 inches. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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