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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1940
Page
6
Virginia oil companies were asked to attend an April 25 conference on a statewide gasoline price investigation ordered by the 1940 General Assembly. The aim is to gather information on prices and sales practices across sections of the state, and to address any discrimination in price for identical gasoline brands between commercial buyers and retail dealers.
In Richmond on April 17 a Shenandoah Valley farmer saw his quirky bookkeeping rejected by the State Division of Motor Vehicles. He kept fuel usage by driving nails into a post, claiming five gallons of gas per tractor fill, but the method was deemed not adequate and the refund request not filed within sixty days.
Daylight saving time begins on April 28 affecting radio networks. Listeners in DST areas hear programs at usual times, while areas on standard time hear most programs an hour earlier. Check newspaper listings for new times of in effect programs.
H V Kaltenborn, now with NBC, will broadcast from shipboard then from Italy Balkans France and England during his April 27 to June 3 trip. His last European visit was in August 1939. Amos and Andy sign a CBS sponsor extension spanning 41 years dating from 1941.
The record shows present and past rainfall figures including 24 hours ending April 59, year to date 8.54 inches and 27 year monthly averages. Monthly averages are listed for January to December with values from 2.04 to 3.79 inches, yielding an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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