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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1941
Page
6
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to finance a bill aiming to raise 3.5 billion dollars in new revenue next fiscal year. Public hearings will begin Thursday with Secretary Morgenthau as the first witness, as Chairman Doughton said the goal was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
Yugoslav diplomatic sources reported that five Yugoslav armies totaling 300 000 to 400 000 men were holding a central zone between the Belgrade Nis railway line and the towns of Foca and Pec. They said only the first and fourth armies capitulated in the north while the others withdrew to a compact square and that an attack by 8000 troops to the south was repelled.
New York report notes the first class for expectant grandmothers at the maternity center association with 35 women. Director Hazel Corbin says grandmothers must learn modern baby care such as the square diaper and adjusting family routines for a baby's arrival.
A 14 foot linen cloth preserved in a Turin cathedral chapel is said to bear the front and back impressions of a human form. Believers hold it to be the garment of Christ, with the body placed on the lower half and the cloth folded over to cover from head to feet.
Rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation none as of 8 a.m. and April to date 1.70 inches, year to date 5.92 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 list January 2.52, February 2.05, March 2.90, April 3.25, May 3.56, June 3.77, July 3.57, August 3.71, September 2.44, October 3.16, November 2.44, December 2.38 inches. Expected annual rainfall for 28 years is 35.80 inches. Courtesy statistics from Winchester Research Laboratory.
Tom and Betsy Forman inherit Halcyon Island after a man named Jordan Markham is found shot to death. Natalie Schuyler and Brooks Archrane, a wealthy couple with social rank, join the trip with Coralie and John Simpson. On arrival, rivalries and romance surface among guests as Natalie stirs plans and assigns roles for the island honeymoon experience.
Radio schedule notes Jack Benny guests Quiz Kids Joan Bishop Jack Lucas Claude Brenner Richard Williams Gerard Darrow and a life member award from the Chicago Academy of Sciences. Also Tallulah Bankhead learns from Eddie Cantor about vegetables and barter. Fred Allen trails Cantor in Crossley ratings.
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