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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1948
Page
7
Present and past rainfall data cover 24 hours to 7 am. August rainfall to date shows 2.06 inches for 1948 and year to date 23.49 inches. The average annual rainfall for 35 years is 36.20 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list 2.46 inches in January through 3.92 inches in June with August at 3.76 inches. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Classified ads list sale items including a house and lot at 37 Southwerk Street in Bluemont Virginia with viewing after 3 30. Also a Laree Colonial residence on Greyhound bus line offering 15 rooms on 3 acres with deep well and sheds priced 6500 with 2000 cash terms. Includes old square piano and antiques. Also refrigerators bargains from D and E Refrigeration Service with several models and prices.
An outsider journalist visiting the 17th annual American Sunbathing Assn convention at Sunshine Park in Mays Landing, New Jersey, was pressured to strip for admission. He accepted a dog tag as identification and fled as mosquitoes swarmed the six acre private park amid rain and indoor sessions. The piece also notes Gaelic is the official language of Ireland with school study and bilingual state documents.
A Dayton Ohio police inspector testified before a House labor subcommittee that the Univis Lens Co strike appeared to follow a communist pattern though he had no proof it was directed by or dominated by the party. He said several actions suggested such a pattern.
Oxford University in England forms a federation of 21 colleges each with its own government and teaching staff.
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