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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1940

Page

6

Greenway notices and trade tone report from Virginia

In Greenway Virginia Augusts events include a yard party at Greenway Church and visits among residents. The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce reports improving business conditions with 12 percent higher power use and 34 percent more coal dumpings in Hampton Roads. Defense programs drive major Virginia projects including drydocks shipyards bases and a Langley Field plan totaling about 50 million in Norfolk area expenditures.

Strosnider Winchester Berryville Virginia Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Hampton Roads Federe Reserve Bank National Defense Program Newport News Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia Engineering Company Naval Air Station Norfolk Norfolk Operating Base Quantico Marine Base Dahlgren Proving Ground Langley Field Norfolk Area Navy Yard United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Richmond Norfolk & Western Virginia Bridge Company Roanoke United States Housing Authority Blue Ridge Parkway

Motif 6759 Pattern for Lilac Embroidered Bedspread

A simple lace bordered lilac motif bedspread design described with easy stitches. Includes transfer pattern of motif 1434 by 20 inches and four motifs 314 by 544 inches. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number.

Winchester Dept 14Th Street New York N. Y

Average monthly rainfall over 27 years from 1913 to 1939

Rainfall data shows 24 hour precipitation none, August to date .74 inches, year to date 24.61 inches. Average monthly rainfall by month lists values from January 2.56 inches to December 2.39 inches, totaling an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy given to Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

Weekend Visits and Family Gatherings In Mountain Falls

Mt Falls records weekend visits from Forest Glen Maryland families and Mt Airy Maryland guests. Local hostesses celebrate a fifteenth birthday with cake ice cream and refreshments while relatives visit and depart. Mrs Oates suffers minor injuries from a stairs fall.

Mountain Falls L. D. Oates Betty Cleaves Forest Glen Klosowski Wilmington Calvin Richard Mt. Airy Edgar Heishman Catherine Snoots Arlington J. L. Heishman E. C. Oates

Henry Ford on Newspapers as Daily Educators

Henry Ford praises newspapers calling them the best educators. He says they arrive daily and are always up to the minute.

Henry Ford

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