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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1947
Page
6
Puzzle clues for a mixed crossword including across and down entries. Reads as a garbled list with numbers and partial words, listing fruit, animal, metals, and general terms across many lines. The readable segments indicate standard crossword terminology and typical across down pairing.
Hildegard Bionk, a 28 year old Dutch girl, says a party aboard her boyfriend's ship in Rotterdam Harbor led to her illegal entry into the United States. She swam ashore in New Orleans after the voyage and is detained in San Francisco awaiting case action.
Mrs. James Patterson hosted a stork shower for Mrs. Genevene Hulver with guests including Sadie Hollar and the Rosier, Williams, Long, Ashwood, Hodgson, Sales, and Rickard families. Raymond Bradfield hosted a birthday weiner roast for Betty Lou with Patsy Keckley Coleen Rosier and Rosier, Keckley families. Charles Tyson and John Hoover visited. Mr. and Mrs. Buelah Williams and Louis Allen Williams visited Mrs. Mabel Hamilton.
A dispute over nine bales of cotton features a sign that likens the plaintiff to the former German dictator, provoking controversy as legal action proceeds.
The Alabama Court of Appeals ruled that using Adolf Hitler’s name to describe an American citizen is libelous and upheld a $900 damage award from the county circuit court. The decision, authored by Judge B. Carr, involved a defendant who allegedly posted the remark.
The report shows 24 hour precipitation ending at 7 a.m. and year to date totals for August, plus 34 year average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1946. Notable figures include August to date 0.42 inches, year to date 22.59 inches, and the average annual rainfall 36.30 inches. Monthly averages range from 1.97 inches in February to 3.86 in June, with data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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