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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1941
Page
5
SEATTLE Aug 18 Dr and Mrs Robert M Lee canoed 500 miles down a treacherous Arctic stream without mishap en route home to Fort Collins Colorado. They were delayed 12 hours when their steamer grounded at Seattle harbor.
Frederick County plans more large protected gardens this fall to boost food security and support the Food for Defense program. Miss Rachel E. Dougan notes food is a defense weapon and cites government purchases of hogs butter chickens and eggs to ensure vital supplies. The Warner family near Winchester showcases success with 600 quarts canned and 55 bushels stored, plus meat from seven hogs for year round food.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending unspecified with August to date .98 inches and year to date 18.73 inches. Monthly values range from January 2.52 to August 3.71 inches, with averages over 28 years 35.80 inches and monthly averages from 1913 to 1939. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts Admiral Richard Byrd and Carl Sandburg are slated for two Tuesday night broadcasts from a national emergency rally in New York. Roberts will preside the 7 pm NBC Blue program with Sandburg singing spirituals, while Byrd speaks at 8:15 on Unity Sweat and Sacrifice on CBS.
M J Cy Williams, a 40 year old clerk in Miami's city engineer office, sets out on a 1500 mile bicycle trip to Texas to hunt jackrabbits. He jokes he will travel 100 miles to a gallon of buttermilk and plans to visit friends in the military service at Pensacola air station and on maneuvers in Louisiana.
Ylena, an aspiring decorator, works late to design Terrence Alkire’s garage apartment and later a larger home, while Tate Cromwell presses for marriage. Alkire fuels momentum with blunt humor and the promise of an advance check, and Ylena wrestles with fear and ambition in a tense romance set amid interior fantasy.
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