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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1934
Page
7
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A quick tour from Little Rock where Postmaster General Farley met 200 workers in 15 minutes at the federal building, to Jerseyville where a 175 pound catfish named old Methuselah tormented nets and birds, Franklin Neb sees Clarence Mitchell bid for sheriff with penny postcards, Lynn Mass reports Dr. correction after two ribs dislocated by a doctor.
Ravenna reports an emergency storage tank placed on a nearby farm while a new gas main was being connected. The tank held gas, described as the envelope of the old blimp Resolute, as part of the operation.
In McDonald Tennessee G D Robertson felled a tall chestnut tree and heard meows from a hole near the crown. Tabby the house cat rushed to quiet her newborn litter as three kittens were found safe inside the hollow top of the trunk.
Warren Swingle and his two sons used a sheep crook post bar and shotgun to wipe out 128 rattlesnakes in a reptiles den. The nine adult and 119 young snakes marked the district's largest recorded kill.
The church observed its forty seventh anniversary and home coming with a morning and afternoon program. About 300 attendees from Winchester Front Royal West Virginia and Ohio gathered. Notable figures mentioned included Governor Kump Judge Kump Rev Dr W F Gruver Rev J Paul Gruver Rev Dr D H Scanlon and others in real estate circles. The day featured remarks by Rev J Paul Gruver and a basket picnic in the social room. Mayor B J Hillidge of Front Royal gave a brief talk in the afternoon.
Norwich England August 20 The death of Lord Justice Thomas Edward Scrutton a leading member of the Court of Appeal was announced He was 77 years old Sir Thomas fell ill during a holiday outing in Norwich
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