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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1940
Page
14
Kansas City hosts the first town hall style meeting with Mayor John T. Gage and Manager L. P. Cookingham. Citizens submit questions and nine in ten ask why the city has not provided them with employment.
Canton Illinois on August 22 Harry Lokers recovered a stolen car but found the doors locked. After fetching a locksmith they returned to retrieve the vehicle and discovered it had been stolen again.
The dancing bear cuddle toy uses two simple pieces joined by a front strip, with legs and ears faced with extra pieces. Pattern 6773 includes a transfer pattern of Ts nc 173, instructions, and materials. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
In the 1940 Accidents Facts yearbook the National Safety Council notes 25,800 deaths from falls in the previous year. April accounts for eight percent and January nine percent, the month with the fewest and most fatalities respectively. Drownings peak in summer. December sees the most burn deaths.
The National Association of Dyers and Cleaners announced today that People's Cleaning Company of Winchester has been admitted to membership. The firm will display the association insignia nationwide as a symbol of high dry cleaning standards.
Dr Donall M Bennett a Louisville University physics professor located a 105 radium needle in a hospital ash pile after a misplaced cancer treatment device. He used a radium detector and worked two hours digging until a clicking in the earphones signaled the find.
Policeman Landis Dennis recognized a man asking directions as the wanted suspect shown in a headquarters photo. Dennis directed the man out of town, exposing an arrest for obtaining goods under false pretenses.
FASTEETH, a pleasant alkaline denture powder, helps false teeth stay firmer. Sprinkle a little on plates to improve eating and talking comfort, with no gummy taste or mouthfeel and a reduction in denture odor and breath. Available at drug stores.
The record shows August to date 1.26 inches and year to date 25.13 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 27 years is 2.56 inches in January through 3.79 inches in June. The average annual rainfall for the period is 35.53 inches, courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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