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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1940
Page
6
More than 200 youths with alternate appointments and passed exams may gain entry to the United States Naval Academy under new defense legislation sent to the President. They must pass physical tests and have not reached age twenty by April 1.
Detailed pattern instructions for four dressing tables with scalloped edges and rounded details. Includes materials list and step by step directions. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
Arthur H. Starnes, 35, tests sub stratosphere effects in a 36000-foot chamber at Northwestern University Medical School. He wore an oxygen mask and radioed with scientists as instruments track breathing and heart action. Tests aim to answer if a 35000-foot jump impairs jumper and when to open the parachute to avoid asphyxiation.
DECATUR II Aug. 31 Dr. I. V. Grisson county coroner asked the sheriff to subpoena all witnesses to an inquest he had scheduled. Taking him at his word they served him with a summons.
Ronnie Fisher a 10 year old in Concord Nebraska tried parachuting from a barn roof using an umbrella. He fractured his leg and is recovering after the stunt.
The report lists 24 hour rainfall at 2 a.m. 18 inches for August to date 3.78 inches year to date 29.08 inches. It provides 27 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 with values for each month and an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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