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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
5
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total of 0.47 inches ending 7 a m. August rainfall to date is 5.91 inches. The 1948 rainfall to date is 27.34 inches. The 35 year average annual rainfall is 36.20 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 to 1946 are listed with values for January through December. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Police hunted Henry Morgan Brooks across states using license plates of a rental car when he shot himself in an Asbury Park hotel room. Brooks faced investigation in the Princeton murder of Joseph Watkins, former business partner. Sergeant Frank Rowland, a police identification expert, is seen examining the bathroom scene.
Deputy State Fire Marshal said the 12 year old niece of the Willey family confessed to setting a series of 100 to 200 fires this month at the Willey farm near Macomb Illinois. Fires began inside the house and spread to the barn and other buildings after the family moved to a cottage.
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