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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1941
Page
6
Radio highlights list programs across stations with musical performances and news segments. A Q A asks about defense housing for Negroes, noting 4 844 homes built, and Gene Tunneys last fight against Tom Heeney on July 21 1928.
The Rev. John Bernard Gernat, a young American priest from Winder Pennsylvania, was taken off the Egyptian liner El Nil by British authorities at Trinidad. He arrived in New York aboard the Brazil and complained of a week in custody, noting two German cameras and a German typewriter were seized. He said he was detained after remarking that conditions in Budapest under German occupation were “fine.” He blamed a British informer aboard the El Nil for the action.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill is too busy to answer birthday greetings on his sixty seventh birthday. No 10 Downing Street released that he sends warm thanks and hopes receivers accept the message as formal acknowledgement of their messages.
Present and past rainfall figures show none for 24 hours ending today and for December to date. Year to date stands at 25.01 inches. The 28 year average rainfall is 35.80 inches with monthly averages listed from January 2.52 to December 2.38 inches. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Damian Ducy of Pueblo caught a 17 pound tarpon on Gulf of Mexico waters during a goodwill trip, his first time fishing.
County commissioners placed a lock on a new pedestrian controlled traffic semaphore intended to help school children cross a highway. Hitch hikers were observed using the device for thumb actions.
In a southern town Roy Leonard plans a contest to find the typical farmer's daughter while engaged to Irene Carter. They tour an old Manhattan apartment, debate country living, and Irene pressures Roy about Susan Farmer as a product model. They seal plans with a kiss before parting.
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