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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1939
Page
6
A man entered a Pittsburgh shop, handed Yee Hong a note with Chinese characters and demanded cash. The slip did not come from Yee’s laundry, yet the owner handed over $11 from the cash drawer before the incident ended. The report notes a disrupted “no checkee, no” rule during the attempt.
Fireman John Carroll told a trial board his failure to report for duty was due to six in laws moving in on a single day. He said he was too worn out to work after arguing with them. The board considered the unusual claim with remarks about special consideration for a man with many relatives nearby.
Quick to stitch charming nursery panel pattern 6470 offers an 11 by 12 inch transfer panel color chart and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents plus coin to Worcester Evening Star Household Arts Dept at 259 W. 14th Street New York for the pattern with name address and pattern number.
In New York the New Year brings changes to Charlie Mc Carthy's show reducing Sundays to 30 minutes from January 7 and omitting Don Ameche and Dorothy Lamour after New Year's Eve. The piece lists cast, schedule notes, and shortwave forecasts while also noting a WKRC ownership transfer special on MBS. Berlin reports blame on Britain and France for Finland’s crisis, asserting Germany’s restraint aided peace in the Baltic.
The report shows present and past rainfall 24 hours ending a.m. 0.2 inches, year to date 44.66 inches. It lists monthly averages for 26 years 1913 to 1938 including Jan 2.53, Feb 1.98, Mar 2.94, Apr 3.20, May 3.64, Jun 3.58, Jul 3.34, Aug 3.68, Sep 5. Oct 3.13, Nov 2.32 inches and notes the average annual rainfall is 35.09 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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