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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1939

Page

6

Chair Set Has Old Fashioned Charm For Home Crochet

Crochet chair set and pillow match the chair. Back piece can become scarf ends. Pattern 6589 includes charts, illustrations, and stitching guides. Send ten cents and write NAME and PATTERN NAME to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY.

Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept W. 14Th Street New York N. Y

Radio Highlights Describe Graf Spee Scuttling Broadcast

NBC aired the Graf Spee scuttling from Montevideo marking a front line style broadcast. James Bowen reported live as explosions occurred and tribute programs followed including a Broun funeral homage and a John Chapman tribute.

New York NBC Graf Spee River Platte James Bowen Montevideo Heywood Broun MBS John Chapman Broadway

Boys Strike Oil Near Falls City Neb

Discovery of oil near Falls City Nebraska brings quick fortune to local youths. They filled hundreds of small bottles with oil from the first gusher and sold sample bottles along with two pictures of the derrick for 25 cents to curious crowds.

Falls City Neb

Rainfall Averages From 1913 to 1938 With Local Totals

Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation none ending 8 a m. December to date .62 inches year to date 45.17 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 38 include January 2.53 February 1.98 March 2.94 April 3.20 May 3.64 June 3.58 July 3.34 August 3.68 September yg October 3.13 November 2.32 December. The average annual rainfall over the 26 year period is 35.09 inches. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

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