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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
10
New York December 21 winter and the shortest day usher a cold snap into the northeast. Fringes of a gale whip through Manhattan canyons stalling ocean liners at sea. Ships listed include the Anhat tan, Europa, Aquitania, and Champlain with adverse weather expected to continue.
The article notes the official start of the winter season in New York at 7 27 p m with sunrise at 7 17 a m and sunset at 4 31 p m totaling nine hours 14 minutes of daylight.
In Clarksburg West Virginia a quarrel over a dollar for Christmas gifts led to the deaths of Anthony McNear, 45, of Terra Alta, and his wife Pearl McNear, 35. Coroner Leroy C. Goff reported that McNear fired four shots into his wife and then shot himself.
The McNears were estranged when 17 year old McKinley Sypolt demanded a dollar for Christmas gifts at the home. An argument followed and his aunt was knocked down as shots rang out with the youth fleeing to the street for help.
PORT JERVIS N Y December 21 Department of Commerce inspectors combed the wreckage of a giant airliner today to determine the cause of a mountainside crash Saturday night in which two dozen passengers were killed and many injured.
Eleven people escaped death or serious injury as a Pan American Eastern Airlines transport made a forced landing. Dick Merrill, the skilled pilot, lies hospitalized with possible jaw and ankle fractures. He expressed relief that passengers fared better while noting Edward enjoys freedom and faces about five months remaining.
Public auction in front of Winchester Court House at noon on December 26 1936. Property 668 North Main Street Winchester Va adjoining Willis and others, two-story pebble-dash eight-room residence with 38 ft frontage and 182 ft depth. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust, fire policy required. M M Lynch Trustee Duvall Dunn Aucts. Postponed from Dec 12 1936.
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