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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
6
Former Gov. Harry W. Nice, after a heart attack weeks ago, has been discharged and is improving at home. He cannot receive visitors now and must stay in bed for three weeks before planning a Florida vacation.
Lingoh Wang a 56 year old Chinese banker from Hongkong and former official of the Chinese national government disappeared last night from the liner President Pierce. Ship officers believe he was lost at sea. Wang formerly served as consul general to the Philippines and as minister to Spain and was en route to Manila from Hongkong on a business trip.
Pattern 6874 offers a 13 by 14 inch picture transfer with color chart and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY with your name address and pattern number for details.
Richmond December report from state selective service headquarters orders all local boards to submit immediate data on 1-A registrants as of December. Colonel Mills F Neal directs that every 1-A be physically examined and quotas filled, with reserves for replacements. Boards must provide counts by race for 1-A, cards kept, and total registrants in all brackets, plus inductions, service members, and 1-D counts for whites and negros.
Mary Anderson director of the United States Women's Bureau urged abolition of tipping in Chicago before the American Association for Labor Legislation. She called tipping unwholesome and undemocratic and cited irregular employment as a hardship for workers who rely on tips for pay.
Berlin dispatch says the German navy uses a former British submarine Seal in actions against England. The sub and crew were captured after being disabled by a mine in the North Sea last May 5 and were recommissioned in a German harbor. Elevation query answered Tahoe at 6225 feet.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hours ending a.m. rainfall of 0.32 inches, December to date 2.43 inches, year to date 34.34 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 27 years from 1913 to 1939 is listed for each month and totals 35.53 inches annually, with data from Winchester Research Laboratory.
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