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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1947
Page
6
Sheriff T W Andrews of Franklin County rewards good behavior by granting six short term prisoners permission to go rabbit hunting. The leniency experiment boosted prisoner morale and provided a fried rabbit meal for the county prison table.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises Uncle Sam's Almanac 1948 offering answered questions on astronomy politics holidays aviation divorce motion pictures and more. It includes calendar updates congressional governor information presidential succession and UN tables plus a new statistics table. A coupon offers the 20 cent postpaid copy. Rhodopsin note adds a science aside about night vision.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation to 7 a.m. none. December to date 1947 is 32.71 inches. Average annual rainfall over 24 years is 36.30 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-1946 include January 2.45, February 1.97, March 2.95, April 3.07, May 3.64, June 3.86, July 3.79, August 3.77, September 3.36, October 2.40, and December. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Search parties comb the Seward peninsula for Lt Vern H. Arnet and Lt Frederick J. Sheetz along with three Army paratroopers who vanished after aiding six rescued crew members. Munz reported possible evidence of one or two bodies near the crash site 1500 feet away, with a parachute nearby.
John S. Eggleston general counsel for Imperial Tobacco Co and board member of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co died at his Richmond home. A separate note mentions the Palo mar telescope lens ground to two millionths of an inch accuracy.
Earl Bailey is commissioner of revenue Harry McCann treasurer Robert DeHaven sheriff and Joseph Massie Jr Commonwealth attorney sworn in for new term Incumbents Bailey and McCann begin full terms DeHaven and Massie assumed posts after deaths and resignations Bonds posted Bailey 3000 DeHaven 5000 Treasurer 130000 A note claims eye strain causes half of human headaches.
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