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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
6
Ohio County reports a coal seam of about 100000 tons found during airport construction. The coal is of very poor quality with bad combustion and has drawn no bids. The county now must arrange disposal as work continues.
In Sacramento California Dr Albert N Johnson reported his English setter Dyke who had vanished reappeared at a Bird Dog club meeting indicating the dog’s reliable sense of direction.
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board will identify liquors made in Virginia for buyers. A new price list adds eleven new brands of whiskey, mostly straight bourbons, with price cuts on 20 spirits items and many wines. Reductions are generally a nickel a pint and a dime a quart.
Radio highlights note a Lincoln drama by Robert E. Sherwood based on Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln War Years. Raymond Massey to lead from Chicago's Civic Opera House with a 3,500 studio audience on February 13 as part of NBC Cavalcade of America.
Present and past rainfall show none for 24 hours to 8 am and for February to date with year to date 1.38 inches. The 27 year period 1913 to 1939 yields monthly averages: January 2.56 February 2.04 March 2.90 April 3.23 May 3.53 June 3.79 July 3.59 August 3.69 September 3.19 October 3.19 November 2.35 December. Annual rainfall average 35.53 inches. Report courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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