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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
6
In York Pennsylvania on July 2 a curious incident unfolds as a letter addressed to a mailman named Roland reveals a private quip about a boy named Tom. The brief note hints at an attempted misdirection or prank amid routine deliveries.
Promote linen guest towels with a transfer pattern featuring six motifs. Includes stitches illustration materials color schemes and requires ten cents to obtain pattern from Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept New York NY. Send name address and pattern number clearly.
The singer Kate Smith and her sponsor renew through January 1 1943 on a non-cancellable basis with unlimited renewal options beyond that date. Also noted is the Toscanini concert broadcast from Montevideo at 4 45 p m Thursday via WIZ NBC including a talk by Uruguay president General Alfredo Baldomir.
Miss Genevieve King, a botany graduate student at the University of Iowa, studied chemically grown tomatoes for her thesis over two years. Three freshmen athletes allegedly stole and ate the tomatoes inside the botany building while seeking water.
Present and past rainfall figures are listed for a 24 hour period ending 8 a.m. None recorded. July to date .50 inches year to date 18.97 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 show varying totals with a 35.53 inch average annual rainfall. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
Several Shenandoah Valley banks announce closures for Thursday July 4 1940 a legal holiday. Maturing papers due that date will be payable Friday July 5 1940. Bank officials Harold G Brown J H Yost John I Sloat Geo B Bushnell and GEO B Bushnell noted for respective banks.
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