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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
6
In Elk City Nebraska on July 8 fisherman G. D. Murray abandons gear to chase a river sturgeon. He stunned the five and a half foot fish with a single blow and captured it with his bare hands.
Wilson county farm agent reports all cotton fields in the county have been mopped with molasses to fight boll weevil. An estimated 68,000 gallons were used in the effort.
New York July 8 report says Niles T. Trammel is the leading candidate for NBC president as the board meets July 12 to decide. Trammel is currently executive vice president with a radio career since 1923, set to succeed Lenox R. Lohr who resigns to head Chicago's museum of Science and Industry.
William Neville Jr an eight year old in Kansas City accidentally burned his left hand after playing with a firecracker. He had little experience with fireworks and discarded the match before lighting the cracker.
Kansas City seeks tapirs carybaras or Patagonian cavies for exchange. The zoo offers Tom and Virgie two tiger cubs aged 20 months and Spot and Spangles two year old leopards as trade units.
Present and past rainfall figures show July to date at 1.50 inches and year to date at 19.97 inches. The 27 year period 1913 to 1939 yields monthly averages ranging from 2.04 inches in February to 3.79 inches in June and 3.69 inches in August, with an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Data courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
The undersigned will offer for sale at public auction to the highest bidder in front of the County Court House in Winchester at 12 oclock noon on Saturday July 13 1940 the home on a 59 by 141 foot lot on North Brad dock Street and North Avenue. The 9 room frame dwelling was the home of the late Elizabeth V Davis. Immediate possession and inspection via B F Davis 23 N Braddon St Winchester VA. Terms: one third cash, balance in two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust and fire policy. sale adjournment reserved.
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