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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1941
Page
6
The program notes Gerard Darrow, age 8, as the youngest to join Quiz Kids since it began, and Cynthia Cline as the oldest, now 15, with records showing their ages at start and present. The schedule lists radio highlights across stations WM and WISV with various segments and guests.
Judge Charles E. Burks in Campbell County urges juries to jail drunken and reckless drivers to curb traffic deaths. He compares the spike in fatalities to a plague and advocates quarantine by imprisonment for violators to reduce accidents.
Reported 24 hour rainfall 3.64 inches with July to date 4.03 and year to date 15.70 inches. Monthly totals listed from Jan to Dec with averages over 28 years 35.80 inches and monthly averages from 1913 39.
Timberville reports a promising peach crop with fine rains improving fruit quality. George Crist notes early Red Birds picked last week, 400 to 500 bushels shipped to Baltimore, and predicts the main season starts August 1 with Hiley Belles lasting into mid August.
Senator Byrd repeats demand for Secretary of Labor Perkins removal. He cites 44 strikes in defense industries not certified and praises Virginia workers at Radford Ordnance Works for their efforts to speed defense and aid to Britain.
The reader asks how many Se there are in a teaspoon and the answer notes 60 drops in a Kock spoon as a related measure.
Henry follows a lead to a buried tunnel seeking a hidden killer. He finds a route via a concealed well shaft but a broken ladder traps him as debris and collapse block escape. The cliffhanger leaves him buried and the mystery unresolved.
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