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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1941
Page
6
Radio highlights feature Lawrence and Lowell Thomas with guest Mary Boland on WMAL. The schedule runs from 6:00 to 11:45 p.m. including Army game, Death Valley, Birth, Romance, Rhythm, piano quartet, golf, news, and orchestras. Several programs and performers such as Fred Waring Amos and Andy, Claude Mahoney, Rob Grant, and Louella Parsons appear in listings.
United States dispatch from Salt Lake City reports Mr. and Mrs. Norman Taylor staged a novelty reception stunt by tying themselves with handcuffs. When the couple could not unlock the cuffs the police removed the chain using lock-picking tools, ending the scene without injury.
W Earl Hall, former Iowa State Safety Council president and current board chair, was late to an Ottumwa Iowa event as guest speaker after his first reportable traffic accident caused the delay. He attended the Mason City event July 11.
A fundraising appeal from Gertrude Barton Nursery School asks for gifts to support pre school health and development. Milk is urgently needed and contributions can be sent to treasurer Mrs James Miller at 317 West Piccadilly Street.
Enclosed fund one dollar membership contribution. Signed contributors will be acknowledged in the Star.
In Albemarle North Carolina a vacationing Charlotte woman pulls over for a ticket and is surprised when a police officer asks if she has the baby's milk. Relatives in Charlotte arrange delivery 40 miles away in another car to bring the milk to the infant.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour rainfall none. July to date 4.03 inches year to date 15.70 inches. Monthly totals list various amounts from January to December. Average annual rainfall over 28 years is 35.80 inches with monthly averages based on 1913 39 period. Statistics courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Mike Sisk arrived late to the draft board and missed the first train but bought a ticket on the next train to Pittsburgh. He reached the army reception center in New Cumberland only to learn he was ahead of the others, and the misadventure cost him seven dollars.
New York July 11 NBC CBS and MBS will broadcast the selective service lottery next Thursday night in Washington. The draw will target 21 year olds registered July 1 and NBC CBS and MBS are finalizing details for the broadcast including the start of the draw and key moments.
Henry Potter survives a deadly ordeal and aids the search for his attacker. Jones, Richard, and Mrs. Potter navigate fear, deception, and a special railroad club meeting as a murder plot tightens around Wildwood lodge.
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