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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1947
Page
6
The Winchester Evening Star promotes a guide titled Modern Manners teaching parents to set good examples at the table and in daily life. Readers can order by sending fifteen cents to Information Bureau in Washington DC. A separate reader question about insect leg movement explains a coordinated three-side leg motion with alternating supports.
Charles Thompson, president of a Pennington Gap motor company, faces charges of purchasing 41 automobiles allegedly stolen across four states. The FBI added 39 more cars to the two earlier warrants, delaying a preliminary hearing to August 14.
The North Mountain baseball club plans a benefit yard party at Mountain Falls ball park on Friday night August 1 with August 2 as rain date. The event aims to raise funds for community support and park activities.
The EJA Racing Association of Winchester booked a race at the Myersdale fairgrounds in Pennsylvania for August 10. L. N. Castleman led the organizing group. Ken Cather, Sack Boyd, and A. F. Naddeo inspected the track and called it perfect. Local drivers are scheduled to race at Winchester airport speedway on Sunday.
Tony Zale world middleweight champion and challenger Rocky Graziano prepare for a six round title bout in Chicago tonight.
A bill to unify the army navy and air forces under a single cabinet officer is cleared for House action likely tomorrow. The Senate has already passed a similar measure and House acceptance is regarded as certain, leaving only minor disagreements before sending it to the White House.
Chicago stadium fans await a scheduled 15 round contest in which boxing experts widely expect Zale to win within six rounds.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation ending at 7 am with none for July to date 1.84 inches for the year. The 34 year average annual rainfall is 36.30 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1946 list January 2.45 inches February 2.95 March 3.07 April 3.86 May 3.79 June 3.77 July 2.61 August 3.36 September 2.40 October 2.43 November 2.43 December 2.43 inches.
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