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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1940
Page
6
Crocheted scarfs in string offered in multiple sizes to match furniture. Pattern 6740 provides instructions stitches photographs and materials. Send ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
Due to Democratic Convention coverage, the Lew J and Henry Armstrong fight is moved to 8 45 pm on WJZ NBC with other networks carrying convention pickups around 9 pm. WEAF NBC and WGEO will host Byrd Expedition coverage from San Francisco with remote pickups for a sound tour of the exposition. Tonight’s listings include Europe programming on WEAF NBC, CBS, MBS, and NBC, plus Abbott and Costello and Kay Kyser on NBC FMs and the Summer Theater of Stars on WABC CBS.
John L. Lewis after two days listening to Democratic platitudes and a third term debate heads to Washington. The CIO leader, known for his large union treasury, refrains from joining any bandwagon or creating a third party as he conceals plans under a soft straw hat.
John Farnam spent two days searching for his favorite pipe before discovering it buried in the ground. He suspects squirrels in a tree on his lawn hid the bowl, mistaking it for a walnut due to its color and shape.
Mrs. Anna E. Walsh O'Brien testified before Judge John V. Phelan that her husband Luther O'Brien a sailor left to mail a letter two hours after their marriage and has since disappeared. The judge took the petition for annulment under advisement.
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precip in.49 inches and year to date 20.46 inches. Average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1939 lists values for each month including January 2.56 and July 3.59 inches, with total average annual rainfall 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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