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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1947

Page

6

Daily Crossword Clue Pack A molded mass

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Steam Engine Auto With Jet Burner Demonstrated in South Bend

In South Bend Indiana on July 23 W C Miner a Mishwaka manufacturer and his chief engineer F Harold Lee demonstrated a steam powered truck driven by a jet burner perfected six months earlier by Calvin D MacCracken of the East, said to be the first completely successful engine for highway vehicles. The jet burner powers the steam which runs a four cylinder engine at the rear axle and also drives an auxiliary engine that rings the generator and water pump. Oil is added to the steam to lubricate the system.

South Bend Inl W. C. Miner Mishawaka F. Harold Lee Miner

Britain May Force Staggered Work Day

London July 23 The minister of labor George Isaacs announced government compulsion would be used if needed to force staggered working hours in British industry to avert a fuel crisis this winter. He said the nation's well being is at stake and noted that about fifty three percent of office workers have visual problems.

London George Isaacs Isaacs House of Commons

French unions urge no reception for Eva Peron in Paris

Paris July 22 French communists and labor unions pressed the government to abstain from an official reception for Eva Duarte Peron wife of Argentina's president. They argued that honoring her would ignore the Spanish people who endured 11 years of struggle for freedom and independence and recalled her recent honors from Francisco Franco's government.

Paris Senora Eva Duarte Peron Senora Peron Francisco Franco Argentina

Is Turkey a Mo hammedan country question

The text asks if Turkey is officially Mohammedan. It notes a 1928 law ending Islam as state religion and replacing Friday with Sunday. It includes a trivia line about the clouded leopard tail and Maori funeral rites in New Zealand.

Turkey New Zealand

Rainfall statistics for Winchester area data 34 year period

Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 7 a.m. none. July to date 4.84 inches for 1947 rainfall to date 22.41. Average annual rainfall 34 years 36.30 inches. Monthly breakdown for 1913 1946 inclusive lists Jan 2.45 Feb 1.97 Mar 2.95 Apr 3.07 May 3.64 Jun 3.86 Jul 3.79 Aug 3.77 Sep 2.61 Oct 3.36 Nov 2.40 Oct 2.43. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.

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