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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1947
Page
6
Dr Henry S Mosby will head the wildlife research unit of the commission of game and in land fisheries. Mosby has served as district wildlife technician with headquarters in Lynchburg, taking over the new post in Richmond.
Reeves E. Johnson, long time Virginia Beach police officer since 1942, will become chief of police on August 1. The announcement appears in a loose, partly garbled note referencing local officials and nearby trees.
The Rev. William Simmons, pastor of the Negro Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, was awarded 25 damages against the Atlantic Greyhound Bus Co. by a federal jury after a front seat to rear seating order in a racial segregation dispute. The verdict follows judge John Paul's instructions.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 7 a m. in July to date, with 1947 year-to-date total 22.52 inches and 34 year average annual rainfall 36.30 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-1946 are listed by month, with values including January 2.45 and December 2.43 inches, courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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