Wright Honored with Honorary Pilot Certificate
Orville Wright, pioneer aviator, received an honorary pilot's certificate. It is to be No. 1 on the C. A. A. list.
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Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
6
Staunton Population Gain Reported by Census Chief
Louis C. Dawson, census supervisor for the Seventh district, announces Staunton’s population at 13 100, a 1 159 increase from 11 941 in 1930. He cautions the figure may be corrected but believes it to be correct.
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Staunton
Louis C. Dawson
Dawson
Ex tavern keeper Feight death mystery stirs Pittsburg backroom
In Pittsburg California on June 8 the backroom crowd held a three hour wake for ex tavern keeper Chet Feight. A question about Feight's death prompted the remark You mean I am dead as the crowd dispersed. The report is pieced from a fragmented OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Calif
Chet Feight
Feight
Berkeley
Man seeks name change from Aksentowitz to Axe
In Lincoln Nebraska on June 8 George Aksentowitz filed in district court to legalize a name change to George Axe arguing the current family name derides him socially and in business.
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Lincoln
Neb
George Aksentowitz
George Axe
Aksentowitz
Patience Pays Off for 34 Years of Waiting
George O. Miles finally received a dividend after 34 years on an $80 investment in Canadian Telegraph Company stock. The check amounted to 16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
George O. Miles
Miles
Man Finds Washer and String In Parking Meter
Boise maintenance man Dewey Comstock discovers a washer jammed in a coin slot of a city parking meter with a string attached, suggesting it was intended to be fished out and reused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Dewey Comstock
Radio Highlights broadcasts to aid Red Cross appeal
New York June 8 a 15 minute WEAF NBC program to raise funds features speakers John W Davis Edith Nourse Rogers A H Silver Daniel A Poling and Bernard J Sheil Burns and Allen switch from CBS to NBC July 1 with sponsor changes plus a packed Saturday and Sunday list of programs across networks.
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New York
American Red Cross War Relief Fund
Weaf-Nbc
John W. Davis
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
A. H. Silver
Cleveland
Daniel A. Poling
Brooklyn
Bernard J. Sheil
Chicago
Europe
WEAF
NBC
MBS
CBS
WJZ
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Bob Crosby
U. of Cincinnati Oratorio Society
WABC
Jos. Martin, Jr
Wjz-Nbc
Message of Israel
Emanuel Celler
Radio Guild
Arthur Hale
Rainfall Totals and Averages From Winchester Study
Present and past rainfall data report 24 hours ending a.m. .03 in. June to date .03 in. Year to date 15.26 ins. Average monthly precipitation for 1913-39 shows Jan 2.56 Feb 2.04 Mar and Apr 3.23 May 3.53 Jun 3.79 Jul 3.59 Aug 3.69 Sep 3.19 Oct 3.19 Nov 2.36 Dec 3.39. Average annual rainfall 35.53 inches. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
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