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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1940
Page
6
Instructions for making crochet square illustrations and stitches with materials note. Purchase details request ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York NY. Send name address and pattern number clearly.
24 hour rainfall 2.26 inches ending 8 a.m. June to date 2.55 inches year to date 17.55 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 1913-39 range: Jan 2.56 Feb 2.04 Mar 2.90 Apr 3.23 May 3.58 Jun 3.79 Jul 3.59 Aug 3.69 Sep 2.35 Oct 3.19 Nov 2.85 Dec 2.39. Average annual rainfall over 27 years is 35.53 inches. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Radio highlights from New York report France’s 84 year old Premier Petain announcing a separate peace with Germany. Churchill vows Britain will continue the fight. Programs listed include NBC CBS WABC and WEAF schedules with talks and entertainment noted.
The Virginia Department of Health in Richmond announced that a free fever vaccine is available to licensed physicians in the state. The serum, prepared by the U S Public Health Service Montana lab, aims to prevent Rocky Mountain spotted fever and lessen the severity of virulent strains.
The 999 locomotive, famed for a 112.5 mph record between Rochester and Buffalo in 1893, jumped the rails during the Railroads on Parade at the New York World’s Fair. It derailed, barrelled into the yard offstage and forced cancellation of two performances.
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