Rock throw by Tubbs inspires math puzzle at Lexington
At Lexington Virginia Earl Paxton a math professor calculated the feat of hurling a rock over Natural Bridge. He showed the required horizontal distance about 820 feet in theory and noted a 426 foot nine and a half inch baseball throw by Sheldon LeJeune as a comparison. A Milwaukee firm rewarded him with ten dollars for publishing the problem.
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Widow Declared Queen of Tokyo Black Market
June 15 TOKYO. Yoshiko Matsuda, a 30 year old widow in western dress, has taken control of Tokyo's black market after the murder of her husband Giichi Matsuda, boss of the underworld. She vows to move the empire toward legitimacy while leading 5,000 racketeers who pay her 1,500 yen daily for protection and services.
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Viscose To Prepare Radford Plant Site
The American Viscose Corporation board on June 5 1946 approved funds to prepare the Radford Virginia plant site for a viscose rayon staple fiber facility. Work through 1946 includes railroad bridge grading road and a storage building. The plant will start with 55 million pounds per year cap and tie to a 110 million pound unit with construction of the plant to begin in spring 1947.
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Police Sergeant Wears Sinatra Pants as Souvenir
Chicago police Sgt. Joseph Briatta wears a pair of Frank Sinatra pants as a souvenir. The odd item highlights Briatta's slim figure versus the pants design. The story notes Sinatra gifted the pants and playfully mentions pockets and fit.
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Rainfall Totals and Averages for Winchester
The record shows 24 hour precipitation of 11 inches ending 7 a m and June to date at 296 inches. Year to date rainfall is 12.63 inches with average yearly rainfall over 33 years at 36.49 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1945 include January 2.49, February 1.97, March 2.97, April 3.14, May 3.63, June 3.85, July 3.82, August 3.76, September 2.80, October 3.37, November 2.45 and December. Data supplied by Winchester Reborn.
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Doughnut thieves flee into trees after police chase
In Evanston Illinois on June 18 two thieves who raided a local food shop for two weeks escaped a policeman by running into nearby trees after breaking boxes of doughnuts the delivery man had brought to the shop.
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