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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
15
Officials estimate five billion pennies produced by the government are unaccounted for as schools end and children roam. many have fallen into pins and gutters or lost outdoors, creating a growing pile of lost copper coins in everyday life.
Officials note vast sums of two and three cent pieces were minted and many never returned. Penny production runs at 2,871 coins per minute with billions in circulation, yet the average person carries only about three. Uncle Sam earns a nine cent gross profit on each copper cent used.
Gainesboro June 22 Mrs Ruby Darlington ill with slight improvement. Andy Gregory and wife of Martinsburg W Va visited in town. Miss Juanita DeHaven visited aunt Mrs Minnie Lamp. Mrs C E Swisher of Bunker Hill WV staying with daughter Mrs Peyton E Darlington. Miss Jane Fonti visiting brother Frank Fonti in Baltimore. Gainesboro Ladies Aid Society to hold annual yard party on church lawn Saturday June 24 inviting all.
The new celestial phenomenon described at the AAAS meeting involves a star with a gas eruption creating a fan shaped tail, photographed at Yerkes Observatory. Dr. John Titus reports a dramatic rise in brightness by 3600 times in four years as the star blasts gas outward from one side.
Dr Harlan T Stetson of MIT reports 20000 measurements showing radio broadcasts rise slightly from new moon to three days before full moon. The study connects lunar phases with nighttime signal strength variations.
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