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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1946
Page
6
Max L. Price a Philadelphia butcher trapped a housebreaker who fled to the butcher shop refrigerator and hid inside until police arrived. Price locked the door and the suspect was taken into custody.
Mrs Mary Shimp visited her mother Mrs John Stein in Martinsburg. Billy Shimp joined the Army Tuesday. Hollis DeHaven and daughter Ruby stayed with Mrs Stein. Pvt Allen DeHaven reports transfer from Texas to Denver. Ruby DeHaven ill with influenza. Herman Hietz of the U S Navy returned to camp after 60 days with his parents. Kenneth Murphy Violet and Miss Louise Smith visited the DeHaven home at Nellville. Mable DeHaven spent Sunday with her parents.
Floyd Harvey a deputy collector of internal revenue tried to explain to a taxpayer that money paid to a veterinarian for dog care was not deductible. The taxpayer argued the dog belonged to his family and was dependent on them. Harvey asked how the dog was related by blood or adoption ending the discussion.
Weather data shows 24 hour precipitation none ending 7 a m. March to date 0.37 inches year to date 3.40 inches. Long term averages 36.49 inches annually over 33 years with monthly averages listed. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Puzzle list includes heads Egyptian god cen sense clues across and down with items like crowfoot plant circuit Bay window and conical tent. Several entries reference geographic and linguistic hints such as North Carolina abbreviation and Peninsular Asia while several clues are garbled or partial.
Festival Parade divisions for the second day of the 1946 festival include Chief Marshal and Grand Marshall Queen and Princesses Artistic Floats Commercial Artistic Floats Bands Drum and Bugle Corps Military Schools U S Army Display U S Navy Display Virginia State Guard Frederick County and Winchester School Foot Marshalls Marshalls State Police Patrol Drill Teams. Parade Director Ralph Hengeveld notes plans to double pre war parade size and trips to Washington and Baltimore have been made for military units. Local crowds are reported by out of town press as up to one hundred thousand when weather cooperates.
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