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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1940
Page
6
A note referencing the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia Section 61 outlines reckless driving penalties. It specifies that a person who fails to bring a vehicle to a complete stop before entering a highway from a side road with approaching traffic within five hundred feet commits reckless driving.
The State Corporation Commission at Richmond granted authority to Hockenbury System Inc a Pennsylvania corporation with principal office in Front Royal Virginia. H E Reynolds is agent in charge. Maximum capital is 100000 dollars. E A Stoll president in Harrisburg Pennsylvania secured the certificate.
New York March 25 Alfred E Smith will broadcast as a minstrel Tuesday night joining a blackface quartet with George P. Rea Dr Sigmund Spaeth and J C Flippen on WJZ NBC The Celebrity Minstrels aims to showcase professionals performing as amateurs Also listed are Norman Thomas and Samuel Liebowitz among scheduled guests and radio time slots across NBC CBS and WEAF with forthcoming network transfers and program plans.
In Tangier Virginia Lewis Dize islander was shot by Postmaster Spence after a late night disturbance at a theatre. Deputy Warner Davis says Dize was intoxicated and reportedly moved as if drawing a gun prompting the postmaster to fire on him. Dize remains on personal bond pending outcome of the case.
Instructions for a crochet blouse pattern 6679 sizes 12 14 16 with illustrations and stitches. To obtain send ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY and include name address and pattern number.
Present and past rainfall shows 24 hours ending 8 a.m. none. March to date 2.47 inches year to date 6.37. Average monthly rainfall 27 year period 1913 39 inclusive. January 2.56 February 2.04 March 2.90 April 3.23 May 3.53 June 3.79 July 3.59 August 3.69 September 1. Oct 3.19 November 2.35 December average annual rainfall 35.53 inches. Statistics from the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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