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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1940

Page

6

Eye lens work advances with Zeiss methods

The article notes early practices for eye care in cancer patients and credits Carl Zeiss with pioneering lens grinding. Lenses began to conform to the eye and correct small optical errors, though contact lenses were not yet common.

Carl Zeiss

Metropolitan Opera Die Walkure to Open NBC Tour Broadcast

New York March 29 Radio Highlights reports WJZ NBC will relay Wagner Die Walkure in full from Boston as part of three weekly matinee broadcasts. The program starts 1.50 p m Saturday with a plan to link regional stations from Boston to Washington and later hills including Chicago St Louis and Pittsburgh.

New York Metropolitan Opera Wjznbc Wagner Boston Gia Ne Tem A. A NBE Washington Chicago St. Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland Pittsburgh Morton Philadelphia Europe NBC CBS Weafnbc WABC MBS Winston Churchill London Paul Reynaud France WEAF St. Bonaventure Glee Club Ladies Garment Workers Chorus Kaltenmeyer Cincinnati Conservatory League of Composers Wjz-Nbc Sammy Kaye

Rainfall Totals and Averages Across Months

Presented rainfall data for the period ending a.m. March shows 2.47 inches to date, year to date 6.37 inches. Average monthly rainfall over 27 years from 1913 to 1939 lists values for each month, with March 2.90 and June 3.79 inches, among others, totaling 35.53 inches of average erosion rainfall.

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