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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1940
Page
6
Crochet round and round instructions for making doilies with photographs and stitch guidance. Send ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept. for pattern 6615 and include name address and pattern number.
Ted Husing anchors the eighth straight Kentucky Derby broadcast for WABC CBS at Churchill Downs on Saturday at 5 30 p m for thirty minutes. Bryan Field Jimmy Dolan and George Walsh assist with race details from Louisville WHAS. CBS holds exclusive rights under its sponsor contract.
The WPA reports over 1,250,000 workers left relief rolls in the past year, with about 100,000 leaving each month. President Roosevelt proclaims National Employment Week as concerns grow for unemployed workers over 40. Hopkins notes March national income at 87 percent of 1929 after seasonal adjustments.
The report covers 24 hour rainfall ending 8 a.m. with none recorded and April to date 3.82 inches, year to date 9.68 inches. It lists 27 year monthly averages from 1913 to 1939, with 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 3.? October 3.19, November 2.35, December, and an average annual rainfall of 35.53 inches. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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