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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1940
Page
6
A Virginia Star report from Culpeper describes several thousand honey bees escaping trucks delivering pollinators for apple orchards. The swarm gathered at a Winchester home, prompting the family to flee and the mayor to order drivers to proceed, ending the incident.
New York May 20 radio coverage shows microphones shaping war background scenes. Broadcasts spread propaganda and warnings, with Belgian King urging troops to hold, Dutch and Belgian government moves noted. Tonight features Sen Tom Connally on security and defense and entertainment programs across WEAF WJZ WABC.
Baltimore May 20 delegates to the Mizrachi convention predicted steps to create a new spiritual center for Jewish orthodoxy in the United States. European war dislocation left no central leadership since it moved from Russia to Poland. About five hundred delegates representing 25,000 Orthodox Jews in 100 chapters across the United States and Canada attend.
Present and past rainfall year to date eleven point four seven inches. Average precipitation per month over the 27 year period 1913 39 is listed for each month from January to December with values from two point five six inches to three point seven nine inches. The average annual rainfall for the same 27 year span is thirty five point five three inches. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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