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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1942

Page

6

Radio Highlights Schedule at WRC Featuring Frank Morgan

Radio listings show 8:00 PM with Frank Morgan presenting Uncle Sam Stands Up a new Ben Hecht and Ferde Grofe song. The night features News reports and a lineup of music programs including Bing Crosby Glenn Miller Rudy Vallee and The Aldrich Family across the 6:00 to 11:45 PM slots with varied acts and episodes.

WRC Frank the Magnificent Morgan Uncle Sam Ben Hecht Ferde Grofe Frank Morgan F. ‘Snooks Brice Aldrich Cor. Thompson R. Scott Orch America Bing Crosby Major Bowes Rudy Vallee Belfry Beatty Baptist E. E. Wilson Hill Lindley Baptist News of the World Line ORV NOWE Erd Yy Oh Warner Dinning Sisters Arch McDonald West Point

Handbag Theft Reveals Wartime Shortages At Home

London report details a theft case where a housewife hoarding items from another included odds and ends such as wood, silk, pattern books, needles, two potatoes, a cheese slice and meat, illustrating wartime scarcities.

Jail House Blues Without Red Tape

BECKLEY W Va May 28 A young man named Elbert Clark faced a trespassing charge on railway property. Magistrate Oleg Mills fined him $10 and ordered him to jail. Clark quips about political pull saying they know him and he won’t pay the fine.

AWOL Draftee Seeks Honorable Discharge Over Job Offer

Shawnee Oklahoma May 28 A Pottawatomie county draft board No 1 draftee disappeared from duty then sent a letter requesting an honorable discharge claiming better living conditions due to new employment Upon return he report was working on a Colorado dam earning 41 dollars a week and requested immediate contact from the board He is expected to receive a reply.

Shawnee, Okla Pottawatomie County Colorado

Theft ring hides war stamps in Magnolia raid

In Magnolia Arkansas on May 28 a department store robbery netted $1,200 in cash and about $300 from manager Joe Hignights pocket, while $1,615 in war stamps and bonds was left untouched. Police report moral notes amid the case.

Magnolia Ark Joe Hignights

Present and Past Rainfall Statistics

Rainfall figures cover 24 hours to 8 am with May to date 5.44 inches and year to date 13.23 inches. Average annual rainfall over 29 years is 35.55 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1941 list values from January 2.51 to December 2.43 inches, with totals and courtesy attribution to the Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

Daisy June Defies Duck Hatching Traditions

Mrs. Adolph Foral in Oklahoma City notes Daisy June the duck lays multiple eggs in a fruit jar while Daisy June continues to sit on them. The third egg is added with a bill push as the duck maintains the nesting routine.

Oklahoma City Adolph Foral Daisy June Mrs. Foral

Citizenship Denied for German-Born Applicant in Argentina

Buenos Aires May 28 German born Karl Schmidt had his bid for Argentine citizenship rejected by Federal Judge Jose Manuel Astiguerra. The judge cited the world situation and Argentina’s need for neutrality connecting to a 1913 German law that preserves German nationality even after naturalization elsewhere.

Buenos Aires Karl Schmidt Jose Manuel Astiguerra

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