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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1936

Page

8

Police Captain Silences Critics In Decatur Pursues Burglars

In Dekalb County Captain Edward Foster 200 pounds reportedly too fat to catch criminals tracked a burglar into a wood. After about an hour he emerged miles away with a juiced bat and a half grown rabbit, claiming he caught both without warming up.

Decatur Dekalb County Edward Foster

Rainfall Totals and Averages From Local Records

Present and past rainfall data show none in the last 24 hours ending 8 am. October to date 1.50 inches year to date 34.83 inches. Monthly and annual averages over 23 years from Winchester Research Laboratory list January 2.42 February 1.93 March 2.81 April 3.15 May 3.83 June 3.57 July 3.35 August 3.32 September 2.52 October 2.82 November 2.52 December 2.29. The 23 year annual average is 34.56 inches.

Winchester Research Laboratory

Monkey Electrocution Sparks Farewell To Cables

A spider monkey walked a block along a high tension cable in Los Angeles watched by about 3,000 people. She encountered an insulated fault, sparked, and burned on her legs and tail but survived. Peter Illo of a local pet shop identified the Brazilian arrival and escape from its pen.

Los Angeles Peter Illo Brazil

Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues Mix With Word Fragments

Puzzle clues list many overlapping terms and errors, including harshness, silence cue, wear away, go into effect, feasts, saltpeter, large stream, natives of Scotland, Roman god, Turkish weight, mount, insipid, biographical memoir, loaded, discoverer of Labrador, before, conditions of agreement, small European cyprinid, allude, anger, procured in a brief poem, actions law, a number, cuckoo species, low mood, two mountains wish, strive, S shaped, object term, super, natural prescription, kind, cushion cap, chemical, mallet suffix, presiding officer, dry said of wines, attack, wing like, sailor, self.

Scotland Officer Wines

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Genet Byrnes Donnie Big Sister Ike By Les Forgrave Heanen MR. Lowes By Paul Robinson Etta Kett Philip Miss Kett Muggs and Skeeter Snootie Mary Philip By Wally Bishop Inspector Wade Edgar Wallace Wade Clifton Donavan Lyman Anderson Clancy Percy L. Crosby Cables Leathérie Baker's Drug Store Palace Theatre Winchester Timberlake Daily Cross Labrrador Moling & Cather Hamburger’s N. Main Street
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