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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1941
Page
5
At a Kansas fish hatchery the catfish swarm for feed when the usual truck arrives but fail to respond to a different truck after workers swapped vehicles. Josserand noted the feeding pattern and observed the change in reaction.
A man reported his car stolen to police in New Castle Indiana and claimed $400 was in the glove compartment. Officers found the car a block away in its actual location and the same $400 remained in the glove box.
The body of Ada Wissler Walker died of a stroke in Washington was brought to Winchester for burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The grave service was led by Rev. Robert B. Nelson after the principal service at St. John's Church Washington. Pallbearers included Dailey Slonaker and Joseph Hodgson among others. Miss Walker was a Kinzel granddaughter and sister to Mamie Georgia and Jennings Walker.
Berlin report states Karl Lazon editor of Ceske Slovo died and several Czech Slovak editors allied with Germany fell ill from poisoning. Authorities linked the incident to a broader anti Nazi backlash within occupied territories.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total .17 inches and year to date .21.52 inches with an average annual rainfall of 350 inches over 28 years. Monthly means from 1913 to 1939 list values for each month, with February 2.05 and July 3.57 inches among others, courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Hallie and Eric Adams, a troubled couple, receive a $300 check from Winthrop Adams after property sale on Knob Hill road. They debate moving east for acting gigs versus staying in their current town with uncertain prospects. Hallie hopes for a shift while Eric contemplates returning to Worburn and possibly New York show work.
A broadcast schedule lists WISV Vox Pop visits Alabama parachute troops at 8. WRC presents Richard Crooks tenor at 8 30. Abbott and Costello Buck Privates for M DeMille at 9. WMAL features Anna Kaskas mezzo and Felix Knight tenor in For America We Sing at 9. Thirty WISV and WMAL programs follow including Orson Welles comedy and melodrama and a string of music and news segments through 11.45.
Earl Cossairt suspects his wife takes golf too seriously after finding two golf balls hidden in the refrigerator egg tray. The incident suggests a playful domestic conflict over hobbies.
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