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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1940
Page
6
A St Louis department store announced that the unpaid balance on clothing bought on November 15 will be marked paid for men drafted. The store cited records from 1930 and 1932 showing the buyer alternated shoes daily and noted one pair was bought in 1932.
Kansas City report notes veteran newspaperman Charley Blood buys a new pair of shoes as his old footwear shows wear. He comments that the old shoes were a bit worn and time marches on.
Chief Ruben Eden backed the fire truck into the station after a grass fire call and hit an electric outlet causing a short that set the station afire. Fire crews battled the blaze as alarms sounded and the building sustained damage.
Simple patch adds Mandy initials to towels using a six motif transfer pattern. Includes stitch tips, material options, and color diagrams. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY with name address and pattern number 6815.
Three hundred fifty three head of steers and heifer calves sold at Ewing Lee county bringing an average of 36.50 with buyers from Virginia New Jersey Tennessee and Kentucky. Top load of 45 steer calves brought 48 per head bought by a Scott county grazier. Heifer calves averaged 36 and went to Loudoun county. Calves from 37 consignors were mostly Herefords with some Short horns and Angus crosses. Future sales listed across Virginia including Warrenton Front Royal Orange and Staunton.
Hollywood reports England’s bomb impact on film people Ida Lupino learns her London home survived while her father injured as an air raid warden John Loder’s sister dies in Kent in a German raid Lady Elizabeth Carey visits and fears for London residence and daughters Madeleine Carroll’s Marguerite is killed last week
CHICAGO Oct 14 A circuit court jury awarded Mrs Juice Peacock 34 a judgment of 1000.15 against a chain grocery store for false arrest imprisonment and slander after a clerk accused her of stealing tomatoes she bought at another store. Tomatoes were squashed during the incident.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending a.m. none. October to date 1.73 inches, year to date 26.28 inches. The 27 year average monthly precipitation from 1913 to 1939 lists January 2.56 inches, February 2.04, March 2.90, April 3.23, May 3.53, June 3.79, July 3.59, August 3.69, October 3.19, November 2.35, with December not shown. The average annual rainfall over 27 years is 35.53 inches. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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