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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1941
Page
6
Radio highlights list guests Mary Boland and Eddie Cantor with programs from 6 to 11 pm on stations WISV WMAL WJSV and more. The schedule includes Hue Brooks Atkinson panelists, chamber music segments and a late night string of shows from Easy Aces to The Little Show.
The Virginia Beach convention of the League of Virginia Municipalities urged immediate adoption of a Congressional bill to end the neutrality act and called for its ultimate repeal. City Attorney Horace H. Edwards read the resolution until supporters erupted in approval over the line linking repeal to defeating Adolf Hitler.
A farm wife in Petersburg Indiana bought an $18.50 winter coat at Charles Salinger's store and paid with 1850 pennies dating to 1880. The clerk counted for ten minutes and weighed out 12.32 pounds of pennies. The shopper noted there were thousands more from the same source still left.
The record shows 24 hour rainfall up to ag.14 in. Oct. to date 31 in. Year to date 21.66 in. The 28 year average annual rainfall is 35.80 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1939 are listed: Jan 2.52 Feb 2.05 Mar 2.90 Apr 3.25 May 3.56 Jun 3.77 Jul 3.57 Aug 3.71 Sep 2.44 Oct 3.16 Nov 2.44 Dec 2.38. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Virginia Beach October 15 The League of Virginia Municipality tied concluded its annual convention at the Cavalier Hotel yesterday elevating Dr D Lane Elder Mayor of Hopewell to the presidency and selecting Richmond as the 1942 convention site Officers elected to serve with Dr Elder included I G Vass city manager Waynesboro first vice president Alexander Hamilton Jr mayor Petersburg second vice president Col Charles B Borland city manager Norfolk third vice president A L Miesel city manager Williamsburg fourth vice president W Marshall King mayor Fredericksburg with the retiring president becoming an executive committee member
Roanoke reports 188 temperance unions in Virginia held 2 045 meetings in the past year as delegates attend the 59th annual Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia convention at First Baptist Church. Nearly 200 women registered for the gathering, with national W C T U president Mrs Ida B Wise Smith scheduled to speak tomorrow night.
Hall Smith states no interest in the firm Smith & Ritter and disclaims responsibility for firm debts. Dated October 14.
If you have a severe headache, take one tablet. If needed, take another in 10 minutes. If not relieved then call a doctor.
Hallie and Eric return to Augusta Amberson's house in Worburn with Sue and face a summer of changes. Hallie lands a modest radio gig while subsisting on a summer caretaker setup. The group plans garden life and a quiet country pace, hoping for stable work and a renewed sense of roots. Hallie muses on plants and home as she anticipates visits from Win and contemplates Sheila.
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