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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1940
Page
6
A vintage pattern note offers a bedspread motif with transfer design 15 by 20 inches and four motifs averaging 21 by 5 inches. It suggests color options and materials, and requests ten cents, name, address, and pattern number to be sent to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th Street, New York, NY.
Navy Day observances begin with ceremonies at John Paul Jones monument as Knox calls it the most momentous occasion since 1922. A three day program includes visits, dinners, speeches and demonstrations though public vessel tours are restricted. The Navy projects 330 new ships over six years and an auxiliary air force of 15 000 planes to command the seas.
The Star warns readers that European war reports are censored before reaching the United States, signaling limited information exposure and controlled transmission of wartime news.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall none. October to date 2.04 inches year to date 26.59 inches. Average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1939 lists per month amounts and the average annual rainfall over 27 years as 35.53 inches. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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