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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1940
Page
6
The article notes a surge in marriage licenses with August ending at 1,380 issued, a monthly record. Saturday added 98 brides to the bureau, another daily record, while eight months into the year total licenses reached 6,332, second only to 1920's 6,428 for a comparable period.
Henry Litchfield West, 51, noted news author and former District of Columbia commissioner, died yesterday at his daughter Mrs. Orville Crown's home in West Haven Maryland. West served as district commissioner from 1902 to 1910 and later was golf editor for the Washington Post after leaving the Times-Herald.
Surviving family includes widow Mrs Mary Hope West son Vernon E West assistant corporation counsel for the District and two daughters Mrs Crown and Mrs Boreas Stienemetz of Cincinnati in this obituary note.
Pattern 6780 offers six transfer motifs averaging 6 by 8 inches with simple stitch designs for kitchen towels. Materials list and illustrations included. send ten cents in coin to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th Street York NY with name address and pattern number clearly written.
Henry Ford praises newspapers as the best educators noting their daily arrival and up to the minute coverage. He says printed papers provide timely information and learning.
Weather figures show Present and Past Rainfall for 24 hours ending a.m. None. September to date 1.08 inches year to date 30.78 inches. Averages by month for 1913 to 1938 list February 2.04 March 2.90 April 3.23 May 3.53 June 3.10 July 3.59 August 3.69 September 3.19 and November 2.35 with December rainfall unspecified. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
Jenkins' fundamentals of safe driving stress car condition mental alertness and responsibility. He warns unsafe cars and careless drivers threaten themselves and others. Drivers should sit upright with both hands on the wheel and adjust speed to changing conditions and road surfaces.
Recruiter H. E. Thompson reports seven Nebraska Guardsmen just returned from Minnesota maneuvers and facing potential active duty have enlisted interest in joining the Navy.
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