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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1940
Page
6
Four pattern pieces and two materials form the Mariner's Star quilt. Create a block in short sessions and enjoy the completed heirloom. Pattern 6776 includes Block Chart pattern pieces quilt directions yardage chart and quilt illustration. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
The 1940 Hagerstown State Fair starts September 23 for a week of day and night events. Daily presidential balloon ascensions compete for speed, with prizes for the best average. Nightly fireworks, Frank Melville's girls revue, 20 circus acts, and added attractions headline the grandstand. Harness racing runs daily under the U S Trotting Horse Association with a tri state horse show midweek.
Leonardtown volunteers say answering many false alarms is tedious yet unfunny, so they bought a merry-go-round for 1500 dollars. They will operate it as a sideline and rent it to neighboring firemen for carnivals.
Catawba County Rod and Gun Club planned to move 15,000 young bass from rearing pools into Lake Hiskory but floods washed the fish into the lake. The flood dumped them, and no relocation was needed.
An African man born in Liberia, Monrovia, seeks to register as an alien in Oklahoma City. An official explains that African descent does not negate citizenship, prompting the man to reveal his birthplace. The dialogue ends with the clerk requesting his name.
A Milwaukee register rejected a black woman who tried to register as an alien after claiming she was born in Virginia and later saying she married a man from Alabama. She persisted despite being told Alabama is part of the union and left unsettled.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour total none to a.m. September to date 1.08 inches and year to date 30.78 inches. Average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1939 lists January to December with values from 2.04 to 3.79 inches. Average annual rainfall over 27 years is 35.53 inches. Statistics courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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