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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1940
Page
6
Jack Kearns a 20 year old Black man entered the Long Beach New York post office and sought to register as an alien. When asked where he was born he replied Alabama.
American themed embroidery pattern 6804 offers 22 patriotic motifs sized 9 by 9 inches to 1 1/2 by 156 inches with materials and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
Evangelist J. W. Grizzell and Price Cecil were jailed in Richlands on charges of violating a local ordinance banning poisonous reptiles. A death from a snake bite in the same service prompted the arrest as hundreds watched, with trial set for Sept 30. Cecil refused bond. officers noted the emergency ordinance carries fines and possible jail time.
Two Norfolk residents were killed and a third person injured in an early morning crash at the Magnolia intersection near Suffolk. Victims were Liddell P. Lee, 28, and Mrs. J. A. Kemp, 27. J A Kemp, husband of one victim, was admitted to Like View Hospital with possible internal injuries and shock.
The Virginia State Department of Education will assign a curriculum counselor to each of the four State Teachers Colleges the College of William and Mary and the State College for Negroes. They will liaison with public schools, study teacher training, and identify instruction needs based on field inquiries.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall ending at a.m. trace September to date 1.61 inches. year to date 31.28 inches. Average monthly rainfall for 1913 to 1939 lists Jan 2.56, Feb 2.04, Mar 2.90, Apr 3.23, May 3.53, Jun 3.79, Jul 3.59, Aug 3.69, Oct 3.19, Nov 2.35 and December average. Annual rainfall average is 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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