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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1947
Page
11
Henry Hardenburg, executive secretary of the Winchester chamber of commerce, will be here for the meeting. Members added to a tea club include Charles Bowerman and R. W. Waite Jr.
Stephens City area notes describe residents and visitors including Cadw Campbell and Campball families, Mr Lemley, Colaw, Lucy Dean, and Pfc Stern in Japan. An inquiry on how WWII service dogs were taught to attack explains they are commanded to strike silently, close in, disarm the intruder, and hold until guard arrival.
A quiz prompts seven queries from a vintage paper page. Items ask about grain direction in carpentry, Eleanora Duse nationality, US P on drugs and chemicals abbreviation, Margaret Truman concert debut venue in California, number of male players in basketball, Dr. Edward A. Condon and the bureau he directed, and a pulled candy flavor and color clue.
A reader asks which eastern city hosted the American Legion's 29th annual convention this year. The discussion covers fiscal year 1947 revenue comparisons and a quiz on eye components and wording differences between spoonfuls and spoonsful with usage example.
According to best available information, a Columbia Electric owned by Mrs A L Bat cher was the first automobile to appear on Washington streets in the spring of 1897.
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