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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1944

Page

6

Radio notes for tonight schedule and guests

Radio notes list programs across stations WRC WTOP and WMAL. Highlights include Hildegarde singing Be Young Again and I Love You with Harry Sosnik conducting Holiday for Strings. Cary Grant and Don Barclay on Time to Smile with Eddie Cantor. Sophie Tucker on the Frank Sinatra Show. Jack Carson Show with Pat O’Brien guests. James F Byrnes speaks on preparations for peace. Danny Kaye and Barbara Stanwyck on Soldiers With Wings.

Hildegarde Harry Sosnik Cary Grant Don Barclay Eddie Cantor Sophie Tucker Frank Sinatra WTOP Jack Carson Pat O’brien Jack Arthur Treacher Agnes Moorehead Eddie Marr James F. Byrnes Academy _of Political Science WRC Danny Kaye Barbara Stanwyck Army Air Force WMAL

Skelton Morris Wedding Off in Hollywood Mystery

Richard Red Skelton and blond model Muriel Morris cancelled their marriage plans after taking out a license last Thursday. Both 30, they had planned to wed in a day or two before Miss Morris announced the wedding was off. She said she would marry a wealthy Mexican businessman in Mexico City, a man she described as good humored and about 31.

Hollywood Richard Red” Skelton Muriel Morris Skelton Miss Morris

Miners Leaders Begin Parley In Washington Meeting

The United Mine Workers international executive board opened a meeting in Washington on April 12. The session is expected to run through the week with plans to set arrangements for the biennial convention in the fall and handle routine matters.

Washington United Mine Workers’ International Executive Board

British Commando Force Reported Wiped Out Off Rhode

The German High Command claimed a British Commando force that landed on the west coast of Rhode off Turkey had been wiped out. No Allied confirmation was available.

London High Command Rhode Turkey

Penny Power: Electricity Per Penny Surprises Home Use

The piece notes that a single ordinary copper penny still buys substantial electricity in a home, toasting twenty slices of bread or brewing ten cups of coffee, cleaning rugs, or running a refrigerator for hours. It emphasizes electricity prices fell before the war and have stayed low, allowing households to receive about twice as much power for the same money as fifteen years ago.

Damage Control Training For Ships Crew In Navy School

Norfolk naval trainees learn damage control using eight to one scale ship models at the Norfolk Naval Training Station. Lt. Robert Norton says models speed, clarify localizing damage, shoring bulkheads, plugging holes, and maintaining buoyancy with improvised materials.

Norfolk Robert D. Norton USN Western Avenue Pittsburgh Norton Norfolk Naval Training Station Gaines Hensley Harvard Avenue Memphis Tenn

Rainfall totals and averages for Winchester area

Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation at 0.64 inches, April to date 0.93 inches, year to date 11.17 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches, with monthly means from 1913 to 1943 listed for each month, courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.

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