Rainfall Statistics From Winchester Research Laboratory
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 a.m. with none. December to date 0.02 inches and year to date 28.86 inches. Thirty year average rainfall is 36.11 inches. Monthly values list January 2.49, February 1.98, March 2.89, April 3.14, May 3.58, June 3.83, July 3.62, August 3.79, September 2.38, October 3.48, November 2.46, December 2.47. Statistics provided through the courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
County Agent Reports Broad Frederick County Agricultural Activity
County Agent I Fred Stine presented Frederick County 1943 activity highlights at the County Supervisors meeting. The year saw more programs than ever with two agents, multiple allied agencies, and county boards active. Dairymen benefited from cost surveys and price appeals, farm management aid reached over 1000 people, and the Agricultural Conservation Program funded limestone, fertilizer, and feed crops for hundreds of farms. Wheat and dairy supports included parity payments, crop insurance, and drought responses, while migratory labor from the War Food Administration aided 23 growers temporarily.
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Frederick County Department of Agriculture
Fred Stine
Cies
Extension Service
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
County Board of Agriculture
County Agricultural Worker’s Council
County Usda War Board
Frederick County
War Food Administration
AAA
Policeman’s Wife Alibi for On-Leave Officer in Illinois
Evanston Illinois December 13 A police juvenile officer Alfred B Wynn did not report to work yesterday. His wife called the station to explain he was bruised and unable to walk after a ju jitsu lesson with his 16 year old son Junior. She said Junior tackled him and the officer wound up on a radiator. Junior was unharmed.
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Evanston
Alfred B. Wynn
Junior
Fred
More Explaining For Hubby Timeworn Chicago Oddity
Mrs. Oscar Breidenbach bought two suits for her husband Oscar but found them too small. She set them aside to return and later did. Meanwhile Oscar hid 820 dollars in one pair. The haberdashery salesman now holds the money awaiting retrieval.
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Chicago
Oscar Breidenbach
Oscar
Haberdashery
Christmas Bonds Today Buy Christmas Auto Tomorrow
Treasury sellers advertise Christmas bonds available today and promise to fund a Christmas auto purchase tomorrow. The notice emphasizes timely investment and quick delivery of the vehicle.
Jones Funeral Home Statement on Family Assistance Policy
The firm states an unvarying rule to provide services to any family regardless of financial circumstances, reaffirming commitment to accessible funeral care.
Radio Highlights and Prime Time Schedule Mix
Radio highlights list talks with sailors from the Norwegian merchant marine now at the Royal Norwegian Navy Gunnery School Travers Island Pelham New York followed by a dense prime time lineup featuring Marian Anderson Frank Morgan Fay Bainter Tsiang Ting fu and multiple network and local shows across WTOP WRC WMAL and KC stations including Information Please Blind Date Lum n Abner and Guy Lombardo with top times and program notes.
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Parks Johnson
Warren Hull
Royal Norwegian Navy
Travers Island
Pelham
New York
WTOP
Marian Anderson
WRC
Frank Morgan
Fay Bainter
Tsiang Ting-fu
Merry Christmas Is Her Name
A Los Angeles kindergarten scene reports a five year old girl greeting her teacher with a cheerful Merry Christmas and the teacher replying in kind. The short exchange highlights holiday cheer in a classroom setting.
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Merry Christmas
Los Angeles
Child Sings Merry Christmas Birth Certificate Reveal
A student cheerfully says Merry Christmas. The teacher reads the girl’s birth certificate and confirms the name Merry Kathryn Christmas, prompting light humor.
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Kathryn Christmas
City Ordinance Taxing Each Business Location
The ordinance requires separate licenses for multiple locations and treats advertising as evidence of liability. It assigns duties to the Collector Chief of Police and Treasurer to census, monitor, summon, and collect licenses, with enforcement linked to vehicle tags and personal property tax records. Passed in Common Council November 23 1943.
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Common Council
Commissioner of Revenue
City Managers Office
Chief of Police
Police Department
Commisioner of Revenue
Polie
Winchester
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TVE
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Patent Office
Gode With the
Chic Young
Thimble Theatre
Popeye
Old Man River
Sims & Zakoly
Beewnins
Opeyernay
Ronnie
Secret Agent X-9
Alex the Great.s
the Star Witness
Robert Storm
Big Sister
Yessir
Mrs. Betts Fortune
Patmat Offa
By Les Forgrave
By Paul Robinson
Etta Kett
Dad
MONE
Muggs and
Skeeter
Wally Bishop
Esan
Leesburg
Harpers Fh‘otomacy Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Ajax
Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
Buick
Pontiac “Streamliner
Chrysler
Pine Motor Co
Diamond Brand
Hubby
George Washington Garage
WMAL
K. C
Bat’front
Bankage
Agr
Lowell Thomas
the Lone
Ranger
Harkness Musicade
Morgan Beatty Musicade
Ene
Folliard-Costello
Fred Waring
News of the World
E. Godwin
Lum ‘N’ Abner
Cavalcade of America
Voice of Firestone
Dr. I. Q
Ed Sullivan
Vox Pop
News
Lux Radio Theater
Screen Guild
Guy Lombardo
Allen
Calmer
Howe
Wism'r
R. Smith
Arch McDonald
Saludos
Alfred Landon
Moon Dial
Amigos
Sonny Dunham
Poultry CO
N. Cameron ST
Dial
Crosen
Wm. Swimley
Mgr
Mother
Valley Pride
al United Food Stores
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