Rainfall totals and monthly averages from Winchester lab
Rainfall for 24 hours ending 8 a m was none and December to date total 0 02 inch. Year to date 28 86 inches. 30 year average annual rainfall is 36 11 inches. Monthly averages (1913 41) list January 2 49 February 1 98 March 2 89 April 3 14 May 3 58 June 5 83 July 3 62 August 3 79 September 2 38 October 3 48 November 2 46 December 2 47. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Christmas Supper A Real Problem For Pickett Cooks
CAMP PICKETT Virginia December 24 Christmas supper poses a bigger challenge for army cooks than the holiday dinner says Cosgy D. Jackson mess sergeant with nearly 20 years in army kitchens. He notes leftovers must be transformed into tasty dishes and praises modern army training and variety while inviting any homemaker to share tips to delight soldiers.
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Cosgy D. Jackson
Thas
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Bank Holiday Closings Announced for Christmas Day 1943
Banks will close on Saturday December 25 1943 as a legal holiday. Deposits maturing that day may be paid on Monday December 27 1943. Listed banks include Commercial and Savings Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank with respective cashiers John I Sloat J H Yost and Harold G Brown.
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John I. Sloat
Llegal Hbdliday
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J. H. Yost
Shenandoah Valley Nat’l Bank
Harold G. Brown
German-born American helps halt troop train in New Jersey
Eugene Halder, 39, of Pennsauken, and his 15 year old nephew Eugene Schneider halted a troop train near the Pennsauken creek after a rotted oak tree blocked the rails. Police, alerted in Maple Shade, helped reroute the halted train about 500 feet from the obstacle.
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Son Will Deliver Sermon Sunday
Robert Bridges a student at Otterbein College Westerville Ohio spends the week with his parents Rev and Mrs L G Bridgers and will preach at the United Brethren Church Sunday at 11 oclock He will travel to Worcester Ohio for the national Y M C A and Student Volunteer conference at Worcester College December 28 to January 3 An expected 500 delegates attend and Bridges will be one of five to represent Ohio senior colleges.
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7:00 Day Is Done 7:16 Music 7:30 The Lone 7:45 Ranger
Schedule fragment lists program times and titles for a one day radio segment with seven entries. The items include 7:00 Day Is Done 7:16 Music 7:30 The Lone 7:45 Ranger and notes on roadway Waltz Time.
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