Rainfall totals and monthly averages from Winchester Lab
Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation none. December to date 2.90 inches for 1948 totals 42.65 inches and average annual rainfall 36.20 inches based on 35 years 1913 1946. Monthly averages list January 2.46 February 1.94 March 2.91 April 3.02 May 3.67 June 3.92 July 3.82 August 3.76 September 2.57 October 3.31 November 2.44 December 2.38. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Economists Strive To Simplify A Public Report
Washington readers note the 1946 created resident's council of economic advisers issues its annual report. The piece mocks its dull prose yet highlights its role shaping the January economic report to Congress. It discusses labor management tensions and calls for precrisis settlement patterns.
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Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Council
Truman
Labor
Business
Knupp Rites Held for Rockingham County Farmer George W Knupp
Funeral services were held at Timberville Church of the Brethren for George W Knupp 77 prominent Plains Mill area farmer and stockman who died Sunday He leaves his widow the former Miss Lelia Crabill of Winchester a son Lawrence at home and four other children from a former marriage surviving.
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Timberville
Church of the Brethren
George W. Knupp
Plains Mill
Rockingham County
Lelia Crabill
Winchester
Lawrence
Staley Rites Held For Marion Banker Henry B Staley
Marion Va December 28 Henry Boyd Staley 79 longtime Marion banker died at his home The funeral was set for today at First Methodist Church Survived by two daughters Mrs Lewis Preston Collins wife of Virginia's lieutenant governor and Miss Ellen Sheffy Staley a brother D D Staley and a grandson L P Collins Jr
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Marion
Henry Boyd Staley
Marion Banker
First Methodist Church
Lewis Preston Collins
Virginia
Ellen Sheffy Staley
D. D. Staley
L. P. Collins Jr
Daisy Orndorff Rites Observed at St. James Lutheran
Funeral services for Daisy Orndorff, former postmistress at Star Tannery, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at St. James Lutheran Church near Star Tannery. Rev. F. E. Smith will officiate with interment in the church cemetery. she died Sunday at a brother’s home in Washington.
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St. James Lutheran Church
Star Tannery
Daisy Orndorff
Washington
FE. B. Smith
Church
Why AAU Began Rating Colleges
The Association of American Universities started its list of accredited undergraduate institutions about 35 years ago because European universities taking American students knew little about U S colleges. The list was recently abandoned as no longer necessary.
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AAU
United States
New York Editor Leads 1948 Best Dressed Women List
Mrs. William Paley former Barbara Mortimer tops the New York dress institute poll of 150 editors and designers naming the ten best dressed women of 1948. Other selections include Mrs Millicent Rogers the Duchess of Windsor Mrs Andre Embiricos Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs William Randolph Hearst Jr. The list notes Paley favors long skirts though not ankle length and comments on regional divorce rate differences Atlantic coast lowest mountain division highest.
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New York
New York Dress Institute
William Paley
Barbara Cushing Mortimer
Paley
The
Institute
Millicent Rogers
Duchess of Windsor
Andre Embiricos
Beatrice Ammidon
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
William Randolph Hearst Jr
Austine Cassini
Washington
Harrison Williams
Duchess of Kent
Mme
Louis Arpels
Hollywood
Howard Hawks
Woodmen Meet At Cammer Tire Office
The Modern Woodmen of America lodge will hold a meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the office of Cammer Tire Co Braddock Street and Valley Avenue.
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Woodmen of America Lodge
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock St
Valley Ave
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