Rainfall totals and 30 year averages line up for Winchester
Present and past rainfall figures show no precipitation in the 24 hours to 8 a m. December to date 0.93 inches year to date 29.77 inches. The 30 year average annual rainfall at 36.11 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1941 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 courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Across The Head Pin In Tuesday B league match
Studebaker Champions rallied to defeat Bell Clothes 541 to 534 after a 40 pin first game loss. Doug Chaney posted 399 across games with 139 120 140, Jim Merriner led Bell Clothes with 138. Valley Service Station, Van Woolen No 2, and Novick teams posted strong scores in regional bowling standings.
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Bell Clothes
Studebaker
Doug Chaney
Jim Merriner
Chaney
Pete Anderson
Friendship Fire Co
van Woolen No. 2
Clearbrook
Bob Legge
Eddie Burch
Pete Stipe
Earl Dick
Harry Aikens
Va. Woolen
Money Toss in Wind Ends With Missing Cash
In Parkston South Dakota on December 30 Mrs Minnie Grey Ritchie a case proprietor spilled money when she fell wind scattered about 400 dollars in checks and cash. She reports most checks worth eighty dollars have been returned but some cash remains missing.
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Parkston, S. D
Minnie Grey Ritchie
Case
Banks Close New Year's Day Observing War Holidays
New Year's Day, Saturday January 1 1944, is a legal holiday and banks will close. Paper maturities dated January 1 can be paid on Monday January 3 1944. The Commercial and Savings Bank and Farmers and Merchants National Bank will also close with cashiers noting the holiday and reopen on January 3. Shenandoah Valley Nat Bank will observe the holiday with its cashier listed.
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Commercial and Savings Bank
John I. Sloat
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
J. H. Yost
Shenandoah Valley Nat
Harold G Brown
War Production Board Says Anti Freeze Shortage Not Real
War Production Board denies anti freeze shortage fears and warns motorists against scare tactics. G W Creighton says production of alcohol antifreeze is up 50 percent from last year and supply is plentiful despite rumors.
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War Production Board
G. W. Creighton
Mr. Creighton
Briton Proposes Satellite Towns in Empire
E L Leaming surveyor to the Lancashire urban district council told a woman's club that Britain should build satellite towns in the Empire to aid postwar reconstruction. He argued the greater London area could create towns in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa with similar costs to building them in Britain.
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Urmston
Eng
Britain
Empire
E. L. Leaming
Lancashire Urban District Council
Dominions
Greater London
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Radio Highlights on Town Meeting of the Air and January schedules
Radio listings show War time era programs including Town Meeting of the Air discussing feeding Europe and aid to refugees with Dr. Howard E. Kershner opposing Blair Bolles. Also a Dinah Shore/Williams Mary episode and March of Time segments with Davis, Loder, and Anna Sten readings.
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Europe
Howard E. Kershner
International Commission For Assistance of Child Refugees
Blair Bolles
WMAL
Dinah Shore
Wally Brown
WTOP
Willaim H. Davis
Cel. H. B. Loder
Italy
Anna Sten
Russia
Daniel Poling
Christian Herald
Daily Crossword Across Clue List
A compact clue set listing across entries from kind of x shove to piece to hold parts and yesterday's answer Greek god of war to piece of baked clay and church end. The item reads as a straight crossword catalog with numerous short definitions for common terms.
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Anger
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