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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1941

Page

6

Average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1939 period

The record lists present and past rainfall totals with January to date figures and year to date 0.16 inches. It provides average monthly precipitation based on 27 years 1913 to 1939 including January 2.56 inches February 2.04 March 2.90 April 3.23 May 3.53 June 3.79 July 3.59 August 3.69 September and October 3.19 November 2.35 December. The average annual rainfall over the past 2% years is 35.53 inches. Statistics supplied courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.

Winchester Research Laboratory

French Admire Siam Withdrawal Near Cam Frontier

The French acknowledge a general withdrawal five to ten miles inside the Cam frontier with Thailand. Thai patrols pressed on two fronts along 95 miles of border with Cambodia and Laos. French said troops pulled back to earlier lines due to strategic terrain indefensibility.

Gan Cam Thailand Cambodia Laos

Danube Countries Fail To Meet Axis Food Needs

Washington dispatch reports the Agriculture Department says Germany and Italy have little chance to obtain Danube basin countries to supply Axis controlled Europe with food feed and fiber. Peacetime surpluses from Romania Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Hungary are insufficient to meet continental European requirements.

Washington Germany Italy Agriculture Department Danube Basin Europe Rumania Yugoslavia Bulgaria Hungary Department

Tis And Hers Smart Towel Trend Bright Butterflies Crochet

The pattern 6880 describes a filet crochet chair set with butterfly motifs suitable for a buffet set or scarf ends. It includes instructions charts materials, and illustrations. Send ten cents and name address pattern number to Winchester Dept 259 W 14th Street New York NY.

Winchester Dept 14Th Street New York N. Y

German Offensives Move On Clock Time

Berlin dispatch reports German propaganda minister Paul Joseph Goebbels says offensives proceed with clocklike regularity. He warns journalists not to misread a lull as uncertainty, calling the pause a creative, deliberate pause while German leadership knows its next steps.

Berlin Aganda Paul Joseph Goebbels Germany Goebbels

Division Staff Mobilization Plan For Maryland Guard

National Guard headquarters in Baltimore announced Maj Gen Milton A Reckord division commander and 13 staff members are ordered to Fort Meade January 20 to prepare for mobilization of the Maryland guard around February 3. They will organize the call-out staff at the new Twenty Ninth Division headquarters at Meade.

Baltimore National Guard Milton A. Reckord Fort George G. Meade Meade

Hospital Matron Killed by Bombs in Waichow Attack

Italian matron Sister Marie Dessi of St. Joseph's Hospital Waichow was killed in a Japanese bombardment along with two Italian nuns. The attack wounded two nuns and killed about 200 Chinese with another 200 injured. Earlier reports listed priests among the dead, which the mission denied.

Hongkong Marie Dessi St. Joseph's Hospital East River Waichow China Maj

Lunacy Warrant Issued for Letter Writer in Cincinnati

A lunacy warrant was issued today against Francis Lean Acree, 21, of Cincinnati who admitted telegraphing Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt about an imminent invasion by Hitler forces. Acree, a former reform school inmate, asked Mrs. Roosevelt to send a plane so he could speed to Washington to discuss the situation.

Cincinnati Francis Lean Acree Franklin D. Roosevelt United States Adolf Hitler Acree U. S Vern Wilson Roosevelt Washington

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