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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1944
Page
7
The data lists precipitation for the 24 hours ending 8 a m as none and January to date at 1.66 inches. It provides 30 year averages from 1913 to 1941 for monthly rainfall, with January 2.49 inches and December 2.47 inches, noting courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
In Indianapolis on January 11, William Green of the American Federation of Labor urged workers to invest in the fourth war loan starting January 18. He cited 80,000 killed and 7 million injured on the front since Pearl Harbor and predicted the invasion of Hitler’s domain could come at any moment. Other speakers included Ted Gamble and Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker. Gamble praised labor’s role in funding the war and announced nearly 27 million workers were contributing about 430,000,000 each month for bonds.
In Richmond Virginia the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled two Lever Brothers patent claims in soap manufacture valid and infringed by Procter & Gamble. Judge Armistead M. Dobie reversed a Maryland district court ruling, marking a high profile decision in the soap industry relating to Ivory soap processes introduced in 1940.
In a three game match Leesburgers rolled 598 577 and 560 totals while Royal Crown Cola led by Licksider and Miller countered with 624 560 400 set. Leesburgers won by 116 pins as doubles teams Col a Hawthorne Lickl idder lost to Ridgeway Weinberg and White and other high games highlighted the page.
High individual game Burch 136 Earl Wiley 131 Sam Renner 128. High individual set Burch 346 Willey 344 Renner 226. High team game Dyers 543 Spinner 541 Weavers 529. High team set Spinners 1568 Dyers 1538 Weavers 1526.
Representative Clare Boothe Luce questions glamor girls roles and calls for broader female wartime service. She cites Captain Clark Goldlie’s career switch and urges WAVES recruiters to draft women for war work and armed auxiliaries.
A sequence of upcoming sales in Clarke, Jefferson, Frederick and nearby Virginia counties listing vendors such as C. M. Nicodemus, Geo. Baker, F. C. Inskip, C. O. Vorous, Dick Solightly, Boyce, Hayfield, Millwood, and Jack Smith Farm. Items include stock, implements, machinery and household goods with sale dates from January through March.
Radio schedules list programs and guests across stations WRC WMAL WTOP and more. Highlights include Quentin Reynolds dramatizations What Is The Man Who Is Carrying the Gun Fighting For Amond Paige conducting the Young Americans Orchestra Holidy for Strings James Cagney visits Duffy's Roosevelt address and Look Magazine's 1943 kings and queens awards. The lineup also features war crime depictions rationing and postwar economy discussions with notable figures.
A reader friendly crossword with clues across many categories. The grid includes definitions for seaweed curves borders markets and many other terms. Answers span nautical to linguistic hints and common household items.
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