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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1945
Page
6
A clipped schedule lists 6:00 News Optim and 11:00 News Evans. Programs include 6:15 Earl Godwin 6:30 Blue Correspondents Sheean and 7:00 Ted Malone. Later slots feature Lum n Abner 8:30 Counter Spy Amby 9:45, 11:15 Hour, and 11:30 Meet the Chorus Show with Richard Harkness.
Advance dispatch from January 13 details Pvt. Jim D. Ross of Devon Conn and others braving 2000 and 1000 yard patrols to secure comic books behind German lines. A stray mortar and vigilant acts by Bedre, Daniels, and a battle-tested dog earn praise while Sgt Parker racks up thirteen German infantrymen in a single burst.
Brucetown residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Lynn Whitacre of Baltimore and Cpl Eugene Kerns of Winchester joined Mr and Mrs Andy Whitacre Saturday night. The Bragg and Brill households welcomed guests including Mrs Catherine Heischell and Mrs Wesley Brill. Other visitors included Best McAboy of Baltimore and Furman Bragg, recently starting at Newton D Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg. Mrs F H Swimley of Alexandria also spent the weekend at the Bragg home.
The report lists distances on multiple fronts including Rokitno Duren Hron river Reno River and notes the cost of maintaining a first class major orchestra may run as high as a million dollars a year.
Report shows 24 hour precipitation of 0.04 inches ending 7 a.m. and year to date 1.76 inches. It lists 31 year average annual rainfall at 35.95 inches and monthly averages from 1913 to 1943, with values for each month. Data courtesy of the Winchester Search Laboratory.
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