Rainfall Totals and 30 Year Averages from Winchester Lab
Rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. was none. January to date 2.22 inches, year to date 2.22 inches. The 30 year average annual rainfall is 36.11 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1941 are listed: 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. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Home Agent Ruth McNeil Announces February Schedule
Miss Ruth McNeil Home Demonstration Agent released a weekly schedule for January 31 through February. Activities include Jan 31 Star Tannery community gathering February 1 10 am Middle Road club with Mrs Rogers February 2 10 am Gore club with Mrs Sawyer February 3 10 am Shawnee club at Presbyterian Church basement February 4 Gainesboro and February 5 a full month of all day machine clinics by Home Demonstration Clubs across February.
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Ruth McNieil
Star Tannery
Middle Road
E. M. Rogers
Gore
Jim Sawyer
Shawnee
Presbyterian Church
Gainesboro
Reynolds Store Dinner Guests and Local Visits
Reynolds Store news notes social visits from Jan. 29 list guests including Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Place and family, Mr. Austin Hovermale and family, Roy Bohrer and children, J. K. Nesmith, Allen Farmer, Ziler Bageant, Edgar Gano, Joshua Place and family, I M Kerns, Robert Luttrell, and Mrs. Rick Hughes, with multiple households hosting and visiting in Gainesboro Capon Bridge and nearby areas.
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Ziler Bageant
Edgar Gano
Kansas
R. E. Place
Joshua Place
Tom Whitacre
I. M. Kerns
Kearneysville
W. Va
C. W. Moore
Robert Luttrell
Capon Bridge
Rick Hughes
Japanese Fight Pilots Drawn Into Big Boats
Pearl Harbor reports a major air battle over the Marshall Islands with Japanese fighters engaging Mitchell bombers. U S forces claim 16 to 22 enemy planes down while no American losses are reported. The action follows a Seventh Army air force strike on Taroa and marks a new, desperate Japanese tactic to check declining fortunes.
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Charles H. McMurtry
Pearl Harbor
Jan
United States
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshalls
Seventh Army
Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Seventh Aaf
Central Pacific
U. S
Eniwetok
Navy
Whitacre Home Sees Frequent Visitors and Illness
Ebenezer Virginia notes show Mr. and Mrs. I R Clark Miss Violet Clark and Miss Mary Jo Clark visiting the Whitacre home. Mrs A W Whitacre ill at Martinsburg remains about the same with several others visiting. Pvt. Rando Roe returns to base after a ten day furlough with his parents.
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Ebenezer
A. C. Whitacre
I. R. Clark
Violet Clark
Mary Jo Clark
A. W. Whitacre
Martinsburg
Donnie Anderson
Mary Edna Whitacre
R. P. Anderson
Geo. R
Whitacre
Wee Me
Viola Anderson
Pvt
Rando Roe
U. S. Army
Clark Roe
H. D. Whitacre
Ida Whitacre
Hope Whitacre
Gore
Radio Highlights Schedule Shuffles Through Evening Lineup
Radio listings spell a dense, old style schedule with times like 6 00 6 15 6 30 and names such as Vandercook Walters and Bergman. Mentions include Army Service Forces President and Birthday notes with music and news segments across late night hours.
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J. . Vandercook
Army — Service
Teddy Walters
Allen
Local Sales Directory Listings for Clarke County Feb and Mar
Clarke County residents listed for upcoming sales including Millwood Berryville Stephens City and Hayfield locations. Entries show dates February through March with items such as stock implements household goods and livestock and farming equipment.
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J. R. Ridgeway
Millwood
John Russell
Berryville
Ralph Robinson
Charles, Town Rd
F. C. Inskip
Lugtidnery
Stephens City
Vorous
Stock
Clarke County
Dick Solightly
Lee Boyce
Hayfield
Sam Myers
Old Chapel
Clarke Co
Sam Boyd
Stephenson
M. Craig
D. P. Welch
Wickliffe
No clear headline in prayerful exhortation quote
The fragment expresses a resolve to strive with heart soul strength and mind to fulfill the will of God. It centers on religious devotion and personal commitment without specific names or events.
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U. S. Patent Office
Chic Young
Himble Theatre
Popeye
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Alex
Big Sister
G-Man
Johnny
Bill
By Robert Sturm
Critchell
Cope
Keng
Beth
BY Les Forgrave
Ata Heli
Muggs and
Skeeter
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Philip
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Bohen
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Notomac
Mac By-Products Co
Ee Eee
Reynolds Store
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Montgomery
S. Loudoun
Montgomery. Ward & Company
Food Center
Loudoun
Dial
Goodyear
Braddock
Pine Motor CO
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Main St
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WMAL
L. Henderson
W. Fleischer
Boston
Symphony
WRC
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Folliard-Costello
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Opry Rep. C. Vursell
Music Amer
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Eliot Amer
Southern States Cooperative
Virginia Livestock Market
Julian A. Everly
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
East Boscawen Street
Just Dial
C. B. Smalts & Son
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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
China
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