Rainfall totals and monthly averages from Winchester data
Present and past rainfall shows 24 hour precip none ending 8 a m. June to date 3.99 inches year to date 19.93 inches. 30 year average annual rainfall is 36.11 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-41 list February 1.98 inches 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. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Housewives Urged to Save Waste Fat for War in Virginia
Virginia collected 70 614 pounds of waste household fats in May, down 1 219 pounds from April’s 177 833. C H Luebbert executive secretary of the State Salvage Committee notes the state’s 38 9 percent May quota and urges housewives to strain grease, store it cool and dark, and deliver it to meat dealers to aid glycerine for munitions.
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Virginia
C. H. Luebbert
State Salvage Committee
Luebbert
Asking McCormick To Stand As Presidency Candidate
Chicago July 3 A meeting sponsored by the Republican Nationalist Revival Committee led by Secretary William Grace adopted a resolution urging Col. Robert R. McCormick publisher of the Chicago Tribune to run as a Republican candidate for President in the Illinois primary next April against Wendell Willkie. The resolution praised McCormick as an American nationalist and noted Willkie as an internationalist.
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Chicago
Republican Nationalist Revival Committee
William Grace
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
Smith Fought Labor Excesses From New Deal Onward
Washington July 3 Rep Howard W Smith led opposition to New Deal reforms and wage labor laws. His anti-strike drive culminated in the Connally Smith Harness wartime bill, passed over the President, amid the Pearl Harbor surge. The measure aimed at a 30 day cooling off before strikes, banned the closed shop in defense plants, and imposed penalties for saboteurs.
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Washington
Howard W. Smith
Edward Everett Horton
Smith
Freeshman
New Deal
House
Pearl Harper
Senate
Connally
House Military Affairs Committee
Forest A. Harness
R-Ind
John L. Lewis
Hamel Pays for Window After Golf Ball Incident
In Jackson Heights New York a golfer Jack Hamel hit a misguided shot that broke two window panes. He offered to pay for the damage and the ball was to be returned by the ball’s owner. The boy said the ball was to be kept by Hamel, who offered to buy a new one.
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New York
Jack Hamel
Jackson Heights
Hamel
Trustee's Sale of House and Lot in Winchester Virginia
By deed dated August 20 1936 recorded in Deed Book 57 page 58 the holder of the secured debt requests sale. The trustee will auction the property at public sale in front of the Court House Winchester Virginia at 12 o clock noon on Saturday July 24 1943. The lot is No 72 east side of Greenwalt Avenue with 60 feet frontage and 120 feet depth adjoining A C Frye and others.
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Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
Court House
Greenawalt Avenue
A. C. Frye
Women Back Equal Rights Amendment at Swampscott Meeting
The General Federation of Women's Clubs board in Swampscott Mass backs an equal rights amendment to the U S Constitution and urges Congress to act. It condemns housewives patronizing black markets and calls for investigation and prosecution of such infractions. The group supports forming committees to boost child welfare and curb juvenile delinquency with community services identified by surveys.
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Swampscott
Mass
General Federation of Women's Clubs
United States
Congress
380 Million Acre Goal Set for 1944 Crops
Chester Davis announced from Charlotte that the federal government will soon set a 380000000 acre goal for 1944 crops. He said the plan targets 70000000 acres of wheat and aims to expand cultivation across all major crops, contingent on farmers obtaining additional equipment and improvements in the equipment supply.
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Charlotte
N. C
Chester Davis
U. S
Chester Davis, Jr
Charlotte News
Food Administration
Contour Farming Promotes Soil Conservation in Frederick Co
Frederick County farmers Lester Dailey and London Whitacre describe contour farming on hillsides to keep topsoil and rainfall on slopes. They report corn rows leveled along hills and crop rotations in contour bands to prevent erosion and protect garden beds from heavy rains.
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Lester Dailey
Cross Junction
Mr. Dailey
London Whitacre
Whitacre
Woman Army Doctor Breaks Ground in North Africa
First Lieut Margret Janeway left the WAACs to join the Army Medical Corps as a major, becoming the first woman army doctor in the North African theater and the second in the U S Army. Her grandfather Col John Janeway served as an army surgeon in the Civil War, inspiring her career.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Margret Janeway
WAACS
Army Medical Corps
North African
United States Army
Janeway
Col
John Janeway
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