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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1945
Page
3
Rainfall figures for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. show July to date 3.80 inches and year to date 23.35 inches. The average annual rainfall for 31 years is 35.95 inches with monthly averages listed from January to December. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
Imogene Crockett executive secretary of the Winchester Tuberculosis Association reports on May activities. Northern Virginia counties seek more sanatorium beds as 2 per death standard not met. Virginia state and city beds total 1624 vs 2892 required. May 4 Winchester Clarke supper. Frederick County invited to join. May 10 conference of tuberculosis workers. May 11 board meeting in Richmond. X ray survey shows 23 positives. 5 active. 6 suspicious. 656 healed. Five sent for X rays. $40.36 local relief and $57 sanatorium board. Office improvements approved.
Frederick county selective service lists four men for induction on July 9 and eight on July 10. Twenty eight others are slated for pre induction physicals on July 9. Names include Walter M. Hamilton Walter Licksider Petty and Charles Nelson Curry among inductees, with many others receiving pre induction orders and transfers noted. The list also references questions about oil production in Canada.
From Turner Valley and other Alberta fields production climbs from 1 312 368 barrels in 1938 to 9 948 000 barrels in 1943. Principal Ontario fields lie in the southwestern peninsula between Lake Huron and Erie. New Brunswick output comes from the Stony Creek field near Moncton.
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