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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
11
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation ending at 7 a m with July to date 7.85 inches and year to date 27.40 inches. The 31 year average annual rainfall is 35.95 inches and monthly means range from 1.95 inches in February to 3.74 inches in August. Statistics courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
BARBARAC WACE writes from Oslo about lean postwar rations in Norway. Fish and dairy support health as Danes and Swedes send soup and parcels, while meat remains scarce and coffee is replaced by dubious brews.
A leading food distributor urged housewives to begin canning peaches immediately to ensure adequate winter supplies. T. E. Keily of A. and P. Food Stores said government warnings note limited commercial fruit supply and advised processing peaches from the South and later crops from Pennsylvania New Jersey New York and other states.
E. P. Malloy recalls early railroad dispatchers proposing to rename stations and features nearby Spokane. The telegraph chief allegedly approved a softened naming plan: remove horse from Plains and falls from Spokane, but keep the gate from Hell, prompting amusement and a local lore tale.
Louisville readers see a clever want ad that sells a switchboard operator job as a speech weaver role. The copy suggests influencing ships orders and handling dramatic conversations between soldiers and loved ones, portraying the operator as shaping destinies.
A man reports a decade with a brick in the stomach due to undigested food. After using ERB HELP he says the sensation disappeared the next day and bowels are regular again. The ad claims 12 herbs cleanse bowels and aid liver and kidneys, selling at Winchester drug stores.
The 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM lineup features Supper Club and Ray mond Swing News of the World at 7 30 8 00 and 8 45 with Town Meeting of the Air 11 00 News Hour and dramatic programs such as Hour of Dreams Silhouettes and Suspense Adventures of Topper Maisie and Corliss Archer enlivens the late night hours alongside musical interludes from Kraft Morton Gould's Music and Copacabana Orchestra including Jose Ferrer Ted Husing and Richard Harkness in various slots.
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