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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1943
Page
5
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hours ending 8 a m none in June to date 3 86 inches year to date 19 80 inches. The 30 year average annual rainfall is 36 11 inches with monthly means listed from January through December and sourced from the Winchester Research Laboratory.
A radio schedule highlights Cecil Young in The Conquest of the Air at North Atlantic events. Ceilings Unlimited airs on WTOP at 7 15 pm with The Unsinkable Bee starring Dean Jagger on Cavalcade of America. Renald Oolman and Edna Best lead a radio adaptation of In Which We Serve on WIOP at 9 pm. Joseph E Davies speaks at the Governor's Conference dinner in Columbus Ohio. The day's lineup includes Music i and various programs across WMAL WRC and KC stations with news and music segments throughout the evening.
In a letter written May 15 22 and 29 1943 private Lewis M Allen of the American Field Service recounts the Tunisia campaign. He recalls midnight moves to the front, bombardment, trenches, and a near miss as he and fellow medics aided wounded amid heavy shelling. He notes scarcer supplies but relief as canteen stocks improve with spaghetti peaches and chocolate.
United States radar history chronicles a small Navy science group that kept the project alive amid inertia and disbelief. Albert Hoyt Taylor, a key figure, led early radio research and credited collaborators who built radar from foundational ideas to a multi million dollar war and future industry.
Moscow reports land warfare and local scouting operations with sporadic artillery. A tense Red Army awaits a summer offensive as day and night bombardments continue. German aircraft losses reach 3,595 in seven weeks. Russian losses 94 this week. A German transport sunk and a tanker plus two transports set afire in Barents Sea.
Washington June 21 The Office of Price Administration began a 3 cent per pound cut in the retail price of most meats excluding cured and processed pork which will come under the subsidy on July 5 This marks the second of three price rollbacks following a 10 percent butter reduction earlier this month A similar coffee reduction is planned with date pending.
Liberator bombers attacked Kahili airbase on Bougainville for a second night and dive bombers hit Vila on Kolombangara in the Solomons. About 25 tons of bombs at Vila started fires in dumps and on the landing strip while Kahili also burned. Anti aircraft fire was light and no American losses were reported.
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