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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1943
Page
5
The report lists precipitation up to 8 a.m. totaling 12 inches for May to date, with year to date at 15.20 inches. Average annual rainfall over 30 years from 1913 to 1941 is 36.11 inches. Monthly figures include January 2.49, February 1.00, March and April 3.14, and May 8.56 inches.
New Zealand minister Walter Nash urges living Christian ideals beyond words. Dr. Frank Dickinson notes Eureka lemon lineage from one tree fueling Chinese orchards and fruiting widely. Editorial change at Alice reaches New York. Four Freedoms tied to nutrition. church relief efforts grow. Conference on the Christian World Mission set for July 1943 at Silver Bay with broad participation.
The State Board of Education votes to require personal injury and property damage liability coverage for all Virginia school buses. Local boards must insure buses to qualify for state aids totaling 500,000 dollars yearly. Roughly 20 percent of buses may lack coverage. The panel also discusses deficits at teacher colleges and approves a 15 dollar annual fee increase.
Stephens City Virginia May 22 1945 Frederick County Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs Charles Bass with Genevieve Massie as reader Elizabeth Sprouse county agent led a demonstration on Cleaning Furniture the Modern Way Guest speaker Mrs George Snarr Winchester spoke on Cancer June meeting with Mrs Lesle Purcell Hostess served refreshments Others present included Mrs J C Hiser Ritenour Cadwallader Jackson Hammock Funk Sommer and others Roy Gregory left for Norfolk Naval Base to visit husband. young women's circle of the Methodist Church met. visitors from Pa and Maine mentioned. Rev Snyder Alleman former pastor visited Haller home.
Radio schedule notes multiple programs with stars Alfred Drake Michael O Shea Bonita Granville Kent Smith Otto Kruger Oscar Cummings Joseph Cotten and other names. Highlights include Cavalcade of America and Screen Guild Players, Counterspy and Radio Theater, news and music segments across WMAL WRC WTOP stations.
At HOT SPRINGS VA May 24 delegates at the United Nations Food Conference moved into week two in general agreement on expanding the postwar economy but debated how to achieve abundance. Some favor greater government leadership while others push private enterprise, with Britain backing an international stabilizing agency.
The body of Mrs William Taft Howard Taft wife of the twenty seventh President will be buried tomorrow beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery. She died here late Saturday and was credited by friends as the political mentor who urged her husband through his rise to the presidency.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Monahan of Philadelphia develop soil and water conservation at Fairmeadows near Strasburg on the Shenandoah River. Contour crop rotations, disced pastures, limestone and fertilizer, and wildlife edge plantings improve yields and wildlife habitat on their 30 acre farm.
Advertises a powder for diaper rash and heat rash relief. Claims soothing action for simple rashes and skin irritation.
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