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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 08, 1944

Page

6

Peat See Eo Musical Knowledge News

Richard Harkness reports on holiday music and hopes for Williams in a feature on musical knowledge and performances.

Richard Harkness Hope Williams

Small U.S. unit wipes out 77 Nazi pillboxes near Aachen

In occupied Germany HAL BOYLE reports how a 34 medium tank and 17 light tank force with 1,200 infantry and 200 engineers under Lieut. Gen. Hodges breached the Siegfried line. The highly coordinated assault used specialized assault and cleanup teams to smash pillboxes amid heavy German artillery, with minimal American losses.

Hal Boyle Germany Hitler Courtney Hodges U. S. First Army Siegfried Line Aachen Joe T. Harper McAlester Okla Second Armored Division Tunisia

Virginia Announces New Draft Class for 38 to 45

Richmond reports a change in draft rules as about 163000 Virginians aged 38 through 45 who have not yet entered the service will move to class 4-A. Col Mills F Neal, director of the state selective service system, says this simplifies local board work as younger registrants remain the priority for induction. Class 1-AL is discontinued and those liable for limited service will be reassigned to deferred classifications.

Richmond Virginia Armed Services Col Mills F. Neal State Selective Service System Neal

Has any nation abandoned the metric system before

The reader asks if any country has rejected the metric system after adopting it. The answer notes that no nation has fully abandoned metric after trying it, and points out that the United States and Great Britain are not fully metric compared to the rest of the world which uses metric weights and measures.

United States Great Britain

Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues

Crossword clues list with across and down items including Sandarac tree game fish quick ly surgeon s instrument promptly medieval helmet commenced seizure particle of addition donkey blushing Dutch abbr finish Armadillo faulty marshy meadow chum mulberry 365 days measure of distance India spasmodic twitch moving slowly Mus moving slowly wading bird angry sleep noisily strange reach across pitcher and tapestry down clues tapestry plays boisterously

India

Rainfall Summary for October to Date and Monthly Averages

Rainfall data shows 24 hours ending at 8 a m with none and October to date 3.40 inches. Year to date totals 34.21 inches, with an average annual 35.95 inches over 31 years. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1943 list values for each month, led by June and August near 3.7 inches, with October at 3.45. Data courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.

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