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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1945
Page
9
Present and past rainfall figures show none in the 24 hours to 7 a.m. October to date 0.31 inches year to date 44.39 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1943 include January 2.51 February 1.95 March 2.92 April 3.15 May 3.60 June 3.83 July 3.60 August 3.74 September 2.31 October 3.45 November 2.46 December 2.34. Data courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
Local readers are urged to beware scams claiming refunds on reverse phone charges. Authorities caution about fraudulent schemes using alarming language to lure victims into sharing personal data.
The Pine Grove Home Demonstration meeting led by Mrs. Mattie McCarty will gather at 2 p m on October 11 to discuss gifts of food clothing accessories and toys for Christmas. The Clarke County 4-H Council will meet at Berryville Court House at 8 p m on October 11 to plan the annual Achievement Day program.
Legal holiday closures apply Friday October 12 1945 with all maturing paper payable Saturday October 13 1945 Farmers and Merchants National Bank J H Yost Cashier Shenandoah Valley National Bank Harold G Brown Cashier Commercial and Savings Bank John L Sloat Cashier
List of real estate transfers around Winchester with buyers and sellers including Ellen F Brill and Elijah Cuthbert to title owners, parcels near Paper Mill Road, Clifford Street, Warwick Street, and 11th Highway, various acres and parcels, and total values from $1 to $3,182.71, reflecting multiple tracts and improved properties in 20th century records.
The Office of War Information reported in October 1944 that 27.4 percent of soldiers completed no more than five to eight years of grade school, versus 55.5 percent in World War I. Those with no more than four years of grade school were 3.5 percent this war, compared with 24 percent in the last war.
The station lineup shows a sequence of from seven to eleven programs including Raymond Swing Lone Ranger Ranger a Chesterfield Club News of The World Cavalcade of Voice of Firestone Telephone Hour Lux Radio Theater News Evans Stars Daly Shirer Hour of Dreams NBC Parade of Stars Arch McDonald Pacific Story Moondial Jane Froman.
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