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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1944
Page
6
Radio and stage icons Bob Hope and President Franklin D. Roosevelt appear in a Hildecarde spotlight as music and words from Richard Harkness frame a new cultural feature. Organizers promote screenings and talks to engage audiences nationwide.
Madame Joseph Lardinois and her three children recount the massacre of their husband and the horrors faced as German planes strafed fleeing Belgians near Liege. The widow vows to never forget and warns Americans that kindness toward Germans will be repaid with regret.
In Apple Pie Ridge Virginia on October 17, residents recount visits and callings at homes of Miss Inez Adams and A W Adams. Families talk of illness and recovery, harvest activity, and guests from Capon Bridge and Grimes. The apple harvest continues despite rain and cistern refilling as locals share news of birthdays and work at local farms.
Joseph Fisher Jr of Stephens City spent the weekend with George L Rosier Jr. James Patterson and others visited at Mountain Falls with Clyde Sale. R F Bradfield and Mary Bradfield visited near Paw Paw West Virginia. Luther Hamilton and daughter from Washington DC spent the weekend here. Burl Carpenter and Joseph Fisher and family visited G L Rosier Sr. Sunday evening.
Present and past rainfall figures show none in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. October-to-date totals 1.71 inches and year-to-date 34.52 inches. The 31-year average annual rainfall is 35.95 inches with monthly averages listed, based on 1913 to 1943 data from the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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