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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1948
Page
5
24 hour precipitation end 7 am 4.92 inches. October rainfall to date 4.58 inches. 1948 rainfall to date 34.96 inches. Average annual rainfall for 38 years 36.20 inches. Monthly averages 1913-1946 include 2.46 Jan, 1.94 Feb, 2.91 Mar, 3.02 Apr, 3.67 May, 3.92 Jun, 3.82 Jul, 3.76 Aug, 2.57 Sep, 3.31 Oct, 2.44 Nov, 2.38 Dec. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
The Swiss Alps have claimed about 40 lives this mountaineering season from May to mid September as weather and avalanche dangers took tolls. Noted guide Hans Schlunegger and two companions died on the Grosshorn, while a woman climber survived two freezing nights after her partners froze to death in a blizzard.
Tiverton rural council defies tradition stating an Englishman's home is his castle. Councillor C. W. White criticizes farmer William Edwards for twice denying officials entry to measure rooms for a housing survey and orders another visit to Edwards.
The Community Chest highlights the Boy Scouts as one of eight organizations benefiting from a Give Once for All appeal. The drive seeks broad support to fund youth programs, health activities, and community services across multiple groups.
Auckland residents laugh at a ferret that claimed to make history by threading wires in a factory maze. The animal followed a dead rabbit scent, pulled a fishing line to guide wires, a stunt the local white mice dismiss as old rival trick from 20 years ago.
PRAGUE Oct 18 The Prague trade union daily Prace defends high salaries of factory managers amid complaints from readers. An editorial by Place argues officials in nationalized industries deserve large pay and that a floor sweeper’s life may be tougher despite regular hours, even as executives work long conferences.
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