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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1944

Page

6

Radio Notes for Tonight

Radio notes announce tonight's lineup featuring Richard Harkness and music selections. The note lists upcoming program segments and the host credits.

Richard Harkness

Liege GIs Turn War Nightlife Into Jitterbug Jazz Scene

In Nazi controlled Liege Belgium a troop of American GIs turns a quiet night spot into a swing show. Sgt Bruno Manni and five soldiers play accordion trumpet drums and piano while locals cheer and throw flowers. The jam session ends as the band packs up and troops leave with tommy guns slung over shoulders.

Liege Belgium Meuse Broadway 52Nd Street New York Bruno Manni San Francisco Jim Ill Inglewood Calif Robert Deacon Indianapolis Charles Funk Baltimore, Md Eddie Gaga Passaic N. J Pfc Louis Junod Brooklyn N. Y Benny Goodman Junod

Germans Charged With Executing Polish Patriots

Exiled Polish government in London claims Germans are executing Polish Patriot Army members in gas chambers after surrender with Lt. Tadeusz Komorowski in Warsaw. It reports Oswiecim camp deaths and 12 400 others awaiting execution since Oct 7 with 200 Poles killed in one barracks incident.

London Tadeusz Komorowski Bor Warsaw Germany Oswiecim

Stevenson’s Twenty-One Men and a Dead Man’s Chest Hint

The West Indies island in Treasure Island’s Dead Man’s Chest is linked to the Virgin Islands. Kingsley’s At Last notes a Saint Ursula’s Day discovery and Saint and her 11,000 virgins naming, though buccaneers later gave harsher names to many islands.

West Indies Stevenson Treasure Island Virgin Island Charles Kingsley Caribbean Kingsley Jerusalem

Rainfall totals and monthly averages from Winchester data

Present and Past Rainfall reports show 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. with none and October to date 1.71 inches. Year to date 34.52 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years 35.95 inches. Monthly averages for 1913-43 are listed by month from January to December, with values from 2.51 to 3.74 inches. Data courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.

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