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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
3
In a dramatic drill along the southeast coast of England on March 21, a mock invasion alarm triggered rapid action. Six inch guns fired after range-finders and searchlights tracked a white yacht misidentified as a German transport, which sank under a driven beam of light.
Notice for the council hearing at 7:30 PM on Tuesday April 1 1941 to consider amendments to the zoning ordinance. The changes address converting dwellings to apartments along Fairmont Avenue West Piccadilly Street and North Avenue, Area A on Washington Street to Wolfe Street, Stewart Street to Wolfe Street center line, and exclude Millwood Avenue from Area B up to Shryock's Greystone Terrace Addition.
Local church listings show services across Stephens City Salem and Front Royal Pike. Rev Homer Welch and Rev F and W L Riggleman preach at multiple times with Sunday School at 10 a m and 11 a m, while Galilee Church of Christ and Mt Hope Cedar Creek schedule bib le study and sermons.
Local Methodist churches announce morning worships at Cedarville Rockland and Rock Enon with sermons and Sunday School sessions at 10 to 11 a m. Evening services and youth meetings are planned at multiple congregations including Montague Avenue and Gravel Springs with Lent and Easter observances announced for Bethel and St. James in Albins district.
March 21 notes mention Lemuel Whitacre in stable condition. Martinsburg visitors include Garth Whitacre and family visiting Laura Dailey. Nettie Lamp visits from Howards Chapel with Ralph Lamp. Other callers: Bill Baker family Harold Lamp and E B Whitacre. Ruth M. Kerns hosts Harry O Kerns Audrey DeHaven Fervin Heironimus Laura Dailey M A Dailey. A strong cold wind began to blow.
The Ridgeway circuit churches list worship times and school hours for Arden Darkesville Paynes Rest and other locations. Arden and Pitzers Chapel plan a joint Lenten service March 21 to 25 at Arden with pastors from Ridgeway and Rev C B Smaith.
Mrs. Arnold Dailey and her three children visited Mrs. Laura Dailey last Tuesday evening. Arnold Dailey has been doing carpentry for Mr. Clyde Callins recently.
The Star warns readers that reports from much of Europe are censored before transmission to the United States causing delays and incomplete information on ongoing conflicts.
A bedtime story allegory drawn from animal fables inflamed Axis diplomacy as Pravda published a tale critiquing power moves in Yugoslavia. The piece portrays a Wolf scheming to rule and a Lion’s reluctant defense, provoking protests from Italian and German diplomats.
Whitacre area notes list Hollis Brathwaite and McNamara couples visiting the former's home. John W. Whitacre heads to Charleston for two weeks while Sgt Ronald S. Dalan from Camp Meade proceeds to Denver for three months. Local visitors include Emma Dick Miss Dick Homer Suitzer and family. William Lee Whitacre recovers from measles.
Information Bureau of The Winchester Star in Washington D C offers answers to factual questions. See page 4 for details.
In a fable, a Wolf scolds a Deer wearing Eagle feathers, admitting he cannot harm him as ally yet hopes for a rival. The Wolf concedes the Deer’s dangerous premise but praises the Deer’s loyalty, highlighting uneasy truces between supposed enemies and allies.
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