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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1941

Page

7

U S May Resume Normal Trading With North Africa

US officials discuss a potential exchange program with Morocco Tunisia and Algiers to obtain raw materials for national defense in return for supplies, amid wartime shipping shortages and British blockades. Negotiations involve Great Britain France and North African colonies with final approval pending guarantees and funds release.

United States Morocco Tunisia Algiers France Germany Maxime Weygand North Africa Great Britain Weygand Martinique Robert D. Murray Vichy

War Censorship Delays European News for U.S. Readers

Readers are cautioned that news from most of Europe is subject to censorship before transmission to the United States. The Star notes wartime censorship affects what can be reported.

the Star Europe United States

Brucetown Sunday Services and Union Meeting Report

Sunday services at Brucetown Church and Carper's Valley include Sunday School at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. Brucetown preacher Rev. R. B. Moore and visiting Rev. W. W. McIntyre will lead evening sermons. Mother's Day offering for Gaithersburg Home will be collected at Sunday School. Brucetown Methodist Union meets Monday 8 p.m. and third quarterly conference covers Montague Avenue and Brucetown at Montague Avenue Church Tuesday 8 p.m.

Brucetown R. B. Moore Carper’s Valley W. W. McIntyre D. D Winchester Gaithersburg

Montague Avenue Charge Hosts Mothers Day Services

The Montague Avenue Charge and associated churches plan a Mothers Day program with services at Greenwood Macedonia Round Hill and Epworth League. Dr. Louis M. Allen will speak in Winchester and three potted plants will be awarded to mothers by age and presence. Third Quarterly Conference Tuesdays May 13 at Montague Avenue Church joins Brucetown and Stephens City Charges.

Montague Avenue Methodist C. Siarry Balthis Greenwood Macedonia Epworth League Louis M. Allen Winchester Round Hill Montague Avenue Church Brucetown Stephens City

Galilee C C A Quenzel Ministers Weekly Schedule

Galilee C C A Quenzel preaches May 18 morning with Charles E. McVay to lead Communion later. Children’s Day planned for June 8 Sunday night. Walnut Springs Bible School at 10 am with a 8 pm South End Fire Co. service. Stephens City Methodist pastor Homer Welch outlines Sunday preaching plans across Stephens City Kernstown Fairview and Refuge locations.

Galilee C. C S. J. Goode Walnut Springs—Bible School South End Fire Co Stephens City

Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church Service Notice

Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church at Vaucluse Virginia announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m and preaching at 7 30 p m by Rev E Summers McGavoch The Young People s choir will sing.

Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church Vaucluse E. Summers McGavoch Young Peoples Choir

Mother's Day Services Across Churches

Middletown Charge Grace Church Reverend J T Brown officer schedules include Sunday School 9 45 a m Worship 11 a m and a special Mother’s Day program with a Jane’s Funeral Home quartet. Other churches in Shirley Mt Pleasant Pleasant Valley and Red Bud list church school times worships and Mother’s Day services with Cradle Roll and O G activities.

Middletown Methodist Church J. T. Brown Grace Jane's Funeral Home Christian Workers School Strasburg Methodist Church Ee Ates Shirley Mt. Pleasant Christian Endeavor Pleasant Valley

White Post Circuit and Odist Church Services

Cedarville hosts 10 a m worship and sermon while Rockland holds 11 a m service Boyce offers 7 15 p mYoung Peoples Service at 8 p m worship Rev W D Sheets pastor invites all to worship with us.

White Post W. D. Sheets Cedarville Rockland Boyce Young Peoples

Ridgeway Circuit Methodist Church Notices

G H Fielding pastor. Arden Church School at 10. Darkesville Church School at 10. Epworth League meeting at 7.

Ridgeway Circuit G. H. Fielding Arden Darkesville Epworth League Gerrardstown Crane Worp Il Rest

Court battle over paternity demands Denny child status

In New York a court action seeks to establish Mrs Jane Schlam as the child of socialite Elsie Denny. Mrs Denny admits her former husband Charles W Lewis was Schlam’s father but she denies being the mother, stating I have no daughter.

Jonadab Rechab Elsie Denny New York Jane Schlam Denny

Dr. L. S. G. Miller To Preach Sunday

The Rev. L. S. G. Miller D. D. recently returned missionary from Japan will occupy Grace Lutheran Church pulpit Sunday at 11 o clock. Friends of Dr. Miller and Grace Church are invited to worship Sunday morning.

L.S. G. Miller D. D Japan Grace Lutheran Church Friends of Dr. Miller Grace Church

Brief History of the Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society of London began in 1804 with a small circle and has grown to more than 25 fellows and associates. Its annual Chelsea Flower Show, held in May or June, is a major horticultural event often attended by Their Majesties.

Royal Horticultural Society Royal Horticultural Society of London Chelsea

Red Light Runters Seen as Borderline Feeble-M minded

Detroit study on 305 traffic offenders found many borderline mentally impaired with intelligence tests from 43 to 15. Drivers gave weak excuses like rolling stops or brakes failing, and experts warn such drivers may remain on highways until licenses are revoked after personal evaluations.

Richmond Lowell American Psychiatric Association Recorder’s Court Detroit Selling

Happy Ending in Kansas City After False Fire Alarm

In Kansas City on May 9 Frank E. Smith faced a rough day when his favorite baseball team lost the first game of a doubleheader. A second game started poorly and he hurried to his car, a tree then fell onto it, leaving him unconscious. Police reported a house fire nearby as the incident unfolded, but the fire alert turned out to be a false alarm.

Jeremiah Israel Jerusalem God Jonadab Jehonadab Jehu House of Ahab Rechab Kansas City Frank E. Smith

Real estate transfers list across county and city

A sequence of property deeds lists transfers from Lillah W Willey to R W Martin and wife for a Main Street lot, C W Wisecarver to Ernest Barrett for a Buff Lick Road lot, and others including Robert J Carson to John W Smith on 2 acres near Cedar Grove. Also noted are state transfers from Commonwealth of Virginia to Robert Peer, and multiple parcels around Mt Falls and Back Creek with varied sums and nominal considerations.

Lillah W. Willey R. W. Martin Main Street Middletown C. W.wisecarver Ernest Barrett Buff Lick Road Robert J. Carson John W. Smith Cedar Grove Commonwealth of Virginia Robert Peer Paddy Washington Forest Preserve Vance’s Cove Avalon Orndorff John D Daisy Heltzel Winchester Frederick James A. Cather Clyde J. Keckley E. W. Braithwaite Harry McKeever Gainesboro Ella Fisher Lawson S. Triplett Mt. Falls Harry Kern L. E Mary L. White J. M. Strother Robert S&s. Underwood Town Fred Glaize Ralph Lee Triplett Rock Enon Road S. E. Brown Charles W. Buhl Robinson Back Creek

Byron backs aid to Britain but opposes sending youths abroad

Mrs. Katherine E. Byron, Democratic nominee for the Sixth District, told a Democratic rally in Frostburg Maryland that she supports all-out aid to Britain yet would not vote to send American youth to foreign battlefields. She voiced 100 percent backing for labor and aimed to continue the work of her late husband Representative William D. Byron.

Frostburg Katherine E. Byron Congress Britain Byron William D. Byron

Cuba’s National Flower Is the Mariposa

The piece states that Cuba has a national flower and identifies the mariposa as the island’s national bloom.

Cuba

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