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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1941
Page
12
Public auction in Winchester Virginia at 10 o clock am Saturday October 11 1941 offers for sale a lot fronting James Street to Bond Street with a frame dwelling at 119 James Street cash terms Brill and W Brent Brill listed with date and location details.
Harrisonburg officials report electricity use rose by 108 600 kilowatt hours about seven percent during daylight saving time compared with a year earlier. Louis Armen Trout, superintendent of the electric department, recalled the aim of saving power for defense work, noting local lines are not tied to statewide hookups such as the Virginia Public Service Company.
The city reports a sharp rise in electricity consumption from Aug 10 to Sept 28, with 108 600 kilowatt hours more than the same period in 1940 and 29 000 more than the June 21 to Aug 10 span. Officials credit increased commercial use and factory activity while noting many filling stations were darkened at seven.
Two fire alarms sounded within an hour at the National Fruit Products Co plant in the northwest city section and at a brush fire in a vacant lot south of 505 Courtfield Avenue. Fire crews arrived to find a blazing crate of apples already extinguished and the brush fire under control.
Prime Minister Churchill says Hitler could shift to defense in Russia and strike England Africa Egypt and Spain if he adjusts plans. He notes Bolshevik resistance disrupts the Nazi timetable as Russians face equipment shortages and mounting pressure in the Ukraine.
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