Prisoners in Changi study English and radio mechanics
Singapore reports that 40 Japanese prisoners at Changi are studying English and radio mechanics using earnings to buy Japanese English dictionaries. Prison officials plan talks by University of Malaya and debating societies to aid inmate education. Also notes a Carbon Hill tale of a metal roofing salvaged from an old town house.
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Singapore
Changi
G. E. W. W. Bayly
Eveven
University of Malaya
Carbon Hill
Sand Run
Les Horn
W. T. Parks
John Tom
Horn
Parks and Tom
Ohio
Coolville WSCS meets. many relatives visit region
Coolville notes show the WSCS meeting at Mrs. Russell Cody’s home with Mrs. Anderson Bentz assisting. Numerous visits and travels are listed: Mr. and Mrs. Neff Norman returning from ten days with relatives in Glen Dale W Va Toronto and Pavonia Ohio. others from Minersville Louisville Columbus Marietta Zanesville and Cincinnati visit here. Several family gatherings and a Gual Reunion at Chester on Sunday Aug 5 are noted with names and places.
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Coolville
WSCS
Russell Cody
Anderson Bentz
Neff Norman
Glendale
W. Va
Toronto
Pavonia
Ohio
Mohican State Forest
Cadiz
Walker Norman
Judy Norman
Rheta Cody
Terry
Kingsbury Folks Gather for Visits and Local News
Visitors to Mrs John Carl and the Carls include Mrs Charles Reffie and family from Toronto and others from Pomeroy Athens and Mansfield. Carlton Sunday School draws 66 with Thursday prayer meetings and Aug 12 services. A wedding at the Wyant home on Kingsbury Road features S U ring ceremony by Rev Blaine Farley.
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Kingsbury
John Carl
Ralph Carl
Charles Reffie
William King
J. B. Carleton
Dana Dais
Minerva Howett
Austin Woodyerd
Mansfield
Sam Bolin
Paul Coe
Athens
Albert Finley
Follingsbee
W. Va
Roma Beal
Homer Goodin
S. C. Mahler
Harley
Don Parsons
Dwight
Davy
Jack Barnhart
Linda
Becky West
Stanley Beal
Juanita Wyant
Wyant
Kingsbury Road
Blaine Farley
H. R. Richerson
el Paso, Texas
Etta Dellinger
Pauline
Tuba Donor Mystery Baffles Pittsburgh Band Leader
Pittsburgh Hill City Band lacks a qualifying instrument. Director Howard McKinney seeks the tuba donor who phoned with an offer but forgot to leave her name and address. The band and player worry over missing the donor's identity.
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Pittsburgh
Hill City
Howard McKinney
McKinney
Storys Run Storys Run Visit Keepsake Notes
Mr and Mrs Robert Young and daughter La donna return to Fostoria after a week of visiting friends and relatives here Mrs Olen Taylor and children Judy and Tommy leave for Columbus to visit her mother Mrs J E Foster Mrs Nora Smith of Charleston visits Mr and Mrs Evert Plantz Marion Rupe and wife of Greenfield spend the weekend here with S E Rupe Frank Reedy and family of Belle W Va spend the weekend with J A Searls and sons Joyce Ann Hampshire returns to Columbus after a week with Mr and Mrs John Veith and family Mr and Mrs Earl Taylor and son Mr and Mrs Larry Sheets and son Mr and Mrs Lewis Taylor and children spend a day in Marietta visiting relatives Violet and Ross Shuler visit Mrs Frances Larkin and Mrs Bertha Giles in Rutland Donald Abbott of Columbus visits his parents Mr and Mrs Homer Abbott Roy Rife and wife of Pennsylvania spend the weekend with Horton Rife Mr and Mrs Shirley Mulford attend a baseball game in Cincinnati Mr and Mrs Baker Searles and son of Fostoria spend an afternoon with Mrs Birtie Frazier and Mrs Katherine Reed Mrs John Veith
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Robert Young
Ladonna
Fostoria
Olen Taylor
Judy
Tommy
Columbus
J. E. Foster
Nora Smith
Charleston
Evert Plantz
Marion Rupe
Greenfield
S. E. Rupe
Delbert Russell
Danny
Middleport
Ross Fife
Margaret Shaffer
Logan
Fred Taylor
Frank Reedy
Belle
W.va
J. A. Searls
Joyce Ann Hampshire
John Veith
Earl Taylor
Tony
Larry Sheets
Lewis Taylor
Marietta
Violet
Ross Shuler
Frances Larkin
Bertha Giles
Rutland
Donald Abbott
Homer Abbott
Roy Rife
Pennsylvania
Horton
Shirley Mulford
Cincinnati
Baker Searles
Bill Gibson
Proctorville
Birtie Frazier
Katherine Reed
Mechanic Recommends Wake Island as Ideal Getaway
Los Angeles mechanic Hank Lucchesi 32 says Wake Island is the perfect escape after nine months there with an airline. He highlights sport fishing, the island’s healthful climate, and describes Wake as the “rock” with World War II history and a Truman MacArthur meeting.
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Los Angeles
Hank Lucchesi
Wake Island
mid-Pacific
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
Lucchesi
Pacific
Bloody Rowboat Mystery Explained
Cleveland police clarified the mystery of the empty rowboat found at Oakwood Beach Rocky River. Pasquale Angelone 22 of Cleveland disappeared after the boat appeared and later claimed amnesia. He returned home saying he was in Akron and a nosebleed caused the bloodstains.
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Cleveland
Oakwood Beach
Rocky River
Pasquale Angelone
Angelone
Akron
Investor Sheds Light On Middle Age Prosperity
Minneapolis based Grady Clark of Investors Diversified Services argues that productive life begins at 40 for workers with sales skills. He notes company reps over 40 produced about 64 percent of 1950 sales, claiming seasoned competence is a definite business asset.
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Minneapolis
Grady Clark
Investors Diversified Services, Inc
Clark
Loitering Mule Captured By Indiana Officers
Bloomington police chased a loitering mule on the public square as it fled toward the Indiana University Campus. After officers nabbed the animal they tied it outside the jail until Lloyd Grubb arrived to claim it, saying the mule belonged to him.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Lloyd Grubb
Grubb
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