Macon County War Plants Stay Open Despite Peace Near
In August 1945 Athens Messenger reports Macon County war industries to resume normal operations with minimal disruption after Japan’s surrender. West Virginia Ordnance Works undecided on closing. Marietta Manufacturing, West Virginia Malleable Iron, and Quality Manufacturing poised to restart civilian production. Sufficient labor and housing anticipated to ease postwar transition. government property values likely to adjust modestly.
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Athens Messenger
Macon’ County
Point Pleasant
J. D. Fraser
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Poiar Pleasant
Detroit
Mason
Meigs
Gallia
Marietta Manufacturing Co
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
Quality Manufacturing Co
Sylvania Electrical Products, Co
Arnett
Crown City News Notes: Weekend Visits and Local Health
Crown City notes weekend visits from Huntington to Proctorville and nearby towns. Mrs J R Tomson of Huntington visited sister TS and Halley. Camp Campbell assignments, Holzer Hospital appendix removal for Harlow Woodyard, and treatment visits for Alphonso Sheets. Mrs Janice Gorley leaves for Philadelphia where Pfc James Gorley is stationed. Ernest Lee Linsay returns home en route to Greensborro overseas depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City
J.R. Tomson
Huntington
Halley
Id Brumfield
Onroe Trainor
Mrr
Donald ‘Dornan
Polkadot
Everett Stanley
Edna, Farley
Proctorville
Harlow
W. E. Woodyard
Holzer, Hospital
James Jack
Kate Brown
Sanford Brumfield
S. H. Plumer
Michael
Rolland Rose
Camp Campbell
Plumer
Mack Williams
James Trent
John Noles
Alphonso Sheets
Holzer Hospital
Janice Gorley
Philadelphia
Pfc
James Gorley
Ernest Lee Linsay
Sdelay
Lincoln
Neb
Greensboro
N.C
Pittsburgh Pastor To Preach Sunday Sermon
The Rev. Howard Pullin rector of St. Andrews Episcopal Church Pittsburgh will preach at Christ Episcopal Church next Sunday morning. He is spending vacation with his mother Mrs. Charles E. Pullin and sister Miss Hazel Pullin of Charleston Road. He assisted the Rev. Cady in yesterday's morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point - Pleasant
Howard Pullin
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Pittsburgh
Christ Episcopal Church
Mr. Pullin
Charles E. Pullin
Hazel Pullin
Charleston Road
Cady
Bartow Jones Becomes Sole Owner of Pleasant Livestock Market
Bartow Jones completed the purchase Saturday night making Pleasant Livestock Sales Co the sole property of Jones. The market, established 15 years ago, grew from 250 000 in 1934 to 31 290 000 in 1942 under his control, becoming the region’s largest in the Ohio Valley outside Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. He plans to invite stockholders to join, while retaining at least half ownership and reappointing officials. Auctioneers John McNeill and Col Howard Titus return, with Kroger and other buyers expected weekly.
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SAM Simmons CO
Pleasant
Paint Pleasant Livestock Sales Co
Bartow Jones
Weston Market
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati- Cessey
Hiroshima
Guam
Jones
Mr. Jones
Harry Krebs
Sand Hill Road
John McNeill
Col
Howard Titus
Washington D.H
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Sandy Lewis
Mason
John A. Blain
Rolfe Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
W. A. Lee
H. A. Austin
Gallipolis
Cash Johnson
Meigs County
Chester Note on Local Society and Visitors
Chester notes summarize multiple social events. Eldon Gaul and Clarice Cleland hosts shower for Clay ton Allen and 100 guests attended. Chester Garden Club hosted a meeting with Mrs Gascar Bauer presiding and papers on herbs and lawn care. Various local families and service members are listed as guests or visitors across several towns. The piece ends with an odd line about population density in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Eldon Gaul
Clayton Allen
Clarice Cleland
Theodore Mora
Chester Garden Club
Elma Smith
Gascar Bauer
Pearl Koblentz
Buel Ridenour
T. H. Mora
Pearl Mora
Carl Biddle
Bernard Leiselstein
Chester Sunday School
Frank Holter
Spiller
Ethel
Susan
Dana Fay Holter
Norman Yates
Parkersburg
Waid Kimes
Earlene Humphrey
Dayton
Hannah Cleland
Ross Cleland
Columbus
iVetn Cleland
Della Windsor
B. K. Smith
Russell Hayes
R. Hayes
Donald Ridenour
States
Manning Ridensur
Wallace Amberger
Racine
Oscar Bauer
Chester Road
Eileen Hayes
Ward Hayes
George Amberger
Mineraville
Donald Mora
Long Bottom
Battle of Bulge Seen as Major German Error in WWII
The Battle of the Belgian Bulge is cited as a key German mistake that hastened Nazi collapse by months. Expert sources note von Rundstedt’s gamble and the diversion of reserves along the Roer would have delayed Allied progress, with German forces decimated at Bastogne and Celles as the Allied roader pushed toward the Rhine.
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von Rundstedt
Col
Russell
Red” Akers
Nelson County
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Hal Boyle
San Francisco
Bulge
Roer
Belgium
Germany
Celles
Bastogne
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Broken Reich
Two Arrested for Intoxication in Point Pleasant
Two persons, Roy E. Mullen by Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Charles Hoffman by Chief of Police Hoyt Jiiden, were arrested over the weekend on intoxication charges. Miss Stella Circle, 20th St barber, plans to visit Ohio this week and return Aug 20. Mrs. John M. Roberts visits relatives while her husband serves with the Navy. The Hawaii Mars flying boat, cost over 2,000,000 to build, per Navy Department, after a recent Chesapeake Bay crash during a test run.
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Point Pleasant
Roy E. Mullen
Ernest Hesson
Charles Hoffman
Hoyt Jiiden
Stella Circle
Baltimore
Hawaii
Chesapeake Bay
Navy Department
Reedsville Garden Club Hosts August Meeting Highlights
Visitors from Parkersburg and Huntington attended the August session. A program on cacti and a piece on the Ledo Road by Set. Smith Dawless were presented, with Larkins reading a conversation piece and church quiz led by Miss Kate L. Kibble. Local residents and visitors from Hogsett and Sebring joined friends for the gathering.
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Reedsville
Garden Club
Blanche Ruth
Parkersburg
Bess Larkins
Leona Smith
Emma Whitehead
Gladys Williams
Gladys Sisson
Ledo Road
Set. Smith Dawless
Kate L. Kibble
W. E. Kirk
Hogsett
W. Va
Mirs
Lee Wallace
Glenn Waggoner
Patty Ann
Huntington
Tuppers Plains Social Notes
Tuppers Plains social items note Howard and Clay of the U S Navy en route to New York visiting Carl Parker. Mrs Clay is Parker kin. Guests include John Roush of Syracuse at Lena and Alice Parrs. William Scott filled church appointments and visited Mabel Kim. Mrs Hostottle moves into Hoffman property. Frankie Parker travels to Genoa W Va after brother Taylor Watts’ death. Tennessee Pauley of Fort Gay W Va had died. Guests at Mabel Kim’s include Frank Reed family and Garrett Reed family. J I Young ill. Violet Millhone injured a finger while making ice cream by electricity. Olive Orange High School interior being painted by Paul Baker.
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Tuppers Plains
Howard, Clay
U. S. Navy
New York
Carl Parker
Clay
Parker
John Roush
Syrajcuse
Lena Parr
Alice Parr
William Scott
Byesville
Christian Church
Mabel Kim
Mary Hostottle
Hoffman
Casey Nook
Frankie Parker
Genoa
W. Va
Taylor Watts
Tennessee Pauley
Fort Gay
Frank Reed
Anne Archer
Garrett Reed
Robert
Glen
Coalville
J . &. Young
Violet Millhone
Olive Orange High School
Paul Baker
New Restaurant To Open This Week In Point Pleasant
POINT PLEASANT Heck and Glass will open their new restaurant on Sixth Street opposite the courthouse sometime this week. The city needs more dining options as on Sunday morning no place was open past 10 o'clock and many people went without breakfast.
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Point Pleasant
Heck’ and
Glass
Sixth St
Gallipolis Reacts To False WWI Surrender Rumor
Gallipolis residents crowded around radios Sunday awaiting final word from the White House about the end of World War I. A false report that Japan accepted peace terms led to bells and prayers as the town prepared for the Vel Day celebration, with mass and services slated if the official announcement arrives.
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Gallipolis
Japan
White House
St. Louis
Father Ryan
Lafayette
Post No
American Legion
Gallia WAC Seeks Home Return After Two Years Overseas
Gallia dispatch from Allied Force Headquarters Caserta Italy reports Tech Sergeant Mildred Wibert of the WAC on her way home after two years overseas. Wibert, first sergeant of her group, wears the Bronze Star and helped form the first WAC unit sent abroad in Oran and North Africa. Plans indicate Fifth Army WACs may be redeployed to the United States by air during August.
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Gallipolis
Allied Force Headquarters
Caserta
Italy
Mildred Nibert
WAC
Wibert
Wacs
Oran
North Africa
Taly
U. S. Army
Europe
Officials Investigating Early Saturday Robbery
Gallipolis police and a deputy sheriff investigated a Saturday robbery near Olive and Second after Elbert Fry reported a man slapped him, robbed him of 75 cents, and fled.
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Gallipolis
Grant Long
Harold Wood
Elbert Fry
Bulnville Road
Olive
State Guard Plan Corn Roast and Melon Feed
Sallipolis reports Ohio State Guardsmen of Company L will replace the weekly drill with a corn roast and watermelon feed at Roadside Park on Route 35. Guardsmen to meet at the Ohio State Armory at 7:30 PM and travel by car provided by members to the venue.
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Sallipolis
Ohio State Guardsmen
Route 35
Ohio State Armory
Kyger Social And Personal
Kyger residents share weekend visits and family news. Sam Swisher and Joan Swisher return home with relatives. Mr and Mrs Ward and daughter visit due to illness of Mrs Christena Ward. Virginia Tate and sons visit Worthy Tate and daughter in Gallipolis. Ray Clark moves to Cheshire property. Junior Ward, Merchant Marine, visits from New York. Stanley Searls receives honorable Army discharge. Mary and Gerald Rupe visit grandmother Mrs Frank Rupe in Gallipolis. Wayne Sisson learns husband returns to the States.
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Gallipolis
Ray Clark
Kate Mulford
Cheshire
Merchant Marine Junior Ward
New York
J. N. Ward
Stanley Searls
Mary
Gerald Rupe
Frank
Gallia Man Cited for Bronze Star Medal Honors
Master Sergeant Frank W. Childers of Thurman, 27, awarded the Bronze Star Medal by the Ninth Air Force Command Unit in Kassell Germany for meritorious service at a Depot Supply Squadron from July 1942 to February 1945. He supervised warehouse operations and devised efficient binning and storage plans, earning four bronze battle stars for Normandy Northern France Rhineland and Central European campaigns. His mother Mrs. Fannie Childers lives near Thurman.
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Gallipolis
Frank W. Childers
Thurman
Ninth Air Force Service Command
Kassell
Germany
10Th Air Depot Group
Childers
Rio Grande High School
Rio Grande College
Perry Township
Air Corps
Frank W. Chillers
Army of the United States
United States
Cillders
M. Sgt. Childers
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Fannie Childers
Coal meeting attendance planned in Jackson tonight
Gallia County War Price and Rationing Board Chairman A. K. Merriman and coal dealers plan to attend an OPA meeting at Jackson High School Auditorium tonight at 8 30.
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Gallip Bu Lis
A. K. Merriman
Gallia County
Book Shop Relocates to Parker Building in Gallipolis
The Book Shop, newly bought by Downam Printing, is moved from Kaf P. Building at Second and Locust to the Parker Building on Second Avenue. The printing plant also shifts from the Tim Lewis property on State Street to the 400 block of Second Avenue, joining both businesses. Wiseman Wickline Real Estate and Insurance Agency moves into the former Book Shop room in the Parker Building.
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Gallipolis
Downam Printing Company
Kaf P
Second and Locust
Parker
Second Avenue
Tim Lewis
State Street
Concern
Wiseman & Wickilne Real Estate and Insurance Areney
Olpin to Become University of Utah President in 1946
Dr. Albert Ray Olpin, executive director of the Research Foundation at Ohio State University, will assume the presidency of the University of Utah starting July 1, 1946, following his selection by Utah officials.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Albert Ray Olpin
Research Foundation
Ohio State University
University of Utah
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Egypt
Reedsville Club
Social Notes
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Kyger
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Long Teland City
Pepsi-Cola Botiliog Co
Athens
Jackson
O van Johnson
Esther Williams
Disney Cartoon
Commando Duck
Beaco
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Beasley CO
Skelton
Bal Kelly
Gene Tierney
Tae
Otto Preminger
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