United States Faces Japanese Assault Across Pacific
Japan launches fresh attacks on American and British bases from Hawaii to Singapore as Congress convenes. officials report heavy losses to navy and army, while the U S government and allied nations mobilize rapidly and seek unity in wartime defense measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Pacific
Congress
United States
Australia
Canada
Netherlands East Indies
England
Western Hemisphere
U.S. A
Navy
White House
Thailand
Indo- China
British Malaya
Singapore
Philippines
Thailand - Malay Peninsula
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
California
NBC
Manila
Hugh L. Scott
Yangtze River
Shanghai
South Pacific
Burma
British
Malaya
Hull
Tokyo
China
Indo-China
Chungking
Great Britain
British Empire
Netherlands
Soviet Union
Asia
Shooting Iron Puzzle Clues and Wanderers Theme
A word puzzle set with horizontal and vertical clues including weapon image, projectile count and names. The grid spans terms like Wanderers and various definitions for everyday items, actions, and directions.
Water Projects Planned in Meigs Communities
War conditions may delay work but plans proceed for water systems in Syracuse Racine and Rutland with Syracuse likely to start first after test wells were completed. Racine Council awarded contracts totaling 28126.60 to bidders including J L Harper Co Mike Sator Chapman Valve Far nam Wood R D Wood Pittsburg Meter Co and Atlas Mineral Products for pipes hydrants meters and related materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Syracuse
Racine
Rutland
WPA
Cleveland
Mike Sator
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co
R. D. Wood & Co
Philadelphia
Farnam Brass Co
Pittsburg Meter Co
Joseph Crow & Son
Chicago
Atlas Mineral Products Co
Nertztown
Farewell party for enlisting Harry Craig Jr in U S Army
Middleport notes detail a sendoff for Harry Craig Jr who left for Columbus to enter military service. A turkey dinner at New Martin Hotel featured talks and a gift to Craig and a corsage for Ada Warner. The event included tributes from Frank H. Johnston and family friendships with locals.
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Middleport
Harry Craig, Jr
Columbus
U. S. Army
New Martin Hotel
Craig
Ada Warner
Frank H. Johnston
Robert
Bluir
Mildred Russell
Frances Pullin
Betty Warner
Ruth Ebersbach
William Ebersbach
Tom Mankin
Bob Haggerty
Bill Robson, Jr
Victor Hannas
Olin Goodwin
Dick Bell
Renzo Menchini
Don Stivers
Gene Barringer
Gene Harris
Dick Roush
Charles A. Bradbury
Marvin Roush
Twenty seven youths leave to begin army service
Twenty seven young men departed for Columbus to begin army training as the first group to enroll after the outbreak of hostilities. Names of those leaving were noted as available later in the day by selective service officials.
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Pomeroy
Columbus
Sherman Rudisill Dies at Circleville
Sherman Rudisill aged 74 died Sunday afternoon in Circleville after a long illness. He was father of Lee Rudisill railway express agent of Pomeroy. He leaves three daughters seven grandchildren six great grandchildren two brothers and two sisters. Born in McComb Ohio he lived 52 years in Circleville. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at 2 PM.
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Pomeroy
Sherman Rudisill
Circleville
Rudisill
Lee Rudisill
Terrace St
Middleport
McComb
Trustees To Meet in Meigs County December Meeting
Township trustees including new officers will gather December 12 at the Court House in Meigs County. The meeting, announced by Gilbert Weeks, president of the Meigs County Association of Township Trustees, opens at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Court House
Gilbert Weeks
Meigs County
Pomeroy Social Notes Birthday Celebrations Across Town
Norma Goodwin hosted a Sunday party on Second Street honoring her father Daniel Tracy for his eighty third birthday. Attendees from Columbus and nearby towns included Willis Gilmore, Tracy Goodwin, Mary Goodwin, and many others. Other social notes mention Doris Johnson’s sixteenth birthday celebration in Syracuse and various weekend visits among local families and Ohio State students.
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E. M. Johnson
Syracuse
Doris
Miss Johnson
Wanda Potts
Mildred Lisle
Mary Diddle
Lelia Watkins
Frances Spencer
Guy Stump
Vernon Turnbull
Bobby Lisle
Bernard Guinther
Junior Foit
Bob Duckworth
Jimmy Hanley
Billy Hubbard
Ernie Harris
Robert Wolfe
Ohio State University
Columbus
Walter E. Wolfe
Cave St
Mary Leifheit
Oma Jean Zahl
Ed Roper
Eugene Barringer
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ted Wildermuth
Butternut Ave
Barringer
Wildermuth
Tracy Goodwin
Mary Goodwin
Norma Goodwin
Second St
Henry Dailey
E. B. Will
J. W. McCullough
Wright St
Floyd Griffith
Ed Defenbach
Norman Johnson
Dayton
Lester Wilson
Vaughan Crites
J. A. Edwards
M. D. Hartley
Lincoln Hill
Circleville
Rolla Young
Russell
Rochester
Anna Comer
Bessie
Gallipolis
William Comer
Mulberry Ave
Adams Family Guests From Pittsburgh Saturday
Private Edward Adams and Miss Mary Adams visiting with Mr and Mrs Stewart Adams and Miss Agnes Crooks were guests of the Bessie Hundley household during a weekend stay in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Edward Adams
Mary Adams
Stewart Adams
Bessie Hundley
Agnes Crooks
Families Receive News On Sons In Hawaii And Philippines
Local residents share national anxiety as several district boys serve in the Pacific. Names include William Wolfe Wick Wyatt Francis Bush William Ely Vergil Glaze Manning Seyfried James Wiley Albert Miller and Robert Stevens on leave from Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Enterprise expected to report to San Diego base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ware
U. S
Hawaiian
Philippine Islands
William
Babe) Wolfe
Wick) Wyatt
Francis Bush
William Ely
Vergil Glaze
Manning Seyfried
James Wiley
Albert Miller
Philippines
Robert
Bluir) Stevens
U.S.N
John Stevens
State Highway Patrol
San Deigo
Pearl Harbor
U.S.S. Enterprise
Rehearsal Held for Christmas Service
A brief note from Middleport reports a rehearsal of the Woman's Music Club for the annual Christmas Vesper Service at Heath Methodist Church. Mrs. Willis Aleshire directs the chorus with planned organ and piano duets by Mrs. C. M. Hennesy and Mrs. A. R. Hecox and Van Dyke's The Other Wise Man by Mrs. Leo Bean. Rehearsals are set for Tuesday and Friday evenings at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woman's Music Club
the Heath Methodist Church
Willis Aleshire
C. M. Hennesy
A. R. Hecox
Leo Bean
Gallipolis
van Dyke
Omitted Names Added to Mothers' Bible Class Attendees
The notice says Mrs. Leatha Hale Mrs. Erma Geary and Mrs. Emma Hawk were unintentionally left off the attendee list for last Tuesday's Mothers' Bible Class meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Leatha Hale
Erma Geary
Emma Hawk
The
Mothers’ Bible Class
Roths head to Columbus for hospital observation
The Rev. H. A. Roth and wife left for Columbus where he will enter White Cross Hospital for observation and treatment. In Columbus for the weekend were Meigs County residents including Nan Moore Mildred Hawley Ruth Drakes Selah Sidensicker Hallie Zerkle Jim Hartinger and many others visiting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Rothrock
Columbus
White Cross Hospital
Meigs
Nan Moore
Mildred Hawley
Ruth Drake
Selah Sidenstricker
Hallie Zerkle
Jim Hartinger
Edgar Ebersbach
Kathleen Barley
Alice Spencer
Carrie Payne
Hulda Klein
O. P. Klein
Heath Methodist Church minister takes leave for hospital stay
At a special church board meeting Rev. H. A. Rothrock was released for a 10 day hospitalization at White Cross Hospital. Dr. A. J. Kestle will conduct next Sunday's morning service. The Youth Fellowship rehearsed and will present the Christmas pageant The Story of Christmas with Alan Rothrock Janet Dillard and Fred Klein in parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
H. A. Rothrock
White Cross Hospital
A. J. Kestle
Tce
Woman's Music Club
Board of Education
Gordon Harris
Alan Rothrock
Janet Dillard
Fred Klein
Virdie Burk
I. E. Miller
John Will
0. P. Klein
Missionary Society Presents Pageant at First Baptist
The B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society staged the pageant The Living Cross at First Baptist Church as part of the World Emergency Fund drive. Rev Ralph Zandel and a long list of participants performed while soloist Mrs R O Fowler stood in for Mrs Hattie Smith. Church events this week include society meeting Tuesday World Wide Guild gathering Wednesday mid week prayer Thursday Ruth Mather Guild at the parsonage and Friday Golden Rule Class supper at 7.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
First Baptist Church
B. H. Sanborn Missionary Society
Living Cross
Ralph Zandel
Alice Mourning
Paul Smart
David Darst, Jr
Harry Houdashelt
Freddie Houdashelt
James Murray
L. D. Diles
Bill Diles
J. C. Leonard
Clarence Clark
Jean Clark
Dale Mourning
Franklin Ginther
Marion Rife
R. O. Fowler
Hattie Smith
of Missionary Society
World Wide Guild
Ed. Dempskey
Ruth Mather Guild
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