Wounded Guard Kamento Dies In Italian Front Action
Glouster mourns Torrino Kamento killed in action on the Italian front. He had been wounded two months earlier, recovered, and returned to the front before his death. He served a year and a half with two brothers also in military service, Albert overseas and Frank in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Kamento
Glouster
War Department
Torrino Kamento
Kamento
Mrs. Kamento
Albert
Workers Urged to Obtain Inter-Area Clearances for War Jobs
Joseph R. Devore of the War Manpower Commission in the Athens Area warns that workers who quit for jobs in other regions risk losing time and wages. He explains that without a statement of inter-area clearance they cannot be hired elsewhere, slowing national war production and harming the worker financially. He outlines steps to obtain clearance via employers and the United States Employment Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Devore
War Manpower Commission
Athens
Kentucky
Michigan
United Tes Employment Service
Devore
Mrs Tressler Funeral Held in Columbus
Mrs Jennie Landis Tressler died at her home in Columbus on Friday December 24. Funeral services were held at one o clock in Rutherford Funeral Home Columbus with interment at Union Street Cemetery Athens. Surviving are her husband Paul Tressler one son Flyed Mill Columbus three sisters Eva Butler Lil Smith and Anna Columbus and one brother Sam Landis Sunbury. Her parents David Landis and two brothers Fred Earl Athens preceded in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Landis Tressler
Columbus
Rutherford Funer
Union Street
Athens
Tressler
Paul Tressler
Flyed
Eva Butler
Lil- Smith
Anna
Sam Landis
Sunbury
David Landis
Fred Earl
Adhesive Makes Rboard Boxes Weatherproof for 24 Hours Submersion
A new adhesive material enables rboard boxes to resist water exposure, allowing submersion for 24 hours without disintegration. The innovation promises stronger packaging for marine and industrial uses and may shift shipping and storage standards.
Our Men on Leave and Training Across Programs
Capt H C Dorman of the 269th Ordnance Company Fort Lewis spent Christmas with his wife Ruth and son Charles at Peach Ridge before returning to Aberdeen Proving Grounds Md for eight weeks of training. He will rejoin Fort Lewis after January. Second Lt Glen E Swisher earned navigator wings at Hondo Naval and RAF Training Command units, pledging to aid heavy bombing raids. Several servicemen including Donald E Wolf and Earnest Melvin Conant Sr are noted at Athens and Great Lakes with ongoing training and duty, while Pvt Cletus Hart is at Camp Atterbury and Wendell Davidson has completed cadet training at Jefferson Barracks Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Dorman
269Th Ordnance Company
Fort Lewis
Wash
Peach Ridge
Ruth Dorman
Charles
Dorman
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Athens
Aberdeen
Hondo Navigation School
Hondo
Lex
Germany
Japan
Glen E. Swisher
Emmett W. Swisher
Guysville
RAF ‘Training Command
Earnest Melvin Conant, Sr
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Huntington W. Va
Wendell Davidson
W. J. Davidson
Maplewood Drive
Jefferson Barracks
Powerful German Ship Is Destroyed
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser commanded the naval units that cornered the Scharnhorst after a prolonged chase. The ship, with nine 11 inch guns and 1461 men, had been part of a surface fleet sortie from Brest via the English Channel to the North Sea. The battle involved losses on both sides, including 42 British planes and German aircraft, and the Scharnhorst later sheltered near Alten Fjord in Norway. The report notes Fraser’s past link to the carrier Glorious sunk in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Fraser
Scharnhorst
Admiral Fraser
Glorious
Gneisenau
Norway
Fraser
Alten Fjord
Murmansk
Prinze Eugen
English Channel
North
University School To Start Classes Tuesday
The University Elementary School will resume Tuesday morning December 28 at 9 o'clock after a 12 day vacation. The kindergarten will be in session all morning while grades one to six will have a full day session. Due to illnesses, parents are urged to have each child's health checked by a physician before returning to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Edith Ie. Beechel
Driver jailed for no license after Route 33 ditch crash
Virgil H. Leach a 28 year old man was arrested by state highway patrolmen for operating an automobile without a license. Mayor Thomas Williams of Glouster fined him five dollars and costs after his car left Route 33 north of Athens and ended in a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil H. Leach
Thomas Williams
Glouster
Leach
Route
Athens
Marshfield Youth Hero In Fighting on Makin
Pfe George W. Carpenter of Marshfield R D 2 is recovering from wounds received on Makin in the Gilbert Islands. He writes his parents that he earned the Purple Heart and praises the care at a Pacific hospital. Corporal Robert O Keefe of Stamford Conn. repeatedly braved withering fire to reach Carpenter and together they repelled Japanese troops, accounting for 18 enemy killed that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makin
Gilbert Islands
Pfe
George W. Carpenter
Albert Carpenter
New Marshfield R. D
Carpenter
Pacific
Press Association
Corp. Robert Co
O'Keefe
Bonus of Extra Hospital Services Voted by Blue Cross Plan
The Blue Cross group hospitalization plan of Central Hospital Service in Columbus announces a series of new benefits effective Jan 1. The changes raise hospitalization from 21 to 30 days, include dependents at three months, extend maternity coverage to 10 months, add laboratory tests and many hospital drugs, and cover basal metabolic examinations as part of bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross
Central Hospital Service
Columbus
Ralph W. Jordan
Yank Landing Describes Morning Assault on Beach Head
The account depicts naval bombardment and air support as Marines land at a jungle beachhead. Liberator bombers drop 28 tons of bombs precisely on target, followed by protective Lightning and Thunderbolt aircraft. Japanese dive bombers strike later, sinking one small craft and damaging two. seven Allied planes lost, but many personnel saved.
James Thorn Dies Sunday
James M. Thorn aged 60 died Sunday morning at his mother in law’s home in Lower Plains where he had lived for 22 years. He served in the Army from 1901 to 1922 including the Spanish American War and World War I. He leaves his father and five brothers. his wife Ethel Barker Thorn died in 1921. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Gabriel home with burial in Zion Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Thorn
Emma Gabriel
Lower Plains
Mr. Thorn
Athens
Robert Thorn
Coolville
Ethel Barker
Milk Industry Truck Plans Are Approved
The Milk Industry Dairy Transportation Plan submitted by the Athens Area Committee was approved by Jack Garrett Scott of the Office of Defense Transportation. Fred E. Dorr announced the approval dated Dec 6 and a meeting will be held January 11, 1944 in Athens AAA office to elect or appoint an advisory committee to assist the administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milk Industry
Athens Area
Jack Garrett Scott
Office of Defense Transportation
Washington, D. C
Fred E. Dorr
AAA
Athens
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Mrs. Tressler
St. Joseph
Shoe Repair
W. Union ST
OUR Menlin Service
Donald E. Wolf
USNR
R. I. Wolf
Church St
Cletus Hart
Atterbury
Ind
Dale Hart
Mill St
Camp
Medical Supply Depot Company
Athens Retail
Merchants Association
U. S
Cure Toun Social Security
Pest
Singis
Colomn
Crem
TAS Ital
Uncle Sam
Sara
Isa Treasury Department Actuaries
Elusive
Marshfield
Corporal O'Keefe
Jordan
State of Ohio
Ohio
Illinois National Casualty Company
Springfield
Illinois
Boans
J. Roth Crabbe
of Inc. of
Ins
State of
Reliance Life Insurance Company
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Dee
Ins. of
Avi
James Thorn
New Zealand
Ae J
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N. Court St
Athens Co. Savings and Loan Co
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
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