Death Notice Cpl. John B. LaVelle Amesville Man in WWII Service
Mr and Mrs Thomas J LaVelle Amesville have been notified by the War Department of the death of their son Cpl John B LaVelle age 29 He had been reported missing since February 14 1943 and after 12 months was listed dead He enlisted in March 1941 served at Ft Knox Kentucky Ireland and North Africa with the First Armored Division Gen Patton He was believed killed near Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia He is survived by his parents five sisters and three brothers all serving or in nursing and attendance at Holy Cross Church Glouster funeral mass date to be set
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. LaVelle
Amesville
War Department
Cpl
John B. LaVelle
Mt Te Ewets
Lavelle
Ft. Knox
Ireland
North Africa
Patton
Sidi Bou Id
Tunisia
Charleston
W. Va
Mildred LaVelle
New Guinea
Edwin T. LaVelle
Alaska
Joseph LaVelle
Ohio State University
Ralph E. Rowell
G. H. Rowell
Albany
Army Air Base
Casper
Wyo
John W. McGhee
Vinton Rural High School
U. S. Naval Reserve
Cleveland
Fort Schuyler
New York City
McGhee
Ohio
Vinton Rural Tigers
Fifth Service Command
Wayne Wingett
Lodi Township
Cpt
David Wingett
Corporal Wingett
Kiwanis Bond Drive Totals $65 136. Reaches Quota
Kiwanis at Hotel Berry reports a bond drive total of 65136 cash with maturity 74317, two and a half times prior drive. D. M. Goddard chairs the division and Glenn Foster leads the top team with Norman Dean as top seller. Prizes go to Sands and Wright guests from Columbus and Chevrolet division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny
Rochester
Kiwanis
Hotel Berry
D. M. Goddard
F. H. Sands
Treasury Department
Athens County
Wolfe
Kelch
Cotton
Trepp
Grogan
Sprague
Lee
Foster
Dean Nye
Bowman
Frey
Bobo
Mechem
Metters
Thomas Metters
Dean
Athens physician promoted to captain in Army Medical Corps
Phillip J. Woodworth former Athens doctor in the Army Medical Corps at Tyndall Field Fla gains captain rank after serving since Oct 1 1942. His wife and daughters reside in Panama City near the field. Other local servicemen receive promotions and overseas plans while families report arrivals and letters from service members in England New Guinea Australia and the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip J. Woodworth
Athens
Army Medical Corps
Tyndall Field
Fla
E. E. Woodworth
Franklin Ave
Woodworth
Panama City
Pork Points Reduced by OPA Order
OPA cuts meat point values for March while pork supply rises. March pork retail output is seen at about 650 million pounds, over half the rationed total, with several pork cuts lowered by two to three points per pound and some zero rated. Beef also adjusts with rib roasts and chuck cuts down one point, while butter lard and dairy values stay unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowles
OPA
Preview of Spring Suppressed by Winter Return
Athens reports a snap of wintry weather ending a spring preview. Snow fell about half an inch as temperatures fell to 27 overnight and rose to a high of 49. Noon readings show 30 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mercury
Local Servicemen Completion of Gunnery Training Noted
A report notes servicemen earning gunnery wings after range practice with .22 rifle shotgun and calibres 30 and 50. Mrs Laura Mitchell of 34 S High St received a letter from her grandson Set Harry Mitchell Jr announcing arrival in England. Sergeant Mitchell served two years in Iceland. Corporal Henry H Strickland has returned to Alabama after a 15 day furlough with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Mitchell
S. High St
Set
Harry Mitchell, Jr
England
Sergeant Mitchell
Iceland
Cpl
Henry H. Strickland
Army Air Forces
Ala
Frank Strickland
Red Cross Tries to Help Prisoners Held by Japs
The American Red Cross pressed Japan to comply with the 1929 POW Convention and to open a regular relief route to Far East prisoners and internees. From 1941 to 1943, 167 cables to Geneva dealt with aid, mail, and supplies as ships were blocked or diverted, with relief finally unloading parts of a 1.3 million dollar cargo at Manila and Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Japan
Far East
Geneva
Switzerland
Red SS
International Committee
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Philippines
San Francisco
Searma
Gripsholm
Yokohama
United Nations
United States
mid-Pacific
Vladivostok
Far
Manila
Mormugao
Winning Letter Writer Former Plains Resident
Mrs. John Scott of Charleston Indiana wrote the letter about Mrs. Ernest McGraner of Athens which won her the Good Neighbor of the Day honor on the Blue Network program to be aired from Hollywood March 8. McGraner notes the wartime figures Scott cited were current when she wrote. McGraner has supplied 247850 magazines 37836 postcards 12141 decks of playing cards and 4800 song sheets to soldiers on trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scott
Charleston
Ind
Ernest McGraner
Athens
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Myrtle West
Funeral services were held this afternoon for Mrs Myrtle West formerly of The Plains who died Saturday evening at her home in Chillicothe Burial was made in the W Union St Cemetery in Athens
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle West
the Plains
Chillicothe
W. Union St
Athens
Improvement Urged in Gentile Jew Relations by Rev Jones
Athens Rotarians heard Rev Cecil Harding Jones urge better fairness toward Jews in the US. He noted the Holocaust scale, disputed myths of wealth, and argued Jews are not an inferior race. He called for unity per Biblical law and cited Jewish contributions while listing local guests and new Rotarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Cecil Harding Jones
Logan
Ere
Yale Divinity School
Scotland
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Jones
United States
New York City
Logan Pastor
Fred Luchs
Warren Cooper
G. O. Dykstra
A. C. Gubitz
G. W. Starcher
Ohio University
Legion Post Meeting Aids World War II Veterans
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion will hold its monthly meeting at the post home Wednesday at 8 o clock. Ott Sharp district commander George Childs district service officer and Howard Sands US Employment Service representative will discuss mustering out pay claims filing and reemployment. All post members and discharged World War II veterans are urged to attend. Refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Post
Ott Sharp
The
Legion
George Childs
Howard Sands
United States Employment Service
Antiseptic San-Oura Ointment Ad Offers Home Use
A vintage ad urges households to stock antiseptic San-Cura Ointment and San-Cura Soap for minor injuries and skin care. It highlights uses from burns and cuts to rashes and sunburns, pricing ointment 35c and 60c, soap 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San-Oura
Condition of Danford Reported Unchanged
Dr. Byron Danford an Athens physician injured in a Athens automobile accident remained about the same condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Danford
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mid-Week Prayer Meeting At Pleasanton School House
A mid week prayer meeting is set at the Pleasanton school house on Thursday March 2 at 7 30 p m Rev J K Price serves as pastor providing leadership for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasanton School House
J. K. Price
Praise for Mohawk Medicine Spreads Among Friends
A reader extols Mohawk Medicine for its beneficial effects and shares praise with many friends, presenting a testimonial of personal improvement and encouragement to others.
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Athens Messenger
Eee
John LaVelle
W. A. Burkhart
F. L. Wires
Audrey LaVelle
W. J
Fritz
Fifth Army
Nettuno
Italy
Pvt
Oscar Jones
Wynnewood, Okla
Mr. Caldwell
DR. Caldwell
J Bavrick
Dugan
Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Logan, Ohio
Ernest Conkey
Richland Ave
Wari
Vaughn E. Conkey
Camp Campbell, Ky
Russell Davis
Jacksonville
Jack Vernon
Army Aijle Corps
Harry Vernon
Barberton
Glouster
Anna Young
New Marshfield
Virgil B. Dowler
Australia
William David Taylor
Texas
Frederick J. Bowman
Coalville
Charles Stratton
Lancaster
Robert L. Stratton
South Pacific
Captain Stratton
Norway Childers
Mineral
Fort Thomas
Camp Swift
Tex
Irene McPherson Bise
Wilmer Bise
Army Engineers
Wilford Patterson
Charles Patterson
239Th Engineers Combat Battalion
Southwest Pacific
Kingman Army Air Field
Kingman
Ariz
Hobart M. Darst
Ray Darst
Third St
Middleport
Kingman School
Darst
Marshall Waters
U. S. Navy
Ami Bestiani
Milwaukee
Wis
Betty Payne
Scranton
Newport News
Transportation Corps
State Department
Plains
the City Loan and Guaranty Company
Fred Sanders
GS. Court St
American Medical Spociation Council On Physical Therapy
B. M. Covert, O. D
Optometrist
Court St. Athens
Kerr's
Eddie Algeo
Mgr
Nye Chevrolet
N. Court
Athens, Ohio
Danford
Pleasanton
Herman D. Denson
Pittsview
Gem Pharmacy
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