War Radio Operator Missing in Action in Germany
Staff Sgt. Fredric E. Webb, a fortress Flying Fort radio operator, is reported missing in Germany since February 22 by a telegram to his wife Jean Morton of Crooksville. Webb enlisted in 1942 and served since June, a Athens High School graduate who attended Ohio University, worked at Timken Roller Bearing Co. before joining the Air Corps.
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Fredric E. Webb
Germany
Ar Department
Jean Morton
R. L. Morton
High St
Crooksville
Webb
Rseas
Air Corps
Fred Webb
First St
Richard Webb
Colums
Elizabeth Onces
Elizabethtown
Athens Highchool
Ohio University
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Columbus
Nelle Foster’s Song To Be Heard on WLW Tonight
Athens singer Nelle Foster wins Cincinnati district hour of charm contest unknown voice of America and will broadcast from WLW Cincinnati tonight at 10 45 p m The transcription program features her song.
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Nelle Foster
WLW
Dowler Seeks Athens County Engineer GOP Nomination
Mr. Dowler of 70 Morris Ave Athens a former state highway and city engineer is a Republican candidate for Athens County engineer. Born in Nelsonville he is 45 a 1923 Ohio State civil engineering graduate and registered professional engineer with 20 years in roads bridges sewers waterlines and related works in Athens County and nearby. He volunteered for the Army Engineers in 1942 but was rejected due to a leg injury.
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Dowler
Morris Ave
Athens
Mr. Dowler
Nelsonville
Athens County
Ohio State University
Ohio
National Society of Professional Engineers
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
The
American Legion
Martha Lou
Tom
Jack
East Side
Jim
United States Army
Army Engineers
Service News of Army Men in Training and Abroad
Sgt. Harry R. Carman completes combat training at Alamogordo Army Air Base and heads overseas. Other service members include Sgt. Leland B. Wilson on furlough. Seaman Joseph E. Fields assigned to USS La Trade. Clair J. Parsons on 13 day leave before hospital corps duty. Families share updates on marriages, relocations, and promotions across Ohio, Alabama, and New Mexico.
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Harry R. Carman
Army Air Base
Alamogordo
N. M
Harry Carman
Peacock Ave
Pomeroy
Betty Jo Wilder
Sherman Heights
Anniston
Ala
Fred Fields
State St
Joseph E. Fields
Clair J. Parsons
Great Lakes
Clyde Parsons
Amesville
Hospital Corps
Red Cross At His Side
A letter from Cpl. Guy E. Moore to Mrs. John Dalton describes a stay at the American Red Cross in Norwich with meals lodging game rooms reading rooms writing rooms soap and towels for showers and help locating friends plus sewing assistance. The note adds a brutal influenza toll of one percent of the world’s population in 1918 1919.
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John Dalton
Athens
Cpl
Guy E. Moore
Norwich
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Messenger Carriers Earn Honor Roll Places in Athens
Fourteen messenger carriers in Athens earned Honor Roll placements last week for satisfactory service. Recipients include Lynn Sanford, Bill Driscoll, Jimmy Westfall, Roger Gilkey, Tommy Dowler, Gene LaBaw, Danny Watkins, Danny Morrison, Ben Paynter, Dick Clippinger, Charles Gilkey, Ben Roberts, Caro's Bean, and Don Carr.
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Athens
Lynn Sanford
Bill Driscoll
Jimmy Westfall
Roger Gilkey
Tommy Dowler
Gene LaBaw
Danny Watkins
Danny Morrison
Ben Paynter
Dick Clippinger
Charles Gilkey
Ben Roberts
Caro's Bean
Don Carr
Coonskin Club To Meet At Amesville Monday
AMESVILLE The Coonskin Conservation Club will meet Monday evening March 13 at the high school building. Film screens and conservation projects will be discussed. Officers announce all are invited. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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Coonskin Club
Amesville
Coonskin
St Joseph Aspirin Offered as Cold Ailment Relief
Advert says take St Joseph Aspirin for quick relief from colds muscle aches and sore throat. Claims World’s largest seller at 10 cents and Biz 100 tablet size for 35 cents. Encourages purchasing St Joseph Aspirin.
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St. Joseph
Mettler files for re election as county prosecutor
Lieut Harry A Mettler filed today with the Athens County Board of Elections to seek re election as county prosecuting attorney on the Democratic ballot in the May primary. He commands USS LST 289 overseas and was called to active duty March 8 1943. Judge Rowland appointed R W Finsterwald as acting prosecuting attorney during his absence.
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Athens County Board of Elections
Harry A. Mettler
Mettler
U. S. Naval Reserve
O. F. Rowland
R. W. Finsterwald
Eighteen Athens Firms On Red Cross Honor List
Eighteen Athens businesses and offices join the Red Cross War Fund Drive 100 Per Cent List, each contributing along with their employees. Campaign chairman Don E. Barr announced the list and Mrs Hazel Parrish Troy Township chair reported a March 1 goal of 850 with 554.35 raised so far.
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Athens
Don E. Barr
Hazel Parrish
Troy Township
Janey Morris Wins University Oratory Contest
Ohio University senior Janey Morris daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben K Morris of Athens Route 4 won the university oratory contest held in the Fine Arts Auditorium last Tuesday She will represent the university in the Ohio Women's Intercollegiate Oratory Contest in Columbus on March 18 speaking on a world peace program titled In What Faith We Shall Win
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Janey Morris
Ohio University
Ben K. Morris
Athens
WAC Officer Doubling Weekends in Athens Recruitment
Claire Dutcher of the Chillicothe WAC recruiting office is in Athens today and will stay over Saturday to interview applicants for WAC and Aviation Cadets enlistment. Sergeant Dutcher will be at the Athens recruiting office every Friday and Saturday henceforth.
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Claire Dutcher
Chillicothe
WAC
Athens
Dutcher
Divorce Granted for Pfe Robert L Shields in Athens County Court
Pfe Robert L Shields was granted a divorce from Mary M Shields at Athens County Common Pleas Court by Judge Arlo L Chatfield due to illness of Judge O F Trowland. Shields, in Army Medical Detachment at Camp Hale, had marriage April 17 1943 at Gallipolis. No children were born. A Montreal railway station handled 20000 passenger cars in August 1942.
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Pfe
Robert L. Shields
Mary M. Shields
Mill St
Athens ‘County
James Rickey Receives Air Medal in England
Staff Sergeant James W. Rickey, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rickey of 2 Lorene Ave, sent home his Air Medal from England along with a photo of a colonel pinning it on his uniform. He has been overseas nearly a year as a B 24 gunner and engineer, with a five week hospital stay after frostbite on a high altitude mission.
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James W. Rickey
C. E. Rickey
Lorene Ave
England
Rickey
Germany
Africa
Europe
We Fight for the Simple Things in Democracy
Lt. Gen. Somervell says the Army Service Forces fight for small but essential rights including lockable doors and free speech. He cites town meetings, open churches, editorials, the right to organize, and open radio, voiced in a Fort Belvoir speech marking ASF's second anniversary.
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Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Metropolitan Daily
Somervell
Ration Roundup Details for Five States
The Associated Press notes ration guidance for Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia. It lists processed foods, meats, sugar, stamps, gas, tires, fuel oil and liquor allotments with book numbers, face values, point values, expiration dates and inspection schedules. It also mentions waste fats pricing and license requirements for coupons.
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Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Peru Quake Strikes Lima at 4 28 a.m.
A severe earthquake shook Lima, Peru, at 4 28 a.m. today causing damage and alarm across the city. Officials reported tremors felt in surrounding districts as residents evacuated affected areas.
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Peru
Lima
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Fredric
Vt RY
Lilee
Ora Messe
John W. Dowler
Leland B. Wilson
Armored Group
Fort Knox
Mrs
Harry Wilson
Franklin Ave
Marianna Biddle
Tom Biddle
Central Africa
Air Transport Command
Keesler Field
Miss
Seymour Johnson Field
N. S
Jack L. Scott
L. Scott
Dwight Scott
C. E. Cross
Virgil L. Cross
India
Rodney Petty
Camp Maxey
Tex
Leslie Petty
Stewart
Byron A. Phillips
Italy
Army Air Forces
Clarice Cooper Phillips
Albany
Eddie Hallam
Emmett Hallam
Jacksonville
Mickle
Tire and Access. CO
West Union St
J.B. Green
N. B
Fred W. Clarke
Lauper
Colt
Woodsman Savage
Savage
Remington
Harrington & Richardson
Smith & Wessons
Mauser
Smith & Wesson
Congress Apartments
Lieutenant Mettler
Athens Junk Company
Athens National Bank
Athens Shoe Shining Parlor
Dr. C. M. Bowman Cornwell and Co
Katherine Figg Lovell
Lowman's Dairy Store
Modern Alliance Co
T. B. Megan Quick
University Dress Shop
P. W. Woolworth Co
City Loan Company
D. H. Biddle
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Distribution Department
State Highway
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Motor Transport Dept
Montreal
OHTIO
James Rickey
Armed Forces of the
United States
Albany High School
Hercules Powder
Radford
Dean Pins
Fort Belvoir Wa
Associated Press
N. Court St
New Orleans
Saturda
Ross Wright
Agriculture
Coolville
Ames-Bern High School
Mick
Canada
Rooney
Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Cross Bros
Union St
Athens Home Telephone Co
Epris
Ash 5
Woodruff Garden Seeds
Armstrong
Carpenter Hardware Co
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
Washington St
City Hall
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