Gallipolis State Guard Unit Wins Federal Inspection Praise
Gallipolis State Guard Company L, led by Capt. Craig D. Slagle, received formal word from Capt. Don L. Caldwell that the unit passed a federal inspection with flying colors. Officials commended discipline, training, morale, and enthusiasm, noting no unsatisfactory items and detailing new equipment arriving the following Tuesday including rifles, ammunition, helmets, tents, and gas masks.
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Gallipolis
Craig D. Slagle
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Marriages Reported
Gallipolis social column reports the April 29 marriage of Miss Mildred Mills to Philip J. Celnar at Hildreth Baptist Church Columbus with reception at Deshier Wallick Hotel and notes on the Mills family. It covers another marriage, Violet Mae Safford to William C. Safford in Dayton, and lists birthdays, club hosts, and local personals including service members and relatives visiting from Akron and Portsmouth.
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Gallipolis
Mildred Mills
Philip J. Celnar
Columbus
W.J. Slatter
Hildreth Baptist Church
Ermy] Hartsook
Harold Porter
Deshier-Wallick
Ces
Cecil Lucas
Point Pleasant
Violet Mae
William C. Safford
United States Navy
Harold Safford
Grace Methodist Church
Dayton
Templer F. Barker
Robert H. Safford
Safford
Seabees
Aleutians
Gallia Academy High School
Morris Harvey College
Barboursville
W. Va
Hobart Wilson
Akron
Bill Wilson
Bill
Bess Thompson
von Thompson
Baby
Heber McClaskey
U. S. Navy
Camp Parks
Calif
Hayward Luman
Portsmouth
Arthur Elliott
Sgt
Lewis Lupton
Keesler
Four children burned after cocoa mix with lye error
Youngstown report says four children left at home by their mother Helen Clark 26 while she worked at a defense plant were severely burned when they mistook lye for sugar to make cocoa. Clark was arrested on neglect charges after admitting paying a neighbor to watch the kids.
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Eleanor
Congress
Youngstown
Helen Clark
Clark
Brown Comment Sparks Gas Rationing Debate in Committee
Representative Clarence J. Brown of Ohio told a committee investigating black markets that Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt’s gas use undermines the gas rationing program. He said members had received letters claiming Mrs. Roosevelt travels freely, prompting others to demand gas for business needs.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Franklin Roosevelt
Brown
Jeters
Kingfisher Parents Teach Young to Fish by Practice
Kingfisher parents capture fish and kill them, tossing remains back for their young to practice catching, a behavior observed in the courtship and feeding routine of these water birds.
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PASE
Athens Messenger
Athens
CHT
Federal
Gallipolis Social Notes
Marie Jones
Pfe. Garland Saunders
Ted Waller
Howard Jones
Newl Ave
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Omer Saunders
Northup
Army Air Force
Alaska
Charles Swanson
Gloria
Colony Theater
Patsy Weese
Barbara
Adeline Johnson
Yvonne Elliott
Bill George
Tommy Milstead
Carter
Margaret D. Carter
English Club
Field
Miss
Mrs
Harry Lupton
Charles B. Stranson
George Wampler
Massillon
Claude Stewart
San Francisco
Robert E. Wood
Gordon Stewart
Fort Scott
Pfc
Garland Saunders
U.S. Army Air Corps
Garland Robinson
California
Bobby Rob
Inson
Bidwell
Cecil Thivener
Great Lakes
Ill
Gallia County
Howard Biffle
Freda Wickline
Wilmington
Manchuria
Coe
Kingfisher Kindergarten
America
Cape
Goros Chem! Co
Keystone
Macaroni
Evans Bread
Aaver WC
Graham Crackers
Sayieas
Hatlea
Florida
Texas
Ibs
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