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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1946

Page

3

Breaks Ranks to Chase Rare Butterfly by Naturalist

Thomas Edward, a Scottish zoologist and naturalist, once left a company of drilling militiamen to pursue a rare butterfly specimen. The anecdote highlights his dedication to natural history and field observation.

Thomas Edward

WAR Officials Take Over WVOW Here

Representatives of War Assets Administration assume accountability of West Virginia Ordnance Works on October 2. Corps of Engineers will maintain protection. Land outside the fence to be turned over to the Federal Land Bank for disposal. Final fate of the plant to be decided later. Several officers and officials attended the transfer meeting in Huntington and at the West Virginia Ordnance Works installation in Point Pleasant.

Point Pleasant War Assets Administration Property Management Division West Virginia Ordnance Works War Department Corps of Engineers Federal Land Bank West Virginia Ordnance Works Edward B. McGowan Ordnance Department War Assets Administration Captain McGowan Bell District Engineer's Corps Huntington F. W. Gano EB. B. Kline Richmond Office of C. A. Braun Q. T. Neblett G. K. Witheridge Clyde L. Powers George H. Ketch L. H. Pemberton Edward F. Pitkie Walter F. Bell Emmet C. Borton Charles Webster C. G. Dixon A. G., Brummitt G. W. Mathies

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