American Bombers Strike Balikpapan Oil Center in Borneo
American air forces pressed attacks on Balikpapan in Borneo, destroying refineries and gasoline towers as part of a broader strategy to cripple Japanese oil supplies. MacArthur announced large fires and heavy damage, with Liberators delivering a record 74 tons of explosives amid fierce escort and counterattacks.
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Associated Press
China
U. S
Pacific
Borneo
Balikpapan Oil Center
Tokyo
Comei
Jose P. Laurel
Philippines
MacArthur
Balikpapan
Japan
Nah’ Air Force
Pandansari
Donald E. Bone
Garland
Uiah
Haydenville Pupils Set War Record in Milk Week Drive
Haydenville School eight grades held a two week contest to collect 76 bags of milk week poos with eighth grade winning 28 bags. A Woods principal praised pupils for patriotic drives including paper drives waste fats and Defense Stamps amid refugees fleeing from Japanese advances.
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Logan
Haydenville
A. Woods
Haydenville WSCS Hosts Meeting and Local News
Haydenville WSCS met at the homes of Mrs. Frank Allen and Mrs. Harry Swaim with Logan leading devotions and a chapter from the Study Book We who are Americans. Weekly notices include visits from relatives and friends, furloughs, and reunions across Logan and nearby towns.
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Haydenville
S.C
Frank Allen
Harry Swaim
Logan
Homer Carter
John Hooper J
Jennie Patton
T. E. Kinnison
A. J. Perry
Athens
R.F.D
R. E. Swaim
Morris Vollmer
Neil Gebhard
Hopstetter
Lewis Feeback
Longstreth
Walter Hopstetter
Michigan
Skiver
A. J. Skiver
Nora
Richard
Pfe. Skiver
California
Loran
Corning Social Notes Summary
Corning social notes cover club meetings and visits. Mrs Rodgers Mrs Ann Wright Miss Janet Mason host officers to be elected. Mrs George Parsons returned from Wellston birthday dinner for her mother aged 83. Rodger family and Coulter Canton guests visit Renderlie Louise Roberts at Camp Pickett. Rose Bobanish returns from Congo via Columbus. Fred Roofs Columbus business trip. Alice Brown and Stanley Brown back from Mackinaw Didi relief for hay fever. Mrs John Koeks visited Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cowley
Renderlie
Louise Roberts
Camp Pickett
Hannah Rodgers
Fred Roof
Columbus
Alice Brown
Stanley Brown
Mackinaw
Didi
Me. Brown
John Koeks
Logan Social Notes Highlights Local Club Events
Logan circles and clubs meet at Lawrence Oblinger home and others with guest lists including Mrs. Rose Brown Omaha Nebraska Miss Beverly Wright and Miss Diana Beougher. Embroidery club at 366 N Orchard St with special guest Mrs. William Amos. Junior Tourist Club reviewed Yankee from Olympus with five new members. Pocahontas Lodge opened with dinner and drill team planning memorial in Athens October 4. Logan Personal notes list residents visiting relatives in Columbus Norfolk Va Louisville Ky and mudding travel across the region.
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Carl Brown
Brossers
N. M. Brown
James Hutchinson
Ofta Iles
Rose Brown
Omaha
Nebraska
Beverly Wright
Diana Beougher
Charles Hutchinson
Carl Brandt
Roxie Cupp
Charles Schempp
Sherman Lyke
Floyd Beougher
Oakles
A. N. Grueser
William Heinlein
J. S. Chertington
Reagoner
John Spence
Emma Barker
Homer Hansel
Ford Kistler
Homer Allen
L. F. Williams
N. Orchard St
Ladue Jones
William Amos
Emma Lemon
Stella Barker
John Columber
Myrtle Sheets
Jennie Tschudy
Ruth Goodwin
Watter Prather
Yankee Frony Olympus
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Merlin Rose
Helen Heney
Betix Rohrer
Betty Litt
Charles Lehman
Marion Allen
Dean Collison
Warren Johnson
Jack Movers
S. Prather
Cc. W. Jones
Ray
Lodge Mefats Pocahontas Lodge
Pearl Watkins
Athens
Hocking Registrants Announced in Logan
Logan County Selective Service announces September registrants for Hocking County. Names include Sy Jane Bailey Spencer, Clarence Franklin LaFollette, Jack Ray Dans, Eugene Bush, Alpha Edwin Turner, Wi Frederick Stump, Richard Montgomery Dodson, Clarence William Ford and others from Logan and surrounding towns.
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LOGAN
Selective Service
Hocking County
Sy Jane Bailey Spencer
Carbon + Hite
Clarence Franklin LaFollette
Jack Ray Dans
Nelsonville
Eugene Bush
del. Logan
Alpha Edwin Turner
Lobridge
Frederick Stump
Rockbridge
Richard Montgomery Dodson
ST North St. Logan
Clarence William Ford
J Market St
Logan High Students Hold Election
Logan High students held their annual election with senior and junior leaders named. Sgt. Robert Collison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Collison, was reported killed in action in France on Sept. 12, after having served since March 1943. He earned a Silver Star and combat infantry badge during his service with the Fifth Army and Third Division, including North Africa and Italy. Surviving are his parents and one sister. Additional local notes cover Farm Security Administration activities in Athens and eligibility reviews for rehabilitation loans.
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Logan
Earl Colison
W. St
War Department
Robert Collison
Peer
France
Collison
Asults
Atl
Bob Smith
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Earl Blake
Secrebeen
Tary
Bob King
Fred
Infantry
Fifth Army
Jacoby
Calvin Pollock
Ern
Africa
Mary Mowery
Anzio
Rome
Italy
Carolyn Martin
Norma Gleason
Mary
Tanning
Luther Brimner
Ray
Powins
Beeman Mow Infantry
Erg
Roy Magle
Logan High
Bob Armstrong
Ieast
Dallas Heft
Beeman Mow
Keithe Schultz
Bill Stewart
Woody Achauer
W. Hunter
Danny Robinette
West St
Shirley
Ravenna
Mary J. Francis
Harold
J Haas
Allen Smith
Jack
Robinette
Marilyn
Mary Collison
Nancy Young
Ned Meyers
Bob Warner
Tom Brown
Marilyn Jacoby
Virginia Brown
Nancy Logan
J. H. Schaad
Thelyoune
John McBr T
Farm Security Administra Pani Nce
MPR Res
Heres Jtion
Athens
Farm Security Administration
Masonic Temple
John Sheridan
Alton Hope
Mildred Allen
Enid Swarner
Service of Press Lauded By Speaker at Kiwanis Dinner
Forty-two members and guests gathered at the White House for Kiwanis to honor National Newspaper Week. William Clapp urged support for press freedom as vital to American liberty while Cleon Tucker led entertainment featuring Mrs. Ray Miller and Mrs. Walter Prather. An auction of caricatures drew funds for the club's charity, with Lew Riggs selling the drawings printed on front pages of newspapers. Guests included Mrs. Ray Miller and several others from Columbus and nearby areas.
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Ray Miller
Walter Prather
Lew Riggs
Cleon Tucker
Stanley Miller
Russell Monntgomery
Harold Wright
Columbus
Robert Rochester
Coolville and Troy Notes Highlight Local Events
Coolville and Troy notes report a Huntington radio group, the Texas Saddle Pals, performing Thursday in the high school auditorium. Also, film showings shift to 8:30 EWT starting Friday, Oct. 6, with other school programs on EWT. District-wide nutrition institute attendees include Athens County schools at Rufus Putnam Elementary. Additionally, local residents welcome visitors and family updates from Pfc. Floyd Matlack in Tampa, Grace Chapman from Orange, and other family movements and visits across Athens, Parkersburg, and Columbus areas.
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Coolville
Texas Saddle Pals
Huntington
At & Oelock
E.W.T
ELW
Carthage-Troy
Athens County
Rufus Putnam
Athens
Floyd
Matlack
Beth Walden
Cheryl Dawn
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg
Pfc
Matlock
Macdill Field
Tampa
Fla
Low Bortz
Grace Chapman
Orange
Calif
F. W. Chapman
W. E. Burgoon
Frankfort
Delphin Creeger
Burgoon
John Aiken
Lawrence Holter
P. D. Sheets
Waterford
Andrew Wasson
Belore
E. M. Daugherty
Tra Kincade
Ge RK. Zirxle
Mason City
L. M. Walden
Roy Austin
C. Wright
Akron
Vera Daugherty
Lara Gunder
Columbus
Z. Fit Parkins
Forts
Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Holter
Estella Holter
Racine
Albany Social And Personal
Albany residents and visitors share hospitality in a series of social calls and dinners. Notables include Mrs Eva Woods of Dayton, Mr Har ley Cline and son John of Chillicothe, and Rev Harley Belton of Columbus among those呼listed at the homes of local families.
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Albany
Worley Cling
Eva Woods
Dayton
Harley Cline
John
Chillicothe
Chas' Brooks
Zaleski
Wilt Cline
Harold Ator
Columbus
B. Bowers
C. F. Junkerman
C. R. Bro
Logan Police Report September Arrest Totals
Logan City police made 150 arrests in September, Chief Lewis Reynolds reported. Six defendants faced intoxication charges, two per disorderly conduct, destruction of property, and fighting, with one each for driving with insufficient brakes, leaving the scene of an accident, and assault and battery.
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Logan
Lewis Reynolds
County Clerk records September filings by Hawkins County
The Hawkins County Clerk of Courts Thelma Keyes reports September certificates of title filings. Used cars 135, new cars 3, mortgages 63, mortgages cancelled 68, total receipts 81.75. County payments 121.50, state payments 34.25.
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Logan
Hocking County
Thelma Keyes
Wife of Soldier Secures Position in Local Board
Mrs Addison Frey formerly Mary Louise Brian has been employed by the local ration board to fill the vacancy created by Miss Mary Alice Brown who will attend Ohio State University. Frey had clerk experience in County Auditor Kenneth Pisard's office and has been with her husband, who is in service, recently returning to Logan.
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Logan
Addison Frey
Mary Louise Brian
Mary Alice Brown
Ohio State University
West School Parents Aid In Projects
Logan librarian Evalan Fischer advised West End School teachers on organizing and cataloguing books donated by the board of education. West P T A and staff plan a first floor library opening soon. Mrs. Lawrence Helber leads a drive for new members as students buy War Savings Stamps. September sales totaled 388.70.
Logan Legion Installs New Officers in 1945
Logan American Legion installed officers led by H. D. Clappert, commander of District 8. George Carr became commander with Cleon Tucker as vice commander, Ward Chase as finance officer, Roger Friend adjutant, Charles McKinley sergeant at arms, Walter Haas historian. Trustees named Walter Huffman John McVey and Henry Hoover. Post won the Rossiter Williams Award for reaching its 1944 quota. 1945 quota set at 148 members. Lunch followed the ceremonies.
Service Men of Hocking County in War News Highlights
Logan area notes report Mrs Theodore Johnson visiting son Robert Johnson in Brumawk Ga. Telegram confirms Pfc John E Miller arrived from overseas and is in Charleston S C. Miller served in North Africa and Italy, wounded in the face, with a fractured right arm. Lester Crothers of Haydenville, a Natco Plant former employee and father of three, discharged at Fort Sheridan Sept 30. Robert Lee Edwards of Rockbridge discharged from Ft. Sheridan Sept 29. Seaman Jimmie McGonagle, on 21 day leave, visited Newark and Main Street friends. has served with Pacific Fleet. Mrs Harold Ewart’s husband, rescued after sinking of minesweeper U S 5 Perry, seeks 30 day survivors leave though whereabouts unrevealed.
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Haydenville
Natco
Larry
Wilmer
Martin
Fort Sheridan
Robert Lee Edwards
Jimmie McGonagle
John McGonagle
Newark
C. B. Donahue
Main St
Seaman -McGonagle
Pacific Fleet
Harold Ewart
Lillian Malfoy
U.S. 5
Perry
Gas Factory Stomach Fears End With Erb Help
A woman reports severe bloating gas and headaches from meals, now relieved after taking Erb Help. She claims meals no longer cause gas or constipation. The ad promotes 12 herbs to cleanse bowels and improve digestion, urging readers to buy at Athens Pharmacy.
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Athens
N. Court St
Adv
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Claude Rains
Wauter Agel
Richard Waring
Geo
Coulouris
Marjorie Riordan
Angel
Greenwich Village
Kweilin
Roosevelt
Nobumasa Suetsugu
Tokyo Radio
WSCS
Corning
Peleliu Island
Palaus
Charles Mack
Katy Walker
Louisville
John Bickle
Union Furnace
Ed Ricketts
Mark. Lancaster
H. Hauchen
Washington D. C
Frank Ricketts
Second St
James Sanders
Walbridge
Nuslalthil
YY Gullesnay
L. E. Radekin
Frank Radekin
Westerville
Camille Messmore
Robert Redd
Neal Shaw
Charlotte Redd
Frances Smith
Cleveland
County Treasurer’s Office
C. Smith
Floyd Duffy
Jess Fickle
Healdy Ave
Merlin Whitcraft
Mary Hummel
South Carolina
L. In. High
Tal J Logan
Foreign Service
Low Anders
Springfield
Lee ‘Denny
Louise Spencer
Gary
New Straitsville
Roy Camp
Audrey Bishop
Mickey
Nelson- Miz
Inel Mohney
Clara Bells
Anna Mae McDonald
Galion
Hocking
Coolville and Troy
Social and Personal
Legion
Zenners Baby Carriages
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Coca-Cola
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