Jap Fleet Refuses To Fight In Formosa Area In 1944
The Allied command said Japanese forces fled when facing Adm. Halsey's Third Fleet off Formosa. US carriers and battleships avoided major damage over a week of raids on Japan's inner defense line. Two US ships were lost to land based torpedo planes. a Japanese cruiser and an accompanying destroyer were sunk. Allied air and sea actions continued, with bombings near Hong Kong and Formosa. Oil refineries at Balikpapan attacked again, and new strikes hit Swatow and targets around Liuchow as Japanese resistance stiffened west of Peking.
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Asouinaz Xess
William F. Halsey
Formosa
Nimitz
Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
U.S
Halsey
South China Sea
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hongkong
Marc A. Mitscher
Tnimls
China
Ryukyu-Formosa-Philippines
Philippines
MacArthur
Balikpapan
Borneo
Swatow
Okayama
Nippon
Pignan
Liuchow
Kweillin
Tiddim
Halsey-Mitscher
Theommunique
Formoss
U. S
Amerean
Dewitt MacKenzie
Philippine
Luzon
Ryukyu Islands
Third Fleet
Twentieth Airforce
Speedy Reports Urged by Chairman in Gallia County War Drive
Gallia County General Chairman E. E. Higgins urged township and ward captains and workers to report daily collections to Major Oliver G. Lyle or other leaders. Only $250 had been reported so far by the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club. Higgins emphasized daily updates to judge remaining work and time. In separate war news, Nimitz reported Japanese forces avoided major action after initial aerial assaults on Formosa, with 95 Japanese planes shot down and five American planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
National War Fund
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
M. Harold Brown
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Cluir
Higgins
Great Battles Raging Off Formosa In Pacific War Analysis
War dispatches describe a tense moment in the Pacific, with a large air battle off Formosa and reports of a Japanese fleet appearance. Allied raids on Luzon Formosa and Ryukus press the Japanese defensive ring, while Allied leaders Nimitz and Halsey coordinate air and sea power.
Names certified for local offices in Point Pleasant district
Republican and county officials certify candidates for constable and justice of the peace in Wag gener District. Lenny Rairden of Hartford is named for Constable. Asa P. Nicholson and H Cotton Turner named for Justice of the Peace. Circle One of the Woman's Society of Christian Service meets Trinity Church social rooms at 1 30 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasaw
Demorath County
Harry Ayne
Lenny Rairden
Hartford
John E. Brown
Asa P. Nicholson
H. Cotton ‘Turner
Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Church
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights and Local Visits
Gallipolis social notes cover dinners and bridge games hosted by Miss Anne Bradbury and Miss Margaret Olney at Gallia Academy High School teachers’ home. It lists birthdays celebrated by the Straight family, returns home of Mrs. Albert D. Miller, and various local visits and military leave arrivals, including Ensign Gerald Davis and Petty Officers Brosse and Robinson, with multiple relatives and friends mentioned across Gallia County. Immunization activity for Addison, Bulnville and Cheshire rural pupils against diphtheria is also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallifolis
Anne Bradbury
Margaret Olney
Gallia Academy High School
Ruth Sawyer Deepping
Catherine Morrison
Eulah Williams
Straight
John’ A. Straight
Walnut Township
Loren Straight
Circleville
Erma Allison
Edith Faires
Athens
Stanley Fry
Oak Hii
County
Gallipolis
Addison, Bulnville
Cheshire
Gallia County
Bowel Cleaning Claim For Erb Help Medicine
An old advertisement touts Erb Help as a three day bowel cleanser that supposedly purges the stomach and cleanses the liver and kidneys. The copy insists users feel better quickly and promises dramatic skin and rheumatic relief, urging readers to buy the product.
Young Child Ill With Scarlet Fever in Gallipolis
Seven year old Carolyn Knight, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Knight, is ill of scarlet fever. Mrs Frank Wetherholt is substitute teaching in Home Economics at Washington School while Carolyn and her mother are quarantined at their Bean Apartments home on State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carolyn Knight
Jack Knight
Frank Wetherholt
Washington School
Top Cattle Sell Well in Gallia Market
GALLIPOLIS Four hundred cattle sold at the sixth annual stock and feeder sale at the Ohio Valley Livestock Market with about 800 head total. Jackie Russell Kananga won top price 20 cents a pound for a 1030 pound calf steer bought by Evans Malted Milk Shop for 221.45 dollars. Danny Morris Harrisburg received second with an 800 pound steer sold for 160 dollars. Norval Morris Harrisburg placed third at 15 cents a pound with steer bought by Evans Packing Company. Frank C Ghrist said 800 head were sold and total money involved was about 80 000 dollars with fifty buyers present from northern and central Ohio. There was one pen of registered Herefords and one pen of fat steers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jackie Russell
Kananga
Ohio Valley
Evans Malted
Young Russell
Danny Morris
Harrisburg
Beker and Myers
H.W. Cherrington
Norval Morris
Harisburg
Evans Packing Company
Robert” French
Frank C. Ghrist
Ohio
Induction Callups Hit Point Pleasant Area
Thirteen Jason County men are summoned for military induction on Friday October 20. Three volunteers for immediate processing in Huntington are Edison M Putney Edward J Miller and Alvin E Dowell. Names include Willard Andrew Long Oscar Morrison Leland Sturgeon Virgil Scantlin and others with several volunteers listed from nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jason County
Huntington
Funeral Held for Mrs Worth Dunlavy in Smithers
Mrs rlora Myers attended the funeral service for her sister-in-law Mrs Worth Dunlavy at Smithers on Sunday accompanied by Mrs Chat H Frye and Mr and Mrs Steing Dunlavy. Mrs Dunlavy died last Thursday. Myers noted her brother-in-law Mr Dunlavy was critically ill with pneumonia after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Parasani
Rlora Myers
Chat H. Frye
Steing Dunlavy
Worth Dunlavy
Smithers
Myers
Dunlavy
Witnesses Called in Huntington Trial Over Bridge Tickets
Charles H Proctor superintendent of state bridges and Charles H Frye toll collector were summoned as government witnesses in Huntington federal court in the John Crooks misappropriation case. Crooks, a senior clerk in the U S Engineer Office, was arrested months ago over bridge ticket misuses. County agents Anderson Parsons and Knapp attend a one week conference at Jacksons Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles H. Proctor
Charles H. Frye
Huntington
John Crooks
U. S
Screen Comedian Alberni Faces 102 Percent Tax Claim
In a Los Angeles court Luis Alberni contends he owes more than his income with allocations to back taxes current taxes agent first wife and three children upkeep state and federal deductions and a small charity share He won an alimony battle with his second wife and will pay her one dollar per month plus $100 in legal fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis Alberni
Los Angeles
Hell
Point Pleasant Personal News Roundup
Local notices list residents visiting relatives and traveling personnel. Faye Coner, recently finishing at Ames Iowa electrical engineering, arrived to spend days with wife and children before a midweek base move to the West Coast. Various family and civic figures, including Mrs. Ora P. Biddle and Grace Stone Hetzel, are noted visiting Elkins Martinsburg Morgantown and Tampa. Rumor denies Harold Ayre being appointed assistant state ranking commissioner.
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Secomeain Faye Coner
Ames
Iowa
Frank T. Cady
Morgantown
Ora P. Biddle
Grace Stone Hetzel
Wheeling
Elkins
Martinsburg
Biddle
Roush
Charleston
State Department of Education
John Roberts
Barbara Smith
Seaman Roberts
U. S.N
Tampa
Fla
Edwin M. Brown
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Brown
Ordnance Works
Robert Fadeley
Margaretta’ Bryan
Leighton Proffitt
Clara
North Pt. Pleassant
Sumner S. Lathe
Weissenburger Withdraws Name From List of Candidates
In Point Pleasant the school board election will feature three civilian nominees Curry Rogers and Young after Weissenburger withdrew. Court rulings affected ballot orders and disqualification rules, leaving two short term candidates Blessing and Chairman. Separate note reports S Sgt Bernard Bell of the 36th Division has returned to Allied lines after being listed missing in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Jason T. Weissburger
Board ‘of Ballot Commissioners
Weissenburger
Hugh Curry
Gilbert Rogers
Otis Young
Curry
Welssenburger
Lewis
LD. L. Saldwell
Starkey
Young
Freemont Miller
Supreme Court
Rogers
Miller
Clarence Blessing
M.R
Jaine Bell
22Nd St
Bernard Bell
France
36Th
Seventh Army
North Africa
Sicily
Jaly
Salerno
Bell
Set
War Department
Tam
Youth Held After Store Robbery In City Back Alley
Police arrested a 16 year old Nelsonville youth after breaking into Brown Furniture Store on Second Ave near 300 block. He rifled the cash register, taking about $5. The youth was held in the city jail as officers investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walliulis
Jimmy Boston
Second Ave
Brown Furniture
Nelsonville
What Is Wrong When Prayer Fails
An advertisement notes a mystic who traveled the Far East and achieved wealth and esteem. It promotes a 9000 word treatise on Power and Knowledge from The Institute of Mentalphysics, offering free copies to readers of a limited print run. Address requests to Los Angeles, California, Dept. K-903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
Dingley
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart
Blvd
Los Angeles
Calif
Revival under way at Eckard Chapel Church in Point Pleasant
Registration shows Republicans 1,853, largest in years with 5/125 independents and eight voters marking no political resignation. Revival in progress at Eckard Chapel United Brethren Church led by Rev. FH Capehart, started Sunday evening and runs for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Eckard Chapel
United Brethren Church
FH. Capehart
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Athens Messenger
Logan Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Logan
Certifi
Hatthiy
Gallipolis Social Notes
Albert D. Miller
Hele Bush
Holzer Hospital
Locust St
Iallipolis
Ethel Young
Jack Hackworth
Ironton Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sunny
Hackworth
Ruswell
Charles Weaver
Phyllis White
W. M. Scott
Pensacola
Mex ‘Cleave
Moch
Ashville
N.C
Eli. Isenburg Josephine Moch
Mate Isenburg
U.S. Navy
Emmett Davidson
Johnny
U.S Navy
South Pacific
S c Bernard Brosses
Imperial Beach
Harold Brosies
West Coast
Tommy Robinson
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Aldeth “Robinson
Naval Hospital
Robert Evans
Portsmouth Road
Lowell Fish
Nitro
W.va
Herbert Norton
Eleanor Landthom
Marvin Cornwell
Fort Stevens
Ore
Laren Phillips
Camp van Dorn
Alex Philline
Middleport
Norma Jean McCarley
Ohio University
Elmer McCarley
Rio Grande
Carl Clark
Episcopal Church
Gallia
C. C. Anderson
Virginia Parsons
Clarice Knapp
Jackson's Mill
Sayre
Pleasa Haroldayre
Mary
Wens Quick
Union Mt
Doolittle Rai
Dunbar
Asant
Marie Frye
Deut
Billy Ferrell
Army
Matewan
Ferrell
Germany
Trent
Marshall Col
Bladen
Sam Coon
Haden
Rt. 1
Miss the Coon
Coon
Walter Coon
Sistr
Ollis Coon
Luther Coon
Lars Searberry
Eskew Facemire
Vada Aalley
Columbus
Wyman Calewell
Ova Belcher
Ster
Doolittle
Audley Williams
Butler Hospital
Butler
Okahoma
Williams
Melbourne
Australia
Forbiddenrome
Gripsholm
Tibet
Young Eng
Ying Cross
Edwin J. Dingle
Sgt. Williams
Earl H. Arnett
England
Anne Mead
Vicks VA
Wvary
Knute Rockne
Roenes
America
Dun and Bradstreet
Ca Corduroy Rubber CO
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