Bomb Fuse Tag Project Helps Wounded Veterans at Ashford
Two injured war veterans at Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs work with Pfc Harold M Bush assembling bomb fuse tags for the war effort. Edwin Wall of Princeton and Bush, both patients, earn 1.75 per thousand finished. The job, provided by American Tag Co Belleville N J, keeps them active despite injuries. Wall enlisted December 29 1943 and went overseas late June 1944 after Navy yard work at Portsmouth Virginia.
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Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Edwin Wall
Viola Wall
Route 1
Princeton
France
Ashford
Pfc
Harold M. Bush
American Tag Company
Belleville
N. J
Bush
Wall
Private Wall
Glenwood Park
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Private George S. Dever Receives Bronze Star For Valor
Pfc. George S. Dever, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dever of Bluefield Virginia, trained at Camp Van Dorn and went overseas November 1944 with the Seventh Army. He was wounded in action and awarded the Bronze Star for destroying two machine gun nests. He also wears the Purple Heart, European Theater Medal with stars, the German Occupation Medal, and the Combat Infantrybadge.
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S. Dover
Prance
Chia
Cheomuam
May Dever
Bluefield
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Seventh Army
Dover
Robert M. Graham
R. M. Graham
Weyanoke
Fangken
Igium
Graham
Signal Air Warning
Scotland
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Ninth Air Force
Hanover
Matoaka
Hercules Powder Plant
Return Home Pfc Ernest Saunders From German POW Camp
Pfc Ernest Saunders arrives in the United States after six months as a prisoner of war in Germany. He will undergo a 60 day fund before reassignment in Florida. He recalls food boxes aiding POWs and notes Belgium reminded him of the U.S. while Dutch kindness stood out. Saunders, son of Mr and Mrs L H Saunders of College Avenue, served with the First Army from 1944 after enlisting with his twin brother Everette, who was wounded in Luxembourg January 2.
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Ernest Saunders
Germany
Midh
Fla
Saunders
Belgium
United States
Holland
France
Belgium, Dinner In Holeeeeees Ft
L. H. Saunders
College Avenue
Pfc
Everette Saunders
Everette
Luxembourg
Ernest
First Army
Area Service Men Honor Crews and Awards
T/4 Orlan E. Shumate of Ath ens earns the Combat Medical badge for meritorious service in actual combat with the 38th Cyclone Division in Luzon. Shumate previously served in New Guinea and Leyte with the Medical Detachment, 152nd Infantry. Will L. Wooddell of Concord State College receives a General Education Board fee study for a 1945 Summer School at Teachers College, Columbia University, under Dr Samuel Powers.
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38TH
Luzon
Orlan E. Shumate
Margaret B. Shumate
Athens
War Department
152Nd Infantry
Shu
Awa New Guinea
Leyte
Will &. Wooddell
Concord State College
General Education Board
Teachers College
Columbia University
Samuel Ralph Powers
July 2 Workshop On Current Advances In Science Education
The workshop begins July 2 focusing on recent advances in science and education. Attendees will explore new teaching methods and emerging research to improve classroom practice and student understanding.
Seaman Charles Heldreth Returns to Great Lakes Post Leave
Charles A. Heldreth seaman second class U S N R has completed basic training at the naval training station Great Lakes Ill and returns there for further assignment after a seven day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs H M Heldreth of Lee Street.
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Charles A. Heldreth
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
H. M. Heldreth
Lee Street
John Harold Anderson
U. S. Navy
Walter Anderson
Pineville
Anderson
Alf
Navy Seamen and Families Noted in Local Notices
Local notices list John Harold Anderson and John Phillip Oblinger, seamen in the U S Navy, spending leaves with parents in Pineville and Bluefield Va and Jacksonville Fla. Anderson returns to Great Lakes Ill and is transferred to Shoemaker. Oblinger to report to Miami for further training. Lance Oblinger enlisted at Huntington and trains at Great Lakes. Orbie L Patton, with the U S Third Army in Germany, promoted to corporal. Curtis B Stephenson, Bluefield Va, promoted to staff sergeant.
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John Phillip “Boo” Oblinger
U. S. Navy
J. E. Oblinger
Bluefield
Naval Aid Gunnery School
Jacksonville
Fla
Oblinger
Miami
Curtis B. Stephenson
Bluefield, Va
Soldier Cecil Killed in May Vehicle Crash in Germany
Private Terry J. Cecil died May 2 in a vehicle accident at Eldena Germany. He was born June 28 1922 and served since December 19 1942 with training at Camp Hood Texas and Fort Jackson South Carolina. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Cecil and son Terry Lee along with six sisters and two brothers in the service.
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Pfe
Terry J. Cecil
Eldena
Germany
Dorothy Cecil
Worth
Dorothy Bailey
Cecil
Camp Hood
Tex
Fort Jackson
8. C
Terry Lee
C. B. Cecil
Ashland
James
Italy
Ollie
South Pacific
Ashland Coal and Coke Company
Asland
Bluefield Soldier Serves in Germany After 11 Months in Frontline
Word reached wife Mrs Mildred Stephenson that Sergeant Stephenson served with General Hodges first army for 11 months before V-E Day and now guards in Germany. Before enlisting April 6 1943 he worked for U S Coal and Coke at Gary. Son of Mr and Mrs Ben Stephenson of Bluefield Virginia, his brother Roy Maynard Stephenson was reported killed on Luzon. His wife and daughter Lois reside in Bluefield.
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Mildred Stephenson
Stephenson
Hodges
First Army
Germany
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Ben Stephenson
Bluefield
Roy Maynard Stephenson
Luzon
Lois
Pvt Harold Meadows Liberated From German Camp In France
Mr and Mrs J E Meadows of Willowton West Virginia report their son Pvt Harold Meadows has been liberated from a German prison camp and is hospitalized in France after being missing in action in Italy on August 18 1944. He said in a letter he would be home soon and is a nephew of Mrs Millie Thornton.
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J. E. Meadows
Willowton
W. Va
Pvt
Harold Meadows
France
Meadows
Italy
Kell Promoted to Lieutenant in South Pacific Service
Dr Anthony Kell, DC, USNR serving with the Marine Corps in the south Pacific, has been promoted to full lieutenant. His mother Mrs J Kell lives at 1000 Augusta Street in the city. A brother Lt William L Kell, Army Air Force, is on Okinawa.
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Anthony Kell
USNR
Marine Corps
South Pacific
8. J. Kell
Augusta Street
This City
William L. Kell
Army Air Force
Okinawa
Instinctive Flight Guides Silk Moths Across Blocks
In a direct flight, male silkworms pursue mating by tracking the scent of females that have just emerged from cocoons. They fly downwind and over several blocks, even when the mate is inside a ring with no opening.
Pfc Bruce Ratcliff Awarded Purple Heart In Action
Pfc Bruce A Ratcliff husband of Agnes Ratcliff 813 Bramwell Road received the Purple Heart for wounds from enemy action in Germany on April 21 1945. He also earned a certificate of merit for a 10 April 1945 action where his rifle platoon attacked a superior force killing 15 enemies and capturing 60 prisoners.
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Bruce Ratcliff
Agnes Ratcliff
Bramwell Road
Germany
Ratcliff
Bruce A. Ratcliff
Teliff
Percy M. Gibson Awarded Bronze Star Overseas
Staff Sergeant Percy M. Gibson Jr. of Pocahontas Virginia received the Bronze Star for meritorious service with XV Corps in the European theater. He has been overseas 19 months and will remain in Germany. two of his brothers serve in the South Pacific.
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P. M. Gibson
Pocahontas
Gibson
Austria
Germany
Army of Occupation
South Pacific
Cecil W. Gibson
Hawaii
Paul B. Gibson
U. S. Marine Corps
Okinawa
Percy M. Gibson, Jr
Sargeant
XV Corps
U. S. Army
United States
Adjutant General's Section
Adjutant General
Sgt Frank O Bailey dies in Germany in 1944
War department telegram confirms Sgt Frank O Bailey of Covington Virginia died in Germany on April 20 while serving as aerial engineer on a Flying Fortress with the Ninth bomber command. He earned a 1944 citation for courage and had been a POW since March 1944.
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Frank O. Bailey
Germany
Winnifred Covey Bailey
Radford
War Department
Sergeant Bailey
John F. Bailey
Odd
Gertrude Vines Bailey
Peoples Bank
Covington
Matoaka High School
West Virginia Business College
Bluefield
Cranberry Memorial Methodist Church
Army Air Forces
Fort George G. Meade
Alexandria
Bailey
Army Air Base
Amarillo
Tex
Kingman
Aziz
Moses Lake
Carl J. Hinkle, Jr
War casualty report for Lt Sharitz of Bluefield Va
Lt Thorold J B Sharitz 34 of Bluefield Virginia killed in an air attack near Nurnberg Germany on April 5 while a POW from Hammelburg since December 16 1944. He served in coast artillery at Fort Eustis and Camp Tyson before infantry duty at Camp Forrest Camp Atterbury and overseas arrival in October 1944. He fought in France Belgium Luxembourg and Bastogne. He held bachelor and master degrees from Virginia Tech and was an agriculture teacher on leave. He leaves a wife two children a sister and a brother.
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Thorold J. B. Shraitz
Nurnberg
Germany
Hammelburg
T. J. B. Sharitz
Bluefield
Sharitz
Coast Artillery
Fort Eustis
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Camp Forrest
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Eng
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Bastogne
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Rupert O. Shartiz
Salem Field
Monroe
H. H. Butt
Pocahontas
Dorothy
Charles
34Th Street
West Palm Beach
Fla
Ralph Edwards Plans Courtesy Stunt With War Bond Prizes
Ralph Edwards launches a national courtesy contest across 133 NBC areas. Each station will pick a local winner who receives a $25 bond, with a $500 grand prize national winner chosen from local victors. Announcement set for June 30 on Truth or Consequence.
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Ralph Edwards
WHIS
NBC
Navy Gunner Killed in Action on Iwo Jima June 10
James L. Cunningham first class shipfitter in the U S Navy was killed in action on Iwo Jima on Sunday June 10. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J L Cunningham of Narrows Virginia and received training at Camp Peary before serving in the Seabees and Marines. He earlier joined the Navy in September 1941 and went from Pearl Harbor to the Pacific in 1943.
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James L. Cunningham
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Courtesy Judge Encourages Civility Week During June
Local officials announce a Courtesy Judge will oversee events through the week of June 23 until contest winners are named. The aim is to curb short tempers amid meat shortages and wild weather as Edwards promotes a Courtesy Consequence to foster civility among residents.
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Edwards
Complicated Bristol sits on Tennessee Virginia border
Bristol straddles the state line with Virginia and Tennessee. laws and taxes differ, traffic rules and Sunday statutes vary as the city remains complex. across history 114 Liberty ships were named after women.
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Bristol
Tennessee
Virginia
State Street
Captain Fuqua Awarded Bronze Star For Antwerp Defense
Captain Charles E. Fuqua received the Bronze Star on May 22 for meritorious service in defending Antwerp Belgium against pilotless aircraft. As brigade adjutant he managed command administration with sound judgment and insight aiding the city’s defense. The citation, signed by Brig. Gen. William L. Richardson, notes his initiative and duty. Fuqua’s wife Betty and daughter Barbara live on Vineyard street. parents I N Puqua and Mrs. Puqua reside on Parkway.
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Charles E. Ua
Bluefield
Antwerp
Belgium
Charles E. Puqua
Fuqua
Fouqua
United States
William L. Richardson
F Puqua
Betty
Barbara
Vineyard Street
I. N. Puqua
Parkway
Dies Of Wounds Tech Fifth Grade Russell Williams In Germany
Private Russell R. Williams died in Germany on May 30 1945 from concussion and internal injuries. His wife of 1015 College Avenue received notice from the War Department and a confirming letter. Williams served with the 633d Engineer Light Equipment Company in the Ninth Army and earned a commendation for the Rhine crossing and related operations.
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Rhine
XVI Corps
Wounded Virginia Soldier Hails Reunion in France
Pfc. Harry Van Dyke, wounded at Brest with the infantry, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Van Dyke of Bluefield, Va., has served overseas 19 months. In France he met Sgt. Harold Mathena, a Graham High school teammate, the two stationed about a half mile apart. Van Dyke sent a letter home describing the joyous meeting and noting a German prisoner drew the picture accompanying the note.
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Harry van Dyke
Brest
W. M. van Dyke
Bluefield
Mandy
Set
Harold Mathena
Graham High School
France
van Dyke
War Casualties Reported From Army and Navy Listings
West Virginia Navy wounded Roy E. Massie Pfc USMCR wounded second time and Army dead Pacific Mary F Lawrence Pvt listed with Dixie M. Lawrence as mother. Army wounded Pacific Theodore Buchanan Pvt and other liberations of prisoners of war Germany include Albert G Bergeron Howard B Evans Leonard H Kessinger Ronda R Morgan William Burton Robert Palmer and others with homes in Bluefield Saeger Switchboard Tazewell and Ca.
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West Virginia
Massie
Roy E
USMCR
Austin C. Marrie
Jague Will
Robert B. Jr
Elizabeth McN. Williamson
Spring Garden Drive
Bluefield
Pacific
Lawrence
Mary F
Mart
Dixie M. Lawrence
REGIO
Pansy P. Kessinger
Ar Creek
Morgan
Ronda R
Pic
Wiliam
Penetrating Alcohol Solution Promises Faster Germ Kill
An ad touts a penetrating mobile liquid for athlete's foot treatment. It claims undiluted 99 percent alcohol is effective, with Teal as the recommended solution, offering 35 cents at Goodyear drug stores today.
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Goodyaoontz
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Ashford General
Buddy
George S. Dever
L. Cc
Corky" Caldwell, Jr
U. S. Infantry
L. Caldwell
Washington Avenue
Caldwell
News of Area Service
Lance E. Oblinger
Welch
U. S Navy
Huntington
Orbie L. Patton
U. S. Third Army
R. C. Patton
Warren Street
Union Street
Patton
Dr. Kell
C. E. Bradley
Walton Street
Donald H. Highlander
Charles E. Bradley, Jr
William Earl
Highlander
Genevieve Bradley
Bradley
India
Wilmington
Del
Corporal Bradley
Kuriles
Beaver High School
Fort Knox
Greenville
D. C
Sioux Pass
Yuma
Ariz
Purple Heart
Mahone Jackson
Dorothy Wise
Berwind
Jackson
Ae Ann
Berwin
Percy M. Gibson
Charles Fuqua
Cpl
Ernest. White
A. L. White
Speedway
Clark
Patch
Harmon Hospite
Hex
633Rd Engineer Light Equipment Company
633D Engineer Light Equipment Company
Roer
Williams
Engineering Corps
Ninth Army
States
8S. L. Williams
Mece Lumber Company
Grundy
Frank Conrad
Willis C. Witt
Philippines
Cording
Flora Witt
North Tazewell
Witt
Army
Camp Wheeler
Bureau of Relations
Office of Public Relations
Navy Department
Washington
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