Royall Outlines 18 Fully Trained Divisions for Army
Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall described plans for 18 fully trained divisions by end of 1948 as the nucleus of a mobile striking force, including six National Guard units. He listed domestic divisions such as the 82nd Airborne and the 2nd Infantry, 3rd Infantry, and 8th Infantry, with stations at Fort Bragg, Fort Lewis, Camp Hood, Fort Benning, and Camp Campbell, and projected a 12 regular army divisions plus six guards by 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Kenneth C. Royall
National Guard
Rhode Island
Oklahoma
39Th
Texas
Royall
Armed Forces Staff College
United States
82Nd Airborne
Fort Bragg
N. C
Fort Lewis
Wash
Camp Hood
Fort Benning
Camp Campbell
National Guards
Guard
Royall State
Matoaka Scouts Spend Week at Camp Matoaka
Twelve Boy Scouts with Scout Master Ralph Bird left Monday to spend the week at Camp Phillips in Matoaka West Virginia. Scouts will work on their cabin during their stay.
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Matoaka
Camp
W. Va
Boy
Ralph Bird
Camp Phillips
Twin Baby Of Former Bramwell Residents Dies
Word from Bramwell West Virginia June 26 reports the death of a twin daughter born to the Rev and Mrs Robert Painter of Cincinnati Ohio former residents. The surviving twin boy is said to be doing well.
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Bramwell
W. Va
Robert Painter
Cincinnati
Doe
Aviation speed debate and Navy catapult tests in 1947
MARION WALL reports in 1947 era coverage noting no passenger fatalities in a recent incident, plus Navy experiments with a human catapult to test tolerance for accelerated takeoffs and arrested landings in new ultra fast aircraft. Don Larsen for NEA discusses decades before mass air travel matches sound speed, cites XS-1 speed potential, and quotes Carl F. Baker on propeller limits and future jet economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Flying interest grows at Princeton airport amid new licenses
Weather favorable brings a wave of activity at Princeton airport with many students pursuing privates and commercial licenses. Commercial licenses issued to three Princeton residents. new private license seekers from Montcalm Princeton Matoaka and Bluefield. Captain Charles Yeager visits West Virginia to discuss high speed flight while naval air transport logs show over 320000 passengers and nearly 500 million passenger miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Lake E. Watkins
Lewis Elswick
Robert E. Davis
Reginald Bailey
Curtis Helmandollar
Kenny Sigman
Montcalm
Alvin de Long
Ernest Walker
Matoaka
James H. Strain
Raymond Byrd
Harry LeGees
William Vick
Bluefield
James White
Harry Murphy
John Morris
Memphis
George Lynch
Navy
Naval Air Transport Service
U S Canadian Scientists Schedule Three Day Defense Talks
United States and Canada plan a three day meeting in Washington starting Monday to tackle common defense challenges. Dr Omond McKillop Solandt head Canada’s defense research board will meet with Dr Van Nevar Bush of the US military establishment to discuss Arctic North Atlantic and Pacific routes threats and collaboration with air force army and navy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canada
Omond McKillop Solandt
Canadian Defense Research Board
Vannevar Bush
Research and Development Board
United States Military Establishment
Bush
Dr. Solandt
Air Force
Army
Navy
Arctic
North Atlantic
Pacific
Yugoslav Political Row Hinted by London Reports
London diplomatic observers report a serious Yugoslav political crisis amid strained Tito Moscow ties and debates over Tito's whereabouts. Tolbukhin reportedly to Belgrade as Whitehall sources weigh Yugoslavia's stance on Trieste and allied guerrilla failures.
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London
Manchester Guardian
Yugoslavia
Whitehall
Marshal Tito
Moscow
West
Tito
Russia
Feodor Tolbukhin
Belgrade
Trieste
Montcalm Area Personal Notes Mixed Local Visits
Local residents report a string of visits and homecomings with Mr and Mrs RL Howard returning from Florida and Tony Veneri with children visiting relatives in Ohio. Frances Graves stayed with Baltimore relatives, while Mrs Whitney Hedrick of McComas visited her mother Mrs Alice Slader. Jimmie Munsey visited his sister Mrs C C Lively and Trooper Lively, and Mr and Mrs Everett Kennett hosted Davy visitors. Jim Stafford traveled to Trigg Virginia, and Mrs Gilbert Lilly with Brenda of Logan visited Ward Hamblin. An ostrich egg weighs about three pounds and its empty shell can hold the contents of 18 eyes of domesticated fowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R L. Howard
Florida
Tony Veneri
Ohio
Frances Graves
Baltimore
Whitney Hedrick
McComas
Alice Slader
Jimmie Munsey
C. C. Lively
Trooper Lively
Princeton
Everett Kennett
Davy
Jim Stafford
Trigg
Gilbert Lilly
Brenda
Logan
Ward Hamblin
Auto Tag Issue At Record High In West Virginia
West Virginia DMV reports a surge in vehicle license tags for 1948-49 with around 200,000 new tags issued. Commissioner Don McClaugherty notes the line of applicants stretching into the street and explains a July 15 extension for old tags due to high demand and supply delays. He expects total tags issued may reach about 400,000.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Department of Motor Vehicles
Don McClaugherty
McClaugherty
Two Thefts Reported To Bluefield Police
Two thefts were reported to Bluefield police yesterday. Charm Fashion shop at 510 Princeton Avenue was broken into Friday night and over $100 in petty cash was stolen from a metal box, reported manager Mrs. E. Moore. A. J. Butt of 115 Stewart Street said someone rummaged his room while he was away in Washington, D. C., taking about $120 worth of clothing from an unlocked door.
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Charm Fashion
Princeton Avenue
Gary Churches Schedule at Gary Methodist and Catholic Parishes
Gary Methodist Church led by Rev L E Crowson holds service at 11 00 am with church school at 10 00 am Youth Fellowships at 7 16 pm and Wednesday prayer with choir practice at 8 30 pm Our Lady of Victory parish hosted by Rev Robert Goshorn lists masses beginning at St Josephs Filbert 8 30 am and St Marys Gary 10 00 am
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Gary
Gary Methodist Church
L. E. Crowson
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Robert Goshorn
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Filbert
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Iron Lung Donation for Bluefield City Display Planned
The Junior Chamber of Commerce of Greater Bluefield will donate a portable iron lung to Bluefield for use by poliomyelitis victims and others. The mechanical respirator, weighing 85 pounds, can run on AC DC or hand lever and will be displayed July 3 in front of Thorntons on Federal Street. It will be kept at the central fire station when not in use, with five extra lungs to be flown in case of epidemic.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce of
Greater Bluefield
Thornton’s
Federal Street
Richard Boden
Iron Lung Purchase Committee
Borden
Junion Jaycees
Leroy Katz
City Board of Directors
A. Harry West
Chamber of Commerce Purchase Committee
Richard Borden
Cochairman
A. E. Davis
Bobby Richardson
Ralph Bratton
Princeton Man Named To High Film Post
Godfrey M Elliott was elected to the board of directors and vice president of Young America Films Inc announced in New York by president Stuart Scheftel. Elliott, a Mercer county native and former director of visual education for Mercer County schools, served as an Army Air Forces officer in 1942. He is the son of Mrs Ada Elliott of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey M. Elliott
Young America Films, Inc
New York
Stuart Scheftel
Elliott
Mercer County
Army Air Forces
Ada Elliott
Princeton
Agriculture Official Named By Truman
President Truman appoints Albert J. Loveland of Iowa as undersecretary of agriculture and Elmer H. Wene of New Jersey as assistant secretary. Both appointments are on a recess basis pending Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes. Loveland succeeds Norris E. Dodd, and Wene replaces Charles F. Brannan at the department.
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Washington
Truman
Albert J. Loveland
Iowa
Elmer H. Wene
New Jersey
Wene
Congress
Clinton P Anderson
Senate
Loveland
Norris E. Dodd
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Charles F. Brannan
Anderson
Fifteen Vitamins Known and More Likely in Foods
Scientists note that fifteen distinct vitamins are now identified and believe additional vitamins remain undetected in natural foods, suggesting ongoing discovery in nutrition science.
Local residents plan vacations and visits this weekend
Keystone Personal Mr and Mrs Earl Borrer and Miss Lois Stacey leave Sunday for a two week vacation visiting relatives and friends in Charleston Va Dr R I Fleming and family return home after several weeks visiting New York state and Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Fletcher Hardy and children depart Saturday for a Massachusetts visit Dave Williams of Cleveland and New York visits the Ber Raymond Puckett of Roanoke visits Joe Garfield Shupe Thursday Mrs Nannie Holly spends weeks visiting Ellsworth Snyders Roanoke Va
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Keystone
Earl Borrer
Lois Stacey
Relaae
Charleston
R. I. Fleming
New York State
Pennsylvania
Fletcher Hardy
Massachusett
Dave Williams
Cleveland
New York
Fred Ber- Raymond Puckett
Roanoke
Joe Garfield Shupe
Thursby
Nannie Holly
Ellsworth Snyders
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Babe
Bramwell Folk
Marion Wall
Uate
NEA
Don Larsen
Carl F. Baker
Hamilton Standard
United Aircraft Corp
Baker
Larsen
Buffalo
Aviation News
Robert Rosson
College
Blue‘field
Maryland
Naval Aviation
Louis
Walcott
Robert
Charles E. Yeager
Yeager
State
Hamlin High School
U. S
Conrab
B.F. Goodrich
Silvertown
Osee
B.f.goodrich Silvertown
Raleigh Street
JYS
B. F. Goodrich
Imere Pere Ton
Rubbe
Bluefield Police
Winkler Stoker
Barlow & Wisler
Brand St. Bluefield, W. VA
Dial
Plymouth
Plymouth Division
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
Plymouth Plymouth
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