Nurse Saves Crewman After Plane Crash in Pacific
A hospital plane crash landed near Guadalcanal after fuel ran out. 2d Lt Mary Hawkins, 23, a Red Wood City nurse, fashioned a suction device from a syringe and life jacket tubes to clear a badly bleeding throat of a wounded crewman until a destroyer arrived 19 hours later. 1st Lt George Jones piloted the craft. all others aboard survived. Hawkins, a 1942 Army nurse, previously worked at Highland hospital and is from California. Jones is from St Albans WV. Rainbow Girls set meeting at Glen Ette lodge at 7:30 pm with choir and service planned.
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van ON
Army
Mary Louie Hawkins
Redwood City
Cal
Air Transport Command
Palau
Guadalcanal
Pacific
George W. Jones
St. Albans
W.va
War Department
Mawkins
Hawkins
Highland Hospital School of Nursing
Oakland
Army Nurse Corp
Ly Jones
Kanawha Valley Bank
Charleston
W. Va
Ives
Rainbow
Order of Rainbow
Glen Ete Lodge
Galleges
Rev and Mrs Dunlap Plan Golden Wedding
Rev and Mrs Samuel O Dunlap plan a golden wedding anniversary open house from 4 to 6 p m at their Alum Creek home on Dec 25 184 and 40 years as a Baptist minister. They have six children 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren with Samuel O Jr in the marine corps and children Lillian Grass Marguerite Hamilton Dairy Sevens Fred Lyman Dunlap and others in Alum Creek and Charleston.
Charleston residents arrested on whisky selling charges
Two Charleston residents, Arthur Davis of 96 Hendricks Ave and Bethelene Jones of 508 North Rand St, were arrested by state liquor control agents on whisky selling charges. Davis and Jones are to be arraigned Friday before Justice of the Peace Chase F Loury, according to jail records at Kanas ha county jail.
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Charleston
State Liquor Control Commission
Justice of the Peace Chase
F. Loury
Kanasha County
Arthur Davis
Hendricks Av
Bethelene Jones
North Rand St
Golden wedding anniversary guests at Smith home
Guests gathered for the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas Smith of Red Mouse. The couple, natives of Putnam county, were wed December 23, 1894 at the Little Guarner Church. They have 13 children, 10 living, 1 grandchild, and eight great grandchildren.
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Golden
John Thomas Smith
Red Mouse
Mrs. Smith
Putnam County
Little Guarner Church
Portable Bombardier Trainer Trains Aircrews On Norden System
The A-10 bomber trainer, a portable device using a Norden sight, film strip, and mirror, simulates combat missions for bombardiers. It projects moving terrain and synchronized bomb drops to train accuracy, with instructor control and rapid error feedback. Developed by Maj Eduard McKaba and Burtone Rodgers Inc, the unit mirrors real flight conditions for RAF and allied crews.
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Cincinnati
Bee
Army Air Forces
RAF
Eduard McKaba
Midland
Tex
Barder
Hahta
Paul C. Rodgers
Burtone Rodgers, Inc
Lost World botanicals atop tableland in Surinam
New York reports botanical Shangri La atop Table Moyne in South Central Surinam found by Dr. Bassett Maguire and party. The expedition, backed by the American Botanical Garden and scientific societies, mapped a 12 by 9 mile plateau rich in rare flora and timber. They documented wildlife and extensive plant specimens, with potential industrial and decorative uses, after a two month trek from Paramaribo.
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New York
Deco McWien
Shangri’ la
Tabie
Surinam
Bassett “Maguire
New York Botanical Garden
Table Mountains
Wilhelmina
Uso
Maguire
Guiana
Maguire de Meves
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Jerry O
Moundsville
William Carlat Burgh
Waller
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Lester E
W. G. Lege
Bancron
Goldie Crasse Tages
Clarksburg
Zatloudlt Af Mkimi
Jamies Paltis
Wheeling
Mary Elizabeth Hall
Happy
National Bank of Commerce
Federal ‘Deposit Insurance Corporation
O’brien
Pat O'Brien
John E. York
Naval Austrrey
Orlmancs- Man
Sume Fain
Sean
O'Brien
St. John's Milllary Academy
York
Mexico
Feran America
COR
Kanawha Blvd
Court ST
Ideal Furniture Co
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