Beiruts OWI man Rey H. Wilson dies in blaze stairwell
Roy H Scotty Wilson of the Office of War Information formerly with News Journal Company Wilmington was killed last week in Beirut Lebanon in a fall down a blotted stairway He will be buried in the American Christian Cemetery in Beirut His mother received a birthday cable and another informing her of his death He joined the OWI in 1942 and traveled from Washington to overseas base via Durban Cairo and a British freighter He is survived by his wife Marian and their son plus his mother sister and brother Funeral notices for local residents Franklin H Chambers A Jackson Wright Charles Felix Adam and William Darling follow with burial details
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Roy H
Scotty) Wilson
Office of War Information
News-Journal Company
Wilmington
Beirut
Lebanon
Wilson
OWI
Scotty
Washington
Atlantic
Durban
Africa
Cairo
Queen Anne Record Observer
Centreville
Kilmarnock
Scotland
Bayard
Charles Morris Price School
Philadelphia
Marian Howard Wilson
William Kennedy Wilson II
Delaware Street
New Castle
Private William H. Deen in North Africa 1943 letter
Pvt. William H. Deen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Deen of Denton, writes from Africa in October 1943. He describes hunting quail and rabbits with eight men and three French guides, noting birds weigh up to two pounds and that they used Winchester pump guns with 28 inch barrels.
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Dad
Gunner Nashold Enlists in Navy At Seventeen
Navy enlistment details for Gunner Byron Lee Nashold of Greensboro aged seventeen in September 1942. Training at Great Lakes, then Armed Guard school in Gulfport Miss followed by service aboard a Merchant Marine vessel. Fought in North African Asian and American theatres and earned Gunner's Mate Third Class in July. Last heard aboard a vessel off the English coast.
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Byron Lee Nashold
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Navy
Gulfport
Miss
Young Nashold
G. Harrison Nashold
Greensboro
Greensboro High School
Barney
Navy/Wmn. H. Neal Receives Medical Discharge
Pvt. William H. Neal Jr. of Denton returns home with an honorable discharge from the Army of the United States for injury while in service from July 22, 1942, to November 16, 1943. Discharged at Bushnell General Hospital Utah. attached to the 15th Cavalry Battalion after training at Camp Lee and Ft. McClellan and assignments in Texas.
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William H. Neal Jr
Denton
Army of the United States
Bushnell General Hospital
Brigham City
Utah
Robert M. Hardway
McG
Neal
William H. Neal
Camp Lee
Ft. McCullen
Ala
Texas
Camp Head
Camp Mexey
Mechanized Cavalry
Camp Coxcomb
Calif
Hyy
Two Federalsburg Soldiers Killed in World War II
Two Federalsburg soldiers were reported killed. Pte. Cecil Skethway, son of Mr and Mrs George A Skethway, died October 2 in Italy after induction in 1942 and service at Camp Wheeler Casablanca and Sicily where he earned a Purple Heart. Sergt Welter Marine, known as Poodle, son of Mrs Archie Marine of William burg, died in a training accident in England. A 1935 Federalsburg High School graduate, he played soccer for the Denton Soccer Club before induction. He previously lived at Ingleside near Federalsburg.
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Cecil Skethway
George A. Skethway
Federalsburg
Sergt
Welter Marine
Archie Marine
Willamsburg
Ruse
Bedford
England
War Department
Casablanca
Sicily
Glenn E. Skethway
Sireeant Marine
Poodle
Ingleside
Federalsburg High School
Pure Oil
Denton
Milford airman wins Distinguished Flying Cross
Techn. Sgt. Lloyd M. Baxter of Milford Delaware receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in combat over China India Burma. Baxter, a Tenth Air Force airman with prior Air Medal, is a Milford High School graduate active in sports. He has two brothers in the armed forces.
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China
India- China
Burma
Lloyd M. Baxter
Milford
Del
Baxter
Army
Tenth Air Force
T. Mason Baxter
Denton
War Department
Air Forces
Milford High School
Armed Forces
Lieutenant Nashold's World War II Air Corps Enlistment
Lieut G Harrison Nashold Jr. volunteered for the Army Air Corps in January 1942 and began training at Maxwell Field. He earned his pilot wings in April 1942 at Craig Field after Shaw and Lodwick schools. While at Sarasota, Florida, he married Claire Fisher of Frederica Delaware.
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G. Harrison Washold Jr
Uncle Sam
Italy
Army Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Ala
Lodwick School
Shaw Field
Sumter
S. C
Craig Field
Sarasota Army Air Base
Sarasota
Fla
Claire Fisher
Harry Fisher
Frederica, del
Army Post Chapel
Nashold
G. Harrison Nashold Sr
Greensboro
duPont Co
Seaford
Del
Peleware
Service Stairs Hall Barton Butles Headed for Army Cadet Training
Denton youth Barton Butles, 18, of Denton is enrolled at Davidson College for a five month instructional period before being appointed Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command. He will study academic courses and elementary flying, then be classified as navigator pilot and bombardier and proceed to specialty schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Barton Butles
Denton
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Army Forces Flying Training Command
Sound Man John M Nashold Enlists for Navy Service
Sound Man John M Nashold of Greensboro enlisted March 17 1941 and took the oath in Baltimore. After training at Norfolk and a stint on the Ranger he served on a destroyer mine sweeper then attended Fleet Sound School in Miami and returned to sea. He earned Sound Man 3rd class and saw action in North Africa and other theaters. He is the son of Mr and Mrs G Harrison Nashold and known as Jack among friends.
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John M. Nashold
Navy
Baltimore
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Ranger
Fleet Sound School
Miami
Fla
North Africa
G. Harrison Nashiord
Greensboro
Jack
New Series Of War Bond Ads Begin Today Denton Journal
A first in a six month series of U S Treasury War Bond advertisements runs in The Denton Journal funded by twenty one local citizens and businesses. The Maryland effort aims to raise bond sales and stabilize postwar prosperity, with the War Finance Auxiliary coordinating local sponsorship.
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Denton Journal
U. S. Treasury
Denton
Dentor Journal
Treasury
Maryland
Maryland Press War Finance Auxiliary
War Bond Auxiliary
Nuttle Lumber & Coal Co
Dentonia
Ridgely
New Theatres
Chas. W. Bradley
Denton National Bank
Harvey Fleetwood
The
Farmers Supply Co
G. D. Crouse
Gustav Good
Cooper Furniture Co
J. le Everngam & Son
Stafford’s Food Market
J. Virgil Moore
Senator Davis Seeks First District House Seat
State Senator Wilmer Fell Davis of Caroline County announces a bid for the Republican nomination in Maryland’s First district. He aims to unite conservative Democrats and shore-area voters against the New Deal. Potential opponent David J. Ward, current representative, may seek a fourth term amid Roe’s past close races. Republicans count on anti New Deal trends boosting Maryland GOP representation.
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House of Representatives
Wilmer Fell Davis
Caroline County
Shore
Davis
State Senate
Ward
David J. Ward
Congress
Representative Ward
Dudley G. Roe
Friends of
Roe
Wicomico
Tavis
Daniel Eilison
J. Glenn Beall
Linden Hall honors student Charlanne Eaton in drama role
Charlanne Eaton of Hillsboro is a freshman at Linden Hall Junior College Lititz Pa an honor student active in campus affairs She belongs to the assembly committee dramat ic club and dance club and serves as vice president of the glee club Eaton was chosen for a major role in Gloria a Christmas choral play to be produced December 15 at Linden Hall.
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Charlanne Eaton
Joseph M. Eaton
Hillsboro
Linden Hall Junior College
Lititz
Eaton
Gloria
Linden Hall
Mitchell Rigits Held Tuesday
Funeral services for James Andrew Mitchell 76 retired farmer and merchant of Ridgely were held Tuesday at 2 30 p m at J Virgil Moore Funeral Home Denton burial in Greensboro cemetery He died in Memorial Hospital Easton after an operation He was a native of Delaware son of Jesse J and Annie Mitchell Surviving are his wife Melissa Detwiler three brothers Herman Lee and Clarence and two sisters Mrs William Wooters and Mrs Leroy Detwiler Local figure established a game sanctuary near Ridgely in memory of his late son J Walter Mitchell former Maryland legislator
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Franklin H. Chambers
Poplar Neck
Preston
Mr. Chambers
Talbot County
James and
Mary Jane Cathrop Chambers
Mary E. Chambers
Roland Chambers
Clarence Andrews
William Chambers
A. W. Strickland
Bethesda Methodist Church
Linchester
William Darling
Memorial Hospital
Easton
Moore
Denton
Thomas
Elmer
James Andrew Mitchell
Ridgely
J. Virgil Moore
Greensboro
Mitchell
Delaware
Jesse J
Annie Andrews Mitchell
Maryland
Melissa Detwiler
Herman
Middletown
Del
Lee
Clarence
Buffalo
N. Y
William Wooters
Leroy Detwiler
Wilmington
Federalsburg to Get Fire Truck
Federalsburg Volunteer Fire Company has awarded a contract for a combined 750 gallon pump tank wagon unit to be added to the current equipment. It will cost $6,000, deliver about March 1, and is being fitted in Wilmington. The funds were raised through donations carnivals and scrap metal sales.
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Federalsburg Volunteer Fire Company
Jerome Frampton Jr
Wilmington
Ward Will Seek Re election to Congress
United States Representative David J. Ward of Maryland's First District announced his plan to run again, citing experience and seasoned judgment as needed in Congress during wartime. A free chest disease clinic is set for Tuesday December 7 at the Health Center in Denton.
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United States
David J. Ward
Maryland
Congress
Denton
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River Road
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Mary Elizabeth Moore Wright
Venna Jones
Chester
Peter Wright
Frampton Funeral Chapel
Franklin B Bailey
Christ Methodist Church
Hill Crest Cemetery
Charles F. Adam
Charles Felix Adam
Thomas J. Turrington
Berlin
Germany
Adam
Charles Lister
Paul Lister
Willie Black
Sie
William H. Geen
Elbert Deen
Bill
Deen
Canning
William H. Deen
New York
Gunner
H. Neal
Odear
Sound Man
Mitchell Rigits
Wspar
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