Army caravan and equipment display comes here Friday
An army caravan with military equipment arrives Friday at 11 00 am two veterans from combat will travel to Akron to interview prospective workers Goodyear and Steb erling Rubber reps from Akron will screen applicants at the United States Employment Service 205 W Main St and provide transport and housing if needed The military gear includes a dunk amphibian jeep and a shop truck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
France
Italy
Gen
Eisenhower
Washington
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Steberling Rubber Company
United States Employment Service
Main Street
Grafton
Trucks and tires showcased as war aid from Ashford General Hospital
A display in front of the U S Employment Service Office on 205 W Main Street will feature accounts from Ashford General Hospital in White Sulphur Springs about the dire need for trucks on the fighting front and the role of tires in maintaining supply lines as Allied assault troops began landing at two Provence areas near Nice and Toulon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Cannes
NBC
Hitler
Europe
Frejus
Nice
Cap Negro
Toulon
Allied Airlift and Landings Signal Bold Southern France Push
Dispatches report Marseille in danger as French partisans and 1,008 Allied parachutists move toward the coast between Toulon and Nice. RAF and MAAF air forces hit rail bridges in Southern France while airborne reinforcements land unopposed. Battles claim progress along the Toulon to Frejus axis and airfields north of St. Raphael as German claims of harbor sabotage surface.
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Cap Negre
Frejus
Toulon
Nice
St. Tropez Gulf
Mediterranean
France
Italy
MAAF
Berlin
Stockholm
San Remo
Genoa
French Patriots Rally as Allied Landings Spark Uprising
A Bern dispatch cites 10 000 French patriots advancing toward Vichy with hundreds more en route. Interior forces move toward Bordeaux as Paris rejoices over Riviera landings. Reports claim sporadic clashes between collaborators and patriots, with demonstrations across the border and in Monte Carlo radio noting strict southern France control. The note ends with a stray line claiming about 1 200 motion picture theatres in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
AFI
Independent
French Agency
Bern
Vichy
Bordeaux
Paris
Riviera
Monte Carlo
France
Canada
Camp Towles Hosts Strong 4-H Camp Session At New Site
Camp Towles showcases one of the state’s most successful 4-H sessions with 92 members and leaders from Taylor County. County Agriculture Agent B A Hensley and Home Demonstration Agent Nancy Williams lead the camp with visitors night on Friday. Campers are organized into tribes headed by Mary Louise Haskins Eugene Jones Kenneth mont Fucene Cole Wilda Sourtney Raymond Matthews Ellen Jane Wiseman and more with state and district leaders from Wallace Elkins and West Penn Home Service Department attending. The camp closes Saturday morning after vesper services and breakfast.
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Camp Towles
Taylor County
B. A. Hensley
Nancy Williams
Mary Louise Haskins
Grafton
Eugene Jones
Rosemont
Kenneth Mont
Barbara Williams
Fucene Cole
Pleasant Greek
Wilda Sourtney
Glade Run
Raymond Matthews
Pruntytown
Ellen Jane Wiseman
Lucille Moore
Wallace
Glen Olds
Elkins
West Penn Home Service Department
Mary
Jimmy Seccurro
Avis Smith
Hepzibah
Reconversion slows due to part shortages says Nelson
Nelson said civilian product shortages will hinder some reconversion even with adequate manpower and materials. He noted aircraft industry cutbacks are freeing essential parts. He does not expect War Manpower Commission veto power to slow reconversion, and affirmed agreement that manpower must not be diverted from war work.
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Nelson
War Manpower Commission
Orr Recovers Car Taken On Monday
Orr of 519 West Main street and proprietor of the Orr Store breathed easier after State Trooper W D Sergen t reported his car a 1937 Studebaker coupe stolen Monday evening from Grafton had been found in Morgantown with no damage. The thief apparently swapped it for another vehicle in Morgantown and later traded it in Uniontown.
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M.orr
West Main Street
Orr
W. D. Sergent
Morgantown
Studebaker
Grafton
Armour Company
Uniontown
Morris Hit by Run Driver Near Post Office
J. B. Morris of 215 West Washington and a City Street Commission employee was injured when a hit and run driver struck him while painting a yellow curb in front of the Post Office yesterday afternoon. Police said Morris suffered minor bruises and cuts with no broken bones, and an eye witness report may lead to an early arrest.
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J. B. Morris
West Washington Street
City Street Commission
Joe Mask
Morris
C. F. Shafer
Mask
Night assault at sea with destroyers and landings near Kala mazoo
The text describes a World War II naval land operation led by Lieutenant Gilbert Reid. Waves hit shore at 12 30 am while American destroyers chased a unidentified vessel, scoring direct hits on an enemy tanker that burned and sank. Rescue boats saved crew, a German submarine was sighted, and a prize crew manned the captured ship as flares illuminated the sky and no enemy attacks arrived. The narrator Davidem watches from the signal bridge as events unfold with a mix of anxiety and confidence.
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Gilbert Reid
Kalamazoo
Mich
Davidem
Correction Made in School Levy Estimate Noted
Taylor County Board of Education issues corrections to the 1944-45 Levy Estimate under SCHOOL CURRENT. Class 1 property rate should be 18.26 cents, not 2.85. Class 2 property 36.5 cents, not 57. Class 3 and 4 property 73 cents, replacing lac errors. Local readers advised to update records.
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Taylor County Board of Education
Wounded in France and numerous military travels reported
Mrs. Har old Layton learns her brother Homer Boylen a fifth grade technician is seriously wounded in France on August 2. Lt. Edward L. Mooney a B-17 pilot arrives in Grafton for 21 days with his wife and child after thirty five missions from England. Various service members visit family or depart for duty including Pvt Walter E. Bartlett, Cpl D J McDaniel, Sgt George C McDaniel, Sgt Carl Fawcett, Harold Jabe Fawcett, John A Shoemaker, and Albert Sansberry Jr. plus Paul Eddie Hunt promoted at New Guinea station.
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France
Harold Layton
Barrett Street
Homer Boylen
L. D. Boylen
Young Boylen
California
Grafton
Edward L. Mooney
Qileen Norris
Sharon Kay
Blueville
Mooney
States
England
Miami Beach
Fla
New Orleans
Cpl
D. J. McDaniel
Walter Poole
East Mainstreet
Cpl. McDaniel
South Pacific
Sgt
George C. McDaniel
U. S. Navy
John R
Nie) Shoemaker
Russell Shoemaker
Engineer
New York
Albert Sansberry, Jr
USN
New York City
Mrs. Sansberry
Robley Street
Paul Eddie Hunt
George Hunt
New Guinea
Hunt
Grafton High School
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Ashford Hospital
Opera House
Tonite — Thurs
Gadd
Adrian and
Jenks
Guam
NAVY
Pacific
le Suisse
Geneva
Marseille
Eam
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Towles
Hensley and Williams
U.S
Herbert Altman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Herbert Jr
Hoboken
N. J
Altman
Isaac Biamant
Leipzig
Germany
International
Steet
Hartless
Necesea
Af Finance CO
Deveny
Fairmont
W. Va
Saat
Thomas F Robinson
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
F. F. Robinson
Francis Street
Walter E. Bartlett
Camp Fannin
Texas
Cincinnati
Virginia
Carl Fawcett
Fort Monroe
D. EB. Fawcett
Harold
Jabe) Fawcett
Washington, D. C
Frank Fawcett
Parkview
John
Camp Maxey
Texan
John T. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Frank Shoemaker
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Malones Dro
Coca-Cola Company
Clarksburg
Coca-Cola Bottling
WKS. Inc
Arena Oe
Coca-Cola
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