Lutherans Week to Be Observed in West Virginia
The eleventh annual Lutheran Week will be observed at Jackson's Mill from July 19 for five days, led by the West Virginia synod of the United Lutheran Church. Delegates from 31 congregations in West Virginia and western Maryland will attend, with synod officers listed and auxiliary groups including the women's missionary society and the Luther League set to participate. The Lutheran Brotherhoods of West Virginia and western Maryland will hold their annual convention on July 22, with named officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Snyder
Wheeling
Oscar H. Lindow
Charleston
R. Eugene Smith
Elkins
Harold L. Hann
Fairmont
Christian Education
Synodical Women's Missionary-Society
W. R. Hashinger
Morgantown
C. R. Plack
Huntington
W. T. Schaefer
L. E. Krantz
Westernport
Maryland
Pansy Hankey
Clarksburg
Young People's Societies
Coliene Shaffer
Aurora
Ynodical Luthern League
Cary Lou Edgar
Arrest Elerter for Fourth Time
Henry H. Peters of Simpson and a U S Army member was arrested by state and county police in Flemington while watching a moving picture show. He faced desertion charges, with this his fourth arrest. He was located at Camp Croft South Carolina and will be returned to his base.
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Henry H. Peters
Simpson
United States Army
Flemington
W. D. Sergent
Lloyd Shriver
Ray Matthew
Sergent
Peters
Camp Croft
South Carolina
Army
Returned servicemen and students noted in city items
In local notes over the weekend Pfc Leonard S Bott has returned to the United States from the South Pacific while Avi ation Cadet Albert E Colebank visited his parents on a three day pass Cadet Colebank trains at the University of Dayton Howard E Williams graduates from the Sanitary Technician school at Camp Grant Ill Mr and Mrs Homer Parsons report their son Cpl Edgar H Parsons has arrived safely in England Chief Petty Officer Charles E Griffin visits his wife Eleanor Jacobs May qualify for petty officer recognition Bluejacket Percy Weaver Jr graduates from the naval training school at St Louis and De Forest to set up a research lab in Mexico City moving his lab from Los Angeles to pursue radionics and a ground speed indicator project for pilots"}
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States
Lily Bott
Pfc
Leonard S. Bott
United States
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Albert E. Colebank
Grafton
W. A. Colesank
Kirby Street
Colesank
Army Specialized Training Reserve
University of Dayton
Dayton
Ohio
Frank S. Matlack
Camp Grant, Ill
Howard E. Williams
East
Wilford Street
Army Service Forces Training Center
Camp Grant
England
Homer Parsons
Route 4
Cpl
Edgar H. Parsons
Parsons
Percy Weaver, Jr
P. W. Weaver
Naval Training Ee
Mrs. Hazel DeMoss DeMoss Dies at 41 in Clarksburg
Mrs. Hazel E. DeMoss, 41, of 614 on a street, wife of Ola A. DeMoss, died Sunday at 4 a.m. after a month long illness. A St. John’s Methodist member born July 18, 1903, she leaves husband Ola and children Joseph R. Lada of Hampton, Edmund K. DeMoss in St. Petersburg, and Frederick DeMoss at home. Surviving siblings include Everett Hovatter of Willis, Floyd and Herbert Hovatter of Evansville, and Mrs. C. W. Fawley of Detroit. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Bartlett funeral home with Rev. E. J. Johnson and Rev. E. L. Arnold. interment Woodsdale Cemetery. Pallbearers: H. J. Tucker, F. J. Dewey, B. K. Carrico, William McClvin, R. Bartlett, J. L. Halderman.
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Hazel E. Hovatter DeMoss
Ola A. DeMoss
This County
St. John’s
Frederick
DeMoss
Everett Hovatter
Willis, Mich
Floyd and
Herbert Hovater
Evansville
W. Va
C. W. Fawley
Detroit
Bartlett Funeral Home
E. J. Johnson
E. L. Arnold
Clarks
Woodsdale
H. J. Tucker
F. J. Dewey
Clarksburg
B. K. Carrico
Morganton
William McClvin
Fairmont
R. Bartlett
J. L. Halderman
Grafton
Knight recalls Larry Allen visit for war bond drive
Knight relays a phone chat from New York with Larry Allen who says he prefers not to return to Charleston to see old newspaper friends. He hopes to slip in quietly during the war bond drive if it helps raise funds, though he questions why his presence is needed.
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Charleston
Knight
Allen S
New York
Ten
Blind Woman Opens Eyes Of War Workers
Syracuse report on Mrs. Lillian H. Skutt a blind woman who runs an awakening service for war workers using four telephones day and night. Her Braille schedule keeps workers alert and aware during wartime shifts.
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Syracuse
Lillian H. Skutt
New Manpower Hiring Controls Explained at Join Meeting
Cecil Durrett of the U S Employment Service announces a Taylor County Court Room meeting on July 5 at 7 30 p m to discuss the new Manpower Hiring Controls effective July 1 1944 J Lunsford Area Manpower Director will attend to explain provisions and how employers must refer male workers aged 18 to 65 through the service to priority listings to maintain production and efficiency
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Durrett
Ocal United States Employment Service
Taylor County Court Row
J. Lunsford
Allied push near St Lo intensifies as Rommel regroups
American troops drive toward La Haye Du Putts and La Have Du Putts Junction with heavy artillery while rain hampers air support. British hold near Caen as Rommel grooms 11 divisions in the Odon sector after a Cherbourg victory praised by Lt Gen Bradley.
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Bigfi Road
St. Lo
Normandy
Caen
Rommel
Odon River
Omar N. Bradley
First Army
Cherbourg
St. Lo D’ourville
la Have du Putts Wail
Supreme Headquarters
Caumont
Bradley
Odo
Normandy Bridgehead Presses Rommel to Counter Attack
In Caen sector Rommel regroups seven panzer and four infantry divisions after a three day hammering by British forces. Allied air sorties total about 400 with 22 enemy aircraft shot down. Curfew in Denmark remains strict while strikes report many Germans attempting escape and prisoners drifting toward freedom.
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Caen
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Normandy
Nazi forces resume rampage in southwestern France
A Bordeaux paper reports Nazi troops reportedly recaptured Bergerac and moved toward St Cyprien freeing 150 collaborationists. Maquis withdrew 50 miles south, seizing Armande rail junction and disrupting Caoars Bordeaux. authorities warn of civil war tendencies. In Denmark, Germans urge Danish patriots to return to work as services remain cut off.
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CorDogne
France
Bergerac
St. Cyprien
Bergarac
Armande
Caoars
Bordeaux
Petite Gironde
Advertising Pulls Painter From Jail
In Kingsport Tennessee a house painter promised a $15 paint job for $10 via an advertisement. Less than an hour after the edition hit the street, the man was released from jail and discretion noted many suspects. The incident involved the desk sergeant and a reported number of prisoners and suspects nearby.
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Kingsport
Tenn
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