Bond Drive Gala Show At Otrrand Theatre Tonight
J L Bush manager of the Birand Theater says a large crowd is expected for the Fifth War Loan Premiere at 9 30 p m featuring Days of Glory with Tamara Tou Manova and Gregory Peck. Bond buyers get a free ticket. drive closes July 8. Jay Fleming urges patrons to pack the house to win the regional award.
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J.L. Bush
Birand Theater
Tamara ‘Tou Manova
Gregory Peck
Bush
Jay Fleming
Taylor County
Four Cases Before Mayor King This Morning
Mayor C O King disposed of four police court cases this morning all for drunkenness except one disturbance case. James Daft of Thornton received the heaviest penalty a $50 fine plus costs and jail. Officers White and Woodford made the arrests, with Warder and Mask also involved in other drunks. Vito Demando of Clarksburg was fined $10 and jailed, and Thomas Miller posted a $6 bond but failed to appear. Montezuma trivia ends the item with a vanilla anecdote.
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C. O. King
James Daft
Thornton
Daft
White and
Woodford
Carl C. Warder
Officer White
Joe Mask
Thomas Miller
Rt. 3
Mask
Vito Demando
Clarksburg
Woodford and
White
Uniform Returns to Base and furloughs listed
Lt. Moats returns to Charleston Army Airbase after eight days with parents in Parkview. Pfc. Floyd visits family from Camp Rucker Alabama for 15 days furlough with wife and son in Parkview. Sgt. Newcome spends first furlough from San Diego with West Main Street parents. will return July 18. Lt. Cornwell and wife in Kasson Oklahoma. he reports to Randolph Field Texas after furlough. John M. Ford arrives in country, in Army hospital Staten Island. Pfc. Knox visits from Huntington, formerly of Graf ton.
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Paul
New York City
Moats
Charleston Army Airforce Base
Charleston
S. C
Andy Moats
Parkview
Alabama
Pfc
John Paul Floyd
Fred Floyd
Jean Fisher
Freddie
Floyd
Camp Rucker
Tech
Allan M. Newcome
Grafton
San Diego
Calif
John A. Newcome
West Main
Newcome
Fred Newcome
Pacific
Gilbert Cromwell
Frederick
Okla
Cornwell
Fredrick Army Alfield
H. C. Cornwell
Moatsville
M. Tather Ford
Maleavenue
John M. Ford
India
Staten Island
Kenneth Knox
Astp Medical School
West Virginia University
Loren Hoffman
Watkins Street
Knox
William Knox
Huntington
Wreck of Santa Fe Chief Claims Four Lives
In Arizona the Santa Fe Chief wreck killed the fireman and three passengers and injured over 30 as an all steel streamlined car set stayed largely intact. Officials credited modern equipment for limiting loss of life despite the midnight derailment 20 miles west of Flagstaff.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Santa Fe
West
Here
West Coast
J. 5. McLeod
New York City
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios
Hollywood
John J. Edwards
Winslow
Anna Bradys
Hammond
Ind
H. H. Helper
Los Angeles
Calif
Doughboys Hold Airfield Near Caen After Counterattack
A field dispatch reports Canadian forces at an airfield due west of Caen, with Germans holding all but the northern hangars after a counterattack using 30 to 40 tanks. The Canadians withdrew briefly but then consolidated their position a few hundred yards back.
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Caen
Thermopane glass window slated as postwar fuel saver
New double pane insulated glass unit called thermopane, developed by Libbey Owens Ford, promises significant energy savings in homes and buildings. It uses a hermetically sealed air space between panes and could reduce heat loss by up to a fifth. Mass production is deferred until after the war due to armament output. field tests span 38 states and foreign sites.
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William M. Gordon
New York
Architectural League
Hera
Thermopane
John D. Biggers
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Company
George B. Watkins
Glass
Atkins
Biggers
Americans tighten grip on Cherbourg front amid fierce fighting
In the Carpiquet Caen area and along the Cherbourg peninsula, German resistance stiffens as American units press advances. Doughboys reach near St Jores and La Haye while major clashes erupt on the Carentan periers road. Artillery supports every advance, with night counterattacks repelled by Gen. Seteomery's batteries.
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Carpiquet
Caen
la ‘Haye
Cherbourg
St. Jores
Carentan
St Jores
la Haye
Carentan-periers
Freak evidence of Oimp0oa tornado found in Luray
Freak evidence from the June 23 tornado in West Virginia's region appears in Luray Virginia. Residents report finding papers from Graffda First National Bank and a V mail letter from Private Ross Scolish, along with a bill of lading tied to M D Ferguson of Montrose, amid widespread destruction and fatalities.
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Luray
West Virgini
First National Bank
Graffda W. Va
Harper Strickler
Strickler
Luray v
John Weaver
Calp Park
Ross Scolish
Fat Simpson
W. Va
Scolish
Simpson
Hubert Tanner
M. D. Ferguson
Montrose
Gas Station and Grocery on Main in West Virginia
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West Virginia
Atlas Realty CO
Fourth Ave
Pittsburgh
Allied command reports heavy losses in counter attacks
Allied supreme command said many men were killed and considerable numbers of tanks were lost in repulses of a long counter-attack as they described ongoing combat actions.
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Allied Supreme Command
Miner Believed Trapped In Flaming Canyon Mine Fire
A miner identified as Raymond Ball is missing after fumes from a canyon coal mine fire spread to the nearby Brooks mine at Fife coal operations. State officials seal Canyon mine and urge no entry as a search for Ball begins, with officials noting the danger and potential for multiple entrapments.
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Morgantown
W.va
Canyon Coal and Coke Company
Canyon
Peter McLinden
State Mines Department
Raymond Ball
Brooks
Fife Coal Company
McLinden
Brooks Mine
Ball
Charleston
State Miines
Jesse Redyard
Alex Bryce
Fire damages three rooms at Pepper home
City firemen were called Monday night at 8 45 to the home of C B Pepper at 318 Walnut Street. A pantry fire of mysterious origin spread to the kitchen dining room and an upstairs room, causing about 500 dollars in damage. The two story house owned by Free Haymond was occupied by the Pepper family. Firemen battled the flames for about thirty minutes.
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C. B. Pepper
Walnut Street
Free Haymond
Pepper
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Dutch New Guinea
International
Resonal Rwance Co
Deveny Bidg
Fairmont
Doughboys
Doctor Arives
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Ciple
Arch George Fred Keck
Paula Perry
Carentan-Tilly-Sur-Seu- Nes
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Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
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Mrs. Myrtle Mathews
Roma
Tamara Toumanova
Man Reed
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