VFW And Auxiliary Mark 10th Anniversary Banquet
At Andrew's M. E. church last night the VFW post and its auxiliary celebrated a decade of service with Judge Herbert W. Dent and others praising the group. Commander McIntire forecast a rising program, urged cooperation, and noted many veterans would soon be eligible for membership. Executive talks, musical numbers, and acknowledgments followed as officers were commended for their long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Andrew's M. E. Church
Francis E. McIntire
Assembly
Publc
Latrobe Street
Herbert W. Dent
Francis Warder
Fay Baker
Clarksburg
Devers
Tom Bartlett
Hilda Wharton
State Auxiliary
Moundsville
McIntire
Taylor county to open schools September 6 hiring one new teacher
R. Virgil Rohrbaugh announced after last night’s board meeting plans for the coming year. Schools will open September 6 and close May 31 with vacation periods on Election Day November 7, Thanksgiving December 20 to January 3, Christmas to Easter, and March 30 to April 2. One vacancy was filled, Helen Xenakis of Salem College to teach commerce. other hires and levy decisions to be addressed August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Virgil Rohrbaugh
Taylor County Superintendent of Schools
Board of Education
Helen Xenakis
Salem College
Army furloughs and promotions span War Front notes
Items list service members leaving convalescent furloughs for Ajo Arizona and Fort Rucker Alabama, promotions to staff sergeant, boot training completion, leaves with families, and visits. Also brief notes from the front recount German positions near Arezzo and coastal lines as Fifth Army advances near Empoli and Livorno.
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Alabama
Lloyd B. Nestor
U.S. Army Infantry
Fort Rucker
Ala
L. J. Nestor
Route 1
Camp Blanding
Fla
Citta di Castello
Arezzo
Ricasoli
Highway 69
Florence
Fifth Army
Masis
Certaldo
Empoli
Antifosseto Canal
Livorno
Heavy Allied Bombing Across Germany and Livorno Harbor Attacked
The fight continued in southwestern Germany for a third day as heavy bombers struck. Seventeen enemy planes were shot down while the Allies reported 15 losses. Attacks targeted Livorno harbor with 3000 foot bombing mass near Mone Pisano, northwest of Pisa, and damage included wrecked quays, cranes, warehouses, and damaged bridge approaches.
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Germany
Livorno
Mone Pisano
Pisa
Peter Masefield
Avia
Rage
Colla Salvetti
Stxtion
America
Friedrichshafen
Munich
Liquor Book Registrations Extended to August 12 at Charleston
West Virginians will see a broader whiskey allotment as the state liquor commission restores a quart a month. New distiller quotas align with federal decisions, keeping ration book rules for August. August usage will shift to new books. Other beverages remain ration free amid ongoing restrictions for whiskey. Gravity drives oil through pipelines.
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Charleston
West
Red Army gains press toward Warsaw in new drive
Soviet communique reports 8,000 German deaths in battles for Rawa Ruska and Wlodzimierz as Sta lin redirects forces west of Kowel toward Warsaw. Front lines move 30 to 40 miles closer to Warsaw between Lwow and Brest Litovsk, with nearly 900 towns and villages captured.
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RED Army
East Prussia
Moscow
London
Rawa Ruska
Wlodzimierz
Kowel
Stalin
Warsaw
Niemen River
Lwow
Brest Litovsk
Germany
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Commander McIntire
Thomas R. Shields
F. Carl Davis
First Presbyterian Church
Betty Rose Miller
White Cliffs of
Dover
Thelma Elizabeth DeMoss
Zeppa Ash
Thelma E. DeMoss
Russell E. DeMoss
Jack McCullough
Club
Wilbur R. Kiger
George Kiger
Country Club Road
James Messenger
Fairmont
Roy J. Kiger
West Main Street
Ajo
Arizona
Camp
Cpl
Clayton Butcher
la Junta
Colo
Mrs
W. R Butcher
Thornton
South Pacific
Garfield Heck
Maple Avenue
H. Delmar Heck
U. S. Navy
Bennett J. Kann
Camp Lee
Pvt
Mary Kann
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Pvt. Kann
G. R. Keyser
Lucretia
John E Louzy
U. S. Marine Corps
Louzy
West Washington Street
Norman
Tuffy) Bragg
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Illinois
Lloyd Bragg
Ross Street
Seaman Bragg
Grafton Senior High School
James Clelland
Bainbridge, Md
Anna Lee Bragg
Teddy
Johnny
West Boyd Street
North Africa
Opera House
Gans
Smiley Burnette
Sons OF the Pioneers
Republic
Ongirl
Ie NY Ra A AY
Gail
Nancy Gone
Kelly Henry
Rel Warher
Wrixon
Birell* Nagel Mw ‘Baxter
West Virginia
Dixie
Ita
Eddie Cantor
George Murphy
Joan Davis
Nancy Kelly
Gonstange Moore
van Don Don Douglas Cow
L vaeDoie
Speciaa
Robert Walker
Private Hargrove
Donna Reed
Keenan Wynn
Robert Benchley
Rey Collins
Chit Wills Ise Ne Hak Waste Torres
Fuocues
Tad Te Paya
Atone
NEFOS
Zea
DR. Lyons
Gillette
Ivory Soap
Magnesia
Griffin
Fox
Eatons
Miles Nervine Ok
Esther
Ramavar
SLOAN
PVG Veoh
Eass
Iennen
Dewitt
Angelus Fhaknar
Seidlitz
Powden
VICKS
S.M.A
Aldehoreius Ag
Crrces
Elo Ted Ral
West Weissmuller
Frances Gifford
Heffield
Char
Tae
Edgar Rigs
Sol, Lesser
William Thiele
Rey Chansler
Carroll "Young
Carroll Young
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
C. V. Miller
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Tate Sand
Ian Mate Wess
Ausonal Finance
Deveny
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