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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1944

Page

6

Civil service trainee operator jobs eyed in Baltimore

Applicants will be interviewed July 26 and 27 for immediate civil service positions with the Local Security Board and Social Security Board. Trainee Machine Operator and Trainee Card Punch Machine Operator offer daily tasks on office machines, with promotions possible from within. Offers open to men and women 1 year old and up with no experience, for wartime duration not exceeding six months. interviews at 205 W Main Street. Housing nearby includes private rooms with board about 12 dollars weekly.

Local Security Board U. S. Civil Service Region U. S. Employment Service W. Main Street Arcuri Social Security Board Baltimore

Pruntytown Youth Held in Car Theft Case

Frank Mussetts, 18, of the Boy's Industrial School at Pruntytown, waived hearing before the grand jury and was held on a $500 bond on charges of taking a truck owned by Harry L. Baker of Rt. 2. Trooper W. D. Sergent said Mussetts, who had worked on the Baker farm, took the ten-and-a-half truck for a short unauthorized drive and returned it unharmed before the arrest. Witnesses noted the truck was restored to the owner prior to the arrest.

Frank Mussetts Pruntytown Harry L. Baker Rt. 2 W. D. Sergent Baker Farm Young Massetts Ona C. Jefferys Seger

British Canadian drive toward Falaise inches forward

Allied forces on a four mile front move toward Falaise pushing past St. Martin Dé Fonentay and Ver riers with street fighting at May Sur Orne. General Montgomery extends south along the Caen front while weather slows the advance.

Falaise St. Martin Dé Fonentay Verriers May-Sur-Orne Caen France Bernard L. Montgomery Paris Tilly-La-Campgne

Wounded in France and other war updates

Wounded in France Pvt Leo C Johnston of Route unknown is hospital in England after June 16 action. He entered service October last and is recuperating rapidly. Corporal John Earl Gawthrop of Pruntytown has earned the Good Conduct Ribbon at his Corsican station. Pvt Russell Mathews of Maple Avenue reports arrival in Italy after basic training at Camp Croft. Pvt Edward Morgan returns to Camp Lejeune after leave with family in West Washington Street area and will transfer to a California base. Pvt Lewis W Buck George of High Street has reached England. Marine Private First Class Clinton Marteny of Flemington, a First Marine Division member, has returned to San Diego after 26 months overseas. he helped Guadalcanal and New Britain campaigns. Marteny is son of Charles Marteny of Flemington, W Va.

France Carl C. Johnston Pvt Leo C. Johnston England Young Johnston Johnston Cpl John Earl Gawthrop Pearl Gawthrop Pruntytown Corsica Italy Janie Lisk Mathews Maple Avenue Russell Mathews Camp Croft, S. C Mathews The Grafton Sentinel Camp Edward Morgan U. S. Marine Corps Camp Lejeune New River N. C West Washington Street John Morgan Parkview California Lewis W. (Buck) George N. George States Clinton Marteny Flemingon First Marine Division San Diego William L. Nardin Charleston Marteny Guadalcanal Nave New Britain Charles Marteny Flemington W. Va

Miners seal off mine shaft to extinguish deadly fire

In Bellaire Ohio a volunteer group of miners will seal shafts at the Powhatan mine to smother a fire that killed 66 men on July 5. Crews of three will enter Thursday, working to isolate the fire area and pump out water, with a cooling off period before rehabilitation.

Bellaire, O Powhatan Dick McGee McGee

Firemen Answer Nto Fire Call On 1936 Ford Blaze

City firefighters responded to 234 Boyd Street where a 1936 Ford coupe owned by W. R. Simmons caught fire. Minor damage noted as flames were extinguished before they could spread. The incident followed by context about a custody separation agreement and Trinidad island crops in unrelated text.

Boyd Street W. R. Simmons Page Lance

British Woman Wounded by Hitler's Flying Robot Bomb

A British woman is dazed and seriously wounded after a raid over Southern England. Civil defense personnel aid her from the wreckage into a hospital, illustrating the danger posed by Hitler's aerial weaponry during recent raids.

Hitler England

Split Nazi Forces Push Toward Warsaw Front

Split Nazi forces crossed the San River in a broad frontal assault toward Warsaw. Red pilots report panic on roads choked with transport as other army groups mass for a wider offensive.

Bug Lublin Berlin Lwow Poland Lubin East Prussia Brest Litovsk Riga Bialystok Leningrad - Warsaw Moseyshka Daugavpils Latvian Republic Kaunas Lithuanian Republic Estonia Pskov San Red Warsaw

Allies Push Through Italy Face Mixed Frontline Moves

Allied spearheads reach Monte Domini heights two miles from Greve and 12 miles south of Florence while Greve remains clear of troops. British advance in the Tiber valley nears Sansepolcro. Germans stabilize Adriatic front, shell Ancona harbor, Poles deploy tanks near Ostra, and Germans shell Pisa. RAF and US bombers hit Valence La Trescoverie, Les Chanoines airfields. seven Allies planes lost as six enemy aircraft are shot down.

Comunnea Monte Domini Greve Florence Tiber Valley Sansepolcro Citta di Casta Tello Adriatic Ancona Ostra Valence la Trescoverie Lyons France Les Chanoines Italy Yugoslavia

Funeral services held for aged Methodist Bishop William Anderson

Bishop William F. Anderson 84 oldest Methodist bishop died Saturday in Buzzards Bay. Service conducted at 4 p m in Park Avenue Christ Church by Dr Ralph W Lockman with Bishop Herbert Welch and Rev William Anderson assisting. Active pallbearers include Fox Boston and Dr Ashley Brill. Anderson born Mogantown West Virginia became bishop in 1908 served in Tennessee Ohio Kentucky New England and Rossden areas. Buried Kens Cemetery Westchester in family plot since 1896.

New York William F. Anderson Buzzards Bay Park Avenue Christ Ralph W. Lockman Herbert Welch York City William Anderson Nashville the Fox Boston Ashley Brill Bronxville N. Y John L. Anderson York John’s Twachtman Winter Park George’ B Willson City College of New York Edson Leach Newark Ancl Lowell Thomas John H. Rice Arlo A. Brown Deat Drew University N. J Thomas J. Watson Mogantown Dr. Anderson Chattanooga Tenn Cincini Ohio Kentucky Rosston New England

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