Red Cross Meets Hospital Train On Saturday Night
Miss Virginia Hanway of the local Red Cross says that members aided by the American Legion World War I Mothers Club and merchants met a hospital train at 7 30 p m Saturday night. The 14 car train carried 250 soldiers most with Hodges army service. Local groups were praised for handling the call quickly and efficiently. The Red Cross past month reports note 56 service cases and 45 messages sent.
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Virginia Hanway
Red Cross
American Legion
Courtney H. Hodges
Army
American Red Cross
Last Night in France and the Road to Home
HAL BOYLE recalls the anxious departure from France after two years away. Soldiers fret over duty, customs, and meals while German prisoners work under wary guards. They sing Auld Lang Syne as fellowship fades with peace, then a stark note on global hunger and odd zoological facts concludes the piece.
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Hal Boyle
America
Germany
United States
France
Grafton Stores Set Wednesday Afternoon Close
Merchants in Grafton vote to close stores every Wednesday afternoon from June 6 through August, aiming to aid labor shortage relief and employee recreation. Junior Chamber survey supported plan though some dissent remains. neighboring cities have had success with this schedule.
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Grafton
Indi
Cated
Chamber of Commerce
Marines to Obtain Honorable Discharges Restored
Headquarters Marine Corps announced that all Marines discharged on or after March 1945 under an Under Honorable Conditions certificate who are eligible for an Honorable Discharge may obtain it by contacting the nearest Marine Corps Recruiting Station. Former Marines in West Virginia should forward their discharges to the U S Marine Corps Recruiting Station in Cabell County Courthouse Huntington for processing.
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Headquarters
Marine Corps
West Virginia
U. S. Marine Corps
Cabell County Court House
Huntington
Headquarters, Marine Corps
Halsey demands total surrender as U S marks Kyushu raid
Nipponese air power, described as suffering from military cancer, faces U S efforts to eliminate their navy and force unconditional surrender. Vice Admiral McCain resumes Third Fleet command as carrier forces raid Kyushu, with two days of air and ground losses totaling twenty two Nipponese planes destroyed and twenty three damaged.
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Halsey
Japan
John
McCain
Third Fleet
Kyushu
Okinawa
Satura
Grafton Civil Air Patrol Flight Officially Designated
The Grafton flight of the Civil Air Patrol is designated Flight 545-C of the West Virginia wing after a meeting chaired by Warrant Officer J A Farinash. The designation requires at least 25 cadet and 10 adult members, and the group invites new members aged 15 to 18 cadets or 18 and up for adults or veterans to join. Tonight at 1:30 five cadets advanced in rank, and five new cadets completed 25 hours of basic training with 50 more planned.
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Grafton
Civil Air Patrol
545
West Virginia
J. A. Fariash
Fairmont
Thomas G. Kyle
Clarksburg
Fariash
Flight 15
Junior Martin of
Ellen Jane Wiseman
Leland Yost
Terry Heironimus Mery
Patterson
Helen Farinash
Mary K. Withers
Mary Jane Kirkpatrick
Mickey McCue
Nutter
Jean Bott
Robert Losh
Leona Piggot
Alice Virginia Morgan
Rationing Roundup As Of Monday June 4
Rationing roundup lists stamp validity for Meats and Fats blue and red book stamps through late summer. It details blue N2 through C1, red E2 to Z2, sugar 36, shoes three airplane stamps, gasoline coupons 15A to C7, and fuel oil periods one through five plus last year expirations. Also notes applications for increased B ration begin June 11.
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Associated Press
Japanese official cites balloon damage and high altitude threat
Nekejima complains US officials hid the extent of bomb damage from balloons while Domei reports the propaganda chief fixed balloon ceilings above 15,000 meters. The balloons, claimed to be beyond interceptor reach, would require over 100 hours to reach the United States.
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Nekejima
United States
Domei
Sses
Returning Airman Capt Taylor on 30 day furlough in Ohio
Captain Robert H Taylor Jr former B-24 Liberator pilot with the Eighth Air Force returns to the United States May 20 on a 30 day furlough visiting his parents in Cincinnati and friends in Grafton with his father. Private Leon Johnston earns medical discharge at Fort Story Va after enlisting Sept 29 1942 and overseas service starting Oct 1943. James E McCracken of 7 Monroe Street awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in a sharp fight with Japanese forces on northern Luzon while serving with the 136th Infantry 33rd Division. He sustained a sniper hit to the thigh but the mission continued. McCracken to be discharged after a second year overseas duty in Central Pacific New Guinea Morotai and Luzon, eligible for Combat Infantry Badge Purple Heart Bronze Star and other ribbons.
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Robert H Taylor, Jr
Eighth Air Force
England
States
Cincinnati
Ohio
Grafton
R. H Taylor, Sr
Pvt
Leon Johnston
Carl Johnston
Route 4
U.S. Army
Fort Story
Johnston
Normandy
Luzon
McCracken
136Th Infantry
James McCracken
J. D. McCracken
Monroe Street
Central Pacific
New Guinea
Morotei Island
Fleet in Being and Japan’s Naval Groups During World War II
The article notes Japan operated three principal naval groups around Singapore Philippines Formosa Hong Kong and home waters. It cites the Philippines battle plan as a historic coup in the San Bernardino Strait and Leyte Gulf engagement, suggesting air power will erode remaining enemy strength after Okinawa.
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Bastal
MarAdug
Philippi
Singapore - Philippine
Formosa
Hong Kong
the Philippines
San Bernardino Strait
Nicht
MacArthur
Leyte Gulf
Japan
Okinawa
Jaipsr
Advisory Board to Meet at Methodist Hall June 11
The Southern States Grafton Advisory board and Farm Advisory committee plan a meeting at Methodist Church Hall in Grafton on Monday evening June 11 at 7 30 EWT. Chester Sharpe will preside and elections will be held to fill board and committee vacancies with C R Underwood assisting.
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Grafton Advisory Board
Grafton Farm Advisory Committee
Methodist Church Hall
Grafton
Chester
Sharpe
Farm Home Advisory Committee
C. R. Underwood
Clarksburg
A. B. Shroyer
A. N. Allender
C. C. Batson
C. R. Kinsey
D. L. Bosley
Simpson
Bertha Montgomery
John McCartney
Phoebe Sayers
M. F. Abel
D. P. Logan
Flemington
Syria Lebanon vow to fight France after Damascus attack
ORDER members in the parliament house when the attack on Damascus opened last, Tuesday. The Syrians have broken relations completely with the French and will not resume them except on a normal diplomatic plane, without any advantages to the French. An international committee would be formed to assess the damage and ask indemnity. In Cairo premier Abdel Hamid Karamah of Lebanon and Saadallah al Gabry, president of the Syrian chamber of deputies, asserted that France used tend-lease supplies in the Syrian fighting. De Gaulle denied this. The joint statement said Syria and Lebanon would fight until every house is destroyed and every native is killed, to keep independence and would not sign any treaty with France.
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Damascus
Cairo
Abdel Hamid Karamah
Lebanon
Saadallah Fl Gabry
Syrian Chamber of Deputies
de Gaulle
Syria
France
Fragmentary Note on Food Shortages and Road Fatalities
A garbled snippet references moss area shortages and meat absence in stores with unspecified phrase about red points. It also notes that speed violations contribute to about one third of U S fatal traffic accidents. The text is incomplete and lacks clear sources or context.
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U.S ‘S
Blocking crossing charge dismissed for B&O men
Two Baltimore and Ohio trainmen, charged with blocking Memorial Street for over 30 minutes, were cleared after it was found their train cars exceeded track capacity. Mayor C. Q. King also heard six other cases including A. B. Jennings found guilty on two speeding and intoxication charges with fines, and Joseph Cline fined for drunk and resisting arrest.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
C. Q. King
Memorial
A. B. Jennings
White and Woolard
William Kirk
Dewey Lake
Joseph Cline
Joe Mask
Wari
Bisel Sorina
Mol
Mag. Ona C. Jefferys
Mars task force in Burma China action details
A Chinese page note outlines the Mars task force active in Burma and later in China for weeks. The unit comprises the 475th infantry and the 124th dismounted cavalry regiment. A reference to Eleanor Duse near Italian scenes and an observation on Abbreviani shows fragmentary connections.
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Burma
China
Revival services at Cavalry Tabernacle Beaumont
Attend Old fashioned Revival at Cavalry Tabernacle Beaumont each night except Saturday at 7 45 p m. Hear local pastor Rev. Ruby G Foley deliver an inspiring message from the word of God.
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Cav
Alry Tabneracle
Beaumont
Ruby G. Foley
Word of God
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Legion and Merchants
Malone’s Drug & Chemical Co
Chir
China Sea
Philippine
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Nanning
Indo-China
South China
Wenchow
Foochow
International
Franklin Ousterhoudt, Jr
Bloomingdale
N. J
Ousterhoudt
Passaic County
Harriet
C.A. P. OF
U.S. 7Th Army
Neunschwanstein Castle
Fussen
Brouwer
Pic
James E. McCracken
Pruntytown Methodist Church
G. D Thorp
Barrakville
Ferman Lambert
Parkersburg
Ord
G. G. Wadsworth
Farm Group
Navigt
B&o
Sc‘ress
Italy
Sarat Bernard
Radford Ordnance Works
Radford, Virginia
MASON
United States Employment Service Office
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