Tesch urges postwar support for school athletic programs
West Virginia Athletic Association president C A Bud Tesch urged Grafton high school football and basketball squads Kiwanis and Rotary members to back postwar planning that values athletic programs as vital for developing soldiers. Meech praised sports in schools as essential, while Dr Robert P Gerkin hosted and about 140 attendees applauded the athletes and coach. Four furlough guests including Bill Beavers Jr., class of 1924, attended as honors.
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C. A
Bud" Tesch
West Virginia Athletic Association
Grafton
Kiwanis
Rotary
Meech
China Schools
Robert PF. Gerkin
Bill Beavers, Jr
Kunst Funeral Saturday In Place Of Sunday
Funeral services for G H A Arch McCoy known as Gus Kunst 82 of Camp Hale Colo will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Bartlett funeral home with his parents Mr and Mrs Arch McCoy of 217 Tuayer Street in attendance Kunst died after confinement in City Hospital A two week leave was spent here prior to training and noted in the report Elsie Beaty of the WAC former Taylor County Public Assistant Director has arrived in England after enlisting last summer and serving as a Navy yeoman during World War I Marcus Carricoy and others are reported moving through Fort Thomas to Camp Swift Texas and are listed in transit somewhere in England
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Lieut. Watson
G. H. A. Arch McCoy
Camp Hale
Colo
Gus” Kunst
Arch McCoy
Tuayer
City Hospital Street
Bartlett Funeral Home
England
Elsie Beaty
WAC
Taylor County
Miss Beazy
Secramaeet Cea
American weapons to outmatch enemy in forthcoming operations
Report from a high command briefing states American soldiers will have superior or equal weapons, including rifles, carbines, tanks, 105 mm and 155 mm artillery, bazookas, and Browning machineguns, with new ordnance tested in American defense grounds. Col Joel Holmes notes enemy arms are strong but inferior. King George visits RAF invasion HQ as Coningham leads second tactical airforce. Aneta reports Germany declares Zeeland Holland forbidden territory.
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America
Joel Holmes
Ordnance
King George
Second Tactical Airforce
Arthur Coningham
Aneta
Entir
North Sea
Zeeland ‘Holland
Baby girl misidentified by attending doctor at birth
A courtroom scene reveals confusion over a newborn's sex after a mother is told she has a boy. The attending physician Dr John M. Andrews says he mistook the infant’s sex at birth amid concerns for the mother. Camp Leonard Wood and several army air corps graduates are mentioned among attendees and supporters.
Returning servicemen and furloughs highlight local notices
Joseph H. McCue Jr leaves Friday for Camp Carson Colorado after a fifteen day leave with family. Pvt Ophir W Duckworth arrives from Camp Wolters Texas for a twelve day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs A F Duckworth Route 4 then returns to Louisiana. Pvt Junior P Nicola returns to Camp McCoy Wisconsin after visiting wife daughter and parents Mr and Mrs C H Nicola Haslup street. Grorce Franklin Bil Poling of Wilford street sworn into U S Navy at Huntington and returns home to finalize class graduation before assignment in Huntington. Skages Co Jewelry is appreciated.
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Camp
Joseph H. McCue, Jr
Camp Carson
Colo
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Ophir W. Duckworth
Camp Wolters
Texas
A. F. Duckworth
Route 4
Duckworth
Lousiana
Junior P. Nicola
Camp McCoy
Wis
C. H. Nicola
Haslup Street
Navy
Grorce Franklin
Bil” Poling
Ralph Poline
Wilford Street
U. S. Navy
Huntington
Skages & Co
German 1939 oil production estimate discussed
A fragment notes Germany in 1939 producing nearly half a million barrels of oil using methods implied by a woolen cloth and velvet brush. The phrasing is unclear, but the claim centers on wartime oil output and crude techniques referenced in the damaged OCR text.
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Mickey" McDade
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