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WE DAILY TIMES-BULLETIN - VAN WERT, OHIO,Page TXtftiwi*1rocKS?Memories of Hot Dogs and Girly Shows Fade as Busy Hammers, Saws. Tractors Change Treasure Island Into Navy Blue?A TTiorwiment commemorates Fort Laurens at Bolivar—Rotite 212 north' of Dover. Take Route K S from Doverf Night Scene from “The History * of the State of Ohio (1S7S)LEFIELDSil Armiesenofe-edandrtu-r s, ft ch ill. n-ir-ed rtasthrt-ily;er he 1he 1only sufferers. Game was scarcc and the besiegers, too, were 02 short rations. Finally forced by hunger, they ottered to lilt the siege if Colonel Gibson would give them a barrel each of flour and meatThere was no hesitation on Colonel Gibson’s part and the speed with which he accepted the offer probably convinced the Indians that the hungry garrison had an ample store. At any rate, the Indians left as suddenly as they had appeared.In the summer a relief party of 500 arrived from Fort Pitt, and Fort Laurens was abandoned—too remote to be properly defended.Short as was Fort Laurels’ . . . _chapter in the story for the control }tIve offlces of the fair now head*By WILLIAM HOGANCentral Press CorrespondentSAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.— Treasure Island today Is a national defense project!Where millions saw the pageai* try of the Pacific huddled like . big jewel in the center of Sai Francisco bay during 1939 ’40, thlt; United States navy is building « section base which will service ships of a patrol force duriug the nation’s emergency.Also on the island will be a naval school, one of 23 to be opened in various parts of the country where sailors will be trained for highei ratings. The courses will equip the bluejackets to be ship fitters., cooks, bakers, carpenters, aviation metalsmiths and fill many other, trades essential to the smooth operation of a great sea lighting ■ force. .An agreement granting the navy | use of Treasure island for at least . five years was signed by San Fran \ cisco city officials, in return for j which the navy agreed to sponsor * a $l7tis0,000 WPA project for de-j velopment of tbe island as a municipal airport.Desert to Navy BaseA few lonely rows of olive trees, plaster*peeled buildings and empty ; fountains are all that is now' left ( of the once - flittering Golden Gate1 International exposition. jBut very shortly this desert will be transformed into one of the! trimmest bases on the west coast • The external ruin masks tremen dous activity. Tractors are knock iug down walls, ripping out tun 1 j bevs, plowing the floor of the Pal-! j ace of Fine Arts, which will be-1 • come a large machine shop.The western half of the Pan * American Airways administration building, which housed the execu-A dot In San Francisco bay, Treasure island is becoming a naval base.trees, however, bare bmb ptapektiout by the root* and tranMhippodto beautify the new Alameda taaralair station nearby on the mainland. .Want Trtt%*'But we're going to have all tfc# trees we can ” Captain Culp a*y*lt; aiost of the state and Californiacounty buildings already are tom down, with the exception of the rambling Spanish-type Los Attge-les-San Diego group, which will serve as a naval hospital.The stately Tower of tbe Sun,! theme of tbe World's Fair of the1j West, now is only a scaly spire, » but the navy has decided to five it a new coat and allow it to re-1 main as an air beacon.Uncle Sam's hammering and sawing enliven but a part of the , island. Pan-American Airways con« j tiibutes some life at the south end, ! wheie the big trans-Pacific Clip-j pers are based in the former Port j of Trade Winds.1 Otherwise, Treasure Island is not a ver pietty place right now. It ' is mostly a rubble or memories j stirring- with the wraiths of mil* I lions ot hot dogs and tired feet.Pittsburgh Paints. Smooth * Gias$, costs no more than ordinary paints. See Barleys TeL 3033.NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALEin pursuance with an order of the , Probate Court of Van Wert County, t Ohio, I u ill offer for sale at public ( auction on the Vih day of August, at , 10 o’clock A. il., at the door of the. Couit lloue. the following described u*ul estate. Mtuatcd In tbe City of \.m Wert. County of Van Wert, and I Sl.Ho of Ohio. to w it:Inlot 327, located at 320 South Chfcbljiui Street. Van Wert. Ohio.Said premises are appraised for 3H5U 00, ami must be sold for not less than two-thirda the appraised value: terms:, cashWILLIAM RILEY, Administrator of tbe estate of Elmer Riley, decease^July 1S-23: Aup. 1-$.of Ohio* it was nevertheless important.HAPPENINGS INLngaturt■ort,lnggasNEARBY TOWNS ROUND VAN WERTOver 500 To Sing in ‘The Messiah’ at Winona Lake Aug. 23quarters for Captain R. S. Culp, who will command tlie section base. Captain Culp for two years was naval representative at the fair and knows the island* better than most persons who workedNot a bomb, not a cyclone—the tnniuu reeked Ilra/ilian paUiion onTreasure island.there- iuchiditm the wheel-chair pushers.In the Federal building there aie photographic blowups from (hr Works ProAress Administration exhibit and a sign proclaims, “We can build an America with abundance lor everyone.’* The words “with abundance are partly tornTal-mdac~WINONA LAKE, Ind.—Over 500 singers from this section oi tlie state will take part in the chorus nf “tJid \ftGcinh,r Hirprfwl hvTRAILER VAGABONDBy Warren BayleyCODY, WYOMINGMost people think of Col. W. F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody as a wild west slayer uf the sturdy beast he was named for and as an Indian fighter of the first water. Few realize that behind that great man’s dash and show lay a mind that planned an empire—the building of the West.in long gone winters meant easilyfollowed trails of food on the hoof, but now the snow means ski In# and winter sports.Cody was first built of logs, but the unly remaining idle of the town’s early history is the very interesting lot cabin museum housingaway. One hundred and filly mat inc cadets will ro to school m heie. Otttccix will !«■* quartet edupstaii s“Loudest'’ PostOutside the Kerieral huildim; are two liusre and mildly-colored mur-a 1 .s depicting the history of the west. Those will be loll on the walls—making the post one of the loudest” in the navy*? history.The great liall of Western States will he tinned into dormitories for tbe men. a thousand or so. who will man the Island. 12ach loom will house about fifty men in double-decked bunks. The large hall at oiii5 end. whom thousands attended concerts. Is being transformed into aJiURe shower room.A nine-month course for piepa* ration oT candidates for the Naval academy will be Riven in a build*I hr oTC tin; otKC-ginish Ga way, center of (ho exposition's icslau-laulH. girl nhowa and night Ule.The Federal then lor is boing saved, and movies will he shown here* houRht by the men themselves wkh profits from the soda fountain and canteen. The trnvy Is halvuRinR evorythinp it can. even the shrubbery. The famous orangeLEGAL. NOTfCEJames Mollenkopr, whose place of i evidence is 2::0i» Oakridge Road. Fort \\ .i\ no. Indiana, will take notice that on the l?th day of July. 1941. the mulci signed. Mary C. Mollenkopf* lllod hor not it Ion against him in the i’ourt of Common Pleas of Van Wert County. Ohio, praying’ for permanent ahmonv. and relief, on the grounds lt;f i^kosk uo^loct of duty and abandonment of plaintiff without goodCitUbO ^It is nllegcd In said petition that James MoIJcnkopf, the defendant. Is t ho owner of certain assets or propr lt;*itv consisting of money or securities In tho possession or under the control oi the First National Bank of Convoy. Ohio .Tho said plaintiff, Mary C. Mol-tonknpf. In hor hatd petition further pi.ijs that salit personal property as above described bo appropriated and riwnidcci to her as and for alimony.Said cause will be for hearing on and after the 12th day of September. 1941MARY C. MOLUSICKOFT, PlalntiftTty John Marsh. -Tr.. Hor Attorney. July 1S-2!: Aug. 1-S-1B-22.We have one of the oldest and best equipped tire repair thopt in the city . . . Try our service.Open Day and NIqM— Road* aide service at no extra coat.L. Z. MORRISSERVICE STATION Corner Main and Shannon
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Van Wert Times Bulletin
Van Wert, Ohio, US
Fri, Aug 01, 1941
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